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''For older updates, visit the [[MHWiki:Current events/Archive|Archive]].''
 
''For older updates, visit the [[MHWiki:Current events/Archive|Archive]].''
 
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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=641 Blueprint Sunset Happens Tomorrow!] ===
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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=730 SHE’S BIG, SHE’S BACK, SHE’S JAQ!] ===
''{{date|16|May|2022}}''
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''{{date|7|February|2023}}''
  
'''Last chance to buy soon-to-be vintaged crafting materials!'''
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'''And she brought back the Shack!'''
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'''Big, Back, with some new things in the Shack!'''<br/>
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Big Jaq is back in the Queso Canyon with all sorts of spicy deals!
  
 
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Tomorrow, on May 17, store-bought blueprints will be refunded, and General Stores will no longer stock these vintage crafting materials.
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==== Jaqueline the Spice Merchant Returns to Queso Canyon ====
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The travelling spice merchant Jaqueline, or "Big Jaq" as she's known to friends, has once again setup her Spice Shack in the Queso Canyon! Visit any General Store in the areas of the Queso Canyon region to browse her popup shop where all sorts of spicy deals are available.
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While Big Jaq is visiting, there are also some unique loot drops to find! Boost your Bland Queso collection by recovering Kegs of Bland Queso from mice throughout the Queso Canyon region.
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==== Kegs of Bland Queso ====
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Big Jaq's Bland Queso Kegs have been stolen! Catch mice in Queso Canyon for a chance to get a cheesy reward (she won't mind you keeping the kegs for yourself). The kegs come in three sizes and you can use Wild Tonic to shake loose '''double''' the kegs when mice drop them!
  
=== Store-bought Blueprints Sunset ===
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With the recent Shops Infrastructure Overhaul, Trapsmiths have become adept at constructing traps which once needed to be hand-crafted by MouseHunters!
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:'''250 Bland Queso'''
  
As a result of this mass production of traps, the associated blueprints will soon vanish from hunters' inventories as the knowledge is passed on to Trapsmiths. Hunters looking to acquire one of these previously-crafted traps moving forward should seek out the appropriate Trapsmith to construct it.
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*Medium
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:'''500 Bland Queso'''
  
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 17) at 3:00 PM (UTC) blueprint refunds will begin to be processed.'''<br></div></div>
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:'''1,500 Bland Queso'''
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'''150 Wild Tonic'''
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DOUBLE keg drops with Wild Tonic!
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These Kegs of Queso can be collected '''anywhere in the region''', including the Queso Geyser! Fortunately, the kegs are heat-resistant and buoyant enough to safely float in the liquid hot queso at the geyser. As a result, the kegs will appear as loot drops directly from mice and not in nests.
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==== Spice Leaf and Cork Material Exchange ====
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Big Jaq has expanded her wares and offers a Spice Leaf and Cork Material Exchange! You can exchange up your Nachore, Spice Leaves, AND Cork Materials for higher tier items! Make sure you don't miss out!
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'''Spice Leaf Exchange'''
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*Mild Spice Leaf
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:Cost: 6 Nachore
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*Medium Spice Leaf
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:Cost: 3 Mild Leaves
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*Hot Spice Leaf
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:Cost: 3 Medium Leaves
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*Flamin' Spice Leaf
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:Cost: 4 Hot Leaves
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*Cork Bark
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:Cost: 12 Nachore
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*Rubber
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:Cost: 4 Cork
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*Geyserite
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:Cost: 6 Rubber
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*Tungsten
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:Cost: 6 Geyserite
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==== Blooming Spice Plants ====
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Make sure to tap open the Queso Kegs as you find them to add to your inventory of Bland Queso. Visit Big Jaq's Spice Shack where you can fertilize the Bland Queso into Blooming Spice Plants of various sizes, heats, and materials.
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'''Small Blooming Spice Plant'''
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When harvested, you are guaranteed to find '''Mild Spice Leaves'''. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of either '''Medium''' or '''Hot Spice Leaves'''.
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'''Medium Blooming Spice Plant'''
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When harvested, you are guaranteed to find '''Mild''' and '''Medium Spice Leaves'''. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of either '''Hot''' or '''Flamin' Spice Leaves'''.
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'''Large Blooming Spice Plant'''
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When harvested, you are guaranteed to find '''Mild''', '''Medium''', and '''Hot Spice Leaves'''. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of '''Flamin' Spice Leaves''', or, more rarely, '''Ember Roots''' or '''Ember Stones'''.
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'''NEW Blooming Rubber Plant'''
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When harvested, you are guaranteed to find enough '''Cork Bark''' and '''Congealed Rubber''' for a Medium Cork along with either some '''Geyserite''' or '''Tungsten'''.
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'''50 Wild Tonic'''
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Use Wild Tonic and Bland Queso to fertilize these plants!
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==== Big Jaq's Bundles ====
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Visit the Premium Shop to pick up two special one-time deals on some very spicy hunting supplies.
  
