Bristle Woods Rift

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Bristle Woods Rift
Region: Rift Plane
Minimum Rank:	Grand Duke/Grand Duchess
Travel Requirement:	Rift Detector
Required Power Type:	Rift
Required Cheeses:	String Cheeses Ancient String Cheese Runic String Cheese
Number of Mice:	20
Shops:	Charm Shoppe Cheese Shoppe General Store Trapsmith
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	31 May 2017
A huge tower looms in the distance, stretching beyond the visible skyline. Completely isolated with no signs of entry except for a lone, translucent portal. Contained inside are extremely powerful mice, versed in the arts of clockwork time manipulation looking to find a way out!

Overview

The Bristle Woods Rift is located in the Rift Plane region requiring a minimum rank of Grand Duke/Duchess and the Rift Detector to enter.
The Rift Detector can be purchased at the Living Garden Cartographer for 120,000 gold and 5 Dol Essences.

Mouse Locator

Mouse	Entrance	Gearworks	Ancient Laboratory	Runic Laboratory	Timewarp Chamber	Ingress Chamber	Pursuer Mousoleum	Guard Barracks	Security Chamber	Frozen Alcove	Furnace Room	Hidden Treasury	Lucky Tower	Acolyte Chamber
Absolute Acolyte Requires Runic String Cheese														X
Carrion Medium					X							X		X
Chamber Cleaver Requires Runic String Cheese		X	X	X
Chronomaster Requires Runic String Cheese					X									X
Clockwork Timespinner	X	X	X			X		X	X		X		X
Dread Knight		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Epoch Golem	X	X	X					X				X	X
Harbinger of Death				X		X	X			X		X	X	X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Portal Plunderer	X	X	X							X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Record Keeper		X	X				X						X
Record Keeper's Assistant		X	X				X						X
Sentient Slime	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X
Shackled Servant				X		X		X	X			X		X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Timeless Lich					X							X		X
Timelost Thaumaturge				X				X	X					X
Timeslither Pythoness				X								X		X
Vigilant Ward	X			X		X		X	X					X

Loot

Items affected by Quantum Quartz will duplicate an extra piece of that loot. This loot will also deplete the loot of a chamber, counting toward completing the chamber.
Items unaffected by Quantum Quartz will not be duplicated and will not count toward completing the chamber.

Time Sand will not drop as loot until Hunters have acquired the Ancient Hourglass from the Chronomaster in the Timewarp Chamber.

