Cheese
Cheese can be obtained in different ways throughout the game and is essential for arming your trap. The simpler baits can be purchased at the Cheese Shoppe. The "special" cheese SUPER|brie+ is obtained through either donations to the MouseHunt developers or from other players. Certain varieties of cheese are created by imbuing other cheeses with potions and an increasing number of baits need to be crafted.
Different types of cheese have different odds of attracting a variety of mice to your trap. In general, a more expensive cheese will be better in attracting mice than less expensive varieties. Some mice will only go for cheese made with potions or crafted.
As you travel and move your trap to new locations, you may notice some cheese attracts specific breeds of mice more often than others. Although this will not always be obvious, observant hunters will benefit from studying the cheese preferences of different mice in different locations.
A hunter can choose which cheese to arm from the Cheese Inventory page, or from the main Camp page. Standard cheeses can also be armed after purchase from a Cheese Shoppe. In addition to using the last piece of cheese during a hunt, it is also possible to disarm cheese from the Inventory page and main Camp page.
In some locations, failure to catch a mouse can result in that mouse stealing additional pieces of the currently baited cheese. The market price of cheese stolen tends to match the amount of gold typically stolen by that breed of mice. Mice are capable of stealing any of the "standard" cheeses listed below except SUPER|brie+, but do not generally steal any of the "special" cheeses listed below, with the known exceptions of Moon cheese, White Cheddar, and Mozzarella. In all locations, failure to attract a mouse may result in stale cheese.
Cheese (Standard)
Other than SUPER|brie+, standard cheeses can be bought with gold at the various Cheese Shoppes, and are typically used in many locations, as compared to special cheeses which are used in a limited number of locations. They can also be occasionally found as loot from mice. Swiss, Brie and Gouda can also be obtained from Unstable Curds.
More expensive standard cheese not only has a higher Attraction rate, but in many areas can also affect the population (weaker mice are less likely to appear, while some more valuable mice may not appear unless the cheese is tasty enough). Also, most Event cheese, as well as Gilded, Mozzarella, and Cherry, will behave like Marble or Swiss cheese in their attraction rates when used in any area where they are not specifically listed as having special effects.
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| Cheddar | Marble | Swiss | Brie | Gouda | SUPER|brie+ |
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Cheese (Special)
Special cheese are usually obtained through the use of potions and crafting, or occasionally found as loot or obtained from Mysterious Boxes or Unstable Curds. They are typically used in very specific locations, such as Radioactive Blue cheese in the Mousoleum or Catacombs. Others are even more specialized, and are used to attract only a certain breed of mice, such as Combat cheese being used in the Meditation Room to attract Master of the Cheese Fang mice.
The cheese are organized based on the regions in which they are typically found and used in. For more information on how to acquire a particular type of cheese, follow the links under the 'Source' column. While some cheese are directly available as loot from mice, it is neither consistent nor in useful amounts, hence their exclusion here.
Gnawnia
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Loot | Sticky-fingered mice can’t keep their paws off this expensive, incredibly heavy cheese, due to its outer coating of purest gold. Eating Gilded Cheese is a bit of a challenge, but Master Burglars don’t care much for the taste-- it’s the shine they’re after.
NOTE: Gilded is available as loot from Burglar mice in Harbour, King's Arms, Tournament Hall, Laboratory and Bazaar, and is used to attract Master Burglars. It was available at the Haunted Terrortories Cheese Shoppe during the 2011 Halloween at the Haunted Terrortories Event, during the 2013 The Haunted Terrortories Returns event and at the Festive Comet Cheese Shoppe during the Great Winter Hunt 2011. |
King's Arms Bazaar Town of Gnawnia | |
| Gifting Loyalty Chest Mystery Gift Box |
This bait has the same attraction rate as Marble Cheese, but it comes with the added warm fuzzy feeling that you get from knowing that somebody out there in Gnawnia cares about you. Sending gifts is free, so why not return the favor? Gifts are a great way to help your friends out without spending any gold.
