Potion

A potion is a form of loot dropped by mice. By using these potions in your inventory, you can convert cheese into more valuable cheese with better attraction rates or, more likely, special cheese, used for specific regions or mice. Conversion rate with respect to the quantities of cheese used to cheese generated is always 1:1 (the amount of cheese used is the same as the amount of the more valuable or special cheese produced). Using a potion may use up gold in the process. Using higher quality cheese generally will decrease the cost of conversion and increase the quantity converted. The hunter's title also affects the amount of cheese converted for some potions.

Suggested Strategies

Source cheese selection

For most conversions (exceptions being Brie and Greater Brie potions), it is not possible to accurately say which method is the most cost-effective.

• When potions are relatively scarce (such as Radioactive Blue Potions), the opportunity cost of finding far fewer potions makes the higher quality cheese the better investment for many people despite the relatively high market cost. However, the "best choice" is ultimately determined by each hunter's personal preference and priorities.

• Some potions (such as Ancient Potion and Runic Potion) produce cheese that can also be crafted at a lower cost than the conversion. In this case, the hunter will need to make the choice between crafting and using potions based on the availability of the crafting ingredients versus the availability of the potions, again keeping in mind opportunity cost.

• Since the cheese used in the conversion process of Brie Potion and Greater Brie Potion can all be bought, the only factor in which cheese to use for conversion should be the total profit calculated based on value of converted Brie minus the vendor cost (or refund value if obtained from loot) of the cheese used. For converting Brie Potions, the best choice is using Swiss. For Greater Brie Potions, the best choice is using Marble.

How many to convert

If the conversion process requires gold or the hunter's title affects the amount of cheese generated, a suggested strategy is not converting all the potions at once. Instead the hunter may wish to convert just enough for the current hunting period, and bring along a supply of the cheese to be converted later, as the hunter earns more gold or reaches the next rank and can gain from the better conversion rates.

Insufficient cheese for conversion

Hunters are cautioned that they will be able to carry out a conversion even if they do not have enough cheese to fully utilize the potion.

Using a Radioactive Blue Cheese Potion for example, if a Grandmaster only has 15 SUPER|brie+ on hand, he will be able to convert that 15 SUPER|brie+ into 15 Radioactive Blue cheese. However this results in a loss of 20 potential Radioactive Blue cheese (from a maximum possible of 35), and is a waste considering the difficulty in obtaining potions. Thus converting potions when short of the source cheese is not recommended.

Potions

Gnawnia

Brie Potion

Cheese Used	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Vendor Cost	Conversion Cost	Resale Value	Net Profit
Cheddar	150	10	100	1,500	2,000	400
Marble	100	15	750	1,500	3,000	750
Swiss	50	20	2,000	1,000	4,000	1,000

Outcome	Brie
Description	Using a Brie Alchemy Potion converts either Cheddar, Marble, or Swiss cheese into Brie cheese.
Dropped By	Bionic	Harbour Mountain
	Cherry	Calm Clearing

Greater Brie Potion

Cheese Used	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Vendor Cost	Conversion Cost	Resale Value	Net Profit
Cheddar	0	8	80	0	1,600	1,520
Marble	0	12	600	0	2,400	1,800
Swiss	0	16	1,600	0	3,200	1,600

Outcome	Brie
Description	Using a Greater Brie Alchemy Potion converts either Cheddar, Marble, or Swiss cheese into Brie cheese.
Dropped By	Cherry	Calm Clearing
	Glitchpaw	Bazaar Mountain

Valour

Gauntlet Potions

Gauntlet Potions are dropped by mice in the King's Gauntlet. Imbuing ordinary cheese with these potions results in Gauntlet Cheeses. At each level of the Gauntlet, mice drop potions that create cheese capable of catching mice at the next level of the Gauntlet. For example, tier 2 mice drop Gauntlet Potion Tier 3 used to create Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3 that attracts tier 3 mice. Thus, collecting potions is key to progressing through the Gauntlet.

	Using Marble		Using Swiss		Using Brie		Using Gouda		Using SUPER|brie+
Potion/Cheese Tier	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Tier 2	10	2	25	4	—	—	—	—	0	6
Tier 3	25	4	50	5	—	—	—	—	0	7
Tier 4	—	—	150	3	150	4	—	—	100	6
Tier 5	—	—	800	2	800	4	—	—	250	5
Tier 6	—	—	—	—	1,000	3	—	—	500	4
Tier 7	—	—	—	—	1,500	2	—	—	900	3
Tier 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	15,000	1	2,000	1

Name	Gauntlet Potion Tier 2	Gauntlet Potion Tier 3	Gauntlet Potion Tier 4	Gauntlet Potion Tier 5	Gauntlet Potion Tier 6	Gauntlet Potion Tier 7	Gauntlet Potion Tier 8
Outcome	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 2	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 4	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 5	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 6	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 7	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 8
Dropped By	Tier 1: Clockwork Samurai Hapless Marionette Puppet Master Sock Puppet Ghost Toy Sylvan Wound Up White	Tier 2: Bandit Escape Artist Impersonator Lockpick Rogue Stealth	Tier 3: Berserker Cavalier Fencer Knight Page Phalanx	Tier 4: Cowbell Drummer Dancer Fiddler Guqin Player	Tier 5: Aquos Black Mage Ignis Terra Zephyr	Tier 6: Paladin Sacred Shrine White Mage	Tier 7: Fiend Necromancer

