Prologue Pond

Prologue Pond
Region: Folklore Forest
Minimum Rank:	Archduke/Archduchess
Travel Requirement:	Legendary Looking Glass
Required Power Type:	Hydro
Required Cheeses:	Standard Cheese Grubbeen Clamembert Stormy Clamembert
Number of Mice:	11
Shops:	Cheese Shoppe Trapsmith Charm Shoppe General Store Cartographer
Release Date:	26 July 2022
Push off from shore, cast your line, and go fishing for Inspiration Ink!

Overview

Prologue Pond is a hunting location in Folklore Forest region.

Foreword Farm, Prologue Pond, and Table of Contents are 3 connected hunting locations.

They require the minimum rank of Archduke/Archduchess and the Legendary Looking Glass to access.

Inspiration Ink earned here can be used to purchase different type of cheese to use in Table of Contents.
Pond Penny earned here can be used to unlock several Upgrades in those 3 locations.

Gameplay Mechanics

Fishing

In this location, the loot from mice is determined by 2 factors:

• The type of Cheese
• Whether Brainstorm Chum is on

Cheese	Brainstorm Chum off	Brainstorm Chum on
Standard Cheese	Ingenuity Grub	N/A
Grubbeen	Pond Penny	Cleverness Clam
Clamembert	Pond Penny	Inspiration Ink
Stormy Clamembert	Pond Penny	Inspiration Ink

Brainstorm Chum cannot be used when Standard Cheese is armed.

Upgrades

The Hunter can upgrade their fishing equipment to gain different boosts on hunting in the location.
Unlocking each upgrade rewards 10 Condensed Creativity.

Upgrade	Description	Cost
		Gold	Pond Penny	Gnawbel Prize for Literature
Reinforced Tackle Box	Doubles all Ingenuity Grub loot drops!	150,000	25	-
Refrigerated Bait Box	Doubles all Cleverness Clam loot drops!	500,000	100	-
Carbon Fibre Fishing Rod	Doubles all Inspiration Ink loot drops!	1,000,000	500	-
Chainmail Fishing Net	Doubles all Pond Penny loot drops!	2,500,000	1,000	150
High Tension Fishing Line	Doubles all Inspiration Ink loot drops again!	5,000,000	2,000	500
Steam-powered Fishing Reel	Doubles all Inspiration Ink loot drops yet again!	10,000,000	4,000	2,500

Heads-Up Display

Top

• A button with a map icon which can be clicked to open an interface to travel among Foreword Farm, Prologue Pond, and Table of Contents.
• A ? button which can be clicked to open Info interface.

Info interface

Each tab provides information on what to do in each location.

Foreword Farm

Tend your fields and harvest Parable Papyrus in the Foreword Farm!

Hunt with any standard bait to collect Papyrus Seeds.

Use Papyrus Seeds to plant Mythical Mulch Plants.

Defend your crops from the hungry pest mice. Each catch will grow your plants!

Harvest Mythical Mulch and use it with Papyrus Seeds to plant Parable Papyrus Plants.

Grow your plants to maturity and harvest Parable Papyrus.

Prologue Pond

Go fishing for Inspiration Ink at the Prologue Pond!

Hunt with any standard bait to collect Ingenuity Grubs then use them to craft Grubbeen Cheese.

Hunt with Grubbeen Cheese to collect Pond Pennies and use them to craft Brainstorm Chum.

Scatter Brainstorm Chum while hunting with Grubbeen cheese to collect Cleverness Clams.

Use Cleverness Clams to craft Clamembert Cheese and use it with Brainstorm Chum to collect Inspiration Ink.

Table of Contents

Write your masterpiece in the Table of Contents to earn Gnawbel Prizes for Literature!

Start writing a book with any standard bait and collect Draft Derby Curds.

Catch mice to write words! The mouse's point value will determine how many words you write per catch.

Use Draft Derby Curds with Parable Papyrus and Inspiration Ink to craft the various tiers of Draft Derby Cheese.