NOTE: Mozzarella is only available as a gift from friends. If a Hunter is of Recruit rank it can be obtained from Loyalty Chests. |
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| Crafting | This cheese is rather poor at attracting mice. However, it seems that its unique scent drives away the white, grey and brown breeds of mice. | Meadow Town of Gnawnia |
Valour
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Potions | The thieving mice on the second floor of the King’s Gauntlet can’t keep their hands off this tasty treat. If the little pickpockets get away with too much of your cheese, don’t be afraid to get physical with them. | King's Gauntlet | |
| Potions | When you equip this scrumptious cheese, you can expect the sword fighting mice on the third floor of the King’s Gauntlet to slash their way through just about anything to try and get it. To counteract their amazing swordsmanship, make sure to use a tactical trap. | King's Gauntlet | |
| Potions | The music-making mice on the fourth tier of the King’s Gauntlet rely on this cheese blend to make their taste buds sing. Bards can be quite wily, so using the right tactic when choosing a trap will help the aspiring hunter stay on-key. | King's Gauntlet | |
| Potions | Only a truly magical blend of flavors could possibly attract the Mage mice on the fifth floor of the King’s Gauntlet, but this wedge possesses just the right mix. In order to take the mages by surprise, be sure to keep your trap in the shadows. | King's Gauntlet | |
| Potions | This cheese meets the exacting standards of the Holy Warriors on the sixth floor of the King’s Gauntlet. If you want to protect your traps from their righteous wrath, try confusing their sense of judgement by using an arcane trap. | King's Gauntlet | |
| Potions | It takes a seriously special piece of cheese to attract the attention of a mouse that’s already dead, but this little wedge fits the bill. Aged for centuries, with just a touch of grave dust mixed in for good measure, This re-animated cheese tends to be a little dry, using a little bit of water might make it go down easier. | King's Gauntlet | |
| Potions | There is only one type of mouse who can handle the sheer radiance that emanates from this cheese, which is the product of almost fourteen thousand different varieties, blended perfectly into one. The Eclipse Mouse dines only on this epic bait, when it deigns to visit this earthly plane at all. As for what type of trap to use against the Eclipse. . . that knowledge has been forgotten in the folds of time. | King's Gauntlet |
Whisker Woods
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Potions | This soft, sweet cheese is quite a sought-after dessert item in Whisker Woods, both for its extreme rarity and its delightful, fruity flavor. Cherry Mice collect it because it reminds them of their favourite fruit, all year round. | Calm Clearing | |
| Potions Unstable Curd |
This cheese is the result of a magical petrification process and is a favourite amongst some of the mice in Whisker Woods. It has a crisp scent and gritty taste that yew can't beat! | Great Gnarled Tree Lagoon | |
| Potions Unstable Curd |
Formed by a gnarly magical process which transforms it from a relatively normal lump of dairy products into a dried-up ball of roots, this cheese is so twisted and covered with strange wood-grain patterns that it's hard to tell that it's cheese at all. Wicked Gnarly Cheese has got a much sharper scent than its counterpart, Gnarled Cheese, and a flavor that combines the zing of sandalwood and the sweetness of maple, which makes it like candy to some denizens of the Lagoon. | Lagoon |
Burroughs
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Crafting Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
When rare Living Shards are combined with Radioactive Sludge and a dash of Curds and Whey, they form this cheese, which boasts a mineral flavor with a hint of lime. The shards vibrate within the curd, making high-pitched noises difficult for the human ear to hear. This subtle vibration sends tremors through the ground, which attract the mice living under the soil in Digby. | Town of Digby | |
| Crafting Give To Friends Marketplace Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
One of the inventions the scientists of Digby are most interested in is space probe technology capable of fragmenting a small portion of the moon's surface to harvest small quantities of lunar cheese. Unfortunately the cost of launching the probes paired with their ability to only harvest a small quantity at a time means collecting this cheese is extremely expensive. Researching this cheese has proved quite dangerous during experiments in the Mousoleum as scientists seem to frequently become victims of Lycan attacks. | Mousoleum Catacombs Forbidden Grove | |
| Crafting Potions Unstable Curd |
An accidental by-product of an experimental drug, this cheese was created during a chemical spill of a volatile potion. Native to the Laboratory, the experimental mice have found this new type of cheese extremely appealing. Eating it may or may not give you super powers. Use at your own risk. | Mousoleum Catacombs | |
| Cheese Shoppe Crafting Marketplace Rancid Radioactive Blue Potion |
Radioactive Blue Cheese, exposed to lethal amounts of radioactive waste, cracks and putrifies, yielding Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese. Named after its "ripe" smell, this cheese, while once appealing to the Laboratory's experimental breeds, has become the choice selection of the Polluted mice. Naturally drawn to its irradiated warmth, the Polluted mice find it completely irresistable! For best results, store in an eternal concrete sarcophagus when not in use. | ||
| Undead Emmental Potion Undead Rising Tournament |
This rotten smelling cheese appears slightly animated. It's curse attracts an array of undead mice, including fearsome Zombot Unipire Mice! When placing this bait on your trap, take care to "handle" with caution. | Mousoleum Catacombs |
Furoma
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Crafting Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
This cheese is specially prepared Swiss mounted on combat dummies and adorned with a target. Masters of the Cheese Fang often use this apparatus to teach students combat techniques as well as help decrease their mental weakness to cheese. Be warned! Should a Master of the Cheese Fang see a hunter using a chunk of this as bait it will surely cause them to challenge the hunter to defend the honor of the school. | Meditation Room | |
| Crafting Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
This cheese is the result of the careful art of fusing a seemingly infinite quantity of flavours into a single cube of cheese. This decadent bait seems to be the only cheese capable of breaking the will power of the Masters of the Cheese Belt. | Meditation Room | |
| Crafting Give To Friends Marketplace |
Furoma Student mice love the smell of Maki cheese while most other mice find its scent unappealing. Its pungent odour travels farther than that of other cheese varieties making it capable of attracting more students to a hunter's trap.
