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News

Pollution Levels Rising at the Laboratory

17 January 2014

Pollution levels outside the lab are rising! Digby Scientists predict that a deadly toxic spill is imminent!

Laboratory Outflow Filters

The Laboratory has long been entirely overrun with mice, however, Digby Scientists are now reporting that the infestation is beginning to affect more than just the Lab. The waste outflow pipes that pour into the Burroughs River have had their filtration system chewed through by mice, making them much less reliable.

Without a properly functioning filtration system, the pollutants generated at the Lab are slowly building up in the river opening, forming a delta of radioactive waste. The scientists at Digby are predicting that once this pollution reaches a critical mass, a massive toxic spill will occur!

Early Toxic Spill Research

A small team of brave scientists from Digby ventured into the Laboratory to investigate the potential effects of pollution entering the Burroughs river on mice in the area. A few experiments later, their most-feared hypothesis was proven true: The toxic waste has dastardly effects on mice, increasing their size and strength, while others gain new found powers! The toxic environment also appears to make the mice extremely aggressive, making them a serious threat to the safety of the Kingdom.

With no doubt in the scientists' minds that a toxic spill is imminent, the King has called upon experienced hunters to stand at the ready and brace themselves to hunt mice at the toxic spill.

The cleanup strategy will be as follows:

• When the spill first occurs and is at its highest contamination level, more experienced hunters will need to head in and capture the most powerful mice.
• As the contamination level drops and the more powerful mice are removed, lower ranks of hunters will be permitted to enter the area.
• Repeat this strategy as the pollution levels continue to drop, allowing in more and more hunters, until the area is completely free of contaminants.
  

Although the scientists are not positive how severe the toxic spill may be, the King is asking for hunters with the title of Hero all the way to Archduke to be at the ready.

Digby scientists have not finished their investigation, but they're able to share one preliminary finding that may help hunters prepare for the imminent toxic spill: Mice exposed to the toxic waste can be lured closer by extremely radioactive and rancid items. Although standard Radioactive Blue Cheese has not proven effective, they're confident that should a more rancid variety of this cheese be crafted, it would be extremely effective.

Digby scientists are recommending that hunters stock up on both Radioactive Blue Cheese and Radioactive Sludge as they suspect both items will prove valuable in the upcoming Toxic Spill.

Pollution accumulating around the Lab

• A Toxic Spill is imminent
• Hunters from Hero to Archduke, prepare for a new challenge!
• Keep watching the news section for further developments

-- Dave Vanderburg

Season Two of the Relic Hunter

14 January 2014

The second season of the Relic Hunter and treasure hunting has begun! A new reward now awaits those who complete treasure maps!

Season Two Treasure Chests

With season two now started, completing a treasure map now awards a "Season Two" chest. You'll also notice any treasure chests you have in your inventory now carry with them the label of "Season One". These two types of chests contain similar items, however, the Season Two chests contain a new Limited Edition trap in place of the Ancient Gauntlet Trap.

Season One Treasure Chests still have a chance to drop the Ancient Gauntlet Trap, however, these chests are now no longer obtainable.

New Limited Edition Chesla's Revenge

Every Season Two Treasure Chest has a chance of containing the new Limited Edition Chesla's Revenge trap. This new tactical trap boasts good hunting prowess as well as a special use in Zugzwang's Seasonal Garden. The electric energy in Chesla's Revenge has a unique effect on your Tower Amplifier, resulting in an occasional boost in amplifier power. This boost also stacks with the effect of an Amplifier Charm, charging your Amplifier quicker than ever!

Rare Map Dust

Looking to boost the rewards found in Treasure Chests, including improving the odds of discovering rare items? Rare Map Dust is carefully scraped from an old, rare map, and instantly transforms a map into a rare one! The difficulty of the map does not increase, only the delicious loot! Rare Map Dust can be purchased with gold from the Marketplace, occasionally found when opening a treasure map scroll case, or purchased from the SUPER|brie+ shop.
Rare Map Dust
Boost Treasure Chest rewards!

Vacant Lot has now closed

With the Great Winter Hunt long over, the Vacant Lot and the Festive Shoppes located there have now closed. They will make a return next year with a plethora of festive goodies!

Season Two of the Relic Hunter

• Treasure Maps reward new "Season Two" Chests
• Team up with friends to hunt for treasure!
• Find the new Chesla's Revenge Trap in Season Two Chests

-- Dave Vanderburg

End of the Winter Event

7 January 2014

The Great Winter Snowball Fight has come to an end. An area called the Vacant Lot has remained behind where all of the Festive Shoppes will stay open for one more week.

