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'''Stale Cheese''' is the by-product of baited cheese going stale from a [[trap]]'s [[cheese effect]]. Depending on the type of baited [[cheese]], one of 3 types of stale cheese will be created. Only hunters with the [[title]] of Apprentice and above will be able to collect stale cheese.
 
'''Stale Cheese''' is the by-product of baited cheese going stale from a [[trap]]'s [[cheese effect]]. Depending on the type of baited [[cheese]], one of 3 types of stale cheese will be created. Only hunters with the [[title]] of Apprentice and above will be able to collect stale cheese.
  
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== Stale Cheese ==
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Stale cheese is automatically added to your crafting inventory, however this process has been known to be non-instant.
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==Stale Cheese==
 
''Dried up morsels of cheese are often the result of traps made with harmful chemicals.''
 
''Dried up morsels of cheese are often the result of traps made with harmful chemicals.''
  
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Standard Stale Cheese is created when most types of cheese becomes stale. They are listed as follows:
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Standard '''Stale Cheese''' is created when most types of cheese becomes stale.  
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* Standard cheese: [[Cheddar]], [[Marble]], [[Swiss]], and [[Brie]].
 
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* Crafted cheese: [[Ancient]], [[Combat]], [[Glutter]], [[Rumble]], [[Susheese]], and [[White Cheddar]].
 
  
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'''Usage''': It is used in the [[crafting]] of [[Ancient]] and [[Runic]] cheese.
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Unless a cheese stales to {{Stale SB}} or [[Radioactive Sludge]], it becomes standard '''Stale Cheese'''.
  
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;History and Trivia
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Stale cheese may also be found in:<br>
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For a short period of time it was dropped by [[Scavenger]] mice in the [[Catacombs]].
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*[[Mysterious Box]]es
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*[[Green Winter Hunt Gift Box]]es,
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*Loot from [[Realm Ripper]], [[Mutated Brown]], [[Mutated Grey]] and [[Mutated White]] in [[Forbidden Grove]]
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*Loot from [[Mutated Brown]], [[Mutated Grey]] and [[Mutated White]] in [[Acolyte Realm]]
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*Loot from [[Bog Beast]] in [[Toxic Spill]]
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*Loot from [[Ghost]], [[Lycan]] and [[Mummy]] in [[Catacombs]]
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*[[Gifting]] from friends either directly or indirectly via [[Mystery Gift Box]]es.
  
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== Stale SUPER|brie+ ==
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'''Usage''': It is used in the [[crafting]] of [[Ancient (cheese)|Ancient]] and [[Runic]] cheese, and [[Rotten Charm]]s.
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==Stale SUPER|brie+==
 
''The sight of this item often draws a tear or two from even the most steadfast MouseHunter. The magic of this item seems to be empowered by its almost paradoxical existence.''
 
''The sight of this item often draws a tear or two from even the most steadfast MouseHunter. The magic of this item seems to be empowered by its almost paradoxical existence.''
  
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Stale SUPER|brie+ is created when [[SUPER Brie+|SUPER|brie+]], [[Maki]], [[Runic]], or [[Moon]] cheese goes stale.
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Stale SUPER|brie+ is created when cheese that has [[Magic Essence]] as a required ingredient turns stale.  Additionally, [[Runic]] cheese forms Stale SUPER|brie+, whether or not Magic Essence was used in its creation.  All other crafted cheese with two crafting recipes, one with SUPER|brie+ and one without, convert to standard Stale Cheese. Cheese types that form Stale SUPER|brie+ are listed as follows:
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:* [[Magical String Cheese]], [[Maki]], [[Maki String]], [[Moon]], [[Runic]] and {{SB}}.
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Stale SUPER|brie+ is also dropped by [[Aged]] mice in [[Cape Clawed]], and by [[Bog Beast]] and [[Spore]] mice in [[Toxic Spill]].
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It can also be obtained via a [[Gifting|gift]] from a friend during [[MouseHunt's 3rd Birthday Celebration]], or occasionally as Gift of the day.
  
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'''Usage''': There is currently no known use for Stale SUPER|brie+.
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'''Usage''': It is used in the [[crafting]] of [[Super Rotten]] charms, [[RhinoBot]] and [[Enraged Rhinobot]] weapons, and the [[Deep Freeze]] base.
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'''Strategy''': With SUPER|brie+, the easiest way to collect Stale SUPER|brie+ is to head to either the [[Forbidden Grove]] or the [[Acolyte Realm]] and use the trap setup with the stalest cheese effect. To avoid losing Magic Essence, hunters may instead craft [[Runic]] without using Magic Essence, and hunt outside [[Bristle Woods]] using the same setup.  Alternatively, [[Moon]] cheese can be used outside of [[Bristle Woods]] or [[Burroughs]].
  
