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Mini Monsters

A new class of monsters known as 'minis' now roams the Clockworks. Experienced knights shouldn't have much of a problem dealing with them, but beware, minis are prone to swarm in packs dozens strong.

• Dust bunnies: These beast-family minis are a hopping mad mess of fangs and fur. They are always hungry.
• Glop drops: The newest member of the slime family will slowly ooze their way toward their prey as a nasty blanket of spikes.
• Grave scarabs: These undead insects are always on the lookout for fresh corpses. Their limited flight signals their attacks.

Minis will appear in select levels of the Clockworks and will eventually find their way into many more in future updates.

The Compounds

A new set of random levels have been added to the Clockworks, known as the Compounds. The Compounds feature the remains of some sort of unknown facility, where more intelligent monsters await, harvesting resources or perhaps attempting to power up the derelict machinery. However, just outside the confines of the facilities, hordes of mini monsters await in the brush, waiting to strike.

Compounds levels include:

• Ruined Compound: Creeping Colony
• Ruined Compound: Ravenous Warrens
• Ruined Compound: Chittering Burrows
• Charred Compound: Creeping Colony
• Charred Compound: Ravenous Warrens
• Charred Compound: Chittering Burrows
• Frozen Compound: Creeping Colony
• Frozen Compound: Ravenous Warrens
• Frozen Compound: Chittering Burrows
• Blighted Compound: Creeping Colony
• Blighted Compound: Ravenous Warrens
• Blighted Compound: Chittering Burrows
• Shocked Compound: Creeping Colony
• Shocked Compound: Ravenous Warrens
• Shocked Compound: Chittering Burrows

The Compounds are unique in that they combine two monster families and only appear in Tier 2 and 3 of the Clockworks.

Currently, Compounds levels will only appear in the Arcade but will be added to some missions in future updates.

• Please note, in order for the new Compound levels to populate the Arcade gates, it was necessary to shuffle current gates. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Bugfixes

• Rockets will no longer sneak behind barriers in the Firestorm Citadel
• Fixed going 'Back to Haven' in Guild Halls

Bugfixes

• Fixed listing "None" keys during the tutorial
• Fixed health display for some monsters
• Various UI-related, translation and text fixes
• Updated some conversation images
• Corrected name color issues
• Fixed some issues with gremlin thwacker hammer attacks in the Firestorm Citadel
• Revive UI positioning adjusted
• "???" Displayed for random floor names in the level clear interface
• Fixed issue with help tips displaying incorrectly when poisoned

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SPIRAL KNIGHTS!

Spiral Knights is celebrating its second anniversary with a special event! Join in on the fun now through April 16, 2013!

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 and prize boxes! Features include:

• A 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 and Anniversary Prize Boxes in exchange for Cake Slices
• Bulky now sells confetti and Cake Slice tokens

Please note, the Frosted Helm and Foiled Frosted Helm will expire on April 30th 2013, however the Prismatic Frosted Helm lasts forever!

Anniversary Prize Boxes

Anniversary Prize Boxes can be purchased from Maskwell in exchanged for Cake Slice tokens. Anniversary Prize Box contents include:

• 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

As a special bonus, each Anniversary Prize Box has a chance of containing DOUBLE PRIZES!

UI Overhaul

As part of our second anniversary celebration, we're rolling out a new UI for Spiral Knights! The new UI contains a number of improvements and an easier to understand layout. These changes include:

• A visible character portrait
• A new way of viewing health: health pips now change from red to silver and finally gold as more health is accrued. Additionally, a percentage health display is present.
• A shield power meter under health
• A weapon selection 'wheel' that allows you to see the name and icon of your weapons
• A much more detailed mini map, featuring enemy locations, NPCs and more
• A new Targeting UI that displays information about whatever you are targeting. For monsters this includes health, attack types and weaknesses. Handy!
• An Activities Panel that contains all the various activities that you can perform in a given zone
• A zoom button that allows you to zoom in when in Haven
• A general layer of shininess across all the other interfaces

Other Changes

• Monster and player damage flash effects have been revamped for better clarity in combat.
• Vials and Capsule pickups have had their icons updated.
• Art for unbreakable blocks in the Clockworks has been updated.
• A player's rank will now be shown with their name above their heads.
• Items will now show a message when they cannot be picked up.
• Player names are now white, green if a guildmate and blue if a friend. This color scheme is also used on the mini map.
• Vitapods can no longer be dropped, only replaced by superior versions.
• Devilite difficulty has been balanced, including reducing their attack range and dodge frequency.

Bugfixes

• Dusky Long Feather added to the Iron Lockbox drop table

Kataclysmic Confrontation

The Kataclysmic Confrontation has ended... for now. Those black kats cannot be kept at bay for ever and will likely find a way to return from the depths of the abyss once more!

