Twisted Garden

The mice that live in this garden use the environment to their advantage, fashioning crude armour and weapons from plantlife in order to protect and hoard all the Garden Essences they can find.

Description and Requirements

The Twisted Garden is the alternate version of the Living Garden, accessible only by catching a Carmine the Apothecary in the said location. It requires a minimum rank of Baron/Baroness to enter. Upon catching a Carmine the Apothecary, a hunter is transported to the Twisted Garden and the following message is displayed:

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.

If any cheese other than Duskshade Camembert and Lunaria Camembert is used, the hunter will be transported back to the Living Garden, and the following message will be displayed:
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.
Although it is possible to catch a mouse from the Living Garden with regular cheese on the hunt that returns to normal reality, any Sponge charm will be consumed without collecting a Dewdrop from that mouse. Likewise, if an M400 Hunting Research Assignment locates the M400 in the Living Garden, a hunter can encounter it in the Twisted Garden, but will be dropped to normal reality for hunting with the wrong cheese.

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the Twisted Garden:

• Cheese Shoppe
• General Store
• Charm Shoppe
• Cartographer

Twisted Garden Mice

The Hunter may capture Carmine the Apothecary at any time to gain access to the Twisted Garden.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Mouse Group	Loot
Barkshell	16,525	950	Living Garden Mice	Aleth Essence Graveblossom Petal Red Dewdrop Yellow Dewdrop
Camofusion	19,500	2,850	Living Garden Mice	Ber Essence Graveblossom Petal Red Dewdrop Yellow Dewdrop
Dehydrated	2,000	2,000	Living Garden Mice	Cynd Essence Dol Essence Graveblossom Petal
Fungal Spore	15,250	2,650	Living Garden Mice	Ber Essence Graveblossom Petal Red Dewdrop Yellow Dewdrop
Shattered Carmine	225,000	19,500	Living Garden Mice	Ancient Relic Living Garden Theme Scrap 1 Shattered Chest
Thorn	12,500	1,850	Living Garden Mice	Aleth Essence Graveblossom Petal Red Dewdrop Yellow Dewdrop
Twisted Carmine	85,250	6,525	Living Garden Mice	Living Chest Red Dewdrop Yellow Dewdrop
Twisted Hotcakes	15,400	3,250	Living Garden Mice	Cynd Essence Dol Essence Graveblossom Petal Red Dewdrop Yellow Dewdrop
Twisted Lilly	9,500	1,650	Living Garden Mice	Ber Essence Graveblossom Petal Red Dewdrop Yellow Dewdrop

Hunting Strategy

Red and Yellow Dewdrop Minigame

The mechanism of this minigame is similar to that of the Dewdrop Minigame in the Living Garden. A hunter needs to collect Red and Yellow Dewdrops using Red and Yellow Sponge Charms. Red Dewdrops give a 5% power bonus upon pouring and Yellow Dewdrops give a 5 luck bonus when poured. As with the Living Garden Dewdrop Minigame, the first 10 of either dewdrops increase the number of hunts by 1 each, the next 9 by 2 each, and the 20th by 7, allowing for a total of 35 hunts during which it is possible to attract the Dehydrated Mouse.

Upon filling the red gauge (10 Red Dewdrops), the following message is displayed in the Hunter's Journal:

I've filled up on Red Dewdrops. Time to switch to Yellow Sponge Charms or pour them out and start attracting Dehydrated Mice!

Upon filling the yellow gauge (10 Yellow Dewdrops), the following message is displayed in the journal:

I've filled up on Yellow Dewdrops. Time to switch to Red Sponge Charms or pour them out and start attracting Dehydrated Mice!

Upon 'Pouring' with both gauges filled, the following message is displayed:

I combined Red and Yellow Dewdrops, creating an orange mixture that grants me extra power and luck! Spreading it out on the ground will start attracting some very thirsty mice for the next X hunts!
I should unequip my Sponge Charms and save them for later.

After the hunts expire, the following message is displayed:

With the ground now dry, the Dehydrated mice have retreated.

A hunter can attract the Shattered Carmine mouse by using the Shattering Charm during poured hunts.

Adventure Book

Hunters can Defeat Twisted Carmine by hunting with Lunaria Camembert in Twisted Garden to catch Twisted Carmine.

Hunting tips by Larry

Good gracious! All the tiny, adorable, armour-laden mice from the Living Garden have become fused, twisted versions of themselves! I... I don't even know what to say!

I suppose I'll say this, hunter: Be careful! While it looks like they have more Garden Essence than ever before, they're definitely more powerful as well!

It looks like the mice here still hoard moisture just as jealously as before, but the water drops are curiously coloured! Buy Red and Yellow Sponge charms to procure Red and Yellow Dewdrops, then splash them on the ground to attract mice with even more Garden Essences. But pay attention to the drops you collect. The red ones seem to increase your power, while the yellow ones increase your luck. Perhaps collecting both of them will accomplish both of these? Only one way to find out...

Make sure you use your Duskshade Camembert here, hunter. The mice don't seem to enjoy any other cheese. Although perhaps you'll discover yet another cheese later on to help you attract very, very powerful and special mice!

History and Trivia

• The Twisted Garden opened on 14 November 2012, along with the Living Garden.
• The Shattered Carmine mouse was added on 14 January 2013.

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