Whisker Woods

Cherry Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Brie
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Journeyman	0	8	300	2
Master	0	10	300	3
Grandmaster	0	12	300	4
Legendary – Count/Countess	0	14	300	5

Outcome	Cherry
Dropped By	Eagle Owl	Calm Clearing
	Cherry	Calm Clearing
	Cyclops	Calm Clearing

Gnarled Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Brie
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Master	0	20	400	5
Grandmaster	0	24	400	6
Legendary	0	28	400	7
Hero	0	32	400	8
Knight	0	36	400	9
Lord/Lady	0	40	400	10
Baron/Baroness – Duke/Duchess	0	44	400	11

Outcome	Gnarled
Description	Using a Gnarled Cheese Curd Potion converts either Brie or SUPER|brie+ cheese into Gnarled cheese.
Dropped By	Bear	Great Gnarled Tree
	Centaur	Great Gnarled Tree
	Chameleon	Great Gnarled Tree
	Frog	Great Gnarled Tree

Wicked Gnarly Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Brie
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Master – Duke/Duchess	200	6	800	3

Outcome	Wicked Gnarly
Dropped By	Curious Chemist	Great Gnarled Tree

Burroughs and Bristle Woods

Radioactive Blue Cheese Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Brie
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Master	0	30	300	10
Grandmaster	0	35	300	12
Legendary	0	40	300	14
Hero	0	45	300	16
Knight	0	50	300	18
Lord/Lady	0	55	300	20
Baron/Baroness – Duke/Duchess	0	60	300	20

Outcome	Radioactive Blue
Description	Makes Blue Cheese! The radioactive kind!
Dropped By	Bionic	Laboratory
	Granite	Laboratory
	Steel	Laboratory
Note	During Ronza's visit in October 2009 it was possible for hunters of all ranks to obtain this potion even outside the Burroughs region through Ronza's Satchel of Surprise.

Greater Radioactive Blue Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Brie
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Master	0	40	300	30
Grandmaster	0	?	300	?
Legendary	0	56	300	42
Hero	0	64	300	48
Knight	0	72	300	54
Lord/Lady	0	80	300	60
Baron/Baroness	0	88	300	66
Count/Countess	0	96	300	72
Duke/Duchess	0	?	300	?

Outcome	Radioactive Blue
Description	Using a Greater Radioactive Blue Cheese Curd Potion converts either Brie or SUPER|brie+ cheese into Radioactive Blue cheese.
Dropped By	Monster	Laboratory Catacombs
	Vampire	Mousoleum

Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Brie
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Legendary	309	30	613	10
Hero	309	33	613	11
Knight	309	36	613	12
Lord/Lady	309	39	613	13
Baron/Baroness	309	42	613	14
Count/Countess – Duke/Duchess	309	45	613	15

Outcome	Radioactive Blue
Description	Using a Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion converts either Brie or SUPER|brie+ cheese into Radioactive Blue cheese.
Dropped By	Keeper	Catacombs
	Scavenger	Catacombs Forbidden Grove

Bristle Woods

Ancient Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Brie
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Legendary	800	6	1900	3
Hero	800	8	1900	4
Knight	800	10	1900	5
Lord/Lady	800	12	1900	6
Baron/Baroness	800	14	1900	7
Count/Countess – Duke/Duchess	800	16	1900	8

Outcome	Ancient
Description	Using a Ancient Cheese Curd Potion converts either Brie or SUPER|brie+ cheese into Ancient cheese, which is commonly used in the Forbidden Grove.
Dropped By	Scavenger	Catacombs Forbidden Grove
	Keeper	Catacombs
	Keeper's Assistant	Catacombs

Runic Potion

	Using SUPER|brie+		Using Gouda
Hunter's Title	Gold (ea)	# Converted	Gold (ea)	# Converted
Hero	1000	6	2400	3
Knight	1000	8	2400	4
Lord/Lady	1000	10	2400	5
Baron/Baroness – Duke/Duchess	1000	12	2400	6

Outcome	Ancient
Description	Using a Runic Cheese Curd Potion converts either Gouda or SUPER|brie+ cheese into Runic cheese.
Dropped By	Chitinous	Jungle of Dread
	Fetid Swamp	Jungle of Dread
	Jurassic	Jungle of Dread
	Magma Carrier	Jungle of Dread
	Primal	Jungle of Dread
	Realm Ripper	Forbidden Grove
	Stonework Warrior	Jungle of Dread

Images

Ancient Potion	Brie Potion	Cherry Potion	Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion
Gauntlet Potion Tier 2	Gauntlet Potion Tier 3	Gauntlet Potion Tier 4	Gauntlet Potion Tier 5
Gauntlet Potion Tier 6	Gauntlet Potion Tier 7	Gauntlet Potion Tier 8	Greater Brie Potion
Greater Radioactive Blue Potion	Gnarled Potion	Radioactive Blue Cheese Potion	Runic Potion
Wicked Gnarly Potion

See Also

• Hunter's Title — Information about the hunters' titles, and what each unlocks
• Cheese — General information about cheese, including ways to obtain and their use
• Crafted cheese — Recipes for the crafted cheese