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Revision as of 16:07, 11 December 2014

This page contains information about recently released content.
Content on this page may be incomplete or change rapidly as more information becomes available.

Sub-zero temperatures have turned this field into a frosty icescape, and an army of icy mice are using it as a staging ground for an invasion of Gnawnia! Build your Ice Fortress, wage snowball fights, and try to catch special bonus mice during this winter hunt season!

Description and Requirements

Hunters ranked Recruit and up can enter this location. Mice will not steal gold or points, but they have been known to steal cheese! The news item describing this event location dubbed it the Great Winter Ice Brawl.

Much of the gameplay in this area is focused around the Ice Fortress HUD, where hunters track progress in a snowball fight against the event mice to collect Ice Bricks to upgrade their Ice Fortress, and Tower Slabs to upgrade their Ice Tower. There is also a mini-game called the Snowball Showdown.

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in the Festive Ice Fortress:

Festive Ice Fortress Mice

Mouse Points
Gold
Standard
Cheese

SUPER|brie+
Gingerbread or
Seasoned Gouda
Festive Feta or
Snowball Bocconcini
Arctic Asiago
2014 Loot
Abominable Snow 1,750 1,750 X X X
Candy Cane 600 600 X Requires
Ice
Tower
6
Christmas Tree 2,600 1,200 X X
Confused Courier 650 325 X X
Destructoy 1,000 400 X X X
Diamond 1,200 600 X X X
Dwarf 225 450 X
Elf 900 750 X X X X X Winter Hunt Gift Box
Frigid Foreman 1 1,500 850 X Ice Coin
Tower Slab
Frozen 300 300 X
Gingerbread 1,200 750 X X
Glacia Ice Fist 7 4,500 2,000 Ice
Tower
Boss
7
Gold 600 1,200 X X X
Greedy Al 2,500 750 X
Hoarder 2 2,500 1,000 Charm
Required
2
Charm
Required
2
Charm
Required
2
Charm
Required
2
Charm
Required
2
Hydra 9,640 5,760 X X X X
Mad Elf 9,000 1,800 X X
Missile Toe 1,600 900 X X
Monster 9,100 9,100 X X X
Mouse of Winter Future 3 4,000 3,000 Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Mouse of Winter Past 3 4,000 3,000 Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Mouse of Winter Present 3 4,000 3,000 Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Avoids
Charms
3
Nutcracker 3,000 300 X X
Ornament 900 2,600 X X
Present 900 900 X X X X
Reinbo 4,000 500 X
Ribbon 600 750 X Requires
Ice
Tower
6
Ridiculous Sweater 1,500 750 X X
S.N.O.W. Golem 10,000 1,200 X
Scrooge 70 3,000 X X
Slay Ride 8,000 4,000 X X
Snow Boulder 3,000 600 X
Snow Fort 3,400 1,200 X X
Snow Scavenger 2,500 900 X X
Snow Sorceress 5,000 400 X
Snowball Hoarder 2,000 900 X X
Snowblower 1,800 750 X X X
Snowflake 4 1,800 900 Charm
Required
4
Charm
Required
4
Charm
Required
4
Charm
Required
4
Charm
Required
4
Snowglobe 900 750 X Requires
Ice
Tower
6
Squeaker Claws 10,000 1,400 X
Steel 270 500 X
Stocking 900 300 X X
Stuck Snowball 5 2,000 5 650 5 X X X X X
Tiny 200 450 X
Toy 500 500 X Requires
Ice
Tower
6
Toy Tinkerer 900 1,200 X X
Triple Lutz 300 750 X Requires
Ice
Tower
6
White 70 100 X
Wreath Thief 2,200 700 X X
I just caught a Stuck Snowball Mouse for the X time! Poor guy keeps rolling though, getting bigger and bigger, and amassing more and more loot.
I look forward to the next time I catch him!


Ice Fortress

To construct the Ice Fortress, Hunters must collect Ice Bricks from the various mice in the Festive Ice Fortress. Ice Bricks are consumed when building the Ice Fortress.

Framework

The first step is building the Framework.
Build a Mighty Ice Fortress!
Ice Fortress Framework

  • Built your Ice Fortress and upgrade it with expansions to give bonuses to your trap, your rewards, and your friends!
  • Requires 80 Ice Bricks.
  • Completing this step creates a Hunter's Journal entry:
I used 80 Ice Bricks to build a mighty Ice Fortress!
Now I can begin building useful additions and expansions to help me fight the icy mice!

Upgrades

Once the Framework has been completed Hunters can move on to upgrading their Fortress. There are 4 upgrades available and they can be constructed in any order, but the levels within each upgrade must be completed in order.

Ice Cannon

  • Level 1
  • Your trap receives a +15% Power Bonus while at the Festive Ice Fortress!
  • Requires 75 Ice Bricks
  • Level 2
  • Your trap receives +1,000 Power while at the Festive Ice Fortress!
  • Requires 50 Ice Bricks
  • Level 3
  • Your trap receives +3 Luck while at the Festive Ice Fortress!
  • Requires 50 Ice Bricks

Ice Armoury

  • Level 1
  • Your trap receives +3 Luck while in Winter Hunt Tournaments!
  • Requires 75 Ice Bricks
  • Level 2
  • Increase Tournament Tokens received during Winter Hunt Tournaments!
  • Requires 50 Ice Bricks
  • Level 3
  • Receive Ice Coins as a special reward from Winter Hunt Tournaments!
  • Requires 50 Ice Bricks

Winter Walls

  • Level 1
  • Your trap receives a bonus to cheese freshness and a +5% Attraction Bonus!
  • Requires 75 Ice Bricks
  • Level 2
  • Mice carrying Arctic Asiago will drop an extra piece!
  • Requires 50 Ice Bricks
  • Level 3
I upgraded my Winter Walls to Level 3 with 50 Ice Bricks!
When I catch a mouse carrying Ice Coins, I'll now earn an extra coin!
I earned 4 Ice Coins for upgrading my Ice Fortress!

