Spiral Knights - Purify all 8 sprites in FSC without activating the well.

Purify all 8 sprites in FSC without activating the well.

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Thu, 03/15/2012 - 00:00

Xedma

I recently learned that is is possible to purify all the sprites in FSC without activating the well making it impossible to progress. If 4 sprites are already purified, 4 players need to be holding the other 4 sprites over the circle. When one is placed, the other sprites are forced to purify as well, but the game only notices that a 5th was purified and ignores the other 3.

I noticed this when I went to purify the 5th sprite and a teammate placed it before I could. 6 were in the circle, but the water didn't spawn. The next run, I tested my hypothesis by purifying 4 sprites, having 2 teammate stand on the circle holding sprites, and then purifying the 5th. As I predicted, the 7 sprites present purified, but the water didn't spawn. When we put down the 8th, the game recognized that there were enough sprites and we progressed, but it is safe to assume that if all 8 were present during the 5th sprite's purification, the game would have only recognized the 5th.

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 09:19

Nordlead

I noticed this a while ago,

I noticed this a while ago, but never thought through the implications. Another reason to be lazy and use only one sprite.

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 09:41

Extribble

I've seen this before as

I've seen this before as well. It seems that whenever one sprite is placed in the green circle, any other cursed sprites being carried by players are also purified, just like when you hit a player who is carrying a sprite with water. Seems to be that whenever a sprite is dropped in the circle, the equivalent of a water ball hitting them is triggered, so all sprites in the immediate vicinity are affected.

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 22:28

Evilnut

I usually split up with my

I usually split up with my party on that floor, so we tend to be carrying sprites and cleansing them at different times... but I never ran into this problem where the cursed sprite I am carrying getting purified. We don't try to use the single sprite glitch, we just carry the more convenient ones (i.e. all except the wheel room) to the circle.

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Purify all 8 sprites in FSC without activating the well.