Lunar New Year 2023

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Lunar New Year 2023
Number of Event Mice: 16
Starting Date: 17 January 2023
Ending Date: 31 January 2023

Overview

During the Lunar New Year 2023 event, Hunters should head to designated stockpile locations throughout the Kingdom first to claim a Rabbit Lunar Lantern from the HUD.

Then, Hunters can hunt normally in the same stockpile locations to obtain Dumpling Cheese as loot from regular mice. Dumpling Cheese (or Nian Gao'da Cheese) can then be armed to attract Lunar New Year Mice that drop Lunar Lantern Candles (or Red Lunar Lantern Candles if Nian Gao'da Cheese is armed).

Finally, Hunters can light Lunar Lantern Candles and Red Lunar Lantern Candles throughout the Kingdom to obtain various bonuses and gain extra rewards depending on the number of candles lit.

HUD

Hunters can track their progress within the event through the Heads-Up Display.

It can be divided into several segments:

  • Top Left:
    • An indicator that shows whether the Hunter is in a stockpile location:
      • If the Hunter is in one, the display reads Lunar Stockpile Found
      • If the Hunter is not in one, the display reads No Lunar Stockpile
      • Regardless, hovering the mouse over the display reveals a text bubble:
      Gather Dumpling Cheese at Lunar Stockpiles from regular mice. Use it to attract and defeat the Costumed Mice!
    • Dumpling Cheese - Quick arm/disarm
      • When armed in a non-stockpile location, the following warning appears in the centre display:
      No Lunar New Year mice here!
      You should select another bait or travel to a Stockpile Location.
      Click "More Info" in the top-right!
      • Hovering the mouse over the Dumpling Cheese reveals a text bubble:
      Dumpling Cheese attracts Lunar New Year and Costumed Mice at Stockpile Locations!
  • Bottom Left:
    • Lunar Lantern Candles - Quick arm/disarm and buy
      • When Lunar Lantern Candles are armed, a sign labelled Double Drops lights up in colour (it is uncoloured when not armed)
      • Hovering the mouse over the Lunar Lantern Candles reveals a text bubble:
      When you have the Rabbit Lunar Lantern, you can use Lunar Lantern Candles to DOUBLE most loot drops!
  • Centre:
  • Top Right:
    • Clicking More Info will open a window with the following:
      • An overview of the event:
      Hunt with Dumpling Cheese to attract Event Mice at stockpile locations to earn candles for the Rabbit Lantern!
      As you burn Lunar Lantern Candles, your Rabbit Lantern will lift into the air and gain extra rewards!
      • An explanation of the loot doubling and tripling effects as well as restrictions:
      Double or even TRIPLE your loot!
      The Rabbit Lunar Lantern will boost the loot a captured mouse is carrying! However, there are a few things it can't quite figure out how to duplicate.
      It will not duplicate:
      Dumpling Cheese
      Nian Gao'da Cheese
      Red or White Lunar Lantern Candles
      Map Pieces
      Treasure Map Clues
      A mouse's gold or points
      Items generated by bases, charms, auras or other special effects
      Certain items with quantity restrictions
      Library Research Assignment Items
      Itself
      Hunters.
      Attempting to duplicate any of these items could break the laws of space-time itself! The King frowns upon that sort of thing.
      Additionally, the Lunar Lantern will not accelerate progress for Bristle Woods Rift Chambers or other areas where mouse loot affects progress.
      Lunar Stockpiles have popped up all over Gnawnia!
      Hunt in these areas below to find Dumpling Cheese, then equip it to attract Lunar New Year mice!
    • Nian Gao'da Cheese - Quick arm/disarm and buy
      • Hovering the mouse over the Nian Gao'da Cheese reveals a text bubble:
      Nian Gao'da Cheese attracts a special stockpile mouse that drops Red Lunar Candles!
  • Bottom Right:
    • Red Lunar Lantern Candles - Quick arm/disarm and buy
      • When Red Lunar Lantern Candles are armed, a sign labelled Triple Treat lights up in colour (it is uncoloured when not armed)
      • Hovering the mouse over the Red Lunar Lantern Candles reveals a text bubble:
      When you have the Rabbit Lunar Lantern, you can use Red Lunar Lantern Candles to TRIPLE most loot drops!