Each tier of Draft Derby cheese will attract mice with higher point values, allowing you to write longer books.

Longer books will reward more Draft Derby Curds and more Gnawbel Prizes for Literature!

Once you reach the Encyclopedia of Lore, you can use Final Draft Derby to attract the Mythweaver!

Left

• An Upgrades button to bring out the Upgrade interface which contains:
  • 3 tabs for 3 locations:
    • Foreword Farm Upgrades
    • Prologue Pond Upgrades
    • Table of Contents Upgrades
  • The Hunter's inventory of items used to upgrade:
    • Gold - Earned throughout Gnawnia
    • Crop Coin - Earned in the Foreword Farm
    • Pond Penny - Earned in the Prologue Pond
    • Gnawbel Prize for Literature - Earned in the Table of Contents
• Folklore Forest Inventory with hints for source and usage of each item
  • Foreword Farm
    • Papyrus Seed - Used for planting all plants
    • Mythical Mulch - Used for panting Parable Papyrus plants
    • Parable Papyrus - Used for making Draft Derby Cheeses
    • Crop Coin - Earned in the Foreword Farm
  • Prologue Pond
    • Ingenuity Grub - Used for making Grubbeen Cheese
    • Cleverness Clam - Used for making Clamembert Cheese
    • Inspiration Ink - Used for making Draft Derby Cheeses
    • Pond Penny - Earned in the Prologue Pond
  • Table of Contents
    • Draft Derby Curd - Used for making Draft Derby Cheeses
    • Gnawbel Prize for Literature - Earned in the Table of Contents

Center

• The Hunter's boat position reflecting cheese used
• Brainstorm Chum status

Right

• Condensed Creativity

Bottom

• Brainstorm Chum
• Standard Cheese
• Grubbeen
• Clamembert
• Stormy Clamembert

Mice

All mice found in Prologue Pond are part of the Prologue Pond Prowlers group.

Only Hydro power type works against these mice.

Additional loot depending on Brainstorm Chum status is provided on the fishing loot table.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Sub-group	Standard Cheese	Grubbeen	Clamembert	Stormy Clamembert	Loot
Architeuthulhu of the Abyss	100,000	30,000	Deep Divers				X	Ancient Relic Condensed Creativity
Beachcomber	35,000	3,500	Grub Gatherers	X				Ingenuity Grub
Careless Catfish	45,000	9,000	Shallow Swimmers		X			Condensed Creativity
Covetous Coastguard Requires SUPER|brie+	40,000	5,000	Grub Gatherers	X				Ingenuity Grub
Melodramatic Minnow	50,000	10,000	Shallow Swimmers		X			Condensed Creativity
Nefarious Nautilus	62,000	13,000	Deep Divers			X		Condensed Creativity
Pompous Perch	42,000	8,000	Shallow Swimmers		X			Condensed Creativity
Sand Sifter	38,000	5,000	Grub Gatherers	X				Ingenuity Grub
Sinister Squid	58,000	12,000	Deep Divers			X		Condensed Creativity
Tackle Tracker	40,000	6,000	Grub Gatherers	X				Ingenuity Grub
Vicious Vampire Squid	64,000	15,000	Deep Divers			X		Condensed Creativity

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

Ahoy there hunter and welcome to the Prologue Pond!

This pond seems to be a quite a bit deeper than your typical pond and also has an especially strange (and somewhat dangerous) ecosystem!

Before you push off from the dock, make sure to collect some Ingenuity Grubs from the mice roaming the shoreline. You can use these colourful critters to create Grubbeen Cheese. Then just arm your Grubbeen and start fishing!

At first, you'll find that these odd aquatic mice only drop Pond Pennies. You'll need to use these Pond Pennies to create Brainstorm Chum and once you start scattering Brainstorm Chum while hunting, the mice will get so excited that they'll drop Cleverness Clams instead!

