MouseHunt: Ronza

Do you know who's Ronza? 
Ronza is a travelling merchant. The King allows her to sell exotic goods from her travelling shoppe, an airship. When she enters a region her location is an area available to hunters. Not much is known about her, though rumors are that she comes back on special occasions such as giveaways. Ronza has visted the Burroughs and Gnawnia. She has not yet visited Furoma,Whisker Woods, Rodentia, Tribal Isles, or Bristle Woods Regions.
Nobody knows when (or if) she's coming back, what she will be selling, or how long she will stay.
In 2007 MouseHunt developer Jacob Johnson created a piece of artwork entitled The Captain which purportedly depicts Ronza: Jacob Johnson's Portfolio: The Captain.

MouseHunt: The Seasonal Garden with new mice, Dragon's Chest, Zugzwang's First Move & Heat Bath

On the 17th August 2010, the Seasonal Garden in Rodentia region was released in MouseHunt world. Therefore, there are also new loots from Dragon's Chest & two new weapons that should be crafted not purchase from trap smith.

Here are the quotes from Dave Vanderburg:

Hello hunters!
The mysterious island that has slowly been floating towards the Rodentia region now holds a new hunting location for Lord and Lady MouseHunters: the Seasonal Garden!
To access the island, you'll first have to find a way past Zugzwang's pet octopus, Bubbles, who is very protective of the island and will grant safe passage only to his master. Finding an article of clothing that once belonged to Zugzwang may be the key to getting past him. One of Zugzwang's favourite pastimes was researching the rare and dangerous mice of the Tribal Isles, so try starting your search there.
The Seasonal Garden is enchanted by Zugzwang's Magic, making it a hunting area like no other. In this garden, the season, and types of mice you can catch, change every few days. Upon entering the garden you'll notice a new element on your heads-up display indicating the current season in the garden, along with a stat called your "Tower Amplifier". The amplifier is a power bonus that is applied to your trap when you hunt inside Zugzwang's Tower. Catching mice in the Seasonal Garden will increase your amplifier in different increments, depending on the type of mouse you catch. Failing to attract a mouse will cause some of your amplifier's charge to be lost. The opening of the garden is only the beginning! Inside Zugzwang's Tower are two teams of mice, trapped in a never- ending game of chess. Before hunters can intervene in this game, they'll need to gain access to the tower by finding a key that's hidden somewhere in the garden.
Larry suspects it may take hunters some time to discover the key and gain access to the tower. Keep your eyes on the news section for more details about the tower once hunters get closer to discovering the key.

Something new on your camp page:
A trap effectiveness statistic has been added under your trap on the camp page. Your effectiveness rating is determined by your ability to both attract and catch a mouse in your current location, with your current trap setup. The effectiveness of your trap is gauged as mild, medium or strong.
Clicking the effectiveness rating will open a dialog box displaying all the mice inhabiting your current location. Each mouse will display its difficulty rating, as well as a visual bar representing its difficulty rating. The difficulty ratings of specific mice are determined by your current trap's ability to catch that mouse, should you attract it.
Try changing your trap setup and opening the effectiveness dialog to see what traps work best against the particular mouse, or mice, you're looking to catch! Also in this update:

• We corrected an error making Champion mice incorrectly weak to tactical
• Nibbler mice have been added to a few more locations
• Cyclops mice can now be encountered in the Lagoon
• Mouse groups and location stats are now sorted roughly by title requirement
• Mice stats on profile tab are now sorted from strongest to weakest mouse
• We increased the length of items on the HUD to accommodate Gauntlet Cheese
• Event mice are no longer included in group/regional totals
• We renamed "Swarm of Pigmy Mice" to "Swarm of Pygmy Mice"

Seasonal Garden is a location in the Rodentia region requiring a minimum rank of Lord/Lady and the Zugzwang's Scarf to enter. There are three shops can be found in the Seasonal Garden: Cheese Shoppe, Trapsmith & General Store.

By now, anyone who knows how to access to the Seasonal Garden?
The simple thing is to get Zugzwang's Scarf from Dragon mouse in Dracano of Tribal Isles region which can be obtained from the Dragon's Chest. Beside the Dragon's Chest, it also drops Magic Feather, Heat Bath Blueprints, Seashells, Delicious Stones, Savoury Vegetables, Pinch of Annoyance, Bottled-Up Rage, Raisins of Wrath, Inferno Peppers, Fire Salt, Coconut Milk and Vanilla Beans.
So what are you waiting for? Catch a Dragon mouse now...

