Lost City

Lost City
Region: Sandtail Desert
Minimum Rank:	Baron/Baroness
Travel Requirement:	Living Garden Key
Required Power Type:	Arcane
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
This city suffered a terrible curse and was lost between dimensions! The mice residing here are ghostly apparitions as well, trapped between dimensions in an incorporeal state.

Overview

Lost City 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.

Lost City 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 2a can be done in Lost City.

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

Lost Curse Minigame

In Lost City, the Lost Curse mechanics are in effect:

• The state can be Cursed or Curse Lifted

• The state is Cursed when the Hunter visits Lost City for the first time.
• The state can be changed from Cursed to Curse Lifted by catching any non-Cursed mouse with Searcher Charm armed.

• Lifting the curse will remove Cursed Mouse from attraction pool in the next 3 hunts in Lost City.

When the effect activates, it generates a journal entry:

The power of my Searcher Charm dispelled the Lost Curse, lifting the curse from the Lost City!

I should unequip my Searcher Charms and save them for later.

• The state will be changed from Curse Lifted to Cursed upon encountering Cursed Mouse.

When the effect activates, it generates a journal entry:

The terrible power of the Cursed Mouse re-ignited the curse on the Lost City!

• In Curse Lifted state, Essence Collector Mouse can be attracted.

The Hunter can arm the Safeguard Charm to avoid encountering the Cursed Mouse.

Heads-Up Display

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

• Lost Curse Minigame
• Garden Petals and Herbs
• Garden Essences
• Book of Living Recipes

Lost City Mice

All mice found in the Lost City are part of the Lost City Mice group.

Only Arcane power type is effective against the mice here.

Mice here requires Dewthief Camembert to attract.
Essence Collector Mouse can only be attracted in Lifted Curse state.

Most mice here can drop Dreamfluff Herbs which can be used to purchase Duskshade Camembert to use in Living Garden and Twisted Garden.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Loot
Cursed Avoids Safeguard Charm	6,500	1,250
Essence Collector Requires Lifted Curse	22,500	4,250	Ber Essence Cynd Essence Dreamfluff Herbs
Ethereal Enchanter	13,500	2,580	Aleth Essence Dreamfluff Herbs
Ethereal Engineer	15,000	1,200	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Dreamfluff Herbs
Ethereal Librarian	14,500	1,850	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Cynd Essence Dreamfluff Herbs
Ethereal Thief	16,500	1,650	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Dreamfluff Herbs

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

I hope you managed to build up a large collection of Dewthief Cheese, hunter. The mice in this city don't seem to like anything else!

Long ago something strange happened to this city: it became trapped between two dimensions. You will only find ghostly apparitions here, but do not be fooled - these mice are very much alive! Existing in multiple dimensions has its advantages and the mice have learned to control them. These mice can swipe your cheese while still being mostly immune to your trap. It would seem that they are bound to our reality by their inherent magical aspect. Because of this weakness, your Arcane traps will be extremely effective at countering these wispy foes.

If you're looking to collect the most Garden Essences here, you'll want to dispel the Lost Curse that affects you while here. To do that, purchase a Searcher Charm from the store and catch a mouse. Simple as that! When the curse is dispelled, the Essence Collector Mouse is free to roam, and you're free to catch it and steal his cache of Garden Essences! But beware, should the Cursed Mouse show, the Lost Curse will be renewed and you'll need to use another Searcher Charm again.

Be sure to collect all the Dreamfluff Herbs you can while you're here. You'll need them to create cheese to keep hunting with!

Adventure Book

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

Location-Specific Effects

Bases

• Aurora Base - has a chance to generate a random Garden Essence
• Curse Breaker Base - has 50% chance to change the state from Cursed to Cursed Lifted upon catching a mouse
• Desert Heater Base - consumes a Flameshard per hunt to generate a random Sandtail Desert item per mouse catch
• Hothouse Base - doubles the range of Dreamfluff Herbs dropped by mice
• Living Base - doubles the range of Dreamfluff Herbs dropped by mice

Charms

• Searcher Charm - control the Lost Curse Minigame
• Safeguard Charm - removes Cursed Mouse from attraction pool

Shops

These are the shops found in Lost City.

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
Searcher 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 Lost City was opened alongside with other locations in Living Garden complex in Sandtail Desert region.

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