Spiral Knights - 'Save Winterfest' Mission Guide!

'Save Winterfest' Mission Guide!

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Thu, 12/13/2012 - 22:54

Msaad

Let's get started!

First, What is the Save Winterfest Mission?
It's a mission which helps you get Winter wishes, Which you can trade in for santy hats, Prize boxes, Confetti and Snowballs.
You have to grab a huge red gift or a small green gift and escape from the fiends to get the winter wishes. Your time limit is 10 minutes.
Sometimes Impostoclause gets attacked by creatures called 'Grinchlins' Which are actually greenish colored Gremlins

Gear: (Any gear is OK, But this one i recommend)
Helm: Any shadow defense Helm
Armor: Any shadow defense Armor
Shield: Any Shadow/Pierce/Freeze Defense Shield
Weapons: Carry at least a Piercing/Shadow weapon.

How do i get tokens quickly?
There is a shortcut method for this. (Please don't hit switches)
Get gift, Down, Diagonal up, Down, Put gift, Up, Diagonal down, Get gift (And it goes On and on and on)

(Extra tips)
If you're T3, Try to make an altrenate account to do T1/T2 WF, Since the T3 One is hard as hell.
Try to ask your T1/T2 Friend to invite you to the WF Mission.
Also, remember to run away and shield bump chromalisks as they can swallow your box.
Additionally, Merry Christmas!

Here are pictures of the Santy hats:
http://media.spiralknights.com/wiki-images/6/60/Santy_Pith_Hat-Equipped.png
http://media.spiralknights.com/wiki-images/b/b1/Santy_Sallet-Equipped.png
http://media.spiralknights.com/wiki-images/4/47/Tailed_Santy_Hat-Equippe...

Here are the rewards of the Frosty prize box:
33% for one of the following:
- Frosty Side Blade
- Frosty Wings
- Frosty Bomb Bundle
- Frosty Crest
- Frosty Parrying Blade
- Frosty Plume
- Frosty Ribbon
- Frosty Scarf
- Frosty Dapper Combo
- Frosty Power Scanner
- Frosty Glasses
- Frosty Round Shades
- Frosty Com Unit
- Frosty Mecha Wings
- Frosty Vertical Vents
- Frosty Bolted Vee
- Frosty Headband
- Frosty Maid Headband
- Frosty Toupee

33% for one of the following:
- Frosty Crescent Helm
- Frosty Round Helm
- Frosty Fur Cap
- Frosty Hood
- Frosty Pith Helm
- Frosty Plate Helm
- Frosty Sallet
- Frosty Scaled Helm
- Frosty Tailed Helm
- Frosty Winged Helm

33% for one of the following:
- Frosty Flak Jacket
- Frosty Draped Armor
- Frosty Fur Coat
- Frosty Cloak
- Frosty Brigandine
- Frosty Plate Mail
- Frosty Cuirass
- Frosty Scale Mail
- Frosty Culet
- Frosty Raiment

All items will be unbound, So don't worry!
The prize boxes will also contain Confetti and snowballs.

Happy Winterfesting!(Or whatever it's called :P)

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 22:55

Msaad

(Note)

There is a WF prize box for Select Energy purchases
Here are the rewards:
62% for one of the following:
- Snow Block (a furnishing perfect for building snow forts)
- Crest of Winter accessory
- Red Holiday Presents (furnishing)
- Green Holiday Presents (furnishing)
- White Holiday Presents (furnishing)

21% for one of the following:
- Red Candles (furnishing)
- Green Candles (furnishing)
- White Candles (furnishing)

15% for one of the following:
- Red Winterfest Tree (furnishing)
- Green Winterfest Tree (furnishing)
- White Winterfest Tree (furnishing)
- Snowfall Aura accessory
- Crown of Winter accessory

1.5% - An Impostoclaus Hat and Winterfest Coat

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 23:42

Sweet-Hope

there something that works

there something that works for us: Skolver set +sizzling hearthstone pendant = No freeze from traps.

So this useful for Rush runs just be sure to take some heal because traps take 1 bars and half of health. Anyway Nice guide its something we use too!

EDIT: well this just for Tier1, for tier 2 and tier 3 i dont recommend it

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 23:59

Msaad

@Sweet

Nice, how many tokens did you get?

