Skins and Spools

[Foonthyurnt2]

When we’re able to merge accounts, what happens if you bought the same thing on both accounts? Will we get a copy of it and be able to unravel it? Or will you not do that for concerns of people duping spools? And if you don’t mind me asking, was it a choice by Nintendo to add the bolts system rather than allowing you to just pay for whatever? 

Also, what’s gonna happen to skins that aren’t released yet in the update version the switch is on 

[nome]

If you have a copy of a skin on each of your accounts you'll have two after the merge and be able to unravel one for spool. With loyal skins that can't be unravelled we're looking to create an (optional) de-duplication tool in the future but no promises on an exact timeline there. Bolts are something we do on all the consoles, items for sale on their storefronts require a full certification pass that takes a lot of time (both in terms of delayed launches and number of hours Klei would have to spend on all the paperwork). Using bolts lets us certify a handful of bolts packages and then let you choose the skin sets you want from in-game.

At the present time if you get a skin drop on PC that isn't supported on switch yet you'll see it as a thingamabob. Technical work is in progress to let us update skins more easily though so we can keep those in sync with PC and other consoles.