Chocolate Factory 2011-2013

Spring is here again, and the King has ordered the chocolate factory back to full production. Not even the dastardly Hare Razor can foul things up this year!

And yet something's not quite right... No matter how many eggs are produced, none can be found! To complicate matters, a frightening new mouse has been seen prowling around with a confusing contraption. It's time for Hunters to investigate!

Description and Requirements

The Chocolate Factory is a special location first available during the Spring Egg Hunt 2011 and again during 2012 and 2013. It requires a minimum rank of Recruit to enter. Mice are unable to steal gold or points in this location but may steal cheese if not caught.

In 2013, the factory opened on 25 March 2013. Initially, hunters were presented with a Heads-up Display with 10 fuzzy egg images, and a message that the Eggscavator needed recalibration. After a hunter collects 9 eggs, the Egg Scrambler mouse became available, allowing the hunter to collect the final Antique Golden Egg and finish the recalibration, with the following message left in the Hunter's Journal:

That's the last egg!

Now that I've recalibrated my Eggscavator, I will be able to hunt hidden eggs all across Gnawnia!

I can now use Eggscavator Charge Charms to charge my Eggscavator for a chance to gather new Low, Medium, and High Charge eggs from mice. The higher the charge, the better the Charge Egg!

The 2013 event ended on 22 April; while the Chocolate Factory remained open as a location so that hunters could purchase Dark Chocolate Charms from the Charm Shoppe, it was no longer possible to attract mice without moving elsewhere.

In 2012, the factory opened on 4 April 2012, and hunters had to collect Paint for the first ten Eggs before unlocking the rest of the eggs of the season.

On 19 April 2012, the factory closed, and was replaced by a Vacant Lot, but the Charm Shoppe was still available for obtaining more event charms, and Bonus Eggs could still be found throughout the rest of the kingdom. On 23 April 2012, the event ended, and hunters remaining in the Vacant Lot were transported to the Meadow with this message in their Hunter's Journal:

The Vacant Lot is currently closed. The King's Guards kindly escorted me to the Meadow so that I may resume the hunt.

In 2011, to enter this location hunters had to find 10 different eggs scattered throughout the Kingdom. The location had the following description:

To celebrate the arrival of spring, the King has constructed a new chocolate factory south of the castle to produce thousands of scrumptious chocolate eggs for hunters to munch upon! It was not long, however, until a villainous mouse known as Hare Razor picked up the milk-chocolatey scent and took over the factory to carry out his own devious plan.

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the Chocolate Factory:

• Cheese Shoppe — 2011, 2012
• Charm Shoppe — 2011, 2012, 2013
• General Store — 2013

Chocolate Factory Mice

The mice found in the Chocolate Factory depend on whether Dark Chocolate Charms are used or not.

Mouse	Points	Gold	With Charm	Without Charm	Mouse Group	2011 Loot	2012 Loot	2013 Loot
Bat	3,375	3,000	X		The Shadow Clan		Marshmallow Monterey
Bionic	300	550		X	Indigenous Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Brown	115	150		X	Indigenous Mice
Burglar	1,420	1,250		X	Indigenous Mice		Brie cheese Burglar Egg Gilded cheese Marshmallow Monterey	Brie cheese Gilded cheese
Chocolate Overload3	1,200	350	X	X	Event Mice			Marshmallow Monterey
Coco Commander	6,900	500	X	X	Event Mice	Marshmallow Monterey	Marshmallow Monterey	Marshmallow Monterey
Cowardly	190	300		X	Indigenous Mice
Diamond	1,200	600		X	Indigenous Mice		Diamond Egg Marshmallow Monterey
Dwarf	225	450		X	Indigenous Mice
Egg Painter	6,500	900	X	X	Event Mice	Marshmallow Monterey	Paint	Antique Blue Argyle Egg Antique Caring Egg Antique Friendly Egg Antique Green Plaid Egg Antique Scalloped Pink Egg Antique Sharing Egg Antique Stripy Red Egg Antique Wavy Purple Egg Gift Egg
Egg Scrambler3	?	?	X	X	Event Mice			Antique Golden Egg
Eggscavator2	6,500	1,200	X	X	Event Mice		Eggscavator Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold)	Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold)
Eggsplosive Scientist	6,200	800	X	X	Event Mice	Marshmallow Monterey	Marshmallow Monterey	Marshmallow Monterey
Farmhand1	1,000	1,400		X	Indigenous Mice
Field	200	200		X	Indigenous Mice
Flying1	450	450		X	Indigenous Mice
Gargoyle	5,600	2,800	X		The Forgotten Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Ghost	3,590	3,590	X		The Shadow Clan		Marshmallow Monterey	Sock Ghost Plushie
Giant Snail	5,750	550	X		The Shadow Clan		Marshmallow Monterey
Gold	600	1,200		X	Indigenous Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Granite	285	525		X	Indigenous Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Grey	90	125		X	Indigenous Mice
Hardboiled3	3,200	800	X	X	Event Mice			Marshmallow Monterey
Hare Razer	7,000	3,200	X	X	Event Mice	Rocket Rabbit Mallet
Lycan	9,250	5,500	X		The Shadow Clan		Marshmallow Monterey
Monster	9,100	9,100	X		Indigenous Mice		Marble cheese Swiss cheese Living Shard Marshmallow Monterey Monster Egg	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Marble cheese Swiss cheese Living Shard
Mummy	4,725	3,750	X		The Shadow Clan		Marshmallow Monterey
Ooze	5,500	5,400	X		The Forgotten Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Pirate	350	2,750		X	Aquatic Order		Marshmallow Monterey Pirate Egg
Pugilist	700	600		X	Indigenous Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Ravenous Zombie	5,400	5,400	X		The Shadow Clan		Marshmallow Monterey
Scavenger	3,375	5,200	X		The Forgotten Mice		Marshmallow Monterey Scavenger Egg
Silvertail1	1,200	1,200		X	Indigenous Mice
Sinister Egg Painter2	5,000	1,200	X		Event Mice		Paint	Antique Blue Argyle Egg Antique Caring Egg Antique Friendly Egg Antique Green Plaid Egg Antique Scalloped Pink Egg Antique Sharing Egg Antique Stripy Red Egg Antique Wavy Purple Egg Gift Egg
Skeleton	2,392	960	X		The Forgotten Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Spectre	5,600	5,600	X		The Forgotten Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Spider	5,200	3,375	X		The Forgotten Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Spotted	175	175		X	Indigenous Mice
Steel	270	500		X	Indigenous Mice		Marshmallow Monterey
Vampire	2,700	900	X		The Shadow Clan		Marshmallow Monterey
White	70	100		X	Indigenous Mice
Zombie	2,700	2,700	X	X	Indigenous Mice		Marshmallow Monterey