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Dojo | |
| Crafting Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
Crafted from Onyx Stones found only on the Master of the Dojo, Onyx Cheese is made from an odd combination of gorgonzola and Onyx stone. Although most mice wouldn't normally care for a slice of gorgonzola intercut with onyx veins, Onyx Cheese is crafted especially to appeal to a very specific set of tastes. But who could desire this strange flavor combo? Someone as old as the rocks themselves, of course, a master of concealment. . . the Dojo Sensei.
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Pinnacle Chamber | |
| Crafting Mysterious Box Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
Little is known about the origins of Rumble cheese. Many hunters suspect it is an invention of the Furoma forces designed to somehow destroy Gnawnia. This cheese appears to be incredibly unstable and radiate a mysterious power outwards from its center. The power of Rumble cheese intimidates all mice, scaring them away yet some hunters believe it is the key to attracting powerful, malicious mice. Should you choose to use this bait think long and hard if you are strategically prepared for the adversary it may summon. | Pinnacle Chamber | |
| Crafting Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
Considered somewhat of an acquired taste, Susheese is the traditional meal of the school of the Cheese Claw. The combination of delicious brie and fish fresh out of the Burroughs River seems to be the only bait that will attract the Masters of the Cheese Claw. | Meditation Room |
Bristle Woods
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Potions Crafting Unstable Curd |
These tender morsels spark with electric energy that bind together dust-like particles of stale cheese. Ancient cheese expels a strong stale scent and is extremely volatile. | Catacombs Forbidden Grove | |
| Potions Crafting Unstable Curd Unstable Gourd |
Runic cheese’s dark magical qualities are derived from deep within the shadows of the Catacombs. Its color fades in and out, as if it doesn’t quite exist on the mortal plane. Even the most skeptical and well-educated of rodents will be drawn in by the otherworldly smell that surrounds it.
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Acolyte Realm |
Rodentia
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Crafting | This cheese is the only food which can entice the Chess Master, for its delicate aroma carries the scent... of victory! The Kings of both teams long for a morsel of this cheese, believing it will bring them mastery over the game, but if you can defeat them, the Chess Master himself will challenge you for a piece. Don't leave this cheese out too long, though, or you may find yourself with a stale, mate. | Zugzwang's Tower | |
| M400 Hunting Research Assignment | Cheesy, gooey, and infused with bubbling nuclear energy.
