A new update will be releasing today that includes the following:

Token Rewards

-The Blackened Crest is now available from Brinks for Almirian Seals

Monsters

- Wolvers have had their fangs sharpened. They now inflict PIERCE damage.
- Chromalisks now have a whirly tongue attack that deals PIERCE damage.
- Devilites have started ordering their office goods from a demonic supply warehouse. They now inflict SHADOW damage.
- Thorns are all the rage in the Slime fashion world right now. Slimes now inflict PIERCE damage.

Items

Gloaming Wildwoods

- Fixed level not loading after being kicked from a party or going solo

Monsters

- Fixed an issue that was allowing the Snarbolax to inflict damage types not cleared for it's tier in some cases.

Localization

- Fixed German, French and Spanish translations for Artifacts

Levels

- Disconnected players will no longer prevent activation of elevators and party platforms

A new update will be going out later today!. It includes:

New Boss Stratum:

The Clockworks have just revealed a new, perilous boss stratum for Tier 1 Knights to challenge, The Gloaming Wildwoods. However new recruits should take heed - this dense forest is home to a fearsome creature known as the Snarbolax. Said to be a massive beast draped in living shadows, this dark predator enjoys toying with its prey before delivering the final blow. It is advised that only Knights who have mastered Tier 1 take on this formidable beast as those who have entered unprepared have never returned!

We're issuing a small bugfix release today to address the following:

- Mission emails from Spiral HQ will no longer be sent out to players in boss stratums. The emails are used in a future update.

- Reimbursements have been automatically issued to players affected by the 'buy now' bug from yesterday's update. Should you have any further issues, please file a support ticket in game.

An update will be released today that includes some new features:

Achievements

You can now earn a wide variety of achievements in Spiral Knights. Achievements can be viewed on the Character Panel under the 'Achievements' tab. We plan on further developing our achievement system in the future, including adding more achievements in future updates.

Items

The Heat Amplifier is now available from the Upgrade Merchant. This upgrade grants the user 20% extra heat for 48 hours.

Monsters

- Devilite Yesmen no longer drop loot as if they were defeated when they change jobs.

Today's bugfix release included the following:

- Repeating levels bug has been fixed.
- Problems with Go Solo and Remove from Party has been fixed.
- Vanaduke's orbiting fireballs can be doused again.
- Mac users on Leopard were unable to access AH, this has been fixed.
- The Token Trader will show the correct bind information for items now.

- Not a bug but an Energy Depot Stranger is back in the Town Square again.

We performed a bugfix release today to take care of some behind the scenes stuff, but it also included the following:

Uplink

- Messages with item/crown/crystal attachments can be accepted/deleted in one step.

Auction House

- You can now sort by # of Unique Variants

- The "My bids" panel will now automatically update after you've been outbid.

I wanted to take a moment to respond to the recent threads about our first production update to Spiral Knights and tell you about the actions we plan to take.

First, I think it's important to talk a little about the design for Spiral Knights.

Items and crafting are a core part of the game. Achievement in the game is tied to finding and exploring the unique items it is possible to make. For that achievement to be meaningful, some of those items, the most interesting and satisfying to own, need to retain some level of rarity.

We realize that some players were in the process of leveling items for another player before last night's update and now those items are bound to the player offering the leveling service. We would like to offer the service of returning items to their original owners for this special situation and a limited time only.

To request this service, please do the following:
* Log in to the game with the knight currently in possession of the items in question.
* Submit a ticket in game (click the question mark at top left, then select the support tab and click on
support request.)

The Birdsong Construction Co. has informed me that their recent project has been completed!

The Haven Town Square now features an Auction House located just north of the fountain, and an Advanced Training Hall located by the western stairs leading to the Bazaar.

The Auction House allows players to buy and sell items across all game instances. You can browse by item type, search by item names, manage your own auctions and even search materials by your known recipes!