Sand Crypts

Sand Crypts
Region: Sandtail Desert
Minimum Rank:	Baron/Baroness
Travel Requirement:	Living Garden Key
Required Power Type:	Shadow
Required Cheese:	Graveblossom Camembert
Recommended Charms:	See Minigame Shattering Charm
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
While there's no Grubling Mice in the area, slime trails indicate they've been through here. Perhaps they've been bringing food or something else to the immense and powerful King Grub Mouse that lives in the area?

Overview

Sand Crypts 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 Crypts can only be traveled to when the Hunter's map is in Twisted 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:

• Normal state: Living Garden, Lost City, and Sand Dunes are accessible
• Twisted state: Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts are accessible

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

• Catching a Carmine the Apothecary in Living Garden

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:

• Using any cheese other than Duskshade Camembert or Lunaria Camembert in Twisted Garden
• Using any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert in Cursed City
• Using any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert in Sand Crypts

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 5b can be done in Sand Crypts.

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

Salting Minigame

In Sand Crypts, the Salting mechanics are in effect:

• The Salt Level starts at 0 and maxes out at 50. It will be 0 for the first time the Hunter enters the area.
• As the Salt Level increases, King Grub Mouse and King Scarab Mouse grows weaker.
• Catching mice with certain equipment armed increases the Salt Level:
  • Catching a mouse with Grub Salt Charm armed increases the Salt Level by 1.
    • If the Smelly Sodium Base is armed, Salt Level is increased by 2.
  • Catching a mouse with Super Salt Charm armed increases the Salt Level by 2.
    • If the Smelly Sodium Base is armed, Salt Level is increased by 3.
• The Salt Level will be reset to 0 by either:

• Catching a King Grub Mouse
  • If the Smelly Sodium Base is armed together with either Grub Salt Charm or Super Salt Charm, the Salt Level will be reset to 2 or 3 instead depending on the charm armed.

Doing so generates a journal entry:

Whoa, the King Grub mouse nearly wrecked my trap! He definitely dislodged all the salt and left his ah... distinct smell about the place! I'll need to re-salt and scent my trap before attracting another one.

I should unequip my Grub Scent Charms and save them for later.

• Catching a King Scarab Mouse

Doing so generates a journal entry:

Success! Though it took an incredible amount of salt, patience, and luck, I was able to catch the massive and terrible King Scarab mouse! Of course, I'll have to re-salt my trap before attracting any more big game.

Heads-Up Display

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

• Salting Minigame
• Garden Petals and Herbs
• Garden Essences
• Book of Living Recipes

Mice

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

Only Shadow power type is effective against the mice here.

Mice here requires Graveblossom Camembert to attract.
King Grub Mouse requires Grub Scent Charm armed to attract.
King Scarab Mouse requires Shattering Charm armed to attract.

Salting is recommended before trying to catch King Grub Mouse and King Scarab Mouse.

Most mice here can drop Lunaria Petal which can be used to purchase Lunaria Camembert to use in Twisted Garden.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Without Grub Scent or Shattering	With Grub Scent	With Shattering	Loot
King Grub	35,000	8,500		X		Dol Essence Est Essence Fel Essence Lunaria Petal
King Scarab	175,000	22,500			X	Living Garden Theme Scrap 3 Scarab Chest
Sand Colossus	20,500	1,500	X			Aleth Essence Ber Essence Lunaria Petal
Sarcophamouse	17,000	2,550	X			Aleth Essence Ber Essence Lunaria Petal
Scarab	16,500	3,500	X			Ber Essence Cynd Essence Lunaria Petal
Serpentine	25,250	1,650	X			Aleth Essence Ber Essence Cynd Essence Lunaria Petal

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

You're going to need a lot of Graveblossom Camembert here. The mice in these crypts don't seem to like anything else! Plus, any other cheese just doesn't feel... appropriate here in this world.

There don't seem to be any grublings in these crypts, but there's definite evidence they've been here, with slime trails littering the ground. At any rate, Grubling Chow Charms won't help here.

Instead, listen close and you'll hear the roar of the King Grub Mouse. He's huge, and powerful, and up to no good! Now, while catching him is definitely in your best interests, he's not going to be an easy fight!

First, you'll need to liberally apply coatings of salt to your trap by purchasing and using Grub Salt Charms, then when you feel you've salted your trap enough, purchase and use some Grub Scent Charms to draw him to your trap and steal his Garden Essences.

The King Grub Mouse is hoarding Garden Essences, but why?

Adventure Book

• The Hunter can complete the Obtain a Rift Detector adventure in Sand Crypts.
• The Hunter can complete some steps of the Defeat Twisted Carmine adventure in Sand Crypts.

Location-Specific Effects

Bases

• Aurora Base - has a chance to generate a random Garden Essence
• Desert Heater Base - consumes a Flameshard per hunt to generate a random Sandtail Desert item per mouse catch
• Hothouse Base - doubles the range of Lunaria Petal dropped by mice
• Living Base - doubles the range of Lunaria Petal dropped by mice
• Smelly Sodium Base -
  • Increases the salt level by 1 upon a successful catch with any salt charm armed
  • Attracts only King Grub when salt level is at 50

Charms

• Grub Salt Charm - controls Salting Minigame
• Super Salt Charm - controls Salting Minigame
• Grub Scent Charm - adds King Grub Mouse and removes all other mice from the attraction pool
• Shattering Charm - adds King Scarab Mouse and removes all other mice from the attraction pool

Shops

These are the shops found in Sand Crypts.

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
Grub Salt Charm	200 gold 1 Ber Essence	None	N/A
Grub Scent Charm	500 gold 1 Cynd 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 Crypts was opened alongside with other locations in Living Garden complex in Sandtail Desert region.
• 14 January 2013: The King Scarab Mouse was added to the Sand Crypts.

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