What changed in Spiral Knights in 2011

New mechanical monsters called Drones have been added to the Clockworks.

Explorer's Pack is now 80% off, priced at $2.95 until January 2nd.

New mechanical monsters introduced in the Clockworks, immune to damage until they expose a weak point.

Explorer's Pack discounted by 80% from $14.95 to $2.95 until January 2nd.

Krogmo Coins can be used to purchase Santy Hats from Sullivan in the Haven Arcade until January 9th.

Frostbite features snowball ordinance that allows knights to transform opponents into snowmen.

New Scenario Rooms appear in existing levels, offering story lore and special bonuses.

Winterfest brings snow-based festivities to Haven, including holiday-themed Snipes and Impostoclaus.

Winterfest brings snow-based festivities to Haven, including holiday-themed Snipes and Impostoclaus.

Heat Amplifiers now grant double the un-amplified heat energy and come in different capacities.

New Scenario Rooms appear in existing levels, offering story elements and special bonuses.

The Events Hub allows players to track ongoing and past events, personal statistics, and achievements.

Improvements to the interface including color previews for Knights in shops and Auction House.

Krogmo Coins can be used to purchase Santy Hats from Sullivan in the Haven Arcade until January 9th.

New servers implemented to reduce latency for European players and improve matchmaking.

The Events Hub allows players to track ongoing and past events, personal statistics, and achievements.

Frostbite features snowball ordinance allowing knights to transform opponents into snowmen.

Heat Amplifiers now grant double the un-amplified heat Knights would gain and come in different capacities.

Improvements to the interface, including color previews for Knights in shops and Auction House.

New servers reduce latency for European players and automatically match players based on region.

A number of bug fixes have been made in this update.

Featured auctions run by the Haven Treasury offering unique or rare items in limited quantity.

Players can now recolor their Knight's pallet by visiting Vatel in the Bazaar district.

Purchase an Elevator Pass to reduce all elevator costs to zero for an entire month.

Featured auctions run by the Haven Treasury will offer unique or rare items in limited quantity.

Spiral Knights on Steam now features a Push-to-Talk option (default: set to V).

New options to recolor a Knight's palette available from Vatel in the Bazaar district.

Spiral Knights on Steam now features a Push-to-Talk option (default: set to V).

Purchase an Elevator Pass to reduce all elevator costs to zero for an entire month.

Arsenal Stations allow players to swap out weapons and armor in Clockworks levels.

Purchase a 30-day pass for unlimited access to elevators without energy fees.

New enemy type resembling mechanized patrol-bots.

New servers for European players to improve gameplay experience.

Arsenal Stations allow players to swap out weapons and armor throughout the Clockworks levels.

Knight armor now features Energy Blasts to repulse nearby enemies when revived.

New Scenario Rooms throughout levels offer unique stories and hints of a larger narrative.

Players can now directly purchase keys to the Shadow Lairs.

New servers for European players to enhance the play experience.

Players can now directly purchase keys to the Shadow Lairs for elite boss encounters.

New enemy type resembling mechanized patrol-bots.

Knight armor now features Energy Blasts to repulse nearby enemies when revived.

30-day pass for unlimited access to elevators without energy fees.

25% off Shadow Keys and the Energy Pack during the Thanksgiving Sale.

25% off Shadow Keys and the Energy Pack.

Special bonus rooms with unique stories and hints throughout the Clockworks.

Any player who logs in will receive the Pumpkin Bomb Bandolier accessory.

Promotion starts on 10/27 at 10AM PST and ends on 11/1 at 10AM PST.

A new 3,500 CE energy pack is available at a discounted price of $7.50.

A new 3,500 CE energy pack is discounted from $9.95 to $7.50.

Players who log in during the promotion will receive the Pumpkin Bomb Bandolier accessory.

Punkin King arrives in Haven, special rooms in Clockwork Tunnels-style levels, and candy tokens available.

New challenging levels in the Shadow Lairs for elite rank Knights with Tier 3 gear required.

Exchange Candy Tokens for various masks in Haven Town Square, available until November 1st.

New challenging levels in the Clockworks for elite rank Knights, featuring nightmare renditions of Boss Levels.

Increased Crown and Heat payouts, red treasure blocks, double boss tokens, and unique 5* gear.

The Punkin King arrives in Haven, offering special rewards until November 1st.

Exchange candy tokens for various masks including Paper and Authentic versions.

Increased Crown and Heat payouts, double boss tokens, unique 5* materials and gear, and a special artifact.

New maps Ramparts and Furnace added to the Lockdown PvP event.

Two new maps, Ramparts and Furnace, have been added to the Lockdown PvP event.

Players can now accessorize their armor with various items, permanently attaching them through Bechamel.

Iron Lockboxes can be traded or sold, and are the only way to find accessories. Silver Keys are needed to open them.

