Checkmate Cheese
| Checkmate Cheese | |
|---|---|
| Category: Zugzwang's Tower | |
| Cheese Info | |
| Cost: | 5,400 gold |
| Shoppe: | None |
| Potion: | None |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Tradeable: | No |
| Giveable: | No |
| Smashes To: | N/A |
| Stales To: | Stale Cheese |
| Larry's Loot Lexicon: | MouseHunt Info Page |
| Image: | External Link |
| 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. | |
Obtaining Checkmate Cheese
Crafting
Checkmate Cheese can be crafted using the proper ingredients.
Checkmate Cheese - 3 Piece Recipe
Hunters must reach the rank of Lord or Lady before they can use this recipe.
| Formula: Checkmate Cheese (3 pieces) | |||
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| Recipe can be unlocked by: | Capture a Mystic King mouse and a Technic King mouse | ||
| Item | Item Qty |
Item Cost |
Item Source |
| Mystic Curd | 1 | N/A | |
| Technic Cheese Mould | 1 | N/A |
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| Ionized Salt | 12 | 450 (5,400 total) |
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| Total | 5,400 gold | Cost Per Piece: 1,800 gold | |
| Recipe costs represent Shoppe prices only. The cost of items obtained through other sources will affect the total cost of crafting. | |||
Checkmate Cheese - 9 Piece Recipe
Hunters must reach the rank of Lord or Lady before they can use this recipe.
Other Sources
Using Checkmate Cheese
Locations
- Capturing either the Mystic King or Technic King without Checkmate Cheese armed will cause the Hunter to be returned to the Seasonal Garden.
- Capturing either the Mystic King or Technic King with Checkmate Cheese will allow the Hunter to remain in Zugzwang's Tower and attempt to capture the Chess Master.
- Checkmate Cheese is required to attract the Chess Master.
Mice
Checkmate Cheese is required to attract the Chess Master.
Checkmate Cheese will attract all the mice in Zugzwang's Tower, but arming it improves the chance a Hunter will encounter the mice needed to fill empty silhouettes in the HUD. For example, if a Hunter needs to attract a Mystic Rook to unlock access to the Mystic Queen, arming Checkmate Cheese will increase the chances of encountering the Mystic Rook.
When doing a double run, upon capturing the first King with Checkmate cheese armed, the mouse population changes, if Checkmate cheese is armed, the available mice will be the Chess Master, the Rook of the first side done, and whichever mice have been unlocked from the second side., if Standard Cheese is armed, the available mice will be the the Pawn of the first side done, and whichever mice have been unlocked from the second side.
Related Items
Staling Effect
- Stale Cheese - Produced by Checkmate Cheese when it fails to attract a mouse and goes stale.
History and Trivia
- 29 August 2010: Checkmate Cheese is introduced.
