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===Slay the Geyser Dragon===
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===Explore The Valour Rift===
''{{date|30|April|2019}}''
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''{{date|8|October|2019}}''
  
Explore Queso Geyser and uncover powerful new traps!
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''The first Archduke/Archduchess area''
  
 
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====Explore Queso Geyser====
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====Valour Rift Entrance Stabilized====
The King's Royal Geologists have completed their survey of Queso Geyser, allowing hunters with the Queso Geyser Replica Clay Model to access the geyser as a new hunting location!
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After much careful and diligent research from Gnawnia's finest scientists, a means of stabilizing an entrance into the Valour Rift has been discovered! Hunters ranked Archduke/Archduchess and above who have recovered 2,000 Rift Distortions and acquired a map of the Valour Rift can now enter this new area within the Rift Plane.
  
The frequent eruptions of molten queso have attracted all sorts of powerful Draconic mice to the area! Working with Larry, the King's Geologists have devised a plan for luring these high-flying beasts towards a trap. Three words: Massive. Geyser. Corks.
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If you have not yet obtained a map of the Valour Rift, doing so requires the rank of Grand Duke/Grand Duchess and access to the Bristle Woods Rift. Visit the Cartographer at the Bristle Woods Rift to purchase a Rift Chronometer which will allow you to recover the 2,000 Rift Distortions the Cartographer needs to issue you a map. Accessing the Valour Rift is outlined as the first step in the new Archduke/Archduchess adventure "End the Total Eclipse".
  
Collect Cork Bark held by various mice native to the geyser to construct an impressively-sized cork to stick in the geyser. Then, defend your newly constructed cork from mice to allow the pressure to build to massive levels and trigger impressive eruptions of liquid cheese.
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====Preliminary Rift Gauntlet Research====
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During the stabilization research, the King's scientists collected some preliminary information on what awaits hunters within the Valour Rift. The Rift Gauntlet is an expansive area with powerful mice and no doubt rewarding secrets to discover. Although there's still much to learn about this new area within the Rift Plane, one thing is for certain: It's going to take a while to explore everything there!
  
Once an eruption occurs, powerful breeds of Draconic mice will swoop down from the sky towards the airborne queso and come within range of your trap. The constant flow of molten cheese will make collecting loot too dangerous, however, each item a dragon drops will go into a nest that you can safely loot once the eruption subsides.
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'''Endless Tower'''<br>
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The Valour Rift is an especially twisted version of our reality, mirroring the King's Gauntlet in a sinister way. The tower appears to endlessly stretch into a starry abyss with no end in sight. The interior of the tower presents an even more baffling paradox. Early attempts at navigation revealed 8 uniquely themed floors within the tower. However, upon exiting the eighth floor, these early navigators found themselves back where they started, yet further from their destination. A truly confusing experience!
  
Some members of the King's Royal Council have expressed concern over the idea of constructing enormous corks to temporarily seal the geyser and build cheesy pressure in an already unstable section of ground, but the geologists have assured us that it's *perfectly* safe...
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'''Gauntlet Elixir and Champion's Fire'''<br>
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Early attempts at navigating the Valour Rift Gauntlet revealed a timid, yet critical character -- The Terrified Adventurer Mouse. Despite a clear lack of prowess, this battle-hardened adventurer is determined to conquer its fear by climbing to the top of the tower!
  
====Types of Geyser Corks====
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This mouse appears throughout the tower and carries knowledge of shortcuts which can be utilized by hunters to traverse the tower more quickly. Capturing the Terrified Adventurer Mouse will grant x2 progress within the tower, helping you reach greater heights! However, the Terrified Adventurer has a very specific cheese taste. You'll need Gauntlet String Cheese which can be purchased from the local Cheese Shoppe by exchanging Gauntlet Elixirs collected outside the tower.
There are four different varieties of cork you can construct to withstand different levels of pressure and, as a result, trigger differently-sized queso eruptions. The larger the eruption, the larger (and more lucrative) Draconic mice you'll attract!
 
  
Using spicier flavours of queso cheese will attract more powerful dragons that drop more cork, increase pressure more, and are more lucrative to hunt. With a little experimentation, you will find which flavour of queso works best for each circumstance.
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Champion's Fire can be used to light your way both inside and outside the Rift Gauntlet. Burning this fire provides +1 to many loot drops both inside and outside the tower. Additionally, while ascending the Rift Gauntlet, lighting Champion's Fire will move you forward +1 step with each capture.
  
'''Small Cork'''<br>
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*'''250 Gauntlet String Cheese'''<br>
Made from Cork Bark<br>
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:Attract the Terrified Adventurer within the Rift Gauntlet
Collect Cork Bark in the area to construct this lightwight cork capable of withstanding a pressure of 35 kPA to trigger a small eruption.
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*'''250 Champion's Fire'''<br>
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:Adds +1 to loot drops and +1 step with each catch
  
'''Medium Cork'''<br>
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'''Syncronizing with the Tower'''<br>
Made from Cork Bark and Rubber<br>
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The Rift Chronometer has revealed some secrets on how the Gauntlet Tower within the Valour Rift keeps itself out of sync with our timeline. Although the Chronometer will allow you to enter the tower, you'll fall slightly out of sync with the tower after each hunt. Eventually, the stairs below your feet will cease to exist in your timeline, sending you back down to the tower entrance.
Collect a single Congealed Rubber during a small eruption to create a medium-sized cork. These corks can withstand pressures up to 175 kPA to trigger a medium eruption.
 
