Toxic Spill

Hunters can only travel freely to and from Toxic Spill if their current rank matches or exceeds the severity of the spill. Hunting inside the spill with a rank lower than the severity of the spill will result in Hunters being involuntarily moved to the Laboratory.

Toxic Spill
Region: Burroughs
Rank requirement:	Hero
Map piece:	Laboratory Map Piece
Required Power Type:	Hydro
Required Cheese:	Rancid Radioactive Blue Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue
Number of Mice:	23
Shops:	Cheese Shoppe Trapsmith Charm Shoppe General Store Cartographer
Release Date:	21 January 2014
Pollution spewing out of the Laboratory has resulted in this hideous Toxic Spill! The Hunter's Title required to enter is dependent on the current contamination level.

Overview

The Toxic Spill is a location in the Burroughs region requiring a minimum rank of Hero and the Laboratory Map Piece to enter. Mice in this location may steal points, gold, or multiple pieces of cheese if not captured.

Though Hunters ranked Hero and above can enter the Toxic Spill, the ability to do so is based upon the severity of the pollution levels, ranging from Hero to Archduke/Archduchess. As the severity of the Toxic Spill falls and rises, lower ranks are permitted or denied access to the location. The available mouse population changes depending on the rank currently permitted to hunt. Refining of Crude Pollutinum into Pollutinum can be done at any time when the hunter has Crude Pollutinum in their barrel.

When a Hunter with a rank equal that of the current severity of the Toxic Spill travels to the spill, the following warning is shown in the Hunter's Journal:

WARNING: You are currently at the maximum title for this Toxic Spill, you have X hours X minutes time until you will be removed from the spill back to the Laboratory.

When a Hunter with a rank below that of the current severity of the Toxic Spill attempts to hunt while inside the spill, the Hunter is ejected from the spill and the hunt takes place in the Laboratory instead, with the following message in the Hunter's Journal:

The pollution levels have gotten worse and are at a level more dangerous than I can handle! I have been evacuated to the Laboratory for safety!

Heads-Up Display

The Heads-up Display covers several aspects of the area. In the top left is a count of the current number of hunters in the area.

Cheese and Charms

On the right side is a display showing the hunter's inventory of Rancid Radioactive Blue, Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue, Rotten Charms, Super Rotten Charms, Soap Charms, and Super Soap Charms and allows Hunters to arm or crafted each charm.
The tool-tips for each cheese and charm read as follows:

Rancid Radioactive Blue is the best common cheese here.

Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue attracts more of the most toxic mice.

Rotten Charms attract mice that drop Soapy Suds.

Super Rotten Charms attract more mice that drop Soapy Suds.

Soap Charms give a power and luck bonus against Polluted mice. Refine +1 Crude Pollutinum per hunt with this armed!

Super Soap Charms are the rarest, adding a strong bonus against Polluted mice. Refine +2 Crude Pollutinum per hunt with this armed!

Rank and Progress

Across the bottom of the HUD is an arrow showing whether the spill is rising or falling, the 8 Rank levels of the area, the current status of the spill determining which ranks can currently hunt in the spill and the amount of time remaining until the next spill level.
Hovering the mouse over the arrow when the spill is rising displays the following tooltip:

Pollution levels are currently rising! Hunters with low titles may be moved to the mainland for their own safety.

Hovering the mouse over the arrow when the spill is falling displays the following tooltip:

Pollution levels are currently falling!

Hovering the mouse over the ranks gives the length of that rank.

Crude Pollutinum

The amount of Crude Pollutinum the hunter has collected and the quantity of Crude Pollutinum that can be refined per successful hunt is shown in the lower right. Clicking on the green button next to it allows the Hunter to toggle between collecting and refining Crude Pollutinum.
If the Hunter hovers their mouse over the amount of Crude Pollutinum, the following tooltip is shown:

Convert Crude Pollutinum into refined Pollutinum every hunt. Upgraded barrels and Soap charms refine it faster. While refining, you can't gather Crude Pollutinum.

(if refining Crude Pollutinum) Currently refining X Pollutinum per hunt!

You have refined a total of X Pollutinum.

