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EXPLORE THE EMPYREAN SKY PALACE

10 August 2021

Fly to new heights to find troves of treasure!
Unlock Rocket Boosters to ascend above the clouds and collapse the Empyrean Empire!

Collapse the Empyrean Empire

The secret has been revealed! Ronza has completed her research and has invented a means of utilizing Rocket Boosters to provide powerful vertical thrust to any dirigible! Hunters who have proven their mastery of flight by earning a High Altitude Flight License can now construct Rocket Boosters for their own dirigible to explore what lies above the High Altitude Islands of the Floating Islands.

Have yet to earn your High Altitude Flight License? Make sure to visit the Cartographer at the Floating Islands where any qualified pilot can pick one up for a modest licensing fee.

Embark on a new permanent adventure: Collapse the Empyrean Empire
Hunters with a High Altitude Flight License can now build Rocket Boosters in the Workshop!
Upgrade your dirigible now and become one of the first to explore the Empyrean Sky Palace!

Building Rocket Boosters

Once you've proven a capable dirigible captain by fully exploring the Floating Islands, the Cartographer there will be able to issue you a High Altitude Flight License. This license will permit you to retrofit your airship with state-of-the-art Rocket Booster technology invented by Ronza herself! The schematics are relatively simple, only requiring a modest quantity of Sky Glass and Sky Ore to secure the boosters to the balloon. However, fueling the boosters is a more involved process.

The Empyrean Sky Palace lies far above even the highest altitude islands and generating enough lift to nearly leave the atmosphere is no small feat. To generate sufficient thrust, you'll need to safely collect and utilize Storm Cells as an energy source. These powerful and highly volatile cells can only be collected once you possess the Rocket Booster which provides a safe means of handling them. With the Rocket Booster upgrade built, you can find Storm Cells as loot drops from various mice who find them to be a valuable commodity to protect, plunder, and merchant.

Fifty Storm Cells are needed to make the journey to the Empyrean Sky Palace
Make sure to build the booster upgrade as soon as possible to start safely collecting this resource!

Sky High Exploration Supplies

The cunning Floating Islands Cheese Shoppe owner has created an extremely decadent and excessively rich flavour of Cloud Cheesecake which you'll find useful throughout the Floating Islands but especially so in the Empyrean Sky Palace.

Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake is imbued with the power of Sky Ore and Glass, providing a 20% Power Bonus and +5 Luck bonus throughout the Floating Islands. It's extra rich flavour appeals to the most discerning mice, meaning it will repel Kite Flyer and Daydreamer Mice while also attracting the more lucrative breeds. Use some to overpower the island mice but be sure to save some for your efforts in the Sky Palace itself where it will attract several new and very rewarding types of mice!

Bring Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake
20% Power Bonus, +5 Luck Bonus, does not attract Kite Flyer or Daydreamer, and lures new mice!

100 Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake Repel Kite Flyers!

500 Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake Power, Luck, and more mice!

Prepare for Takeoff

The Rocket Booster upgrade comes complete with a Launch Console to program your flight path. The Empyrean Sky Palace is a vast complex of a seemingly endless number of vaults that are each loaded with varying quantities and types of treasure. After unlocking the Rocket Booster upgrade you can access your Launch Console while on the Launch Pad to journey to the Sky Palace instead of to a regular Floating Island.

Using your Launch Console you'll be able to dial and lock in a set of coordinates to arrive at a specific vault of your choosing. Each coordinate on the console can be individually locked and you can use Cyclone Stones to reprogram all the unlocked coordinates. Tinker and experiment with the Launch Console to learn all it has to offer. Once you've chosen and locked all of your coordinates then you're ready to hit the "Launch" button and soar to new heights!

Were you able to recover at least 200 Chrome Bits during Ronza's visit and claim the Hazardous Materials Crate? If so, this container can now be safely opened to reveal Ronza's gift of 25 Storm Cells to provide you with a massive head start on your first journey to the Sky Palace! The crate provides a safe means of keeping the Storm Cells stable so you can pry it open even before you acquire your Rocket Boosters.

Open your Hazardous Materials Crate
Get a head start on fueling your Rocket Boosters!

Exploring a Vault

After locking in your coordinates and journeying to the Empyrean Sky Palace you'll find yourself at one of its endless treasure vaults. Exploring a vault is nearly identical to exploring a Floating Island, however, much greater treasures await your discovery!