Spend Your Ice Coins

Make sure you visit the various Festive Shoppes to cash-in all of your Ice Coins! There is a wide variety of hunting loot available that is sure to help you in your hunting endeavors across the Kingdom. Make sure to also purchase the Limited Edition Ice Blaster Trap. Remember: The Ice Blaster Trap can be upgraded into the Glacier Gatler, so if you're the collector type, you may want to purchase two Ice Blaster Traps to have one of each!

Exchange Snow Blocks for Snowball Charms

Have extra Snow Blocks after completing your Snow Fort? Exchange them at the Charm Shoppe for Snowball Mystery Packs! Each pack contains a random amount of Snowball Charms. Although these charms boost the stats of any trap, arm them with either the Ice Blaster or Glacial Gattler and watch your power really soar!

Exchange Snowball Bocconcini for Winter Charms

Have extra Snowball Bocconcini? Extra pieces of cheese can be exchanged at the Cheese Shoppe for Winter Charms! Even outside of the festive area, these charms provide an impressive luck bonus, making them useful all year long!

Special bonuses melt away with your fort

The warmer weather has melted the Festive Snow Fort, along with the fortresses built by hunters. All special bonuses provided by the fortress, such as power bonuses, tournament bonuses, etc. will no longer be provided. The one exception to this are rewards from Naughty and Nice Treasure Chests. The magical bonus upon opening the chest has remained even though the tavern in your Snow Fort has melted. You will still receive the double loot bonus upon opening if you built the related upgrade.

What's your next goal?

The end of an event can leave a few hunters pondering what their next goal may be. Are you still on the always expanding quest of discovering new hunting locations and breeds of mouse? If you need a little help getting back on track, check out this amazing MouseHunt guide built by a member of the community: Spheniscine's MouseHunt Guide (mousehuntguide.com).

Are you an avid treasure hunter? As a reminder, season one of the Relic Hunter and Treasure Chests will soon come to an end and season two will begin! This means that completing newly acquired Treasure Maps will reward a new "Season Two" Treasure Chest with mostly similar contents, although some will be different. Most notably, the Limited Edition Ancient Gauntlet Trap will no longer be able to be found in the new chests. If you have not obtained the Ancient Gauntlet Trap yet, now is your last chance to find it!

Looking for more unique goals? Check out these large groups dedicated to specific hunting goals:

The Official MouseHunt Newbie Group - Help and advice for new hunters --> facebook.com/groups/103701656374148/

MouseHunt Century Club - Collectors of King's Crowns! --> facebook.com/groups/MousehuntCenturyClub/

Ministry of Mice - Very active competition group for active hunters. --> facebook.com/groups/MoM.ministryofmice/

Sisterhood of the Dragon Divas - For the female Dragon Slayer. --> facebook.com/groups/251719951538301/

Brotherhood of the Dragon Dominators - For the male dragon slayer. --> facebook.com/groups/BotDD/

The Balackadders - For the Balack Hunters! --> facebook.com/groups/mhthebalackadders/

Mousehunt Madness --> facebook.com/groups/162636210449353/

The Siltherers - For hunters aiming to silver the Silth. --> facebook.com/groups/mhsiltherers/

Mousehunt University - Friendly help, advice and competitions. --> facebook.com/groups/264415630335312/

Eclipse Eliminators - For Kings Gauntlet hunters. --> facebook.com/groups/502605679751996/

Caravan Convoy - Hunters all hunting together in one place. --> facebook.com/groups/478970845466212/

Furoma Addicts - For Furoma Hunters. --> facebook.com/groups/FuromaAddicts/

Mapmeisters - Interest in maps? You are in the right place!. --> facebook.com/groups/mapmeister/

2014 is Year of the Noble

During 2014, the Kingdom will see new hunting locations revealed requiring a Hunter's Title of Count, Duke, and above! In and amongst the usual events, be prepared for new, high-level content and challenges! If you're not quite experienced enough, don't worry -- these new locations will be permanent additions, meaning they'll await your visit when you reach the appropriate Hunter's Title.

Looking to gain some more experience and reach a higher title? Discuss strategy on the forums, consult MouseHunt Guide, and get to sounding your horn!

The Great Winter Snowball Fight has ended

• Spend your Ice Coins
• Exchange extra Snow Blocks
• Decide on your next amazing hunting goal!

-- Dave Vanderburg