Happy Valentine's Day, or Forever Alone Day, or Just Another Day, Knights!

To celebrate, we'll be holding some mini contests and giveaways of redeemable codes on Twitter, at http://twitter.com/SpiralKnights. You might be familiar with this procedure from when we did it for Dark Harvest Festival, but in case not, a FAQ below:

Celebrate Valentine's Day with an extra helping of LOVE! Get a FREE all-new Love Aura accessory with purchase of a $4.95 energy pack!

The Love Aura emits a soft shower of gently floating hearts above your head wherever you go. It's the perfect way to tell your friends, guild mates or that special love puppy that you want them to be your special Valentine!

Offer available through February 19, 2012. Love Aura is delivered unbound at time of purchase.

XOXO

Today's patch contains a few behind the scenes items and has no player-facing changes.

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.

To celebrate the Year of the Dragon, the Haven Treasury has created a spectacular array of Dragon Wing accessories that are being given away FREE with a $9.95 energy purchase! The Dragon Wings are fully animated and come in a variety of styles.

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

11.2% Cool Dragon Wings
11.2% Regal Dragon Wings
11.2% Military Dragon Wings
11.2% Heavy Dragon Wings
11.2% Fancy Dragon Wings
11.2% Dusky Dragon Wings
11.2% Toasty Dragon Wings
6.2% Divine Dragon Wings

Haven
Winter has finally left Haven and all the snow has melted. See you next Winter!

NPCs
Some NPC Knights have received an art update.

Items
Chroma and Salamander style armors now accept back accessories.

To celebrate the re-release of Sonic CD on Steam, the Haven Treasury has some excellent offers in store for you:

Metal Sonic Suit!
Receive a FREE Metal Sonic Costume Suit and Mask with the purchase of a
$19.95 energy pack! Offer valid through January 31, 2012.

Tails Tails!
Receive a FREE Tails Tails accessory with the purchase of a $9.95 energy
pack! Offer valid through January 31, 2012.

Boost
Boost is also selling these special items through January 31, 2012.

- Metal Sonic Suit - 3200 CE
- Metal Sonic Mask - 3200 CE

Elevator Pass
The $5.95 30 Day Elevator Pass is here to stay! Accounts that have purchased the Elevator Pass in the past can now purchase it again as often as they like. Time is added to the your current Elevator Pass at the time of purchase.

Items
The following swords have had their charge attack changed from a swipe to a burst attack:
- Proto Sword ☆☆☆☆☆
- Beast Basher ☆☆☆☆☆
- Slime Slasher ☆☆☆☆☆
- Bolted Blade ★☆☆☆☆
- Big Beast Basher ★☆☆☆☆
- Super Slime Slasher ★☆☆☆☆
- Hot Edge ★☆☆☆☆
- Static Edge ★☆☆☆☆
- Searing Edge ★★☆☆☆

- Achievements unlocked in Spiral Knights that are missing in Steam will be unlocked in Steam on login.
- Fixed a couple cases where unlocking multiple achievements at once would result in some of the achievements' failing to show up on Steam.
- Gunpuppy bullets no longer spawn far away from their source.
- Fixed several weighted statue exploits in the Firestorm Citadel and the Shadow Lair Firestorm Citadel.

Winterfest
Winterfest has ended and Impostoclaus has left Haven for another year, but the cold weather will remain in Haven for just a little while longer.

Monsters
- All drone health has been reduced
- Almost all monsters have had their delay increased between spawning and attacking (including retrodes!)
- Wolvers, retrodes, and zombies will no longer follow their target once they commit to an attack
- Retrode and zombie melee attack has been slowed down and damage area decreased

Levels