Halloween 2023

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Gloomy Greenwood
Region: Burroughs
Minimum Rank: Recruit
Travel Requirement: None
Number of Mice: 36
Shops: Cheese Shoppe
Trapsmith
Charm Shoppe
Apothecary
Cartographer
Event Starts: 11 October 2023
Shutdown Phase 1 Starts: 1 November 2023
Shutdown Phase 2 Starts: 8 November 2023
Shops Close: 15 November 2023
A dark and dangerous forest that earned its moniker from its blanket of billowing green fog and the inescapable sense of dread that envelops all those who dare approach it. The trees seem to close around you, choking out the light, while the shadows of the unknown dance in the distance behind the glow of a mysterious hut.

A very spooky place indeed!

Overview

The 2023 Halloween event takes place in Gloomy Greenwood in Burroughs region.
It requires the rank of Recruit.

During this event, the Hunter aims to ultimately capture Baba Gaga.
That requires the Hunter to hunt through several stages with corresponding types of cheese, each with its own mouse pool and loot.

Mice here also drop Mousedrake Root, which can be brewed into Evil Extract to purchase Potions from the Apothecary.

Gameplay Mechanics

Brewing

In this location, the Brewing mechanic is in effect.

  • There are 2 Cauldrons: Cauldron I and Cauldron II.
    • Each cauldron can be used to convert certain ingredients to respective products.
  • In addition to 1 brewing batch, the Hunter can queue up to 2 more batches for each cauldron.
  • The conversion takes 15 hunts to finish.
    • Upon finish, the brewing product is automatically added to the Hunter's inventory. The next batch in queue is put into the cauldron.
    • The process can be fasten with the use of Reactive Reagent. Each Reagent let the Hunter skip 1 hunt in a cauldron of their choice. This can only be done if the number of Reagent is enough to finish the batch early.
Ingredient Product
15 Pungent Pumpkin 10 Monterey Jack-O-Lantern
15 Marshmarrow 10 Bonefort Cheese
15 Ghost Pepper 10 Polter-Geitost
15 AvocAAAAHdo 10 Scream Cheese
15 Mousedrake Root 10 Evil Extract

Reward Track

The number of Evil Extract brewed is tracked. Each milestone reached unlocks certain rewards. The rewards must be manually claimed.

Cumulative Evil Extract
Batches Brewed
Marginal Evil Extract
Batches Brewed
RewardNote
1 1 25 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
3 2 10 Super Spooky Charm
6 3 1 Cursed Skull
10 4 10 Extreme Spooky Charm
15 5 1 Cursed Skull
20 5 25 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
25 5 1 Cauldron from the Black Lagoon
30 5 10 Ultimate Spooky Charm
35 5 1 Spooky Reward Box
40 5 2 Cursed Skull
Additionally, the Hunter receives 5 Insidious Incense and 10 Reactive Reagent at every cumulative Evil Extract milestone reached.

Upon completion of the entire Reward Track (brewing 40 batches of Evil Extract), the player is also granted the Baba Gaga's Boon.
The Baba Gaga's Boon gives all mice a chance of dropping a random Non-event potion or Specialty potion as loot, with the following exceptions:

Spooky Aura

Obtaining the Aura

During the event, the Hunter can earn Cursed Skull by reaching milestones on the Reward Track, up to 4 Skulls.

Smashing each Skull grants 7 days of Spooky Aura.

Aura Effects

Spooky Shuffle

See here for this year's contents

Heads-Up Display

The HUD can be divided into 3 parts: Top, Middle, and Bottom.

Top

The top part shows:

Middle

The middle part show the boiling cauldrons.

Bottom

The bottom part shows the Hunter's inventory of:

Mice

All mice found in this location are part of Halloween sub-group of Event Mice mouse group.

Most power types (except Parental) are effective against these mice.

Each type of cheese attracts its own unique mouse pool and loot. The loot can be brewed into corresponding products.
Using Insidious Incense doubles all Mousedrake Root drops and generates 1 extra drop for other loot.

Cheese Loot Brewing product
Standard Cheese /
Old Halloween Cheese
Pungent Pumpkin Monterey Jack-O-Lantern
Monterey Jack-O-Lantern Marshmarrow Bonefort Cheese
Mousedrake Root Evil Extract
Bonefort Cheese Ghost Pepper Polter-Geitost
Mousedrake Root Evil Extract
Polter-Geitost AvocAAAAHdo Scream Cheese
Mousedrake Root Evil Extract
Scream Cheese Mousedrake Root Evil Extract

Detailed attraction pool and loot is shown below.