The M400 requires a specially-formulated fondue of ingredients to power its systems. Its self-preservation system activates when it gets low on energy, causing it to seek out and obtain some. The M400 does have the ability to create a fuel substitute if none can be found. |
all M400 Locations |
Tribal Isles
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Crafting | Made from Creamy Orange Peppers, this incredibly smooth tasting Havarti is the perfect bait for hunting the mighty Jurassic Mouse. | Jungle of Dread | |
| Crafting Tribal Claw Crate |
Made with delicious stones found in the dunes of Tribal Isle, this cheese looks irresistibly tasty. Who needs teeth anyway? | Cape Clawed Derr Dunes | |
| Crafting | Filled with chunks of Crunchy Green Peppers, this cheese is a favourite of the Fetid Swamp mouse. | Jungle of Dread | |
| Crafting Tribal Claw Crate |
Almost too soft to keep its shape, this gooey, savoury cheese is a favourite of the Nerg tribe. | Cape Clawed Nerg Plains | |
| Crafting | Made especially to catch dragon mice, the inferno havarti is painstakingly cured using fire salt, a special mineral which emits intense heat all the time. Marbled with veins of delicious molten cheese, inferno havarti tempts the dragon mouse with a fiery jolt of flavor and glowing aftertaste. | Dracano | |
| Crafting | Made from Magical Blue Peppers, the Stonework Warrior mouse harnesses the magic of this Havarti to remain alive. | Jungle of Dread | |
| Crafting | Dripping with the foul smelling juices of a Pungent Purple Pepper, the Chitinous mouse finds this putrid smelling bait irresistible. | Jungle of Dread | |
| Crafting Tribal Claw Crate |
A favourite amongst members of the Elub tribe this cheese may leave you wondering if Shelder sell seashell shell cheese down by the sea shore. | Cape Clawed Elub Shore | |
| Crafting | Made from flakes of Spicy Red Peppers, this Havarti is constantly at risk of spontaneous combustion. Its scent resembles that of fresh magma and seems to attract the Magma Carrier mouse. | Jungle of Dread | |
| Crafting | Made from the Sweet Yellow Peppers, this Havarti has an intense sweet flavour that Primal mice love. | Jungle of Dread | |
| Crafting | Ghostly mice just love the taste of a good, mould-veined Stilton, but it's the vanilla that compels the spirits of Balack's Cove to leave their eternal strife. Aged to perfection in the cool, damp vaults of a sea cave, this cheese contains vanilla bean harvested at great peril from the Jungle of Dread. The ghosts of Balack's Cave are not the only mice that love this cheese, however. If you happen to get washed up on a jungle shore, hide your Stilton stock in your knapsack. | Balack's Cove | |
| Crafting | Vengeful Vanilla is a cheese best served cold. With a strong, tangy flavor, extreme vanilla sweetness, and just a hint of bitter mold, it tastes horrible-- and the cheese knows it! The main attractive feature of Vengeful Vanilla is its smell. So strong and delicious that it bypasses the natural wariness of even a hardened character like Balack, it draws its victims in... and then the taste does the rest. | Balack's Cove |
Sandtail Desert
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Cheese Shoppe Living Chest Unstable Gourd |
Dewthief plants are master moisture-stealers, which means their petals are always soft and delicate, making for an exquisitely smooth cheese. Mice in the Lost City and Sand Dunes seem to be solely attracted to this cheese. |
Lost City Sand Dunes | |
| Cheese Shoppe Living Chest Unstable Gourd |
Duskshade petals can only be harvested in the twilight hours of the evenings, though once harvested, the petals keep for quite some time. Combining these gorgeous petals with a generous amount of Dreamfluff herbs creates a cheese that both looks wonderful and imparts a dreamy sense of peace. Using this cheese in the Living Garden is sure to attract a rare and mystical mouse. |
Living Garden Twisted Garden | |
| Cheese Shoppe Living Chest Unstable Gourd |
It takes a brave mouse indeed to take a bite of this cheese, but the payoff is a delicious, creamy-smooth cheese with a slight sharpness to it - delicious! This cheese cannot be used in the Living Garden, Lost City, or Sand Dunes. |
Cursed City Sand Crypts | |
| Cheese Shoppe Living Chest Unstable Gourd |
As soft as butter and twice as creamy, Lunaria Camembert is a tiny slice of heaven. In fact, it's pretty hard to justify using such a delicious and fulfilling cheese as bait when you seriously consider just how wonderful it would be to eat it yourself! This cheese is far too special to use without a really good reason. |
Twisted Garden |
Cheese (Special Event)
These cheese or their respective sources are only available during certain events. Note that while a cheese might no longer be available after an event, any unused cheese remains in the inventory, and can still be used.
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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| Gifting Give To Friends Loot Pumpkin Treat Basket Spooky Surprise Trick-or-Treating |
Made by adding sugary syrup and just a hint of marshmallow to ordinary white cheese, Candy Corn cheese is a sweet treat that pleases human and rodent alike. It attracts plenty of mice in the Haunted Terrortories, where candy is the main form of sustenance for many creatures. Although Candy Corn is safe for all ages, its sweetness can be overwhelming: mice who overdo it and eat too many kernels will end up with a stomach ache and bad dreams.
