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Climb aboard the S.S. Sofast to begin your exciting cruise! This year, fluffy white sheep make an appearance along the coastline..
Description and Requirements
The Calamity Carl's Cozy Cruise is the event location for the Year of the Sheep Festival, requiring a minimum rank of Recruit to enter. Mice are unable to steal gold or points, but may steal multiple pieces of cheese if not caught. The cruise ship is run by Calamity Carl.
The area includes a Heads-up Display that shows which area the cruise is visiting and how many Cruise Bux a hunter has earned. It also shows the hunter's inventory of Firecracker Charms, Nitropop Charms, and Ramming Speed Charms.
Mousing over the individual charm boxes in the HUD will allow you to brew Nitropop Potions and Ramming Potions
Mousing over the area showing the currently armed charm's effects gives this popup hint:
- Boost your speed!
- Use Firecracker, Nitropop, Dragonbreath, Snakebite, Horsepower or Ramming Speed Charms to BOOST the speed of your ship's engine!
- The bigger the firework, the faster you'll cruise, and the more rewards you'll earn!
During the cruise, each mouse caught lets the cruise ship progress according to which charm the hunter had armed:
| Charm | Distance per catch |
|---|---|
| Ramming Speed | 25 km |
| Horsepower | 25 km |
| Snakebite | 25 km |
| Dragonbreath | 25 km |
| Nitropop | 9 km |
| Firecracker | 3 km |
| others/none | 1 km |
Horsepower Charms, Snakebite Charms, and Dragonbreath Charms do not drop as loot, nor do their respective potions. They are relics from previous cruises and they will still advance the ship, but they do not affect the population of available mice.
If a hunter has fewer remaining km to reach the end of the cruise than what the current charm would advance, they are applied to the next cruise cycle (that is, using Ramming Speed Charms at 1499 km will move the hunter to 24 km).
The cruise is divided into 10 zones, each lasting 150 km, and the mice in that zone are determined by what Location the ship is sailing near. Each zone has a particular Miniature Collectible available as loot or for purchase in the General Store. After completing all but the last zone, a message is left in the Hunter's Journal:
- To celebrate reaching a new stop on the cruise, Carl has handed out XX Cruise Bux to spend in the ship's Shops! I'm sure you'll get even more at the next stop!
At the completion of the last section, the message changes:
- Congratulations, you've completed a full cruise! Carl has provided you with ??? Cruise Bux to spend in the ship's Shops. There's another cruise departing shortly - now would be a great time to take another trip and rack up even more Cruise Bux!
| Zone | Length | Cruise Bux Earned |
Collectible | HUD Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour | 0 — 150 | 25 | Harbour Miniature | View |
| Gnawnian Shoreline | 151 — 300 | 50 | Gnawnian Shoreline Miniature | View |
| Digby and Lab | 301 — 450 | 75 | Digby Lab Miniature | View |
| Iceberg | 451 — 600 | 100 | Iceberg Miniature | View |
| Acolyte Realm | 601 — 750 | 110 | Acolyte Realm Miniature | View |
| Huntington | 751 — 900 | ??? | S.S. Huntington III Miniature | View |
| Tribal Isles | 901 — 1050 | ??? | Tribal Isles Miniature | View |
| Zugzwang Island | 1051 — 1200 | ??? | Zugzwang Island Miniature | View |
| Sunken City | 1201 — 1350 | ??? | Sunken City Miniature | View |
| Daredevil Canyon | 1351 — 1500 | ??? | Gnawnian Express Miniature | View |
The first time through a complete cruise, this additional message is left in the Hunter's Journal:
- In order to celebrate your inaugural cruise, Carl has rewarded you with a fancy Captain's Coat which grants you full access to the ship's Shops!
Shops
These are the shops that can be found in the Calamity Carl's Cozy Cruise:
Calamity Carl's Cozy Cruise Mice
Every mouse in this area has a chance of dropping Cruise Bux, although some mice are more likely to drop it than others, and some mice drop it in higher quantity than others. Also, all mice in the area have a chance of dropping the Miniatures appropriate to the zones where the mouse can be attracted. To make the table more compact, this information has been omitted from the Loot column.