 
==Radioactive Sludge==
 
==Radioactive Sludge==
 
''This toxic waste is the result of radioactive blue cheese turning stale.''
 
''This toxic waste is the result of radioactive blue cheese turning stale.''
  
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Radioactive Sludge is created when [[Radioactive Blue]] cheese goes stale.
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Radioactive Sludge is created when [[Empowered Brie Cheese]], {{Toxic SB}}, [[Radioactive Blue]], [[Rancid Radioactive Blue]], [[Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue]], or [[Limelight]] cheese goes stale.
  
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'''Usage''': There is currently no known use for Radioactive Sludge.
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It can also be obtained via a [[Gifting|gift]] from a friend, from [[Blue Winter Hunt Gift Box]]es, or from [[Pollution Control Supply Kit]].
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Radioactive Sludge is also dropped by [[Sludge Scientist]] mouse in [[Laboratory]], [[Bog Beast]] mouse in [[Toxic Spill]] and [[Monstrous Black Widow]] in [[Whisker Woods Rift]]. It was also dropped as a loot item by the more common breeds of mice in the [[Laboratory]] during the weekend event of 08-10 October 2010, and by the [[Zombot Unipire]] during the [[Halloween Trick AND Treat]] Event.
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'''Usage''': It is used in the [[crafting]] of [[Antiskele Charm]]s, [[Polluted Base]], [[Noxious School of Sharks Skin]], [[Limelight]], and [[Rancid Radioactive Blue]] cheeses. Also, 20 pieces of Radioactive Sludge are used in crafting the [[Mutated Venus Mouse Trap]] or the [[Horrific Venus Mouse Trap]].
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'''Strategy''': To effectively get Radioactive Sludge, use any trap setup with the stalest cheese effect and hunt in an area where the mice are not attracted to Radioactive Blue Cheese, such as in the [[Pinnacle Chamber]] or [[Dracano]].  Another method for less-experienced hunters is to use a trap such as the [[Mouse Rocketine]] in combination with the [[Explosive Base]] in an area such as the [[Great Gnarled Tree]].
  
 
==Gathering Stale Cheese==
 
==Gathering Stale Cheese==
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Since stale cheese is used, particularly, in Ancient cheese, those hunters who climbed the ranks before it was preserved may find themselves needing more.  In order for cheese to become stale, a few conditions are required:
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Since stale cheese varieties are used in [[Ancient (cheese)|Ancient]], [[Runic]] and [[Limelight]] cheese, hunters may find themselves needing more.  In order for cheese to become stale, two conditions must be met:
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*The cheese must not attract a mouse (not catching is not enough - cheese stolen by a mouse, with or without red box, cannot become stale).
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*The cheese must not attract a mouse (simply not catching a mouse is not enough; cheese stolen by a mouse, with or without a red box, cannot go stale).
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*The trap's [[cheese effect]] must not preserve the cheese from staling
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*The trap's [[cheese effect]] must prevent the cheese from staying fresh.
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This suggests that to have a cheese piece go stale, one must use a [[traps|trap]] with a stale cheese effect baited with a cheese that does not attract very many mice.
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[[Weapons]] with a stale effect include:
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*Stale: [[Harpoon Gun]], [[Mouse DeathBot]], [[Onyx Mallet]], [[Net Cannon]], [[PartyBot]], [[Sinister Portal]], [[Tacky Glue Trap]]
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*Very Stale: [[2010 Blastoff Trap]], [[Chrome DeathBot]], [[Kraken Chaos]], [[RhinoBot]], [[Birthday Candle Kaboom]], [[Gorgon Trap]], [[Obvious Ambush Trap]]
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*Extremely Stale: [[2012 Big Boom Trap]], [[Cackle Lantern Trap]], [[Mouse Rocketine]]
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*Insanely Stale: [[Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery]], [[Mutated Venus Mouse Trap]], [[Obelisk of Incineration]], [[Chrome DrillBot]], [[Enraged RhinoBot]]
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*Ultimately Stale: [[Chrome RhinoBot]], [[Zurreal's Folly]]
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This suggests that to get stale cheese, one must use a cheese that does not attract very many mice with a trap with a stale cheese effect.  The two stalest traps are the [[Obelisk of Incineration]] and the [[ACRONYM]]; the stalest base, meanwhile, is the [[Explosive Base]].  Either of the two setups suggested by this will give a cheese effect of "ultimately stale", which will make almost all cheese which does not attract a mouse become stale. 
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[[Bases]] with a stale effect:
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*Stale: [[Explosive Base]], [[Firecracker Base]], [[Remote Detonator Base]]
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*Very Stale: [[Spiked Base]]
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*Extremely Stale: [[Molten Shrapnel Base]]
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*Insanely Stale: [[Magma Base]]
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*Uber Stale: [[Crushed Birthday Cake Base]]
  