  
'''Large Cork'''<br>
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'''Floor Caches'''<br>
Made from Cork Bark and Geyserite<br>
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The hordes of Rift Stalkers within the tower appear to be guarding items of great value! Each floor within the tower contains a cache of gold, magical sigils, and other artifacts attuned to the energy of the tower.
Collect a unique rock-like material called Geyserite during a medium eruption to create a large-sized cork. These corks can withstand a much greater pressure of 1,000 kPA to trigger a large eruption.
 
  
'''Epic Cork'''<br>
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Ascend to greater heights to reveal greater quantities of treasure!
Made from Cork Bark and Tungsten<br>
 
Tungsten is an extremely dense material that can be collected during a large eruption to create an epic-sized cork. These corks can withstand a whopping 3,000 kPA to trigger an epic eruption!
 
  
====Looting a Dragon Nest and Rewards====
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'''Tower Augmentations'''<br>
During an eruption, the flow of molten queso makes it too dangerous to collect loot. Instead, a nest fills with loot with each capture. After each eruption subsides you can collect all the loot dropped by the various Draconic mice inside the nest and find all sorts of rewards. You'll find Bland Queso, various Spice Leaves, trap components, and other supplies!
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The magical markings on the Tower Sigils revealed some of the secrets of how the mice have managed to distort reality.
  
'''Amber Queso'''<br>
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Recover Tower Sigils and other powerful artifacts from within the Rift Gauntlet to distort the tower to your own advantage. As you learn more about the tower, you'll be able to utilize this power in the form of augmentations that will transform the tower before entering it. However, these augmentations will only persist until you exit the tower.
Purchase Trap Parts<br>
 
This valuable fossilized queso is highly sought after by the General Store owner at Queso Geyser. Collect the greatest quantities during epic eruptions by hunting the most powerful Draconic mice.
 
  
'''Geyser Smolder Stone'''<br>
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'''Ultimate Umbra'''<br>
Purchase a Physical Trap<br>
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Perhaps the most powerful tower augmentation is '''Ultimate Umbra'''. This augmentation will wrap the tower in utter darkness and summon more powerful mice which are sure to lead to greater rewards! Take warning: The pitch dark of an Ultimate Umbra will embolden the mice within the tower, giving them the ability to push you backwards on the stairwell.
Collect or purchase three of these stones to purchase the Smoldering Stone Sentinel Trap. This impressive trap has an astonishing 12,000 Power, making it the most powerful trap in the entire Kingdom!
 
  
'''Thermal Chisel'''<br>
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====Valour Rift Trapsmith and General Store====
Purchase a Tactical Trap<br>
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The intrepid Trapsmith and General Store owner at the Valour Rift have used the preliminary research to acquire a stock of powerful hunting equipment utilizing resources found within the Valour Rift.
Collect or purchase three of these chisels to purchase the Gouging Geyserite Trap. This trap boasts 9,000 Power, making it the most powerful Tactical trap ever created!
 
  
'''Queso Thermal Spring'''<br>
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'''Celestial Dissonance Trap'''<br>
Purchase a Hydro Trap<br>
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3,500 Rift Power, +10 Luck
Collect or purchase three springs to purchase the Queso Fount Trap. With 11,000 Power, the Fount Trap is the most powerful Hydro trap ever discovered!
 
  
'''Kalor'ignis Rib'''<br>
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A powerful upgrade for the Timesplit Dissonance utilizing Eclipse Cores. This formidable trap is the most effective Rift Weapon yet discovered!
Research a Draconic Trap<br>
 
This mysterious item exists only as a rumor spread by the local trapsmith. The trapsmith at Queso Geyser claims this rare and powerful item could be used to create an extremely powerful and high-luck Draconic trap. However, the exact design remains a mystery.
 
  
'''Should you uncover the Kalor'ignis Rib, be sure to visit the Trapsmith where you can offer to help and begin a quest to research this mysterious Draconic trap design.'''
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'''Prestige Base'''<br>
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??? Power, ??? Luck
  
'''Magic Nest Dust'''<br>
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The Prestige Base is a truly unique (and potentially powerful) piece of hunting equipment. Although its stats appear meager at first, its special attunement to the hunter which owns it and the Rift Gauntlet itself will provide permanent stat bonuses based on how high you've climbed the Rift Gauntlet during Ultimate Umbra.
Adds +5 items to each nest<br>
 
Before looting a nest, you can sprinkle this dust to magically add 5 items to the nest! Dusting a nest will add Cork Materials, Amber Queso, Bland Queso, Spice Leaves, and final random item. Dusting nests after larger eruptions will reward greater quantities of higher-tier items.
 
  
*'''1 Magic Nest Dust'''
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The Prestige Base stats increase based on '''the highest''' floor you've reached during Ultimate Umbra. The base will permanently maintain these stats throughout the entire Kingdom!
:Adds five items to nests!
 
  
====Magical Properties of Wild Tonic====
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'''+10 Power per floor reached and +1 Luck for every 8 floors reached during Ultimate Umbra'''
The powerful elixir native to Queso Canyon has a number of unique effects on the geyser that you can use to your advantage!
 