Iron Lockboxes can be found, traded, or sold, and are the only way to obtain accessories.

Players can spin the Prize Wheel after completing levels for various rewards, including lockboxes.

Players can now accessorize their armor with hundreds of items, including rare accessories that can be recolored.

Players can now spin a Prize Wheel after completing levels for various rewards, including lockboxes.

The forums will undergo an upgrade on September 23rd and will be unavailable for a few hours.

Elevator costs will be half off from September 23rd to September 25th.

The forums will undergo an upgrade on September 23rd and will be unavailable for a few hours.

Steam users can now participate in the official Three Rings forums for Spiral Knights.

Players can post on the forums using their Knight's name, with the option to select which Knight will post.

All elevator costs will be half off from September 23rd to September 25th.

Steam users can now access the Spiral Knights forums directly with their Steam account.

A new arena game mode where players can engage in direct Knight-against-Knight combat.

Players can now use Loadouts, preset gear configurations for quick gear switching in the Lockdown arena.

New Class Mods allow players to take on unique roles such as Guardian, Striker, and Recon in the Lockdown event.

A new arena game where players can engage in direct Knight-against-Knight combat.

New Class Mods allow players to take on unique roles such as Guardian, Striker, and Recon in the Lockdown event.

Players can now use Loadouts, preset gear configurations for quick switching in the Lockdown PvP arena.

Players can now access special test servers to experience upcoming content and provide feedback.

Access to the Test Server is limited to players with a combined total of purchases of $9.95 or higher in the last 30 days.

Steam players can now access special test servers to experience upcoming content and provide feedback.

New knights on the Test Server will start in Haven with no active gates and unlimited Mist Energy.

New knights will start in Haven with no active gates and have unlimited Mist Energy.

Players are encouraged to provide specific feedback on the Test Server through designated forums.

Instructions provided for installing the Test Server client from the official website.

Players are encouraged to follow specific feedback guidelines in the forum posts by developers.

Instructions provided for installing the Test Server client from a specific location.

New costume set available as a bonus for purchasing energy packages between September 6th and September 19th.

Advanced training halls with new, more dangerous traps for players to navigate.

Updated starting area to enhance the introduction experience for new players.

Newly designed Danger Rooms with more challenging traps for Knights to navigate.

Improved introduction area to enhance the experience for new players.

Spiral Knights included in the new Steam Trading feature.

Spiral Knights included in the new Steam Trading feature.

Special bonus item available with energy package purchases from September 6th to September 19th.

A new series of levels in the Clockworks featuring the haunted ruins of Candlestick Keep, home to the Spookats.

A new series of levels in the Clockworks featuring haunted ruins and Spookats.

Danger Rooms now feature traps and challenges for players to test their skills.

New high-level challenges for skilled players are in development.

New high-level challenges for skilled players are being developed.

Upcoming PvP event where players fight for control points using their equipment.

Ability to save and fast-equip sets of gear for easier access during gameplay.

New starting area designed to be more streamlined and engaging for new players.

Upcoming PvP event where players fight for control points with unique strategies.

A new series of levels featuring a mechanic where players must light candles to survive.

Danger Rooms now feature traps and challenges for players to hone their skills.

A new series of levels featuring a mechanic where Knights must light Owlite ward candles.

New starting area designed to be more streamlined and engaging for new players.

Ability to save and fast-equip gear sets for easier access during gameplay.

Special giveaway event hosted by Birdsong Trading Co. with hourly prizes for players logged in.

Special giveaway event by Birdsong Trading Co. with hourly prizes for players logged in during the event.

All elevator costs will be 50% off from August 12th to August 14th.

All elevator costs will be 50% off from August 12th to August 14th.

Introduction of King Krogmo's Arena for PvP battles with special arena-crafted bombs.

Launch of the Blast Network event featuring mayhem, strategy, and bomb-based gameplay.

Special bundle package including 9,500 Crystal Energy, unique costume helm, armor, and other items.

New Battle Pack available for purchase, including various in-game items and currency.

Introduction of King Krogmo’s Arena for PvP action with special arena-crafted bombs.

Special Coliseum events will be held throughout the season, starting with 'Blast Network'.

PvP combat is coming to Spiral Knights, allowing players to compete against each other in the Coliseum.

Players can win Krogmo Coins for special prizes and use unique alchemy machines in the Coliseum.

PvP combat is coming to Spiral Knights, allowing players to compete against each other.

King Krogmo will host Coliseum events where players can compete for glory and prizes.

The first Coliseum event, 'Blast Network', features instant-charging bombs for competitive play.

Hourly prize giveaways for players logged in during the event from July 22 to July 24.

Hourly prize giveaways for players logged in during the event from July 22nd to July 24th.

Allows players to preview vendor items and recipes on their knight.

Rebalanced levels to include monsters of specific themes appropriate for their level set.