All mice in the Seasonal Garden are the Seasonal Soldiers group. They have a weakness to Tactical weapons, as well as another power type depending of their season.

Winter season mice:

Primary weakness: HydroSpring season mice:

Primary weakness: Physical/TacticalSummer season mice:

Primary weakness: Tactical is better than physicalFall season mice:

Primary weakness: Shadow

Zugzwang's First Move & Heat Bath

Zugzwang's First Move is a trap craftable by Lords/Ladies ranking with more than 38,000,000 points. The blueprints can be bought at the Seasonal Garden General Store. The total cost of crafting only includes direct vendor costs. Variable costs in acquiring the ingredients are not included, such as the cost of acquiring the Magic Feather. Also, keep in mind the minimum points required to craft this item, for even if you do have all the necessary components, you will not be able to craft this weapon until you have the necessary 38,000,000 points.

The Heat Bath is a Hydro weapon available only through crafting.

It is not sold by any Trapsmith and is thus non-refundable. It can only be crafted given the proper ingredients.

MouseHunt: Zugzwang's Tower sneek peek

Quoted by Dave Vanderburg:

MH developers has been announced that Zugzwang Tower will be coming soon in MouseHunt World. They had been busy preparing the artwork for the launch of Zugzwang's Tower.

Zugzwang's Tower is initially designed for Heroes rank but not quite complex enough to challenge higher ranks. However, the area becomes finalized and early play-testing began, it turned out to be challenging. Due to for higher ranked areas, combined with how this new area turned out during play-testing, the best suited with the title requirement of Lord/Lady.

Here's a sneek peek at some of the artwork for the Zugzwang's Tower.

Here is the latest map of Zugzwang's Floating Island.

MouseHunt: Molten Shrapnel Base, Gorgon Trap & some new mice

The Molten Shrapnel was introduced on 2nd July 2010. It is a crafted base similar in stats to the Limited Edition Magma Base. Its high power and luck make it a strong and versatile trap component, especially when paired with a weapon with a fresh cheese effect.

Purchasing Info:
The Molten Shrapnel base is not sold by any Trapsmith, thus it is non-refundable. It can only be crafted given the proper ingredients. While there is no points requirement, only hunter ranked Knight and above will be able to obtain the needed ingredients.

The Gorgon Trap was introduced on 13th July 2010. It can be purchased for 989,000 gold from the Trapsmith in Cape Clawed.


The lists are some new mice released:

MouseHunt: 20,000th mice caught

On the 20th July 2010, my hunter's journal showed the 20,000th mice caught. Still the same previous blog

MouseHunt: King's Gauntlet with new mice

On the 8th June 2010, MH had released a new location called King's Gauntlet in Valour region.

A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
As many hunters are already aware, a new location is now open! The Valour region is home to the King's Gauntlet, the King's challenge to MouseHunters everywhere! If you've been away, or are looking for a few more details about this new, exciting area, read on, hunter!
To access the Gauntlet, you will need to purchase floor plans from the Cartographer in the Harbour. Before the Cartographer will sell you the plans, you will have to prove your dedication to the King by capturing a Master Burglar and recovering a Crown Jewel. The Master Burglar can be hunted in the Town of Gnawnia or the Burroughs Bazaar by using SUPERbrie+ or Gilded cheese. Gilded cheese can be looted from normal Burglar mice scattered throughout the world.
The King’s Gauntlet works on a tier system, where Hunters advance to the next floor by hunting with cheese that they collect on the current floor. The King is paying close attention to which hunters amass the most potions before opening the next floor. By order of the King, the potions you collect cannot be used until specified dates. The poster below outlines when each floor of the Gauntlet will open.
Now, the entire Kingdom is wondering: Who will collect the most potions, and be the first to catch the mysterious Eclipse mouse? The King is offering a 300,000 gold reward for the Eclipse Mouse’s capture, and that Hunter could be you!

The construction of King's Gauntlet & King's Stockade.