  
'''Double Cork Bark'''<br>
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'''Two Celestial Dissonance Skins'''<br>
Enable your Wild Tonic while collecting Cork Bark to '''double''' each drop! Pair your tonic with spicier flavours of Queso to maximize your drops!
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The Trapsmith has two unique trap skins for the Celestial Dissonance Trap. However, the exact schematics have been lost in the Rift Gauntlet. Search the tower for 1,000 Tattered Celestial Skin Patterns and exchange them at the Trapsmith for either of the unique skins. Both trap skins can be traded on the Marketplace and shared with friends.
  
'''Double Pressure Gain'''<br>
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'''Codex of Valour'''<br>
Once you construct a cork you'll have a limited amount of time to reach its maximum pressure before the cork degrades. Enable your Wlid Tonic while building pressure to froth up the underground queso and '''double''' the pressure gained with each hunt!
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Completing the '''End the Total Eclipse''' adventure will reward you with the Codex of Valour. This book binding is initially empty, however, the General Store owner sells 8 unique pages to add powerful power type bonuses that work throughout the entire Kingdom. Fully stock your codex to unlock different sets of 5% Power Bonuses and +1 Luck bonuses depending on the power type of your armed trap.
  
'''Bonus Nest Loot'''<br>
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====Gift Baskets and Supply Kits====
Enable your Wild Tonic during an eruption to shake loose some extra loot with each catch and increase the size of the loot nest!
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*'''500 Gauntlet String Cheese'''<br>
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:Jump start your tower exploration
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*'''Valour Rift Gift Basket'''<br>
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:30 Gauntlet String and 20 Champion
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*'''Valour Rift Supply Kit'''<br>
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:250 Gauntlet String and 250 Champion
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*'''Valour Rift Large Supply Kit'''<br>
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:1,000 Gauntlet String, 1,000 Champion
  
*'''150 Wild Tonic'''
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'''This research is only the beginning! The endless Rift Gauntlet is full of secrets to discover and rewards to unlock for hunters with the persistence to ascend to the greatest heights!'''
:Endless uses!
 
 
 
====Queso Geyser Supply Kits and Baskets====
 
*'''Queso Geyser Gift Basket'''
 
:Tonic, Dust, and Medium Spice
 
*'''Queso Geyser Starter Pack'''
 
:Tonic, Dust, and Pump Charms
 
*'''Queso Geyser Supply Kit'''
 
:Tonic, Dust, Pump Charms, Bland Queso, and Hot Spice!
 
 
 
====Dragonshard Eggs No Longer Available====
 
With the Spring Egg Hunt coming to an end and the geyser eruptions now more predictable, mice throughout the Kingdom have stopped dropping Dragonshard Eggs. Make sure to open all of your eggs and then visit any General Store, Charm Shoppe, or Cartographer where you can spend your remaining Dragonshards. The various shopkeepers will stop accepting Dragonshards in a few days time, so make sure to spend them now!
 
 
 
'''Hunt at Queso Geyser'''
 
 
 
*Collect Cork Bark
 
*Build a cork to place in the geyser
 
*Hunt mice to build pressure
 
*Cause an eruption to lure powerful dragons
 
*Fill the nest with loot!
 
  
 
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===Dragonshard Eggs===
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===Partial Scoreboard Recovery===
''{{date|23|April|2019}}''
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''{{date|3|October|2019}}''
  
Queso Geyser eruptions!
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''Some scoreboards recovered from backup''
  
====Mice everywhere dropping Dragonshard Eggs====
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A particularly massive eruption from the Queso Geyser has filled the Kingdom with a light mist of delicious queso, causing mice everywhere to occasionally drop a new type of Spring Hunt Egg: The Dragonshard Egg.
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====Some Scoreboards Recovered====
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Greetings once again hunters. We have another update on our efforts to restore scoreboard data that was lost during last week's infrastructure problems with the game.
  
Dragonshard Eggs can be looted anywhere throughout the Kingdom by hunters with the rank of Initiate of above. More difficult to catch mice drop the egg a bit more often.
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Yesterday afternoon, after some more research, we were able to recover some scoreboards in their entirety. Although the scoreboard data backups were corrupted, we discovered that each scoreboard in the backup was either entirely lost or entirely present. This means we are able to restore a few of the scoreboards as they were on September 21.
  
Each Dragonshard Egg contains some modest Queso Canyon hunting supplies along with a valuable piece of its shell called a Dragonshard. These exotic fragments are sought after by a variety of tradespeople and can be exchanged at any General Store, Charm Shoppe, or Cartographer for various rewards.
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:'''Scoreboards we were able to recover'''
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::*Relic Hunter: Treasure Maps Completed
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::*Relic Hunter: Season 3 Treasure Maps Completed
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::*Relic Hunter: Season 4 Treasure Maps Completed
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::*Relic Hunter: Season 5 Treasure Maps Completed
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::*Iceberg: Best Run
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::*Living Garden: Ultimate Charm Catch Streak
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::*Sunken City: Farthest Distance Traveled
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::*Fort Rox: Highest Monster of the Meteor Catch Streak
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::*Queso Canyon: Nachore Mined
  
*'''Queso Geyser Replica Clay Model'''
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These scoreboards should now appear as they were on September 21 and will actively update as hunters contribute to them.
''Costs 1 Dragonshard''<br/>
 
''Requires completion of the adventure: Extinguish Inferna, The Engulfed''
 
  
Make sure to pick up this important replica model of the Queso Geyser! It is a physical representation of the geological survey information collected by the King's Royal Geologists thus far. Once their survey is complete, hunters of rank Count/Countess and up will be able to access Queso Geyser as a hunting location with the aid of this model.
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====Rebuilding Mouse Scoreboards====
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Scoreboards that track the number of times hunters have caught a specific type of mouse can technically be rebuilt by using hunters' catch statistics. This data was effectively being stored in two places, meaning we can use that redundancy to repopulate scoreboards for specific mouse catches.
  
