Myths

This is a general overview of MouseHunt myths and rumors, solely intended to help confused new players, and will constantly be updated as more appear on the Discussion Board.

There are many harmless jokes posted on the Discussion Boards by bored and mischievous players. Here are a list of current, common myths:

Flawed strategies

• Purchasing a large amount of cheese to keep gold 'safe'

Having zero gold does not 'block' a hunter from a mouse stealing their gold. The mouse will instead steal a quantity of their cheese equal to the value of gold that the mouse would have taken. The quantity of cheese is also rounded up, meaning: if a mouse was to steal 201 gold and a hunter had brie baited the mouse would instead steal 2 pieces of brie which is the equivalent of 400 gold. It becomes obvious that this hurts the hunter more than it helps them.

• Changing traps/bases will increase the chance of catching different kinds of mice; it "changes things up and resets your luck."

This is a very widely used strategy. Hunters all over MouseHunt have been trying this since the game's inception. The example is classic- if you have an unlucky streak (lots of red boxes or misses) and switch traps, your unlucky streak will end and you will catch a large amount of mice next.

Dave Vanderburg (a developer of the game, we may remind you) himself has said that this has no bearing on your luck. The fact that it has helped people is, like anything else in this game, a function of good luck. As a matter of fact, switching to a weaker base or trap (such as swapping out a FF for a Swiss Army Trap while hunting in the Lab) will hurt your ability to catch mice significantly.

List of made-up areas:

• Salt Mines (now an in-game reference)
• Hanging Gardens
• Pepper Mill
• Pepper Dunes
• Elysian Fields
• Candy Cane Forest
• Skull Island
• Xanadu (ancient city of mice accessed through the ice caves north of the Training Grounds)
• Catacombs (underneath the Mousoleum)
• The Haunted Forest (the other side of the river)
• Mouson Derrière
• Gloomy Forest of Furoma (mentioned in the Catacombs)

List of made-up shops:

• Pagoda (now an actual location, but not a shop)
• Mr. Giggles' Fantastic Shoppe of Imported Goods Which May or May Not Include Cheese Traps Bases and "Hunting Mice For Dummies: A complete collection of common mistakes and their solutions"
• Candy Shop for the mice of the Salt Mines

List of made-up mice

• Anchovy Mouse (Salt Mines)
• Beggar Mouse (Catacombs)
• Bigpaw mouse (Catacombs)
• Bulgarian Bread mice
• Burlesque Mouse (Mouson Derrière)
• Dragon mouse (Training Grounds)
• Gnome Mouse (Catacombs)
• Golem Mouse (giant granite mouse, resides in Meadow) (Catacombs)
• Greater Mummy Mouse, said to drop Imperial Pass (Catacombs)
• Hollywood Mouse
• Kamikaze mouse, said to drop Permit to the Salt Mines
• Kong Mouse
• Lobster mouse (Harbour)
• Monkey Mouse
• Mouseticore (Catacombs)
• Olivia Newton-John Mouse (Xanadu)
• Primal Lycan Mouse (Catacombs)
• Sensei Mouse
• Skeleton mouse (Mousoleum)
• Slither Mouse (Catacombs)
• Stalagmite Mouse (Salt Mines)
• Umpire mouse, said to be in Furoma, supposedly drops Shredded Wheat Map piece

Traps and Bases

• Any Salt Mine-related cheese or traps, e.g. Salt "Extractor"
• Bulgarian Bread Feast Trap

The official Brotherhood of Tudor MouseHunt group definiton is:

It is effectively just a huge hunk of Whole-grain soaked in Kitten Soup. The only mice that can escape from this mouthwatering fiesta of flavours are those that are 'as quick as snot on a door knob'.

The chances of catching a mouse with this trap are 3v1 one million vs 1.

• Diamond Atomizing Portal Trap

A description of this trap, created by Emma Flukes, is as follows:

"A top-secret advancement on the now-redundant earlier portals, this trap atomizes any unsuspecting mouse to set foot into its shimmering jaws. Developed by Burroughs' scientists to combat the wave of rapidly-evolving mutants spreading from the Mousoleum, this trap remains in the early stages of testing and is reported to be highly volatile and unstable. Mousehunters should use only at their own risk."

This trap is created when a hunter arms a Sticky Glue Trap with Moon cheese and catches 3 Diamond Mice.

• Diarrhea Bottomizing Portal Trap

The official description of this trap created by Pooflinger is as follows:

Power: 10

Power Type: Shadow

Accuracy Bonus: -25% (negative accuracy bonus)

Luck: 50%

Cheese Effect: Extremely negative

"An eastern scientist has applied Yin/Yang philosophy into a new weak but effective trap. The entrance is not properly sealed but the virus inside could make the mice exhausted forever in this toilet-equipped trap."

• Hot Tub (Base)

Creates a sense of ambiance that draws the mouse in for a calming swim which soon turns into a boiling pool of burning doom

• Diving Board (Trap)

Created for use with the Hot Tub base the diving board trap uses pressure plates on the surface of the diving board to activate what the creators of this trap called the hydraulic hinge, folding the board from front to back upon itself crushing the mouse.

• Fall Base

Fall describes two things on this trap, its design and its camouflage, designed to have the appearance of a forest floor scattered with leaves the fall base blends perfectly with its surroundings. Stepping on this false ground will cause you to plunge into a pool of liquid nitrogen instantly freezing the mouse.

• Armor Plated ULTIMATUM or A.P.U.

A mish-mash of many traps, blended together to make the strongest trap ever devised yet. With an Accuracy rating of 300%, and Cheese Effect off the chart positive, this trap will catch just about any mouse, be it physical or undead. While it has not been tested against the battle-trained mice to this point, it is expected to do very well. (Catacombs)

• Not A Fat Guy's Mouth Trap

Another creation of Lobster Mouse's creator, the "Not A Fat Guy's Mouth Trap" is a staircase that goes through a doorway that promises "Definitely not to be a fat guy's mouth". But through this doorway leads a staircase that actually does go up to a fat guy's mouth, which will eat the betrayed and saddened mouse. The fat guy in the picture is said to be based off it's creator's uncle.

Map Pieces

• Shredded Wheat Map piece, supposedly leading to the Elysian Fields
• Salt Mines Work Permit, opens Salt Mines map location, supposedly dropped by Kamikaze mice in the Training Grounds
• Babylon Boat Pass, opens the Hanging Gardens, said to be dropped by a Pirate Mouse in the Training Grounds or a Gold Mouse in the Salt Mines.
• Ancient Book, dropped by Sensei mice, unlocks Xanadu
• Riddle of the Catacombs, unlocks the Catacombs if you can solve the riddle
• Secret Knock Of The Pagoda, a myth started before the pagoda was released as a real area; a samurai supposedly dropped a slip of parchment with the secret knock written on it. The secret knock comprised exactly 26 knocks.

Others

• Dark Moon Cheese and Dark Moon Cheese potions (Selenelion Potions).
• Green Tea Cheese from the Pagoda, supposedly help attract Kamikaze mice
• Lerxst, Dirk, and Pratt, three kings who give random rewards to worthy hunters in Xanadu.