User talk:TW George

TW George
Region: Bristle Woods
Minimum Rank:	Legendary
Travel Requirement:	Repaired Mousoleum Map Piece
Required Cheese:	Ancient Cheese Radioactive Blue Cheese Undead Emmental
Number of Mice:	21
Shops:	Cartographer General Store Trapsmith
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	4 February 2009
Deep below the cursed soil of the Mousoleum are underground caverns that stretch to the west where long-forgotten mice roam. These powerful mice are highly resistant to most types of damage and apparently have a weakness for Radioactive Blue cheese. The creatures of the Catacombs seem strangely organized, as if they are preparing for something. Who knows what sinister secrets a hunter may uncover here...?

Overview

The Catacombs is a location in the Bristle Woods region requiring a minimum rank of Legendary and the Repaired Mousoleum Map Piece to enter. Since the area is connected to the Mousoleum it contains the higher-level Shadow type mice and the Forgotten type mice only found in the Bristle Woods region. Mice in this location may steal points, gold, or multiple pieces of cheese if not captured.

Shops

• General Store
• Trapsmith

Catacombs Mice

All mice listed have a chance of dropping Stale Cheese when caught. This is not shown in the table.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Mouse Group	Loot
Bat	3,375	3,000	The Shadow Clan
Black Widow	480	10	Indigenous Mice	Ancient Relic Radioactive Blue cheese SUPER|brie+ cheese
Ghost	3,590	3,590	The Shadow Clan
Giant Snail	5,750	550	The Shadow Clan
Gluttonous Zombie	1,750	3,000	The Shadow Clan	Brain Bits 1
Golem	7,920	4,500	The Forgotten Mice
Grave Robber	2,000	1,200	Event Mice	Antiskele Charm King's Credits Scrap Metal Unstable Charm
Keeper	3,950	3,900	The Forgotten Mice	Ancient Potion Coal Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion Keeper's Candle Plankrun's Journal Cover
Keeper's Assistant	3,170	1,920	The Forgotten Mice	Ancient Potion
Lycan	9,250	5,500	The Shadow Clan
Monster	9,100	9,100	Indigenous Mice	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Greater Radioactive Blue Potion Lab Research (1,000 points) Living Shard Marble cheese Swiss cheese
Mummy	4,725	3,750	The Shadow Clan
Ooze	5,500	5,400	The Forgotten Mice
Ravenous Zombie	5,400	5,400	The Shadow Clan	Brain Bits 1
Scavenger	3,375	5,200	The Forgotten Mice	Ancient Potion Coal Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion Scrap Metal
Skeleton	2,392	960	The Forgotten Mice
Spider	5,200	3,375	The Forgotten Mice	Radioactive Blue cheese
Terror Knight	8,400	200	The Forgotten Mice	Scrap Metal
Vampire	2,700	900	The Shadow Clan
Zombie	2,700	2,700	Indigenous Mice	Brain Bits 1
Zombot Unipire	1,750	750	Event Mice	Brain Bits 1 Corrupted Radioactive Blue Potion King's Credits Radioactive Sludge

• Highlighted mice are less than 1% of the population and are infrequently encountered in this location.
  

¹ Brain Bits loot is only possible when any of Skello-ton, Brain Extractor, or Maniacal Brain Extractor is armed.

Hunting Strategy

Hunters have several Trap Setup Options for the Catacombs. Purchasing the Obelisk of Slumber can help significantly in catching The Forgotten Mice. Hunting with Antiskele Charms armed will repel Skeleton mice from a hunter's trap.

Hunters who wish to craft the Obelisk of Incineration should think twice before they do so. Although it has more power than the Obelisk of Slumber, it has a lower attraction rate, hence it doesn't guarantee a higher catch rate. Luckily, the Obelisk of Incineration can be smashed, and by using the yielding Obelisk Parts and a Bead of Slumber, the Obelisk of Slumber can be crafted again. Note that it uses up 2 Scrap Metal which will slightly delay crafting of the much better Arcane Capturing Rod of Never Yielding Mystery.

The other option, if a hunter has crafted the Obelisk of Incineration, is to purchase the Explosive Base or craft the Molten Shrapnel Base so they have a Stale Cheese generator. By using Cheddar or White Cheddar cheese with the Obelisk of Incineration and either the Molten Shrapnel Base or the Explosive Base, Stale Cheese may be produced, and can later be used to craft Ancient cheese.

Cheese Usage

Radioactive Blue cheese tends to attract more of The Shadow Clan mice, whereas Ancient cheese attracts more of The Forgotten Mice. Moon cheese may be used to attract more Lycan mice. Radioactive Blue cheese is the most economical option, but Ancient may be more useful for collecting Scrap Metal as it will attract more Scavenger and Terror Knight mice.

Undead Emmental cheese is the only bait capable of attracting the Grave Robber, Ravenous Zombie and Zombot Unipire mice. It also attracts the other 'undead' mice, specifically the Ghost, Mummy, Skeleton, Terror Knight, Vampire and Zombie mice.

Adventure Book

Hunters can complete steps to Capture the Acolyte Mouse by catching a Keeper Mouse to find the Keeper's Candle.

Hunting tips by Larry

Zounds! And I thought the Mousoleum was creepy!

The rodent horrors that wander these catacombs have existed since before the founding of Gnawnia, and have been forgotten by the rest of the world. Hunting these Forgotten mice is incredibly challenging since they have few known weaknesses. You will need Radioactive Blue cheese to attract the mice of the Catacombs.

Forgotten mice can be caught using a Shadow trap, but Arcane traps work better. Visit the Trapsmith here to purchase the Obelisk of Slumber -- an Arcane trap with a minty fresh scent! The General Store also stocks a couple of very interesting blueprints detailing how to build even more powerful Arcane traps.

Located deep within the Catacombs is a hallway too dark to navigate. Hunters often speak of Keeper mice wandering down the corridor using a magical candle to light the path. Perhaps, if you were to obtain one of these candles, you could do the same.

Location-Specific Effects

Charms

• The Antiskele Charm repels Skeleton Mouse when armed in the Catacombs.

History and Trivia

The Catacombs were originally located in the Burroughs region under the Mousoleum before it was moved to the Bristle Woods region.

Links

• Trap Setup Options for the Catacombs
• Banner image