Sand Dunes

Hunting in the Sand Crypts with any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert will transport Hunters to the Sand Dunes.

Sand Dunes
Region: Sandtail Desert
Minimum Rank:	Baron/Baroness
Travel Requirement:	Living Garden Key
Required Power Type:	Shadow
Required Cheeses:	Dewthief Camembert
Recommended Charms:	See Minigame
Number of Mice:	6
Shops:	Charm Shoppe Cheese Shoppe General Store
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	14 November 2012
Food in the desert is so scare that there is fierce competition between mice over it. Watch out for the vicious grublings in this area, who hoard food and Garden Essences like no other mouse!

Overview

The Sand Dunes is a location in the Sandtail Desert region requiring a minimum rank of Baron and the Living Garden Key to enter.

The alternate version of this location, the Sand Crypts, can only be accessed after catching a Carmine the Apothecary in the Living Garden.

Accessing the Twisted World

The Twisted World locations of Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts can only be accessed by capturing Carmine the Apothecary with Duskshade Camembert in the Living Garden. Capturing Carmine the Apothecary will move the Hunter to the Twisted Garden and the following message is displayed:

On catching Carmine the Apothecary, a light flashes and a spell she had prepared in advance erupts! Nightmarish tendrils of dark smoke burst from the ground around me, and before I knew it the world had changed before my very eyes into a wild and twisted version of itself.
I can feel this world itself attempting to reject me and send me back, but I must stay as long as I am able to find out what Carmine is doing in this hidden, dark place.

Hunting with any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert in the Sand Crypts will cause Hunters to be moved to the Sand Dunes and the following message will be displayed:

Almost as if an illusion suddenly shattered, the world around me snaps back to normal. Using X Cheese has brought me back to the normal world.

If an M400 Hunting Research Assignment requires capturing the M400 in the Sand Dunes, Hunters can encounter it in the Sand Crypts, but will be dropped to normal reality for hunting with the wrong cheese.

The Living Garden Sequence

Hunters will need to hunt the areas in the Living Garden sub-region in a specific order. The following steps outline the basic requirements for accessing and hunting in each location. Additional information on minigames and other activities can be found on the individual location pages.

The steps of the cycle that can be completed in the Sand Dunes location are highlighted in bold.

• Step 1: Living Garden

Step 1a: Hunt with Standard Cheese in the Living Garden to collect Dewthief Petals.

Step 1b: Use Dewthief Petals to purchase Dewthief Camembert.

• Step 2: Lost City and Sand Dunes - steps a and b can be done in any order.
  

Step 2a: Hunt with Dewthief Camembert in the Lost City to collect Dreamfluff Herbs.

Step 2b: Hunt with Dewthief Camembert in the Sand Dunes to collect Duskshade Petals.

Step 2c: Use Dreamfluff Herbs and Duskshade Petals to purchase Duskshade Camembert.

• Step 3: Living Garden

Step 3a: Hunt with Duskshade Camembert in the Living Garden.

Step 3b: Capture Carmine the Apothecary to open the Twisted World and travel to the Twisted Garden.

• Step 4: Twisted Garden

Step 4a: Hunt with Duskshade Camembert in the Twisted Garden to collect Graveblossom Petals.

Step 4b: Use Graveblossom Petals to purchase Graveblossom Camembert.

• Step 5: Cursed City and Sand Crypts - steps a and b can be done in any order.

Step 5a: Hunt with Graveblossom Camembert in the Cursed City to collect Plumepearl Herbs.

Step 5b: Hunt with Graveblossom Camembert in the Sand Crypts to collect Lunaria Petals.

Step 5c: Use Plumepearl Herbs and Lunaria Petals to purchase Lunaria Camembert.

• Step 6: Twisted Garden

Hunt with Lunaria Camembert in the Twisted Garden to attract Twisted Carmine.

Sand Dunes HUD

Hunters can access and track the following using the Heads-Up Display:

• The Grubling Stampede Minigame
• Garden Petals and Herbs
• Garden Essences
• The Book of Living Recipes

Grubling Stampede Minigame

This minigame is activated randomly while hunting for mice, or immediately after a successful catch with a Grubling Bonanza Charm armed.