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In order not to attract mice (and not waste gold on cheese that is made stale), many hunters use [[Cheddar]] or [[White Cheddar]], the two cheapest cheeses. In most areas, these cheeses will still attract a mouse around half the time - which is clearly not ideal.  As such, for "pure" stale farming, hunters often travel to areas like the [[Mousoleum]] and [[Acolyte Realm]] where few or no mice are drawn to standard cheeses.  Of course, catching nothing at all for hours and days can be tedious.  As such, it is also possible to use these cheeses (perhaps with a target or birthday base rather than the explosive, for better hunting efficiency) in an area such as the [[Meadow]] or [[Town of Digby]], where any mouse that is attracted has a chance of being rare.  Another option is to hunt in the [[Laboratory]] - thus collecting stale cheese while also having a possibility of collecting [[Radioactive Blue Cheese Curd Potion]]s.
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Statistically speaking, stale cheese farming is nearly as effective with a [[Wooden Base with Target]] or [[Birthday Cake Base]] as with the Explosive Base. However, hunters should recognize that these two bases have a lesser stale cheese effect than the Explosive Base and the Magma Base, and in addition the Wooden Base with Target has a higher attraction rate, thereby reducing the opportunities for stale cheese. In some areas ([[Meadow]], [[Town of Digby]], [[Bazaar]] and [[Laboratory]]) there is a reason to use these alternate bases because of the possibility of catching rare mice or collecting rare loot or potions.
  
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It should be noted that the highly stale traps all deal [[arcane]] damage, which most mice in the [[Furoma]] region resist.  As such, though that region gives fairly nice numbers of points, it is not an efficient place to stale-hunt or semi-stale-hunt.  Generally, in fact, any strategy that catches mice for any reason is not efficient stale-hunting (and is probably catching mice who give fewer points and gold than those that could be caught after stale-hunting), but many hunters may find it less annoying psychologically than those strategies which always miss mice.
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[[Cheddar]] and [[White Cheddar]] are the cheeses with the lowest attraction. In most areas, however, these cheeses will still attract some mice. The [[Mousoleum]], [[Catacombs]], [[Forbidden Grove]], [[Acolyte Realm]], [[Jungle of Dread]] and [[Dracano]] are areas where few or no mice are drawn to standard cheeses. In these locations, traps collect the most stale cheese in the least amount of time.
  
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==See Also==
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==See also==
 
* [[Cheese]] – Required to create stale cheese.
 
* [[Cheese]] – Required to create stale cheese.
 
* [[Cheese Effect]] – Information on how cheese goes stale.
 
* [[Cheese Effect]] – Information on how cheese goes stale.
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* [[Traps]] – List of traps along with their cheese effect.
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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*[http://mousehunt.hitgrab.com/mousehunt/images/items/crafting/stale_cheese.gif Stale Cheese image]
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*[http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m440/rvanarsdale/stale_cheese.gif Stale Cheese image]
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*[http://98.129.188.217/mousehunt/images/items/crafting/stale_super_brie.gif Stale SUPER|brie+ image]
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*[http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m440/rvanarsdale/stale_super_brie.gif Stale SUPER|brie+ image]
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*[http://98.129.188.217/mousehunt/images/items/crafting/sludge.gif Radioactive Sludge image]
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*[http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m440/rvanarsdale/sludge.gif Radioactive Sludge image]
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*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgwZBGsNpjM_dE04WDJ0QTNJSVg1NHVPNnJfVlBDWWc#gid=1 Stats on cheese stale rates]
  
 
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[[Category:Crafting Items (Cheese)]]

Latest revision as of 12:53, 5 December 2021

Stale Cheese is the by-product of baited cheese going stale from a trap's cheese effect. Depending on the type of baited cheese, one of 3 types of stale cheese will be created. Only hunters with the title of Apprentice and above will be able to collect stale cheese.

Stale cheese is automatically added to your crafting inventory, however this process has been known to be non-instant.

Stale Cheese

Dried up morsels of cheese are often the result of traps made with harmful chemicals.

Standard Stale Cheese is created when most types of cheese becomes stale.

Unless a cheese stales to Stale SUPER|brie+ or Radioactive Sludge, it becomes standard Stale Cheese.