| Mouse |
Points |
Gold |
Harbour |
Gnawnian Shoreline |
Digby and Lab |
Iceberg |
Acolyte Realm |
S. S. Huntington III |
Tribal Isles |
Zugzwang Island |
Sunken City |
Daredevil Canyon |
Loot (excluding Cruise Bux, 10 Miniatures) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abominable Snow | 1,750 | 1,750 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Bionic | 300 | 550 | |||||||||||
| Briegull | 360 | 440 | X | ||||||||||
| Calligraphy (Requires SUPER|brie+) |
1,888 | 888 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Chipper | 4,525 | 1,235 | X | ||||||||||
| Costumed Dragon (Requires Firecracker Charm) |
2,888 | 888 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Nitropop Potion |
| Costumed Horse (Requires Nitropop Charm) |
2,888 | 5,888 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Ramming Potion |
| Costumed Rabbit (Requires Firecracker Charm) |
1,888 | 888 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Nitropop Potion |
| Costumed Sheep (Requires Ramming Speed Charm) |
2,888 | 5,888 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Firecracker Charm Satchel of Gold (10,000) |
| Costumed Snake (Requires Firecracker Charm) |
2,888 | 5,888 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Nitropop Potion |
| Costumed Tiger (Requires Firecracker Charm) |
1,602 | 888 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Nitropop Potion |
| Cowardly | 190 | 300 | X | X | |||||||||
| Diamond | 1,200 | 600 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Dumpling Chef | 2,886 | 3,000 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Dwarf | 225 | 450 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Field | 200 | 200 | X | ||||||||||
| Frosty Snow | 600 | 300 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Gold | 600 | 1,200 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Gorgon | 1,400 | 2,800 | X | ||||||||||
| Hot Head | 2,250 | 550 | X | ||||||||||
| Lightning Rod | 175 | 100 | X | ||||||||||
| Longtail | 1,000 | 900 | X | ||||||||||
| Monarch | 2,500 | 600 | X | ||||||||||
| New Years | 2,200 | 200 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Party Head | 2,000 | 2,000 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Pinchy | 325 | 400 | |||||||||||
| Pirate | 350 | 2,750 | X | ||||||||||
| Polar Bear | 4,225 | 990 | X | ||||||||||
| Present | 900 | 900 | X | ||||||||||
| Pugilist | 700 | 600 | |||||||||||
| Red Envelope | 888 | 221 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Red Pocket Envelope Sealed Lunar New Year Scroll Case |
| Saloon Gal | 3,750 | 1,200 | X | ||||||||||
| Shopkeeper | 4,500 | 4,500 | X | ||||||||||
| Sorcerer | 6,200 | 350 | X | ||||||||||
| Spotted | 175 | 175 | X | ||||||||||
| Student of the Cheese Belt | 6,250 | 450 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Student of the Cheese Claw | 6.250 | 450 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Student of the Cheese Fang | 6,250 | 450 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Swarm of Pygmy Mice | 5,800 | 840 | X | ||||||||||
| Zombie | 2,700 | 2,700 | X |
Hunting Strategy
Each zone of the cruise provides a different set of mice. There are several zones where there are mice with non-overlapping weakness; hunters must choose whether to arm a Tactical (or Physical) trap to catch the Dumpling Chef and Student mice, or whether to arm Hydro (Iceberg), Arcane (Acolyte Realm), Shadow (Tribal Isles), or Law (Daredevil Canyon) to catch Chipper, Polar Bear, Sorcerer, Gorgon, Swarm of Pygmy Mice, Saloon Gal, or Shopkeeper. Fortunately, all of the firework charms that advance 3 or more km per hunt are consumed only upon successful catch, so attracting the wrong mouse for the current trap power does not waste the effort spent in collecting charms for accelerated cruising.
Cruise Bux can be earned as random loot drops, but the fastest way to gain them is by progressing through zones. Hunters aiming to purchase as much as possible from the shops may want to focus on using firework charms to make it through the cruise multiple times. Conversely, hunters desiring to collect Miniatures without spending Cruise Bux are advised to use lower-powered charms until the collectible is obtained as loot, since speeding through a zone in 6 hunts with any of the 25km charms reduces the chance of getting loot in that zone. Depending on what traps a hunter has and what mice the hunter is trying to collect, it may pay to go fast in some zones and slow in others.
The only way to attract a Calligraphy mouse is to arm SUPER|brie+, no matter what charm is in use.
Hunting tips by Larry
Welcome to the cruise, hunter! Have you visited the buffet table yet? The cheese spread is incredible!
Which probably explains the terrible problem we're having with mice, actually. Hm.
Carl was so impressed by the massive speeds reached on last year's cruise that he's decided to further encounter it this year!
You see, what with it being the Lunar New Year, many of the mice have brought various fireworks with them, and if you can capture and use these fireworks as charms on your trap, the loud noise boosts the ramming speed of the ship!
The bigger the firework, the louder the noise, the stronger the spirit of the sheep, the faster the boat can go!
Calamity Carl will be thankful for your help, and will reward you with Cruise Bux as you pass by the various landmarks, so you can buy necessities and frivolities in the ship's Shoppes!
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