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Spiral HQ has created new costume gear and accessories featuring the glowing gemstone, garnet. This gemstone is said to regenerate and energize. Start off the New Year with a boost of positive energy while you explore Cradle!

Garnet Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

Winter can be severe on Cradle. Don't let it keep you indoors. Bundle up with gear from the Polar Prize Box! Choose between Polar Warden and Polar Wolf hoods and coats. These costumes come in Day, Night and Twilight colors.

Accessories in this box are new to the polar color! Polar Prize Boxes also contain winter confetti and snowballs - so have some fun this winter!

Polar Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

Katastrophe Prize Boxes return with Kat Suit costumes and shadow accessories! Accessorize your gear with dazzling and dreadful items inspired by Seraphynx and Black Kats.

Katastrophe Returns Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

Again, Black Kats are being reports in the Clockworks! The hordes of shadowy beasts hunger for arcane power and continually raid the Moorcroft Manor Archives' precious collection of magical grimoires. While most black kats are content to snack on the pages rather than read them, these ancient tomes contain dark rituals that could be catastrophic in the wrong hands!

Collect Ancient Page tokens through the daily Prestige Mission, or as drops from black kat monsters in the Clockworks. Return the pages to Montague in Moorcroft Manor in exchange for Kat Tribe Fetish crafting materials. Visit the Mysterious Alchemy Machine to craft kat-themed gear!

This is the year of the fire monkey! Celebrate future prosperity and wisdom this Lunar New Year with Spiraltail Prize Boxes! Spiral HQ has assembled all new items for this box including a Spiraltail Drakon Pod, Firetail accessories and Spiraltail costumes.

Spiraltail Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

Such a lovely time of year! Now at the Supply Depot, Valentine's Day costumes, accessories and usables.

Share your enthusiasm for Valentine’s Day with Heart eyes and the Crest of Love accessory. No outfit is complete without Love Auras and Forever Love Puppy Masks. These items are all unbound upon purchase, making them perfect gifts for your special someone.

Don't forget the Gift Boxes! Buy empty gift boxes, wrap up your presents, and write a note for a perfect Valentine's Day!

Valentine items will be available from the Supply Depot through February 15th.

Be sure to enter our Spiral Knights Valentine Event on the forums. Click for more information!

Spiral HQ has created new costume gear and accessories featuring the purple gemstone, amethyst. This gemstone is said to create prosperity and abundance. Enjoy this gem's meditative and calming effect while you battle through the chaos of the Clockworks!

Amethyst Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

Spiral HQ has created new costume gear and accessories featuring the blue-green gemstone, aquamarine. This gemstone is said to create harmony and friendship. Enjoy the comradery or your fellow knights battling through the Clockworks, or relaxing in Haven Town Square.

Aquamarine Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

After a year's absence from the Clockworks, the Tortodrones are again being called on a mysterious journey. The Strangers celebrate the Long Migration of these gentle giants.

The Recon Knights from the monitoring station in the Ancient Grove report an increase in Fiend activity near the Grim Gates. Spiral HQ needs you to put a stop to their nefarious activities!

Gather intel and Fiendish Glyphs from Fiends in the Clockworks. Explore the Ancient Grove and collect Ancient Shell materials. Craft Tortodrone shields and handguns at the mysterious alchemy machine!

Ancient Prize Boxes contain costumes and accessories inspired by the mysterious migration of the giant Tortodrone. Listen to the soothing song formed by wind traveling from their distant homeland. Feel the tremors caused by the marching giants as they move across the Clockworks.

Haven Treasury is offering Ancient Prize Boxes for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

As the equinox rolls around for Cradle's inhabitants, Spiral HQ is marking the occasion by making a variety of Cosmic and Celestial gear available to you! New this time is the Cosmic Orbitgun!

The Haven Treasury is offering the Equinox Prize Box for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95. See the announcement post for more information.

