Twisted Garden

Twisted Garden
Region: Sandtail Desert
Minimum Rank:	Baron/Baroness
Travel Requirement:	Living Garden Key
Required Power Type:	Hydro
Required Cheeses:	Duskshade Camembert Lunaria Camembert
Recommended Charms:	See Minigame Shattering Charm
Number of Mice:	9
Shops:	Cartographer Charm Shoppe Cheese Shoppe General Store Trapsmith
Lose Gold:	Yes
Lose Points:	Yes
Lose Cheese:	Yes
Release Date:	14 November 2012
The mice that live in this garden use the environment to their advantage, fashioning crude armour and weapons from plantlife in order to protect and hoard all the Garden Essences they can find.

Overview

Twisted Garden is a hunting location in Sandtail Desert region.

Living Garden, Lost City, Sand Dunes, Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts are 6 connected hunting locations, forming the Living Garden complex.

They require the minimum rank of Baron/Baroness and the Living Garden Key to access.

Twisted Garden can only be traveled to when the Hunter's map is in Twsited state.

Normal World and Twisted World

At a time, among 6 hunting locations in the Living Garden complex, only 3 can be traveled to. This depends on whether the Hunter's map is in Normal or Twisted state:

• Normal state: Living Garden, Lost City, and Sand Dunes are accessible
• Twisted state: Twisted Garden, Cursed City, and Sand Crypts are accessible

The map state can be changed from Normal to Twisted by:

• Catching a Carmine the Apothecary in Living Garden

Doing so will generate a journal entry:

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.

The map state can be changed from Twisted to Normal by either:

• Using any cheese other than Duskshade Camembert or Lunaria Camembert in Twisted Garden
• Using any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert in Cursed City
• Using any cheese other than Graveblossom Camembert in Sand Crypts

Doing any of the actions above will generate a journal entry:

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.

The Living Garden Sequence

In the Living Garden complex, the Hunter follows 6 main steps in sequence.
Step 4 and 6 can be done in Twisted Garden.

Step	Location	Cheese Used	Loot	To Obtain
1	Living Garden	Standard Cheese	Dewthief Petal	Dewthief Camembert
2a	Lost City	Dewthief Camembert	Dreamfluff Herbs	Duskshade Camembert
2b	Sand Dunes	Dewthief Camembert	Duskshade Petal
3	Living Garden	Duskshade Camembert		Access to Twisted World
4	Twisted Garden	Duskshade Camembert	Graveblossom Petal	Graveblossom Camembert
5a	Cursed City	Graveblossom Camembert	Plumepearl Herbs	Lunaria Camembert
5b	Sand Crypts	Graveblossom Camembert	Lunaria Petal
6	Twisted Garden	Lunaria Camembert	Living Chest	Fel Essence Gur Essence Fresh Twisted Garden Soil

Red and Yellow Dewdrop Minigame

In Twisted Garden, the Red and Yellow Dewdrop mechanics are in effect:

• Using special Charms makes mice drop Red Dewdrop and Yellow Dewdrop:
  • Red Sponge Charm makes mice drop 1 Red Dewdrop per catch.
  • Red Double Sponge Charm makes mice drop 2 Red Dewdrop per catch.
  • Yellow Sponge Charm makes mice drop 1 Yellow Dewdrop per catch.
  • Yellow Double Sponge Charm makes mice drop 2 Yellow Dewdrop per catch.
• Red Dewdrop and Yellow Dewdrop can be collected up to a maximum of 10 each.
• Pouring will consume all Red Dewdrop and Yellow Dewdrop and change the state to Poured for a number of hunts.
  • In Poured state, Dehydrated Mouse can be attracted using Duskshade Camembert.
  • This state provides a stats bonus:
    • 5% Power Bonus if at least 1 Red Dewdrop is used
    • 5 Luck if at least 1 Yellow Dewdrop is used
  • In this state, Red Sponge Charm and Red Double Sponge Charm will not make mice drop Red Dewdrop, and Yellow Sponge Charm and Yellow Double Sponge Charm will not make mice drop Yellow Dewdrop.
  • The number of hunts depends on the number of Red and Yellow Dewdrop poured based on the following table:

Red and Yellow Dewdrop poured	Number of hunts
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	12
12	14
13	16
14	18
15	20
16	22
17	24
18	26
19	28
20	35

Finishing collecting 10 Red Dewdrop generates a journal entry:

I've filled up on Red Dewdrops. Time to switch to Yellow Sponge Charms or pour them out and start attracting Dehydrated Mice!

Finishing collecting 10 Yellow Dewdrop generates a journal entry:

I've filled up on Yellow Dewdrops. Time to switch to Red Sponge Charms or pour them out and start attracting Dehydrated Mice!

