Festive Comet

This celestial event of festive proportions has crashed into Gnawnia! Although the original origin of this cheer-spreading comet are unknown, hunters from across the Kingdom are calling its arrival cause for festive celebration!

Description and Requirements

The Festive Comet is a special location first available during The Great Winter Hunt '09 and currently during The Great Winter Hunt 2010. There are no special requirements for hunters to enter this area. Mice are unable to steal gold or points in this location but may steal cheese if not caught.

Catch statistics from the Festive Comet are grouped with those from the Heart of the Tiger Party under the King's Party Zone location name.

If a hunter was still in the Festive Comet when it melted, he was moved back to Gnawnia at no cost with the following message:

"As the last snowflake of the Festive Comet melted I moved to the Town of Gnawnia to continue hunting."

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the Festive Comet:

• Cheese Shoppe
• General Store
• Trapsmith

During the Great Winter Hunt '09 there was no Trapsmith, Cheese Shoppe, or Cartographer at the Festive Comet. A gift shop known as the Festive Gift Shoppe was introduced along with this location.

Festive Comet Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold	Mouse Group	2009 Loot 1	2010 Loot 2
Abominable Snow	1,750	1,750	Indigenous Mice	Six Snow Balls Three Santa Hats
Bear	310	575	Indigenous Mice	Seven Gingerbread Mice
Black Widow 1	480	10	Indigenous Mice	SUPER|brie+ cheese	Not available
Candy Cane	600	600	Event Mice	Candies Icing Sugar One Droid Action Figure Ten Candy Canes	Frozen Fromage
Centaur	3,800	960	Forest Guild	Nine Reindeer Antlers
Christmas Tree	2,600	1,200	Event Mice	Eleven Coloured Lights Gingerbread Base Blueprints Gingerbread House Plans Icing Sugar Three Santa Hats Twelve Liters of Egg Nog	Frozen Fromage Gingerbread Base Blueprints
Diamond 2	1,200	600	Indigenous Mice	Not available
Dwarf	225	450	Indigenous Mice	Eight Elf Shoes Two Festive Mitts
Elf	900	750	Event Mice	Eight Elf Shoes	Blue Winter Hunt Gift Box Gingerbread House Plans Green Winter Hunt Gift Box Red Winter Hunt Gift Box
Frosty Snow	600	300	Indigenous Mice
Frozen	300	300	Indigenous Mice	Eleven Coloured Lights
Gargoyle 1	5,600	2,800	The Forgotten Mice	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog	Not available
Gladiator 2	8,365	8,250	The Derr Tribe	Not available	Ski Sign
Gold 2	600	1,200	Indigenous Mice	Not available
Harpy 2	11,100	3,100	Forest Guild	Not available
Hydra	9,640	5,760	Aquatic Order	Ten Candy Canes	Bolt of Cloth Rope Scrap Metal Splintered Wood
Lambent Crystal 2	9,000	3,000	Digby Dirt Dwellers	Not available
Missile Toe 2	1,600	900	Event Mice	Not available	Frozen Fromage Holiday Explosives
Monster 2	9,100	9,100	Indigenous Mice	Not available	Cheddar cheese Living Shards Marble cheese Swiss cheese
Moosker 1	80	125	Forest Guild		Not available
Mouse of Winter Future 2	4,000	3,000	Event Mice	Not available	Misplaced Missile Cone
Mouse of Winter Past 2	4,000	3,000	Event Mice	Not available	Lava Bucket
Mouse of Winter Present2	4,000	3,000	Event Mice	Not available	Festive Mines
Nutcracker	3,000	300	Event Mice	Icing Sugar Plank of Gingerbread Six Snow Balls	Frozen Fromage
Ornament	900	2,600	Event Mice	Five Ornaments Gingerbread Base Blueprints Icing Sugar	Frozen Fromage Gingerbread Base Blueprints
Present	900	900	Event Mice	Icing Sugar Nine Reindeer Antlers Plank of Gingerbread Seven Gingerbread Mice Two Festive Mitts	Frozen Fromage
Scrooge	70	3,000	Event Mice	Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold Satchel of Gold worth 5,000 gold Twelve Liters of Egg Nog	Frozen Fromage Heart of Ice
Slay Ride 2	8,000	4,000	Event Mice	Not available	Frozen Fromage Sled
Snow Fort 2	3,400	1,200	Event Mice	Not available	Frozen Fromage Packed Snow
Squeaker Claws 2	10,000	1,400	Event Mice	Not available	2010 Winter Star Blue Winter Hunt Gift Box Green Winter Hunt Gift Box Red Winter Hunt Gift Box Ronza Voucher
Stealth 2	500	295	Gauntlet Gladiators	Not available	Climbing Pitons
Steel	270	500	Indigenous Mice		Scrap Metal Seasoned Gouda Potion
Stocking	900	300	Event Mice	Four Festive Stockings Icing Sugar Plank of Gingerbread	Festive Fuse Frozen Fromage
Toy	500	500	Event Mice	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog	Frozen Fromage
Treant	1,300	600	Forest Guild	Five Ornaments	Splintered Wood
Troll	8,190	8,190	Forest Guild	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Four Festive Stockings Marble cheese Swiss cheese Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Marble cheese Swiss cheese Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold
Vinetail 2	13,172	6,580	Seasonal Soldiers	Not available
White	70	100	Indigenous Mice	One Droid Action Figure	Cheddar cheese Marble cheese
Worker	300	2,200	Followers of Furoma	Gingerbread House Plans Splintered Wood	Gingerbread House Plans Splintered Wood
Wreath Thief 2	2,200	700	Event Mice	Not available	Frozen Fromage Icicles
Zombie 2	2,700	2,700	Indigenous Mice	Not available	Seasoned Gouda Potion