With Cleverness Clams, you can make Clamembert Cheese and if you scatter Brainstorm Chum with that cheese armed then you'll start pulling up the coveted Inspiration Ink!

There is a third type of cheese here too called Stormy Clamembert but be very careful with that one. The locals say that it will lure a very dangerous creature up from the deepest, darkest part of the pond! You're gonna need a bigger boat!

Adventure Book

The Hunter can complete steps of the Outwrite the Mythweaver adventure in Prologue Pond.

Shops

These are the shops found in Prologue Pond.

Cheese Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Grubbeen Cheese	1,000 gold 1 Ingenuity Grub	None	N/A
2-Pack of Grubbeen Cheese	1 Ingenuity Grub 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Clamembert Cheese	5,000 gold 1 Cleverness Clam	None	N/A
2-Pack of Clamembert Cheese	1 Cleverness Clam 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Stormy Clamembert Cheese	10,000 gold 20 Clamembert Cheese 20 Brainstorm Chum	None	N/A
2-Pack of Stormy Clamembert Cheese	20 Clamembert Cheese 20 Brainstorm Chum 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Gouda Cheese	600 gold	None	600 gold
Brie Cheese	200 gold	None	200 gold
Swiss Cheese	100 gold	None	100 gold

Trapsmith

Weapons

Item	Power Type	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Tome of the Mind's Eye Trap	Forgotten	15,000,000 gold 100 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A
Charming PrinceBot	Physical	26,000,000 gold 2,500 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A
Dark Magic Mirrors Trap	Shadow	59,000,000 gold 2,500 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A

Bases

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Folklore Printing Press Base	20,000,000 gold 5,000 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A

Skins

Item	Used With	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Chrome Crop Obliterator Trap Skin	Chrome Thought Obliterator Trap	5,000,000 gold 1,200 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Charmbit	25 gold	None	20 gold
Spore Charm	1,000 gold 25 Pond Penny	None	N/A
Super Spore Charm	1,000 gold 2 Spore Charm	None	N/A
Extreme Spore Charm	2,000 gold 2 Super Spore Charm	1 Outwrite the Mythweaver	N/A
Ultimate Spore Charm	2,500 gold 2 Extreme Spore Charm 20 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	1 Outwrite the Mythweaver	N/A
Super Lucky Power Charm	2,500 gold	None	750 gold
Extreme Power Charm	1,500 gold	None	450 gold
Extreme Luck Charm	4,500 gold	None	1,350 gold
Extreme Lucky Power Charm	12,000 gold	None	3,600 gold

General Store

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Brainstorm Chum	1,000 gold 1 Pond Penny	None	N/A
Curds and Whey	12 gold	None	3 gold
Ionized Salt	450 gold	None	150 gold
Unstable Manuscript	5 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A
Unstable Magnum Opus	1,000 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A
Prolific Printing Paper	40,000 gold 300 Pond Penny	None	N/A
Floating Bookmobile Airship Balloon	1,500,000 gold 300 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A
Floating Bookmobile Airship Sail	1,500,000 gold 300 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A
Floating Bookmobile Airship Hull	1,500,000 gold 300 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A
Table of Contents Journal Theme	2,500,000 gold 3,000 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A

Cartographer

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Tale of the Bountiful Beanstalk	1,000,000 gold 1,000 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	1 Outwrite the Mythweaver	N/A
Farming and Fishing Scroll Case	3 Ancient Relic	None	N/A
Folklore Forest Prelude Scroll Case	10 Ancient Relic 100 Gnawbel Prize for Literature	None	N/A

History and Trivia

• 26 July 2022: Prologue Pond, together with Foreword Farm and Table of Contents, was released as part of a new region, Folklore Forest.
• 27 September 2022: A Cartographer was added to the location as part of the Treasure Map update for Folklore Forest.
• 7 December 2023: The General Store started selling Prolific Printing Paper with the introduction of Naughty List Printing Press Base.

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