MouseHunt: The Great Winter Hunt 2010 at Festive Comet

The Festive Comet is back again for the second time which started on 24th November 2010.

It is a special location available during The Great Winter Hunt '09 and also The Great Winter Hunt 2010. There is so much snowing hunting to be done! There are festively dressed mice to hunt as well as mischievous Elf mouse, which is carrying gifts of all shapes and sizes. If you catch an Elf mouse you'll find a gift specially wrapped depending on your hunter's title. Many of the gifts contain a little cheese to help you in your hunting, but occasionally you may just find something a little more special.

The Festive Gift Shoppe has returned to Gnawnia where you can use your gold to send gifts to friends. There is no limit on how many gifts you send and claim that were sent from the Festive Gift Shoppe. If you're feeling generous and want to let someone know you're thinking of them this Great Winter Hunt, pick out something special and buy if for your friend.

There are festive collectible items that can be sent to friends, as well as Gingerbread Planks. Planks can be smashed with your Hunter's hammer to produce 15 pieces of Gingerbread cheese. The festive bait along with Super|Brie+, is a favourite of Elf mice. The Festive Gift Shoppe is expecting new items to arrive throughout December.

New festive gift baskets are available that contain Super|Brie+ and the lucky Golden Shield. There are also two new trap skins that give the RhinoBot and Clockapult of Time a fun, festive look.Just before the start of December is the Great Winter Star Ceremony. It's celebration held by the King where the previous year's Winter Star is removed from the top of the tree and the new one is replaced on top. Some mice truly despise the festivities, so there is sure to be some trouble. Mark November 29th on your calendar - The King will need help making sure no unruly mice crash the party.

Head over to the Festive Comet in Gnawnia region, and hunt Elf mice, which may enjoy Gingerbread or Super|Brie+ cheese. If you're feeling in the giving mood, check out the Festive Gift Shoppe and send some friends festive gifts.

Make sure to be at the Festive Comet on November 29th for the Great Winter Star Ceremony where the King will need you to be on the lookout for any suspicious mice Good luck hunting Elf mice and happy holiday hunting!!! :)

Festive Disaster!!! - The Festive Comet is invaded!!!
It happened on the 29th November 2010 when the banner above suddenly changed.
The Great Winter Hunt of 2010 new mice will be available throughout December! Lightning the Great Winter Tree and the new Festive Gifts, restoring the spirit of the holidays.

There was a great celebration and jubilee from veterans and novices alike as unprecedented number of hunters gathered together to witness the Great Winter Star Ceremony near the Festive Comet. Throngs of happy hunters surrounded the massive Holiday Tree, ringed with glittering lights and tinsel. Under the broad evergreen branches sat a mountain of sightly gifts brought by the King to show his appreciation for the hard work of the hunters.

But just as the Winter Star was being raised, a booming of steel drums drowned out the cheers! Our veteran hunter's supply of spoiled eggnog from last year's Winter Hunt burst open, disgorging an indescribable odor and a cloud of choking nog-smoke! Those stalwart hunters who held their breath witnessed a league of mice rush to the tree, stripping it bare of lights. pillaging the King's special gifts, and even claiming the Winter Star itself!

It seems the mice may well have stolen away both festive cheer and cheese, but all hope is not lost! A few of our bravest hunters were so formidable they managed to tough out the eggnog stench, capturing as many mice as they could manage. Bribing these captured mice with delicious Gingerbread Cheese, they learnt that there are 12 mouse types working for 1 mysterious boss! All we know of this festi-villain is that he leaves eggnoggey footprints in the snow...

They have also learnt that the mice have a schedule for their devious plot, and the bosses will only reveal themselves if the minions fail. The King, working together with the hunters, has released a Royal Calender to coordinate our efforts.

Now it is up to you, brave hunter, to enter the Great Festive Hunt of 2010, capture the 12 mice of winter, defeat their noggy master and restore our holiday!Restoring Holiday Cheer
Over the course of December, we'll be releasing a new mouse to the Festive Comet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Mice, once released, will stay in the area as long as the Winter Hunt is active. As you catch these mice, lights in your holiday strand will turn on as you recover the spirit of the Winter Hunt. After all 12 are released and caught, the mysterious boss will be revealed and become available to you. We're told he likes his cheese as cold as his heart... On Tuesdays, new gifts will become available in the Festive Gift Shoppe. On Thursdays, or 'Bonus Elf Day' as we call it in the office, twice as many Elf mice are released to the Festive Comet.

