Sand Dunes

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Sand Dunes
Region: Sandtail Desert
Minimum Rank: Baron/Baroness
Travel Requirement: Living Garden Key
Required Power Type: Shadow
Required Cheese: Dewthief Camembert
Recommended Charms: See Minigame
Number of Mice: 6
Shops: Cheese Shoppe
Trapsmith
Charm Shoppe
General Store
Lose Gold: Yes
Lose Points: Yes
Lose Cheese: Yes
Release Date: 14 November 2012
Food in the desert is so scare that there is fierce competition between mice over it. Watch out for the vicious grublings in this area, who hoard food and Garden Essences like no other mouse!

Overview

Sand Dunes is a hunting location in Sandtail Desert region.

Living Garden, Lost City, Sand Dunes, Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts are 6 connected hunting locations, forming the Living Garden complex.

They require the minimum rank of Baron/Baroness and the Living Garden Key to access.

Sand Dunes can only be traveled to when the Hunter's map is in Normal state.

Normal World and Twisted World

At a time, among 6 hunting locations in the Living Garden complex, only 3 can be traveled to. This depends on whether the Hunter's map is in Normal or Twisted state:

The map state can be changed from Normal to Twisted by:

Doing so will generate a journal entry:
On catching Carmine the Apothecary, a light flashes and a spell she had prepared in advance erupts! Nightmarish tendrils of dark smoke burst from the ground around me, and before I knew it the world had changed before my very eyes into a wild and twisted version of itself.
I can feel this world itself attempting to reject me and send me back, but I must stay as long as I am able to find out what Carmine is doing in this hidden, dark place.

The map state can be changed from Twisted to Normal by either:

Doing any of the actions above will generate a journal entry:
Almost as if an illusion suddenly shattered, the world around me snaps back to normal. Using X Cheese has brought me back to the normal world.

The Living Garden Sequence

In the Living Garden complex, the Hunter follows 6 main steps in sequence.
Step 2b can be done in Sand Dunes.

Step Location Cheese Used Loot To Obtain
1 Living Garden Standard Cheese Dewthief Petal Dewthief Camembert
2a Lost City Dewthief Camembert Dreamfluff Herbs Duskshade Camembert
2b Sand Dunes Dewthief Camembert Duskshade Petal
3 Living Garden Duskshade Camembert Access to Twisted World
4 Twisted Garden Duskshade Camembert Graveblossom Petal Graveblossom Camembert
5a Cursed City Graveblossom Camembert Plumepearl Herbs Lunaria Camembert
5b Sand Crypts Graveblossom Camembert Lunaria Petal
6 Twisted Garden Lunaria Camembert Living Chest Fel Essence
Gur Essence
Fresh Twisted Garden Soil

Grubling Stampede Minigame

In Sand Dunes, the Grubling Stampede mechanics are in effect:

  • The Stampede state can be Active or Inactive.
  • The state is Inactive when the Hunter visits Sand Dunes for the first time.
  • The state has a chance to be changed from Inactive to Active after every hunt.
When the Stampede activates, it generates a journal entry:
It's a stampede! Grubling Mice are running wild for 15 more hunts!
  • The state will change back to Inactive after 15 hunts in Sand Dunes.
When the Stampede ends, it generates a journal entry:
Aw, the Grubling stampede is over. Next time, Grublings!
I guess Grubling Chow Charms won't be needed until the next stampede!

Heads-Up Display

The Hunter can access and track the following in the HUD:

Mice

All mice found in the Sand Dunes are part of the Sand Dunes Mice group.

Only Shadow power type is effective against the mice here.

Mice here requires Dewthief Camembert to attract.
Grubling Mouse can only be attracted with Grubling Chow Charm when a Grubling Stampede is active.

Mice here can drop Duskshade Petal which can be used to purchase Duskshade Camembert to use in Living Garden and Twisted Garden.

