Sand Dunes

Sand Dunes
Region: Sandtail Desert
Minimum Rank:	Baron/Baroness
Travel Requirement:	Living Garden Key
Required Power Type:	Shadow
Required Cheese:	Dewthief Camembert
Recommended Charms:	See Minigame
Number of Mice:	6
Shops:	Cheese Shoppe Trapsmith Charm Shoppe General Store
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	14 November 2012
Food in the desert is so scare that there is fierce competition between mice over it. Watch out for the vicious grublings in this area, who hoard food and Garden Essences like no other mouse!

Overview

Sand Dunes is a hunting location in Sandtail Desert region.

Living Garden, Lost City, Sand Dunes, Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts are 6 connected hunting locations, forming the Living Garden complex.

They require the minimum rank of Baron/Baroness and the Living Garden Key to access.

Sand Dunes can only be traveled to when the Hunter's map is in Normal state.

Normal World and Twisted World

At a time, among 6 hunting locations in the Living Garden complex, only 3 can be traveled to. This depends on whether the Hunter's map is in Normal or Twisted state:

• Normal state: Living Garden, Lost City, and Sand Dunes are accessible
• Twisted state: Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts are accessible

The map state can be changed from Normal to Twisted by:

• Catching a Carmine the Apothecary in Living Garden

Doing so will generate a journal entry:

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.

The map state can be changed from Twisted to Normal by either:

• Using any cheese other than Duskshade Camembert or Lunaria Camembert in Twisted Garden
• Using any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert in Cursed City
• Using any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert in Sand Crypts

Doing any of the actions above will generate a journal entry:

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.

The Living Garden Sequence

In the Living Garden complex, the Hunter follows 6 main steps in sequence.
Step 2b can be done in Sand Dunes.

Step	Location	Cheese Used	Loot	To Obtain
1	Living Garden	Standard Cheese	Dewthief Petal	Dewthief Camembert
2a	Lost City	Dewthief Camembert	Dreamfluff Herbs	Duskshade Camembert
2b	Sand Dunes	Dewthief Camembert	Duskshade Petal
3	Living Garden	Duskshade Camembert		Access to Twisted World
4	Twisted Garden	Duskshade Camembert	Graveblossom Petal	Graveblossom Camembert
5a	Cursed City	Graveblossom Camembert	Plumepearl Herbs	Lunaria Camembert
5b	Sand Crypts	Graveblossom Camembert	Lunaria Petal
6	Twisted Garden	Lunaria Camembert	Living Chest	Fel Essence Gur Essence Fresh Twisted Garden Soil

Grubling Stampede Minigame

In Sand Dunes, the Grubling Stampede mechanics are in effect:

• The Stampede state can be Active or Inactive.

• The state is Inactive when the Hunter visits Sand Dunes for the first time.
• The state has a chance to be changed from Inactive to Active after every hunt.

• This chance can be boosted to 100% upon catching a mouse by arming a Grubling Bonanza Charm.

When the Stampede activates, it generates a journal entry:

It's a stampede! Grubling Mice are running wild for 15 more hunts!

• The state will change back to Inactive after 15 hunts in Sand Dunes.

When the Stampede ends, it generates a journal entry:

Aw, the Grubling stampede is over. Next time, Grublings!

I guess Grubling Chow Charms won't be needed until the next stampede!

• When the Stampede state is Active, arming Grubling Chow Charm will add Grubling Mouse to attraction pool.

Heads-Up Display

The Hunter can access and track the following in the HUD:

• Grubling Stampede Minigame
• Garden Petals and Herbs
• Garden Essences
• Book of Living Recipes

Mice

All mice found in the Sand Dunes are part of the Sand Dunes Mice group.

Only Shadow power type is effective against the mice here.

Mice here requires Dewthief Camembert to attract.
Grubling Mouse can only be attracted with Grubling Chow Charm when a Grubling Stampede is active.

Mice here can drop Duskshade Petal which can be used to purchase Duskshade Camembert to use in Living Garden and Twisted Garden.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Loot
Dunehopper	13,500	1,650	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Cynd Essence Duskshade Petal
Grubling Requires Grubling Stampede and Grubling Chow Charm	14,500	2,400	Cynd Essence Duskshade Petal
Grubling Herder	15,675	825	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Duskshade Petal
Quesodillo	15,750	950	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Duskshade Petal
Sand Pilgrim	13,250	1,150	Aleth Essence Duskshade Petal
Spiky Devil	14,500	2,600	Ber Essence Duskshade Petal

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

I hope you managed to build up a large collection of Dewthief Camembert, hunter. The mice in these dunes don't seem to like anything else! And be sure to arm your most powerful Shadow trap, as not only will delicious Dewthief attract the mice, but so will the promise of shade from the sun.

