Living Garden

Capturing Carmine the Apothecary in this location will transport Hunters to the Twisted Garden.
Hunting in the Twisted Garden with any cheese other than Duskshade Camembert or Lunaria Camembert will transport Hunters to this location.

Living Garden
Region: Sandtail Desert
Minimum Rank:	Baron/Baroness
Travel Requirement:	Living Garden Key
Required Power Type:	Hydro
Required Cheeses:	Standard Cheese Duskshade Camembert
Required Charm:	Sponge Charm
Number of Mice:	8
Shops:	Cartographer Charm Shoppe Cheese Shoppe General Store
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	14 November 2012
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.

Overview

The Living Garden is a location in the Sandtail Desert region requiring a minimum rank of Baron/Baroness and the Living Garden Key to enter. The Living Garden Key is obtained from the Cartographer at the Muridae Market.

Mice in the Living Garden are weak only to Hydro weapons.

Standard Cheese will attract most mice in the Living Garden, but Duskshade Camembert is required for attracting Carmine the Apothecary. Hunters must use Sponge Charms (or Blue Double Sponge Charms) and play the Dewdrop Minigame to attract the Thirsty Mouse.

Hunters must collect Dewthief Petals and purchase Dewthief Camembert before they will be able to successfully hunt in the Lost City or Sand Dunes locations.

Accessing the Twisted World

The Twisted World locations of Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts can only be accessed by capturing Carmine the Apothecary with Duskshade Camembert in the Living Garden. Capturing Carmine the Apothecary will move the Hunter to the Twisted Garden.

Hunting with any cheese other than Duskshade Camembert or Lunaria Camembert in the Twisted Garden will cause Hunters to be moved to the Living Garden.

The Living Garden Sequence

Hunters will need to hunt the areas in the Living Garden sub-region in a specific order. The following steps outline the basic requirements for accessing and hunting in each location. Additional information on minigames and other activities can be found on the individual location pages.

The steps of the cycle that can be completed in the Living Garden location are highlighted in bold.

• Step 1: Living Garden

Step 1a: Hunt with Standard Cheese in the Living Garden to collect Dewthief Petals.

Step 1b: Use Dewthief Petals to purchase Dewthief Camembert.

• Step 2: Lost City and Sand Dunes - steps a and b can be done in any order.

Step 2a: Hunt with Dewthief Camembert in the Lost City to collect Dreamfluff Herbs.

Step 2b: Hunt with Dewthief Camembert in the Sand Dunes to collect Duskshade Petals.

Step 2c: Use Dreamfluff Herbs and Duskshade Petals to purchase Duskshade Camembert.

• Step 3: Living Garden

Step 3a: Hunt with Duskshade Camembert in the Living Garden.

Step 3b: Capture Carmine the Apothecary to open the Twisted World and travel to the Twisted Garden.

• Step 4: Twisted Garden

Step 4a: Hunt with Duskshade Camembert in the Twisted Garden to collect Graveblossom Petals.

Step 4b: Use Graveblossom Petals to purchase Graveblossom Camembert.

• Step 5: Cursed City and Sand Crypts - steps a and b can be done in any order.

Step 5a: Hunt with Graveblossom Camembert in the Cursed City to collect Plumepearl Herbs.

Step 5b: Hunt with Graveblossom Camembert in the Sand Crypts to collect Lunaria Petals.

Step 5c: Use Plumepearl Herbs and Lunaria Petals to purchase Lunaria Camembert.

• Step 6: Twisted Garden

Hunt with Lunaria Camembert in the Twisted Garden to attract Twisted Carmine.

Living Garden HUD

Hunters can access and track the following using the Heads-Up Display:

• The Dewdrop Minigame
• Garden Petals and Herbs
• Garden Essences
• The Book of Living Recipes

Dewdrop Minigame

The Dewdrop Minigame allows Hunters in the Living Garden to use Sponge Charms or Blue Double Sponge Charms to gather Dewdrops. Pouring Dewdrops will provide Hunters with a number of hunts when it is possible to attract the Thirsty Mouse. The Thirsty Mouse is not a guaranteed attraction or catch.

Sponge Charms will cause Living Garden mice to drop 1 Dewdrop when caught.
Blue Double Sponge Charms will cause Living Garden mice to drop 2 Dewdrops when caught.

Dewdrops should be collected in batches of 20 for maximum effect. Individual Dewdrop pours do not stack.
Example: Pouring 2 batches of 10 Dewdrops each will give the Hunter 10 hunts to attract the Thirsty Mouse for each batch, or 20 hunts in total. Pouring one batch of 20 Dewdrops will give Hunters 35 hunts to attract the Thirsty Mouse.
Sponge Charms and Blue Double Sponge Charms will not cause mice to drop Dewdrops after 20 have been collected, so the charm should be disarmed at that point.

