Hunter's Title
Hunter's Titles are indicators of experience and seniority in MouseHunt. Rank is based on the quality and quantity of mice caught. As hunters catch more mice, they become more experienced. More experienced hunters gain access to new areas (though occasionally they must collect the proper loot) and become more effective at hunting, crafting and using potions.
Contents
Titles
Rank | Shield | New locations | Total locations* | Crafting slots | Additional abilities |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Novice
|
white shield | Meadow | 1 | ||
Recruit
|
white shield with a vertical grey line down the middle | Town of Gnawnia | 2 | ||
Apprentice
|
yellow shield | Windmill | 3 | Send supplies via Give To Friends feature 15 minutes Hunter's Horn | |
Initiate
|
yellow shield with a vertical black line down the middle | Harbour King's Gauntlet |
5 | 2 | Marketplace Crafting Accumulate Stale Cheese |
Journeyman
|
orange shield | Mountain Calm Clearing |
7 | 3 | Use Charms |
Master
|
purple shield | Laboratory Town of Digby Mousoleum Great Gnarled Tree |
11 | 4 | |
Grandmaster
|
blue shield | Bazaar Training Grounds Dojo Meditation Room Pinnacle Chamber Lagoon |
17 | 5 | |
Legendary
|
green shield | Catacombs Forbidden Grove Acolyte Realm S.S. Huntington II Cape Clawed Elub Shore Nerg Plains Derr Dunes |
25 | 6 | Improved contents in Loyalty Chests |
Hero
|
black shield with a white star in the center | Jungle of Dread | 26 | 7 | |
Knight
|
black shield with a yellow cross in the center | Dracano Balack's Cove |
28 | 8 | |
Lord/Lady
|
black shield with a blue outline and a gold bullseye in the center | Seasonal Garden Zugzwang's Tower Crystal Library |
31 | 9 | Improved contents in Loyalty Chests Maximum Tower Amplifier of 150% |
Baron/Baroness
|
black shield with a blue outline and 2 golden lines down the middle with 2 golden stars on the edges | Fiery Warpath Muridae Market |
33 | 10 | Maximum Tower Amplifier of 160% |
Count/Countess
|
red shield with a dark blue outline and a single black stripe down the middle | 33 | 11 | Maximum Tower Amplifier of 175% | |
Duke/Duchess
|
black shield with a dark blue outline and a turquoise dot at the top-center above two diagonal golden wings connected at their base | 33 | 12 | ||
Grand Duke/
Grand Duchess |
green shield | 33 | 13 |
*Excludes event locations
Rank Advancement
Rank advancement is not based directly on the points earned. So, rank will not increase through the bonus points earned through sounding the horn, Lab Research, Acolyte Relics etc. Instead the rank progress bar increases through trap checks and going on hunts.
Every hunt gives some base progress. The same progress is always made when a mouse is not caught — that is, some progress is made even if a mouse is not attracted or when one steals points or cheese. If one catches a mouse, additional progress is made based on a formula known only to the developers (see approximation below). The higher a player's level, the longer it takes to advance to the next level.
Hunters can share 1 King's Credit each with 3 friends by publishing the news when they level up to a new rank title. The advancement also appears in the Hunter's Journal.
Rank Advancement formula
The formula for the rank advancement seems to be linear and so it can be well approximated based on even a small number of hunts.
Rank advancement formula when a hunter is going on a hunt:
mouse_factor * points_for_mouse + base_points
Note, points_for_mouse means points a hunter gets for a mouse based on its breed (Brown, White etc). If a mouse was not caught this is always 0 (which means you only get base points then).
hunter's title | base points | mouse factor | max error | hunts |
---|---|---|---|---|
Journeyman | 0.0810 | 0.0003252 | 0.0076 | 65 |
Master | 0.0295 | 0.0001160 | 0.0092 | 100 |
Grandmaster | 0.0130 | 0.0000533 | 0.0079 | 65 |
Legendary | 0.0062 | 0.0000247 | 0.0067 | 65 |
Hero | 0.0032 | 0.0000110 | 0.0087 | 115 |
Knight | 0.0016 | 0.0000049 | 0.0093 | 120 |
Note, there is no way to calculate exact factors as the current rank is shown rounded to 2 decimal places.
Exception: The Acolyte Mouse advances the hunter more quickly than other mice. For example, the expected advancement at the Knight rank would be about 0.196 of a percentage point, but in actuality it will be by 0.34 of a percentage point.
History and Trivia
- Before 30 June 2010, the Recruit and Initiate titles did not exist. The old "Novice" was split into Novice and Recruit, and the old "Apprentice" was split into Apprentice and Initiate.
- Previously, the ranks of Lady, Baroness, and Countess had a pink outline instead of the blue outline of their male and unidentified gender equivalents. In all other ways, these shields were the same.
- Duchess was originally spelled as Dutchess. The devs changed this on 12 October 2010, only a few hours after the title was introduced.
- Grand Duchess was originally spelled as Grand Dutchess. It was changed on 5 July 2011, approximately ten days after the title was received.