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== News ==
 
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=== Gifting Updates and Upcoming Maintenance ===
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''{{date|22|October|2010}}''
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<blockquote>
 
<blockquote>
  
====Gifting Updates:====
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 1 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<p>We've been closely watching feedback about the new free gifts in the game and have made a few changes, mainly to the send and claim limits.</p>
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 2 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<p>You can now claim 10 gifts per day and send up to 10, depending on your Hunter's Title.</p>
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 3 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<p>We are also in the process of building a page that lists all of your recent unclaimed gifts. This will make it easy to claim gifts from previous days.</p>
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-- {{MHP|POSTER SNUID|POSTER NAME}}
  
<p>As always, we're eager to keep hearing your suggestions! Please visit the forums and make your voice heard. We are confident that together we can find a balance that makes gifting fun and exciting for everyone!</p>
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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=868 The Draconic Depths has Surfaced!] ===
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''{{date|13|August|2024}}''
  
<p>We'll be making some significant upgrades to the servers that run the game to help keep everything running smoothly. Unfortunately due to the nature of these upgrades the game will be unavailable for about a half an hour, after which we will need to let hunters back into the game slowly. We're planning to start the maintenance at 1pm EDT (5pm GMT).</p>
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<blockquote>
  
====Good luck in the Haunted Terrortories!====
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'''Viceroy hunters and above can now embark on a new adventure.'''<br>
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A new area has released in the Folklore Forest!
  
<p>Hunters are no doubt excited to do some Halloween hunting! If you have not been trick-or-treating yet, make sure to visit a friend's hunter profile and see if they've chosen to treat, or trick you! The new Halloween area is packed with eager hunters, making the mice very scared this Halloween season!</p>
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==== The Draconic Depths has Surfaced! ====
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Thanks to Ronza's tireless efforts, the Mythweaver's latest plot has been discovered and it is unfolding beneath our very feet.
  
<p>Many hunters have already explored their way through the Haunted Terrortories and defeated the insane Gourdborg Mouse! Congratulations to those who have found their Evil Pumpkin Seed and good luck to those still hunting!</p>
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Instead of invading a world of fantasy yet again, this time the Mythweaver plans to invade the world with fantasy!
  
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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So after losing his tenure at the School of Sorcery, this malevolent mastermind took it upon himself to dig up the very essence of fear and destruction in the minds and hearts of Gnawnians: dragons!
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=== Halloween Trick AND Treat Event! ===
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The King is now calling upon all MouseHunters ranked Viceroy and above to travel to the new '''Draconic Depths''' and stop this invasion before it takes flight.
''{{date|20|October|2010}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>Attention all MouseHunters!</p>
 
  
<p>An insane mouse has proclaimed itself to be the King of Halloween and has setup a spooky obstacle to protect itself from hunters! The King needs your help to explore this new haunted area and track down the pesky mouse at the heart of it all!</p>
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==== Prepare for your Descent ====
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The '''Tale of the First Dragons''' map piece can be purchased from the School of Sorcery Cartographer for '''1,000,000 Gold''', '''1,000 Sorcerer's Sapphires''', and requires completion of the Become a Master Sorcerer adventure for any hunters who have yet to obtain it.
  
<p>In order to fully explore the Haunted Terrortories of Gnawnia, you'll need plenty of Ghoulgonzola and Candy Corn Cheese. You can collect these two new types of cheese by visiting up to 10 of your friends' hunter profiles a day to go Trick-or-Treating. Just click the "Trick-or-Treat" button to discover if your friend decided to trick, or treat you! You'll receive Ghoulgonzola for a trick, and Candy Corn Cheese for a treat. You can also collect both of these flavours of cheese by hunting mutated or Hollowhead mice at the Haunted Terrortories.</p>
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==== New Dragon Hunting Gear at the New Trapsmith ====
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The Trapsmith at the Draconic Depths is well prepared to aid the MouseHunters of Gnawnia in their daunting task to descend into this dangerous den of dragons!
  