Mouse Points Gold Standard Cheese /
Old Halloween Cheese
Monterey
Jack-O-Lantern
Bonefort Cheese Polter-Geitost Scream Cheese Loot
Admiral Arrrgh 45,000 7,000 X AvocAAAAHdo
Cursed Gold
Mousedrake Root
Baba Gaga 50,000 35,000 X Extreme Spooky Charm
Mousedrake Root
Reactive Reagent
Spooky Charm
Super Spooky Charm
Tiny Cauldron
Ultimate Spooky Charm
Bonbon Gummy Globlin 40,000 5,000 X Mousedrake Root
Candy Cat 4,250 1,000 X Candy Apple
Pungent Pumpkin
Candy Goblin 800 2,500 X Pungent Pumpkin
Captain Cannonball 45,000 6,250 X AvocAAAAHdo
Cursed Gold
Mousedrake Root
Cobweb 500 700 X Pungent Pumpkin
Creepy Marionette 16,000 5,000 X Ghost Pepper
Mousedrake Root
Dire Lycan 5,000 3,000 X Ghost Pepper
Mousedrake Root
Ghost Pirate Queen 15,000 10,000 X AvocAAAAHdo
Cursed Gold
Mousedrake Root
Gourd Ghoul 20,000 5,000 X AvocAAAAHdo
Mousedrake Root
Gourdborg 25,200 9,000 X Cackle Charm
Marshmarrow
Mousedrake Root
Grave Robber 2,000 1,200 X Brain Charm
Ghost Pepper
Mousedrake Root
Spooky Charm
Grey Recluse 1,100 550 X Pungent Pumpkin
Hollowed 41,250 7,500 X Mousedrake Root
Hollowed Minion 10,000 10,000 X Mousedrake Root
Hollowhead 875 2,000 X Ghost Pepper
Mousedrake Root
Sock Ghost Plushie
Maize Harvester 18,000 1,000 X Marshmarrow
Mousedrake Root
Mousataur Priestess 35,000 8,000 X Cavern Fungi
Compass Magnet
Ghost Pepper
Lantern Oil
Mineral
Mousedrake Root
Nightshade
Shuffler's Cube
Shuffler's Kit
Pumpkin Hoarder 1,800 1,000 X Marshmarrow
Mousedrake Root
Sandmouse 30,000 6,000 X Ghost Pepper
Mousedrake Root
Scorned Pirate 10,000 5,750 X AvocAAAAHdo
Cursed Gold
Mousedrake Root
Shortcut 5,500 3,100 X Pungent Pumpkin
Spectral Butler 20,000 4,800 X AvocAAAAHdo
Mousedrake Root
Spectral Swashbuckler 2,500 5,000 X AvocAAAAHdo
Cursed Gold
Mousedrake Root
Spirit Light 1,200 500 X Marshmarrow
Mousedrake Root
Sugar Rush 2,600 2,000 X Pungent Pumpkin
Sugar Rush Plushie
Swamp Thang 32,500 5,500 X Mousedrake Root
Teenage Vampire 1,000 900 X Pungent Pumpkin
Titanic Brain-Taker 32,500 6,000 X Ghost Pepper
Mousedrake Root
Tomb Exhumer 50,000 6,500 X Ghost Pepper
Mousedrake Root
Rift Spooky Charm
Super Brain Charm
Treat 8,100 4,200 X Marshmarrow
Mousedrake Root
Trick 8,400 4,000 X Marshmarrow
Mousedrake Root
Tricky Witch 4,250 1,000 X Pungent Pumpkin
Wild Chainsaw 2,200 1,150 X Marshmarrow
Mousedrake Root
Zombot Unipire 1,750 750 X Pungent Pumpkin
Radioactive Blue Potion
Radioactive Sludge

Hunting Strategy

Hunting Tips by Larry

A coughing figure emerges from the trees in a plume of smoke. As they fan the smoke away, you recognize the familiar face of Larry!

He extinguishes a small flame from the tip of his Moustache as he greets you.

Greetings Hunter and welcome to the Gloomy Greenwood!

The good news is we finally found a way into this dark and mysterious place! The bad news is someone else beat us to it!