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 00:02

Sweet-Hope

well we only have 2 guys with

well we only have 2 guys with Max Freeze so we got 106 tokens on tier 1. i guess 4 players with max freeze can get more than that

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 00:04

Msaad

Nice! 106 tokens is an achievement with 2 people
I got 102 in T2 :D With snarby set

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 00:51

Severage

@Msaad:

He didn't say 2 people, he said 2 with that freeze resistance. 106 with 2 people would be...really impressive...that'd be like 18 red boxes per person which isn't physically feasible. lol

Skolver/Snarbolax doesn't matter in T1, but for T2+ Snarbolax is the best gear due to freeze resist coupled with shadow defense.

I think we had 3/4 (I was the only one without Max/Max/Med freeze resist) people with full freeze resist to walk through the vents. That was the 114 token run. Later, with a different group who also had all Max/Max/Med with me as an exception, we averaged at ~105, sometimes higher, sometimes a lil lower, but always above 100 tokens.

Being able to get a box per 2 runs is nice - any bonus tokens add up for those runs with other people after your party disbands.

~Sev

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 01:05

Msaad

@Sev

LOL, For a sec I thought he had 2 people and I agree, Snarbo has shadow + Freeze so the fiends and ice don't matter :D

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 01:56

Flowchart

In T1 Ice Queen Crown/Mail is even better due to the freeze/stun resistance. Too bad there aren't any stun trinkets though... but having a stun UV would be ideal.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 02:03

Msaad

Flowchart

Why not both?
Snarb armor, Ice queen Helm.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 06:05

#10

Hexzyle

Apart from the respawning

Apart from the respawning monsters, additional waves of monsters spawn every time the party leader passes checkpoints, most notably upon reaching Imposotclaus, the grinchlin spawn is triggered, and while carrying a box through the middle section, 2 devilites and a greaver spawn. I have only tested this with red boxes.

That is where the "huge swarms" of monsters come from. The party leader should then be the most competent fighter in his party, should take care of grinchlins himself (since it will slow only him down, and hence, the monster spawning) and should kill wave spawning monsters as soon as he sees them appear. (seeing as he knows which ones are the trigger spawns, and which ones are not) This will keep the level fairly clear for his teammates.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 07:39

#11

Msaad

@Hex

I worry about the Grinchlins too,
Since they appear every time a person comes to take a gift..
My members just see them and leave them be.
Leave them be.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 11:53

#12

Hexzyle

Actually i need to correct my

Actually i need to correct my logic. The spawning isn't restricted to when the party leader comes by, but it is triggered each time one player passes by a set area. I need to figure out how often. Maybe every fourth present is delivered or something?

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 12:30

#13

Canine-Vladmir

oh yea

another thing i noticed is when we put down presents at the same time, we get 2x tokens. sometimes 3 boxes down we get 3x tokens.
so thats already extra tokens your way, fighting/staying as a group.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 12:31

#14

Canine-Vladmir

oh darn

curse you!

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 13:42

#15

Severage

@Hexzyle:

It could very well be every forth person - I find that whenever I get my present first, and return to the Imposto ahead of everyone, the Grinchlins ALWAYS seem to spawn on me, slowing me down to the rest of the group again.

@Canine:

Uh...you mean when you put down 2 boxes you get 6 tokens 3 boxes you get 9...? That happens anyway? lol

@Flowchart:

Ah, good point, didn't think of that. Unfortunately I've never taken the time to craft such armor.

~Sev

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 14:24

#16

Canine-Vladmir

@ChevySevy

No i mean like one extra token. When the tokens start going to arsenal you can sometimes see token image with 2x on it. sometimes 3x on it.
i have yet to confirm this but when 2 boxes are set, 7 tokens appear. 3 boxes are set, 11 tokens appear.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 14:40

#17

Orbwanter

My current best for T3 with no trapwalking shenanigans is 89, and even that run had room for improvement.

I think there's a timer involved. I noticed in some parties where everyone was on the ball, fiends would only spawn every other pass.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 14:54

#18

Canine-Vladmir

x2 tokens proof?

we set 4 boxes down and a buttload of tokens appeared. a few with the text x2 on it.
i could only manage a screenshot cuz there too darn fast!
(look at top right corner)
http://i47.tinypic.com/2j5kgoy.png

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 15:09

#19

Severage

@Vladmir:

Uh I think you just derped.