Pouring generates a journal entry:

I combined Red and Yellow Dewdrops, creating an orange mixture that grants me extra power and luck! Spreading it out on the ground will start attracting some very thirsty mice for the next X hunts!

I should unequip my Sponge Charms and save them for later.

When the hunts run out and state switches back from Poured to normal, a journal entry is generated:

With the ground now dry, the Dehydrated mice have retreated.

Heads-Up Display

The Hunter can access and track the following in the HUD:

• Red and Yellow Dewdrop Minigame
  • The number of Dewdrop is displayed.
  • There is a Pour button, which the Hunter can click to switch state to Poured.

Clicking it will pop out a confirmation message:

Are you sure you want to pour out your collected Dewdrops?

If you do, you'll attract some very thirsty mice for 0 hunt!

Click Cancel to cancel

Click Confirm to switch state

• Garden Petals and Herbs
• Garden Essences
• Book of Living Recipes

Mice

All mice found in Twisted Garden are part of the Living Garden Mice group.

Only Hydro power type is effective against the mice here.

Duskshade Camembert can attract all mice except Twisted Carmine and Shattered Carmine which requires Lunaria Camembert. Shattered Carmine also requires arming a Shattering Charm.
Dehydrated Mouse can only be attracted in Poured state.

Most mice here can drop Graveblossom Petal which can be used to purchase Graveblossom Camembert to hunt in Cursed City and Sand Crypts.

Mouse	Points	Gold	Duskshade Camembert	Lunaria Camembert		Loot
				Without Shattering	With Shattering
Barkshell	16,525	950	X			Aleth Essence Graveblossom Petal
Camofusion	19,500	2,850	X	X	X	Ber Essence Graveblossom Petal
Dehydrated Requires Poured state	2,000	2,000	X			Cynd Essence Dol Essence Graveblossom Petal
Fungal Spore	15,250	2,650	X	X	X	Ber Essence Graveblossom Petal
Shattered Carmine	225,000	19,500			X	Ancient Relic Living Garden Theme Scrap 1 Shattered Chest
Thorn	12,500	1,850	X			Aleth Essence Graveblossom Petal
Twisted Carmine	85,250	6,525		X		Living Chest
Twisted Hotcakes	15,400	3,250	X			Cynd Essence Dol Essence Graveblossom Petal
Twisted Lilly	9,500	1,650	X			Ber Essence Graveblossom Petal

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

Good gracious! All the tiny, adorable, armour-laden mice from the Living Garden have become fused, twisted versions of themselves! I... I don't even know what to say!

I suppose I'll say this, hunter: Be careful! While it looks like they have more Garden Essence than ever before, they're definitely more powerful as well!

It looks like the mice here still hoard moisture just as jealously as before, but the water drops are curiously coloured! Buy Red and Yellow Sponge charms to procure Red and Yellow Dewdrops, then splash them on the ground to attract mice with even more Garden Essences. But pay attention to the drops you collect. The red ones seem to increase your power, while the yellow ones increase your luck. Perhaps collecting both of them will accomplish both of these? Only one way to find out...

Make sure you use your Duskshade Camembert here, hunter. The mice don't seem to enjoy any other cheese. Although perhaps you'll discover yet another cheese later on to help you attract very, very powerful and special mice!

Adventure Book

• The Hunter can complete the Obtain a Rift Detector adventure in Twisted Garden.
• The Hunter can complete some steps of the Defeat Twisted Carmine adventure in Twisted Garden.

Location-Specific Effects

Bases

• Aurora Base - has a chance to generate a random Garden Essence
• Hothouse Base - doubles the range of Graveblossom Petal dropped by mice
• Living Base - doubles the range of Graveblossom Petal dropped by mice
• Desert Heater Base - consumes a Flameshard per hunt to generate a random Sandtail Desert item per mouse catch

Charms

• Red Sponge Charm - makes mice drop 1 Red Dewdrop per catch
• Red Double Sponge Charm - makes mice drop 2 Red Dewdrop per catch
• Yellow Sponge Charm - makes mice drop 1 Yellow Dewdrop per catch
• Yellow Double Sponge Charm - makes mice drop 2 Yellow Dewdrop per catch
• Shattering Charm - adds Shattered Carmine and removes Twisted Carmine from attracion pool when armed with Lunaria Camembert

Shops

These are the shops found in Twisted Garden.

Cartographer

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Rift Detector	120,000 gold 5 Dol Essence	None	N/A
Living Garden Scroll Case	6 Ancient Relic	None	N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item	Cost	Requirement	Refund
Charmbit	25 gold	None	20 gold
Red Sponge Charm	400 gold 1 Ber Essence	None	N/A
Yellow Sponge Charm	400 gold 1 Ber 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 Twisted Garden was opened alongside with other locations in Living Garden complex in Sandtail Desert region.
• 14 January 2013: The Shattered Carmine was added to the Twisted Garden.

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