<p>During the Halloween event Ghoulgonzola and Candy Corn cheese carry a very high attraction rate in not only the Haunted Terrortories, but many other hunting locations in the Kingdom. Their ability to attract mice is closely tied to the magic of the Haunted Terroroties, meaning they will be slightly less powerful when the Halloween event ends.</p>
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<p>When you arrive at the Haunted Terrortories you'll notice two new progress bars on your heads-up-display. These progress bars are filled by catching mice using Ghoulgonzola and Candy Corn Cheese. Trick AND treat enough mice to fill both bars in your current location to attract mice from the next! You TRICK mice using Ghoulgonzola and TREAT them with Candy Corn Cheese.</p>
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<center>'''Dragon's Breath Opal Refractor Base'''</center>
  
<p>You'll have to trick and treat your way through the Corn Maze, into the Haunted Manor and finally to the Pumpkin Patch where the Trick, Treat and Gourdborg mice await you!</p>
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<center>Harness the breathtaking power of Dragon's Breath Opals!</center>
  
<p>What sort of haunted loot waits for you at the end of your journey? With a little farming knowledge, an evil pumpkin seed from the Gourdborg mouse can be used to create a spooky (and shadowy) limited edition trap that will let you hunt with fearsome Halloween style! Rumor even has it that with some creative crafting an even more fearsome trap can be constructed...</p>
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<center>'''Stats'''</center>
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* Power: '''3,000'''
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* Power Bonus: '''20%'''
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* Attraction Bonus: '''50%'''
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* Luck: 35
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* Cheese Effect: Ultimately Fresh
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* Requires: Sorcerer's Sapphire Refractor Base
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<center>'''Special Effects'''</center>
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* Doubles Dragonhide Sliver loot drops
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* Includes all previous Refractor base effects
  
<p>There's more Halloween fun yet! Gifting is up and running and features a limited edition Pumpkin Treat Basket to celebrate Halloween! Who knows what treats could be inside?</p>
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<center>'''Dragonsnare Net Launcher'''</center>
  
<p>Let the trick-or-treating begin! Have fun and happy haunting MouseHunters!</p>
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<center>A powerful alternative for hunters without a Dragon Slayer Cannon</center>
  
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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<center>'''Stats'''</center>
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* Power: '''10,000'''
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* Power Bonus: '''30%'''
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* Attraction Bonus: '''10%'''
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* Luck: 26
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* Cheese Effect: Stale
  
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=== All Clean! ===
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<center>The ultimate upgrade to the Chrome Dragon Slayer Cannon!</center>
''{{date|12|October|2010}}''
 
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<p>Good news!</p>
 
  
<p>The Digby Cleaning Crew has finished cleaning up the horrible mess caused in the laboratory, especially with the help of those hunters who stopped over to lend a hand!</p>
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<center>'''Stats'''</center>
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* Power: '''20,000'''
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* Power Bonus: '''40%'''
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* Attraction Bonus: '''20%'''
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* Luck: 38
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* Cheese Effect: Fresh
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* Requires: Chrome Dragon Slayer Cannon
  
<p>Hopefully the large cleaning bill Dr. Mouser received will serve as a reminder to double and maybe even triple check his work.</p>
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<center>'''Crux of Dragon Devastation Transmuting Trap Skin'''</center>
  
-- {{MHP|510239199|Franco D'Auria}}
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<center>A rigorous, above-and-beyond challenge for dedicated hunters!</center>
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* Augments its appearance to blend into its environment!
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* Requires: Dragon Devastator Multi-cannon
  
=== Uh Oh... Laboratory Experiment has gone wrong! ===
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''{{date|8|October|2010}}''
 
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<p>Dr. Mouser has accidentally ____ the wrong ingredient in one of his most recent experiments! This has caused a major eruption in the disposal unit of the lab and Radioactive Sludge has gone pouring out everywhere!</p>
 
  
<p>The Digby Cleaning Crew (DCC) has been dispatched to mop up the hazardous materials but it may take them all weekend long before they can finish the job!</p>
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==== New Codices at the General Store ====
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New installments in the Folklore Motif-Index are available now!
  