After the survey is fully completed, the model will be available for a substantial gold and Nachore cost from the Cartographers of Queso Canyon, so get it now while you can on the cheap!
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We're a bit stretched for developer resources while working on infrastructure stability and wrapping up work on the upcoming Valour Rift release. However, once the Valour Rift is released and the infrastructure upgrade work is completed, we'll be looking into repopulating these mouse scoreboards.
*'''Hot Spice Leaf'''
 
''Costs 1 Dragonshard''<br/>
 
Stock up and make some Hot Queso to use in Queso Canyon and the Queso Geyser.
 
*'''Flamin' Spice Leaf'''
 
''Costs 5 Dragonshards''<br/>
 
Craft a particularly spicy queso to use in Queso Canyon and the Queso Geyser.
 
*'''Super Dragonbane Charm'''
 
''Costs 10 Dragonshards''<br/>
 
Prepare for the impending Draconic invasion with these charms that pack an impressive 600% power bonus against dragon mice!
 
*'''Extreme Dragonbane Charm'''
 
''Costs 25 Dragonshards''<br/>
 
Get ready to take on the strongest Draconic invaders with these new charms that have an incredible 900% power bonus against all sorts of dragon mice.
 
*'''Super Queso Pump Charm'''
 
''Costs 20 Dragonshards + 1 Wild Tonic''<br/>
 
Pump more Bland Queso with each hunt, from anywhere in the Kingdom!
 
*'''Sparkling Dragonshard Nest'''
 
''Costs 30 Dragonshards + 10 Wild Tonic''<br/>
 
These mysterious nests sparkle with magic and contain more impressive Queso Canyon hunting supplies. Inside you'll always find a generous quantity of Bland Queso, a couple Super or Extreme Dragonbane Charms, one or two Super Queso Pump Charms, and the spiciest of queso spices, including some Wildfire ingredients!
 
  
Dragons are well known for hoarding gold and, as such, you can expect to find some in each Dragonshard Nest. How much you find can vary wildly, though!
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====Restarting Other Scoreboards====
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The final decision to make is what to do about all other scoreboards. We can either restart these scoreboards from scratch or retire them from the game. This is a decision we're looking for feedback on, so please let us know your thoughts in the comments section. If we were to restart these scoreboards, we would most likely place an asterisk next to those boards and note the date at which the scoreboards started on.
  
====Spring Hunt Ends Next Week====
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Some hunters may also view a subtle difference between scoreboards which may be worth feedback and discussion. Some lost scoreboards tracked one off "feats" while others tracked an accumulating stat over time.
The Spring Egg Hunt will come to an end on Tuesday, April 30. This is the same day that the King's Royal Geologists will complete their survey of Queso Geyser, allowing Count/Countess and up hunters with the area model to access the location as a hunting area.
 
  
'''Prepare for the impending Draconic Invasion, hunters!'''
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Example: Sunken City: Highest Dive Catches tracked a "best record" of sorts from a single dive, while Oxygen Canisters Depleted tracked an accumulating stat across '''all''' dives. Due to their nature, re-obtaining the best record is feasible while accumulating stats will technically always be inaccurate.
  
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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If restarting some scoreboards is something you're in favour of, let us know if you think both feats and accumulating stats should be restarted, or if only feats should be.
  
===The Spring Egg Hunt Begins!===
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'''Once again, we want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while we work through this unfortunate loss of scoreboard data. We've taken the positive comments and constructive feedback to heart and going forward will endeavour to build a better scoreboard system for this amazing community of players.'''
''{{date|09|April|2019}}''
 
  
''It's that time of the year again! The Spring Egg Hunt is back in town!''
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====Hidden Spring Hunt Eggs====
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===Stability Issue Update===
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''{{date|2|October|2019}}''
  
Mice throughout the Kingdom are carrying special eggs containing tasty treats of bonus loot! Travel throughout the Kingdom and hunt mice in search of these hidden eggs, then crack them open to see what's inside!
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''Scoreboard and team changes''
  
To get started, you'll need a special egg-finding piece of equipment called an Eggscavator. If you do not already own one, you can purchase one from the King for 10,000 gold from the special Spring Egg Hunt heads-up display. Or, you can track down the Eggscavator Mouse in areas throughout the Kingdom to find one for free.
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====Marshmallow Monterey Stockpiles and Spring Hunt Event Mice====
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====Update on Recent Stability Issues====
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Greetings, MouseHunters. We've been working through problems caused by the infrastructure issues we faced last week and would like to share our progress and results.
  
The changing of the season has attracted several event mice to certain locations. These hunting spots are home to "stockpiles" of Marshmallow Monterey -- a special cheese that will lure event mice to your trap.
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:*Lost Scoreboard Data
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::The infrastructure issue last week primarily affected the server we use for tracking scoreboards. The data became corrupted and upon attempting to restore from a backup we noticed the backups were also corrupted. Our technical research into restoring from a corrupt backup had mixed results. We were able to restore some of the data, however, due to the nature of scoreboards only having a partial set of data is not useful.
  
