Special Effect

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Special Effect are animated graphical entities added onto many items in Spiral Knights. These are organized by behavior on this wiki. Please note that these are not official terms used in the game itself.

• Some accessories might be considered "pure special effects", such as auras. These effects are hard to classify, but there are a few main types that appear quite often.

• Check out the Special Effects subcategories to search for various items that have these effects. Some items have more than one special effect! Sometimes the effect is only on one or a few areas of the entity, not the entire form.

• Graphics settings may change how some of these effects look in certain environments. Even some effects can change how things look - ghostly aura tends to shade things quite a bit, for example.

• A few color schemes commonly have certain special effects (but not always):
  • Volcanic: Glowing and Shedding
  • Divine: Shining
  • Shadow: Shedding
  • Prismatic: Glowing

The Steam Knight Mask occasionally emits steam (audible). Working on finding more items that shed particles at intervals (vs constantly) to warrant a category. Wings that flap are also audible...hmm.

Special Effects

The following table has a few examples of special effects:

Special Effect

Effect Description Accessory Example Gear or Costume Example Monster Example Burning Fiery effects behave similarly to glowing and shedding, but are very specific to ember particles, flames, burning, and so on. 120px Glowing Light effects diffuse out, similar to a light bulb. 120px Shedding Particles of some type constantly fall or emanate around the entity Sheen Light reflects off a surface File:Animation Accessory Crest ReconRanger-Equipped.gif ' Shining Similar to glowing, but light effects are much more like sunlight or rays File:Aura Animation Sunshine.gif Sparking Effects show up quickly, flashing, similar to (and sometimes as) electricity or fuses File:Aura Animation aggro.gif Sparkling Similar to sheen, but light particles glimmer or twinkle on their own File:Animation Accessory helmet side unique goldenlaurel unattached.gif ' Trailing Similar to shedding, but the particles stay behind the entity for a while if the entity is traveling File:Aura Animation Blossom overworld walking.gif Vibrating The entity fluctuates slightly but obviously in size or back and forth/up and down '

See Also

• Color Theme