Great Winter Hunt 2016

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Great Winter Hunt 2016
Region: Gnawnia
Minimum Rank:	Recruit
Travel Requirement:	None
Number of Mice:	59
Shops:	Cartographer Charm Shoppe Cheese Shoppe General Store Trapsmith
Lose Gold:	No
Lose Points:	No
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Opening Date:	13 December 2016
Closing Date:	???
Vacant Lot:	???
A whole winter wonderland and workshop has arrived with this year's Festive Comet! The collision caused the workshop's warehouse to explode, spreading decorations, toys, skis and sleds all over! Hop on Larry's Twin Temporal Turbine sleigh and help collect the missing items to get them all packaged back up and save the Great Winter Hunt celebration!

Overview

During the Great Winter Hunt 2016 Hunters must collect gifts from various zones and wrap gift orders. Once they have wrapped 10 gift orders Hunters will be able to Take Flight and hunt the Great Winter Impostor. Rewards are given to Hunters as they cross certain distance markers while flying.

Hunt with Standard Cheeses to collect Arctic Asiago. Hunt with Arctic Asiago or other Great Winter Hunt Cheese on the ground to attract mice that drop gifts, and in flight for the best chance of attracting the Great Winter Hunt Impostor.

HUD

The Heads-Up Display tracks the following items both on the ground and in flight:

• On the left side, the inventory of these items is tracked:

• Arctic Asiago Cheese - Can be armed/disarmed through the HUD
• Winter Charms - Can be armed/disarmed through the HUD
• Throwable Snowballs - Can open the Snowball Showdown from the HUD

• On the right side:

• Inventory of Festive Anchor Charms
• Current speed
• Inventory of Sleigh Nitro
• Speed Selector

• Brake - Arms Festive Anchor Charms, reducing speed to 10 meters per hunt. Disabled during flight
• Normal - Speed is 30 meters per hunt on the ground and 800 meters per hunt in flight
• Boost - Consumes 1 Sleigh Nitro per hunt. Speed is 250 meters per hunt on the ground and 900 meters per hunt in flight
• Turbo - Consumes 3 Sleigh Nitro per hunt. Speed is 500 meters per hunt on the ground and 1,000 meters per hunt in flight

• Distance Flown - Shows the total distance traveled during all flights. Does not track distance traveled on the ground

• Across the bottom, the inventory of these items is tracked:

• Simple Tree Ornament
• Deluxe Tree Ornament
• Simple Pair of Skis
• Deluxe Riding Sled
• Simple Toy Top
• Deluxe Toy Block

• ? - Selecting this opens a pop-up which reads:

All across Gnawnia, children have written the King with their holiday wishes!

The King has asked hunters to help fulfill their requests. Drive your sleigh across the ice and snow to gather special gift loot items and wrap them up for the good citizens of Gnawnia! Every time you wrap a gift, you'll power your sleigh with holiday cheer.

Once you have wrapped 10 gifts, your sleigh will be able take flight and earn festive rewards! The further you fly, the greater gifts you'll find.

Wrap gifts, spread joy and holiday cheer, and enjoy the winter wonderland during this Great Winter Hunt!

• The pop-up shows the four rewards that can be earned and the distance required to earn them. Earned rewards can be claimed through the pop-up even while on the ground.

• 10km - SUPER|brie+ Supply Pack - Contains 30 SUPER|brie+ and provides 5 days of the Lucky Golden Shield when opened.
• 40km - Holiday Hydro Hailstone Trap
• 80km - Joyous Holiday Theme
• 130km - Festive Forgotten Fir Trap

Clicking on the sleigh opens a pop-up which shows a minimum of 1,250 meters and a maximum of 1,750 meters of the Zones around the Hunter's location.

HUD - On the ground

• Top: The current zone and distance remaining.
• Middle: The Hunter's sleigh is shown, as well as 1,000 meters of the Zones around the Hunter's location. The current zone is highlighted.
• Bottom: Open gift orders. Hunters will have 3 orders shown at a time. When an order can be wrapped, the wrap button will be highlighted.

