Floating Islands

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Floating Islands
Region: Hollow Heights
Minimum Rank: Archduke/Archduchess
Travel Requirement: Dirigible and Flight License
Recommended Power Types: Arcane
Forgotten
Hydro
Shadow
Draconic
Law
Physical
Tactical
Recommended Cheese: Cloud Cheesecake
Number of Mice: 57
Shops: Trapsmith
General Store
Charm Shoppe
Cheese Shoppe
Lose Gold: Yes
Lose Points: Yes
Lose Cheese: Yes
Release Date: 8 September 2020

Overview

Floating Islands is a Location located within the [[]] Region, requiring a minimum Rank of Archduke/Archduchess and the Dirigible and Flight License Map Piece to access. The Dirigible and Flight License can be purchased at the Moussu Picchu Cartographer for

Floating Islands makes use of 8 different Power Types, nearly every available one in the game, namely:

Mice here are able to pillage Standard Cheese, Points and Gold if one fails to capture them.

Hunters first collect Cloud Curd to purchase Cloud Cheesecake while at the Launch Pad. All 8 Power Types are effective here. Subsequently, Hunters fly towards specific Power Type Islands to hunt mice using their Sky Map. There are 2 versions of each Island, Low Altitude and High Altitude. Hunters must first clear a minimum of 4 Low Altitude Islands and defeat 4 different Wardens to unlock a single High Altitude Island. While hunting on the islands, mice will drop loot used to upgrade your Skyfarer's Oculus, customise your Dirigible and obtain new Traps.

HUD

The HUD tracks the Following Items:


  • Number of Sky Wardens remaining

While on the Launch Pad:

  • Hunters can access the Workshop on the HUD to upgrade their Oculus to or change the cosmetic skins on their dirigible. Their Oculus level is displayed above the Workshop icon
  • The Sky Map is located here. It allows Hunters to select which Power Type Island they want to visit.
  • There is also a Log that tracks the progress of a previous run.

While on Islands

  • The HUD tracks the progress while on both Low Altitude and High Altitude Islands. It is represented by a progress bar made up smaller boxes.

Trap Library

Hunters will be able to save specific setups for every Island and the Launchpad. This feature will automatically change a Hunter's trap setup to the saved one for the corresponding Island or Launch Pad upon hitting the respective sub-location. Components that can be saved include:

If a Hunter does not have any more of the saved Cheese or Charm remaining in their inventory, it will be highlighted with a red box. All other components will still be changed. If a hunter refunds a saved Weapon or Base, that component will also be highlighted in red while the other available ones will be changed.

Gmaeplay Mechanics

Launch Pad

On the Launch Pad Hunters will be able to hunt mice to collect Cloud Curd to purchase Cloud Cheesecake with.

Here, the Workshop, Skymap and Log can be accessed.

All Launch Patch Group Mice are weak agianst all 8 Power Types.

Workshop

While exploring islands you'll find Sky Ore and Sky Glass which you can use to upgrade your Skyfarer's Oculus. Upgrades will add a greater quantity and variety of Island features to the Sky Map. As you upgrade your Skyfarer's Oculus the Islands you're able to visit become more diverse and lucrative.

Upgrade Cost Effect
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You can also customise your Dirigible here with various cosmetic skins found while hunting. There are 3 customisable parts:

  • Balloon
  • Sails
  • Hull
Theme Balloon Sails Hull
Deafault Deafault Airship Balloon
Image 		Deafault Airship Sail
Image 		Deafault Airship Hull
Image
Porcelain Porcelain Airship Balloon
Image 		Porcelain Airship Sail
Image 		Porcelain Airship Hull
Image
Astral Astral Airship Balloon
Image 		Astral Airship Sail
Image 		Astral Airship Hull
Image
Skyflower Skyflower Airship Balloon
Image 		Skyflower Airship Sail
Image 		Skyflower Airship Hull
Image
Glistening Galleon Glistening Galleon Airship Balloon
Image 		Glistening Galleon Airship Sail
Image 		Glistening Galleon Airship Hull
Image

Sky Map

Opening the Sky Map on the Launch Pad allows a hunter to choose between 8 unique, randomised islands to visit. There is one island for each of the 8 Power Types and the unique checkerboard interface shows what kind of loot you'll find on each of the islands. On the same board are all the buffs available to the Hunter via upgrades at the Workshop

Your main objective when selecting and visiting an island is to defeat the four Sky Wardens: Fog, Wind, Rain, and Frost. Once one is defeated it's removed from the Sky Map and once all four are defeated your Dirigible will be able to ascend to the more lucrative High Altitude Islands.