The Holiday Lights

This HUD element shows how close you are to defeating the 12 Mice of Winter. Mice that are caught are shown with a glowing light. Mice that are released, but not yet caught, are a grey bulb. Mice that are not yet released are faded mysterious silhouettes of lights.

1st mouse caught2nd mouse caught3rd mouse caught4th mouse caught
5th mouse caught6th mouse caught7th mouse caught
8th mouse caught9th mouse caught10th mouse caught11th mouse caught12th & the last mouse caughtThe Big Boss mouse caught

Once Squeaker Claws is captured, the banner turned into 2010 Winter Star.Hunters are able to purchase the Explosive Toboggan Ride trap.
The Explosive Toboggan Ride can be purchased at the Festive Comet Trapsmith for 10,000 gold and the following items found during The Great Winter Hunt 2010.The Diamond, Gold, Zombie, Stealth, Centaur, Harpy, Monster, Lambent Crystal, Vinetail and Gladiator are released on 15th December 2010, along with new loot items Seasoned Gouda Potion, Climbing Pitons and Ski Sign.The Climbing Pitons is dropped by Stealth Mouse and the Ski Sign is dropped by Gladiator Mouse.
The Double Diamond Adventure is not sold by any Trapsmith and is thus non-refundable. It can only be crafted given the proper ingredients.On the 30th December 2010, a New Years mouse is re-released into the Festive Comet and is found to drop Satchel of Gold worth 2,011 gold, as loot.Wishing you all mouse hunters a happy hunting, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & Happy New Year 2011.

The Festive Comet melted and the Great Winter Hunt 2010 event ended on 6th January 2011.

MouseHunt: King's Giveaway

The King's Giveaway event started on 11th November 2010. The event introduced 3 new event mice, along with Prize Power, Lucky Coins, King's Credits and the King's Royal Prize Shoppe. It also introduced the notion of a Wishing Well at friend's profiles in order to earn more prize power.

The quotes from MH developer Dave Vanderburg mentioned in Facebook forum.

First of all, let's start on how to begin hunting 5 event mice.

As the prize mouse, all 5 mice are known to have an aversion to the following types of cheese and are known to avoid traps baited with them:

• Gilded
• Gauntlet Tier 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Wicked Gnarly
• Susheese, Glutter, Combat, Rumble, Onyx Gorgonzola
• Shell, Gumbo, Crunchy, all types of Havarti, Vengeful Vanilla Stilton
  
• Checkmate

Hunting strategy:
The 5 mice are a typical member of the Event Mice group. All power types are of normal effectiveness against it with exception of Parental which is ineffective.
Failure to catch an event mice will result in an increase of one Prize Power. After catching a prize event mice, it is impossible to catch another one for 24 hours except Mobster & Leprechaun for 90 days.

The Prize Shoppe has opened for first time but only available during giveaways.
This store can sell crafting items, potions, collectibles, Super|brie+ and weapon skins in exchange for King's Credits.

Items for Sale

The event ended on 17th November 2010, so every hunters had a great time hunting to get a rare special event mice.

MouseHunt: Halloween Trick and Treat Event

The Halloween Treat and Trick event began on 20th October 2010. The event was not same as what to expect last year Halloween, only to catch Hollowhead mouse (limited edition) running rampant all around the Kingdom.

Quotes from Dave Vanderburg (MH developer):

Attention all MouseHunters!

An insane mouse has proclaimed itself to be the King of Halloween and has setup a spooky obstacle to protect itself from hunters! The King needs your help to explore this new haunted area and track down the pesky mouse at the heart of it all!

In order to fully explore the Haunted Terrortories of Gnawnia, you'll need plenty of Ghoulgonzola and Candy Corn Cheese. You can collect these two new types of cheese by visiting up to 10 of your friends' hunter profiles a day to go Trick-or-Treating. Just click the "Trick-or-Treat" button to discover if your friend decided to trick, or treat you! You'll receive Ghoulgonzola for a trick, and Candy Corn Cheese for a treat. You can also collect both of these flavours of cheese by hunting mutated or Hollowhead mice at the Haunted Terrortories.