• Wrapping a gift order will increase the Gifts Wrapped counter by 1.
• Wrapping the tenth gift order will allow the Hunter to take flight.

• The open gift orders will be replaced by a notice that reads: Sleigh full! Time to... ...take flight!
• Open orders are not lost but only hidden from view.

• Bottom Right:

• Gifts Wrapped counter that reads x/10. Wrapping gift orders advances the counter
• Take Flight button: Highlighted when Hunters achieve 10 of 10 wrapped gift orders.

• Selecting Take Flight will launch the Hunter's sleigh and allow the attraction of the Great Winter Hunt Impostor and earn rewards for passing specific distance markers.

HUD - In Flight

• Top: Now exploring: Winter Wonderland - There are no zones while in flight.
• Middle: The Hunter's sleigh is shown, as well as 1,000 meters of the Winter Wonderland around the Hunter's location.
• Bottom: Rewards and the distance required to receive them. The distance will be replaced with a claim button once the reward is earned.

• 10km - SUPER|brie+ Supply Pack - Contains 30 SUPER|brie+ and provides 5 days of the Lucky Golden Shield when opened.
• 40km - Holiday Hydro Hailstone Trap
• 80km - Joyous Holiday Theme
• 130km - Festive Forgotten Fir Trap

• Bottom Right:

• Hunts Remaining while in flight. Hunters start each flight with 20 hunts.

• Capturing the Great Winter Hunt Impostor will reward 2 additional hunts without consuming a hunt
• Capturing any other mouse will consume a hunt.
• A Failure To Catch (FTC) will consume a hunt
• A Failure to Attract (FTA) will have no effect on the hunt count.

Hunting On the Ground

While on the ground, Hunters can gather Arctic Asiago while hunting with Standard Cheese or SUPER|brie+. Hunters can use Arctic Asiago or other Great Winter Hunt Cheese to attract mice that drop various gifts. Gifts are collected to fill orders. Wrapping 10 orders will allow the Hunter to take flight and encounter the Great Winter Hunt Impostor and earn various rewards.

Zones

Mice vary by zone when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheeses.
Arctic Asiago provides a nearly perfect attraction rate and is required for attracting certain mice.
Each zone provides a different gift type.
Zones are a minimum of 250 meters in length, with longer zones being a multiple of 250 meters. There does not appear to be an upper limit to a zone's length, but zones over 1,250 meters are very rare.
Brake: Using any charm with Anchor in its name will slow the Hunter's sleigh to 10 meters per hunt.
Normal: Hunters travel 30 meters per hunt.
Boost: Using 1 Sleigh Nitro will increase the speed of the Hunter's sleigh to 250 meters per hunt.
Turbo: Using 3 Sleigh Nitro will increase the speed of the Hunter's sleigh to 500 meters per hunt.

• Winter Wasteland

Mice found here rarely drop toys, so this is a good location to arm Standard Cheese or SUPER|brie+ and farm Arctic Asiago.

• Decorative Oasis

Mice found here may drop the Simple Tree Ornament when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese

• Tinsel Forest

Mice found here may drop the Simple Tree Ornament and Deluxe Tree Ornament when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese

• Bunny Hills

Mice found here may drop the Simple Pair of Skis when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese

• Frosty Mountains

Mice found here may drop the Simple Pair of Skis and Deluxe Riding Sled when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese

• Toy Lot

Mice found here may drop the Simple Toy Top when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese

• Toy Emporium

Mice found here may drop the Simple Toy Top and Deluxe Toy Block when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese

• Snowball Storm

Mice found here may drop Throwable Snowballs when hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese

Collecting and Wrapping Gifts

As Hunters travel through the zones while hunting with Great Winter Hunt Cheese they will collect gifts.

Hunters will always have 3 orders open at a time, but never more than 2 orders requiring the same item.

Simple gift orders will require from 4 to 8 items to fill.

Deluxe gift orders will require from 3 to 4 items to fill.

