Knights,

You may have noticed the Gobble Snipes have stopped by Haven to visit the Strangers once again! Now is your chance to invite gold, brown, and black Gobble Snipes to roost permanently in your guild hall via the Gobble Snipe Box, detailed here. Each box contains a Gobble Snipe, and a chance for a Gift of Autumn trinket. Gobble Snipes, by the way, make fine roommates, and they don't leave a mess like some of your fellow knights *COUGHCRONUSANDAPHRODITECOUGH* might.

So many acronyms in that topic title.

Anyway, just a note to let you know that through December 1, the following discounts will apply to Spiral Knights DLC:

• Operation Crimson Hammer expansion mission, 75% off
• Guardians Armor Pack, 50% off

Enjoy!

Knights,

Spiral Knights game servers will be down for maintenance for a few hours starting at 1pm Pacific time on November 19, 2014. If you want to know when that is in your time zone, here is a handy converter.

The forum and the wiki will remain up during this time.

Thanks for your patience!

MEMORANDUM

TO: All Knights

FROM: Spiral HQ

SUBJECT: Taking a Cue from Nature

In order that we may better survive while on Cradle, Spiral HQ science teams continue to gather data on ways to blend in with local flora and fauna. Study and analysis are ongoing, and as part of that, we ask your assistance with field testing.

Volunteers for OPERATION MIMIC will receive, as part of the Vile Prize Box, items that mimic some of the most toxic creatures on this planet. For example:

Knights:

Rhendon is looking for recruits to join the Scarlet Scouts!

Scarlet Scouts, somewhat akin to the Recon Rangers, are tasked with traveling fast and light across Cradle to quickly extract intel and other assets from dangerous situations.

You might recall your own extraction not so long ago, when Rhendon guided you from your crash site to Haven. If you want to help out with these ongoing efforts, supplies can be found in the Hazardous Prize Box, available through November 11, 2014. These contain such items as:

Knights,

It's time.

The Dark Harvest Festival returns to Cradle, and with it the mischievous Punkin King and his gourdlings!

You can find the Punkin King in the daily prestige mission, The Dark Harvest. He may also "punk" you at random in the Clockworks. Be on your guard! Collect candy tokens, then trade with Maskwell in Haven Town Square for:

• Frankenzom masks
• Spookat masks
• Phantom masks
• Scarab masks (new!)
• Harvest Prize Boxes

Knights,

As we ramp up to the spookiest portion of the year on Cradle, we've got new costumes and accessories on offer in the Katastrophe Returns Prize Box through October 28, 2014. They include:

• Kat Suits
• Feral
• Primal
• Wild
• Savage
• Seraphynx themed accessories
• Seraph'tenna
• Dazzling Gem
• Dread Seal

MEMORANDUM

TO: All Knights

FROM: Spiral HQ

SUBJECT: On Staying Grounded

Thank you for your assistance in last month's OPERATION THWACK, which was a partial success in that we discovered Gremlins easily sniff out knights disguised as Gremlins, despite liberal application of Thwacker Body Spray.

ATTENTION ALL KNIGHTS

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Despite rigorous precautionary measures, black kats are reappearing en masse and consuming the treasures held in the Moorcroft Manor Archives!

Hail, knights!

The cosmos briefly swings into balance--the autumnal equinox is here! To mark this occasion, the Strangers have brought forth celestially-themed offerings in the Equinox Prize Box, available to you through September 29, 2014:

• Celestial Nav Helm and Suit
• Galactic Guardian Helm and Vest
• Celestial Shield
• Solar and Cosmic Plasma Wings
• Sun and Moon Crests
• Orbit Aura
• Equinox Confetti
• Celestial Saber (new)