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== News ==
 
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=== Welcome to MouseHunt v3.0! ===
 
''{{Date|8|June|2010}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>Hello MouseHunters!</p>
 
  
<p>As you have probably noticed, MouseHunt v3.0, aka: ‘Longtail’ has launched! The focus of this update was to gradate a lot of behind-the-scenes code that runs that game, in order to help us build new content more quickly and easily than ever before!</p>
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NEWSPOST OPENING LINE(S)
  
<p>With an update of this size, some problems are sure to surface. The entire development team are working hard to take care of any problems that come up, but it's going to be a bit of a bumpy ride until the dust settles and the new game version is stable. We're excited to get through this together and end up with an even better MouseHunt!</p>
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====Missing/Still to come====
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 1 ====
<p>Journals and cork boards have been rebuilt from scratch. This unfortunately means that we had to clear journals and cork boards for the update to be applied.</p>
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<p>A recent Dragon attack has left the marketplace slightly singed. Once the dust settles from this update, the King will promptly have it repaired. Check back in a few days.</p>
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 2 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<p>We have temporarily disabled Facebook Credits, Cherry Credits, Rixty, and offers while we fix a couple of unexpected problems. We have also disabled the Wiki. We'll have them back up and running soon.</p>
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==== PARAGRAPH HEADER 3 ====
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CONTENT OF PARAGRAPH
  
<p>Your travel map may appear blank, although you can still travel to different locations. Map images are rendered on-the-fly. Once a few players load the travel page to generate the images it will correct the problem.</p>
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-- {{MHP|POSTER SNUID|POSTER NAME}}
  
<p>You currently cannot publish catches/journal entries to your wall (you can only post crafting/convertible/hammer smashes right now). We're working out a few kinks. The feature will make a return soon!</p>
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<p>Tournaments and tournament teams have been shutdown. We're still working on when, if, and how they will make a return.</p>
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=== [{{MHdomain}}/newspost.php?news_post_id=808 The Great Winter Hunt is Coming to an End!] ===
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''{{date|9|January|2024}}''
  
<p>The iPhone App and Toolbar is ready to go, but will be released at a later date.</p>
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'''The Taiga is thawing'''
<p>There are bound to be a few small features/quirks of the game that are not quite as they were before. Based on player feedback we'll be working on bringing these features back to their original state.</p>
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Fire your final hailstones and send out your final golems!
  
====So what's new in Longtail?====
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=====King's Gauntlet!=====
 
  
<p>The King has finished building his Gauntlet, which serves as a challenge to MouseHunters everywhere! Located in the new region of Valour, entry to the Gauntlet can be obtained by purchasing a floor plan from the new Cartographer in the Harbour. The Cartographer is under strict order to only sell the plans to those who prove their loyalty to the King by first capturing a Master Burglar that ran off with some of the Crown Jewels. Master Burglars are only attracted to Gilded Cheese or SUPER|brie+. Burglar mice from all regions have been rumoured to be dropping gilded cheese.</p>
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==== The Great Winter Hunt is Coming to an End ====
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Congratulations MouseHunters, thanks to your valiant efforts, the Frost King's forces are retreating!
  
<p>The Gauntlet works on a tier system, with Hunters advancing to the next floor by hunting with cheese that they collect on the current floor. By order of the King, the Gauntlet is being opened slowly. He'll be permanently opening a few floors every few days. Check the news section for announcements.</p>
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After the relentless barrage of Hailstones from the brave hunters of Gnawnia, the Frost King's icy powers are waning and the Great Winter Taiga is beginning to thaw.
  
<p>To enter the Gauntlet a hunter must first prove their loyalty to the King. To do so they must capture a Master Burglar mouse from the Town of Gnawnia and get a Crown Jewel as loot. Once you have a Crown Jewel in your possession the Cartographer in the Harbour will sell you floor plans to the Gauntlet, granting you access.</p>
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Soon all the snow will be gone and the Frost King and his forces will go into hiding for another year.
  