Pembrooke, Montague and the Moorcroft Alchemy Station will remain in Moorcroft Manor and all tokens and materials associated with the event do not expire.

Guild Hall

• Added a confirmation before leaving a party to enter your Guild Hall.
• Added directional indicators to the footprints when placing furnishings.
• Reduced speed of Curious Mewkats.

Additional Changes

• Decreased difficulty of the Crossing the Chasm fire trap room.
• Models in tooltips now display for furnishings & accessories.
• Accessories on armor and helms now show up in the model tool tip.

Kataclysmic Confrontation!

Someone or something has summoned a horde of cursed black kats into the Clockworks. These shadowy beasts hunger for arcane power and raided the Moorcroft Manor Archives' precious collection of magical grimoires.

In the wrong hands these ancient tomes could be kata- er, catastrophic, but it turns out that black kats can't read, so they instead decided to just eat them.

The residents of Moorcroft Manor would like you to retrieve the Ancient Pages of the magical grimoires that quite likely reside in the stomachs of black kats. We'll leave you to figure out just how to recover them...

Event Overview

Kataclysmic Confrontation is a new event that will run for a limited time but will return again some time in the future. The goal of the event is to collect Ancient Page tokens for all-new kat gear in Moorcroft Manor. The event is available for knights rank 4-1 and up.

Ancient Page tokens can be acquired in two ways:

• Completing the daily Prestige Missions and receiving them as mission rewards
• Receiving them as drops from black kat monsters in missions or the Arcade

Black kats are a new monster that focus on powerful curse attacks. They can randomly be found in place of any spookat-type monster in any Tier 2 and Tier 3 level level of the Clockworks (Missions and Arcade Gates). Black kats often, but no always, drop Ancient Page tokens (1 token in Tier 2, 3 tokens in Tier 3). Specifically, any 'guaranteed encounters' of black kats in a mission do not drop page tokens, though the mission guarantees them as rewards (once a day).

Ancient Page Tokens do not expire. Acquiring all the Kat gear will likely take multiple events.

This event is scheduled to end on February 13th.

Moorcroft Manor Additions

Moorcroft Manor is now outfitted with the Moorcroft Archives, a special library of ancient grimoires. Unfortunately just as soon as it opened it was raided by a mysterious swarm of black kats and its up to you to help restore it.

New Features:

• Pembrooke, the spookat caretaker of the Moorcroft Archives
• Montague, the Historic Preservation Motivator. Montague is a token trader that exchanges rewards for Ancient Page tokens
• Moorcroft Alchemy Station, where Kat Gear can be crafted
• There's also definitely something up with the Konjuring Kat. Maybe if you had the right item...

Pembrooke, Montague and the Moorcroft Alchemy Station will remain after the event ends.

New Kat Gear All-new gear can be acquired through participation in the event. This gear can be obtained from Montague in Moorcroft Manor and via the Moorcroft Alchemy Station. It includes:

• Kat Claw Hood (3* helm)
• Kat Claw Mask (4* helm)
• Kat Claw Cowl (5* helm)
• Kat Eye Hood (3* helm)
• Kat Eye Mask (4* helm)
• Kat Eye Cowl (5* helm)
• Kat Hiss Hood (3* helm)
• Kat Hiss Mask (4* helm)
• Kat Hiss Cowl (5* helm)
• Kat Tribe Fetish (4* material)

Remember, the only way to claim this new gear is by hunting down black kats and collecting those Ancient Page tokens. So equip yourself with curse-resistant gear and get hunting!

Guild Hall Features

A new feature is now available for Guild Halls, 'themes' and 'environments.' Both allow your Guild Hall to stand out and give it a totally new feel!

Themes change the lighting, walls, floor, fog and background of the Guild Hall. Available themes include:

• Default Theme
• Blast Furnace Theme
• Cooling Chamber Theme
• Wasteworks Theme
• Power Complex Theme
• Spooky Theme

Environments change the weather and other ambient effects of the Guild Hall. Available environments include:

• Default Environment
• Falling Embers Environment
• Rain Shower Environment
• Snowfall Environment

Additional Feature Changes

• The prices of many Guild Hall expansions, rooms and furnishings have been reduced. Simply 'publish' in Design Mode to get the new upkeep rates.
• 3D models now appear in the tooltips for weapons and gear.
• The party configuration interface in the Missions and Adventure Board has been revamped.
• Interfaces for learning recipes and transmuting items has been refined.
• More icons have been added to the minimap for improved town navigation.
• The Chaos Cloak and Chaos Cowl have been buffed.

Lastly, please be advised: should you find any kind of whole ancient codex or grimoire from a black kat in the darkest depths of the Clockworks, you are to under no circumstances give it to anyone who could use it for EVIL.