MHWiki:Manual of Style - Charms

Adding New Charms to the Wiki

• New Charms need their own page. See the layout below.

• Create a Redirect for the charm using its name without the word "Charm", if necessary.
• Add the charm to any disambiguations or related pages that may be appropriate. Create a new page, if necessary. Examples of groups:

• Fiery Warpath Charms
• Gnawnian Express Charms
• Lunar New Year Charms
• Riftwalker Set

• Add the new charm and its stats to the Charms page.
• Any information about the charm that is likely to become stale ("most powerful", "strongest", etc.) should either be placed in the History and Trivia section or avoided completely.

Charm Page Layout

The Charm pages are as laid out below. This can also be used as the basic structure in creating a new Charm page. Note that the sections should always be laid out in the order in which they are shown below, which is in the order of importance that most players will consider the information.

Bold the charm name wherever it appears on the page to help guide the user's eye to relevant info. Follow the bolding and capitalization conventions outlined in the included examples to help provide a consistent look and feel to the various base pages.

Only a few charms need an opening description. Example: Charms in the Riftwalker Set The Rift Ultimate Power Charm is part of the Riftwalker Set. Include a line about the most recent update for event charms. Example: This page was last updated for Great Winter Hunt 2014. Note if the charm is Limited Edition. Example: The 2014 Charm is a Limited Edition charm. Follow that info with the Charm Template. Manual of Style - Charms Category: Charm Statistics Charm Info Power: Cost: Power Bonus: % Limited Edition: Attraction Bonus: % Crafted: Luck: Smashable: Cheese Effect: Tradeable: Consumed Upon: Giveable: Larry's Loot Lexicon: ?? Image: ?? Obtained Via This section should always be included. There are a few possibilities in this section: Charm is limited edition and can no longer be bought. In this case, the location or item from which it could be found should be included. The purchase cost and refund value should also be included, if any. Example: The 2014 Charm could be obtained as loot while hunting in Festive Snow Fort or via donating. Charm can be bought in shops. In which case, the locations where the charm can be bought and the refund value should be included. Example: The Rift Vacuum Charm can be bought for 1,000 gold at the Burroughs Rift Charm Shoppe. It cannot be refunded. Potion Conversion Use when the Charm can be created using a potion. Example: Horsepower Potions were dropped by Lunar New Year event mice when Nitropop Charms were armed, but only during the Year of the Horse Festival. A Hunter's stock of Horsepower Potions can be converted to Horsepower Charms at any time, regardless of whether a Lunar New Year event is in progress. One Horsepower Potion converts 1 Nitropop Charm to 1 Horsepower Charm at 768 gold per piece. Formula Charm can be crafted. It should be clearly stated if the charm can only be crafted. Example: The Rotten Charm is not sold by any Charm Shoppe and is therefore non-refundable. It can be crafted given the proper ingredients. The formula will follow in a subsection using 3 === rather than 2. Section shown below, with a sample formula from the Rotten Charm. Note that the recipe name may differ from the item name. The ordering of ingredients should list the Orb first, followed by other items alphabetized A to Z, and end with Charmbits. Items used multiple times in a recipe should use the form: Unit Price (Total Price) Ex. 250 (750 total). Use the maximum cost for items that can be purchased from the various shops. If an item can be looted and purchased, list the total purchase cost. The Total Cost should be the maximum cost a Hunter will incur if required to purchase the various items available from shops. Do not list Marketplace prices. Formula: Rotten Charm Recipe can be unlocked by: Have a piece of Bait turn stale Item Qty Cost (Each) Source Flawed Orb 1 N/A Angelfish, Betta, Eel, Cuttle, Koimaid, Treasure Hoarder, Treasure Keeper, Tritus, Serpent Monster mice in Sunken City Barmy Gunner and Corrupt Commodore mice in Harbour Farmhand and Spud mice in Windmill Funglore, Lumahead, Mouldy Mole, Nightshade Masquerade, Spore Muncher, Sporeticus mice in Fungal Cavern Gelatinous Octahedron, Mutated Siblings, and Spore mice