The vaults are where the Empyrean Empire house their extensive stash of loot and treasures. Vast quantities of Sky Ore and Sky Glass, Raw Ancient Jade to construct Ancient Charms, and even the minted currency of the empire itself: Empyrean Seals. Perhaps most valuable though is the Empyrean Treasure Trove you'll find by fully exploring a vault. Inside you'll always find at least one Adorned Empyrean Jewel along with other valuables!

Find Empyrean Treasure Troves
Earned by fully exploring a vault and always contain at least one Adorned Empyrean Jewel!

Exploring a vault is not without risk as there are several types of Palace Protectors looking to thwart your effort, new Sky Pirates competing for plunder, and even the Empyrean Empress herself to stand in your way!

100 Bottled Wind Speed up exploration!

500 Bottled Wind Boost vault drops!

Limited Time Exploration Supplies

With the secret of Rocket Booster technology unlocked the King has assembled some useful offerings to jump start your exploration efforts. These special hunting supply deals will be around until Tuesday, September 7 at approximately 3:00pm UTC.

Sky Palace Starter Bundle Try new Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake

Palace Crasher Bundle Storm Cells, Cyclone Stones, and much more!

These two promotional bundles are available for a limited time only!

New Hunting Equipment & Rewards

Exploring the Empyrean Sky Palace has some unique benefits beyond looting its stockpiles of treasure. Learn the Empyrean Empress' closely guarded secret of Ancient Charms by recovering the eight pages of her codex, purchase Ancient Charms by providing the Charm Shopkeeper with Raw Ancient Jade, and recover ultimate tier charms from the Consumed Charm Tinkerer!

Empyrean Codex Purchase with eight Empyrean Codex Pages The magic of this codex creates an alchemical result when using Ancient Charms that provides them with a chance to recombine into a higher tiered version when consumed.

Empyrean Seals & Troves Purchase more Empyrean Treasure Troves The General Store owner at the Floating Islands will gladly exchange Empyrean Treasure Troves for any Empyrean Seals that you find while exploring the Sky Palace. The troves cost 3,000 Empyrean Seals and always contain at least one Adorned Empyrean Jewel!

Pirate Seals Even more Sky Pirates! Hunters are not the only group looking to thwart the efforts of the Empyrean Empire. While exploring the palace you'll no doubt come across vaults being raided by Sky Pirates, including a new adversary: Peggy the Plunderer! Using your Launch Console you can even find vaults overrun with pirates allowing you to loot loads of Corsair Curd or even 10 Pirate Seals in a single hunt!

Ultimate Tier Charms Hunt the Consumed Charm Tinkerer Each capture of the tinkerer will reward you with some variety of an ultimate tier charm and on rare occasions even an Ultimate Charm itself!

Raw Ancient Jade Looted in Raw Ancient Jade Deposits Supply these to the Charm Shopkeeper to purchase Ancient Charms directly from the Floating Islands Charm Shoppe.

Explore the Empyrean Sky Palace!
Ronza has shared her new Rocket Booster schematics! Grab your High Altitude Flight License, upgrade your airship in the Workshop, and explore the Empyrean Sky Palace for jewels and other treasures!

Chrome Bits have stopped dropping!
Ronza will be departing Gnawnia on August 17!

Chrome Bits and Chrome Vouchers Will Be
Removed when Ronza Leaves

Make sure you spend your Chrome Vouchers and your Chrome Bits before August 17. After that date, they will be removed from your inventory!

-- Dave Vanderburg

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RONZA'S DEALS ARE ENDING SOON

9 August 2021

Get your bits and deals before they're gone!
This is the final day for Ronza's limited time deals and chrome bits!

Ronza's Deals Are Ending Soon

This is the final day for collecting Chrome Bits from the mice around the Kingdom and also the final day to take advantage of all the items that Ronza brought to the Premium Store. So if you have any last minute purchases of Supply Ships, Airship Charms, or the limited time bundles then make sure to do so before August 10 at 3:00pm UTC!

Last Chance to Collect but not to Spend!

Chrome Bits will stop dropping on August 10 at 3:00pm UTC but you will still have one more week to spend them in Ronza's Traveling Shoppe. Ronza will be leaving Gnawnia on August 17 and taking her Traveling Shoppe with her so make sure to cash out all your Chrome Bits and Chrome Vouchers before then! You'll also still be able to purchase any other items from Ronza's Shoppe during this final week but don't delay, visit Ronza today!

Chrome Bits Cash them in for Toothlets, Chrome Scroll Cases, and much more! Spend them all before August 17!

Chrome Kit Vouchers Exchange them for a Chrome Upgrade Kit or a crate of useful charms! Exchange them before August 17!

