Spiral Knights - Subtown fees.

Subtown fees.

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Sun, 12/02/2012 - 09:06

Kolmarilya

So I recently read on the wiki that there are subtown fees on the wiki, I never really noticed it on my own. I also read there was a way to bypass the fees, but I don't quite understand how.

Could anyone give an explanation to how the fees work?

(And just in case you don't know, subtowns=Emberlight and Moorcraft)

Sun, 12/02/2012 - 09:20

Bopp

just look at a gate

Look at a gate in the Arcade. If you haven't finished Tier 1 on the gate, and you try to jump to Tier 2 (Moorcroft), then you will be charged 200 crowns. If you haven't finished Tier 2 on a gate, and you try to jump to Tier 3 (Emberlight), then you will be charged 500 crowns.

The gate also says that you will be charged 10 energy. If you jump to the town itself (depth 8 or 18), then this fee is not assessed, actually. The gate is just warning you that you might be charged 10 energy, if you join a party that's already left the town.

Furthermore, in your Character window (click on the little chess knight in the upper right corner of your screen), in the Progress tab, it shows exactly which tiers of the current gates you've completed. The point of this display is to tell you were you can jump without paying a fee.

Sun, 12/02/2012 - 09:58

Aureate

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Accessing the deeper Arcade levels (gates that rotate every 2 days, and vanish 8 days after being created) requires t2 and t3 clearance from the missions (unless you had acquired it prior to mission implementation).
Once you have clearance, you can then visit those levels you have clearance for.
However, you must pay a 200 cr fee for every time you start at any level in t2 without previously clearing t1 of that gate, and you must pay a 500 cr fee for every time you start at any level in t3 without previously clearing both t1 and t2 of that gate.
You do not need to clear both t1 and t2 in one session.
'Clearing' is interpreted as going down on the party elevator to the subtown, i.e. finishing at least one level before getting into Emberlight or Moorcroft. It is not necessary to be at the level from the start to finish.
A new gate with the same name as an old gate you cleared must be cleared over again in order to avoid paying the cr fees.

Sun, 12/02/2012 - 10:54

Kolmarilya

Alright, I see. Thank you

Alright, I see. Thank you both for your answers

Sun, 12/02/2012 - 11:33

Senshi

Actually....

You don't need to clear T1 to get free access to T3, you can start in T2 (paying the fee of course), and clear that, and then have free access to T3 but not free access to T2.

Sun, 12/02/2012 - 12:38

Bopp

right

Senshi is right (and this is what I said in Post #1).

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Subtown fees.