Mouse Points Gold Loot
Dunehopper 13,500 1,650 Aleth Essence
Ber Essence
Cynd Essence
Duskshade Petal
Grubling
Requires Grubling Stampede and Grubling Chow Charm
14,500 2,400 Cynd Essence
Duskshade Petal
Grubling Herder 15,675 825 Aleth Essence
Ber Essence
Duskshade Petal
Quesodillo 15,750 950 Aleth Essence
Ber Essence
Duskshade Petal
Sand Pilgrim 13,250 1,150 Aleth Essence
Duskshade Petal
Spiky Devil 14,500 2,600 Ber Essence
Duskshade Petal

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

I hope you managed to build up a large collection of Dewthief Camembert, hunter. The mice in these dunes don't seem to like anything else! And be sure to arm your most powerful Shadow trap, as not only will delicious Dewthief attract the mice, but so will the promise of shade from the sun.

There's a lot of competition for food here in the empty desert, and the top competitor is the Grubling Mouse. They dash from food source to food source, gobbling up anything they can find when they get there.

You can take advantage of this by purchasing and using Grubling Chow Charms when there's a grubling warning in effect. Catching Grublings will help you immensely, since they tend to hoard Garden Essences in their attempts to find food.

Or is there perhaps a more sinister reason...?

Adventure Book

Location-Specific Effects

Bases

Charms

Shops

These are the shops found in Sand Dunes.

Cheese Shoppe

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Dewthief Camembert 750 gold
1 Dewthief Petal
None N/A
Dewthief Camembert 4-Pack 3,000 gold
3 Dewthief Petal
1 Magic Essence
None N/A
Duskshade Camembert 1,100 gold
1 Duskshade Petal
1 Dreamfluff Herbs
None N/A
Duskshade Camembert 4-Pack 4,400 gold
3 Duskshade Petal
3 Dreamfluff Herbs
1 Magic Essence
None N/A
Graveblossom Camembert 1,500 gold
1 Graveblossom Petal
None N/A
Graveblossom Camembert 4-Pack 6,000 gold
3 Graveblossom Petal
1 Magic Essence
None N/A
Lunaria Camembert 1,775 gold
1 Lunaria Petal
1 Plumepearl Herbs
None N/A
Lunaria Camembert 4-Pack 7,100 gold
3 Lunaria Petal
3 Plumepearl Herbs
1 Magic Essence
None N/A
Swiss Cheese 100 gold None 100 gold
Brie Cheese 200 gold None 200 gold
Gouda Cheese 600 gold None 600 gold

Trapsmith

Bases
Item Cost Requirement Refund
Soiled Base 1 Fel Essence
1 Gur Essence
1 Hix Essence
3 Fresh Twisted Garden Soil
1 Dewthief Petal
1 Duskshade Petal
1 Graveblossom Petal
1 Lunaria Petal
None N/A
Rift Base 7,500,000 gold
1 Rift Crystal
1 Rift Mist
1 Rift Stars
None N/A
Weapons
Item Power Type Cost Requirement Refund
Phantasmic Oasis Trap Hydro 3,000,000 gold
1 Est Essence
1 Fel Essence
1 Icuri Essence
1 Oasis Water Node Trap
None N/A
Clockwork Portal Trap Shadow 4,000,000 gold
1 Fel Essence
1 Icuri Essence
1 Clockapult of Time
None N/A
Grand Arcanum Trap Arcane 4,900,000 gold
1 Gur Essence
1 Icuri Essence
1 Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery
None N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Charmbit 25 gold None 20 gold
Grubling Chow Charm 350 gold
1 Aleth Essence
None N/A
Epic Orb 125,000 gold None 125,000 gold
Aromatic Oil 1,000,000 gold None 1,000,000 gold
Lucky Power Charm 900 gold None 270 gold
Super Power Charm 500 gold None 150 gold
Super Luck Charm 750 gold None 225 gold
Super Lucky Power Charm 2,500 gold None 750 gold
Extreme Power Charm 1,500 gold None 450 gold
Extreme Luck Charm 4,500 gold None 1,350 gold

General Store

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Curds and Whey 12 gold None 3 gold
Ionized Salt 450 gold None 150 gold
Essence Prism 500 gold None 500 gold
Plant Pot 900 gold None 900 gold

History and Trivia

  • 14 November 2012: The Sand Dunes was opened alongside with other locations in Living Garden complex in Sandtail Desert region.

Links and Images


Locations
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