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<p>The more common breeds of mice in the laboratory will now be dropping radioactive sludge as a loot item!</p>
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==== Stock up on Dragon Slaying Supplies! ====
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The King has assembled some limited time bundles to aid in your noble quest!
  
-- {{MHP|510239199|Franco D'Auria}}
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Starter Slayer Bundle'''<br>Creativity, SB+, and Dragonbanes!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Supreme Slayer Bundle'''<br>Bountiful Bundle of 7 items!
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=== October is Newcomer Appreciation Month! ===
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<p>MouseHunt is currently a featured application on the Facebook games dashboard. This means more novice hunters will be joining the community that may need a helping hand to understand the adventure that they've just embarked upon!</p>
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| style="width: 33.3%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Stylish Slayer Bundle'''<br>Slay in Style!
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<p>[http://mousehuntgame.com/images/promo/newcomer_appreciation_poster.jpg Newcomer Appreciation Month Poster]</p>
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Dragon's Gift Purse'''<br>Give the gift of slaying supplies!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Dragon's Supply Stash'''<br>A coveted stash of supplies!
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<p>In the spirit of helping new hunters, we need your help with something more specific!</p>
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| style="width: 33.3%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Large Dragon's Supply Hoard'''<br>A massive hoard of supplies!
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<p>We're looking to make a splash image or comic that depicts "A day in the life of a MouseHunter" to show players who are new to the game. The goal is to show that MouseHunt is a game that you check on in your spare time and is a fun game that only takes a few minutes a day to enjoy.</p>
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Chrome Enchanted Dragon Slayer Turret Trap Skin'''<br>Enchant your Chrome Cannon!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Chrome Cavern of Conjuring Trap Skin'''<br>Descend into mysterious caverns!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Dragonsnare Celestial Orb Launcher Trap Skin'''<br>Harness the power of the cosmos!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Infinite Dark Extraplanar Portals Trap Skin'''<br>Infinite Extraplanar Portals!
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<p>The general idea is some sort of splash image or comic showing someone checking in to sound their horn, then going off to make lunch, or some other activity. Then, 15 minutes later, they come back to sound the horn again and once again, they leave and do another activity. This structure shows that the game is played passively by checking back whenever you have a minute of free time.</p>
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==== Seismic effects on Baitkeep Charms ====
  
<p>We're not looking for a finished or polished product, but more a general storyboard, sketch or idea. Feel free to be creative and funny with your delivery of the theme.</p>
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The intense seismic activity within the Draconic Depths has an effect on Baitkeep Charms when they're used within the Draconic Depths.
  
<p>There are also a few technical limits to what the image can be:</p>
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In the Draconic Depths, Baitkeep Charms have a 50% chance of activating and saving your bait when used. However, whenever they don't activate, the charm '''will not''' be consumed, keeping it intact for the next hunt.
  
* Max size of 670x550 pixels
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* It needs to be able to be read in about 6-10 seconds
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''Here Be Dragons!'''</div></div>
* It needs to make sense to someone who has never seen or heard of the game (nothing too end-game or an "inside-joke/culture")
 
  
<p>If you're interested in helping brainstorm, drop by [http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?app_id=10337532241&xid=mousehunt_news_2&c_url=http%253A%252F%252Fapps.facebook.com%252Fmousehunt%252Fboards.php&r_url=http%253A%252F%252Fapps.facebook.com%252Fmousehunt%252Fboards.php&flavor=3&sig=3183eb9fa93949507bfdcd51ff1c7477&topic=5067 this thread] and post your ideas, suggestions or links to sketches.</p>
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-- {{MHP|2818486648263450|Norman Hussey}}
  
<p>We're excited see the perspective of players and your takes on what makes the way you play the game so much fun!</p>
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-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
 
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Latest revision as of 15:29, 15 August 2024

For older updates, visit the Archive.

The Draconic Depths has Surfaced!

13 August 2024

Viceroy hunters and above can now embark on a new adventure.
A new area has released in the Folklore Forest!

