Great Winter Hunt 2010
Description and Requirements
The Festive Comet is a special location available during the Great Winter Hunt 2010. The description for the area in the first two years was: This celestial event of festive proportions has crashed into Gnawnia! Although the original origin of this cheer-spreading comet are unknown, hunters from across the Kingdom are calling its arrival cause for festive celebration!. There are no special requirements for hunters to enter this area. Mice are unable to steal gold or points in this location but may steal cheese if not caught.
Catch statistics from the Festive Comet are grouped with those from the Heart of the Tiger Party under the King's Party Zone location name.
Hunters remaining at the Festive Comet as it melted were silently relocated to the Vacant Lot at the same location on the Travel map, but with a much smaller selection of mice. The developers stated that after the majority of hunters traveled out on their own, the stragglers would be relocated to the Meadow.
Shops
These are the shops that can be found in the Festive Comet:
The Trapsmith, Cheese Shoppe and Cartographer were introduced during the Great Winter Hunt 2010 event.
Festive Comet Mice
The 12 Mice of Winter
Starting on 29 November 2010 through 23 December 2010 mice and gifts are released every so often per calendar:
| Sun | Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Nov | 29 Nov Toy |
30 Nov New gift |
1 Candy Cane |
2 Elf Madness |
3 Present |
4 |
| 5 | 6 Christmas Tree |
7 New gift |
8 Ornament |
9 Elf Madness |
10 Nutcracker |
11 |
| 12 | 13 Stocking |
14 New gift |
15 Scrooge |
16 Elf Madness |
17 Missile Toe Mouse of Winter Past |
18 |
| 19 | 20 Wreath Thief Mouse of Winter Present |
21 New gift |
22 Snow Fort Mouse of Winter Future |
23 Slay Ride Squeaker Claws |
24 | 25 |
After mice invaded the Festive Comet during the Great Winter Star Ceremony, hunters were required to restore Holiday Cheer and retrieve the Winter Star. On catching the 12 Mice of Winter and lighting all 12 Festive lights, hunters could thaw their Frozen Fromage and the final Festi-villain, the Squeaker Claws Mouse, became available to catch.
6 Limited Edition collectibles were dropped as loot by specific event mice. These 6 items could be exchanged, along with 10,000 gold, at the trapsmith for the Explosive Toboggan Ride trap. A further 5 loot drops from 5 different, stronger mice, could be used to upgrade this trap to the Double Diamond Adventure trap.
Hunting Strategy
In this location, there are mice that are weak to different power types (Hydro, Physical, Forgotten and Tactical). The hunters need to pick the trap with the power type effective against their most desired mice. Alternatively, hunters may consider using the luckiest trap available to them.
SUPER|brie+ and Gingerbread Cheese are the only cheeses that are consistently effective in attracting all of the festive mice that are exclusive to this location, though SUPER|brie+ seems to be better in obtaining the Christmas Tree Mouse (see the main Christmas Tree Mouse article) and is essentially necessary to attract the Worker Mouse. The use of conventional cheeses such as Brie or Swiss does not attract the festive mice as much and eliminates altogether the attraction of several mice including the Scrooge, Christmas Tree, Troll, Hydra and Gargoyle. The overall attraction rate of regular cheese is rather low in this location, but the Abominable Snow Mouse is still attracted to your trap. During the Great Winter Hunt 2010, a new wave of mice invaded the Festive Comet. Led by the Scrooge Mouse, these stronger mice (Diamond, Gladiator, Gold, Harpy, Lambent Crystal, Monster, Mouse of Winter Past, Stealth, Vinetail, and Zombie) have been found to be especially attracted to Seasoned Gouda cheese. The Squeaker Claws Mouse can only be attracted once a hunter has lit their 12 Festive lights by catching the 12 Mice of Winter; this mouse has been found to be especially attracted to Nutmeg cheese. If hunters find the 2010 Winter Star, they will have saved the Great Winter Hunt 2010 and restored Holiday Cheer to the Festive Comet.
Hunting tips by Larry
Welcome to the Festive Comet, MouseHunter!
This massive snowy comet smashed into Gnawnia resulting in an explosion of candy canes and snow! It's arrival in Gnawnia marks the beginning of the Great Winter Hunt!
Some pesky Elf mice have ran off with presents. If you catch an Elf mouse you'll find a gift specially wrapped depending on your Hunter's Title. Many of the gifts contain a little cheese to help you in your hunting, but occasionally you may just find something a little more special. To attract Elf mice more often, I suggest using SUPER|brie+ or Gingerbread Cheese as bait.
During the lighting of the Great Winter Tree, barrels of egg nog suddently exploded and the mice used the distraction to steal the star from the top of the tree! The mice have a schedule for their devious plot, and the bosses will only reveal themselves if the minions fail. Click the calandar icon on your heads-up display to see when each mouse is being released.
Don't forget your mittens and toque! Happy holiday hunting!
Festive Hunting tips by Larry
There's a lot going on at the Festive Comet and Larry the Friendly Knight wanted to give a few pointers to hunters on how best to hunt the various groups of mice invading the comet.
Gingerbread will attract the 12 Mice of Winter, with SUPER|brie+ being even more effective.
Seasoned Gouda will not only attract the 12 Mice of Winter, but will also attract The Three Ghosts of Winter and other powerful mice that drop upgrade pieces for the Explosive Toboggan Ride.