There's a lot of competition for food here in the empty desert, and the top competitor is the Grubling Mouse. They dash from food source to food source, gobbling up anything they can find when they get there.

You can take advantage of this by purchasing and using Grubling Chow Charms when there's a grubling warning in effect. Catching Grublings will help you immensely, since they tend to hoard Garden Essences in their attempts to find food.

Or is there perhaps a more sinister reason...?

Adventure Book

• The Hunter can complete the Obtain a Rift Detector adventure in Sand Dunes.
• The Hunter can complete some steps of the Defeat Twisted Carmine adventure in Sand Dunes.

Location-Specific Effects

Bases

• Aurora Base - has a chance to generate a random Garden Essence
• Hothouse Base - doubles the range of Duskshade Petal dropped by mice
• Living Base - doubles the range of Duskshade Petal dropped by mice
• Desert Heater Base - consumes a Flameshard per hunt to generate a random Sandtail Desert item per mouse catch

Charms

• Grubling Bonanza Charm - triggers a Grubling stampede for 15 hunts upon catching a mouse, if it is not already active
• Grubling Chow Charm - adds Grubling Mouse to the attraction pool during Grubbling stampede

Shops

These are the shops found in Sand Dunes.

Cheese Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Dewthief Camembert	750 gold 1 Dewthief Petal	None	N/A
Dewthief Camembert 4-Pack	3,000 gold 3 Dewthief Petal 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Duskshade Camembert	1,100 gold 1 Duskshade Petal 1 Dreamfluff Herbs	None	N/A
Duskshade Camembert 4-Pack	4,400 gold 3 Duskshade Petal 3 Dreamfluff Herbs 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Graveblossom Camembert	1,500 gold 1 Graveblossom Petal	None	N/A
Graveblossom Camembert 4-Pack	6,000 gold 3 Graveblossom Petal 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Lunaria Camembert	1,775 gold 1 Lunaria Petal 1 Plumepearl Herbs	None	N/A
Lunaria Camembert 4-Pack	7,100 gold 3 Lunaria Petal 3 Plumepearl Herbs 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Swiss Cheese	100 gold	None	100 gold
Brie Cheese	200 gold	None	200 gold
Gouda Cheese	600 gold	None	600 gold

Trapsmith

Bases

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Soiled Base	1 Fel Essence 1 Gur Essence 1 Hix Essence 3 Fresh Twisted Garden Soil 1 Dewthief Petal 1 Duskshade Petal 1 Graveblossom Petal 1 Lunaria Petal	None	N/A
Rift Base	7,500,000 gold 1 Rift Crystal 1 Rift Mist 1 Rift Stars	None	N/A

Weapons

Item	Power Type	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Phantasmic Oasis Trap	Hydro	3,000,000 gold 1 Est Essence 1 Fel Essence 1 Icuri Essence 1 Oasis Water Node Trap	None	N/A
Clockwork Portal Trap	Shadow	4,000,000 gold 1 Fel Essence 1 Icuri Essence 1 Clockapult of Time	None	N/A
Grand Arcanum Trap	Arcane	4,900,000 gold 1 Gur Essence 1 Icuri Essence 1 Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery	None	N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Charmbit	25 gold	None	20 gold
Grubling Chow Charm	350 gold 1 Aleth Essence	None	N/A
Epic Orb	125,000 gold	None	125,000 gold
Aromatic Oil	1,000,000 gold	None	1,000,000 gold
Lucky Power Charm	900 gold	None	270 gold
Super Power Charm	500 gold	None	150 gold
Super Luck Charm	750 gold	None	225 gold
Super Lucky Power Charm	2,500 gold	None	750 gold
Extreme Power Charm	1,500 gold	None	450 gold
Extreme Luck Charm	4,500 gold	None	1,350 gold

General Store

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Curds and Whey	12 gold	None	3 gold
Ionized Salt	450 gold	None	150 gold
Essence Prism	500 gold	None	500 gold
Plant Pot	900 gold	None	900 gold

History and Trivia

• 14 November 2012: The Sand Dunes was opened alongside with other locations in Living Garden complex in Sandtail Desert region.

Links and Images

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