Then how to start accessing to King's Gauntlet in Valour region. First of all to catch Master Burglar mouse which are available in Town of Gnawnia and Bazaar. The main bait preference for Master Burglar mouse are SuperBrie+ and Gilded cheese. Once Master Burglar mouse is caught, it drops a loot of brie cheese, Crown Jewel and Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold).Then travel to Harbour store to find a cartographer to buy King's Gauntlet Floorplan with a cost of 50,000 gold. The Floorplan will be ready within one hour while hunting mice in Harbour. Once the Floorplan is completed, the map of King's Gauntlet has been updated.

Then, proceed to a new world of King's Gauntlet in Valour region which requires a minimum rank of Apprentice. Mice in this location may steal points, gold or multiple pieces of cheese if not captured.

The toy mice of Tier One on the first floor:

On the 15th June 2010, a thief mice on the second floor has been released.

A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
Tier two mice of the King's Gauntlet are now released. The King will now allow hunters to use their Tier Two Gauntlet Potions to produce the cheese required to hunt the next tier of mice!
The thieving mice on the second floor of the King's Gauntlet can't keep their hands off Tier Two Gauntlet Cheese. To keep the little pickpockets from getting away with too much of your cheese, use a physical trap to stop them in their tracks.
Tier Two now makes the following mice available:

On the 22nd June 2010, a melee mice on the third floor has been released.A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
Tier three mice of the King's Gauntlet are now released! The King will now allow hunters to use their Tier Three
Gauntlet Potions to produce the cheese required to hunt the next tier of mice!
When you equip Tier Three Gauntlet Cheese, you can expect the sword fighting mice on the third floor of the King's Gauntlet to slash their way through just about anything to try and get it. To counteract their amazing swordsmanship, make sure to use a tactical trap.
Tier three now makes the following mice available:

On the 29th June 2010, a bard mice on the fourth floor has been released.

A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
Tier four mice of the King's Gauntlet are now released! The King will now allow hunters to use their Tier Four
Gauntlet Potions to produce the cheese required to hunt the next tier of mice!
The music-making mice on the fourth tier of the King's Gauntlet rely on this cheese blend to make their taste buds sing. Bards can be quite wily, so using a strong tactical trap will help the aspiring hunter stay on-key.
Tier four now makes the following mice available:On the 2nd July 2010, a magic mice on the fifth floor has been released.A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
Tier five mice of the King's Gauntlet are now released! The King will now allow hunters to use their Tier Five
Gauntlet Potions to produce the cheese required to hunt the next tier of mice!
Tier five is where the mice of the Gauntlet begin to garner a greater reward for their capture. Each tier draws hunters close to the Eclipse Mouse and the 300,000 gold reward for its capture, use shadow trap.
Tier five now makes the following mice available:On the 5th July 2010, a noble mice on the sixth floor has been released.A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
Tier six mice of the King's Gauntlet are now released! The King will now allow hunters to use their Tier Six
Gauntlet Potions to produce the cheese required to hunt the next tier of mice!
Tier six mice are quite valuable! Paladin mice are worth more than 25,000 points while White Mage and Sacred Shrine mice are worth 9,000 gold each, use arcane trap.
Tier six now makes the following mice available:On the 7th July 2010, a dust mice on the seventh floor has been released.A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
Tier seven mice of the King's Gauntlet are now released! The King will now allow hunters to use their Tier Seven Gauntlet Potions to produce the cheese required to hunt the next tier of mice!
Tier seven mice are extremely valuable! Fiend mice are 50,000 gold and 72,000 points per catch, use hydro trap.
Tier seven now makes the following mice available:On the 9th July 2010, a eclipse mouse on the eighth and final floor has been released.A quotes from Dave Vanderburg:
The eight and final tier of the King's Gauntlet is now released! The Eclipse mouse awaits hunters who have managed to hunt their way through all the tiers of the gauntlet to acquire the extraordinarily rare Gauntlet Potion Tier 8.
The Eclipse is an extremely powerful mouse and only has one notable weakness. Although, it is possible to capture the Eclipse using any power type, discovering its true weakness will make for an almost guaranteed catch.
Congratulations to any hunters that has made it this far - You have proven to be well equipped with a variety of traps and a sense of patience that is vital to any successful hunter. The journey to the top of the King's Gauntlet has been a long one, needing equipment gathered from across the entire map. Capturing an Eclipse is a sign of a seasoned hunter, who has mastered nearly every region within the game.
Once again, a big congratulations to those have made it this far, and good luck against the mysterious Eclipse Mouse!
Trap setup: Forgotten trap