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TW George

Region: Valour
Minimum Rank:	Hero
Travel Requirement:	King's Gauntlet Floorplan
Power Type Requirement:	Arcane Forgotten Hydro Physical Shadow Tactical
Number of Mice:	34
Shops:	Cartographer Cheese Shoppe Trapsmith
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	No
Release Date:	8 June 2010
This many-storied tower is the King’s personal challenge to MouseHunters everywhere: anyone who can reach the top is among the kingdom’s elite. The King’s Gauntlet works on a tier system, with Hunters advancing to the next floor by hunting with cheese that they collect on the current floor. The Gauntlet is meant as a challenge for hunters of all skill levels, but in order to ascend to the very top, a Hero’s rank will come in handy.

Overview

The King's Gauntlet is a location in the Valour region requiring a minimum rank of Hero and the King's Gauntlet Floorplan to enter.
The King's Gauntlet Floorplan can be purchased from the Bazaar Cartographer in exchange for 1 Crown Jewel and 50,000 gold.
Mice in the King's Gauntlet can steal points or gold if not captured.
The King's Gauntlet consists of eight tiers. At each tier, Hunters collect potions that imbue cheese capable of attracting mice on the next tier. Hunters must equip the cheese appropriate to the tier they wish to hunt on.

Mice

All mice in the King's Gauntlet are part of the Gauntlet Gladiators group.
The Power Type weakness and cheese preference for each King's Gauntlet mouse is dependent on the tier it inhabits.
Mice on each tier drop potions used to create the cheese necessary for attracting the mice on the next tier.

Tier 1 - Puppet Mice

Mice found on Tier 1are primarily weak to Physical and Tactical weapons. They have a lesser weakness to Arcane. Draconic, Forgotten, Hydro, Parental, and Shadow weapons.
Standard Cheese and SUPER|brie+ will attract all Tier 1 mice.
All Tier 1 mice are known to drop Gauntlet Potion Tier 2 as loot. Any additional loot can be found in the table below.

Mouse	Points	Gold
Clockwork Samurai	150	210
Hapless Marionette	90	100
Puppet Master	200	210
Sock Puppet Ghost	225	210
Toy Sylvan	115	100
Wound Up White	70	100

Tier 2 - Thief Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold
Bandit	300	180
Escape Artist	200	295
Impersonator	120	180
Lockpick	150	180
Rogue	700	295
Stealth	500	295

Theme: Thief

Bait Preference: Gauntlet Cheese Tier 2
Primary Weakness: Physical
Loot Dropped: Gauntlet Potion Tier 3

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 2

Tier 3 - Melee Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold
Berserker	425	210
Cavalier	1,300	700
Fencer	300	210
Knight	900	700
Page	325	210
Phalanx	430	1,000

Theme: Melee

Bait Preference: Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3
Primary Weakness: Tactical
Loot Dropped: Gauntlet Potion Tier 4

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 3

Tier 4 - Bard Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold
Cowbell	700	800
Dancer	2,900	1,700
Drummer	2,800	800
Fiddler	4,090	800
Guqin Player	5,000	800

Theme: Bard

Bait Preference: Gauntlet Cheese Tier 4
Primary Weakness: Tactical
Loot Dropped: Gauntlet Potion Tier 5

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 4

Tier 5 - Magic Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold
Aquos	6,750	1,000
Black Mage	4,440	3,500
Ignis	4,490	1,000
Terra	4,200	1,000
Zephyr	5,900	1,000

Theme: Magic

Bait Preference: Gauntlet Cheese Tier 5
Primary Weakness: Shadow
Loot Dropped: Gauntlet Potion Tier 6

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 5

Tier 6 - Noble Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold
Paladin	25,200	2,500
Sacred Shrine	19,500	9,000
White Mage	20,400	9,000

Theme: Noble

Bait Preference: Gauntlet Cheese Tier 6
Primary Weakness: Arcane
Loot Dropped: Gauntlet Potion Tier 7

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 6

Tier 7 - Dust Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold
Fiend	72,000	50,000
Necromancer^*	17,000	4,000