<p>Good luck!</p>
 
  
====Instant-Updating Journals====
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<div style="text-align: left; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em"><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 115%;">'''The Great Winter Hunt has entered the shutdown phase'''</div>
  
<p>Sounding the Hunter's Horn no longer reloads the page to update your journal. Your journal entry will automatically be added to the your journal when sounding the horn from the camp page. If you happen to sound the horn from a page other than camp, your journal entry will appear just below the heads up display.</p>
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The following changes have happened in the Taiga:
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*Mice are no longer dropping Golem Parts or Pecan Pecorino
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*Mice in Cinnamon Hill are no longer dropping Compressed Cinnamon
  
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The following things will remain the same '''until January 16''' when the event shuts down completely:
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*Golems can still be built and sent out
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*Cinnamon can still power the Forges in the Golem Part Workshop
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*Hailstones can still be fired at the Ice Fortress</div>
  
====Camp Page Trap Selector====
 
  
<p>The camp page now has a quick-change trap selector to make changing your trap setup (including bait) quicker and easier than ever before. Just click the icons below the image of your trap on the camp page to pull up your inventory. From there, you can change your base, weapon or bait.</p>
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<div style="text-align: left; border: 0.083em solid; border-radius: 0.416em; padding: 0.416em"><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 115%;">'''The Great Winter Hunt will end completely on'''<br>'''Tuesday, January 16, 2024'''</div>
  
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Hunters can continue to send out Snow Golems until the event ends completely.
  
====New Travel Page====
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After the event ends, the following items will melt away and be '''removed from your inventory''':
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*Animated Snow
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*Reinforced Ice Shards
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*Compressed Cinnamon
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*Hailstones
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*Firework Sugar Cookies
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*Magical Holiday Scarf
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*Golem Gift Box
  
<p>The travel page has been given an overhaul and a new interface. It's now easier than ever to navigate the MouseHunt map and see what types of shops a location has! Traveling also no longer reloads the page. Just click the ‘Hunt Here’ button to travel instantly!</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;>'''Make sure to use up all of these resources before January 16!'''</div></div>
  
<p>There is also a Larry's Travel section on the travel page to take you to locations free of cost! Currently it takes you to the Town of Gnawnia for free!</p>
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==== Last Chance for Limited Time Bundles ====
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These limited time bundles will be gone from the Premium Shop on Tuesday, January 16 so pick them up while you still can!
  
  
====Inventory Page Changes====
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<p>We've reorganized a few things in the inventory, and removed the need for a page reload when using/arming items from the inventory. Bases and weapons now have sub-tabs under the traps section.</p>
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Golem Body Builder Bundle'''<br>Get huge gains with one entire golem! (Limit 1)
 
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Animated Snowball Starter Bundle'''<br>Arm yourself with snowballs! (Limit 3)
<p>The crafting interface has also been vastly improved with a new ‘Recipe Book’ added to the page. With the Recipe Book, it's now much easier to craft previously crafted items in any quantity you wish. We've also moved all novelty items to their own section. There is NO chance of failure when you now craft (no red slots).</p>
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Golem Gang Bundle'''<br>Golems, Pecorino, Charms, and more! (Limit 3)
<p>The convertibles and potions page have also been improved upon so it is easier to use.</p>
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Winter Taiga Trap Skin Bundle'''<br>Skins, Throwable Snowballs, Showdown Dust!
 
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''500 Pecan Pecorino Cheese'''<br>Gather Golem Parts!
====Mice Page Changes====
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''500 Glazed Pecan Pecorino'''<br>Unique event mice!
 