The following blueprints will be removed from hunters' inventories and refunds given:
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These special offers are only available until Big Jaq leaves on Wednesday, February 22!
  
*Ancient Box Trap Blueprints (Refund: 158,175 gold)
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Pick up Big Jaq's Budding Bundle to receive 25 Wild Tonic, 10,000 Bland Queso and a Large Blooming Spice Plant. (Limit 1 per hunter)
*Ancient Spear Gun Blueprints (Refund: 160,000 gold)
 
*Ancient Torn Blueprint Piece (Refund: 158,175 gold)
 
*Blackstone Pass Trap Blueprints (Refund: 1,100,000 gold)
 
*Clockwork Portal Blueprints (Refund: Fel Essence, Icuri Essence)
 
*Dehydration Base Blueprints (Refund: 22,330 gold)
 
*Endless Labyrinth Blueprints (Refund: 6,980,000 gold)
 
*Event Horizon Blueprints (Refund: 2,300,000 gold)
 
*Grand Arcanum Blueprints (Refund: Gur Essence, Icuri Essence)
 
*Hearthstone Base Blueprints (Refund: 147,500 gold)
 
*Magnet Base Blueprints (Refund: 48,500 gold)
 
*Minotaur Base Blueprints (Refund: 7,900,000 gold)
 
*Mysterious Blueprints (Refund: 632,700 gold)
 
*Oasis Water Node Blueprints (Refund: 800,000 gold)
 
*Obelisk of Incineration Blueprints (Refund: 45,079 gold)
 
*Obvious Ambush Trap Blueprints (Refund: 1,100,000 gold)
 
*Phantasmic Oasis Blueprints (Refund: Est Essence, Fel Essence, Icuri Essence)
 
*Refined Pollutinum Base Blueprints (Refund: 766,000 gold)
 
*Remote Detonator Base Blueprints (Refund: 48,500 gold)
 
*RhinoBot Blueprints (Refund: 940,000 gold)
 
*Rift Base Blueprints (Refund: 7,500,000 gold)
 
*Sandstorm MonstroBot Blueprints (Refund: 999,000 gold)
 
*Soiled Base Blueprints (Refund: Fel Essence, Gur Essence, Hix Essence)
 
*Spellbook Base Blueprints (Refund: 936,000 gold)
 
*Sphynx Wrath Blueprints (Refund: 900,000 gold)
 
*Spiked Base Blueprints (Refund: 97,500 gold)
 
*Temporal Turbine Blueprints (Refund: 2,500,000 gold)
 
*Thorned Venus Mouse Trap Blueprints (Refund: 550,000 gold)
 
*Zugzwang's First Move Blueprints (Refund: 615,000 gold)
 
  
'''Please note''' that the refund process will take some time to complete for all hunters; blueprints will be removed and refunded over a short span of time at 3:00 PM (UTC) on May 17.
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Pick up Big Jaq's Blooming Bundle to receive 100 Magic Essence, 200 Wild Tonic, 20,000 Bland Queso, 3 Large Blooming Spice Plants, and 3 Blooming Rubber Plants. (Limit 3 per hunter)
  
=== LAST CHANCE to Collect These Vintaged Crafting Materials! ===
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Big Jaq's Buddin' Bundle
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Tonic, Bland Queso, and a Large Plant!
  
With Trapsmiths streamlining the trap making process, many materials sold in General Stores have become obsolete. These items will be removed from General Store shelves on May 17. Any such materials left in hunters' inventories will be tagged as Vintage. Those who don't want to keep these items as keepsakes may smash them with their Hunter's Hammer for a full refund at any time.
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Big Jaq's Bloomin' Bundle
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Tonic, Queso, and two plants!
  
 
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''As of tomorrow (May 17) at 3:00 PM (UTC) the following crafting materials will no longer be sold in General Stores. However, they will NOT disappear from hunters' inventories. They can be smashed for a full gold refund as desired using the Hunter's Hammer:'''<br></div></div>
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''Travel to the Queso Canyon!</div></div>
  
*Arcane Crystal (Removed from Lost City, Sand Dunes, Living Garden, Labyrinth, and Zokor General Stores)
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*Bead of Slumber (Removed from Catacombs, Forbidden Grove, and Acolyte Realm General Stores)
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''Big Jaq is visiting Queso Canyon until Wednesday, February 22!</div></div>
*Droid Parts (Removed from Bazaar and Furoma General Stores)
 
*Metamorphic Rock (Removed from Seasonal Garden, Zugzwang's Tower, and Crystal Library General Stores)
 
*Phantasmic Essence (Removed from Lost City, Sand Dunes, and Living Garden General Stores)
 
*Rice Paper (Removed from Furoma General Stores)
 
*Umbral Capacitor (Removed from Lost City, Sand Dunes, Living Garden, Labyrinth, and Zokor General Stores)
 
  
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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-- {{MHP|510239199|Franco D'Auria}}
 
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Revision as of 19:34, 7 February 2023

For older updates, visit the Archive.

