A new update for Spiral Knights brings the Winter holiday to the town of Haven ... and turns up some answers (and more questions) within the Clockworks.
Winterfest
As the planet of Cradle has ticked a few degrees over and ushered in wintertime to the town of Haven, the snow-based festivities have begun: it's time for Winterfest, which means a blanket of snow, Snipes in the holiday spirit, and ... Impostoclaus! In addition, as part of the Winterfestivities:
- A new Lockdown level, Frostbite! Frostbite features snowball ordinance, which knights may use to transform opponents into snowmen -- an outcome which is both festive and tactical.
- Until January 9th, you can use Krogmo Coins to purchase Santy Hats from Sullivan in the Haven Arcade. Santy Hats expire on January 23rd, 2012!
Event Hub
New to your Spiral Knights interface -- the Events Hub! More than just a way to keep tabs on what ongoing events you might be able to join, the Hub helps you to keep tabs on past events as well as personal statistics, accomplishments, and achievements by friends and guildmates.
Of particular note to the old-school video game purist: the Events Hub features a running high score, tallying levels, Coliseum matches, and crowns acquired.
Heat Amplifiers
This is definitely worth noting: Heat Amplifiers have allowed Knights to accrue extra heat energy in dungeons. Now, they've received a technological upgrade, granting double the un-amplified heat Knights would gain! Additionally, you can acquire Heat Amplifiers with different capacities, lasting for 2 days, 7 days, or 30 days.
Scenario Rooms
While a beautiful, icy, cake-like glaze coats the surface of Cradle, the ever-shifting layers of the Clockworks have revealed something new within: Scenario Rooms are new rooms which have begun turning up in existing levels.
Scenario Rooms offer more than meets the eye (and sometimes much more). Some direct bits of story & lore, of interest to Knights who find such things interesting, can be found ... as well as some more indirect mysteries and hints at the larger mystery of the Clockworks itself. You will also encounter special bonuses from such rooms ... take note, for some Scenario Rooms are much more rare than others!
European Servers
Some news from the meta-Clockworks that keep the game humming along, there will now be new European servers open for Spiral Knights! Here are the official notes from Three Rings which those of you in Europe (and some of you here) will want to be aware of:
- Implementation of new servers is to reduce latency for European players.
- When you join a pick-up game or enter a town, you will be matched with other players in your region.
- By default, your region will be automatically determined based on your IP.
- If you wish to manually configure your preferred region, you may do so via the Option menu (in the General section, under Region).
- Your knights, items, friends, guild mates, etc., will remain unchanged! Interface & Bugfixes Some upgrades have been applied to the interface for Spiral Knights, including preview personal color changes for your Knights both in shops and at the Auction House. For more information -- and for some minor bugfix-type items -- skate on over to the Spiral Knights patch notes here!