While refining;
A successful catch will create the following Journal entry:
You scrubba-lubba-dub-dubbed your barrel and refined x Crude Pollutinum into x Pollutinum!
A unsuccessful catch will create the following Journal entry:
The mouse attacked your barrel while it was open for refining. You lost x Crude Pollutinum!

Different Barrels can store and refine different amounts of Pollutinum:

Barrel	Stored	Base Refine		Special Item	Extra Refine
Default	200	1		S.U.P.E.R. Scum Scrubber	+1 Pollutinum
Small Barrel	210	2		Soap Charm	+1 Pollutinum
Medium Barrel	225	3		Super Soap Charm	+2 Pollutinum
Large Barrel	250	5

The amount of Crude Pollutinum is initially capped at 200, although a hunter can increase the limit to as much as 250 by purchasing various sizes of Refining Barrels at the general store.

Any Crude Pollutinum that the hunter had in their inventory from before the change to a permanent area is now listed as Stale Crude Pollutinum.

Hydro Weapon

If the Hunter does not have a Hydro weapon armed, a message appears in the display warning:

Only traps with Hydro power work in the Toxic Spill.

Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese and Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese

If the Hunter does not have Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese or Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese armed, a message appears in the display warning:

You must arm Rancid Radioactive Blue to attract mice in this area.

Pollution Levels

Cleanup Times and Maps by Pollution Level
Hunter's Title Pollution Level	Level Length
Archduke/Archduchess	24 Hours
Grand Duke/Grand Duchess	24 Hours
Duke/Duchess	24 Hours
Count/Countess	24 Hours
Baron/Baroness	18 Hours
Lord/Lady	18 Hours
Knight	16 Hours
Hero	30 Hours

The level length for Knight to Grand Duke/Grand Duchess are for either falling OR rising.

The level length for Hero and Archduke/Archduchess are for falling AND rising.

Mice

All mice found in Toxic Spill are part of The Polluted mouse group.
Hydro is the only power type working against these mice.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Hero	Knight	Lord Lady	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	Grand Duke Grand Duchess	Archduke Archduchess	Loot
Lab Technician Requires Rotten Charm or Super Rotten Charm	10,500	3,000	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Crude Pollutinum Rancid Radioactive Blue Potion Soapy Oasis Skin Pattern Soapy Suds Washboard Base Blueprints
Swamp Runner	3,250	500	X	X	X	X	X	X			Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Base Blueprints
Spore	12,000	1,500	X	X	X	X	X	X			Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Flawed Orb Stale SUPER|brie+
Mutated Siblings	4,000	1,200	X	X	X	X	X	X			Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Flawed Orb
Monster Tail	13,500	2,500	X	X	X	X	X	X			Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum
Sludge	4,500	3,500	X	X	X	X	X	X			Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum
Bog Beast	11,500	4,700	X	X	X	X	X	X			Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Incinerated Garbage Bath Skin Pattern Radioactive Sludge Scum Scrubber Blueprints Stale Cheese Stale SUPER|brie+
Gelatinous Octahedron	21,000	2,000		X	X	X	X	X			Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Flawed Orb Polluted Theme Scrap I Polluted Theme Scrap II Polluted Theme Scrap III
Hazmat Requires Super Rotten Charm	25,000	5,000	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Crude Pollutinum Rancid Radioactive Blue Potion Soapy Phantasmic Oasis Skin Pattern Soapy Suds Washboard Base Blueprints
Sludge Soaker	35,000	4,500			X	X	X	X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Base Blueprints
Plague Hag	46,000	3,000			X	X	X	X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum
Scrap Metal Monster	36,000	4,200			X	X	X	X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Theme Scrap I Polluted Theme Scrap II Polluted Theme Scrap III Scrap Metal
Mutant Ninja	66,000	5,000					X	X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Noxious School of Sharks Skin Pattern Polluted Base Blueprints Polluted Chrome MonstroBot Skin Pattern Simple Orb
Tentacle	79,000	6,000					X	X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Base Blueprints
Biohazard	64,000	6,300					X	X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum
Telekinetic Mutant	79,000	2,000					X	X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Theme Scrap I Polluted Theme Scrap II Polluted Theme Scrap III
Toxic Warrior	90,000	7,000						X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum
Outbreak Assassin	95,000	10,000						X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Base Blueprints
Slimefist	110,000	4,900						X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Theme Scrap I Polluted Theme Scrap II Polluted Theme Scrap III
Sludge Swimmer	120,000	10,000							X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Flawless Orb Polluted Base Blueprints
Mutant Mongrel	99,000	8,888						X	X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum
The Menace	125,000	10,500							X	X	Canister Ring Crude Pollutinum Polluted Theme Scrap I Polluted Theme Scrap II Polluted Theme Scrap III
Mutated Behemoth	150,000	12,000								X	Crude Pollutinum Divine Orb Polluted Base Blueprints

