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Now with Blast Processing!

Spiral Knights has received a significant performance boost! SEGA has shared with OOO the secret of ‘Blast Processing’ and it has result in faster, smoother gameplay across the board! (Ok, maybe we just introduced a bunch of graphical optimizations.)

Many players will find they now have greatly increased framerates in even the most hazardous of levels, such as the Ironclaw Munitions Factory. Please note that this boost will not necessarily be noticeable by every player, though some will see a dramatic change.

If you had problems running the game in the past, or know someone who did, now is the time to jump back in and see the action in a whole, new way!

Height and Eye Modifiers

New items are now available that allow you to change your height and eyes. These items work just like Personal Color items and are consumed once used.

Eyes change your eye type across any helm you wear, however not all helms allow you to see your eyes, like the Spiral Pith Helm.

Height Modifiers only affect the visual height of your knight and have no gameplay implications of any kind. They do not make you a larger/smaller target, offer greater/reduced reach, etc.

[Height Modifiers]

• Normal Height Modifier
• Tall Height Modifier
• Extra Tall Height Modifier
• Short Height Modifier
• Extra Short Height Modifier

[Eyes]

• Normal Eyes
• Almond Eyes
• Cheeky Eyes
• Closed Eyes
• Determined Eyes
• Dot Eyes
• Exed Eyes
• Happy Eyes
• Jolly Eyes
• Pill Eyes
• Plus Eyes
• Angry Eyes
• Sad Eyes
• Sultry Eyes
• Shifty Eyes
• Sleepy Eyes
• Spiral Eyes
• Squinty Eyes
• Vacant Eyes
• Starry Eyes
• Delicate Eyes

These items are available via lockboxes with the exception of the Normal, Short and Tall Height Modifier and Normal, Almond, Determined and Happy Eyes, which are for sale in Vatel’s shop in the Bazaar.

Mirrored Lockbox

A new lockbox will now randomly drop from the Prize Wheel, the Mirrored Lockbox. The Mirrored Lockbox contains an assortment of character modification items. These include:

• All Height Modifiers, excluding the Normal Height Modifier
• All Eyes, excluding Normal Eyes

Mirrored Lockboxes require a Silver Key to open.

New Items in Iron Lockboxes

New items are available inside Iron Lockboxes. These include:

• Cool Parrying Blade
• Divine Parrying Blade
• Regal Parrying Blade
• Military Parrying Blade
• Heavy Parrying Blade
• Fancy Parrying Blade
• Dusky Parrying Blade
• Toasty Parrying Blade
• Volcanic Parrying Blade
• Prismatic Parrying Blade

• Cool Round Shades
• Divine Round Shades
• Regal Round Shades
• Military Round Shades
• Heavy Round Shades
• Fancy Round Shades
• Dusky Round Shades
• Toasty Round Shades
• Volcanic Round Shades
• Prismatic Round Shades

Additionally, there is a small chance of it containing one item from the Mirrored Lockbox.

Charge Attacks

When a charge attack has reached 'max charge,' it can no longer lose charge to damage, only to death. Players who had experienced 'missing' bombs or charge attack misfires will no longer experience these issues.

Levels

• The Prize Wheel has been added to the end of Mission levels
• You can now access the Hall of Heroes Missions when your energy total is below 10

Graphics

• Added a 'Cull Transients' toggle to the Advanced Video Options. This is an experimental toggle which could improve game performance in complicated levels. When enabled, there will likely be some side effects where certain graphical and audio effects will not be played.
• Adjusted mipmapping on player eyes to make them slightly sharper at distance.

Bugfixes

• Fixed the incorrect damage values on the Dark Thorn Blade’s charge attack. It will now output less damage, in line with all other swords in its series.

Missions

• The 'Total Caketastrophe!' Prestige Mission is no longer available.

Items

• Eyes on the various jelly helms will not recolor to the knight's personal color.