1 Only available during The Great Winter Hunt '09 2 Only available during The Great Winter Hunt 2010

Hunting Strategy

In this location, there are mice that are weak to different power types (Hydro, Physical, Forgotten and Tactical). The hunters need to pick the trap with the power type effective against their most desired mice. Alternatively, hunters may consider using the luckiest trap available to them.

SUPER|brie+ and Gingerbread cheese are the only cheeses that are consistently effective in attracting all of the festive mice that are exclusive to this location, though SUPER|brie+ seems to be better in obtaining the Christmas Tree Mouse (see the main Christmas Tree Mouse article) and is essentially necessary to attract the Worker Mouse. The use of conventional cheeses such as Brie or Swiss does not attract the festive mice as much and eliminates altogether the attraction of several mice including the Scrooge, Christmas Tree, Troll, Hydra and Gargoyle. The overall attraction rate of regular cheese is rather low in this location, but the Abominable Snow Mouse is still attracted to your trap.

During the Great Winter Hunt 2010, a new wave of mice invaded the Festive Comet. Led by the Scrooge Mouse, these stronger mice (Diamond, Gladiator, Gold, Harpy, Lambent Crystal, Monster, Mouse of Winter Past, Stealth, Vinetail, and Zombie) have been found to be especially attracted to Seasoned Gouda cheese. The Squeaker Claws Mouse can only be attracted once a hunter has lit their 12 Festive lights by catching the 12 Mice of Winter; this mouse has been found to be especially attracted to Nutmeg cheese. If hunters find the 2010 Winter Star, they will have saved the Great Winter Hunt 2010 and restored Holiday Cheer to the Festive Comet.

Hunting tips by Larry

Welcome to the Festive Comet, MouseHunter!

This massive snowy comet smashed into Gnawnia resulting in an explosion of candy canes and snow! It's arrival in Gnawnia marks the beginning of the Great Winter Hunt!

Some pesky Elf mice have ran off with presents. If you catch an Elf mouse you'll find a gift specially wrapped depending on your Hunter's Title. Many of the gifts contain a little cheese to help you in your hunting, but occasionally you may just find something a little more special. To attract Elf mice more often, I suggest using SUPER|brie+ or Gingerbread Cheese as bait.

During the lighting of the Great Winter Tree, barrels of egg nog suddently exploded and the mice used the distraction to steal the star from the top of the tree! The mice have a schedule for their devious plot, and the bosses will only reveal themselves if the minions fail. Click the calandar icon on your heads-up display to see when each mouse is being released.¹

Don't forget your mittens and toque! Happy holiday hunting!

¹ When the Comet crashed at the start of The Great Winter Hunt 2010, the following text was originally in place of this third paragraph:
On November 29th is the Great Winter Star Ceremony. There's always a few mice that try and crash the party so make sure to check back and be ready to defend the Festive Comet!

Festive Hunting tips by Larry

There's a lot going on at the Festive Comet and Larry the Friendly Knight wanted to give a few pointers to hunters on how best to hunt the various groups of mice invading the comet.

Gingerbread will attract the 12 Mice of Winter, with SUPER|brie+ being even more effective.

Seasoned Gouda will not only attract the 12 Mice of Winter, but will also attract The Three Ghosts of Winter and other powerful mice that drop upgrade pieces for the Explosive Toboggan Ride.

Links

• Banner image (2009)
• Banner image (2010 - initial)
• Banner image (2010 - while collecting Festive mice)
• Banner image (2010 - after saving Winter Star)