Spiral Knights - 10 things you didn't know about Spiral Knights

10 things you didn't know about Spiral Knights

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Thu, 08/15/2013 - 03:00

#651

Thunder-The-Bright

gun puppies resemble an old god.

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 02:46

#652

Tahum

When you are fighting with

When you are fighting with Snarbolax, the only way to damage it is too use the Beast Bells. When it becomes stunned, it's colours turn from black to light brown. People (including meh) where thinking that it is just because of stun, until the Furniture Update when OOO released the statues:
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Replica_Natural_Snarbolax
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Replica_Shadowy_Snarbolax

My theory: The Snarbolax which we are fighting is (slightly) infested by the Swarm, because of this they have their shadowy colour (it's natural form is represented at the first statue). The Swarm, apparently, can't endure the sound of beast bells, because it disappears for a short duration and the Snarbolax becomes vulnerable.
In practice, it looks like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naRLLTqkk10

Conclusions:
1)Every Snarbolax equipment IS INFESTED, WE NEED TOO BURN THEM TO ASHES!
2)We can fight against the Swarm with beast bells.

http://cdn.stripersonline.com/7/77/773e758f_th_oh-noes-everybody-panic.gif

EDIT: I know, it's not the 10# but it can be true.

Thu, 08/15/2013 - 12:43

#653

Chrysoscion

@Tahum

Snarbolax was around WAY before the Swarm was even conceived.

Thu, 08/15/2013 - 16:45

#654

Fangel

What's that smell...

Something's fishy with the snipes...

Thu, 08/15/2013 - 17:29

#655

Klockworx

@Tahum

I think your theory is a bit wrong, if you read the description on the wiki about the natural snarbolax it says, and i quote, "A small Snarbolax statuette, showing the savage shadow in a stunned state.

Meaning that the statue is the stunned version of the Snarbolax.

Thu, 08/15/2013 - 19:39

#656

Hearthstone

@Tahum

Basically, this guy is the Snarbolax and the Swarm respectively, huh?

Thu, 08/15/2013 - 20:07

#657

Archeops

I'd like to point out that

I'd like to point out that the Swarm and Shadow Lairs did not yet exist at the time of Nick's original post.

Quoting from an earlier post in this thread:

At the time of the OP, there was:

No Garrison
No Lab
No Hall of Heroes
No Missions
No Customizable Guild Halls
No Arsenal Stations
PvP was brand new (9 days old) and only BN, no Lockdown
No Howlitzers or Polyps
No Candlestick Keep
No Loadouts
No Heart Trinkets
No Accesories
No Lockboxes
No Shadow Lairs
No Elevator Passes
No Featured Auctions
No Drones (Shankles/Wisps)
No Ready Room
No OCH
No Party Finder
No Black Kats

Also, I believe that the Snarbolax boss and the Roarmulus Twins did not yet exist either.

Nick said that #10 was "something that all knights see everyday, but just haven't figured it out yet," so I'd assume it would be something in Haven.

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 00:35

#658

Inferno-Forum

Derpuraptor strikes back

Altough Swarm itself didn't exist, it's concepts and details were made at the very start of the game. A proof of this is the outline things a Tortodrone has all over his head and maybe arms.

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 02:55

#659

Tahum

@Glitchedpixel

Yep, but it's name is Natural Snarbolax statue and not Stunned Snarbolax statue (still I acknowledge that the description is strange).
Well, mortals like us can't decide a so important thing, we need to summon an Admin to confirm or disconfirm it.

{I know, it's not the 10# but it can be true.}

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 14:27

#660

Klockworx

...

I'm just waiting till either Nick or another GM decides to spill the beans, this has gone on long enough. Its the biggest tease in internet history, next to Half Life 3.

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 15:03

#661

Warp-Master

Uh, the beans were spilled

Uh, the beans were spilled back in 2011 I think.

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/24841#comment-150180

The 10th secret is that Arcade levels are housed inside domes that rotate in towers. (This is actually pretty obvious, considering that the skydome is visible in Aurora Isles, Wolver Den, and Jigsaw Valley.) After "pixeljoy" figured it out, Nick revealed that the Clockworks that we see is composed of spheres cleaved from various worlds that are slotted into trays. These trays rotate (this is how multiple levels can exist and rotate for a given depth and gate) and line up every two days in the Haven Arcade based on mineral deposits to form a gate. Note that this still doesn't explain how subtowns connect to every gate at once.

