Great Winter Hunt 2009

Poor Calamity Carl chose a poor location to build his toy factory. The Festive Comet has completely destroyed his facility and scattered toy parts across the Kingdom. The King and Carl need your help to rebuild the toys and save the Great Winter Hunt!

Description and Requirements

The Festive Comet is a special location first available during The Great Winter Hunt '09. The description for the area was: This celestial event of festive proportions has crashed into Gnawnia! Although the original origin of this cheer-spreading comet are unknown, hunters from across the Kingdom are calling its arrival cause for festive celebration!. There are no special requirements for hunters to enter this area. Mice are unable to steal gold or points in this location but may steal cheese if not caught.

Catch statistics from the Festive Comet are grouped with those from the Heart of the Tiger Party under the King's Party Zone location name.

If a hunter was still in the Festive Comet when it melted the first time (January 2010), he was moved back to Gnawnia at no cost with the following message:

"As the last snowflake of the Festive Comet melted I moved to the Town of Gnawnia to continue hunting."

Shops

During the Great Winter Hunt '09 there were no shops at the Festive Comet but the Festive Gift Shoppe was introduced along with this location.

Festive Comet Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold	Mouse Group	Loot
Abominable Snow	1,750	1,750	Indigenous Mice	Six Snow Balls Three Santa Hats
Bear	310	575	Indigenous Mice	Seven Gingerbread Mice
Black Widow	480	10	Indigenous Mice	SUPER|brie+ cheese
Candy Cane	600	600	Event Mice	Candies Icing Sugar One Droid Action Figure Ten Candy Canes
Centaur	3,800	960	Forest Guild	Nine Reindeer Antlers
Christmas Tree	2,600	1,200	Event Mice	Eleven Coloured Lights Gingerbread Base Blueprints Gingerbread House Plans Icing Sugar Three Santa Hats Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Dwarf	225	450	Indigenous Mice	Eight Elf Shoes Two Festive Mitts
Elf	900	750	Event Mice	Eight Elf Shoes
Frosty Snow	600	300	Indigenous Mice
Frozen	300	300	Indigenous Mice	Eleven Coloured Lights
Gargoyle	5,600	2,800	The Forgotten Mice	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Hydra	9,640	5,760	Aquatic Order	Ten Candy Canes
Nutcracker	3,000	300	Event Mice	Icing Sugar Plank of Gingerbread Six Snow Balls
Ornament	900	2,600	Event Mice	Five Ornaments Gingerbread Base Blueprints Icing Sugar
Present	900	900	Event Mice	Icing Sugar Nine Reindeer Antlers Plank of Gingerbread Seven Gingerbread Mice Two Festive Mitts
Scrooge	70	3,000	Event Mice	Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold Satchel of Gold worth 5,000 gold Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Steel	270	500	Indigenous Mice
Stocking	900	300	Event Mice	Four Festive Stockings Icing Sugar Plank of Gingerbread
Toy	500	500	Event Mice	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Treant	1,300	600	Forest Guild	Five Ornaments
Troll	8,190	8,190	Forest Guild	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Four Festive Stockings Marble cheese Swiss cheese Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold
White	70	100	Indigenous Mice	One Droid Action Figure
Worker	300	2,200	Followers of Furoma	Gingerbread House Plans Splintered Wood

12 Days 'til Christmas

A new loot item was available at the Festive Comet each day between 12-23 December 2009, each dropped by two mice (except the 12th day when four breeds of mice dropped the loot).

Once hunters collected all 12 items from the 12 Days 'til Christmas event, they could exchange them with Larry for the limited edition trap the Christmas Cracker Trap. Alternatively, if they had not collected all 12 items or simply did not want a new trap they could exchange items for 10 SUPER|brie+ each. Twelve Liters of Egg Nog, however, was not able to be traded for SUPER|brie+; instead it remained in hunter's inventory after the hunter exchanged 12 items for the trap.

Date	Festive Mouse	Regular Mouse	Loot
12 December	Candy Cane	White	One Droid Action Figure
13 December	Present	Dwarf	Two Festive Mitts
14 December	Christmas Tree	Abominable Snow	Three Santa Hats
15 December	Stocking	Troll	Four Festive Stockings
16 December	Ornament	Treant	Five Ornaments
17 December	Nutcracker	Abominable Snow	Six Snow Balls
18 December	Present	Bear	Seven Gingerbread Mice
19 December	Elf	Dwarf	Eight Elf Shoes
20 December	Present	Centaur	Nine Reindeer Antlers
21 December	Candy Cane	Hydra	Ten Candy Canes
22 December	Christmas Tree	Frozen	Eleven Coloured Lights
23 December	Christmas Tree Scrooge Toy	Gargoyle	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog

Hunting Strategy

In this location, there are mice that are weak to different power types (Hydro, Physical, Forgotten and Tactical). The hunters need to pick the trap with the power type effective against their most desired mice. Alternatively, hunters may consider using the luckiest trap available to them.

SUPER|brie+ and Gingerbread Cheese are the only cheeses that are consistently effective in attracting all of the festive mice that are exclusive to this location, though SUPER|brie+ seems to be better in obtaining the Christmas Tree Mouse (see the main Christmas Tree Mouse article) and is essentially necessary to attract the Worker Mouse. The use of conventional cheeses such as Brie or Swiss does not attract the festive mice as much and eliminates altogether the attraction of several mice including the Scrooge, Christmas Tree, Troll, Hydra and Gargoyle. The overall attraction rate of regular cheese is rather low in this location, but the Abominable Snow Mouse is still attracted to your trap.

Hunting tips by Larry

Welcome to the Festive Comet, MouseHunter!

This massive snowy comet smashed into Gnawnia resulting in an explosion of candy canes and snow! It's arrival in Gnawnia marks the beginning of the Great Winter Hunt!

Some pesky Elf mice have ran off with presents. If you catch an Elf mouse you'll find a gift specially wrapped depending on your Hunter's Title. Many of the gifts contain a little cheese to help you in your hunting, but occasionally you may just find something a little more special. To attract Elf mice more often, I suggest using SUPER|brie+ or Gingerbread Cheese as bait.

During the lighting of the Great Winter Tree, barrels of egg nog suddently exploded and the mice used the distraction to steal the star from the top of the tree! The mice have a schedule for their devious plot, and the bosses will only reveal themselves if the minions fail. Click the calandar icon on your heads-up display to see when each mouse is being released.¹

Don't forget your mittens and toque! Happy holiday hunting!

Festive Hunting tips by Larry

There's a lot going on at the Festive Comet and Larry the Friendly Knight wanted to give a few pointers to hunters on how best to hunt the various groups of mice invading the comet.

Gingerbread will attract the 12 Mice of Winter, with SUPER|brie+ being even more effective.

Seasoned Gouda will not only attract the 12 Mice of Winter, but will also attract The Three Ghosts of Winter and other powerful mice that drop upgrade pieces for the Explosive Toboggan Ride.

Links

• Banner image (2009)