Festive Comet

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This celestial event of festive proportions has crashed into Gnawnia! Although the original origin of this cheer-spreading comet are unknown, hunters from across the Kingdom are calling its arrival cause for festive celebration!

Description and Requirements

The Festive Comet is a special location first available during The Great Winter Hunt '09 and currently during The Great Winter Hunt 2010. There are no special requirements for hunters to enter this area. Mice are unable to steal gold or points in this location but may steal cheese if not caught.

Catch statistics from the Festive Comet are grouped with those from the Heart of the Tiger Party under the King's Party Zone location name.

If a hunter was still in the Festive Comet when it melted, he was moved back to Gnawnia at no cost with the following message:

"As the last snowflake of the Festive Comet melted I moved to the Town of Gnawnia to continue hunting."

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the Festive Comet:

During the Great Winter Hunt '09 there was no Trapsmith, Cheese Shoppe, or Cartographer at the Festive Comet. A gift shop known as the Festive Gift Shoppe was introduced along with this location.

Festive Comet Mice

Mouse Points Gold Mouse Group 2009 Loot 1 2010 Loot 2
Abominable Snow 1,750 1,750 Indigenous Mice Six Snow Balls
Three Santa Hats
Bear 310 575 Indigenous Mice Seven Gingerbread Mice
Black Widow 1 480 10 Indigenous Mice SUPER|brie+ cheese Not available
Candy Cane 600 600 Event Mice Candies
Icing Sugar
One Droid Action Figure
Ten Candy Canes
Frozen Fromage
Centaur 3,800 960 Forest Guild Nine Reindeer Antlers
Christmas Tree 2,600 1,200 Event Mice Eleven Coloured Lights
Gingerbread Base Blueprints
Gingerbread House Plans
Icing Sugar
Three Santa Hats
Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Frozen Fromage
Gingerbread Base Blueprints
Diamond 2 1,200 600 Indigenous Mice Not available
Dwarf 225 450 Indigenous Mice Eight Elf Shoes
Two Festive Mitts
Elf 900 750 Event Mice Eight Elf Shoes
Blue Winter Hunt Gift Box
Gingerbread House Plans
Green Winter Hunt Gift Box
Red Winter Hunt Gift Box
Frosty Snow 600 300 Indigenous Mice
Frozen 300 300 Indigenous Mice Eleven Coloured Lights
Gargoyle 1 5,600 2,800 The Forgotten Mice Twelve Liters of Egg Nog Not available
Gladiator 2 8,365 8,250 The Derr Tribe Not available Ski Sign
Gold 2 600 1,200 Indigenous Mice Not available
Harpy 2 11,100 3,100 Forest Guild Not available
Hydra 9,640 5,760 Aquatic Order Ten Candy Canes Bolt of Cloth
Rope
Scrap Metal
Splintered Wood
Lambent Crystal 2 9,000 3,000 Digby Dirt Dwellers Not available
Missile Toe 2 1,600 900 Event Mice Not available Holiday Explosives
Monster 2 9,100 9,100 Indigenous Mice Not available Cheddar cheese
Living Shards
Marble cheese
Swiss cheese
Moosker 1 80 125 Forest Guild Not available
Mouse of Winter Past 2 4,000 3,000 Event Mice Not available Lava Bucket
Mouse of Winter Present 2 4,000 3,000 Event Mice Not available Festive Mines
Nutcracker 3,000 300 Event Mice Icing Sugar
Plank of Gingerbread
Six Snow Balls
Frozen Fromage
Ornament 900 2,600 Event Mice Five Ornaments
Gingerbread Base Blueprints
Icing Sugar
Frozen Fromage
Gingerbread Base Blueprints
Present 900 900 Event Mice Icing Sugar
Nine Reindeer Antlers
Plank of Gingerbread
Seven Gingerbread Mice
Two Festive Mitts
Frozen Fromage
Scrooge 70 3,000 Event Mice Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold
Satchel of Gold worth 5,000 gold
Twelve Liters of Egg Nog
Frozen Fromage
Heart of Ice
Stealth 2 500 295 Gauntlet Gladiators Not available Climbing Pitons
Steel 270 500 Indigenous Mice Scrap Metal
Seasoned Gouda Potion
Stocking 900 300 Event Mice Four Festive Stockings
Icing Sugar
Plank of Gingerbread
Festive Fuse
Frozen Fromage
Toy 500 500 Event Mice Twelve Liters of Egg Nog Frozen Fromage
Treant 1,300 600 Forest Guild Five Ornaments Splintered Wood
Troll 8,190 8,190 Forest Guild Brie cheese
Cheddar cheese
Four Festive Stockings
Marble cheese
Swiss cheese
Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold
Brie cheese
Cheddar cheese
Marble cheese
Swiss cheese
Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold
Vinetail 2 13,172 6,580 Seasonal Soldiers Not available
White 70 100 Indigenous Mice One Droid Action Figure Cheddar cheese
Marble cheese
Worker 300 2,200 Followers of Furoma Gingerbread House Plans
Splintered Wood
Gingerbread House Plans
Splintered Wood
Wreath Thief 2 2,200 700 Event Mice Not available Frozen Fromage
Icicles
Zombie 2 2,700 2,700 Indigenous Mice Not available Seasoned Gouda Potion
1 Only available during The Great Winter Hunt '09
2 Only available during The Great Winter Hunt 2010

Hunting Strategy

In this location, there are mice that are weak to different power types (Hydro, Physical, Forgotten and Tactical). The hunters need to pick the trap with the power type effective against their most desired mice. Alternatively, hunters may consider using the luckiest trap available to them.