It would be nice if Nick or someone could confirm that this is the 10th secret so we can graveyard this thread already.

If it isn't I suspect that the 10th secret might be the fact that the Strangers don't actually talk so much as play pre-recorded messages. Talk to a Stranger NPC and listen carefully to the "bark" that plays; it's the sound of an old reel-to-reel tape recorder starting, then some alien-sounding gibberish as the tape whirs, then a click as the tape stops. This happens to explain why guys like Warnel say the same thing every time. This also implies that the Strangers are just as artificial as the Clockworks and basically exist to provide a veneer of normalcy to any tourists who happen upon Cradle.

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 15:03

#662

Imtn

Pens, not pencils.

Clearly, it's about the types of damage. Currently they are Normal, Piercing, Shadow, and Elemental. Now think about the order of the bosses. Currently, they are Snarb, JK, RT, and Vana. Respectively, their classes could be considered as beast, slime, construct, and fiend.

The damage that those classes do, in order, is piercing, piercing, elemental, and shadow. Without repeats, the first letter of each damage type, taken together, is PES.

PES may not look like anything significant, but that is because we have not factored in Normal damage. Now, we take the first letter, N, and think of where to put it in. Clearly, N must be placed in order to be the 3rd letter, because 3 is a special number: there are three types of weapons (sword, gun, and bomb), there are three battle sprites (Drak, Sera, and Mask), each battle sprite has a maximum of 3 moves that it can use, and there are three classes to choose from in LD. Therefore, let us put the N in the 3rd position.

Now, we have PENS. This is clearly a secret message put in by someone like Nick. What he must be referring to is that pens are much better than pencils. Therefore, Secret#10 must be that Nick has an abnormal obsession with pens in contrast to pencils.

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 15:13

#663

Warp-Master

That... is actually silly

That... is actually silly enough to be the real tenth secret. Remember, someone on the art team was obsessive enough to paint a Gremlin Scorcher on the "green hill zone" skybox.

Fri, 08/16/2013 - 16:11

#664

Venomousbiohazard

@Imtn

I was going to make a crack about "ice" being added to the damage types but I forced myself not to.

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 01:48

#665

Gravelord-Caste

The Truths don't provide any Answers

Mandatory link.

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 06:27

#666

Warp-Master

Oops. Well, I still suspect

Oops. Well, I still suspect that the 10th secret is either something to do with the login screen, the loading screen, or Haven. For instance, has anyone noticed yet that in the login screen, you can see lightning flashes in the depths of the Clockworks? Maybe there's something interesting down there.... (Also, the fact that Haven's data is internally referred to as "outershell" probably means something to someone.)

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 07:59

#667

Skyguarder

The 10th secret is: I am a n00b. :3

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 20:34

#668

Katmint

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 17:17

#669

Warp-Master

Another lame idea: the reason

Another lame idea: the reason the planet is called Cradle is because it's the literal and figurative cradle for the Core entity. Why do you put babies in cradles? To keep them safe. Why was the Core placed in Cradle? To keep it safe from the Swarm. Now the only question is whether the Core is a juvenile god or something and if so, where its parents are.

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 19:56

#670

Rubixman

Is number 10 the fact that I

Is number 10 the fact that I saw a dormant tortodrone???

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 19:57

#671

Rubixman

Will they be coming back???

Sun, 08/18/2013 - 02:54

#672

Lenore

Materials

I feel it has something to do with the fact all materials got a puzzle piece on the background like on how everything is a piece of a bigger puzzle.

Sun, 08/18/2013 - 22:49

#673

Vanishadow

#10

YUS! steam members can finally post. anyways, i reckon 10 is the snipes. ooh or maybe the strangers. cos they are the only ones you'll see if u don't delve into the clockworks. perhaps their masks, and for that matter the things that gremlins have on their eyes.

Sun, 08/18/2013 - 22:56

#674

Vanishadow

#10

OH i got i got it i got it! is it why the planet cradle has a thingy on it like a globe that stretches from pole to pole? ya know like on that loading screen for non-steam users

Sun, 08/18/2013 - 23:02

#675

Vanishadow

#10 continued

OOH maybe the whole thing is actually just a globe, the gremlins are rats and the ppl are toys. nah that wouldnt be. Oh maybe its that the knights dont seem to have and actual face or body, cos that you would even see in the ready room so if u log on and off thats all ud see. maybe they are robots.. Ive had too many guesses xD

Mon, 08/19/2013 - 04:11

#676

Thunder-The-Bright

there is an edit feature! edit I say!
btw, #10 is a secret, and it's big, so it can't be the snipes, it can't be something on a huge poster, and it's not something the wiki explains (see the page "knight")

Mon, 08/19/2013 - 09:24

#677

Zephyr-Ww-Ww

Damage type

Regarding the posts about damage types, keep in mind that there are no special damage types in T1, so Snarby may be beast, but he deals normal damage.