I was sent out with a small band of the King's finest to discover the source of the green smoke that has been billowing out of this murky wooded area recently. To our surprise, we stumbled upon a tiny, chicken-legged hut that seems to have just wandered in to roost in the middle of the woods! We approached cautiously and heard the most wonderfully horrific vocalizations coming from the creature inside. The angelic voice echoed through the trees as it sang a soothing but unsettling song that sent shivers down my spine.

I looked inside and couldn't believe my eyes! It was Baba Gaga! THE Baba Gaga! Known throughout Gnawnia for her mastery of dark magic, alchemy, and the performing arts! I always thought she was just a legend but boy was I wrong! Her captivating performance was accompanied by dancing cauldrons that hung on her every word as they bubbled and brewed up batches of strange and potent cheeses as well as another dark and sinister-looking solution that was hastily bottled and put away before Baba Gaga exited the hut.

The whole forest seemed to be enchanted by Baba Gaga's hypnotic voice. She appeared to be using this mystical melody to enthrall the mice of the Gloomy Greenwood by offering unparalleled strength, unlimited wealth, and unimaginable power! She sang tales of how the mice of Gnawnia would rise up and overthrow the King and his Hunters as long as they continued to gather and bring her the precious ingredients she needed to complete her sinister concoctions.

The King needs your help in putting a stop to Baba Gaga's dastardly plot and the only way to do it is to use her own cauldrons and recipes against her!

You must use Baba Gaga's Recipe Book and her two enchanted cauldrons to brew up batches of bait to lure different groups of mice out of the woods. Each mouse group is partial to gathering specific ingredients and has a penchant for a particular type of cheese. Start hunting with any Standard Bait (or your old Halloween cheeses) and gather up the first ingredient to get started. Consult the recipe book and it will tell you what you need to do.

The cauldrons themselves are magical and will automatically brew any recipe that you throw into them! They are even capable of starting new brews on their own if you have enough excess ingredients to queue them up!

You must brew your way up to Scream Cheese as that's the only thing shrill enough to interrupt Baba Gaga's enchanting melody and lure her out of hiding. Capture that frighteningly talented witch and put an end to her nefarious plan!

Baba Gaga's most sought after ingredient is a dangerously powerful herb called Mousedrake Root. Only the spookiest mice in the Gloomy Greenwood are daring enough to collect it in large quantities. Unlike all other ingredients that grow in these woods, Mousedrake Root is the only one capable of brewing Baba Gaga's secret weapon: Evil Extract. This wicked liquid is what Baba Gaga uses to create the most powerful and valuable potions that Gnawnia has ever known! I recommend brewing up as much Evil Extract as you can and exchanging it in the General Store for some of her coveted concoctions!

Hunt these spooky mice, collect their ingredients, and brew up your own batches of bone-chilling baits and Evil Extract! Master the cauldrons until you can brew something loud enough to attract Baba Gaga's attention.

Be wary once the singing stops...

Adventure Book

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

Gather your courage and head deep into the Gloomy Greenwoods to face the monstrous, yet gorgeous, Baba Gaga! Learn her sinister recipes and use them to brew up some bubbling batches of bloodcurdling bait! Master the alchemical arts and bring down Baba Gaga with her own boiling cauldrons!

Brew Monterey Jack-O-Lantern Cheese

Brew Bonefort Cheese

Brew Polter-Geitost Cheese

Brew Scream Cheese

Brew an Evil Extract

Capture Baba Gaga

This adventure takes place in:

Rewards:

Location-Specific Effects

Shops

These are the shops that can be found in Gloomy Greenwood.

Cheese Shoppe

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Cheddar Cheese 10 gold None 10 gold
Marble Cheese 50 gold None 50 gold
Swiss Cheese 100 gold None 100 gold
Brie Cheese 200 gold None 200 gold
Gouda Cheese 600 gold None 600 gold