To collect Marshmallow Monterey, visit one of the stockpile locations (listed below) and hunt as you normally would there to collect Marshmallow Monterey as loot.
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::For the time being, we've taken down these affected scoreboards, which are unfortunately the majority of scoreboards in the game. The scoreboards which remain are: Points, Gold, Catches, Library Points, Map Clues Collected, and Scavenger Hunt Hints Collected. These scoreboards will automatically update the '''next time''' you contribute to them. For example: If you're currently unranked for Map Clues Collected, finding a Treasure Map Clue will place you back on the scoreboard with your total number of clues found.
  
=====Marshmallow Monterey Stockpile Locations:=====
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::We'll be continuing work to reinstate other scoreboards in a way which will minimize the chances of similar instability occurring in the future. Unfortunately, any other scoreboards we bring back aside from the ones mentioned above will come back in a reset state, meaning hunters will have to compete again from scratch. The scoreboard system needs an extensive overhaul to make it easier to maintain and scale better with a large number of active scoreboards.
  
  • Town of Gnawnia (Recruit)
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:*Lost Team Trophy Data
  • Laboratory (Master)
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::The collection of Tournament Trophies and Badges earned by a specific team was unfortunately lost. We've replaced the section on team profiles to instead show the total collection of Trophies and Badges held by '''current''' team members. This means the trophy and badge count will change when players join or leave a team.
  • Town of Digby (Master)
 
  • Great Gnarled Tree (Master)
 
  • Dojo (Grandmaster)
 
  • Catacombs (Legendary)
 
  • S.S. Huntington (Legendary)
 
  • Cape Clawed (Legendary)
 
  • King's Gauntlet (Hero)
 
  • Claw Shot City (Lord/Lady)
 
  • Muridae Market (Baron/Baroness)
 
  • Queso River (Count/Countess)
 
  • Gnawnia Rift (Count/Countess)
 
  • Fungal Cavern (Duke/Duchess)
 
  • Moussu Picchu (Grand Duke/Duchess)
 
  
Once you've obtained some Marshmallow Monterey, you can use it in any stockpile location to attract Spring Egg Hunt event mice! These mice can drop 10 especially valuable eggs that each hunter can loot only once. Event mice also drop special charms to boost the power of your Eggscavator!
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::We've also removed any restrictions on unlocking new team slots based on trophies and badges collected. Instead, all teams will now be able to add the maximum number of hunters without first earning trophies or badges.
  
*'''15 Marshmallow Monterey'''
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::We've restored as much team tournament history as we could from the corrupted backup and new tournament scheduling will resume soon.
Tasty Spring Cheese
 
*'''250 Marshmallow Monterey'''
 
Hunt for event mice
 
  
====Eggscavator Charge Charms and Eggstra Charms====
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:*Difficulties Remaining Logged In
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::The same infrastructure used to host scoreboards is also used to keep hunters logged in. Before the instability we were already in the process of refactoring this system to not use scoreboard infrastructure. The infrastructure issues certainly boosted the priority of this project. We've completed refactoring, however, with the scoreboard infrastructure now stabilized we'll be allowing ourselves more time to do testing to ensure a smooth transition.
  
You can obtain special charms to boost your Eggscavator by exchanging Marshmallow Monterey at the Charm Shoppe in any Stockpile location, or you can hunt for event mice in those locations to obtain charms as loot drops. Charging up your Eggscavator will allow you to find special Charge Eggs and using Eggstra Charms will double your egg drops! These special charms can also be purchased in the Premium Store.
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'''Understandably the loss of scoreboard data is upsetting and further more, our inability to restore from a backup is disappointing.'''
  
=====Eggscavator Charge Charm=====
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'''We've made the difficult decision to leave several scoreboards removed to make sure that when we rebuild the system we create one we can maintain with the limited resources our small team has and provide the type of scoreboard system hunters deserve.'''
Capturing a mouse with this charm armed will add a charge to your Eggscavator. You'll lose a charge each hunt taken without a charge charm equipped. Depending on the charge level of your Eggscavator, you'll find Low, Medium, and High Charge Eggs that contain Spring Hunt loot!
 
  
=====Eggstra Charm=====
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====iOS 13 Issues====
The Eggstra Charm will double the quantity of any eggs found while hunting! The charm is only consumed when you find an egg.
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After some more technical research, we have identified the issue causing some buttons in the mobile app to be unresponsive or register as a double tap on devices running iOS 13. The update was recently approved by Apple. Keep an eye out for version 1.84.0 (or higher) in the App Store.
  
=====Eggstra Charge Charm=====
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This special charm combines the abilities of the Eggscavator Charge Charm and the Eggstra Charm both charging your Eggscavator and doubling the quantity of any eggs found! This charm is consumed upon each successful capture of a mouse.
 
 
 
====New Eggs for 2019 Spring Egg Hunt====
 
 
 
*'''Barricade Egg'''
 
Sitting safely behind a large, wooden barricade.
 
*'''Crimson Egg'''
 
Dropped by those that only crave Crimson Cheese.
 
*'''Experimental Egg'''
 
Scientists and chemists have been keeping this one under wraps.
 