Through April 18, join Spiral HQ and the Strangers as they celebrate the 5th anniversary of Spiral Knights! Help Biscotti, the Skylark's Head Chef, avoid caketastrophe in two special missions. Fight Creep Cakes and Batterbots to earn Cake Slice tokens, then visit Maskwell in Haven Town Square to exchange tokens for cake helms, Anniversary Prize Boxes and other party-themed accessories.

Spiral HQ has assembled prize boxes from the past year together into a Surprise Box. When you open a Surprise Box you will randomly receive a past prize box and confetti. The Haven Treasury is offering the Surprise Box 2016 for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

And that's not all! The Birdsong Trading Company is having 3 days of giveaways for the Spiral Knights Anniversary celebration! Be logged into the game for the chance to win party hats, confetti and other special prizes.

See the announcement post for the complete schedule of events and all the details!

Spiral HQ has updated the game with several improvements! You’ll find new Grey Havens logos, improved graphic options, and improved controller support.

Feeling lucky?

Snatch a shiny Golden Slime Coin from slain slimes and give the Golden Slime Casino wheel a spin!

The insidious Apocrea Harvester returns to Cradle to trap and harvest souls. This sinister being will pursue any soul who enters the Grasping Plateau to add to the collection. Work together with other knights to Free trapped souls, find Apocrean Sigil tokens, and beat it back into dormancy. Visit the Obelisk of Creation to craft Obsidian weapons and the Grasping Aura.

Obsidian Prize Boxes contain items from the realm of the Apocrea. Visit the Supply Depot to equip your knight in sinister helms and armors crafted from Obsidian.

Accessorize your knight with winter and summer! Solstice Prize Boxes include Summer and Winter Accessories and Confetti, UV Tickets, and a bonus chance to receive a Bucket of Bloons or Golden Slime Coins.

Haven Treasury is offering a Solstice Prize Box for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

Join Smitty and his gambling brethren at the Golden Slime Casino through July 11th.

Lucky knights have a chance to win lockboxes full of Slime related gear. The prize wheel has been updated, so spend those Golden Slime Coins now while you can. Try your luck at a Golden Slime Casino near you!

Again, Black Kats are being reported in the Clockworks! The hordes of shadowy beasts hunger for arcane power and continually raid the Moorcroft Manor Archives' precious collection of magical grimoires. Collect Ancient Page tokens through the daily Prestige Mission, or as drops from black kat monsters in the Clockworks. Return the pages to Montague in Moorcroft Manor in exchange for Kat Tribe Fetish crafting materials. Visit the Mysterious Alchemy Machine to craft kat-themed gear!

The curse status is greatly feared by many creatures on Cradle. It leaves the victim impaired and unable to attack at full force without crippling results. Spiral HQ researched the effects of this status and has created costume helms, armors and accessories that are sure to give your enemies pause in the Clockworks.

Wicked Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

See the announcement post for more information!

Greetings! Spiral HQ “Hall Edition” is back and looking for some DIY knights to help revitalize their guild halls. Use the new Iron and Copper furniture to create your very own place to train, strategize, or hang out.

Release notes:

- Guild Hall upkeep prices have been significantly lowered.

- The Activities panel now gives you an option to see a list of all open Guild Halls.

- New guild hall furniture available. Copper and Iron items will rotate weekly. If what you're looking for isn't there, check back again.

- New guild hall theme “Divine” is available.

- New Rain Storm environment

- New ‘empty’ room: Chess Board.

- New Modular counter tops added to birdsong. These attach seamlessly to each other to allow you to create custom counters, barriers, etc.

- Guild Bonds: A ticket which turns into crowns once deposited in a guild’s treasury. Guild Bonds are not tradeable.

- Behind the scenes changes to update our libraries.

Chess Mini Prize Box:

Spiral Knights have always been strategic thinkers. What better way to brush up on those skills than a game of chess? Each box contains a chess piece for your guild hall. The Chess Mini Prize Box is available in the supply depot through August 8th. Your move, Knights!