The loot that mice drop is often dependent on the chamber where the mouse is captured.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Affected by Quantum Quartz	Not Affected by Quantum Quartz
			Loot
Absolute Acolyte Requires Runic String Cheese	1,000,000	300,000	Ancient String Cheese Potion Bristle Woods Rift Gift Basket Clockwork Cog Magical String Cheese Portal Scrambler Quantum Quartz Rift Antiskele Charm Rift Curd Rift Rumble Cheese Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Rift Ultimate Power Charm Rift Vacuum Charm Runic String Cheese Potion Super Rift Vacuum Charm Timesplit Charm Timesplit Rune Tiny Sprocket	Ancient Relic Ber Essence Magic Essence Ultimate Charm Mysterious Rift Box Mysterious Bronze Rift Box Mysterious Silver Rift Box Mysterious Gold Rift Box Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap III
Carrion Medium	10,000	8,340	Quantum Quartz Rift Wealth Charm Time Sand Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Satchel of Gold (500 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (5,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (10,000 gold)
Chamber Cleaver Requires Runic String Cheese	60,000	10,000		Divine Orb Flawless Orb
Chronomaster Requires Runic String Cheese	170,000	20,000	Ancient Hourglass Time Sand
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000	Ancient String Cheese Potion Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Rift Wealth Charm Time Sand Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (4,000 gold)
Epoch Golem	60,000	10,000	Ancient String Cheese Potion Quantum Quartz Rift Antiskele Charm Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Rift Wealth Charm Time Sand Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II Satchel of Gold (750 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (4,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (5,000 gold)
Harbinger of Death	200,000	50,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Rift Wealth Charm Runic String Cheese Potion Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold)
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Rift Wealth Charm Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II Satchel of Gold (750 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold)
Portal Plunderer	50,000	9,000	Ancient String Cheese Potion Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Rift Wealth Charm Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II Satchel of Gold (750 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (5,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (10,000 gold) Simple Orb
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	Quantum Quartz Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Wealth Charm Tiny Sprocket	Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold)
Record Keeper	28,000	4,000	Ancient String Cheese Potion Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II
Record Keeper's Assistant	27,000	3,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Tiny Sprocket
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap II
Shackled Servant	55,000	8,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Wealth Charm Runic String Cheese Potion Time Sand Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Satchel of Gold (500 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (4,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (10,000 gold)
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Luck Charm Rift Super Luck Charm Rift Extreme Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Luck Charm Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charm Rift Wealth Charm Tiny Sprocket	Satchel of Gold (750 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (5,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (10,000 gold) Simple Orb
Timeless Lich	130,000	18,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Wealth Charm Time Sand Tiny Sprocket	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Satchel of Gold (750 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (4,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (5,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (10,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (50,000 gold)
Timelost Thaumaturge	70,000	7,500	Quantum Quartz Runic String Cheese Potion
Timeslither Pythoness	100,000	20,000	Quantum Quartz Rift Wealth Charm Runic String Cheese Potion Time Sand	Bristle Woods Rift Journal Theme Scrap I Satchel of Gold (750 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (1,500 gold) Satchel of Gold (2,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (3,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (4,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (5,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (10,000 gold) Satchel of Gold (50,000 gold)
Vigilant Ward	42,275	5,000	Runic String Cheese Potion Tiny Sprocket

Entrance

Hunters encounter the Entrance when first arriving in the Bristle Woods Rift and when returned there after capturing an Absolute Acolyte in the Acolyte Chamber.

Hunters are presented with a single Portal and entering it will transport them to a Gearworks chamber.

Mice

Because Hunters are moved to the Entrance upon capturing an Absolute Acolyte, Runic String Cheese will attract all mice here, but its use (and the use of Ancient String Cheese) is not recommended since it has necessary special attraction effects in other Chambers.

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000	X	X	X	X
Epoch Golem	60,000	10,000		X	X	X
Portal Paladin	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Plunderer Avoids Marble String Cheese	50,000	9,000	X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000	X	X	X	X
Vigilant Ward	42,275	5,000				X

Gearworks

The Gearworks is the first chamber that Hunters will encounter when selecting the single Portal available at the Entrance. This chamber will also appear randomly as Hunters attempt to locate the Acolyte Chamber. Mice here will mainly drop Tiny Sprockets as loot.

There are a total of 25 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Gearworks. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Gearworks will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Mice

Capturing a Chamber Cleaver will open a new set of Portals, allowing Hunters to leave the Gearworks before depleting the available Rift loot. Other mice will continue to drop Rift items until the loot meter is reduced to zero.

• At 17-25 loot: The Chamber is too cramped for the Chamber Cleaver Mouse to come around.
• At 16 and fewer loot: The Chamber Cleaver Mouse is available to catch with Runic String Cheese!

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
Chamber Cleaver	60,000	10,000				X
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000	X	X	X	X
Dread Knight Avoids Marble String Cheese	60,000	10,000	X	X	X	X
Epoch Golem	60,000	10,000		X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Plunderer	50,000	9,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	X	X	X	X
Record Keeper	28,000	4,000	X	X	X	X
Record Keeper's Assistant	27,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000	X	X	X	X

Ancient Laboratory

The mice found in the Ancient Laboratory are the main source of Ancient String Cheese Potions.

There are a total of 35 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Ancient Laboratory. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Mice

Capturing a Chamber Cleaver will open a new set of Portals, allowing Hunters to leave the Ancient Laboratory before depleting the available Rift loot. Other mice will continue to drop Rift items until the loot meter is reduced to zero.