*'''Explorer's Egg'''
 
A well-traveled egg for a well-traveled hunter.
 
*'''Over 9,000 Egg'''
 
A powerful egg that can only be found with powerful trap setups.
 
*'''Spiced Egg'''
 
Home on the plains, where the leaves all grow in a range... of spices.
 
*'''Nachore Egg'''
 
Encrusted in Nachore. Bring a pickaxe!
 
*'''Wild Tonic Egg'''
 
Someone's been sleeping on this egg! It also seems to show up when the tonic is flowing...
 
*'''Queso Pump Egg'''
 
Found bobbing along a river of cheese.
 
*'''Lightning Storm Egg'''
 
When rain and wind create lightning, here you will find this egg.
 
 
 
====The Eggsweeper Fields Have Opened====
 
 
 
This year something new comes to the Spring Egg Hunt: The MouseHunt Eggsweeper Mini-Game! How Eggs-ilarating!
 
 
 
Eggsweeper is a brand new mini-game made in the spirit of Minesweeper. You have 10 eggs hidden somewhere in the field and you need to reveal them all to earn rank-specific rewards!
 
 
 
Each tile you reveal costs 1 Eggsweeper Shovel. When you reveal a tile, you will either be shown a number or an egg. The number shown is a clue representing how many eggs are hidden in nearby tiles (diagonals included). If you reveal an egg, you get a special Eggsweeper Egg added to your inventory based on your hunter rank.
 
 
 
Eggsweeper Egg Tiers by Title Range:
 
 
 
  • Tier 1: Novice to Journeyman/Journeywoman
 
  • Tier 2: Master to Lord/Lady
 
  • Tier 3: Baron/Baronness and Count/Countess
 
  • Tier 4: Duke/Duchess and up
 
 
 
These eggs will contain loot appropriate for areas in the Kingdom tied to the hunter ranks.
 
 
 
You can find 10 Eggsweeper Shovels inside of this year's Golden Egg. You can also find them in your Daily Loyalty Chest or purchase them from the Premium Store.
 
 
 
*'''10 Eggsweeper Shovels'''
 
Dig, dig, dig!
 
*'''Eggsweeper Starter Pack'''
 
Get Eggscavating!
 
 
 
====Spring Egg Hunt Supply Kits and Gift Baskets====
 
 
 
Eggscavating and egg hunting is a lot of work! Here are this year's supplies, gift baskets, and kits to help you on your journey to Egg Master!
 
 
 
*'''Spring Hunt Gift Basket'''
 
75 Marshmallow Monterey, 5 Eggstra Charms and 25 Eggscavator Charge Charms
 
 
 
*'''Eggsweeper Starter Pack'''
 
50 Eggsweeper Shovels and 3 Magical Fertilizer
 
 
 
*'''Eggfinder Supply Kit'''
 
125 Marshmallow Monterey, 20 Eggstra Charge Charms, 15 Eggscavator Charge Charms, 5 Eggstra Charms, 150 Eggsweeper Shovels and 5 Eggsweeper Fertilizer
 
 
 
====General Interface Changes====
 
 
 
The Unfilled Spring Egg Carton has been retired and can no longer be filled with eggs. Due to this, we have temporarily frozen trade for it on the Marketplace. It can now be smashed with your Hunter's Hammer for 150 SB+.
 
 
 
In addition to the Spring Hunt release, we have also done some quality of life updates to sending supplies. You are now able to send and receive supplies to and from all hunters, regardless of friend status! There is a new setting in the Game Settings tab of the User Preferences page that will allow you to receive supplies from anyone. By default, this setting is disabled.
 
 
 
You may also notice some changes to how your "Special" inventory is organized. Some older event currencies and equipment have been moved to a new "Vintage" section, and others may have been shuffled around to more accurately organize your inventory.
 
 
 
====Spring Egg Hunt!====
 
*'''Find eggs throughout the Kingdom!'''
 
*'''Collect Marshmallow Monterey in major hunting hubs'''
 
*'''Hunt event mice for Eggscavator Charms'''
 
*'''Charge your Eggscavator to find Charge Eggs!'''
 
*'''Play Eggsweeper!'''
 
 
 
-- {{MHP|510239199|Franco D'Auria}}
 

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News

Explore The Valour Rift

8 October 2019

The first Archduke/Archduchess area

Valour Rift Entrance Stabilized

After much careful and diligent research from Gnawnia's finest scientists, a means of stabilizing an entrance into the Valour Rift has been discovered! Hunters ranked Archduke/Archduchess and above who have recovered 2,000 Rift Distortions and acquired a map of the Valour Rift can now enter this new area within the Rift Plane.

If you have not yet obtained a map of the Valour Rift, doing so requires the rank of Grand Duke/Grand Duchess and access to the Bristle Woods Rift. Visit the Cartographer at the Bristle Woods Rift to purchase a Rift Chronometer which will allow you to recover the 2,000 Rift Distortions the Cartographer needs to issue you a map. Accessing the Valour Rift is outlined as the first step in the new Archduke/Archduchess adventure "End the Total Eclipse".

Preliminary Rift Gauntlet Research

During the stabilization research, the King's scientists collected some preliminary information on what awaits hunters within the Valour Rift. The Rift Gauntlet is an expansive area with powerful mice and no doubt rewarding secrets to discover. Although there's still much to learn about this new area within the Rift Plane, one thing is for certain: It's going to take a while to explore everything there!