Dewdrops Collected	Hunts With Thirsty Mouse Available
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	12
12	14
13	16
14	18
15	20
16	22
17	24
18	26
19	28
20	35

After 20 Dewdrops, the Hunter's bucket is full, and the following message is displayed in the Hunter's Journal:

I've filled up on Dewdrops. Time to pour them out and start attracting Thirsty Mice!

Upon 'pouring', the following message is displayed:

I poured out my collected Dewdrops, and started attracting some 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 Thirsty mice have retreated.

Obtaining Sponge Charms

The Sponge Charm can be purchased in the Living Garden Charm Shoppe in exchange for 200 gold and 1 Aleth Essence.

The Blue Double Sponge Charm can be crafted with the proper ingredients:

Formula: Double Sponge Charm
Item	Qty	Cost (Each)	Source
Flawless Orb	1	N/A	Balack the Banished, Derr Lich, Elub Lich, Nerg Lich and Riptide mice in Balack's Cove Betta, Coral Guard, Eel, Old One, Serpent Monster, and Tritus mice in Sunken City Burglar mice in Bazaar, Harbour, King's Arms, Laboratory, and Tournament Hall Chamber Cleaver mice in Bristle Woods Rift Cherry mice in Calm Clearing Crystal Cave Worm, Crystalback, and Stalagmite mice in Fungal Cavern Goblin mice in Lagoon M400 mice in various locations Mage Weaver mice in Muridae Market Magma Flow zone mice in Sunken City Master Burglar mice in Bazaar Rift Guardian mice in Gnawnia Rift Shipwrecked mice in Cape Clawed and S.S. Huntington IV Sky Warden mice in Floating Islands Sludge Swimmer mice in Toxic Spill Soldier of the Shade mice in Valour Rift Wolfskie mice in Iceberg Labyrinth Charm Shoppe Zokor Charm Shoppe Marketplace
Aleth Essence	2	N/A	Mouse loot: Bark, Calalilly, Camoflower, Shroom, and Thistle mice in Living Garden Barkshell and Thorn mice in Twisted Garden Ethereal Enchanter, Ethereal Engineer, Ethereal Librarian, and Ethereal Thief mice in Lost City Cursed Enchanter and Cursed Engineer mice in Cursed City Dunehopper, Grubling Herder, Quesodillo, and Sand Pilgrim mice in Sand Dunes Sand Colossus, Sarcophamouse and Serpentine mice in Sand Crypts Enlightened Labourer Mouse in Furoma Rift Shade of the Eclipse and The Total Eclipse mice in Valour Rift Convertibles: Bag of Living Essences Mysterious Bronze Rift Box Royal Loot Crate Unstable Broom Unstable Rift Core Treasure Chests: Bristle Woods Rift Treasure Chests Burroughs Rift Treasure Chests Furoma Rift Treasure Chests Gnawnia Rift Treasure Chests Living Garden Treasure Chests Whisker Woods Rift Treasure Chests Generated by Aurora Base Generated by Desert Heater Base Result from smashing: Ber Essence Cynd Essence Dol Essence Est Essence Fel Essence Gur Essence Hix Essence Icuri Essence
Blue Double Dewdrop Powder	1	2,000	Ronza's Traveling Shoppe Marketplace
Total		2,000

Living Garden Mice

All mice found in the Living Garden] are part of the Living Garden Mice group.
All mice found here are weak only to Hydro weapons.

Carmine the Apothecary

Hunters wishing to capture Carmine the Apothecary and travel to the Twisted Garden must hunt in the Living Garden with Duskshade Camembert.

Thirsty Mouse

Hunters wishing to attract the Thirsty Mouse must collect and pour Dewdrops as part of the Dewdrop Minigame.

Cheese Preferences and Loot

Standard Cheeses will attract almost all mice found in the Living Garden.
Duskshade Camembert is required to attract Carmine the Apothecary if Hunters wish to travel to the Twisted Garden.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Standard Cheese	Duskshade Camembert	Loot
Bark	11,250	1,950	X		Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petal
Calalilly	15,250	2,050	X		Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petal
Camoflower	11,000	1,250	X	X	Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petal
Carmine the Apothecary Capture moves Hunter to Twisted Garden	12,500	800		X	Dewdrop
Shroom	12,500	2,650	X	X	Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petal
Strawberry Hotcakes	14,500	1,950	X		Ber Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petal
Thirsty Requires Dewdrop Pour	1,000	1,000	X		Ber Essence Cynd Essence Dewthief Petal
Thistle	9,050	1,150	X		Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petal

Mice with Special Requirements

• Relic Hunter Mouse – This mouse visits the Living Garden on an irregular basis. It does not consume cheese or charms. Hunters must have an Ancient Relic in their inventory to attract this mouse. The Ancient Relic will be taken by the Relic Hunter Mouse in exchange for a Relic Hunter Scroll Case.
• M400 – This mouse will sometimes be available in the Living Garden when Hunters are actively working an M400 Hunting Research Assignment. It is attracted only to Fusion Fondue which will not attract any other mice. It drops a wide variety of loot.