The Sky Map is split into 2 orientations:

Hunters are encouraged to select which Islands they would like to visit based on the loot and buffs available on said Island. When selecting an Island, all loot and buffs highlighted by the interface on the specific horisontal row or vertical column associated with the Power Type can be found on the Island]]. Be sure to select an Island with a Warden Shrine available. They are depicted by the Hexagonal runes. Every Warden Shrine will always be available on 2 different Islands, one horisontal, one vertical. Hunters are advised to pick the one where they have got a better trap set up for. However, if simply after loot, Hunters may opt to pick an island with the most loot buffs rather than a [Warden Shrine

Pay attention to the order of the loot and buff as it appears in the same order while hunting on an Island. Horisontal from left to right and Vertical from bottom to top. IE the buff nearer to the Power Type icon on the Sky Map will always appear first on the Island.

Hunters can use [[]] to reroll their 'Sky Map to obtain a more favourable loot and buff layout that suits their needs.

Loot and Buffs
  • See workshop upgrades

While on Islands

Low Altitude Island

By default, all Hunters start on a Low Altitude Island with a maximum of 75 hunts. While visiting a Low Altitude Island, your objective is to explore the island, collect loot and defeat a Sky Warden if one is present. As you explore the island you'll activate different effects and loot caches that determine what items mice drop, which mice you encounter, and even how quickly you explore the island.

Effects and Loot Caches are activated in order as selected on the Sky Map. The same 4 Squares from the Sky Map is now enlarged on the HUD. Each square is equivalent to 10 hunts while on an Island. Clearing a square with a buff will activate its effect. Clearing a square with no buff doesn't affect progress.

Each successful hunt will progress your exploration while each unsuccessful hunt will allow the hoards of mice to unravel some of your progress. This is reflected in the progress bar across the 4 squares with your position on the left and the enemy's on the right. Once the bars meet you'll potentially encounter a Sky Warden in a tug-of-war standoff! It takes a maximum of 40 hunts to unlock a Sky Warden.

High Altitude Island

After clearing all 4 Sky Wardens on Low Altitude Islands, Hunters will be able to access a High Altitude Island...............

Mouse Locator


Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Sub Location
 Upgrade or Buff
 Altitude Loot
Low High
Cloud Miner
*Requires SUPER|brie+ 		78,000 3,200 Launch Pad Cloud Curd
Launchpad Labourer
 65,000 2,000 Launch Pad Cloud Curd
Sky Greaser
 50,000 3,000 Launch Pad Cloud Curd
Skydiver
 37,600 1,500 Launch Pad Cloud Curd
Daydreamer 16,800 900 All Islands X [[]]
Kite Flyer 25,000 980 All Islands X [[]]
Warden of Fog 200,000 30,000 All Low
Altitude Islands 		Shirine of
Fog 		X [[]]
Warden of Wind 200,000 30,000 All Low
Altitude Islands 		Shirine of
Wind 		X [[]]
Warden of Frost 200,000 30,000 All Low
Altitude Islands 		Shirine of
Frost 		X [[]]
Warden of Rain 200,000 30,000 All Low
Altitude Islands 		Shirine of
Rain 		X [[]]
Admiral Cloudbeard 388,500 60,000 [[]]
Cutthroat Cannoneer 125,000 10,000 [[]]
Cutthroat Pirate 100,000 15,355 [[]]
Mairitime Pirate 200,000 30,000 [[]]
Scarlet Revenger 189,835 26,050 [[]]
Suave Pirate 87,510 21,000 [[]]
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Launch Pad

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Loot
Cloud Miner
*Requires SUPER|brie+ 		78,000 3,200 Cloud Curd
Launchpad Labourer 65,000 2,000 Cloud Curd
Sky Greaser 50,000 3,000 Cloud Curd
Skydiver 37,600 1,500 Cloud Curd