Stockpiles of Dumpling Cheese

Stockpiles of Dumpling Cheese can be found in 13 locations within the Kingdom.
Hunt with the cheeses that attract the mice normally found in these locations to obtain Dumpling Cheese as loot.
Hunting with either Dumpling Cheese or Nian Gao'da Cheese in stockpile locations is the only way to attract the Lunar New Year Mice.
Dumpling Cheese and Nian Gao'da Cheese will not attract mice outside of the stockpile locations.
Hunting with Nian Gao'da Cheese will solely attract Lunar New Year Mice.

The following is a list of non-Lunar New Year Mice that are attracted when hunting with Dumpling Cheese:

Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Town of Gnawnia:
Cowardly
Diamond
Flying
Gold
Longtail
Pugilist
Speedy
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Laboratory:
Bionic
Burglar
Clumsy Chemist
Mutated Brown
Mutated Grey
Mutated White
Sludge Scientist
Squeaker Bot
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Great Gnarled Tree:
Bear
Centaur
Chameleon
Fairy
Foxy
Frog
Treant
Wiggler
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Dojo:
Archer
Hapless
Kung Fu
Monk
Ninja
Samurai
Student of the Cheese Belt
Student of the Cheese Claw
Student of the Cheese Fang
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in S.S. Huntington IV:
Bottled
Buccaneer
Captain
Leviathan
Pirate
Shelder
Shipwrecked
Siren
Squeaken
Swabbie
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Claw Shot City:
Lasso Cowgirl
Prospector
Ruffian
Saloon Gal
Shopkeeper
Tumbleweed
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Muridae Market:
Desert Nomad
Falling Carpet
Glass Blower
Limestone Miner
Lumberjack
Market Guard
Pie Thief
Snake Charmer
Spice Merchant
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Gnawnia Rift:
Agitated Gentle Giant
Cyborg
Excitable Electric
Mighty Mole
Raw Diamond
Shard Centurion
Spiritual Steel
Wealth
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Queso River:
Croquet Crusher
Pump Raider
Queso Extractor
Tiny Saboteur
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Fungal Cavern:
Crag Elder
Crystalline Slasher
Dirt Thing
Floating Spore
Funglore
Lumahead
Mush
Mushroom Sprite
Quillback
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Moussu Picchu:
Breeze Borrower
Cloud Collector
Nightshade Flower Girl
Rainwater Purifier
Spore Salesman
Windy Farmer
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Floating Islands:
Launchpad Labourer
Sky Greaser
Skydiver
Non-Lunar New Year Mice attracted in Foreward Farm:
0 Plants
Grit Grifter
Land Loafer
Root Rummager
1 Plant
Angry Aphid
Land Loafer
Root Rummager
2 Plants
Angry Aphid
Grit Grifter
Wily Weevil
3 Plants
Angry Aphid
Mighty Mite
Wily Weevil
3 Parable Papyrus or Magic Parable Papyrus Plants
Angry Aphid
Loathsome Locust
Mighty Mite
Wily Weevil
3 Twisted Parable Papyrus or Magic Twisted Parable Papyrus Plants
Monstrous Midge

Lunar Lantern and Candles

After claiming the Rabbit Lunar Lantern from the event HUD one of the stockpile locations, the Hunter can light either Lunar Lantern Candles or Red Lunar Lantern Candles to obtain the bonuses stated below.
The Rabbit Lunar Lantern will provide the bonuses only when it is lit.
Regardless of the type of candle used and the outcome of the hunt, 1 candle will be consumed with each hunt.

Luck Bonus

  • Each Lunar Lantern Candle burned will raise the lantern height by 1 foot.
  • Each Red Lunar Lantern Candle burned will raise the height by 2 feet.
  • Every 10 feet of the lantern height will add +1 luck.
  • The maximum height is 500 feet, hence the maximum possible luck bonus is +50.