Guild Hall Prize Box:

Spiral HQ has collected a stash of items to help guilds add those special touches to their hall. Even the elusive Chromalisk may find a home in your guild hall. The Haven Treasury is offering Guild Hall Prize Boxes through Aug 8, 2016 .

In these boxes, you may find the following items:

- Chromalisk pet

- New Floor Monitors for all your knightly dance club needs.

- Furniture items from Almire

- Furniture items from Moorcroft

- Modular Countertops

Since the troubles with the last Tortodrone Migration, Spiral HQ established a monitoring station in the Ancient Grove. Recon Knights there report an increase in activity and suspect the Fiends have returned to the Grim Gates. Spiral HQ is sending you to investigate!

Gather intel and Fiendish Glyphs from Fiends in the Clockworks. Explore the Ancient Grove and collect Ancient Shell materials. Craft new Tortodrone handguns at the mysterious alchemy machine!

Been sticking out like a sore thumb? Find yourself stuck with unsightly grass stains on your armor? Camouflage your knight with the look of a true forest hunter! Spiral HQ has revisited the color of true Hunters and created several new offerings. Contents include:

• Marsh Leafy Aura

• Hunter Valkyrie Wings

• Hunter Tome of Rage

• New Hunter Equipment

• New Hunter Accessories

Hunter 2016 Prize Boxes are available from now through August 23rd, 2016.

Join Smitty and his gang of misfits at the Golden Slime Casino.

The prize wheel has been updated, so spend those Golden Slime Coins now while you can. Lucky knights have a chance to win lockboxes full of Slime related gear. Time to see if Lady Luck is on your side.

What better way to celebrate the last days of summer than hiding away inside playing various games? Spiral HQ has opened up a short run of the Casino for this weekend. There’s no telling when it will end, so spin-to-win while you can! In case you get into trouble finding a Casino, sparks of life will be on sale in the Supply Depot.

HQ has also dropped the price of Krogmo bribes for those looking to work on their Coliseum strategy.

If that’s not enough strategical thinking for you, try a little chess. The Chess Mini Prize Box will be available this weekend in the Supply Depot.

For any late shoppers among you, we’ve brought back the Hunter 2016 Prize Box which is available from now through September 4, 2016.

The Strangers pause each equinox and listen to the harmony of balance. To recognize this cosmic event, Spiral HQ has equipment and accessories for the Knights of the Spiral Order. For this equinox, try out the Celestial Orbitgun and Celestial Saber!

A few select knights are brave and crazy enough to drop behind enemy lines. Lieutenant Desna and her elite Recon Rangers are the first line of attack. Dangerous Prize Boxes feature items favored by Desna and the Rangers. Not only is this gear is designed to intimidate, but also do as much damage to the enemy as possible. As requested by Desna, their armor is equipped with razor-sharp spikes and other hazardous features, because “Even a dead Ranger should make their foes bleed.” Recon Rangers are trained never to give up. Each Ranger is outfitted with a shield known as The Bitter End--the name serves as a reminder to all as to precisely how far a Recon Ranger is willing to go.

Contents include:

• Dangerous Dragon Wings (new)

• The Bitter End

• Anti-Personnel Spikes

• Dangerous themed armor and helms

• Dangerous themed accessories (new)

Join the Strangers in the annual celebration of the Dark Harvest Festival. Pay tribute to the playful Punkin King and ensure an abundant fall harvest for Cradle!

Meet the Punkin King in the daily prestige mission or adventure in Clockwork Tunnels levels of the Clockworks for a chance to find this mischievous being. Trick or Treat, collect candy tokens and exchange them in Haven Town Square for festive masks and Harvest Prize Boxes. Be sure to visit the Mysterious Alchemy Machine to create your own Punkin Maskeraith Battle Sprite.