Grubling Bonanza Charm are sometimes made available at Ronza's Traveling Shoppe and can be traded on the Marketplace or through Give To Friends.

During a stampede, the HUD will highlight the Grubling Stampede Alert and the image will change from a barren desert to an image of stampeding Grublings.
The HUD also tracks the Hunter's inventory of Grubling Chow Charms, but the charms cannot be armed through the HUD.

Upon activation of a stampede, the following message is displayed in the Hunter's Journal:

It's a stampede! Grubling Mice are running wild for 15 more hunts!

For the duration of the 15 hunts, if the Hunter has Grubling Chow Charms armed, there is a chance of attracting Grubling mice.
NOTE: If Grubling Chow Charms are not armed, Grubling mice cannot be attracted, and nothing changes during the minigame.

Grubling Chow Charms can be purchased in the Sand Dunes Charm Shoppe in exchange for 350 gold and 1 Aleth Essence.
WARNING: The Grubling Chow Charm will continue to be consumed even if a stampede is not active.

After the 15 hunts, the following message is displayed:

Aw, the Grubling stampede is over. Next time, Grublings!
I guess Grubling Chow Charms won't be needed until the next stampede!

Sand Dunes Mice

All mice found in the Sand Dunes are part of the Sand Dunes Mice group. All mice found here are weak only to Shadow weapons.

Grubling Mouse

The Grubling Mouse can only be encountered during a 'Grubling Stampede while Grubling Chow Charms are armed.
A Grubling Stampede can be triggered by capturing a Sand Dunes mouse with a Grubling Bonanza Charm armed.

Cheese Preferences and Loot

Dewthief Camembert is required to attract all mice in the Sand Dunes.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Loot
Dunehopper	13,500	1,650	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Cynd Essence Duskshade Petal
Grubling Requires Grubling Stampede and Grubling Chow Charm	14,500	2,400	Cynd Essence Duskshade Petal
Grubling Herder	15,675	825	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Duskshade Petal
Quesodillo	15,750	950	Aleth Essence Ber Essence Duskshade Petal
Sand Pilgrim	13,250	1,150	Aleth Essence Duskshade Petal
Spiky Devil	14,500	2,600	Ber Essence Duskshade Petal

Mice with Special Requirements

• M400 – This mouse will sometimes be available in the Sand Dunes when Hunters are actively working an M400 Hunting Research Assignment. It is attracted only to Fusion Fondue which will not attract any other mice. It drops a wide variety of loot.

Hunting Strategy

Hunters should arm Dewthief Camembert to collect Dreamfluff Herbs from the mice found in the Sand Dunes. Hunters can then use Dreamfluff Herbs (along with Duskshade Petals) to purchase Duskshade Camembert.

Hunters can then return to the Living Garden and arm Duskshade Camembert to capture Carmine the Apothecary which opens the Twisted World and causes Hunters to travel to the Twisted Garden.

Hunters wishing to attract the Grubling Mouse must play the Grubling Stampede Minigame, which requires using Grubling Chow Charms. The Grubling Stampede Minigame can be triggered by capturing a mouse with a Grubling Bonanza Charm.

Location-Specific Effects

Bases

• Aurora Base - Limited Edition - has a chance to generate a random essence (from Aleth to Icuri)
• Hothouse Base - Limited Edition - Doubles the range of Garden Petals and Herbs dropped by mice in this location.
• Living Base - Doubles the range of Garden Petals and Herbs dropped by mice in this location.
• Desert Heater Base - Limited Edition - consumes a Flameshard each hunt and generate bonus loot when capturing a mouse.

Charms

• Grubling Bonanza Charm - Catching a mouse with this charm will trigger a Grubling stampede for 15 hunts, if it is not already active.
• Grubling Chow Charm - Allows the Grubling Mouse to be attracted during a Grubbling stampede.

Adventure Book

Hunters can complete steps to Defeat Twisted Carmine by hunting with Dewthief Camembert in the Sand Dunes.