Very Limited Time Left on These Bundles!

If you haven't yet taken advantage of Ronza's limited time bundles then now is the time! These incredible deals will be leaving the Premium Store on August 10 at 3:00pm UTC!

100 SUPER|brie+ Bundle 100 SUPER|brie+ for only $1!	Sleek and Shiny Bundle All That Glitters Is Chrome!
Party Size Chrome Scroll Case The Shiniest Party In The Kingdom!

The Fleet is Setting Sail!

Ronza's fleet of supply ships will be sailing away from Gnawnia on August 10 at 3:00pm UTC!

Ronza's Floating Islands Supply Ship Loaded with Atmospheric Essentials!	Rift Dirigible Kit Plenty of Rift Airship Charms and Magical String Cheese!
Ronza's Queso Canyon Supply Ship Spices, tonic, and more!	Ronza's Moussu Picchu Supply Ship Includes Dragonbane Charms
Ronza's Diving Supply Ship Oxygen, jets, and more!	Ronza's Rift Supply Ship Something for all Rifts!
Ronza's Fungal Supply Ship Has gemstones!	Ronza's Labyrinth Supply Ship Cubes, oil, and more!
Ronza's Fort Rox Supply Ship Moon Cheese, mana, and more!	Ronza's Living Garden Supply Ship Includes 100 Aleth!
Ronza's Tribal Supply Ship Includes Havarti!	Ronza's Gauntlet Supply Ship Up to Tier 5 Potion!

Chrome Bits will stop dropping on August 10!
Ronza will be departing Gnawnia on August 17!

Chrome Bits and Chrome Vouchers Will Be
Removed when Ronza Leaves

Make sure you spend your Chrome Vouchers and your Chrome Bits before August 17. After that date, they will be removed from your inventory.

-- Norman Hussey

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LARGER TRAP IMAGES AND PROFILE AIRSHIPS

3 August 2021

Two new features to embrace the ambience of MouseHunting!
View your trap image in high resolution and show off your Airship Cosmetics!

Two new Features

Greetings, hunters! Two new features are here to check out as part of your Camp and Hunter Profile! Both of these two new features will let you take in the ambience of MouseHunting and see detail like never before.

Larger Trap Images

Ever wonder what's printed on the side of the School of Sharks? Ever want to stand in awe of the Chrome MonstroBot and feel just as small as the Droid admiring it? Perhaps you just want to admire the delicate hands of the Clockapult of Time.

Well, wonder and wait no longer! A new "expand" icon has been to added trap setups on both the Camp and Hunter Profile pages to view trap setups in high resolution. Get up close and personal with your favourite setup or check out a friend's in greater detail!

Note: Higher resolution trap images are only available while playing from a web browser and are not supported in the mobile app.

Airship Hangar

While hunting at the Floating Islands, a hunter's airship will now be viewable on their Hunter Profile page slightly above their trap setup. This airship can be tapped to open the hunter's Airship Hangar where their entire collection of Airship Cosmetics can be viewed.

Want to see more environment-specific setups and stats for you and your friends? Would you like to see a whole profile section dedicated to this type of environment-specific information? Get the conversation started on Discord, the Forums, Facebook, or join us during Feedback Friday to let us know!

Note: To view Airship Hangars on mobile, make sure to download the latest update from the App Store or Google Play.

-- Dave Vanderburg

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RONZA HAS ARRIVED!

27 July 2021

It's time to cash in your Chrome Bits!
Ronza has brought loads of exciting new things to the Kingdom!

Ronza has arrived!

At long last, Ronza is back and her shoppes are fully stocked with many unique, valuable, and exciting new things that are sure to dazzle and delight the brave hunters of Gnawnia! Her world famous Chrome Upgrade Kits have also returned with a sleek new addition to the collection.

Ronza will depart on August 17!

Powerful New Weapons!

Ronza has brought several exciting new things this year in addition to her old favourites! Anything marked as Limited Edition will never be sold again so pick them up while you can.

(NEW) Chrome School of Sharks Upgrade Kit A set of state-of-the-art, fully waterproof chrome circuitry and processors designed to upgrade a fearsome aquatic predator with the latest advancements in mouse hunting technology. Stats (Chrome School of Sharks): Power Type: Hydro Power: 12,500 Power Bonus: 25% Attraction Bonus: 20% Luck: 32 Cheese Effect: Extremely Fresh Title Required: Count/Countess Costs 32M gold and 1 Chrome Kit Voucher

(NEW) Iceberg Boiler Base Has the combined powers of all the Iceberg bases! Power: 300 Power Bonus: 12% Attraction Bonus: 10% Luck: 6 Costs 500,000 gold While Ronza is here, this base has no requirements other than the gold cost. After Ronza leaves, this base will be permanently available in the Slushy Shoreline/Iceberg Trapsmiths but will require the hunter to own all previous Iceberg bases.

