Now you can channel the warrior spirit of a Valkyrie! The Haven Treasury has plucked from the heavens a dazzling array of Valkyrie Wing accessories that are being given away FREE with a $9.95 energy purchase! The Valkyrie Wings are fully animated and come in a variety of styles.

Valkyrie Wings
1 of a possible 11 randomly chosen at the time of purchase.

11.2% Cool Valkyrie Wings
11.2% Regal Valkyrie Wings
11.2% Military Valkyrie Wings
11.2% Heavy Valkyrie Wings
11.2% Fancy Valkyrie Wings
11.2% Dusky Valkyrie Wings

UI
- The rank (or tier for Expansion Missions) will be displayed next to the mission name when inspecting a friend or guildmate's location.
- An official seal will be shown on mail originating from a non-player.
- Most numbers and prices will now display with commas.

Bugfixes
- Companion knights should no longer shield-block player bullets.
- Wishbones will no longer be requested in Monstrous Research Prestige Missions.

Items
- Blessed and Sacred Silver Amulets have had their star values corrected.
- Volcanic Demo Suit now has a medium CTR boost.

Levels
- Fixed a broken monster gate in Lounge Lizards level that was causing some players to get stuck.
- Fixed a naming issue with a floor in Beyond Axes of Evil.

Operation Crimson Hammer
- Silence the Guns - Addressing issue where the battle room gate would not lower for some players

Misc

Missions

- Added over 30 Rank Missions through rank 9-4, allowing you to achieve the rank of Vanguard.
- Prestige Mission rewards payouts adjusted for exchange-style missions.

Items

- Dark Reprisal, Dark Reprisal Mk II and Dark Retribution bombs have received a damage decrease and a speed reduction to their orbiting bullets.
- More items have been added to the Supply Depot.

Operation Crimson Hammer

- Added an all-new, free "Aftermath" level following 'Engines of War'

Operation Crimson Hammer
- Adjusted background music volume across all floors
- Slightly longer vulnerable period on several Battlepods
- Silence the Guns - Sped up respawn timer on explosive blocks, allowing players to kill off the Mortafires in the rocket block battle room faster
- Silence the Guns - Added collision to prevent players from getting trapped in artillery rocket chambers
- Silence the Guns - Fixed broken tile art in Stalker room

Bugfixes
- Fixed a few Steam conversion issues.

Operation Crimson Hammer!
The first Expansion Mission, Operation Crimson Hammer, has arrived!

Warmaster Seerus is the evil master of munitions within the gremlin's all-powerful Crimson Order. Thought to be the true mastermind behind the Roarmulus Twins and countless other gremlin weapons, he is the Crimson Order’s creator and supplier for their diabolical engines of war.

For a limited time get a BONUS 15% more Energy with any Energy package purchase!

Offer valid through February 27, 2012.

Offer excludes gift-able energy packs such as the gift-able energy packs acquired with the Party Pack and Battle Royale Pack.

Hall of Heroes
- Recipes purchased form the Hall of Heroes now bind on purchase.

Levels and Missions
- Alien Ooze - door will no longer open prematurely during last battle.
- Boss Dungeons - should no longer be able to join a party mid-boss fight.
- Strength In Unity - loot should no longer be unreachable in the last battle area.
- Toy Soldiers - fixed a flow issue where hitting a ghost block early stopped players from progressing.
- Clockworks - fixed bad room collision that allowed players to run outside the level bounds.

Today's patch features the official release of Missions! This patch includes Rank Missions through Rank 6-2. More exciting missions will be released in the future!

Mission Overview
Missions provide players with a a structure for navigating the world of Spiral Knights. Each mission features a reward that is guaranteed with completion in addition to the rewards acquired during the mission itself.

Today's patch fixes an issue where players using Mac OS X 10.5 could not log in from Steam.