• At 22-35 loot: The Chamber is too cramped for the Chamber Cleaver Mouse to come around.
• At 21 and fewer loot: The Chamber Cleaver Mouse is available to catch with Runic String Cheese!

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
Chamber Cleaver	60,000	10,000				X
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000	X	X	X	X
Dread Knight Avoids Marble String Cheese	60,000	10,000	X		X	X
Epoch Golem Avoids Marble String Cheese and Swiss String Cheese	60,000	10,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Plunderer	50,000	9,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	X	X	X	X
Record Keeper	28,000	4,000	X	X	X	X
Record Keeper's Assistant	27,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000	X	X	X	X

Runic Laboratory

The mice found in the Runic Laboratory are the main source of Runic String Cheese Potions.

There are a total of 30 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Runic Laboratory. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Runic Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Mice

Capturing a Chamber Cleaver will open a new set of Portals, allowing Hunters to leave the Runic Laboratory before depleting the available Rift loot. Other mice will continue to drop Rift items until the loot meter is reduced to zero.

• At 19-30 loot: The Chamber is too cramped for the Chamber Cleaver Mouse to come around.
• At 18 and fewer loot: The Chamber Cleaver Mouse is available to catch with Runic String Cheese!

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
Chamber Cleaver	60,000	10,000				X
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000	X	X		X
Harbinger of Death	200,000	50,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X
Shackled Servant	55,000	8,000	X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000	X	X	X	X
Timelost Thaumaturge	70,000	7,500		X	X	X
Timeslither Pythoness	100,000	20,000			X	X
Vigilant Ward	42,275	5,000	X	X	X	X

Timewarp Chamber

The mice found in the Timewarp Chamber are the main source of Time Sand which can only be found after acquiring an Ancient Hourglass from the Chronomaster.

Once the Ancient Hourglass has been obtained, mice in all Chambers may drop small amounts of Time Sand, which is necessary for hunting in the Acolyte Chamber.

There are a total of 30 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Timewarp Chamber. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Timewarp Chamber will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Mice

Hunters must arm Runic String Cheese in order to capture the Chronomaster Mouse and obtain the Ancient Hourglass. Mice will begin dropping Time Sand once Hunters have obtained the Ancient Hourglass.

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
Carrion Medium	100,000	8,340	X	X	X	X
Chronomaster	170,000	20,000				X
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000	X	X	X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000	X	X	X	X
Timeless Lich Avoids Marble String Cheese and Swiss String Cheese	130,000	18,000	X	X	X	X

Ingress Chamber and Pursuer Mousoleum

These chambers can only be entered once by Hunters. Once completed, Hunters will not encounter these chambers again until the area is reset by capturing an Absolute Acolyte.

Ingress Chamber
The Ingress Chamber provides Hunters with the opportunity to obtained a fourth portal between every chamber and the possibility of preventing the Portal Pursuer Mouse from appearing in other chambers.
There are 25 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Ingress Chamber. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Pursuer Mousoleum
The Pursuer Mousoleum provides Hunters with the opportunity to remove the Pursued Curse if they have failed to remove it while in the Ingress Chamber.
There are 10 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Pursuer Mousoleum. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Fourth Portal Buff

Completing the Ingress Chamber will provide Hunters with a fourth Portal after fully looting a Chamber or capturing a Chamber Cleaver.

Pursued Curse

Failing to capture 3 Portal Pursuer mice in the Ingress Chamber will cause that mouse to begin appearing in other Chambers.

Removing the Pursued Curse

If Hunters fail to block the Pursued Curse in the Ingress Chamber, a portal for the Pursuer Mousoleum chamber may appear.
Completing this chamber will remove the Pursued Curse.

Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
			Ingress Chamber				Pursuer Mousoleum
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000	X	X	X	X
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000	X	X	X	X	Swiss String Cheese only
Harbinger of Death	200,000	50,000	X	X	X	X				X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer	28,000	2,500	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Record Keeper	28,000	4,000					Avoids Marble String Cheese	X	X	X
Record Keeper's Assistant	27,000	3,000					X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X	Swiss String Cheese only
Shackled Servant	55,000	8,000	X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000					X	X	X	X
Vigilant Ward	42,275	5,000	X	X	X	X

Guard Barracks and Security Chamber

These chambers can only be entered once by Hunters. Once completed, Hunters will not encounter these chambers again until the area is reset by capturing an Absolute Acolyte.

Guard Barracks
The Guard Barracks provides Hunters with the opportunity to remove Portal Paladin mice from every chamber and the possibility of preventing the loss of trap luck from their weapon and base.
There are 40 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Guard Barracks. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Security Chamber
The Security Chamber provides Hunters with the opportunity to remove the Unlucky Alarm Curse if they have failed to prevent it while in the Guard Barracks.
There are 10 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Security Chamber. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Paladin's Bane Buff

Completing the Guard Barracks will remove Portal Paladin mice from every chamber.

Unlucky Alarm Curse

This curse will remove the trap luck from the Hunter's weapon and base.
The alarm in the Guard Barracks will be triggered if Hunters make six hunts (successful or not) without capturing a Portal Paladin Mouse. Until the alarm reaches the sixth level and is triggered, a capture of the Portal Paladin Mouse will reset it to zero. Once the alarm has been triggered, it cannot be reset to zero except by completing a Security Chamber.

Removing the Unlucky Alarm Curse

If Hunters fail to block the Unlucky Alarm Curse in the Guard Barracks, a portal for the Security Chamber may appear.
Completing this chamber will remove the Unlucky Alarm Curse.

Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
			Guard Barracks				Security Chamber
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000	X	X	X	X	Marble String Cheese only
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000	X	X	X	X
Epoch Golem	60,000	10,000		X	X	X
Portal Paladin	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X	Marble String Cheese only
Shackled Servant	55,000	8,000					X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000					X	X	X	X
Timelost Thaumaturge	70,000	7,500					X	X	X	X
Vigilant Ward	42,275	5,000					X	X	X	X

Frozen Alcove and Furnace Room

These chambers can only be entered once by Hunters. Once completed, Hunters will not encounter these chambers again until the area is reset by capturing an Absolute Acolyte.

Frozen Alcove
The Frozen Alcove provides Hunters with the opportunity to prevent the Absolute Acolyte from pillaging their trap and cause it to drop additional loot when caught and provides an opportunity to prevent a frozen portal between chambers.
There are 35 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Frozen Alcove. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Furnace Room
The Furnace Room provides Hunters with the opportunity to remove the Frozen Portals Curse if they have failed to prevent it while in the Frozen Alcove.
There are 10 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Furnace Room. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Acolyte Influence Buff

Completing the Frozen Alcove will prevent the Absolute Acolyte from pillaging the Hunter's trap and it will drop extra loot when caught.

Frozen Portals Curse

This curse will cause one portal to be frozen closed when moving between chambers. The frozen portal can be unfrozen using a Portal Rekindling Key.
Each hunt will drop the temperature in the Frozen Alcove by 2 degrees. If the temperature reaches -30 degrees before all the Rift loot has been cleared, this curse will be activated.

Removing the Frozen Portals Curse

If Hunters fail to block the Frozen Portals Curse in the Frozen Alcove, a portal for the Furnace Room may appear.
Completing this chamber will remove the Frozen Portals Curse.

Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese	String Cheese	Magical String Cheese	Ancient String Cheese	Runic String Cheese
			Frozen Alcove				Furnace Room
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000					X	X	X	X
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Harbinger of Death	200,000	50,000	X	X	X	X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Portal Plunderer	50,000	9,000					X	X	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000	X	X	X	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000					X	X	X	X

Hidden Treasury and Lucky Tower

These chambers contain mice that drop large quantities of loot. Completing these chambers will not confer any buffs or bonuses.

