Checkmate Cheese
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| Checkmate Cheese | |
|---|---|
| Category: Zugzwang's Tower | |
| Cheese Info | |
| Cost: | 5,400 gold |
| Shoppe: | None |
| Potion: | None |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Tradeable: | No |
| Giveable: | No |
| Smashes To: | N/A |
| Stales To: | Stale Cheese |
| Larry's Loot Lexicon: | MouseHunt Info Page |
| Image: | External Link |
| This cheese is the only food which can entice the Chess Master, for its delicate aroma carries the scent... of victory! The Kings of both teams long for a morsel of this cheese, believing it will bring them mastery over the game, but if you can defeat them, the Chess Master himself will challenge you for a piece. Don't leave this cheese out too long, though, or you may find yourself with a stale, mate. | |
Obtaining Checkmate Cheese
Crafting
Checkmate Cheese can be crafted using the proper ingredients.
Checkmate Cheese - 3 Piece Recipe
Hunters must reach the rank of Lord or Lady before they can use this recipe.
| Formula: Checkmate Cheese (3 pieces) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Recipe can be unlocked by: | Capture a Mystic King mouse and a Technic King mouse | ||
| Item | Item Qty |
Item Cost |
Item Source |
| Mystic Curd | 1 | N/A | |
| Technic Cheese Mould | 1 | N/A |
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| Ionized Salt | 12 | 450 (5,400 total) |
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| Total | 5,400 gold | Cost Per Piece: 1,800 gold | |
| Recipe costs represent Shoppe prices only. The cost of items obtained through other sources will affect the total cost of crafting. | |||
Checkmate Cheese - 9 Piece Recipe
Hunters must reach the rank of Lord or Lady before they can use this recipe.
Other Sources
Using Checkmate Cheese
Locations
- Zugzwang's Tower - using Checkmate Cheese improves the chance a Hunter will encounter the mice needed to fill empty silhouettes in the HUD. For example, if a Hunter needs to attract a Mystic Rook to unlock access to the Mystic Queen, arming Checkmate Cheese will increase the chances of encountering the Mystic Rook.
Mice
- Checkmate Cheese will attract all the mice in Zugzwang's Tower, but is required to attract the Chess Master after either the Mystic King or Technic King is captured.
When doing a double run, the mice attraction pool changes when Checkmate Cheese is armed.
- Upon capturing the first King (either with Checkmate Cheese or with any Standard Cheese with Stalemate Charm):
- If Checkmate Cheese is armed, the mice pool will include the Chess Master, the Rook of the first side done, and whichever mice have been unlocked from the second side.
- If Standard Cheese is armed, the mice pool will include the Pawn of the first side done, and whichever mice have been unlocked from the second side.
Related Items
Staling Effect
- Stale Cheese - Produced by Checkmate Cheese when it fails to attract a mouse and goes stale.
History and Trivia
- 29 August 2010: Checkmate Cheese is introduced.