The spookiest season has returned to Cradle!

The sensitive equipment at Spiral HQ has detected a temperature increase in the fiery depths. We know there are those who have been touched by Vog and given a blazing passion adventure. We need your assistance to ignite the courage in others, and cauterize the flow of enemies within the Clockworks.

These firebrand knights wear equipment specifically designed to blend into the smoldering environment. You’ll know who the most elite of these knights are by the burning embers they leave in their wake. When the smoke clears they are left singed, yet standing.

Contents include:

• Fiery Aura (new)

• Maskeraith Volcanic Egg

• Plated Pathfinder Armor (new)

• Plated Sentinel Armor (new)

• Plated Shade Armor (new)

• Plated Pathfinder Helm (new)

• Plated Sentinel Helm (new)

• Plated Shade Helm (new)

• Volcanic Accessories

• Other Volcanic Armor and Helms

Volcanic Prize Boxes are available from now through November 16th, 2016.

Below are a few additional improvements:

-Fixed name of Dangerous Slime Helm

-Fix dangerous box icon colors

-Fix missing tile in Firestorm Citadel’s Ashen Armory

-Fixes to help those using the client in the browser

The insidious Apocrea Harvester returns to Cradle to trap and harvest souls. This sinister being will pursue any soul who enters the Grasping Plateau to add to the collection. Work together with other knights to Free trapped souls, find Apocrean Sigil tokens, and beat it back into dormancy. Visit the Obelisk of Creation to craft Obsidian weapons and the Grasping Aura.

The cold of winter is descending on Cradle. To keep knights moving during the most extreme cold conditions, Spiral HQ has issued chilling new gear. Blend into any frozen environment with frosty gear and accessories.

While these items look frozen solid on the outside--for camo reasons, and also because it looks formidable--they're mighty toasty on the inside. Think of them as Cradle's most efficient travel coffee mug. Take care with the new permafrost aura as it may leave a puddle in warmer places.

Contents include:

• Permafrost Aura (new)

• Crystalline Defender (new, shield)

• Maskeraith (Freeze) Pod

• Arctic Acolyte Mantle (new)

• Arctic Acolyte Hood (new)

• Arctic Disciple Wings

• Arctic Crown

• Arctic Shackles

• Arctic Pauldrons

• Additional new armors and helms

• New accessories

Glacial Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

Gaggles of gobbling snipes are looking for a new home! Visit the Supply Depot and purchase Gobble Snipe Boxes to create a flock of Gobble Snipes in your guild hall. Gobble Snipes are available in autumn colors brown, black and gold. Don’t forget to check the bottom of the box to see if there’s a Gift of Autumn trinket!

Gobble Boxes will be in the Supply Depot through December 1st!

Happy Winterfest knights!

It’s time again for Impostoclaus to bring delight and festive fun. Visit his helper, Randolph, near the fountain in Haven to exchange tokens for festive helms, winter confetti, and snowballs.

Help Impostoclaus deliver presents to the children of Emberlight. Feed him milk and cookies to keep him strong. Protect him from Grinchlins and collect Winter Wish tokens.

Those pesky Gremlins say "Humbug!" and plan to stop Impostoclaus and destroy Winterfest! Help Impostoclaus stop them from destroying Winterfest with two daily prestige missions.

Raid the Grinchlin stronghold on Mount Krampus during the Grinchlin Assault Prestige Mission to stop them from ruining Winterfest! Make your way through the compound, all the way to the summit to find special 4* Solstice Ring trinkets. Combine them together to make the 5* Grand Solstice Ring trinket!

Delve into the Clockworks for Winterfest danger rooms! Collect Frozen Winterfest Wishlist tokens and exchange them with Randolph in Haven. He has a new Winterfest Present that contains tasteful new holiday pullovers and cheery onesies.

Visit the Supply Depot for Decoration Kits for your guild hall and gift boxes to wrap your gifts for your guildmates!