Theme: Dust

Bait Preference: Gauntlet Cheese Tier 7
Primary Weakness: Hydro
Loot Dropped: ^*Ancient Relic, Gauntlet Potion Tier 8

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 7

Tier 8 - The Eclipse

Mouse	Points	Gold
Eclipse	379,000	300,000

Theme: The Eclipse

Bait Preference: Gauntlet Cheese Tier 8
Primary Weakness: Forgotten
Loot Dropped: Ancient Relic

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 8

Hunting Strategy

In the King's Gauntlet, the main objective is to reach Tier 8 and catch the Eclipse Mouse.

In order to do so, hunters have to acquire potions from mice of a lower tier (typically Tier 1), which can be imbued to give gauntlet cheese of the next tier. Hunters would then choose to imbue these potions with normal cheese or SUPER|brie+, depending on varying factors like tier number, cost of SUPER|brie+ and whether the hunter prioritizes more on profit or progress. Unlike in other regions, hunters do not need to travel to progress to higher tiers. Instead, all hunters must do is to equip the appropriate cheese for the tier they wish to go after.

The mice on each tier have different weaknesses and difficulties, as such the best trap setup for each tier would be different as well. The general strategy is to maximize catch rate by following the primary weakness of the respective tier, although it is not strictly necessary as stronger traps that are very effective against that tier can also achieve perfect catch rate. For lower tiers where perfect catch rate can be easily attained, hunters may consider optimizing their trap's cheese effect and attraction bonus without reducing catch rate, so as to minimize wastage of cheese due to stales.

It has been claimed that increasing luck would increase potion drop rate per catch, but hunters should note that this claim has not been statistically proved nor disproved by empirical data.

Adventure Book

Hunters can Capture the Eclipse Mouse by arming Gauntlet Cheese Tier 8 in the King's Gauntlet and catching the Eclipse Mouse.

Hunting tips by Larry

Why hello, MouseHunter! It looks like we’ll be ascending the King’s Gauntlet together!

Hunters have flocked in from all over the land to face the terrors, the wonders, and the challenges of the King’s Gauntlet. If you can make it to the top of this tall, tall tower, you will gain lots of loot, and you will be able to count yourself among the land’s elite.

Every Hunter starts on floor one, using any bait they wish. From then on, Hunters progress to the next floor by using potions collected on the previous floor to make special cheeses. There is no need to travel-- just equip the right cheese to attract mice from the next floor!

On each floor, the mice are weak to a different power type. If you get confused, the cheese descriptions may lend a hand. The further you go up the Gauntlet, the more difficult, and profitable, the mice become. Can you make it all the way to the top, and defeat the mysterious Eclipse Mouse?

Good luck, MouseHunter, and don’t get tired on the stairs!

Location-Specific Effects

Traps

The Ancient Gauntlet is a limited edition trap that gives double Gauntlet Potion Tier 2 drops from Tier 1 mice in the King's Gauntlet.
The Festive Gauntlet Crusher is a limited edition trap that gives double Gauntlet Potion Tier 3 drops from Tier 2 mice in the King's Gauntlet.

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the King's Gauntlet:

Links

Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 1
Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 2
Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 3
Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 4
Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 5
Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 6
Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 7
Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 8
Original banner image
Current banner image
Gauntlet chart – including hunter-compiled statistics about mice rarity, potion drops, and estimated amounts of cheese required
King's Gauntlet Calculator

