Festive Comet

This celestial event of festive proportions has crashed into Gnawnia! Although the original origin of this cheer-spreading comet are unknown, hunters from across the Kingdom are calling its arrival cause for festive celebration!

Description and Requirements

The Festive Comet is a special location first available during The Great Winter Hunt '09 and currently during The Great Winter Hunt 2010. There are no special requirements for hunters to enter this area. Mice are unable to steal gold or points in this location but may steal cheese if not caught.

Catch statistics from the Festive Comet are grouped with those from the Heart of the Tiger Party under the King's Party Zone location name.

If a hunter was still in the Festive Comet when it melted, he was moved back to Gnawnia at no cost with the following message:

"As the last snowflake of the Festive Comet melted I moved to the Town of Gnawnia to continue hunting."

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the Festive Comet:

• Cheese Shoppe
• General Store
• Trapsmith

During the Great Winter Hunt '09 there was no Trapsmith, Cheese Shoppe, or Cartographer at the Festive Comet. A gift shop known as the Festive Gift Shoppe was introduced along with this location.

Festive Comet Mice

Mouse	Points	Gold	Power Type	Loot
Abominable Snow	1,750	1,750	Physical	Six Snow Balls 2 Three Santa Hats 2
Bear	310	575	Physical	Seven Gingerbread Mice 2
Black Widow 2	480	10	Physical	SUPER|brie+ cheese
Candy Cane 1, 2	600	600	Physical	Candies Icing Sugar One Droid Action Figure Ten Candy Canes
Centaur 2	3,800	960	Tactical	Nine Reindeer Antlers 2
Christmas Tree 1, 2	2,600	1,200	Physical	Eleven Coloured Lights Gingerbread Base Blueprints Gingerbread House Plans Icing Sugar Three Santa Hats Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Dwarf	225	450	Tactical	Eight Elf Shoes 2 Two Festive Mitts 2
Elf 1	900	750	Physical	Eight Elf Shoes 2 Gingerbread House Plans 3 Blue Winter Hunt Gift Box 3 Green Winter Hunt Gift Box 3 Red Winter Hunt Gift Box 3
Frosty Snow	600	300	Physical
Frozen	300	300	Physical	Eleven Coloured Lights 2
Gargoyle 2	5,600	2,800	Forgotten	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Hydra	9,640	5,760	Hydro	Bolt of Cloth 3 Scrap Metal 3 Splintered Wood 3 Ten Candy Canes 2
Moosker 2	80	125	Physical
Nutcracker 1, 2	3,000	300	Physical	Icing Sugar Plank of Gingerbread Six Snow Balls
Ornament 1, 2	900	2,600	Physical	Five Ornaments Gingerbread Base Blueprints Icing Sugar
Present 1, 2	900	900	Physical	Icing Sugar Nine Reindeer Antlers Plank of Gingerbread Seven Gingerbread Mice Two Festive Mitts
Scrooge 1, 2	70	3,000	Physical	Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold Satchel of Gold worth 5,000 gold Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Steel	270	500	Physical	Scrap Metal 3
Stocking 1, 2	900	300	Physical	Four Festive Stockings Icing Sugar Plank of Gingerbread
Toy 1, 2	500	500	Physical	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Treant	1,300	600	Physical	Five Ornaments 2 Splintered Wood 3
Troll	8,190	8,190	Physical	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Four Festive Stockings 2 Marble cheese Swiss cheese Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold
White	70	100	Physical	Cheddar cheese 3 Marble cheese3 One Droid Action Figure 2
Worker	300	2,200	Tactical	Gingerbread House Plans Splintered Wood

1 Special event mice that qualify as Rare Breeds 2 Only available during The Great Winter Hunt '09 3 Only available during The Great Winter Hunt 2010

Hunting Strategy

In this location, there are mice of four different power types (Hydro, Physical, Forgotten and Tactical). There are currently no traps that are effective against both Forgotten and Tactical mice, so the hunter needs to pick the trap with the power type of their most desired mice. Alternatively, hunters may consider using the luckiest trap available to them.

SUPER|brie+ and Gingerbread cheese are the only cheeses that are consistently effective in attracting all of the festive mice that are exclusive to this location, though SUPER|brie+ seems to be better in obtaining the Christmas Tree Mouse (see the main Christmas Tree Mouse article) and is essentially necessary to attract the Worker Mouse. The use of conventional cheeses such as Brie or Swiss does not attract the festive mice as much and eliminates altogether the attraction of several mice including the Scrooge, Christmas Tree, Troll, Hydra and Gargoyle. The overall attraction rate of regular cheese is rather low in this location, but the Abominable Snow Mouse is still attracted to your trap.

Hunting tips by Larry

Welcome to the Festive Comet, MouseHunter!

This massive snowy comet smashed into Gnawnia resulting in a massive explosion of candy canes and snow!

There are all sorts of festive looking mice here! To attract a festive mouse to your trap I suggest using SUPER|brie+ or Gingerbread cheese. You'll find that both work quite well here!

A few resident mice here have been spotted carrying gifts... twelve to be exact. I have a strange suspicion that collecting all the different items will prove to have a benefit!

Watch out for errant snowballs and happy holiday hunting!

Links

• Banner image (2009)
• Banner image (2010)