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	Mouse Group	Loot
Abominable Snow	1,750	1,750	Indigenous Mice	Six Snow Balls 1 Three Santa Hats 1
Bear	310	575	Indigenous Mice	Seven Gingerbread Mice 1
Black Widow 1	480	10	Indigenous Mice	SUPER|brie+ cheese
Candy Cane	600	600	Event Mice	Candies 1 Frozen Fromage 2 Icing Sugar 1 One Droid Action Figure 1 Ten Candy Canes 1
Centaur 1	3,800	960	Forest Guild	Nine Reindeer Antlers
Christmas Tree	2,600	1,200	Event Mice	Eleven Coloured Lights 1 Frozen Fromage 2 Gingerbread Base Blueprints Gingerbread House Plans 1 Icing Sugar 1 Three Santa Hats 1 Twelve Liters of Egg Nog 1
Dwarf	225	450	Indigenous Mice	Eight Elf Shoes 1 Two Festive Mitts 1
Elf	900	750	Event Mice	Eight Elf Shoes 1 Gingerbread House Plans 2 Blue Winter Hunt Gift Box 2 Green Winter Hunt Gift Box 2 Red Winter Hunt Gift Box 2
Frosty Snow	600	300	Indigenous Mice
Frozen	300	300	Indigenous Mice	Eleven Coloured Lights 1
Gargoyle 1	5,600	2,800	The Forgotten Mice	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Hydra	9,640	5,760	Aquatic Order	Bolt of Cloth 2 Rope 2 Scrap Metal 2 Splintered Wood 2 Ten Candy Canes 1
Moosker 1	80	125	Forest Guild
Nutcracker	3,000	300	Event Mice	Frozen Fromage 2 Icing Sugar 1 Plank of Gingerbread 1 Six Snow Balls 1
Ornament	900	2,600	Event Mice	Five Ornaments 1 Frozen Fromage 2 Gingerbread Base Blueprints Icing Sugar 1
Present	900	900	Event Mice	Frozen Fromage 2 Icing Sugar 1 Nine Reindeer Antlers 1 Plank of Gingerbread 1 Seven Gingerbread Mice 1 Two Festive Mitts 1
Scrooge	70	3,000	Event Mice	Frozen Fromage 2 Frozen Heart 2 Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold 1 Satchel of Gold worth 5,000 gold 1 Twelve Liters of Egg Nog 1
Steel	270	500	Indigenous Mice	Scrap Metal 2
Stocking	900	300	Event Mice	Festive Fuse 2 Four Festive Stockings 1 Icing Sugar 1 Plank of Gingerbread 1
Toy	500	500	Event Mice	Twelve Liters of Egg Nog 1 Frozen Fromage 2
Treant	1,300	600	Forest Guild	Five Ornaments 1 Splintered Wood 2
Troll	8,190	8,190	Forest Guild	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Four Festive Stockings 1 Marble cheese Swiss cheese Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold
White	70	100	Indigenous Mice	Cheddar cheese 2 Marble cheese2 One Droid Action Figure 1
Worker	300	2,200	Followers of Furoma	Gingerbread House Plans Splintered Wood

1 Only available during The Great Winter Hunt '09 2 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 an explosion of candy canes and snow! It's arrival in Gnawnia marks the beginning of the Great Winter Hunt!

Some pesky Elf mice have ran off with presents. If you catch an Elf mouse you'll find a gift specially wrapped depending on your Hunter's Title. Many of the gifts contain a little cheese to help you in your hunting, but occasionally you may just find something a little more special. To attract Elf mice more often, I suggest using SUPER|brie+ or Gingerbread Cheese as bait.

On November 29th is the Great Winter Star Ceremony. There's always a few mice that try and crash the party so make sure to check back and be ready to defend the Festive Comet!

Don't forget your mittens and toque! Happy holiday hunting!

Links

• Banner image (2009)
• Banner image (2010 - initial)
• Banner image (2010 - current)