Cloud Commoners

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Standard Cheese Cloud Cheesecake Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese Loot
Daydreamer 16,800 900 X X [[]]
Kite Flyer 25,000 980 X X [[]]

Sky Wardens

  • Sky Wardens can be found on any Low Altitude Island as long as the respective buff is available.
  • All 8 Power Types are effective against Sky Wardens.
Mouse
 Points Gold Buff Standard Cheese Cloud Cheesecake Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese Loot
Warden of Fog 200,000 30,000 Shrine of
Fog 		X [[]]
Warden of Wind 200,000 30,000 Shrine of
Wind 		X [[]]
Warden of Frost 200,000 30,000 Shrine of
Frost 		X [[]]
Warden of Rain 200,000 30,000 Shrine of
Rain 		X [[]]

Sky Pirates

  • Sky Pirates can be found on any Island as long as the respective buff is available.
  • All 8 Power Types are effective against Sky Pirates.
Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Upgrade Standard Cheese Cloud Cheesecake Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese Loot
Oculus level 5
 Oculous Level 8
Admiral Cloudbeard 388,500 60,000 [[]]
Cutthroat Cannoneer 125,000 10,000 [[]]
Cutthroat Pirate 100,000 15,355 [[]]
Mairitime Pirate 200,000 30,000 [[]]
Scarlet Revenger 189,835 26,050 [[]]
Suave Pirate 87,510 21,000 [[]]

Atmospheric Arcane

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Standard Cheese Cloud Cheesecake Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese Arcane Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Sky Dancer 102,000 10,250 X X [[]]
Sky Glass Glazier 92,000 12,500 X X X [[]]
Sky Glass Sorcerer 80,000 26,000 X X X [[]]
Sky Highborne 205,000 21,000 [[]]

Floating Forgotten

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Standard Cheese Cloud Cheesecake Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese Forgotten Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Cumulost 102,000 10,250 [[]]
Spheric Diviner 205,000 21,000 [[]]
Spry Sky Explorer 80,000 26,000 [[]]
Spry Sky Seer 92,000 12,500 [[]]

Hovering Hydro

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Standard Cheese Cloud Cheesecake Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese Hydro Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Cute Cloud Conjurer 100,000 10,000 [[]]
Mist Maker 200,000 30,000 [[]]
Nimbomancer 78,000 25,000 [[]]
Sky Surfer 90,000 12,150 [[]]

Shadow Overcasters

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Standard Cheese Cloud Cheesecake Sky Pirate Swiss Cheese Shadow Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Astrological Astronomer 80,000 26,000 X X X [[]]
Overcaster 92,000 12,500 X X X [[]]
Shadow Sage 205,000 21,000 X [[]]
Stratocaster 102,000 10,250 X X [[]]

Dashing Dragons

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Draconic Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Dragonbreather 105,000 10,250 [[]]
Lancer Guard 95,000 12,500 [[]]
Regal Spearman 210,000 21,000 [[]]
Tiny Dragonfly 85,000 26,000 [[]]

Lofty Lawbreakers

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Law Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Agent M 210,000 31,500 [[]]
Devious Gentleman 82,000 26,000 [[]]
Lawbender 105,000 10,500 [[]]
Stack of Thieves 95,000 12,500 [[]]

Physical Pummelers

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Physical Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Ground Gavaleer 78,000 25,000 [[]]
Herc 100,000 10,000 [[]]
Sky Squire 200,000 30,000 [[]]
Sky Swordsman 90,000 12,150 [[]]

Tactical Dog Fighters

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 Tactical Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Captain Cloudkicker 200,000 30,000 [[]]
Gyrologer 90,000 12,150 [[]]
Seasoned Islandographer 100,000 10,000 [[]]
Worried Wayfinder 78,000 25,000 [[]]

Sky Paragons

Sky Paragons can be found on any High Altitude Island after clearing all 4 Sky Wardens.

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 All Island Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Paragon of Arcane 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]
Paragon of Dragons 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]
Paragon of Forgotten 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]
Paragon of Water 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]
Paragon of the Lawless 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]
Paragon of Strength 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]
Paragon of Shadow 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]
Paragon of Tactics 2,000,000 100,000 [[]]

The Richest

Mouse
 Points
 Gold
 ? Loot
Low
Altitude
 High
Altitude
Richard the Rich 183,340 50,415 [[]]
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