During the Halloween event Ghoulgonzola and Candy Corn cheese carry a very high attraction rate in not only the Haunted Terrortories, but many other hunting locations in the Kingdom. Their ability to attract mice is closely tied to the magic of the Haunted Terroroties, meaning they will be slightly less powerful when the Halloween event ends.

When you arrive at the Haunted Terrortories you'll notice two new progress bars on your heads-up-display. These progress bars are filled by catching mice using Ghoulgonzola and Candy Corn Cheese. Trick AND treat enough mice to fill both bars in your current location to attract mice from the next! You TRICK mice using Ghoulgonzola and TREAT them with Candy Corn Cheese.

You'll have to trick and treat your way through the Corn Maze, into the Haunted Manor and finally to the Pumpkin Patch where the Trick, Treat and Gourdborg mice await you!

What sort of haunted loot waits for you at the end of your journey? With a little farming knowledge, an evil pumpkin seed from the Gourdborg mouse can be used to create a spooky (and shadowy) limited edition trap that will let you hunt with fearsome Halloween style! Rumor even has it that with some creative crafting an even more fearsome trap can be constructed...

There's more Halloween fun yet! Gifting is up and running and features a limited edition Pumpkin Treat Basket to celebrate Halloween! Who knows what treats could be inside?

Let the trick-or-treating begin! Have fun and happy haunting MouseHunters!
The Haunted Terrortories consist of three unique areas; The Corn Maze, The Haunted Manor and the Pumpkin Patch.Watch out for Hollowhead mouse to drop 2 loots of different cheese: Ghoulgonzola & Candy Corn.
Therefore, Mutated Grey mouse & Mutated White mouse also drop Candy Corn & Ghoulgonzola respectively.

Ghoulgonzola (left) is used for Tricked Mice & Candy Corn (right) is used for Treated Mice.

The 4 event mice are released for a limited time.The 2 new traps are also released with recipes together.Reminder:

Be prepare to keep your gold to purchase a new Pumpkin Pummeler Blueprint cost 168,000 gold which appears in Haunted Terrortories General Store.

The event ended on 2nd November 2010, so every hunters had a great hunting to get a rare mice dropping its loots.

Happy Hunting!! :)

MouseHunt: Daily Raffles, Tidal Fisher & Realm Ripper mice

Quotes from Dave Vanderburg (MH chief developer)
On the 21st September 201o, a daily raffle tab has been added to the camp page where a new prize item will be up for grabs each day. To start, this will be various amounts of Super|Brie+. Hunters can get tickets for the daily raffle in three ways:

• Purchase tickets with gold (the cost of the ticket will vary with the prize)
• Each of your friends can send you one free ballot a day
• If you send a friend a free ballot, you'll get free bonus ballot in return

To send a friend a ballot you either view their hunter's profile and click the send daily ballot button, or you can view your friends page where the same send ballot button will appear to the right of each of your friends.

Therefore, a number of hunters in the Forbidden Grove and Balack's Cove increased, the process of manually moving thousands of hunters to a new location all at once was becoming increasingly problematic.
When hunting in the Forbidden Grove a new custom heads-up display will be visible showing how long until the grove will close. When the heavy stone gates close, the area is filled with a dense black fog and a new mouse, the Realm Ripper will be present. This mouse is extremely weak to Arcane traps and upon being captured will transport the hunter to the Acolyte Realm.Balack's Cove has been given a similar upgrade, where catching a Riptide mouse will wash the hunter out into the Jungle of Dread. When hunting in the cove a custom heads-up display is also displayed showing the current height of the tides. The tides have three possible heights; Low, medium and high. During low tide no Riptide mice are present, during medium tide the Riptides become abundant and finally during high tide only Riptide mice can be encountered. Low tide lasts the longest, while high tide is very short. Due to the Riptide mice concentrating their power on raising the tide, they're a little weaker than they were before. A new mouse has also been added to the cove that can only be encountered during low tide to keep a similar variety of the mice you can catch in Balack's Cove.

MouseHunt: 24,000th mice caught

On the 17th September 2010, my hunter's journal showed 24,000th mice caught. Currently still hunting at King's Gauntlet Tier 5 until finished off Tier 8 to capture Eclipse Mouse. The hunt continues...