Trade chat.

You don't have to worry about talking distance when you're in the Clockworks.

You have to unequip the thing you want to upgrade (for example from 3* to 4*). I started crafting the same equipment I had because the game didn't let me upgrade things I was using. I think it didn't tell me I have to unequip them first, or maybe did, but I didn't understand back then. My theory was that you can upgrade only unbound equipment, but there was something weird about it and eventually I found this out.

Opening energy gates is more efficient than I thought. It should be worth to even open those 4 treasure box gates when you're in a party of 4 and deep enough.

Quicksilvers have lower health than other slimes.

It is easier to hit enemy with hammer's dash when you're aiming at the side of the enemy, rather than its centre.

You can detonate howlitzer heads with swords.

wow, I never knew of these things, please continue.

Also, adding some stranger info:

-all stranger vendors except Basil wear masks with the image of what they sell.
-Weapons merchant have swords on there masks.
-defensive merchants have shields on their masks.
-the general good merchant hav a vial on his mask.
-the energy merchant has a energy symbol on his mask.

-The Quillion is the crossguard of the sword and the Ricasso is the unsharpened bit of the blade after the Quillion.
-Vatel may be a play on vial because of his mask.
-Greaves are armor parts used to protect the shin and Kragen may be some german word for some sort of neck protection.
-Bulky sells tokens by bulk I guess, and maskwell sells masks. (kinda obvious)
-And finally, the removed stranger Boost, who had an energy mask, sold boosters. (also pretty obvious)
- bonus fack: Kozma replaced boost

thanks for listening to my rambling, bye.

I'm pretty sure that half my hours in this game were because I didn't realize you didn't have to go into the game to access the forums.

Or it might have been because I didn't want to have to check my email every time I try to log into here.

- In the arcade, where some levels background is colorful (Jigsaw valley, Starlit cradle, treasure vault etc.), we player are actually inside a capsule in the clockworks, where we normally saw spinning during normal arcade level (deconstruction zone, clockwork tunnels, blast furnace).

- The logo on the elevator tells you what level you are going to face next, the background color represent the status and the icon represent the monsters.

- Sometimes we survive at 1% health, apparently it's a reference to Sega's Sonic

- Status table shows that Divine Avenger deals the same Damage as Archeron

- Status table shows that Grans Faust have the same stats as Archeron(other than the curse effect)

- Vanaduke Deals Normal/Elemental Damage, While being weak to Piercing Damage, So it's completely different monster type from the six type of monsters

- there is a boss logo on the floor on the place we fight Vanaduke

- the /dance command doesn't make the knight dance (WHY!?)

- knight jump a little during dashing

- spiral knight features 3D graphics, yet its gameplay is restricted to a 2D plane.

these are the stuff that took me a while to notice

Might as well add to this again...

- Mini-jellies are 2D sprites
- At the start of the Roarmulus fight, the lights turn on, the screen turns white, there is a huge lag spike, and the fight begins. During the lag spike, players are actually teleported to a different platform. You can still see this original platform if you bring up the map.
- Gorgo's use the old Alpha Wolver attack, before they were nerfed

some of these can be facts, others can be considered theories.

1. If you notice the Construct, Lumbers, they are usually found outside of the Iron Claw Munitions Factory, yet you can find them in packs in Arenas, Wild Paths. I find this interesting, as when you look at OTHER Lumber breeds, you can see some kind of seal on their "faces", which resemble the seals on the Sealed Sword. I also can consider, Lumbers to be the "Forces of Nature" or "Guardians" as they can hit other monsters, but only if you are near them. In a way, these Lumbers could almost act like Tortodrones, a passive creature. Maybe, in a real idea, Lumbers won't even bother you, they will just walk along. Their could be proof that they are created by Gremlins, but I find it hard to believe, as I said, they are not found in ICMF, even if you find the Thwacker Hammers in tree stumps.