Filling an order will advance the Gifts Wrapped counter and a new order will be randomly chosen to replace it. When 10 gift orders have been wrapped Hunters will be able to take flight. If Hunters choose not to take flight immediately, they can continue to hunt on the ground and collect gifts, but will be unable to fill any additional gift orders until they have taken flight and exhausted their hunts while in the air. Upon landing, Hunters will be returned to the same spot in the same zone and can resume collecting gifts and wrapping orders.

Taking Flight

Hunters must wrap 10 gift orders in order to be able to Take Flight

There is only a single zone called Winter Wonderland while in flight. Arctic Asiago provides the best attraction rate and the Great Winter Hunt Impostor is more difficult to attract when hunting with other Great Winter Hunt Cheese and exceptionally difficult to attract with Standard Cheese or SUPER|brie+. It is strongly recommended that Hunters do not take flight with fewer than 30 pieces of Arctic Asiago to hunt with.

Number of Hunts

Hunters start each flight with 20 available hunts. Hunters are returned to the ground when their hunts reach zero.

• Capturing the Great Winter Hunt Impostor will reward 2 additional hunts without consuming a hunt
• Capturing any other mouse will consume a hunt.
• A Failure To Catch (FTC) will consume a hunt
• A Failure to Attract (FTA) will have no effect on the hunt count and provides no progress.

Speed and Distance

The base speed while in flight is 800 meters per hunt.

• Brake - Disabled during flight
• Normal - Speed is 800 meters per hunt
• Boost - Consumes 1 Sleigh Nitro per hunt. Speed is 900 meters per hunt
• Turbo - Consumes 3 Sleigh Nitro per hunt. Speed is 1,000 meters per hunt

Rewards

Hunters earn rewards as they reach various distance markers. These rewards must be claimed through the HUD, they are not automatically added to the Hunter's inventory.

• 10km - SUPER|brie+ Supply Pack - Contains 30 SUPER|brie+ and provides 5 days of the Lucky Golden Shield when opened.
• 40km - Holiday Hydro Hailstone Trap - A Limited edition Hydro weapon
• 80km - Joyous Holiday Theme
• 130km - Festive Forgotten Fir Trap - A Limited Edition Forgotten weapon

Distances from each flight are added to the distances achieved on all previous flights. It will take multiple flights to receive all four available rewards. Beginning at 130,000 meters Hunters will receive a Floating Reindeer Crate every 10,000 meters. These crates are automatically added to the Hunter's inventory.

Great Winter Hunt Mice

These are the Event mice that may be encountered during the annual Great Winter Hunt.

Charm Use

• Winter and Festive Charms

Using any charm with the word Winter or Festive in its name will attract the Snowflake Mouse

• Festive Anchor Charm
• Festive Ultimate Luck Charm
• Festive Ultimate Power Charm
• Winter Charm
• Winter Builder Charm
• Winter Hoarder Charm
• Winter Miser Charm
• Winter Screw Charm
• Winter Spring Charm
• Winter Wood Charm

• Anchor Charms

Using any charm with Anchor in its name will slow the Hunter's sleigh to 10 meters per hunt while hunting on the ground.

WARNING #1: The area-specific effects of these charms have no effect in the event location. The use of a Golden Anchor Charm, Spiked Anchor Charm, or Ultimate Anchor Charm is not recommended.

WARNING #2: It is possible to arm the anchor charms during Flight but they will not slow the progress of the sleigh.

• Empowered Anchor Charm
• Festive Anchor Charm
• Golden Anchor Charm
• Spiked Anchor Charm
• Ultimate Anchor Charm - The guaranteed catch effect works only in Sunken City. Do Not Use This Charm in the Great Winter Hunt 2016.

Cheese Preference and Loot

• Hunting on the ground

• Standard Cheese and SUPER|brie+ will attract mice that drop Arctic Asiago.
• Arctic Asiago will attract all mice that drop gifts..
• Other Great Winter Hunt Cheeses will attract most mice that drop gifts, but the attraction rate is lower than with Arctic Asiago.