Festive Tavern

  • Level 1
  • Doubles some of the rewards in Naughty and Nice List Treasure Chests!
  • Requires 75 Ice Bricks
  • Completing this level creates an entry in the Hunter's Journal:
I built a Festive Tavern with 75 Ice Bricks!
When I complete a Naughty or Nice Treasure Map, I'll now receive double the festive cheese, festive charms and Ice Coins rewarded!
If I use Rare Map Dust, some of the rewards will now be QUADRUPLED!
I earned 2 Ice Coins for upgrading my Ice Fortress!
  • Level 2
  • Your Winter Hunt Profile will now give both Festive Feta and Snowball Bocconcini!
  • Requires 50 Ice Bricks
  • Completing this level creates an entry in the Hunter's Journal:
I upgraded my Festive Tavern to Level 2 with 50 Ice Bricks!
My Winter Hunt Profile now gives away both Festive Feta and Snowball Bocconcini!
I earned 3 Ice Coins for upgrading my Ice Fortress!
  • Level 3
  • Claim 15 daily gifts from friends each day instead of only 10!
  • Requires 50 Ice Bricks
  • Completing this level creates an entry in the Hunter's Journal:
I upgraded my Festive Tavern to Level 3 with 50 Ice Bricks!
I can now claim 15 daily gifts each day instead of only 10!
I earned 4 Ice Coins for upgrading my Ice Fortress!

Ice Tower

To construct the Ice Tower, Hunters must hunt with Arctic Asiago to collect Tower Slabs from the Frigid Foreman Mouse. Tower Slabs are consumed when building the Ice Tower.

Week One

20 Tower Slabs are required to construct the Ice Tower.
Collecting enough Tower Slabs creates an entry in the Hunter's Journal:

I have enough Tower Slabs to build the next level of my Ice Tower, so I can begin a snowball fight!

Completing the Ice Tower creates an entry in the Hunter's Journal:

I used 20 Tower Slabs to build a level of my Ice Tower! Now I'm ready to face the wave of mice and their nefarious leader!
I earned 2 Ice Coins for upgrading my Ice Tower!

Once the Ice Tower is complete, Hunters must catch 40 mice using Arctic Asiago before Glacia Ice Fist will be released. Catching the 40th mouse creates an entry in the Hunter's Journal:

I must take care, Glacia Ice Fist approaches! I must defeat her to complete the first stage of the icy invasion!

Catching Glacia Ice Fist unlocks the Week 1 Bonus Zone and creates an entry in the Hunter's Journal:

I caught Glacia Ice Fist and chased her out of the Crytal Citadel! The next icy general has yet to show their face, so I have some time to spend catching the Stuck Snowball Mouse for prizes and loot!

The Week 1 Bonus Zone allows Hunters to chase the Stuck Snowball Mouse.

  • Hunters need to catch 20 mice within the zone using Arctic Asiago. Once this is done, the Stuck Snowball Mouse is a guaranteed attraction.
  • Both the Stuck Snowball Mouse and Glacia Ice Fist are part of the mouse population in the Bonus Zone and can be encountered at any point.
  • Once a Hunter has successfully captured the Stuck Snowball Mouse as the final mouse, the Bonus Zone resets and can be played through again.
  • Catches for the Stuck Snowball Mouse are cumulative and carry over when the Zone resets, including any catches made outside the Bonus Zone.

Hunting Strategy

Hunting tips by Larry

Welcome to the site of your Festive Ice Fortress!

Sub-zero temperatures have turned this field into a frosty icescape. An army of icy mice have taken advantage of the circumstances and are creating a Crystal Citadel to oppose the hunters of Gnawnia. You'll need to steal their supplies and build a Festive Ice Fortress of your own to challenge them!

First, collect Arctic Asiago using any cheese (good), previous years' festive cheeses (better), or SUPER|brie+ (BEST). Next, arm that Arctic Asiago and use it to hunt festive mice! They'll drop Ice Bricks which you can use to build your Festive Ice Fortress and obtain special bonuses! More importantly though, you'll attract the Frigid Foreman mouse, who carries special Tower Slabs. Use these to build stages of your Ice Tower, which you'll need to challenge the leaders of the icy mice.

Each week, a new icy leader will face you, and you'll need to build your Ice Tower higher to challenge them. Once you've built that week's stage of the Ice Tower, you can wage a snowball fight against icy mice until you finally draw out the leader and defeat them!

If you manage to defeat the week's leader early, you'll have an opportunity for some bonus-hunting: The Stuck Snowball Mouse is stuck in an ever-growing snowball and zipping around collecting loot and weight. Normally, you'll encounter him rarely, but every time you do encounter him, he'll weigh more and eventually begin dropping better and better loot! But if you defeat the week's leader early, you can repeatedly wage a snowball fight against the Stuck Snowball Mouse directly for that week. Try to be the one hunter who catches the biggest Stuck Snowball Mouse in all the land!

Get to it - go collect that Arctic Asiago, build your Ice Fortress, challenge those leaders, and capture that Stuck Snowball Mouse!

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