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

YUCK! This Toxic Spill is disgusting! Full of sludge, goo, grime, and scrap!

The Toxic Spill has had dastardly effects on the mice here! Some have grown to massive proportion, while others have gained powerful abilities! These mice are incredibly challenging adversaries!

The severity of the spill is determined by its contamination level. High levels of contamination are where the most powerful mice reside, while lower levels are home to weaker breeds. The contamination level also determines what title a hunter requires in order to enter the area. These levels will slowly rise and fall with the production schedule of the Laboratory and the ebb and flow of the Rodentia Ocean tide. The King has decreed that once the Toxic Spill levels start to go beyond a certain point, the production must stop until the toxic levels subside back down to a level suitable for hunters of Hero rank. In order to lure the Polluted mice to your trap, you'll need a more pungent version of Radioactive Blue Cheese called Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese. This bait can be made from Radioactive Curd and Sludge, however, the King has also dispatched a cheese vendor to the area, allowing you to purchase the bait from the Cheese Shoppe here.

In addition to Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese, a new Magical Radioactive Blue Cheese has been drummed up by the scientists at the Laboratory. This new cheese is extremely potent and demands the attention of the Polluted mice. With this bait armed, it will allow you to attract any mouse from any tier up to Grand Duke! It may not pull the powerful Archduke mice out of hiding before levels have reached a certain toxicity, BUT they can not resist it either once they have revealed themselves! You'll also want to arm your most powerful Hydro trap! The mice here are some of the most challenging you'll find, meaning each bit of Power and every ounce of Luck will benefit you.

During your hunting endeavours, you'll likely come across a unique item called Crude Pollutinum. This gooey resource can be refined into Pollutinum: a more useful version of itself. Pollutinum can be used to craft a wide variety of useful items including, charms, bases, trap skins, and more!

Well, that's all the advice I have for you, hunter. Grab some soapy water and get to work! This place is hideous.

Adventure Book

The Hunter can complete the Refine Pollutinum adventure in Toxic Spill

Location-Specific Effects

Weapons

• S.U.P.E.R. Scum Scrubber Trap
  • When not refining: generates 1 additional Crude Pollutinum per catch
  • When refining: converts 1 additional Crude Pollutinum to Pollutinum per catch

Bases

• Washboard Base - has a bonus of 5% Power Bonus and 5 Luck

Charms

• Rotten Charm - adds Lab Technician to attraction pool
• Super Rotten Charm - adds Lab Technician and Hazmat to attraction pool
• Soap Charm
  • Has a bonus of 5,000 Power and 10 Luck
  • When refining:
    • Converts 1 additional Crude Pollutinum to Pollutinum per catch
    • Prevents the loss of Crude Pollutinum upon failing to catch a mouse
• Super Soap Charm
  • Has a bonus of 8,000 Power and 12 Luck
  • When refining:
    • Converts 2 additional Crude Pollutinum to Pollutinum per catch
    • Prevents the loss of Crude Pollutinum upon failing to catch a mouse

Shops

These are the shops found in Toxic Spill.