in Toxic Spill Living Ice mice in Slushy Shoreline M400 mice Magma Flow zone mice in Sunken City Mairitime Pirate and Scarlet Revenger in Floating Islands Prospector mice in Claw Shot City Pygmy Wrangler and Swarm of Pygmy Mice in Jungle of Dread Rift Guardian mice in Gnawnia Rift Scruffy mice in Harbour, King's Arms, and Windmill Soldier of the Shade mice in Valour Rift Yeti mice in Iceberg and Slushy Shoreline Labyrinth Charm Shoppe Zokor Charm Shoppe Marketplace Stale Cheese 1 N/A Created when most Cheeses go stale on a hunt Loot from Realm Ripper, Mutated Brown, Mutated Grey and Mutated White in Forbidden Grove Loot from Mutated Brown, Mutated Grey and Mutated White in Acolyte Realm Loot from Bog Beast in Toxic Spill Loot from Ghost, Lycan and Mummy in Catacombs Mysterious Box Gifting Charmbit 12 25 (300 total) All Charm Shoppes except King's Arms and Tournament Hall Marketplace Total 300 Any additional notes about the formula should come here. Riftwalker Set This section should be included for any charm that is part of the Riftwalker Set. The Riftwalker Set is a three-item set. Arming multiple items of this set will give additional bonuses; with two items, the bonus is a 10% Power Bonus, with three items, the bonus also adds 5 Luck. Set Bonuses Required: Rift Base, Weapon, and Charm Set Bonus (2 pieces): +10% Power Bonus Set Bonus (3 pieces): +10% Power Bonus +5 Luck Location-Specific Effects This section is optional, but should be included if the charm affects gameplay in a specific area. For example: Gnawnian Express Station - Daredevil Canyon phase 'The Black Powder Charm allows the hunter to attract Black Powder Thief.' This section can be titled Special Effects if the effect is not specific to a location (for example, the Eggscavator Charge Charm works anywhere). Hunter's Hammer This section is optional, but should be included if the charm is smashable. For example, Smashing an Eggscavator Charge Charm with the Hunter's Hammer yields 5 Dark Chocolate Charms. Related Items The section can be retitled if the Charm only has associations with one of the three trap components. Omit the sub-section labels when this is the case. Charms This section is optional, but can be included if other charms are closely associated with this charm. Example, the Winter Charm lists other charms also used during the Great Winter Hunt: Winter Builder Charm - Special attraction during The Great Winter Hunt Winter Hoarder Charm - Special attraction during The Great Winter Hunt Winter Miser Charm - Special attraction during The Great Winter Hunt Link to Charm group pages if available. Example: A complete list of Fiery Warpath Charms can be found here. Weapons This section is optional, but can be included if weapons are closely associated with this charm. Example from Snowball Charm: Ice Blaster - Using this weapon causes mice to drop Snowball Charms as loot and gains a 10% power bonus when armed with Snowball Charms. Glacier Gatler - Using this weapon causes mice to drop Snowball Charms as loot and gains a 20% power bonus when armed with Snowball Charms. Bases This section is optional, but can be included if bases are closely associated with this charm. Example from Spellbook Charm: Spellbook Base - Provides +500 Power and 8% Power Bonus when paired with the Spellbook Charm. History and Trivia This section should always be used. Use the following style: Day Month Year: Info here. Any info that is likely to become stale, such as "most powerful", "most expensive", etc. should be included here and avoided (if possible) in the sections above. Examples: 2 June 2011: The Artisan Charm was introduced with the release of the Muridae Market location. 19 October 2011: The Artisan Charm was made available at the Haunted Terrortories Charm Shoppe during the Halloween at the Haunted Terrortories Event. 7 December 2011: The Artisan Charm was available for purchase at the Festive Comet Charm Shoppe during the Great Winter Hunt 2011. They could also be occasionally found in the Sandtail Desert Winter Gift. Categorization and Table of contents Lastly comes proper categorization. This does not have a section on its own. The infobox automatically includes the Charms and Limited Edition categories as needed. Usually, no further categorization is needed. The infobox automatically hides the table of contents with a __NOTOC__ tag. This is to prevent the page from looking odd by having a TOC above the infobox.