SUPER|brie+ and Gingerbread cheese are the only cheeses that are consistently effective in attracting all of the festive mice that are exclusive to this location, though SUPER|brie+ seems to be better in obtaining the Christmas Tree Mouse (see the main Christmas Tree Mouse article) and is essentially necessary to attract the Worker Mouse. The use of conventional cheeses such as Brie or Swiss does not attract the festive mice as much and eliminates altogether the attraction of several mice including the Scrooge, Christmas Tree, Troll, Hydra and Gargoyle. The overall attraction rate of regular cheese is rather low in this location, but the Abominable Snow Mouse is still attracted to your trap.

During the Great Winter Hunt 2010, a new wave of mice invaded the Festive Comet. Led by the Scrooge Mouse, these stronger mice (Diamond, Gladiator, Gold, Harpy, Lambent Crystal, Monster, Mouse of Winter Past, Stealth, Vinetail, and Zombie) have been found to be especially attracted to Seasoned Gouda cheese.

Hunting tips by Larry

Welcome to the Festive Comet, MouseHunter!

This massive snowy comet smashed into Gnawnia resulting in an explosion of candy canes and snow! It's arrival in Gnawnia marks the beginning of the Great Winter Hunt!

Some pesky Elf mice have ran off with presents. If you catch an Elf mouse you'll find a gift specially wrapped depending on your Hunter's Title. Many of the gifts contain a little cheese to help you in your hunting, but occasionally you may just find something a little more special. To attract Elf mice more often, I suggest using SUPER|brie+ or Gingerbread Cheese as bait.

During the lighting of the Great Winter Tree, barrels of egg nog suddently exploded and the mice used the distraction to steal the star from the top of the tree! The mice have a schedule for their devious plot, and the bosses will only reveal themselves if the minions fail. Click the calandar icon on your heads-up display to see when each mouse is being released.1

Don't forget your mittens and toque! Happy holiday hunting!


1 When the Comet crashed at the start of The Great Winter Hunt 2010, the following text was originally in place of this third paragraph:
On November 29th is the Great Winter Star Ceremony. There's always a few mice that try and crash the party so make sure to check back and be ready to defend the Festive Comet!

Festive Hunting tips by Larry

There's a lot going on at the Festive Comet and Larry the Friendly Knight wanted to give a few pointers to hunters on how best to hunt the various groups of mice invading the comet.

Gingerbread will attract the 12 Mice of Winter, with SUPER|brie+ being even more effective.

Seasoned Gouda will not only attract the 12 Mice of Winter, but will also attract The Three Ghosts of Winter and other powerful mice that drop upgrade pieces for the Explosive Toboggan Ride.

Links


Locations
Gnawnia:  • Meadow   • Town of Gnawnia   • Windmill   • Harbour
 • Mountain
Valour:  • King's Arms   • Tournament Hall   • King's Gauntlet
Whisker Woods:  • Calm Clearing   • Great Gnarled Tree   • Lagoon
Burroughs:  • Laboratory   • Mousoleum   • Town of Digby   • Bazaar   • Toxic Spill
Furoma:  • Training Grounds   • Dojo   • Meditation Room   • Pinnacle Chamber
Bristle Woods:  • Catacombs   • Forbidden Grove   • Acolyte Realm
Tribal Isles:  • Cape Clawed   • Elub Shore   • Nerg Plains   • Derr Dunes
 • Jungle of Dread   • Dracano   • Balack's Cove
Varmint Valley:  • Claw Shot City   • Gnawnian Express Station   • Fort Rox
Queso Canyon:  • Queso River   • Prickly Plains   • Cantera Quarry   • Queso Geyser
Rodentia:  • S.S. Huntington IV   • Seasonal Garden   • Zugzwang's Tower   • Crystal Library
 • Slushy Shoreline   • Iceberg   • Sunken City
Sandtail Desert:  • Fiery Warpath   • Muridae Market   • Living Garden   • Twisted Garden
 • Lost City   • Cursed City   • Sand Dunes   • Sand Crypts
Hollow Heights:  • Fungal Cavern   • Labyrinth   • Zokor   • Moussu Picchu   • Floating Islands
Folklore Forest:  • Foreword Farm   • Prologue Pond   • Table of Contents   • Bountiful Beanstalk
Rift Plane:  • Gnawnia Rift   • Burroughs Rift   • Whisker Woods Rift   • Furoma Rift
 • Bristle Woods Rift • Valour Rift
Events:  • Great Winter Hunt: Great Winter Taiga
 • Cinnamon Hill   • Golem Workshop   • Ice Fortress
 • Halloween: Gloomy Greenwood
 • MouseHunt Birthday: The SUPER|brie+ Factory
 • Ronza: Ronza's Traveling Shoppe
 • Historic uses: King's Party Zone   • Festive Comet
Others:  • King's Stockade   • Vacant Lot