Cheese Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese	450 gold 2 Radioactive Blue Cheese 1 Radioactive Sludge	None	N/A
Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese	450 gold 10 Radioactive Blue Cheese 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Swiss Cheese	100 gold	None	100 gold
Brie Cheese	200 gold	None	200 gold

Trapsmith

Bases

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Aqua Base	115,000 gold	None	20,700 gold
Bamboozler Base	75,000 gold	None	13,500 gold
Washboard Base	15,000 gold 100 Soapy Suds 1 Washboard Base Blueprints	None	N/A
Polluted Base	1,434,000 gold 1 Polluted Base Blueprints 800 Pollutinum 60 Radioactive Sludge 30 Scrap Metal	None	N/A
Refined Pollutinum Base	2,200,000 gold 450 Pollutinum 1 Polluted Base	None	N/A

Weapons

Item	Power Type	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Net Cannon	Hydro	450,000 gold	None	81,000 gold
Harpoon Gun	Hydro	450,000 gold	None	81,000 gold
Scum Scrubber	Hydro	1 Scum Scrubber Blueprints 400 Pollutinum 20 Scrap Metal 40 Soapy Suds 4 Canister Ring	None	N/A
S.U.P.E.R. Scum Scrubber	Hydro	1 Scum Scrubber 100 Pollutinum 10 Scrap Metal 2 Canister Ring 10 Soapy Suds	None	N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Charmbit	25 gold	None	20 gold
Power Charm	150 gold	None	45 gold
Luck Charm	300 gold	None	90 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

General Store

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Small Refining Barrel	25,000 gold 20 Pollutinum 1 Canister Ring 25 Scrap Metal	None	N/A
Medium Refining Barrel	50,000 gold 50 Pollutinum 4 Canister Ring 50 Scrap Metal 1 Small Refining Barrel	None	N/A
Large Refining Barrel	100,000 gold 75 Pollutinum 8 Canister Ring 100 Scrap Metal 1 Medium Refining Barrel	None	N/A
Canister Ring	12,000 gold 100 Pollutinum 10 Scrap Metal	None	N/A
Salt	6 gold	None	2 gold
Curds and Whey	12 gold	None	3 gold
Ionized Salt	450 gold	None	150 gold

Cartographer

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Toxic Scroll Case	3 Ancient Relic	None	N/A

History of Toxic Spills

In the initial release of the Toxic Spill, the spills' severity and timing were randomised, with the severity lowering as Hunters caught mice within the spill until the spill was entirely cleaned up. Initially, lower-ranked hunters were only allowed into the spill when higher-ranked hunters have progressed enough to decrease the contamination level of the spill. An update subsequently fixed the duration of each contamination level to a regular period of time.

During each spill, Crude Pollutinum (now known as Stale Crude Pollutinum) could be looted from mice in the spill but could not be refined until the spill was entirely cleaned up. Any Stale Crude Pollutinum in a Hunter's inventory now can be converted anytime into Crude Pollutinum.

Beginning Date	Hunter's Title Pollution Level
21 January 2014	Duke/Duchess
12 February 2014	Grand Duke/Grand Duchess
03 April 2014	Count/Countess
22 April 2014	Grand Duke/Grand Duchess
20 May 2014	Archduke/Archduchess
17 June 2014	Archduke/Archduchess
13 August 2014	Count/Countess
02 October 2014	Grand Duke/Grand Duchess
10 November 2014	Archduke/Archduchess
20 April 2015	Archduke/Archduchess
16 June 2015	Duke/Duchess
04 November 2015	Archduke/Archduchess
12 February 2016	Count/Countess
31 March 2016	Duke/Duchess
14 July 2016	Archduke/Archduchess
21 February 2017	Archduke/Archduchess
19 April 2017	Grand Duke/Grand Duchess

History and Trivia

• 21 January 2014: The first Toxic Spill occurred. Hunters ranked Duke/Duchess were the first to be allowed entry.
• 4 November 2015: The King assembled a crew to clean up Toxic Spills at a much more predictable pace. As with past spills, Hunters are allowed into the Toxic Spill location based on their Rank, but each level now lasts a standard period of time.
• 12 February 2016, the standard time for each level below Count/Countess was reduced by 2-4 hours.
• 18 July 2017: The Toxic Spill was revamped into a permanent location. The mechanism for refining Crude Pollutinum was changed. Soap Charms and Super Soap Charms were given extra location-specific effects with regards to the refining of Crude Pollutinum. Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese was introduced for usage in the Toxic Spill. The location description was also changed. The previous description read as:

A sudden burst of pollution from the Laboratory has resulted in this hideous Toxic Spill! The Hunter's Title required to enter is dependant on the current contamination level. As hunters clean the area and lower the contamination, less experienced hunters will be permitted to enter. Hunters are not allowed in the area when there is no pollution to clean up.

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