Loot Doubling and Tripling Bonus

  • Loot is doubled when Lunar Lantern Candles are in use.
    • The Hunter's Journal will show the following message:
    By the light of the Rabbit Lunar Lantern, I also earned the following bonus loot:
    ...
  • Loot is tripled when Red Lunar Lantern Candles are in use.
    • The Hunter's Journal will show the following message:
    By the power of the Red Candles and the light of the Rabbit Lunar Lantern, I also earned the following bonus loot:
    ...
  • Almost any item that appears as mouse loot in the journal entry after the message below will be multiplied, subject to the restrictions stated above.
The mouse also dropped the following loot:
  • If an item's quantity limit is reached as a result of the candle's boost, the indicator (Max Quantity Reached) will appear beside the item and the Hunter will not receive any loot beyond the quantity limit.

Lunar New Year Mice

These are the Lunar New Year event mice that may be encountered in stockpile locations during the Lunar New Year 2023 event.

Dumpling Cheese or Nian Gao'da Cheese is required to attract event mice in stockpile locations.
Dumpling Cheese is required to attract the Calligraphy, Dumpling Chef and Red Envelope.
Nian Gao'da Cheese is required to attract the Lunar Red Candle Maker.

Mouse Points Gold Loot
Calligraphy
Requires Dumpling Cheese
2,888 888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Dog 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Dragon 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Horse 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Monkey 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Ox 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Pig 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Rabbit 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Rat 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Rooster 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Sheep 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Snake 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Costumed Tiger 2,888 6,888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Satchel of Gold (10,000 gold)
Dumpling Chef
Requires Dumpling Cheese
2,886 3,000 Lunar Lantern Candle
Lunar Red Candle Maker
Requires Nian Gao'da Cheese
2,888 2,222 Red Lunar Lantern Candle
Red Envelope
Requires Dumpling Cheese
888 888 Lunar Lantern Candle
Red Pocket Envelope

Shops

All locations' shops have added the following items to their stock for the duration of the event.

Cartographer

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Sealed Lantern Lighter Scroll Case 1 Ancient Relic None N/A

General Store

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Lunar New Year Airship Balloon 50,000 Gold None N/A
Lunar New Year Airship Hull 50,000 Gold None N/A
Lunar New Year Airship Sail 50,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Tiger Airship Balloon 25,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Tiger Airship Hull 25,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Tiger Airship Sail 25,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Ox Airship Balloon 25,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Ox Airship Hull 25,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Ox Airship Sail 25,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Tiger Journal Theme 50,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Ox Journal Theme 50,000 Gold None N/A
Year of the Rat Journal Theme 25,000 Gold None N/A
Lunar New Year of the Pig Journal Theme 25,000 Gold None N/A

Trapsmith

Bases
Item Cost Requirement Refund
Jade Base 80,000 Gold Journeyman
title to equip
14,000 Gold
Skins
Item Used With Cost Requirement Refund
Doggy Droid Trap Skin Droid Archmagus Trap 100,000 Gold None N/A
Slippery Rat Slide Trap Skin Gouging Geyserite Trap 175,000 Gold None N/A
Floating Pig Fortress Trap Skin Timesplit Dissonance Trap 200,000 Gold None N/A
Chrome Monstrous OxBot Skin Chrome MonstroBot 245,000 Gold None N/A
Chrome School of Tiger Sharks Skin Chrome School of Sharks Trap 500,000 Gold None N/A

Adventure

Celebrate Lunar New Year 2023

Celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year by lighting your Rabbit Lunar Lantern and earning the Rabbit Jade Base!

Claim the Rabbit Lunar Lantern

  • Obtain the Rabbit Lunar Lantern by claiming it at a stockpile location!
Location: Lunar Stockpiles

Collect and Light Lunar Lantern Candles

  • Gather Dumpling Cheese by capturing regular mice in a Lunar Stockpile!
Location: Lunar Stockpiles
  • Collect and light 10 Lunar Lantern Candles or Red Lunar Lantern Candles

Lift Your Lantern Into the Air

  • Raise your lantern 200ft by lighting Lunar Lantern Candles or Red Lunar Lantern Candles

This adventure takes place in:

Rewards:

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