Checkmate Cheese

Checkmate Cheese
Category: Zugzwang's Tower
Cheese Info
Cost:	5,400 gold
Shoppe:	None
Potion:	None
Craftable:	Yes
Tradeable:	No
Giveable:	No
Smashes To:	N/A
Stales To:	Stale Cheese
Larry's Loot Lexicon:	MouseHunt Info Page
Image:	External Link
This cheese is the only food which can entice the Chess Master, for its delicate aroma carries the scent... of victory! The Kings of both teams long for a morsel of this cheese, believing it will bring them mastery over the game, but if you can defeat them, the Chess Master himself will challenge you for a piece. Don't leave this cheese out too long, though, or you may find yourself with a stale, mate.

Obtaining Checkmate Cheese

Crafting

Checkmate Cheese can be crafted using the proper ingredients.

Checkmate Cheese - 3 Piece Recipe

Hunters must reach the rank of Lord or Lady before they can use this recipe.

Formula: Checkmate Cheese (3 pieces)
Recipe can be unlocked by:		Capture a Mystic King mouse and a Technic King mouse
Item	Item Qty	Item Cost	Item Source
Mystic Curd	1	N/A	Mystic King in Zugzwang's Tower
Technic Cheese Mould	1	N/A	Technic King mice in Zugzwang's Tower
Ionized Salt	12	450 (5,400 total)	Mage Weaver in Muridae Market Dream Drifter and Micro in Gnawnia Rift Fiery Crusher, Nachous, The Molten, Rubble Rouser, Rubble Rummager and Tiny Toppler in Cantera Quarry Ful'Mina, The Mountain Queen in Moussu Picchu Marketplace Ful'Mina's Gift Bazaar General Store Cape Clawed General Store Fiery Warpath General Store Fungal Cavern General Store Furoma Rift General Store Gnawnia Rift General Store Seasonal Garden General Store Toxic Spill General Store
Total		5,400 gold	Cost Per Piece: 1,800 gold
Recipe costs represent Shoppe prices only. The cost of items obtained through other sources will affect the total cost of crafting.

Checkmate Cheese - 9 Piece Recipe

Hunters must reach the rank of Lord or Lady before they can use this recipe.

Formula: Checkmate Cheese (9 pieces)
Recipe can be unlocked by:		Capture a Mystic King mouse and a Technic King mouse
Item	Item Qty	Item Cost	Item Source
Mystic Curd	1	N/A	Mystic King in Zugzwang's Tower
Technic Cheese Mould	1	N/A	Technic King mice in Zugzwang's Tower
Magic Essence	6	N/A	Tome Sprite Mouse in Crystal Library Bruticus, the Blazing, Kalor'ignis of the Geyser and Stormsurge, the Vile Tempest in Queso Geyser Ful'Mina, The Mountain Queen in Moussu Picchu Granny Spice Mouse, Inferna, The Engulfed, Spice Finder Mouse and Spice Reaper Mouse‎ in Prickly Plains Dream Drifter Mouse in Gnawnia Rift Absolute Acolyte in Bristle Woods Rift Shade of the Eclipse and The Total Eclipse in Valour Rift Mysterious Box Ful'Mina's Gift Queso Canyon Grand Tour Treasure Chest Use the Hunter's Hammer to smash: Empowered SUPER|brie+ Magical Rancid Radioactive Blue Cheese Magical String Cheese Maki Cheese Maki String Cheese SUPER|brie+ Loot when opened: Dark Chest Scarab Chest Shattered Chest Unstable Broom Unstable Ember Gadget Loot when used: Black Widow Base
Ionized Salt	12	450 (5,400 total)	Mage Weaver in Muridae Market Dream Drifter and Micro in Gnawnia Rift Fiery Crusher, Nachous, The Molten, Rubble Rouser, Rubble Rummager and Tiny Toppler in Cantera Quarry Ful'Mina, The Mountain Queen in Moussu Picchu Marketplace Ful'Mina's Gift Bazaar General Store Cape Clawed General Store Fiery Warpath General Store Fungal Cavern General Store Furoma Rift General Store Gnawnia Rift General Store Seasonal Garden General Store Toxic Spill General Store
Total		5,400 gold	Cost Per Piece: 600 gold
Recipe costs represent Shoppe prices only. The cost of items obtained through other sources will affect the total cost of crafting.

Other Sources

• Mystic King Egg
• Technic King Egg
• Zugzwang Treasure Chest

Using Checkmate Cheese

Locations

• Zugzwang's Tower

• Capturing either the Mystic King or Technic King with Checkmate Cheese will allow the Hunter to remain in Zugzwang's Tower and attempt to capture the Chess Master.
• Checkmate Cheese is required to attract the Chess Master.

Mice

Checkmate Cheese is required to attract the Chess Master.

Checkmate Cheese will attract all the mice in Zugzwang's Tower, but arming it improves the chance a Hunter will encounter the mice needed to fill empty silhouettes in the HUD. For example, if a Hunter needs to attract a Mystic Rook to unlock access to the Mystic Queen, arming Checkmate Cheese will increase the chances of encountering the Mystic Rook.

When doing a double run, upon capturing the first King with Checkmate cheese armed, the mouse population changes, if Checkmate cheese is armed, the available mice will be the Chess Master, the Rook of the first side done, and whichever mice have been unlocked from the second side., if Standard Cheese is armed, the available mice will be the the Pawn of the first side done, and whichever mice have been unlocked from the second side.

Related Items

Staling Effect

• Stale Cheese - Produced by Checkmate Cheese when it fails to attract a mouse and goes stale.

History and Trivia

• 29 August 2010: Checkmate Cheese is introduced.