• Hunting In Flight

• Arctic Asiago provides the best attraction for the Great Winter Hunt Impostor.
• Other Great Winter Hunt Cheeses, Standard Cheeses, and SUPER|brie+ add the Abominable Snow Mouse, Diamond Mouse, and Gold Mouse to the population and attract the Great Winter Hunt Impostor less often.
• The Gingerbread Mouse avoids traps armed with any Festive or Winter charms combined with Arctic Asiago, Standard Cheeses, and SUPER|brie+. It can be attracted with those charms armed when hunting with other Great Winter Hunt Cheeses.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Standard Cheese or SUPER|brie+	Arctic Asiago or other Great Winter Hunt Cheese	Winter Wasteland	Decorative Oasis	Tinsel Forest	Bunny Hills	Frosty Mountains	Toy Lot	Toy Emporium	Snowball Storm	In Flight	Loot
Abominable Snow Avoids Arctic Asiago	1,750	1,750	X	X									X
Black Diamond Racer	18,000	2,000		X					X
Borean Commander	15,000	8,000		X	X
Builder	12,000	900		X								X
Candy Cane	3,165	700		X		X	X
Christmas Tree	17,500	5,000		X		X	X
Confused Courier	900	400	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Destructoy	12,600	2,000		X						X	X
Diamond Avoids Arctic Asiago	1,200	600	X	X									X
Double Black Diamond Racer	19,000	3,000		X					X
Elf	9,920	8,090	X	X									X
Free Skiing	17,500	5,000		X				X	X
Frigid Foreman	3,460	1,750		X	X
Gingerbread In Flight: Avoids Festive or Winter charms when armed with most baits	1,250	750	X	In Flight Only	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Glacia Ice Fist	9,900	2,000		X	X
Gold Avoids Arctic Asiago	600	1,200	X	X									X
Great Winter Hunt Impostor	50,000	10,000	X	X									X
Greedy Al	2,500	750	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hoarder	2,500	3,000	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Joy	9,920	8,090	X	X									X
Mad Elf	19,000	3,000		X							X
Miser	3,000	5,000	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Missile Toe Requires Arctic Asiago	30,000	7,000		X			X
Mouse of Winter Future	10,000	5,000	X	X	X								X
Mouse of Winter Past	10,000	5,000	X	X	X								X
Mouse of Winter Present	10,000	5,000	X	X	X								X
Nitro Racer Requires Arctic Asiago	30,000	7,000							X
Nutcracker	18,000	2,000		X							X
Ornament	18,000	2,000		X			X
Present	900	900	X	In Flight Only	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rainbow Racer	21,340	4,745		X					X
Reinbo	15,000	1,000		X								X
Ribbon	5,000	900		X		X	X
Ridiculous Sweater	17,500	5,000		X						X	X
Scrooge	470	2,840	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Slay Ride	30,000	7,000		X							X
S.N.O.W. Golem	60,000	18,000		X								X
Snow Boulder	7,000	900		X	X
Snow Fort	24,000	2,800		X								X
Snow Scavenger	4,500	1,200		X	X
Snow Sorceress	16,000	3,000		X								X
Snowball Hoarder	9,500	500		X								X
Snowblower	6,775	200		X								X
Snowflake Requires Festive or Winter charms	5,000	3,000	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowglobe	12,600	2,000		X		X	X
Sporty Ski Instructor	12,600	2,000		X				X	X
Squeaker Claws	21,340	4,745		X							X
Stocking	21,340	4,745		X			X
Stuck Snowball Requires Arctic Asiago	2,000 Increases by 500 with each catch	650 Increases by 350 with each catch		X								X
Toboggan Technician	3,165	700		X				X	X
Toy	3,165	700		X						X	X
Toy Tinkerer	5,000	900		X						X	X
Triple Lutz	600	750	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tundra Huntress	32,000	5,780		X								X
Wreath Thief	19,000	3,000		X			X
Young Prodigy Racer	5,000	900		X				X	X

Activities

Adventure Book

Hunters can complete the Event Adventure Spread Joy Throughout the Land.