(NEW) Cloaking Droid Trap (Limited Edition) This droid utilizes a highly sophisticated cloaking device to blend seamlessly into its surroundings making it completely invisible to the unsuspecting mice that cross its path! Stats Power Type: Tactical Power: 5,000 Power Bonus: 10% Attraction Bonus: 10% Luck: 20 Cheese Effect: Very Fresh Costs 750,000 gold

(NEW) Brilliant Water Jet Charm This charm has the ability to boost a hunter's dive distance in the Sunken City all the way to the end of the current zone regardless of how long it is! Afterwards, this charm will automatically disarm itself. Costs 2 Smart Water Jet Charms

Deals You Can Vouch For!

Not interested in Chrome Upgrade Kits? Ronza offers a generous selection of alternative items that can be exchanged for your Chrome Kit Vouchers.

Crate of Ultimate Rift Lucky Power Charms Contains 100 Rift Ultimate Lucky Power Charms! Costs 1 Chrome Voucher!	Crate of Baitkeep Charms Contains 3 Baitkeep Charms! Costs 1 Chrome Voucher!	Crate of Ultimate Charms Contains 10 Ultimate Charms! Costs 1 Chrome Voucher!
	(NEW) Pile of Chrome Bits Contains 100 Chrome Bits! Costs 1 Chrome Voucher!

Calling All Treasure Seekers

Search the Kingdom for chrome treasure chests with 9 other hunters!

(NEW) Party Size Chrome Scroll Case

Same mouse list, same rewards, TWICE as many hunters!

Costs 200 Chrome Bits and 1 Rare Map Dust

Ronza brings the latest fashions from abroad!

This year Ronza has brought a very attractive collection of cosmetics for the Kingdom's most fashionable hunters.

(NEW) Chrome Cutter Airship Cosmetic Outshine the sun by soaring through the skies in the shiniest airborne vessel ever created! Costs 5 Chrome Bits per piece

(NEW) Super-Safe™ Toy Crossbow Trap Skin (for use with the Interdimensional Crossbow Trap) The ultimate in mouse hunting fun for the whole family! Costs 50 Chrome Bits

(NEW) Hibernating Mecha Beetle Trap Skin (for use with the Sleeping Stone Trap) This custom modification is of the genus Xylotrupes Ulysses Mechanicus Costs 50 Chrome Bits	(NEW) Fairy Droidmother Trap Skin (for use with the Circlet of Seeking Trap) This wish granting droid will make those pesky mice simply disappear! Costs 50 Chrome Bits	(NEW) Draconic Disintegrator Ray Trap Skin (for use with the Dragon Slayer Cannon) Comes complete with a Tesla coil amplifier rod, four power settings, and a sleek set of tail fins! Costs 50 Chrome Bits
	(NEW) Archmagus Final Form Trap Skin (for use with the Droid Archmagus Trap) Now 50% more aerodynamic since it has chosen to shave the beard! Costs 50 Chrome Bits

The Future of Air Travel is Almost Here!

Ronza has finally announced the details of her latest endeavour: Rocket Booster Technology!

After nearly a year of research and development, Ronza is now putting the finishing touches on a new technology that will take her and the many airborne hunters of Gnawnia higher than ever before! She began this project after learning of ancient folktales that described a mysterious castle floating at unimaginable altitudes above the Floating Islands: a legendary place called the Empyrean Sky Palace.

Determined to verify these tales for herself, she set out to develop the technology necessary to safely ascend to the great heights referenced in the myths. Now she is almost ready to share that technology with the Kingdom so that the bravest, most experienced hunters in Gnawnia can join her in uncovering this age-old mystery.

In order to properly prepare themselves, hunters must prove their aerial abilities by obtaining the High Altitude Flight License from the Cartographer in the Floating Islands. Any hunter who earns this prestigious certification will be able to install the new Rocket Booster technology into their dirigible as soon as Ronza unveils it to the world!

(NEW) High Altitude Flight License

This license permits use of Rocket Booster technology to ascend into extremely high altitude airspace.

Now Available at the Floating Islands' Cartographer

The Fleet is Back!