I was pretty sure it says "x2"+ when it can't count them 1-by-1 fast enough, as in two people picked them up at the same time.

~Sev

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 19:46

#20

Hexzyle

Yeah, I only see 4 in that

Yeah, I only see 4 in that image, the 3 on the ground and the one that's picked up and above everyone's heads.

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 20:31

#21

Msaad

@Canine

What sev said was true, the x2 tokens appear when you collect tokens very quickly.

Sat, 12/15/2012 - 00:14

#22

Everblunt

Max Tokens?

With a good team you can get 120 tokens pretty regularly. 3 * 10 * 4 = 120. So that's 1 red present per minute, per person. I think luck with the keys can get you 122-124. It may be possible in an extreme case for everyone to squeeze in 1 more red present so a theoretical max may be 132. Everyone would have to be pretty flawless though.

Sat, 12/15/2012 - 00:49

#23

Severage

@Everblunt:

It's not possible in my experience to get an 11th box. If and when I get 10 boxes instead of 9, I have ~30 seconds left. No way can you run another red box unless you're wearing Mercurial. I have heard of people getting up to 13 boxes using mercurial.

My friend Baodur with a pretty great team got 123 tokens (T1 of course). That's the highest I've heard of yet.

~Sev

Sat, 12/15/2012 - 03:17

#24

Hexzyle

That's because it takes 30

That's because it takes 30 seconds to deliver the first box, then 1 minute for each box after that because you're walking double distance. In the last 30 seconds, you might be able to grab a green from the centre.

That makes it 10 x 3 + 1. Max is 124 that way.

Sat, 12/15/2012 - 10:23

#25

Msaad

Yeah

The center one is really easy to get, i got one in 23 seconds

Sat, 12/15/2012 - 16:07

#26

Severage

@Msaad:

Yeah but now you have to have both keys to get the center boxes.

Meaning to get 124 you have to basically have a flawless team - or someone wearing Mercurial who got lucky with the freezing stuffs.

~Sev

Sun, 12/16/2012 - 11:17

#27

Batabii

"Get gift, Down, Diagonal up,

"Get gift, Down, Diagonal up, Down, Put gift, Up, Diagonal down, Get gift"

Wait, what? You're taking the opposite path from what you should. The ghost block path is faster and safer, ESPECIALLY on the way back when you don't need polaris to hit the blocks. It's almost a straight shot!

Sun, 12/16/2012 - 14:56

#28

Severage

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Everyone runs that route, Batabii, the Down, Diagonal Up, Down, Put Gift, Up, Diagonal Down route. Using the lower route contrary to what everyone else is doing will just make it harder for people to flip switches.

~Sev

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 02:32

#29

Batabii

But the ghost block route is

But the ghost block route is SHORTER! And everyone should at least own a pulsar...

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 03:29

#30

Severage

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Not necessarily shorter, I wouldn't say that. In fact, I find it harder to get by the vents if you time it incorrectly.

Also, I do not even own a pulsar. Because if I ever own one, I know I'll end up spamming the [fecal matter] out of people like everyone else.

~Sev

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 05:28

#31

Msaad

@Batabii

The ghost block place is for people who have freeze resistance or pulsars

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 13:49

#32

Batabii

Everyone should have a

Everyone should have a pulsar. Beating the roarmulus twins enough times is not even an issue if you're already tier 3.

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 14:39

#33

Severage

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It's not how you get it, it's why would you get it?

It's an obnoxious, spammy weapon, that only serves to annoy teammates in PvE and annoy enemies in PvP. It's also a huge waste of time and mist to run RT that many times.

~Sev

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 22:56

#34

Msaad

@Sev

But..but, i have a polaris :(

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 23:06

#35

Batabii

It's a useful, almost OP

It's a useful, almost OP weapon, why would you NOT get it?

Also you should probably get at least one of every boss weapon. They're virtually free, after all.

~Sev

Wed, 12/19/2012 - 23:35

#36

Msaad

Err Batabii

What's with the

~Sev??

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 01:00

#37

Hexzyle

@Batabii

Also you should probably get at least one of every boss weapon. They're virtually free, after all.

Not anymore. It's more profitable to buy the Schemer Scrap for 18 tokens and sell it for ~20k.

~Hex

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 01:30

#38

Batabii

Not until you have all the

Not until you have all the UNIQUE boss rewards...you can get crowns anywhere.