Hunting Strategy

This area is visited twice during the Living Garden Sequence.
Initially, Hunters should arm Standard Cheese to collect Dewthief Petals from the mice found in the Living Garden. Hunters can then use Dewthief Petals to purchase Dewthief Camembert.

Dewthief Camembert is used in the Lost City to collect Dreamfluff Herbs and in the Sand Dunes to collect Duskshade Petals. Dreamfluff Herbs and Duskshade Petals are used to purchase Duskshade Camembert.

Hunters can then return to the Living Garden and arm Duskshade Camembert to capture Carmine the Apothecary which opens the Twisted World and causes Hunters to travel to the Twisted Garden.

Hunters wishing to attract the Thirsty Mouse must play the Dewdrop Minigame, which requires using Sponge Charms or Blue Double Sponge Charms to collect Dewdrops.

Location-Specific Effects

Bases

• Hothouse Base - Limited Edition - Doubles the range of Garden Petals and Herbs dropped by mice in this location.
• Living Base - Doubles the range of Garden Petals and Herbs dropped by mice in this location.

Charms

• Sponge Charm - Mice drop 1 Dewdrop per catch, up to a maximum of 20 Dewdrops.
• Blue Double Sponge Charm - Mice drop 2 Dewdrops per catch, up to a maximum of 20 Dewdrops.

Adventure Book

Hunters can Obtain a Rift Detector by crafting Dol Essences and purchasing a Rift Detector from the Living Garden Cartographer.

Hunters can complete steps to Defeat Twisted Carmine by catching Carmine the Apothecary with Duskshade Camembert to enter the Twisted Garden.

Library Assignments

• M400 Bait Research Assignment - This assignment may require Hunters to track down specific items from Living Garden mice in order to complete it.
• M400 Hunting Research Assignment - This assignment may require collecting 1 Piece of M400 Intel from mice in the Living Garden and/or capture the M400.

Tournaments

Living Garden mice are worth points during some Tournaments.

Treasure Maps

Many mice in the Living Garden are often found on Relic Hunter Treasure Maps and Living Garden Treasure Maps.

Hunting tips by Larry

Hail, brave hunter!

You know, I spent so much time staring at this place, wondering what could be inside... Would it be exotic monsters, or crazed plants? But now that I'm here, all I really know is that something weird is going on!

If you watch carefully, you can observe tiny raids from other mouse tribes coming to the garden and stealing the Garden Essences that accumulate here. You can gather your own as well by trapping the mice that reside here, and then put them to use here in the Garden!

If you check the shop, you'll see that you can purchase Sponge Charms for Aleth Essences and use those to collect dewdrops. Collect enough dewdrops and you can cover the ground in moisture, attracting Thirsty Mice who drop even more and better Garden Essences!

While you're here, make sure to collect as many Dewthief Petals as you can - you'll need them to buy cheese to hunt with later on!

Oh, and don't forget to check out the Book of Living Recipes to find out all the incredible new things you can make out of these Garden Essences!

Perhaps much later, you'll find a cheese you can use to come back here and catch rare and powerful mice!

Shops

These are the shops found in the Living Garden.

Cartographer

Item	Cost	Refund	Requirement
Living Garden Scroll Case	6 Ancient Relic	N/A	N/A
Rift Detector	120,000 and 5 Dol Essence	N/A	N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item	Cost Per Piece	Refund Per Piece
Aromatic Oil	1,000,000	1,000,000
Charmbit	25	20
Epic Orb	125,000	125,000
Sponge Charm	200 1 Aleth Essence	N/A

Cheese Shoppe

Item	Cost Per Piece	Refund Per Piece
Gouda	600	600
Dewthief Camembert	750 1 Dewthief Petal	N/A
Dewthief Camembert 4-Pack	3,000 3 Dewthief Petal 1 Magic Essence	N/A
Duskshade Camembert	1,100 1 Duskshade Petal 1 Dreamfluff Herbs	N/A
Duskshade Camembert 4-Pack	4,400 3 Duskshade Petal 3 Dreamfluff Herbs 1 Magic Essence	N/A
Graveblossom Camembert	1,500 1 Graveblossom Petal	N/A
Graveblossom Camembert 4-Pack	6,000 3 Graveblossom Petal 1 Magic Essence	N/A
Lunaria Camembert	1,775 1 Lunaria Petal 1 Plumepearl Herbs	N/A
Lunaria Camembert 4-Pack	7,100 3 Lunaria Petal 3 Plumepearl Herbs 1 Magic Essence	N/A

General Store

Item	Cost Per Piece	Refund Per Piece
Phantasmic Essence	1,000,000	1,000,000
Plant Pot	900	900
Essence Prism	500	500
Rift Base Blueprints	7,500,000	7,500,000

History and Trivia

• 2 June 2011: The Living Garden first appeared on the Travel page, but could not be visited.
• 14 November 2012: The Living Garden opened.

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