The floor icon for Royal Jelly Palace | Battle Royale is now the correct icon.

Fixed a bug where players were getting stuck in the final encounter in Ironclaw Munitions Factory | Warfare Workshop.

Player paperdoll model no longer clips through lighting effects.

Improves visibility and navigation in affected levels.

Added a Preview button to vendor catalogs for visualizing items and recipes.

Fixed a bug in Firestorm Citadel | Ashen Armory where a party was able to open both sides of the path split.

Fixed an issue with the Kilowatt Pulsar series not consistently causing proper damage type.

Fixed a bug in Ironclaw Munitions Factory | Abandoned Assembly where the door after the shock bridge wouldn't open.

Specific levels now only have monsters appropriate for their theme.

Fixed a bug where battle music wouldn't stop playing in a devilish drudgery room.

Fixed a bug where unique variant defense type and status bonuses were being doubled in some cases.

Sharpened eye texture and added blinking animation for knights.

Two gremlin outcasts provide unbinding services and unique variants for items.

Improved performance for low graphic settings and smoothed alpha maps on armor materials.

Crafted items can now randomly obtain up to three unique variants, with specific conditions for retaining existing UVs.

A small bugfix release addressed a few issues related to the new Unbinding Forge.

Two gremlin outcasts provide unbinding services and unique variants for items.

Improves the visual realism of knights.

Fixed an issue where party platforms could be triggered prematurely when a player disconnects.

Crafted items may randomly obtain up to three unique variants, though it's rare.

All elevator costs will be 50% off from July 15th to July 17th.

All elevator costs will be 50% off from July 15th to July 17th.

Shock traps along that bridge now turn off when gate is opened.

Patched a hole in the wall in Warfare Workshop.

Optional energy turrets have been installed in some areas of the Jelly Farm 2.

Fixed an issue causing Quicksilver line armor and helm recipes to very rarely spawn in Basil's catalog.

Loot rebalanced in some levels to bring them in line with the rest of the game.

Fixed an issue causing Quicksilver line armor and helm recipes to very rarely spawn in Basil's catalog.

Patched a hole in the wall in Warfare Workshop.

Shock traps along that bridge now turn off when gate is opened.

Slowed down timing on shock traps along bridge in Abandoned Assembly.

Slowed down timing on shock traps along bridge in Abandoned Assembly.

Optional energy turrets have been installed in some areas of the Jelly Farm 2.

Loot rebalanced in some levels to bring them in line with the rest of the game.

New 2* items including The Pulsar, The Catalyzer, Quicksilver Mail and Helm, and The Static Capacitor.

New inventory icons for Relic and Chemical bomb families.

New sounds have been added for Coldsnap and Fang of Vog.

Replaced the corner pillars in Vanaduke's throne room with water wells.

New art for 3* and 5* chemical bombs.

Basil and Vatel are now guaranteed to have high star recipes in each tier.

New sounds have been added for Coldsnap and Fang of Vog.

Damage for Prismatech and Shadowtech Alchemer has been increased.

Two-Shot heavy style handguns and Autogun style handguns can now move while reloading at 55% run speed.

A Tier 2 encounter filled with traps and Gremlins, featuring an artifact from the Alpha Squad.

Brinks the Token Trader has had his boss token catalogs revamped, making existing equipment rewards cheaper.

The Ash of Agni, Shivermist Buster and Venom Veiler have a slightly reduced cloud radius and duration.

Damage for Prismatech and Shadowtech Alchemer has been increased.

A new gremlin weapons facility has been discovered, featuring 'Project Roarmulus'.

Introduction of new handguns and bombs with multiple upgrade paths.

Basil and Vatel are now guaranteed to have at least one of the highest star recipe in each tier and one 2* recipe respectively.

The Ash of Agni, Shivermist Buster and Venom Veiler have a slightly reduced cloud radius and duration.

New selection of 2* items including Pulsar, Catalyzer, Quicksilver Mail, and Static Capacitor.

All handgun charge times have been reduced.

New art for 3* and 5* chemical bombs.

Fixed an invisible pitfall in the first Clockworks Terminal.

Two-Shot heavy style handguns and Autogun style handguns can now move while reloading at 55% run speed.

New inventory icons for Relic and Chemical bomb families.

A Tier 2 encounter filled with traps and Gremlins, featuring an artifact from the Alpha Squad.

Brinks the Token Trader has had his boss token catalogs revamped, with material rewards no longer available for boss tokens.

All handgun charge times have been reduced.

Fixed an issue that was causing the Freezing Atomizer to apply the wrong tier of Freeze.

2*-4* 'Vaporizer' style bombs have an increased cloud radius and duration.

Fixed an issue where a rare love puppy spawn would prevent players from progressing in the Clockworks.

Fixed an issue where a rare love puppy spawn would prevent players from progressing in the Clockworks.