~Sev

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 02:32

#39

Msaad

@Batabii

What's with the

"~Sev" ???

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 09:00

#40

Severage

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Batabii is just being annoying kinda like usual.

"Virtually Free"

Nope. I have to waste some 500 ME getting it. 500 ME is worth 70K CR.

Not free. It's not even CLOSE to OP - it is total junk in PvE except Unknown Passage, it's only OP in PvP because of how much of a fustercluck weapon it is.

~Sev

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 11:13

#41

Batabii

No more annoying than you

No more annoying than you constantly are.

It's a great weapon, the only reason I didn't upgrade to Polaris is because it's so overused. It's great in PvE against turrets, lumbers, and groups of enemies.

500 ME has no worth. You can't sell or trade ME, and you still get the crowns and mats from IMF anyway. You have to beat the mission to rank up, and pulsar is arguably the best Bark Module reward there is.

I think you're just trying to disagree with me whenever possible.

~Sev

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 11:50

#42

Hexzyle

@Batabii

500 ME has no worth

Just because something is untradeable, doesn't mean it's worth nothing. If it can somehow be converted into currency indirectly, then it is worth something.
Especially since mist essentially equates to "time". And time is money. And money is crown.

And If I'm getting a "free" boss reward, I'm going to choose the mat worth 20k over the piece of junk weapon anyday.

~Sev

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 16:37

#43

Severage

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500 ME = 70K CR by going to Firestorm.

It's probably cheaper to play Firestorm and buy a Pulsar, given the crown rates at RT.

Saying 500 ME is worthless is a very naive comment. Argent Peacemaker/Blitz Needle beat Polaris in every imaginable way - except, as I have said, in UP.

Also - I'm not constantly annoying, because I'm not the one who constantly demands people to move their threads, and encourages ridiculously ubiquitous items to be continuously overused, nor am I emulating other people as a distasteful joke.

That aside, why are you accusing me of being annoying constantly, yet emulating me?

~Sev

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 21:45

#44

Batabii

That aside, why are you accusing me of being annoying constantly

Giving you a taste of your own medicine.

Also argent peacemaker is weak and has no knockback or status, and blitz isn't even elemental.

~Sev

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 21:53

#45

Msaad

@batabii

Argent peacemaker is fast, it can break those cardboard boxes .-. on your way, henceforth, i find it useful

~Batabii

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 22:08

#46

Severage

AP is the 2nd best gun in FSC, second only to Blitz.

Blitz's damage is so ridiculous it can probably do as much as Polaris on a Construct. Obviously hyperbole, but yeah...its DPS is far higher. Alchemers are also better anyway.

"Giving you a taste of your own medicine"

So, you're accusing me on being annoying, on the grounds of giving me a taste of my own medicine, by being annoying? Wow, you're not hypocritical at all.

~Sev

Sat, 12/22/2012 - 00:05

#47

Autofire

You know...

I'm perfectly fine playing LD/BN myself. :P

This argument of polarises is derailing.

Sat, 12/22/2012 - 00:37

#48

Msaad

@Autofire

People are like "OMG STOP POLARIS SPAM LLAAG LOL LOL TROLL HEH HEHEHEHEWEWEJIAS'

Sat, 12/22/2012 - 01:10

#49

Psychodestroyer

"No more annoying than you constantly are."

So not at all then? You do realize that this signature thing only really bothers you, right?

"I think you're just trying to disagree with me whenever possible."

I also think you're just trying to disagree with everyone whenever possible, mostly on the small topics really only you care about.

Also, you do realize that mimicry is a form of harassment? That moment in your childhood when you and another delinquent (or was it the other way around) ranted back and forth between each other with a barrage of "Stop copying me!" and "I'm not copying you you're copying me!" ? Yeah, that.

Regardless, you know what you're doing Larry, and really this only bothers you. Like 'Jelly King'. So don't play dumb and innocent over it and get over yourself, really.

@Sev: Ignore him for the most part. Yes, I can understand it's annoying. If absolutely need be, report him for harassment. Mimicry iirc is a form of harassment, and harassment grounds for reporting.

Do eet.

Sat, 12/22/2012 - 01:30

#50

Msaad

@Psy

:o I've mimicked a lot of people as per trolling in game, i hope they don't report me hehe.

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