Stale cheese may also be found in:

Usage: It is used in the crafting of Ancient and Runic cheese, and Rotten Charms.

Stale SUPER|brie+

The sight of this item often draws a tear or two from even the most steadfast MouseHunter. The magic of this item seems to be empowered by its almost paradoxical existence.

Stale SUPER|brie+ is created when cheese that has Magic Essence as a required ingredient turns stale. Additionally, Runic cheese forms Stale SUPER|brie+, whether or not Magic Essence was used in its creation. All other crafted cheese with two crafting recipes, one with SUPER|brie+ and one without, convert to standard Stale Cheese. Cheese types that form Stale SUPER|brie+ are listed as follows:

Stale SUPER|brie+ is also dropped by Aged mice in Cape Clawed, and by Bog Beast and Spore mice in Toxic Spill.

It can also be obtained via a gift from a friend during MouseHunt's 3rd Birthday Celebration, or occasionally as Gift of the day.

Usage: It is used in the crafting of Super Rotten charms, RhinoBot and Enraged Rhinobot weapons, and the Deep Freeze base.

Strategy: With SUPER|brie+, the easiest way to collect Stale SUPER|brie+ is to head to either the Forbidden Grove or the Acolyte Realm and use the trap setup with the stalest cheese effect. To avoid losing Magic Essence, hunters may instead craft Runic without using Magic Essence, and hunt outside Bristle Woods using the same setup. Alternatively, Moon cheese can be used outside of Bristle Woods or Burroughs.

Radioactive Sludge

This toxic waste is the result of radioactive blue cheese turning stale.

Radioactive Sludge is created when Empowered Brie Cheese, Empowered SUPER|brie+, Radioactive Blue, Rancid Radioactive Blue, Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue, or Limelight cheese goes stale.

It can also be obtained via a gift from a friend, from Blue Winter Hunt Gift Boxes, or from Pollution Control Supply Kit.

Radioactive Sludge is also dropped by Sludge Scientist mouse in Laboratory, Bog Beast mouse in Toxic Spill and Monstrous Black Widow in Whisker Woods Rift. It was also dropped as a loot item by the more common breeds of mice in the Laboratory during the weekend event of 08-10 October 2010, and by the Zombot Unipire during the Halloween Trick AND Treat Event.

Usage: It is used in the crafting of Antiskele Charms, Polluted Base, Noxious School of Sharks Skin, Limelight, and Rancid Radioactive Blue cheeses. Also, 20 pieces of Radioactive Sludge are used in crafting the Mutated Venus Mouse Trap or the Horrific Venus Mouse Trap.

Strategy: To effectively get Radioactive Sludge, use any trap setup with the stalest cheese effect and hunt in an area where the mice are not attracted to Radioactive Blue Cheese, such as in the Pinnacle Chamber or Dracano. Another method for less-experienced hunters is to use a trap such as the Mouse Rocketine in combination with the Explosive Base in an area such as the Great Gnarled Tree.

Gathering Stale Cheese

Since stale cheese varieties are used in Ancient, Runic and Limelight cheese, hunters may find themselves needing more. In order for cheese to become stale, two conditions must be met:

  • The cheese must not attract a mouse (simply not catching a mouse is not enough; cheese stolen by a mouse, with or without a red box, cannot go stale).
  • The trap's cheese effect must prevent the cheese from staying fresh.

This suggests that to have a cheese piece go stale, one must use a trap with a stale cheese effect baited with a cheese that does not attract very many mice.

Weapons with a stale effect include:


Bases with a stale effect:

Statistically speaking, stale cheese farming is nearly as effective with a Wooden Base with Target or Birthday Cake Base as with the Explosive Base. However, hunters should recognize that these two bases have a lesser stale cheese effect than the Explosive Base and the Magma Base, and in addition the Wooden Base with Target has a higher attraction rate, thereby reducing the opportunities for stale cheese. In some areas (Meadow, Town of Digby, Bazaar and Laboratory) there is a reason to use these alternate bases because of the possibility of catching rare mice or collecting rare loot or potions.

Cheddar and White Cheddar are the cheeses with the lowest attraction. In most areas, however, these cheeses will still attract some mice. The Mousoleum, Catacombs, Forbidden Grove, Acolyte Realm, Jungle of Dread and Dracano are areas where few or no mice are drawn to standard cheeses. In these locations, traps collect the most stale cheese in the least amount of time.

See also

  • Cheese – Required to create stale cheese.
  • Cheese Effect – Information on how cheese goes stale.
  • Traps – List of traps along with their cheese effect.

External links

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