Endless Tower
The Valour Rift is an especially twisted version of our reality, mirroring the King's Gauntlet in a sinister way. The tower appears to endlessly stretch into a starry abyss with no end in sight. The interior of the tower presents an even more baffling paradox. Early attempts at navigation revealed 8 uniquely themed floors within the tower. However, upon exiting the eighth floor, these early navigators found themselves back where they started, yet further from their destination. A truly confusing experience!

Gauntlet Elixir and Champion's Fire
Early attempts at navigating the Valour Rift Gauntlet revealed a timid, yet critical character -- The Terrified Adventurer Mouse. Despite a clear lack of prowess, this battle-hardened adventurer is determined to conquer its fear by climbing to the top of the tower!

This mouse appears throughout the tower and carries knowledge of shortcuts which can be utilized by hunters to traverse the tower more quickly. Capturing the Terrified Adventurer Mouse will grant x2 progress within the tower, helping you reach greater heights! However, the Terrified Adventurer has a very specific cheese taste. You'll need Gauntlet String Cheese which can be purchased from the local Cheese Shoppe by exchanging Gauntlet Elixirs collected outside the tower.

Champion's Fire can be used to light your way both inside and outside the Rift Gauntlet. Burning this fire provides +1 to many loot drops both inside and outside the tower. Additionally, while ascending the Rift Gauntlet, lighting Champion's Fire will move you forward +1 step with each capture.

  • 250 Gauntlet String Cheese
Attract the Terrified Adventurer within the Rift Gauntlet
  • 250 Champion's Fire
Adds +1 to loot drops and +1 step with each catch

Syncronizing with the Tower
The Rift Chronometer has revealed some secrets on how the Gauntlet Tower within the Valour Rift keeps itself out of sync with our timeline. Although the Chronometer will allow you to enter the tower, you'll fall slightly out of sync with the tower after each hunt. Eventually, the stairs below your feet will cease to exist in your timeline, sending you back down to the tower entrance.

Floor Caches
The hordes of Rift Stalkers within the tower appear to be guarding items of great value! Each floor within the tower contains a cache of gold, magical sigils, and other artifacts attuned to the energy of the tower.

Ascend to greater heights to reveal greater quantities of treasure!

Tower Augmentations
The magical markings on the Tower Sigils revealed some of the secrets of how the mice have managed to distort reality.

Recover Tower Sigils and other powerful artifacts from within the Rift Gauntlet to distort the tower to your own advantage. As you learn more about the tower, you'll be able to utilize this power in the form of augmentations that will transform the tower before entering it. However, these augmentations will only persist until you exit the tower.

Ultimate Umbra
Perhaps the most powerful tower augmentation is Ultimate Umbra. This augmentation will wrap the tower in utter darkness and summon more powerful mice which are sure to lead to greater rewards! Take warning: The pitch dark of an Ultimate Umbra will embolden the mice within the tower, giving them the ability to push you backwards on the stairwell.

Valour Rift Trapsmith and General Store

The intrepid Trapsmith and General Store owner at the Valour Rift have used the preliminary research to acquire a stock of powerful hunting equipment utilizing resources found within the Valour Rift.

Celestial Dissonance Trap
3,500 Rift Power, +10 Luck

A powerful upgrade for the Timesplit Dissonance utilizing Eclipse Cores. This formidable trap is the most effective Rift Weapon yet discovered!

Prestige Base
??? Power, ??? Luck

The Prestige Base is a truly unique (and potentially powerful) piece of hunting equipment. Although its stats appear meager at first, its special attunement to the hunter which owns it and the Rift Gauntlet itself will provide permanent stat bonuses based on how high you've climbed the Rift Gauntlet during Ultimate Umbra.

The Prestige Base stats increase based on the highest floor you've reached during Ultimate Umbra. The base will permanently maintain these stats throughout the entire Kingdom!

+10 Power per floor reached and +1 Luck for every 8 floors reached during Ultimate Umbra

Two Celestial Dissonance Skins
The Trapsmith has two unique trap skins for the Celestial Dissonance Trap. However, the exact schematics have been lost in the Rift Gauntlet. Search the tower for 1,000 Tattered Celestial Skin Patterns and exchange them at the Trapsmith for either of the unique skins. Both trap skins can be traded on the Marketplace and shared with friends.

Codex of Valour
Completing the End the Total Eclipse adventure will reward you with the Codex of Valour. This book binding is initially empty, however, the General Store owner sells 8 unique pages to add powerful power type bonuses that work throughout the entire Kingdom. Fully stock your codex to unlock different sets of 5% Power Bonuses and +1 Luck bonuses depending on the power type of your armed trap.

Gift Baskets and Supply Kits

  • 500 Gauntlet String Cheese
Jump start your tower exploration
  • Valour Rift Gift Basket
30 Gauntlet String and 20 Champion
  • Valour Rift Supply Kit
250 Gauntlet String and 250 Champion
  • Valour Rift Large Supply Kit
1,000 Gauntlet String, 1,000 Champion

This research is only the beginning! The endless Rift Gauntlet is full of secrets to discover and rewards to unlock for hunters with the persistence to ascend to the greatest heights!

Partial Scoreboard Recovery

3 October 2019

Some scoreboards recovered from backup

Some Scoreboards Recovered

Greetings once again hunters. We have another update on our efforts to restore scoreboard data that was lost during last week's infrastructure problems with the game.