Collect gifts on your sleigh and wrap them for the citizens of Gnawnia. Take flight and spread joy and holiday cheer across the land!

This adventure takes place in: Great Winter Hunt 2016

Gather Gifts

• Collect Arctic Asiago
• Find Simple Tree Ornament or Deluxe Tree Ornament
• Find Simple Pair of Skis or Deluxe Riding Sled
• Find Simple Toy Top or Deluxe Toy Block

Spread Holiday Cheer!

• Wrap 10 gifts to prepare your sleigh for flight.

Take Flight and Defeat the Impostor!

• Take flight
• Catch the Impostor before he steals too much good cheer!

Location: Great Winter Hunt

Rewards:

• Winter Aura
• 50,000 Gold
• 100,000 Points
• 50 King's Credits

Snowball Showdown

Collect Throwable Snowballs in Snowball Storm zones and use them to reveal shapes and earn prizes!

Shops

These are the shops found in the Great Winter Hunt.

Cartographer

Item	Cost	Refund	Requirement
Sealed Nice List	2 Ancient Relics	N/A	None
Sealed Naughty List	5 Ancient Relics	N/A	None

Charm Shoppe

Item	Cost Per Piece	Refund Per Piece
Winter Charm	2 Arctic Asiago Cheese	N/A
Festive Ultimate Power Charm	1 Advent Chocolate	N/A
Festive Ultimate Luck Charm	1 Advent Chocolate	N/A

Cheese Shoppe

Item	Cost Per Piece	Refund Per Piece
Cheddar	10	10
Marble	50	50
Swiss	100	100
Brie	200	200
Gouda	600	600

General Store

Item	Cost Per Piece	Requirement (Not Spent)
Deluxe Tree Ornament	5 Simple Tree Ornament	N/A
Deluxe Riding Sled	5 Simple Pair of Skis	N/A
Deluxe Toy Block	5 Simple Toy Top	N/A
Winter Hunt Theme	15,000 gold 3 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Snowball Journal Theme	15,000 gold 3 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Iceball Brawl Theme	15,000 gold 3 Advent Chocolates	N/A

Trapsmith

Item	Cost (Items Spent)	Requirements (Items Not Spent)
Gingerbread Base	30,000 gold 1 Advent Chocolate	90,000 points to Equip
Candy Cane Base	90,000 gold 1 Advent Chocolate	110,000 points to Equip
Gingerbread House Surprise Power Type: Tactical	75,000 gold 2 Advent Chocolates	91,000 points to Equip
Digby DecroBot Skin For use with: Digby DrillBot	2 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Sinister Winter Wreath Portal For use with: Sinister Portal	2 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive ACRONYM Skin For use with: Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery	4 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive Box Trap Skin For use with: Ancient Box Trap	4 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive Un-Raged RhinoBot Skin For use with: Enraged RhinoBot	4 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive Zugzwang's First Move Skin For use with: Zugzwang's First Move	5 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive S.L.A.C. II Skin For use with: S.L.A.C. II	5 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Winter Steam Freezer Mk. III Skin For use with: Steam Laser Mk. III	5 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Winter Helper's Perch For use with: Reaper's Perch	5 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive Sandtail Sentinel Skin For use with: Sandtail Sentinel	8 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive Snow Sphynx Skin For use with: Sphynx Wrath	8 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Winter Oasis Skin For use with: Oasis Water Node Trap	8 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive Phantasmic Oasis Skin For use with: Phantasmic Oasis Trap	8 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Grand Wreath Arcanum Trap Skin For use with: Grand Arcanum Trap	8 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Droid Arch Santa Trap Skin For use with: Droid Archmagus Trap	8 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Candy Cane Crossbow Trap Skin For use with: Interdimensional Crossbow Trap	10 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Crystal Ice Tower Skin For use with: Crystal Tower	10 Advent Chocolates	N/A
Festive Temporal Turbine Trap Skin For use with: Temporal Turbine	12 Advent Chocolates	N/A