Library Assignments

• M400 Bait Research Assignment - This assignment may require Hunters to track down specific items from Sand Dunes mice in order to complete it.
• M400 Hunting Research Assignment - This assignment may require collecting 1 Piece of M400 Intel from mice in the Sand Dunes and/or capture the M400.

Tournaments

Sand Dunes mice are worth points during some Tournaments.

Treasure Maps

Many mice in the Sand Dunes are often found on Relic Hunter Treasure Maps and Living Garden Treasure Maps.

Hunting tips by Larry

I hope you managed to build up a large collection of Dewthief Camembert, hunter. The mice in these dunes don't seem to like anything else! And be sure to arm your most powerful Shadow trap, as not only will delicious Dewthief attract the mice, but so will the promise of shade from the sun.

There's a lot of competition for food here in the empty desert, and the top competitor is the Grubling Mouse. They dash from food source to food source, gobbling up anything they can find when they get there.

You can take advantage of this by purchasing and using Grubling Chow Charms when there's a grubling warning in effect. Catching Grublings will help you immensely, since they tend to hoard Garden Essences in their attempts to find food.

Or is there perhaps a more sinister reason...?

Shops

These are the shops found in Sand Dunes.

Charm Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Charmbit	25 gold	None	20 gold
Grubling Chow Charm	350 gold 1 Aleth Essence	None	N/A
Epic Orb	125,000 gold	None	125,000 gold
Aromatic Oil	1,000,000 gold	None	1,000,000 gold
Lucky Power Charm	900 gold	None	270 gold
Super Power Charm	500 gold	None	150 gold
Super Luck Charm	750 gold	None	225 gold
Super Lucky Power Charm	2,500 gold	None	750 gold
Extreme Power Charm	1,500 gold	None	450 gold
Extreme Luck Charm	4,500 gold	None	1,350 gold

Cheese Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Dewthief Camembert	750 gold 1 Dewthief Petal	None	N/A
Dewthief Camembert 4-Pack	3,000 gold 3 Dewthief Petal 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Duskshade Camembert	1,100 gold 1 Duskshade Petal 1 Dreamfluff Herbs	None	N/A
Duskshade Camembert 4-Pack	4,400 gold 3 Duskshade Petal 3 Dreamfluff Herbs 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Graveblossom Camembert	1,500 gold 1 Graveblossom Petal	None	N/A
Graveblossom Camembert 4-Pack	6,000 gold 3 Graveblossom Petal 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Lunaria Camembert	1,775 gold 1 Lunaria Petal 1 Plumepearl Herbs	None	N/A
Lunaria Camembert 4-Pack	7,100 gold 3 Lunaria Petal 3 Plumepearl Herbs 1 Magic Essence	None	N/A
Swiss Cheese	100 gold	None	100 gold
Brie Cheese	200 gold	None	200 gold
Gouda Cheese	600 gold	None	600 gold

General Store

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Curds and Whey	12 gold	None	3 gold
Ionized Salt	450 gold	None	150 gold
Essence Prism	500 gold	None	500 gold
Plant Pot	900 gold	None	900 gold

Trapsmith

Bases

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Soiled Base	1 Fel Essence 1 Gur Essence 1 Hix Essence 3 Fresh Twisted Garden Soil 1 Dewthief Petal 1 Duskshade Petal 1 Graveblossom Petal 1 Lunaria Petal	None	N/A
Rift Base	7,500,000 gold 1 Rift Crystal 1 Rift Mist 1 Rift Stars	None	N/A

Weapons

Item	Power Type	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Phantasmic Oasis Trap	Hydro	3,000,000 gold 1 Est Essence 1 Fel Essence 1 Icuri Essence 1 Oasis Water Node Trap	None	N/A
Clockwork Portal Trap	Shadow	4,000,000 gold 1 Fel Essence 1 Icuri Essence 1 Clockapult of Time	None	N/A
Grand Arcanum Trap	Arcane	4,900,000 gold 1 Gur Essence 1 Icuri Essence 1 Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery	None	N/A

History and Trivia

• 14 November 2012: The Sand Dunes opened along with the Living Garden.

Links

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