Sand Dunes

Food in the desert is so scare that there is fierce competition between mice over it. Watch out for the vicious grublings in this area, who hoard food and Garden Essences like no other mouse!

Description and Requirements

The Sand Dunes is a location in the Sandtail Desert region requiring a minimum rank of Baron and the Living Garden Key to enter.

After capturing Carmine the Apothecary in the Living Garden, the hunter is transferred to a different version of the location, the Twisted Garden. This also will allow travel to the alternate version of the Lost City, the Cursed City, and the alternate version of the Sand Dunes, the Sand Crypts. If the Hunter switches to an incorrect cheese at any time, or runs out of the correct cheese for the twisted versions of these locations, the Hunter will be immediately returned to the normal versions of these locations.

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the Sand Dunes:

• Cheese Shoppe
• General Store
• Charm Shoppe

Sand Dunes Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold	Mouse Group	Loot
Dunehopper	13,500	1,650	Sand Dunes Mice	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Cynd Essence Duskshade Petals
Grubling	14,500	2,400	Sand Dunes Mice	Cynd Essence
Grubling Herder	15,675	825	Sand Dunes Mice	Aleth Essence Duskshade Petals
Quesodillo	15,750	950	Sand Dunes Mice	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Duskshade Petals
Sand Pilgrim	13,250	1,150	Sand Dunes Mice	Aleth Essence Duskshade Petals
Spiky Devil	14,500	2,600	Sand Dunes Mice	Ber Essence Duskshade Petals

Sand Crypt Mice

The Hunter may capture Carmine the Apothecary in the Living Garden at any time to gain access to the Sand Crypt.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Mouse Group	Loot
King Grub	35,000	8,500	Sand Dunes Mice
Sand Colossus	20,500	1,500	Sand Dunes Mice
Sarcophamouse	17,000	2,550	Sand Dunes Mice
Scarab	16,500	3,500	Sand Dunes Mice
Serpentine	25,250	1,650	Sand Dunes Mice

Hunting Strategy

Grubling Stampede Minigame

This minigame is activated randomly while hunting for mice with any charm armed (Grubling Chow Charms are not required, but they increase the odds). Upon activation, the following message is displayed:

It's a stampede! Grubling Mice are running wild for 15 more hunts!

For the duration of the 15 hunts, if the hunter has Grubling Chow Charms armed, he/she has a chance of attracting Grubling mice.
NOTE: If Grubling Chow Charms are not armed, Grubling mice cannot be attracted, and nothing changes during the minigame.

After the 15 hunts, the following message is displayed:

Aw, the Grubling stampede is over. Next time, Grublings!
I guess Grubling Chow Charms won't be needed until the next stampede!

Hunting tips by Larry

I hope you managed to build up a large collection of Dewthief Camembert, hunter. The mice in these dunes don't seem to like anything else! And be sure to arm your most powerful Shadow trap, as not only will delicious Dewthief attract the mice, but so will the promise of shade from the sun.

There's a lot of competition for food here in the empty desert, and the top competitor is the Grubling Mouse. They dash from food source to food source, gobbling up anything they can find when they get there.

You can take advantage of this by purchasing and using Grubling Chow Charms when there's a grubling warning in effect. Catching Grublings will help you immensely, since they tend to hoard Garden Essences in their attempts to find food.

Or is there perhaps a more sinister reason...?