SHE’S BIG, SHE’S BACK, SHE’S JAQ!

7 February 2023

And she brought back the Shack!

Big, Back, with some new things in the Shack!
Big Jaq is back in the Queso Canyon with all sorts of spicy deals!

Jaqueline the Spice Merchant Returns to Queso Canyon

The travelling spice merchant Jaqueline, or "Big Jaq" as she's known to friends, has once again setup her Spice Shack in the Queso Canyon! Visit any General Store in the areas of the Queso Canyon region to browse her popup shop where all sorts of spicy deals are available.

While Big Jaq is visiting, there are also some unique loot drops to find! Boost your Bland Queso collection by recovering Kegs of Bland Queso from mice throughout the Queso Canyon region.

Kegs of Bland Queso

Big Jaq's Bland Queso Kegs have been stolen! Catch mice in Queso Canyon for a chance to get a cheesy reward (she won't mind you keeping the kegs for yourself). The kegs come in three sizes and you can use Wild Tonic to shake loose double the kegs when mice drop them!

  • Small
250 Bland Queso
  • Medium
500 Bland Queso
  • Large
1,500 Bland Queso

150 Wild Tonic DOUBLE keg drops with Wild Tonic!

These Kegs of Queso can be collected anywhere in the region, including the Queso Geyser! Fortunately, the kegs are heat-resistant and buoyant enough to safely float in the liquid hot queso at the geyser. As a result, the kegs will appear as loot drops directly from mice and not in nests.

Spice Leaf and Cork Material Exchange

Big Jaq has expanded her wares and offers a Spice Leaf and Cork Material Exchange! You can exchange up your Nachore, Spice Leaves, AND Cork Materials for higher tier items! Make sure you don't miss out!

Spice Leaf Exchange

  • Mild Spice Leaf
Cost: 6 Nachore
  • Medium Spice Leaf
Cost: 3 Mild Leaves
  • Hot Spice Leaf
Cost: 3 Medium Leaves
  • Flamin' Spice Leaf
Cost: 4 Hot Leaves
  • Cork Bark
Cost: 12 Nachore
  • Rubber
Cost: 4 Cork
  • Geyserite
Cost: 6 Rubber
  • Tungsten
Cost: 6 Geyserite

Blooming Spice Plants

Make sure to tap open the Queso Kegs as you find them to add to your inventory of Bland Queso. Visit Big Jaq's Spice Shack where you can fertilize the Bland Queso into Blooming Spice Plants of various sizes, heats, and materials.

Small Blooming Spice Plant When harvested, you are guaranteed to find Mild Spice Leaves. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of either Medium or Hot Spice Leaves.

Medium Blooming Spice Plant When harvested, you are guaranteed to find Mild and Medium Spice Leaves. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of either Hot or Flamin' Spice Leaves.

Large Blooming Spice Plant When harvested, you are guaranteed to find Mild, Medium, and Hot Spice Leaves. This blooming spice plant also contains a handful of Flamin' Spice Leaves, or, more rarely, Ember Roots or Ember Stones.

NEW Blooming Rubber Plant When harvested, you are guaranteed to find enough Cork Bark and Congealed Rubber for a Medium Cork along with either some Geyserite or Tungsten.

50 Wild Tonic Use Wild Tonic and Bland Queso to fertilize these plants!

Big Jaq's Bundles

Visit the Premium Shop to pick up two special one-time deals on some very spicy hunting supplies.

These special offers are only available until Big Jaq leaves on Wednesday, February 22!

Pick up Big Jaq's Budding Bundle to receive 25 Wild Tonic, 10,000 Bland Queso and a Large Blooming Spice Plant. (Limit 1 per hunter)

Pick up Big Jaq's Blooming Bundle to receive 100 Magic Essence, 200 Wild Tonic, 20,000 Bland Queso, 3 Large Blooming Spice Plants, and 3 Blooming Rubber Plants. (Limit 3 per hunter)

Big Jaq's Buddin' Bundle Tonic, Bland Queso, and a Large Plant!

Big Jaq's Bloomin' Bundle Tonic, Queso, and two plants!

Travel to the Queso Canyon!
Big Jaq is visiting Queso Canyon until Wednesday, February 22!

-- Franco D'Auria