Mon, 08/19/2013 - 19:46

#678

Limesheep

My guess

The Gremlin icon looks like some (gremlin-ey) teeth biting down on a lug nut. I read all the pages of this thread and the wiki, and I haven't seen this tidbit anywhere.

EDIT: I started to think too far into things. Sometimes you'll meet big Knight with helmets that look like Knight chess pieces. We also take down a Jelly King and a Jelly Queen (though, the Jelly Queen was made long after the original post). The map is also split up into cubic spaces, like a certain board. What I'm getting at is we're all just pawns in the universe's most elaborate game of Super Chess.

Mon, 08/19/2013 - 19:54

#679

Junecat

Cache

If we are just going to throw things here and there, Then I might as well throw something on this thread too.

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/594704695996229518/DAC0310E81D2CB02C...
The screen that the gremlins are looking at looks like the boss gate icon (specifically the Jelly King).

Tue, 08/20/2013 - 02:59

#680

Hexzyle

@Junecat

Just looks like Soaps to me.

Tue, 08/20/2013 - 04:01

#681

Merethif

@Limesheep

@Limesheep,
Chess references aren't so secretly especially since gates' names comes from chess pieces as well (Bishop, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook).

The origins of other gate names (Clover, Falcon, Lion, Phantom, Serpent, Skull, Sun, Titan + obsolete Dragonfly and Sparrow) are more secretly, though I doubt it's #10

Tue, 08/20/2013 - 11:08

#682

Oshmaster

About 10

I think maybe its THE MINERALS?!?!?!

I mean the minerals change the clockworks and we see them everyday!

This isnt my best guess but itll do as A GUESS!

Wed, 08/21/2013 - 16:07

#683

Warp-Master

It's the moon. (Probably,

It's the moon. (Probably, just guessing wildly here.)

The moon is on the website, so we see it every day. It's also listed on the promo art, for those that care. It's pretty mysterious, and it was obviously placed there, since Cradle is an artificial planet; the fact that it's also crumbling is also rather interesting. Maybe we'll find more Core-related stuff there. Maybe it's a captured world that will crash into Cradle and form new Clockworks levels.

While we're talking geography, what's that arrow thing on the gold globestand pointing to?

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 16:30

#684

Tristianus

well my opinion...

First from all someone of us have for sure contain the ''key'' word in his answear but the point is what was it???I think that the mystery sleeps inside the crandle,the planet that the skylark have land on.We see it every day we want or no as we log in to the game,even on the back ground.''Curius''.We really dont know what the planet hide from us that what i think nick wanted to tell us.The onl mistery is what the core of the PLANET contains.

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 17:10

#685

Yakedo

the planet has 3 rings around

the planet has 3 rings around it...

no one noticed?

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 17:35

#686

Klockworx

@Yakedo

(Face-palms)

I can't believe i didn't see that before. It is so obvious.

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 18:10

#687

Usevnsevnsixfivfor

Guys we have already been told the #10 secret, so everybody please...

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnb0mBGjVFX6XMMy2SEbuoKGAlvqOTg...

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQR14HC25lekqfQBrdyBVHoNkIyxQrXk...

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZQ15ln6QGraq5hCoFin-Xv8MRydeYN...

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRlqzP59xWEKniWDQ2sKB_VzPoA2lICT...

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJ_WdTt_XRRzxoWdrakC6RXEbSUBsk_...

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.5061980827748774&pid=1.7&w=136&h=167&c=7&...

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 18:59

#688

Ryzera

.-.

I bet it's a secret color.
Maybe.
Probably not.

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 20:42

#689

Pixelflash

Well, let's analyze this a bit more closely.

Alright, keep in mind that Nick said this is something players see EVERY DAY. He said PLAYERS. Not knights of specific ranks. Therefore, it must be something both the lowest ranks and highest ranks can see every day. With that said, there are two things that immediately come to mind: Haven, and the Logon Screen.