Trapsmith

Bases
Item Cost Requirement Refund
Eerie Base 120,000 gold None N/A
Eerier Base 320,000 gold 1 Eerie Base N/A
Alchemist's Cookbook Base 450,000 gold None N/A
Weapons
Item Power Type Cost Requirement Refund
Boiling Cauldron Trap Arcane 2,260,600 gold None N/A
Skins
Item Used With Cost Requirement Refund
Steaming Pumpkin Spice Latte Trap Skin Boiling Cauldron Trap 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Stewing Cauldron Trap Skin Boiling Cauldron Trap 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Horrific Pumpkin Trap Skin Horrific Venus Mouse Trap 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Scary S.L.A.C. II Skin S.L.A.C. II 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Candy Corn Ice Maiden Skin Ice Maiden 10 Evil Extract None N/A
The Thing That Ate The Bottomless Grave Skin Bottomless Grave 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Undead Mysteriously unYielding Null-Onyx Rampart of Cascading Amperes Skin Mysteriously unYielding Null-Onyx Rampart of Cascading Amperes 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Witch's Brew Trap Skin Oasis Water Node Trap 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Costumed Ambush Skin Ambush Trap 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Ghostly Spiked Crusher Skin 500 Pound Spiked Crusher 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Spooky Mary O'Nette Skin Mouse Mary O'Nette 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Zugzwang's Night-Mare Skin Zugzwang's First Move 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Count Sentinel Skin Sandtail Sentinel 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Molten Oasis Trap Skin Chrome Phantasmic Oasis Trap 30 Evil Extract None N/A
The Spirit of Halloween Skin Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Skeletal Rune Shark Trap Skin Rune Shark Trap 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Haunted Spires Skin Multi-Crystal Laser 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Spooky Endless Labyrinth Trap Skin Endless Labyrinth Trap 30 Evil Extract None N/A
All Seeing Eye Skin Focused Crystal Laser 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Pillow-S.L.A.C. II Skin S.L.A.C. II 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Soul Searching Turbine Trap Skin Temporal Turbine 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Spooky Chrome Temporal Turbine Trap Skin Chrome Temporal Turbine 50 Evil Extract None N/A

Charm Shoppe

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Super Spooky Charm 1,000 gold
2 Spooky Charm
None N/A
Extreme Spooky Charm 5,000 gold
2 Super Spooky Charm
None N/A
Ultimate Spooky Charm 10,000 gold
2 Extreme Spooky Charm
None N/A

Apothecary

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Wealth Potion 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Liquid Oxygen Potion 5 Evil Extract None N/A
Riftifier Potion 5 Evil Extract None N/A
Dragonbane Potion 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Promotion Potion 10 Evil Extract None N/A
Ultimate Potion 20 Evil Extract None N/A
Epic Cheese Potion 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Stormy Clamembert Potion 30 Evil Extract None N/A
Greater Radioactive Blue Potion 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Gnarled Potion 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Ancient Potion 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Undead Emmental Potion 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Terre Ricotta Potion 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Cherry Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Greater Wicked Gnarly Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Runic Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Rancid Radioactive Blue Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Riftiago Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Polluted Parmesan Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Rainy Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Windy Potion 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Undead String Emmental Potion 3 Evil Extract None N/A
Ancient String Cheese Potion 3 Evil Extract None N/A
Runic String Cheese Potion 3 Evil Extract None N/A
Reactive Reagent 3 Mousedrake Root None N/A
Spooky Shuffle Ticket 2 Evil Extract None N/A
Spooky Shuffle Dust 50 Spooky Shuffle Ticket None N/A
Gloomy Galleon Airship Balloon 5 Evil Extract None N/A
Gloomy Galleon Airship Hull 5 Evil Extract None N/A
Gloomy Galleon Airship Sail 5 Evil Extract None N/A
Ghost Galleon Airship Sail 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Ghost Galleon Airship Hull 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Ghost Galleon Airship Balloon 1 Evil Extract None N/A
Completed Halloween Theme 9,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Completed Spooky Halloween Theme 59,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Completed Undead Halloween Theme 90,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Rift Halloween Journal Theme 190,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
1 Null Gauntlet N/A
Pillowcase Journal Theme 290,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Ghostship Journal Theme 350,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Admiral's Ship Journal Theme 390,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Happy Halloween Journal Theme 450,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Pumpkin Patch Journal Theme 500,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A
Gloomy Greenwood Journal Theme 500,000 gold
10 Spooky Shuffle Ticket
None N/A

Cartographer

Item Cost Requirement Refund
Sealed Treat Scroll Case 1 Ancient Relic None N/A
Sealed Trick Scroll Case 3 Ancient Relic None N/A

History and Trivia

  • When the Hunter travels to the Gloomy Greenwood via clicking the travel shortcut located in the Travel page, the following message can be seen:
Following Larry's directions I make it to the hut. I recite the rhyme: "Hut of brown, now sit down" and the door creaks open...

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