Locations
Gnawnia:	• Meadow • Town of Gnawnia • Windmill • Harbour • Mountain
Valour:	• King's Arms • Tournament Hall • King's Gauntlet
Whisker Woods:	• Calm Clearing • Great Gnarled Tree • Lagoon
Burroughs:	• Laboratory • Mousoleum • Town of Digby • Bazaar • Toxic Spill
Furoma:	• Training Grounds • Dojo • Meditation Room • Pinnacle Chamber
Bristle Woods:	• Catacombs • Forbidden Grove • Acolyte Realm
Tribal Isles:	• Cape Clawed • Elub Shore • Nerg Plains • Derr Dunes • Jungle of Dread • Dracano • Balack's Cove
Varmint Valley:	• Claw Shot City • Gnawnian Express Station • Fort Rox
Queso Canyon:	• Queso River • Prickly Plains • Cantera Quarry • Queso Geyser
Rodentia:	• S.S. Huntington IV • Seasonal Garden • Zugzwang's Tower • Crystal Library • Slushy Shoreline • Iceberg • Sunken City
Sandtail Desert:	• Fiery Warpath • Muridae Market • Living Garden • Twisted Garden • Lost City • Cursed City • Sand Dunes • Sand Crypts
Hollow Heights:	• Fungal Cavern • Labyrinth • Zokor • Moussu Picchu • Floating Islands
Folklore Forest:	• Foreword Farm • Prologue Pond • Table of Contents • Bountiful Beanstalk • School of Sorcery
Rift Plane:	• Gnawnia Rift • Burroughs Rift • Whisker Woods Rift • Furoma Rift • Bristle Woods Rift • Valour Rift
Events:	• Great Winter Hunt: Great Winter Taiga • Cinnamon Hill • Golem Workshop • Ice Fortress • Halloween: Gloomy Greenwood • MouseHunt Birthday: The SUPER\|brie+ Factory • Ronza: Ronza's Traveling Shoppe • Historic uses: King's Party Zone • Festive Comet
Others:	• King's Stockade • Vacant Lot