Replaced the corner pillars in Vanaduke's throne room with water wells.

Infiltrate the new gremlin weapons facility to stop 'Project Roarmulus' and recover a recon module.

Most handguns have had their charge attack animation speed increased by 33%.

Lumbers now do split elemental damage and have an attack flash notification.

Most handguns have had their charge attack animation speed increased by 33%.

Fixed an invisible pitfall in the first Clockworks Terminal.

Introduction of new handguns with multiple upgrade paths.

Fixed an issue that was causing the Freezing Atomizer to apply the wrong tier of Freeze.

Lumbers now do split elemental damage and have an attack flash notification.

2*-4* 'Vaporizer' style bombs have an increased cloud radius and duration.

Users will no longer be able to log into the game using their web account but can still access forums and wiki.

All further energy purchases must be made through the in-game Steam Wallet after conversion.

Users can only convert one web account to their Steam account, ensuring careful selection.

Ability to convert accounts created on the official Spiral Knights web site to Steam accounts.

Players can only convert one web account to a Steam account, ensuring no more than three knights exist between accounts.

Allows users to log on automatically using the Steam client and access Steam features like achievements and voice chat.

All further energy purchases must be made through the in-game Steam Wallet after conversion.

Players can convert their web accounts to Steam accounts for automatic login and access to Steam features.

Oil burn time reduced 66%, movement speed reduced, 'Oil dash' attack removed, oil deposit count on death and movement reduced

Maximum duration of shock spasm has been reduced, defense debuff during shock spasm has been removed

Melee range (one handed swipe attack) reduced

Melee range (one handed swipe attack) reduced

Inactive period after death increased, health reduced

Reduced rate at which they can perform a dodge maneuver

Reduced shock time, movement speed during shock time, shock status power and chance

Oil burn time reduced by 66%, movement speed reduced, 'Oil dash' attack removed, oil deposit count on death and movement reduced

Reduced rate at which they can perform a dodge maneuver

'Flamethrower' style attacks burn for half as long and move about 20% slower

Maximum duration of shock spasm has been reduced, defense debuff during shock spasm has been removed

Reduced shock time and movement speed during shock time, shock status power and chance reduced

'Flamethrower' style attacks burn for half as long and move about 20% slower

Inactive period after death increased, health reduced

Fixed issue that caused fire based attacks to spread over large areas.

Fixed an issue that caused new players to be unable to enter Rescue Camp/appear with white armor.

Bramble thinned out in Concrete Jungle Totem Trouble 2.

Fixed an issue that caused new players to be unable to enter Rescue Camp.

Concrete Jungle levels will no longer appear at Tier 1.

Fixed an issue that caused an inaccessible floating island to appear in the Clockworks.

Added new Scarlet Fortress level: Grim Gallery.

A warning now appears in the exchange interface when the Steam overlay is disabled.

Fixed an issue that caused an inaccessible floating island to appear.

Added a failsafe for stuck or bypassed Rescue Camp objectives.

Players starting at tier 2 or 3 will no longer be matched with parties that just completed the previous tier.

Fixed issue that caused fire based attacks to spread over large areas.

Status slimes can now have their alt-forms triggered by status traps.

A warning now appears when the Steam overlay is disabled, and the checkout button is disabled.

Fixed issue that caused system-wide slowdown at around 5 AM PDT.

Status slimes can now have their alt-forms triggered by status traps.

Players starting at tier 2 or 3 will no longer be matched with a party that has just completed the previous tier.

Added a failsafe for stuck or bypassed Rescue Camp objectives.

Fixed an issue that caused system-wide slowdown at around 5 AM PDT.

Players can now close the Steam invite dialog after moving to a different scene.

Issues with incorrect packages being displayed in the energy purchase dialog have been resolved.

All items from the Starter Pack now correctly bind to the player who purchased it or accepted it as a gift.

Players can now close the dialog after moving to a different scene.

Issues with incorrect packages being displayed have been resolved.

All items from the Starter Pack now correctly bind to the player who purchased it or accepted it as a gift.

Players invited via the extra Invite Steam Friends context menu will now be counted towards referral rewards.

Players invited via the extra Invite Steam Friends context menu will now be counted towards referral rewards.

You can now invite all the friends you like!

You can now invite all the friends you like!

Ability to bind existing Spiral Knights accounts to Steam accounts.

Ability to bind existing Spiral Knights accounts to Steam accounts.

New players are welcomed to the Clockworks with a call to adventure.

Spiral Knights is now available as one of the first free to play games on Steam.

Special offers exclusive to Steam players are available.

Steam users will find their Steam friends already added to their friends list in-game.

Steam users will find their Steam friends already added to their friends list in-game.

Special offers exclusive to Steam players are available.

Spiral Knights is now available as one of the first free to play games on Steam.