Ronza isn't flying alone this year! She's brought reinforcements to ensure that all of Gnawnia's hunters are fully stocked up on supplies.

Ronza's Floating Islands Supply Ship Loaded with Atmospheric Essentials!	Rift Dirigible Kit Plenty of Rift Airship Charms and Magical String Cheese!
Ronza's Queso Canyon Supply Ship Spices, tonic, and more!	Ronza's Moussu Picchu Supply Ship Includes Dragonbane Charms
Ronza's Diving Supply Ship Oxygen, jets, and more!	Ronza's Rift Supply Ship Something for all Rifts!
Ronza's Fungal Supply Ship Has gemstones!	Ronza's Labyrinth Supply Ship Cubes, oil, and more!
Ronza's Fort Rox Supply Ship Moon Cheese, mana, and more!	Ronza's Living Garden Supply Ship Includes 100 Aleth!
Ronza's Tribal Supply Ship Includes Havarti!	Ronza's Gauntlet Supply Ship Up to Tier 5 Potion!

Limited Time Donation Rewards!

On top of all that, Ronza has also brought some extra special, limited time only, donation rewards including heavily discounted SUPER|brie+ and a very shiny new bundle!

100 SUPER|brie+ Bundle 100 SUPER|brie+ for only $1!	Sleek and Shiny Bundle All That Glitters Is Chrome!
Party Size Chrome Scroll Case The Shiniest Party In The Kingdom!

Chrome Bits will stop dropping on August 10!
Ronza will be departing Gnawnia on August 17!

Chrome Bits and Chrome Vouchers Will Be
Removed when Ronza Leaves

Make sure you spend your Chrome Vouchers and your Chrome Bits before August 17. After that date, they will be removed from your inventory.

-- Norman Hussey

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RONZA IS ON HER WAY!

20 July 2021

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Chrome Bits?!
Collect as many Chrome Bits as you can for Ronza!

Ronza is on her way!

Ronza's airship has been spotted en route to the Kingdom of Gnawnia! Unfortunately, a brief skirmish with some Sky Pirates caused a gigantic crate of her precious Chrome Bits to fall overboard! Mice all across the Kingdom have been snatching them up so Ronza needs your help to retrieve them.

Collect as many Chrome Bits as you can by hunting mice anywhere in the Kingdom and when Ronza lands on July 27, she'll show her gratitude by offering a wide selection of valuable rewards!

Ronza will land on July 27!

Recover Chrome Bits to Earn Vouchers

Help Ronza recover her Chrome Bits by hunting throughout Gnawnia. Recover enough and you will be rewarded with Chrome Kit Vouchers! Ronza will award you one voucher for every 100 Chrome Bits you recover, up to a maximum of two vouchers. These vouchers can be used to purchase some of Ronza's famous Chrome Upgrade Kits and apparently, she has added a new one to her collection this year!

Chrome Kit Voucher

These vouchers can be used to purchase Chrome Upgrade Kits from Ronza's Trapsmith or a selection of alternative items from Ronza's General Store. Each Chrome Upgrade Kit requires a single voucher along with a specific quantity of gold whereas the alternative items require only the voucher with no additional gold cost!

Strange Things are Afloat!

Rumour has it that Ronza has been hard at work on developing a groundbreaking new form of dirigible technology for use in the Floating Islands. Little is known for sure as to the specifics of this enigmatic project of hers but some have speculated that it may involve exploring even higher altitudes and possibly uncovering the truth behind the ancient legend of a mysterious palace above the clouds.

One thing that is known is that Ronza is offering a new and very unique reward this year for hunters who are able to collect 200 Chrome Bits. The reward is a strange and rather dangerous looking crate that is plastered with warning symbols. The crates are all currently locked so the contents are still a mystery but Ronza has claimed that she will share the secrets contained within as soon as her project is completed. For now, the hunters of Gnawnia will have to just wait and wonder.

NEW Hazardous Materials Crate

This bizarre crate appears quite volatile and is currently locked but Ronza claims that she will reveal the secrets contained inside very soon.

Rewarded for collecting 200 Chrome Bits!

Chrome Bit Rewards

Chrome Bits can be used to purchase valuable items and unique rewards once Ronza lands!

Chrome Charm Fire Bowl Fuel

Dragonbane Charm Quantum Quartz

Queso Pump Charm Champion's Fire

Ful'mina's Charged Toothlet Bottled Wind

Tower Mana Chrome Scroll Case

Wild Tonic Rare Map Dust

Lantern Oil Magic Nest Dust

Ronza will land on July 27!

-- Norman Hussey

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