Spiral Knights - Few Kinda Recruit Q's

Few Kinda Recruit Q's

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Mon, 04/25/2011 - 13:25

UberNinja

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Here they are!
1) How do you upgrade items? if you look on the wiki, it says that for instance that the Colbalt helm can go into the Solid colbalt helm. How can I do this?

2) Guild. I know this is the wrong Forum, but when would you say i should join/make a guild? when i have 2 star equip., 3 star? or just when i have enough energy? Should I join or make?

3) Royal Jelly. is there a certain elevator in the arcade that you need to go down to face him? if so which one. and if not, how do you face him?

4) when to do Royal Jelly?

5) the elevators in the arcades are confusing. I always go down the one to the far left. so the ones right are harder or just different?

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 13:34

Icee

Answers!

1) Buy a recipe and craft the upgrade at an alchemy station. The Cobalt line is available from Kozma who is always in the Haven Bazaar and in Moorcroft and Emberlight. Other recipes can be found from Basil in the terminals within the dungeons; his selection will depend on your depth and will be a random selection of the available star levels (1-2* in tier 1, up to 4* in tier 2, up to 5* in tier 3).

2) Join a guild when you find a group of people you like to play/chat with and want to play/chat with often. Your gear doesn't matter for a guild, but your social inclinations do.

3) The Royal Jelly lives in the Royal Jelly Palace. Before you go down an elevator, check the tiers (he lives in tier 2) and look for the one with the Royal Jelly Palace. It will appear as purple rook icons.

4) I would do the Royal Jelly when you are almost, but not quite, ready to enter tier 3. He's definitely the most difficult thing in Tier 2. Plan ahead (poison/curse/fire potions and weapons) and bring a skilled party.

5) The elevators rotate. What is on the far left today will be gone soon and the others will move over. Position doesn't determine difficulty; type of stratum does. Typically Graveyards (tombstone icons when you look at the tiers) are considered more difficult and Arenas can be as well (although you have a choice of whether to do the more difficult later rooms of an arena. Difficulty of other levels will vary and could be dependent upon your gear (fire resist will help you in fire levels, a freezing gun won't do much good against wolvers, etc.).

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 13:40

UberNinja

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More Q

thanks! but one more Q

Extra) Should you buy crystal energy right when you can?

I can only play the game for like and hour each day because of energy so is there a way to keep buying, then playing, then buying then playing and so on?

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 13:45

Leviathan

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"I can only play the game for

"I can only play the game for like and hour each day because of energy so is there a way to keep buying, then playing, then buying then playing and so on?"

Yes, this is possible. You can grind for crowns, use them to buy more energy, and go back in, etc.

Possible doesn't mean dirt-easy, though. Scout around the forums - you'll need to learn about what gear is actually generally-good, which is more for specialist use, about which floors pay off, and so on.

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 14:55

Icee

Buying CE

I play 1-2 hours a day. I honestly don't know how hard it is to pay for free because I found buying CE with cash to be a good deal and did so early. I played in beta and have played almost daily since the release. I'm already in mostly 4* gear and I have only used about 1000CE total (about $3 worth in over 3 weeks playing, so probably $5 by the end of the month), mostly on crafting my 3-4* items. Obviously if I wanted to play more than 2 hours, I'd spend a lot more on elevators, but I find that CE goes very far for the money spent. If you can afford to spend the cash, I recommend it.

If paying for CE with cash isn't an option, you should first figure out how much you want to play. If 1 hour a day is enough playtime for you and there will be days each week that you don't play at all, you'll easily be able to save your crowns and spend them on recipes instead of CE. You can do your alchemy for 2* and even 3* gear on days you can't play much (2* crafting is 50 energy) or at all (3* items are 100 energy). If you are likely to want to play 2 hours or more a day, you'll want to buy CE whenever possible until you've built up a reserve of a couple thousand. That will cover some extra dungeons and crafting up to 4* without a problem, so you can reevaluate your needs after you've reached that point.

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