Living Garden
The mice that live in this garden use the environment to their advantage, fashioning crude armour and weapons from plantlife in order to protect and hoard all the Garden Essences they can find.
Description and Requirements
The Living Garden is a location in the Sandtail Desert region requiring a minimum rank of Baron and the Living Garden Key to enter.
After capturing Carmine the Apothecary at any time, the hunter is transferred to a different version of the location, the Twisted Garden. This also will allow access to the alternate version of the Lost City, the Cursed City, and the alternate version of the Sand Dunes, the Sand Crypts.
Shops
These are the shops that can be found in the Living Garden:
Living Garden Mice
| Mouse | Points | Gold | Mouse Group | Loot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bark | 11,250 | 1,950 | Living Garden Mice | Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petals |
| Calalilly | 15,250 | 2,050 | Living Garden Mice | Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petals |
| Camoflower | 11,000 | 1,250 | Living Garden Mice | Aleth Essence Dewdrop |
| Carmine the Apothecary | 12,500 | 800 | Living Garden Mice | |
| Shroom | 12,500 | 2,650 | Living Garden Mice | Aleth Essence Dewthief Petals |
| Strawberry Hotcakes | 14,500 | 1,950 | Living Garden Mice | Aleth Essence Ber Essence |
| Thirsty | 1,000 | 1,000 | Living Garden Mice | |
| Thistle | 9,050 | 1,150 | Living Garden Mice | Aleth Essence Dewdrop Dewthief Petals |
Hunting Strategy
This area introduces a new minigame concept. Hunters in this area can use Sponge Charms to gather Dewdrops. Each Dewdrop collected increases the number of hunts for which it is possible to attract the Thirsty Mouse. For the first 10 Dewdrops, 1 hunt is added. for the next 9, 2 hunts are added, and for the 20th Dewdrop, 7 hunts are added, allowing for a maximum of 35 hunts in which the hunter can attract the Thirsty Mouse, which always drop 1 Ber Essence and 1 Cynd Essence.
Upon 'pouring', the following message is displayed:
I poured out my collected Dewdrops, and started attracting some thirsty mice for the next X hunts!
I should unequip my Sponge Charms and save them for later.
After the hunts expire, the following message is displayed:
With the ground now dry, the Thirsty mice have retreated.
This area also introduces the Book of Living Recipes, a total of 17 crafting recipes the Hunter must discover by combining Garden Essences and other items.
Hunting tips by Larry
Hail, brave hunter!
You know, I spent so much time staring at this place, wondering what could be inside... Would it be exotic monsters, or crazed plants? But now that I'm here, all I really know is that something weird is going on!
If you watch carefully, you can observe tiny raids from other mouse tribes coming to the garden and stealing the Garden Essences that accumulate here. You can gather your own as well by trapping the mice that reside here, and then put them to use here in the Garden!
If you check the shop, you'll see that you can purchase Sponge Charms for Aleth Essences and use those to collect dewdrops. Collect enough dewdrops and you can cover the ground in moisture, attracting Thirsty Mice who drop even more and better Garden Essences!
While you're here, make sure to collect as many Dewthief Petals as you can - you'll need them to buy cheese to hunt with later on!
Oh, and don't forget to check out the Book of Living Recipes to find out all the incredible new things you can make out of these Garden Essences!
Perhaps much later, you'll find a cheese you can use to come back here and catch rare and powerful mice!