I shall now thoroughly study Haven and the Logon screen and report back with my findings.

EDIT:
- The planet/moon (not sure what is is) in the background on the Logon screen appears to have fractures in it, as well as having a strange dust coming off of it, as if the whole thing is coming apart.
- The name of the Stranger in Town Square nearest to the Garrison entrance is a pun. His name is Bootshuze, as in, boot shoes.
- All the water Haven sparkles.
- The Town Square fountain has leaves in it, yet there are no trees near it.
- The Stranger in the southwest of Town Square between the entrance to the garden and the steps to the Bazaar is named Warnel, and he warns you not to step on snipes. Another name pun?
- In the Bazaar, the Armor Merchant is named Greave. A greave is a piece of armor.
- In the Bazaar, there is a stranger by the name of Ricasso, who is the Guns & Explosives Merchant. Ricasso is the name for a specific section of the blade of a sword. His name may not directly have to do with what he sells, but it still is related to weaponry.
- Quillion is the Bazaar's Blade Merchant. A quillion is a sort of crystal from the Sword of Truth novels. Sure, it was a crystal, but the series was called SWORD of Truth.
- As far as the name of Kragen, the Bazaar's Shield Merchant, Kragen is the name of an auto parts company. Not much relevancy in that, is there? Could #10 be that Kragen is the only Stranger that lacks a name pun or name related to what he sells?
- Basil, the merchant found in the Mission Lobby, shares his name with an herb that is commonly used in the culinary arts. I believe the relation here is that basil the herb is useful, and Basil the Stranger sells useful items.
- Vatel, the merchant who sells recipes and other general items, probably has to do with the word vital. As in, you'll need some of the items he sells.

Sun, 08/25/2013 - 19:31

#690

Juances

The login screen changed with the last patch :P

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 01:29

#691

Tristianus

well another opinion is....

Guys wake up.Nick got us!

Well i think as i said the only secret bis the planet it self.We see it we want or not.
And exatly,I think tha Nick didint mean any secret.He just wanted to open a thread and see,what we would say as a hiding secret that noone have noticed.It was a really clever move Nick,if... I say if you wanted to do what i am thinking.

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 07:17

#692

Gravelord-Caste

/reply

Pixelflash: I thought the stranger's names had more to them than I thought, but I couldn't figure it out beyond Greave. Nice find!

Usevnsevnsixfivfor: Where? If it's to do with Pixeljoy's post, then that isn't it.

One thing I can think of, after doing the Gauntlet again - this is probably just trivia, but I'll post it anyway - is that the three arenas have shock, freeze and fire statuses - a very common combo in games.

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 18:44

#693

Lord-Hood

Lets see...

The Roarmulus Twins do not like accessories.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/LordHood2552/screenshots/?appid=99900

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 18:52

#694

Usevnsevnsixfivfor

We should still abandon thread.

Wed, 10/02/2013 - 19:13

#695

Not-Someone

You fools.

It's the sword inside the A and the H in the "Spiral Knights" logo-image thing in the title screen.

Wed, 10/02/2013 - 19:48

#696

Hexzyle

@Tweeter

You really think no-one has noticed the Leviathan Blade in the Spiral Knights logo? It's even been mentioned countless times on this thread.

Wed, 10/02/2013 - 19:58

#697

Klipik-Forum

Didn't Nick say at some point that there was one reference he took out because it was too obvious?

Wed, 10/02/2013 - 20:59

#698

Not-Someone

@Hexzyle

Yes.

@Klipik-Forum: Vog's lair if I know.

Wed, 10/02/2013 - 21:04

#699

Not-Someone

So if it's not curse eyes on

So if it's not curse eyes on weps and statues, the Haven fountain having 3 rings on it, a grelmin-bush(wut), the Geo-Globes in the ClockWorks, how clouds form on Cradle if there's no water evaporation, Vatel's ruined shop that's now ran by Punch and Vise, or maybe the moon orbiting Cradle always looks like it's breaking and disintegrating (the source of Moonstone maybe?), then what in name of Vanaduke is it!?!? Come on, Nicky! At least give us a hint!

Wed, 10/02/2013 - 22:52

#700

Fangel

We need to go back... to the future!

Keep in mind when the initial post was made.

If it's the fact that the elevators have little spiral-springs under them, I'm going to be kind of sad. It's supposed to be something big though, and the elevator's build doesn't seem all too... Well, big.

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