Bugfixes

• Fixed knight actions occurring while a dialog is open

Anniversary Event

The Spiral Knights Anniversary Celebration has come to an end. The decorations have been taken down, the frosting cleaned up and the Total Caketastrophe mission is no longer available. Biscotti thanks all knights for their assistance in cleaning up a mess that never happened.

• Bulky and Maskwell will remain in the Town Square until April 23, when all Cake Slice tokens expire.

Prestige

The first prestige reward, Prestige Badges, will now be granted to the most prestigious of knights! See the tooltip on any prestige reward for more information on all five levels of Prestige Badges.

Items

• Eyes on the various jelly helms now animate and recolor according to the knight's personal color like other helms.

Interface

• The knight creation UI now alerts you if a name is unavailable in real time.

Bugfixes

• You can no longer pull out a vial while standing on a lift barrier.
• Shadow Party Hat accessory now correctly displays its name.
• Animations when holding lift objects have been fixed.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SPIRAL KNIGHTS!

Spiral Knights is celebrating its first anniversary with a special event! Join in on the fun now through April 10, 2012!

It's a Caketastrophe!

Visit the Haven Town Square to meet the Skylark's Head Chef, Biscotti. She will inform you of a 'situation' at hand that involves hordes of monstrous cakes known as 'Creep Cakes.' Helping her solve this 'situation' will reward you with cake helms! Features include:

• A new Prestige Mission, 'Total Caketastrophe' is available during the event
• Biscotti, Maskwell and Bulky can be found in the Haven Town Square
• Creep Cake nests can be found randomly within the Clockworks
• Participating in these events will reward you with Cake Slice tokens
• Maskwell now trades Cake Helms in exchange for Cake Slices
• Bulky now sells confetti and Cake Slice tokens

Please note, the Frosted Helm and Foiled Frosted Helm will expire, however the Prismatic Frosted Helm lasts forever!

Get the Anniversary Prize Pack!

To celebrate the first anniversary of Spiral Knights, the Haven Treasury is giving away a FREE Anniversary Prize Pack with the purchase of any $9.95 energy purchase! The prize pack contains a random assortment of goodies that includes:

• Handfuls of confetti (always included)

One accessory (always included): 4% Chance:

• Cool Birthday Candle
• Regal Birthday Candle
• Military Birthday Candle
• Heavy Birthday Candle
• Fancy Birthday Candle
• Dusky Birthday Candle
• Toasty Birthday Candle
• Cool Party Hat
• Regal Party Hat
• Military Party Hat
• Heavy Party Hat
• Fancy Party Hat
• Dusky Party Hat
• Toasty Party Hat
• Cool Party Blowout
• Regal Party Blowout
• Military Party Blowout
• Heavy Party Blowout
• Fancy Party Blowout
• Dusky Party Blowout
• Toasty Party Blowout

2% Chance:

• Volcanic Party Hat
• Divine Party Hat
• Prismatic Party Hat
• Volcanic Party Blowout
• Divine Party Blowout
• Prismatic Party Blowout
• Volcanic Birthday Candle
• Divine Birthday Candle
• Prismatic Birthday Candle

1% Chance:

• Shadow Party Blowout
• Shadow Party Hat
• Shadow Birthday Candle
• Sprinkle Aura (yes, your knight will be covered in delicious sprinkles)

Prize Pack Details

Offer available through April 10, 2012

All prize pack items are delivered UNBOUND.

As a special bonus, each purchase has a chance of receiving DOUBLE PRIZES!

Other Changes

• Heavy statues will now "snap" into position on pressure plates, making it much easier to place them.
• Throw-able objects such as pots and vials now have a targeting arrow.
• "Command Emotes", such as /attack and /helpme now have translations for French, German, and Spanish.
• The Elevator Pass will now be promoted when players are at an elevator and run out of energy.
• Fixed a statue exploit in Firestorm Citadel Smoldering Steps
• Fixed a bug in Firestorm Citadel Charred Court where you could get trapped by a timed door

Today's patch contains behind-the-scenes content for a future event.