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    | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 0 0px 2px" | '''Minimum Rank:'''
-   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0px 0" | [[Apprentice]]
+   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0px 0" | [[Hero]]
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    | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 0 0 2px" | '''Travel Requirement:'''
-   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | None
+   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | [[King's Gauntlet Floorplan]]
+   |-
+  | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 0 0 2px" | [[Power Type]] '''Requirement:'''
+  | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | [[Arcane]]<br/>[[Forgotten]]<br/>[[Hydro]]<br/>[[Physical]]<br/>[[Shadow]]<br/>[[Tactical]]
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    | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 0 0 2px" |  '''Number of Mice:'''
-   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | '''11'''
+   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | '''34'''
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    | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  2px 0 2px 2px" | '''Shops:'''
-   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  2px 2px 2px 0" | [[Tournament Hall Charm Shoppe|Charm Shoppe]]<br/>[[Tournament Hall General Store|General Store]]<br/>[[Tournament Hall Trapsmith|Trapsmith]]
+   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  2px 2px 2px 0" | [[King's Gauntlet Cartographer|Cartographer]]<br/>[[King's Gauntlet Cheese Shoppe|Cheese Shoppe]]<br/>[[King's Gauntlet Trapsmith|Trapsmith]]
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    | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 0 0 2px" | '''Lose Gold:'''
-   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | '''No'''
+   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | '''Yes'''
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    | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 0 0 2px" | '''Lose Points:'''
-   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | '''No'''
+   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 2px 0 0" | '''Yes'''
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    | nowrap align="left" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  0 0 0 2px" | '''Lose Cheese:'''
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-   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  2px 2px 2px 0" | '''12 Jan 2012'''
+   | nowrap align="right" style="border-style: solid; border-width:  2px 2px 2px 0" | '''8 June 2010'''
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-   | colspan="2" align="center" style="font-size:110%; padding:10px;" | The King's Tournament Hall contains various shoppes where you can exchange Tournament Tokens for hunting equipment and loot.
+   | colspan="2" align="center" style="font-size:110%; padding:10px;" | This many-storied tower is the King’s personal challenge to MouseHunters everywhere: anyone who can reach the top is among the kingdom’s elite. The King’s Gauntlet works on a tier system, with Hunters advancing to the next floor by hunting with cheese that they collect on the current floor. The Gauntlet is meant as a challenge for hunters of all skill levels, but in order to ascend to the very top, a Hero’s rank will come in handy.
 |}
 {{-}}
-{{rtoc}}
+==Overview==
-''This many-storied tower is the King’s personal challenge to MouseHunters everywhere: anyone who can reach the top is among the kingdom’s elite. The King’s Gauntlet works on a tier system, with Hunters advancing to the next floor by hunting with cheese that they collect on the current floor. The Gauntlet is meant as a challenge for hunters of all skill levels, but in order to ascend to the very top, a Hero’s rank will come in handy.''
+The [[King's Gauntlet]] is a location in the [[Valour]] region requiring a minimum rank of [[Hero]] and the [[King's Gauntlet Floorplan]] to enter.<br/>
+The [[King's Gauntlet Floorplan]] can be purchased from the [[Bazaar Cartographer]] in exchange for 1 [[Crown Jewel]] and 50,000 gold.<br/>
-== Description and Requirements ==
+Mice in the [[King's Gauntlet]] can steal points or gold if not captured.<br/>
-'''King's Gauntlet''' is a location in the [[Valour]] region requiring a minimum rank of [[Hero]] and the [[King's Gauntlet Floorplan]] to enter. Mice in this location may steal points or gold (but not multiple pieces of cheese) if not captured.
+The [[King's Gauntlet]] consists of '''eight tiers'''. At each '''tier''', Hunters collect potions that imbue cheese capable of attracting mice on the next '''tier'''. Hunters must equip the cheese appropriate to the '''tier''' they wish to hunt on.
-The Gauntlet consists of eight tiers (also referred to as "floors" or "levels"). At each tier, hunters collect potions that imbue cheese capable of attracting mice on the next tier. Hunters need not actually travel between floors, but simply equip the cheese for for the tier they wish to hunt on.
-== Shops ==
-These are the shops that can be found in the King's Gauntlet:
-*[[Cheese Shoppe#King's Gauntlet Cheese Shoppe|Cheese Shoppe]]
-*[[Trapsmith#King's Gauntlet Trapsmith|Trapsmith]]
-== King's Gauntlet Mice ==
-This section summarizes the information hunters need to know about Gauntlet mice:
-* '''Theme''': Each floor's mice are organized according to a thematic element. While this has no bearing on hunting, it can help hunters easily remember which floor a mouse can be found on.
-* '''Bait preference''': Mice on floors 2-8 require tier-specific cheese for successful hunts.
-* '''Primary power type weakness''': The mice on each floor are especially weak to a given trap [[power type]], although this may not be the ''only'' power type that any tier of mice is vulnerable to.