¹ Available during 2011 event.
² Released during 2012 event.
³ Released during 2013 event.

Hunting Strategy

Spring Egg Hunt 2013

2013 Hunting tips by Larry

The Chocolate Factory is open again, and this time the eggs being produced are at the request of the King! The unfortunate part is that the Eggscavator is unable to pick up the frequencies of the eggs being produced!

Maybe... I know! Track down the original 10 eggs in the factory in order to re-tune the Eggscavator! Hopefully with careful calibration, the Eggscavator can pick up the scent of the eggs again so that hunters can find and complete their collections!

Good luck and get crackin'!

Spring Egg Hunt 2012

As in the previous year, any standard cheese can be used in this location regardless of charms. Only by using Dark Chocolate Charms can the more valuable mice (which generally have a weakness to Arcane and Shadow weapons) be attracted. The less valuable mice can be caught with Physical and other weapon types.

The Coco Commander and Eggsplosive Scientist mice can only be attracted with standard cheese, whereas the Egg Painter and Sinister Egg Painter can only be encountered by using Marshmallow Monterey cheese.

The Hare Razer and Eggscavator mice can only be attracted after painting the ten eggs and by baiting Marshmallow Monterey cheese.

2012 Hunting tips by Larry

The Chocolate Factory is open again, and this time the eggs being produced are at the request of the King! The unfortunate part is that nobody can find anything that rolls off the conveyor belt...

Maybe... I know! Find paint from the mice in the factory and make your own eggs. Perhaps if you create a valuable enough egg, you'll be able to attract the source of the problem and defeat him.

Once you do, you may uncover the secret behind where the eggs have gone and how to track them down!

Spring Egg Hunt 2011

Any standard cheese can be used in this location whether charms are used or not. Using Dark Chocolate Charms will attract the more valuable mice which generally have a weakness to Arcane and Shadow weapons. Otherwise, the less valuable mice are attracted and can be caught with Physical and other weapon types.

The Hare Razer can only be attracted by baiting Marshmallow Monterey cheese. Additionally, Dark Chocolate Charms significantly increase the encounter rate of Hare Razer and the other three event mice. Thus in order to take advantage of the increased encounter rate hunters without an Arcane weapon may still choose to use Dark Chocolate Charms when hunting with Marshmallow Monterey and equip their strongest or luckiest weapon.

2011 Hunting tips by Larry

Don't let the tasty look of the walls fool you, evil is afoot at this chocolate factory!

Some sinister mice have taken over the factory and have been producing chocolate eggs to smuggle hunting supplies away from Gnawnia. The eggs are coated with a candy so hard it's near unbreakable!

Keep hunting, I'm sure the secret of how to crack open your eggs will be here somewhere...

Links

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• Summary of player-submitted Marshmallow Monterey hunts