There are 99 pieces of Rift loot available from mice in the Hidden Treasury and Lucky Tower. Every Rift item dropped as loot by the mice in the Ancient Laboratory will reduce the loot meter. When the loot meter reaches zero a new selection of Portals will become available and mice will stop dropping Rift items as loot.

Mice

The mice found in these chambers are attracted to Magical String Cheese, Ancient String Cheese, Runic String Cheese, and all types of basic String Cheese

Mouse	Points	Gold	Hidden Treasury	Lucky Tower
Carrion Medium	100,000	8,340	X
Clockwork Timespinner	38,000	7,000		X
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000	X	X
Epoch Golem	60,000	10,000	X	X
Harbinger of Death	200,000	50,000	X	X
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000	X	X
Portal Plunderer	50,000	9,000	X	X
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500	X	X
Record Keeper	28,000	4,000		X
Record Keeper's Assistant	27,000	3,000		X
Sentient Slime	30,000	6,000		X
Shackled Servant	55,000	8,000	X
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000	X	X
Timeless Lich	130,000	18,000	X
Timeslither Pythoness	100,000	20,000	X

Acolyte Chamber

This chamber contains the Absolute Acolyte. Hunters must have Time Sand in their inventory before this chamber will appear. The chamber will appear more frequently with higher inventories of Time Sand.

Hunters must charge the Timesplit Obelisk by capturing mice. Each hunt consumes 1 Time Sand from the Hunter's inventory and adds one Time Sand to the Absolute Acolyte's inventory.
When the Timesplit Obelisk reaches a 100% charge the Absolute Acolyte will stop accumulating Time Sand and is released but cannot be captured. Each hunt will now consume 1 Time Sand from both the Hunter and the Absolute Acolyte.
When the Absolute Acolyte's Time Sand reaches zero it can be captured.
Upon capturing an Absolute Acolyte, hunters are transported to the Entrance.
If the Hunter's Time Sand reaches zero they will be removed to a Gearworks. Hunters must then gather more Time Sand before they will be able to find and enter this chamber.

Mice

The mice found in these chambers are attracted only to Runic String Cheese.

Mouse	Points	Gold
Absolute Acolyte	1,000,000	300,000
Carrion Medium	100,000	8,340
Chronomaster	170,000	20,000
Dread Knight	60,000	10,000
Harbinger of Death	200,000	50,000
Portal Paladin Removed with active Paladin's Bane Buff	32,000	3,000
Portal Pursuer Appears with active Pursued Curse	28,000	2,500
Shackled Servant	55,000	8,000
Skeletal Champion Avoids Rift Antiskele Charm	20,000	1,000
Timeless Lich	130,000	18,000
Timelost Thaumaturge	70,000	7,500
Timeslither Pythoness	100,000	20,000
Vigilant Ward	42,275	5,000

Hunting Strategy

Adventure Book

Hunters can complete the Capture the Absolute Acolyte adventure in the Bristle Woods Rift.

Hunting Tips by Larry

The tower consists of an array of chambers separated by impenetrable walls. The only way to move throughout the tower is to pass through the various portals that present themselves within the chambers.

Each chamber is filled with precious loot that the mice themselves are trying to collect in order to fashion a way of escape. Once a chamber has been emptied of its loot, look for a portal to be opened by the mice looking to escape into another more prosperous room.

You will need to find the Ancient Lab and Runic Laboratory chambers to obtain powerful potions that can be used to turn your String Cheese into a more preferred flavour to attract the obscure and powerful mice within the many special chambers of this Rift.

Once you have accumulated some Runic String Cheese, you can attempt to enter the Timewarp Chamber and acquire an Ancient Hourglass. Once obtained, you can then collect valuable Time Sand which will allow you to find the Acolyte Chamber and challenge the fearsome mouse itself.

There is also a plethora of special chambers that offer difficult challenges and unique abilities as well as powerful curses that will hinder your progress. Many great treasures await, so good luck and happy hunting!

Just... try not to lose too much time...

History and Trivia

• 31 May 2017: The Bristle Woods Rift was released.
• 5 July 2017: The Bristle Woods Rift received several small updates.