-* '''Loot''': Every mouse breed on floors 1-7 is known to drop the potions required to hunt at the next tier.
-Additionally, all mice in the Gauntlet are in the [[Gauntlet Gladiators]] mouse group. The point and gold values are listed below by tier; these increase at each floor.
+==Mice==
+All mice in the [[King's Gauntlet]] are part of the [[Gauntlet Gladiators]] group.<br/>
+The [[Power Type]] weakness and '''cheese preference''' for each [[King's Gauntlet]] mouse is dependent on the '''tier''' it inhabits.<br/>
+Mice on each '''tier''' drop [[Potions#King.27s_Gauntlet|potions]] used to create the cheese necessary for attracting the mice on the next '''tier'''.
-=== Tier 1 ===
+===Tier 1 - Puppet Mice===
+Mice found on '''Tier 1'''are primarily weak to [[Physical]] and [[Tactical]] weapons.  They have a lesser weakness to [[Arcane]]. [[Draconic]], [[Forgotten]], [[Hydro]], [[Parental]], and [[Shadow]] weapons.<br/>
+[[Standard Cheese]] and {{SB}} will attract all '''Tier 1''' mice.<br/>
+All '''Tier 1''' mice are known to drop [[Gauntlet Potion Tier 2]] as loot. Any additional loot can be found in the table below.
-{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin:5px 20px 20px 20px; font-size:90%; text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable sortable"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 20px; text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;" class="sortable"
 |- bgcolor="#dddddd"
-  ! width="150px" | Mouse
+  ! width="150px" align="left" | '''Mouse'''<br/>
-  ! Points
+  ! '''Points'''<br/>
-  ! Gold
+  ! '''Gold'''<br/>
+ ! [[Standard Cheese|Standard<br/>Cheese]]<br/>
+ ! {{SB}}<br/>
+ ! width="250px" class="unsortable" | Loot
 |-
   | align="left" | [[Clockwork Samurai]]
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 |}
-<div id="Puppet Tier">'''Theme:''' Puppet</div>
+=== Tier 2 - Thief Mice===
-'''Bait Preference:''' None. All regular cheeses will attract mice on this floor, but hunters are cautioned that using Brie will result in a net gold loss. <br />
-'''Primary Weakness:''' [[Physical]] and [[Tactical]]. Mice are very weak and most traps have no difficulty catching them. <br />
-'''Loot Dropped:''' [[Gauntlet Potion Tier 2]] <br />
-{{-}}
-Hunters have several [[Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 1]]
-=== Tier 2 ===
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 Hunters have several [[Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 2]]
-=== Tier 3 ===
+=== Tier 3 - Melee Mice===
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 Hunters have several [[Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 3]]
-=== Tier 4 ===
+=== Tier 4 - Bard Mice===
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 Hunters have several [[Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 4]]
-=== Tier 5 ===
+=== Tier 5 - Magic Mice===
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 Hunters have several [[Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 5]]
-=== Tier 6 ===
+=== Tier 6 - Noble Mice===
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 Hunters have several [[Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 6]]
-=== Tier 7 ===
+=== Tier 7 - Dust Mice===
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 Hunters have several [[Trap Setup Options for King's Gauntlet Tier 7]]
-=== Tier 8 ===
+=== Tier 8 - The Eclipse===
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 ===Hunting tips by [[Larry]]===
-Why hello, Mousehunter! It looks like we’ll be ascending the King’s Gauntlet together!
+Why hello, MouseHunter! It looks like we’ll be ascending the King’s Gauntlet together!
 Hunters have flocked in from all over the land to face the terrors, the wonders, and the challenges of the King’s Gauntlet. If you can make it to the top of this tall, tall tower, you will gain lots of loot, and you will be able to count yourself among the land’s elite.
-Every Hunter starts on floor one, using any bait they wish. From then on, Hunters progress to the next floor by using '''[[potion]]s''' collected on the previous floor to make special cheeses. There is no need to travel—just '''equip the right cheese to move to the next floor'''!
+Every Hunter starts on floor one, using any bait they wish. From then on, Hunters progress to the next floor by using '''potions''' collected on the previous floor to make special cheeses. There is no need to travel-- just '''equip the right cheese to attract mice from the next floor!'''
-On each floor, the mice are weak to a different '''[[power type]]'''. If you get confused, the cheese descriptions may lend a hand. The further you go up the Gauntlet, the more difficult, and profitable, the mice become. Can you make it all the way to the top, and defeat the mysterious [[Eclipse Mouse]]?
+On each floor, the mice are weak to a different '''power type.''' If you get confused, the cheese descriptions may lend a hand. The further you go up the Gauntlet, the more difficult, and profitable, the mice become. Can you make it all the way to the top, and defeat the mysterious Eclipse Mouse?
 Good luck, MouseHunter, and don’t get tired on the stairs!
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 * The [[Ancient Gauntlet]] is a limited edition trap that gives double [[Gauntlet Potion Tier 2]] drops from [[King's Gauntlet#Tier 1|Tier 1]] mice in the King's Gauntlet.
 * The [[Festive Gauntlet Crusher]] is a limited edition trap that gives double [[Gauntlet Potion Tier 3]] drops from [[King's Gauntlet#Tier 2|Tier 2]] mice in the King's Gauntlet.
+== Shops ==
+These are the shops that can be found in the King's Gauntlet:
+*[[Cheese Shoppe#King's Gauntlet Cheese Shoppe|Cheese Shoppe]]
+*[[Trapsmith#King's Gauntlet Trapsmith|Trapsmith]]
 ==Links==