2. Fire Storm Citadel, and Scarlet Fortress, are realms lost within the Clockworks. Scarlet Fortress depth information: "Named for it's vibrant tapestries, the Scarlet Fortress is a deconstructed mass of a forgotten castle, drifting endlessly within the void of the Clockworks." and if you look into the Recon Module in FSC from Grantz, it says "It is almost as if the burning realm is trapped in a single moment from some forgotten time, never changing, never allowing itself to finally turn to ash." It's also stated that a "will" holds it from changing, never letting the inhabitants rest, which states Vanaduk himself, holds the Citadel in a prison, just as he is within his cursed armor.

3. Snarbolax, not the only one of its kind. This may seem silly, but just hear me out. My sources of thinking there were more Snarbolax before the one we know now, is because the SL of Gloaming Wildwoods, has two Rabid Snarbolax, and in a way, this entails that there were more type attributes of the Snarbolax. I can only say, that Snarbolax isn't this only, rare, one of a kind creature, but a creature that could be the ancient ancestor of the Wolver family. It only makes sense, as both burrow into the ground...which is the only source I have, other than howling, and biting. It's like saying if we were monkey's we lost our tails and became less hairy, but for the Wolvers case, they lost the spines on their backs and aren't able to throw them out like a Snarbolax could.

4. Gorgos are said to be Devilities who have become lazy of their work ethic.

5. Trojans are actually knights that have been corrupted. I don't know if Guardians are the only ones to become Trojans, as they are tall spiral beings who wear horse helmets, but it can be safe to say that any knight can become a Trojan. I don't know how it works, but perhaps it's a ritual, to bring fourth a Trojan spirit from the "Legion of Ur" in the Underworld, to posses a knight. Another method could be Dark Matter, a mineral which is the essence of Chaos and Nothingness, something that can be used to amplify negative emotions, this could have effected Arkus, making him become a silent warrior of stone, as he was already in enough grief of losing his comrades, and who's to say, it wasn't against Fiends?

6. Captain Desna, of the Recon Rangers, was in a group called the Golden Wolves/Dragons Iron Wolves/Dragons, which was a squad of fearless knights that targeted high profile targets of the Morai, and later formed the Recon Rangers with surviving members.

There are many more things I would like to point out, at least theories and ideas, but I'm too lazy to keep writing.

@Recon-Ranger-Stark

I always thought that the Scarlet Fortress and the Royal Jelly Palace were capitals of two old civilization that Almire razed to the ground with the rise of Vanaduke. Only difference is that the Royal Jelly Palace is... well... infested by jellies after Vanaduke cleared out the halls. I don't think slimes are the type of people to build brick castles, so I suspect they're merely squatters. Furthermore, the RJP and Scarlet Fortress also share the same banners, just slightly differently colored.

Just my own personal head-cannon on the matter.

That was also an ez one. It's the same with puppy rockets, you can destroy them with swords and guns.

Concerning the 1% health bit, I'm willing to bet that's an actual mechanic, and not just a random factor.

From what I've seen, the game has a "last stand" mechanic, whereby you cannot be killed by any one hit if you are above 1% health - unless you are in an attack animation, in which case the "last stand" will not apply and you can killed by any amount of damage which exceeds your current health.

Once dropped to 1%, the "last stand" is consumed, and any damage source will kill the player. However, if the player heals by any means (hearts, pills, etc), then the "last stand" is renewed, and will be checked for validity the next time the player takes fatal damage.

So, if you're taking any offensive action (swinging your sword, holding a charge attack, etc) the "last stand" won't apply - but if you're just running or shielding, the game will drop you to 1% before applying lethal damage.

As far as I can tell, this only applies to monster damage - if you run over spike traps or some nonsense, the game will just kill you.

Naturally, this does not apply in Lockdown - but I've extended a great many suboptimal runs through Dreams and Nightmares by simply leaving a few hearts on the floor and only touching one of them if I get knocked down to 1% and need to renew that last stand.

impostocubes can spawn from rock slimes in any level with stone blocks