The Draconic Depths has Surfaced!

Thanks to Ronza's tireless efforts, the Mythweaver's latest plot has been discovered and it is unfolding beneath our very feet.

Instead of invading a world of fantasy yet again, this time the Mythweaver plans to invade the world with fantasy!

So after losing his tenure at the School of Sorcery, this malevolent mastermind took it upon himself to dig up the very essence of fear and destruction in the minds and hearts of Gnawnians: dragons!

The King is now calling upon all MouseHunters ranked Viceroy and above to travel to the new Draconic Depths and stop this invasion before it takes flight.

Prepare for your Descent

The Tale of the First Dragons map piece can be purchased from the School of Sorcery Cartographer for 1,000,000 Gold, 1,000 Sorcerer's Sapphires, and requires completion of the Become a Master Sorcerer adventure for any hunters who have yet to obtain it.

New Dragon Hunting Gear at the New Trapsmith

The Trapsmith at the Draconic Depths is well prepared to aid the MouseHunters of Gnawnia in their daunting task to descend into this dangerous den of dragons!

Dragon's Breath Opal Refractor Base
Harness the breathtaking power of Dragon's Breath Opals!
Stats
  • Power: 3,000
  • Power Bonus: 20%
  • Attraction Bonus: 50%
  • Luck: 35
  • Cheese Effect: Ultimately Fresh
  • Requires: Sorcerer's Sapphire Refractor Base
Special Effects
  • Doubles Dragonhide Sliver loot drops
  • Includes all previous Refractor base effects
Dragonsnare Net Launcher
A powerful alternative for hunters without a Dragon Slayer Cannon
Stats
  • Power: 10,000
  • Power Bonus: 30%
  • Attraction Bonus: 10%
  • Luck: 26
  • Cheese Effect: Stale
Dragon Devastator Multi-cannon
The ultimate upgrade to the Chrome Dragon Slayer Cannon!
Stats
  • Power: 20,000
  • Power Bonus: 40%
  • Attraction Bonus: 20%
  • Luck: 38
  • Cheese Effect: Fresh
  • Requires: Chrome Dragon Slayer Cannon
Crux of Dragon Devastation Transmuting Trap Skin
A rigorous, above-and-beyond challenge for dedicated hunters!


  • Augments its appearance to blend into its environment!
  • Requires: Dragon Devastator Multi-cannon

New Codices at the General Store

New installments in the Folklore Motif-Index are available now!

Folklore Motif-Index:
Draconic Luck
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Draconic trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Draconic Power
Provides 20% Power Bonus whenever a Draconic trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Physical Luck
Provides +5 Luck whenever an Physical trap is armed
Folklore Motif-Index:
Physical Power
Provides 20% Power Bonus whenever a Physical trap is armed

Stock up on Dragon Slaying Supplies!

The King has assembled some limited time bundles to aid in your noble quest!

Starter Slayer Bundle
Creativity, SB+, and Dragonbanes!
Supreme Slayer Bundle
Bountiful Bundle of 7 items!
Stylish Slayer Bundle
Slay in Style!
Dragon's Gift Purse
Give the gift of slaying supplies!
Dragon's Supply Stash
A coveted stash of supplies!
Large Dragon's Supply Hoard
A massive hoard of supplies!
Chrome Enchanted Dragon Slayer Turret Trap Skin
Enchant your Chrome Cannon!
Chrome Cavern of Conjuring Trap Skin
Descend into mysterious caverns!
Dragonsnare Celestial Orb Launcher Trap Skin
Harness the power of the cosmos!
Infinite Dark Extraplanar Portals Trap Skin
Infinite Extraplanar Portals!

Seismic effects on Baitkeep Charms

The intense seismic activity within the Draconic Depths has an effect on Baitkeep Charms when they're used within the Draconic Depths.

In the Draconic Depths, Baitkeep Charms have a 50% chance of activating and saving your bait when used. However, whenever they don't activate, the charm will not be consumed, keeping it intact for the next hunt.

Here Be Dragons!

-- Norman Hussey