Yesterday afternoon, after some more research, we were able to recover some scoreboards in their entirety. Although the scoreboard data backups were corrupted, we discovered that each scoreboard in the backup was either entirely lost or entirely present. This means we are able to restore a few of the scoreboards as they were on September 21.

Scoreboards we were able to recover
  • Relic Hunter: Treasure Maps Completed
  • Relic Hunter: Season 3 Treasure Maps Completed
  • Relic Hunter: Season 4 Treasure Maps Completed
  • Relic Hunter: Season 5 Treasure Maps Completed
  • Iceberg: Best Run
  • Living Garden: Ultimate Charm Catch Streak
  • Sunken City: Farthest Distance Traveled
  • Fort Rox: Highest Monster of the Meteor Catch Streak
  • Queso Canyon: Nachore Mined

These scoreboards should now appear as they were on September 21 and will actively update as hunters contribute to them.

Rebuilding Mouse Scoreboards

Scoreboards that track the number of times hunters have caught a specific type of mouse can technically be rebuilt by using hunters' catch statistics. This data was effectively being stored in two places, meaning we can use that redundancy to repopulate scoreboards for specific mouse catches.

We're a bit stretched for developer resources while working on infrastructure stability and wrapping up work on the upcoming Valour Rift release. However, once the Valour Rift is released and the infrastructure upgrade work is completed, we'll be looking into repopulating these mouse scoreboards.

Restarting Other Scoreboards

The final decision to make is what to do about all other scoreboards. We can either restart these scoreboards from scratch or retire them from the game. This is a decision we're looking for feedback on, so please let us know your thoughts in the comments section. If we were to restart these scoreboards, we would most likely place an asterisk next to those boards and note the date at which the scoreboards started on.

Some hunters may also view a subtle difference between scoreboards which may be worth feedback and discussion. Some lost scoreboards tracked one off "feats" while others tracked an accumulating stat over time.

Example: Sunken City: Highest Dive Catches tracked a "best record" of sorts from a single dive, while Oxygen Canisters Depleted tracked an accumulating stat across all dives. Due to their nature, re-obtaining the best record is feasible while accumulating stats will technically always be inaccurate.

If restarting some scoreboards is something you're in favour of, let us know if you think both feats and accumulating stats should be restarted, or if only feats should be.

Once again, we want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while we work through this unfortunate loss of scoreboard data. We've taken the positive comments and constructive feedback to heart and going forward will endeavour to build a better scoreboard system for this amazing community of players.

Stability Issue Update

2 October 2019

Scoreboard and team changes

Update on Recent Stability Issues

Greetings, MouseHunters. We've been working through problems caused by the infrastructure issues we faced last week and would like to share our progress and results.

  • Lost Scoreboard Data
The infrastructure issue last week primarily affected the server we use for tracking scoreboards. The data became corrupted and upon attempting to restore from a backup we noticed the backups were also corrupted. Our technical research into restoring from a corrupt backup had mixed results. We were able to restore some of the data, however, due to the nature of scoreboards only having a partial set of data is not useful.
For the time being, we've taken down these affected scoreboards, which are unfortunately the majority of scoreboards in the game. The scoreboards which remain are: Points, Gold, Catches, Library Points, Map Clues Collected, and Scavenger Hunt Hints Collected. These scoreboards will automatically update the next time you contribute to them. For example: If you're currently unranked for Map Clues Collected, finding a Treasure Map Clue will place you back on the scoreboard with your total number of clues found.
We'll be continuing work to reinstate other scoreboards in a way which will minimize the chances of similar instability occurring in the future. Unfortunately, any other scoreboards we bring back aside from the ones mentioned above will come back in a reset state, meaning hunters will have to compete again from scratch. The scoreboard system needs an extensive overhaul to make it easier to maintain and scale better with a large number of active scoreboards.
  • Lost Team Trophy Data
The collection of Tournament Trophies and Badges earned by a specific team was unfortunately lost. We've replaced the section on team profiles to instead show the total collection of Trophies and Badges held by current team members. This means the trophy and badge count will change when players join or leave a team.
We've also removed any restrictions on unlocking new team slots based on trophies and badges collected. Instead, all teams will now be able to add the maximum number of hunters without first earning trophies or badges.
We've restored as much team tournament history as we could from the corrupted backup and new tournament scheduling will resume soon.
  • Difficulties Remaining Logged In
The same infrastructure used to host scoreboards is also used to keep hunters logged in. Before the instability we were already in the process of refactoring this system to not use scoreboard infrastructure. The infrastructure issues certainly boosted the priority of this project. We've completed refactoring, however, with the scoreboard infrastructure now stabilized we'll be allowing ourselves more time to do testing to ensure a smooth transition.

Understandably the loss of scoreboard data is upsetting and further more, our inability to restore from a backup is disappointing.

We've made the difficult decision to leave several scoreboards removed to make sure that when we rebuild the system we create one we can maintain with the limited resources our small team has and provide the type of scoreboard system hunters deserve.

iOS 13 Issues

After some more technical research, we have identified the issue causing some buttons in the mobile app to be unresponsive or register as a double tap on devices running iOS 13. The update was recently approved by Apple. Keep an eye out for version 1.84.0 (or higher) in the App Store.