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Haunted Terrortories Haunted Terrortories CS | |
| Birthday Gift Basket Cupcake Colby Potion |
A special bait to celebrate MouseHunt's Birthday! Bring Cupcake Colby to the party location to attract special event mice! |
Birthday Party | |
| Advent Calendar Donation Help Item Hunter's Profile Loot@Festive Comet Loot@MegaBuy Mart Loyalty Chest |
When it comes to attracting mice, this flavourful festive feast of flawless feta is firmly a fully effective fail-safe form of functional furry festive fascination! Hunt with Festive Feta in the MegaBuy Mart to lure Festive Mice out from hiding who may potentially drop toy parts as loot, and to attract the Confused Courier who drops special Letters to Santa. NOTE:
Hunt with Festive Feta anywhere in the entire Kingdom to lure Festive Mice out from hiding who may potentially drop toy parts as loot. |
all Locations Festive Comet CS MegaBuy Mart CS | |
| Gifting Give To Friends Loot Pumpkin Treat Basket Spooky Surprise Trick-or-Treating |
Brought to life by placing a pan of pumpkin-infused curd beneath a thunder bolt, Ghoulgonzola has a life of its own-- and a penchant for playing tricks on Halloween revelers. This cheese has been known to pop out of bushes in large flocks, startling passersby, and ring doorbells before flying away. Even after being caught and eaten, Ghoulgonzola will continue to make trouble, fluttering around in your tummy and making rude sounds to embarrass you in company.
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Haunted Terrortories Haunted Terrortories CS | |
| Gifting Hunter's Profile Loyalty Chest Plank of Gingerbread |
A soft ball of a sweet cheese that has been liberally infused with the spicy, wholesome flavor of fresh gingerbread. Garnished with a little gingerbread man, who appears to be screaming as he sinks into the sweet treat. NOTE: Gingerbread is obtained by smashing a Plank of Gingerbread with the Hunter's Hammer, yielding 15 pieces of Gingerbread per plank smashed. |
Festive Comet Festive Snow Fort MegaBuy Mart Seasoned Gouda Potion | |
| Donation Loot Loyalty Chest Medium Charge Egg |
This strange flavour is one of the most bizarre, foul tasting flavours of cheese ever made! Despite its vile peppery-sweet flavour, the Spring Mice just love this bait! Arm some of this cheese and one is sure to come your way... NOTE:
This is strange flavour is one of the most bizarre, foul tasting flavours of cheese ever made! Despite it's vile peppery-sweet flavour, the evil Hare Razor Mouse loves this bait! Arm a piece or two and one is sure to come your way... |
Chocolate Factory | |
| Frozen Fromage | This nicely spiced cheese is a favourite of the cruel and sinister Squeaker Claws Mouse. It also makes the perfect topping for a warm cup of eggnog. NOTE: This cheese could only be obtained after a hunter had lit all 12 of their Festive lights by catching the 12 Mice of Christmas. |
Festive Comet | |
| Loot | This electric mellow classic will make any mouse want to gorge themselves on its roque (fort) 'n roll goodness. Since it's crafted with all the hard-core awesomeness of a ten-minute drum solo, the flavor beats of up to eleven different kinds of cheese will strum a power chord on the taste buds of even the most reserved mice.
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Great Gnarled Tree Mountain Ronza's Traveling Shoppe S.S. Huntington III Town of Digby Town of Gnawnia Training Grounds Year of the Dragon Festival | |
| Athlete's Kit Donation Loot Loyalty Chest Training Gift Basket |
This cheese has been left out in the sun too long, and in this sweltering heat, it's nearly liquid! Hunters using this cheese will find they can attract some of the more sportier mice in the kingdom. The speed at which this cheese runs off the edge of the trap seems to remind these mice of their own physical prowess. NOTE:
Hunters using this cheese will find they can attract some of the sportier mice during the 2012 Great Gnawnian Games. The speed at which this cheese runs off the edge of the trap seems to remind these mice of their own physical prowess. |
Great Gnawnian Games Year of the Horse Festival | |
| Advent Calendar Loyalty Chest Seasoned Gouda Potion |
This seasonal delight is best served chilled, with a light frosting of icing. The hardened curd is far too tough for most common mice, who will pass it by in fear of chipping their teeth! But for truly hardy mice of discriminating taste, no other cheese is so delightful at this time of year. | Festive Comet Festive Snow Fort MegaBuy Mart | |
| Donation Loot |
Rolled and packaged with the fresh festive snowfall, these bocconcini have absorbed the taste of the season as well as the shape and texture of snow! Throw this ball of cheese at the mice threatening your Snow Fort in order to defend it in the Great Winter Snowball Fight! |
Festive Snow Fort | |
| Cheese | Source | In-game Description | Used In |
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See also
- Attraction Rate – How cheese helps attract a mouse to the trap
- Cheat Sheet – Quick reference list on where to buy cheese & ingredients needed for crafting.