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<p>As the number of mice in the game grew, the ‘Mice’ page became cumbersome and began to load extremely slowly due to the number of mice being displayed. We've reorganized the layout with sub-tabs to make browsing mice easier.</p>
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<p>Mice no longer have power types. As newer, more unique areas were added to the game the power type system became inconsistent. For example, although all the mice of Derr were listed as Physical, you could not use Tactical weapons to catch them like you could for most other physical mice. To correct this inconsistency, the mice are now all organized into groups that have similar weaknesses in similar areas.</p>
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<p>Lastly, on a hunter's profile page you will now see a cumulative total of all mice the user caught. This includes the previous 165 plus the rare/bonus mice.</p>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
====Extra ‘Give to Friends’ Items====
 
 
 
<p>We've expanded the functionality of the ‘Give to Friends’ page to allow players to send more than just SUPER|brie+ and gold. At this time, we've added Moon Cheese and Maki Cheese. We may add additional items in the future, based on user feedback.</p>
 
 
 
 
 
====Other Changes====
 
 
 
<p>Based on player feedback and plans for the future, we've also used this opportunity to adjust a few existing things in-game.</p>
 
  
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==== The Year of the Dragon is Coming Soon! ====
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Prepare to celebrate the year of the dragon by using all of that golem loot in combination with Lunar Lantern Candles to DOUBLE or TRIPLE your rewards!
  
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-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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=== Tuesday Downtime - HUGE Update Coming! ===
 
''{{date|8|June|2010}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>Hello MouseHunt Communi-tay!</p>
 
 
<p>The day is almost upon us. After months of hard work, we are finally ready to launch the MouseHunt v3.0 "Longtail" update!</p>
 
 
<p>Towards the end of last year MouseHunt began to grow a bit too big than the existing code could support. Adding new players to the game became a challenge and the amount of content (mice, cheese, locations, etc) was becoming bloated, making adding new content cumbersome and slow.</p>
 
 
<p>It was clear a rebuild was needed so we could continue to develop the game into what the community began to expect. Now, several months later this rebuild is ready to launch!</p>
 
 
<p>This Tuesday the game will be unavailable for the day as we apply this update. We know downtime can be frustrating, but this update will help us build more robust, creative content faster than ever before! We have the best players in the world and you deserve MouseHunt to be the best game it can be!</p>
 
 
<p>'''The game will become unavailable at approximately 8am EST and will then be down for the remainder of the day.''' If you're the type that likes to know what's going on behind the scenes we'll be keeping in touch via updates on the application about page and perhaps the occasional live-feed video.</p>
 
 
<p>With an update this massive there are sure to be a few hiccups and glitches. We'll be hard at work addressing anything that comes up. It will be a bumpy ride, but we know we can all get through it together and reach a major milestone in MouseHunt history!</p>
 
 
<p>When we first launched MouseHunt we never dreamed it would grow to where it has. The devotion of you players remains a constant compliment and source of inspiration to this day!</p>
 
 
<p>If you're interested in talking with your fellow hunters about the Longtail update we've made an event page! [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133000343381291 Check it out for more details.]</p>
 
  
====<center> What to expect in the v3.0 "Longtail" update: </center>====
 
 
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<center>'''Opening of the King's Gauntlet!'''
 
 
This many-storied tower is the King's personal chalange to MouseHunters everywhere: anyone who can reach the top is among the kingdom's elite. The King's Gauntlet works on a tier syste, with Hunters advancing to the next floor by hunting with cheese that they collect on the current floor. The Gauntlet is meant as a chalange for hunters of all skill levels, but in order to ascend to the very top, a Hero's rank will come in handy.<br><br>
 
  
<p>'''Here's what to expect from this MAJOR update.'''</p>
 
<p>'''A NEW BACKBONE FOR A BETTER FUTURE'''</p>
 
<p>New User Interface<br>
 
More creative/Robust features<br>
 
Able to support more mousehunters (to help the king)<br>
 
Better traveling<br>
 
Faster more regular content<br>
 
and much more...</p></center>
 
 
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<center><p>[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4711300&id=10337532241 Original message]</p>
 
  
<p>'''Look forward to Wednesday, and a new, better than ever MouseHunt!'''</p></center>
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=== Change to Balack's Cove ===
 
''{{date|24|May|2010}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>We always endeavor to include the feedback of players when deciding on adding to, or modifying existing features. Based on a Friday feedback session we decided to try this approach with the release of new content as well.</p>
 
<p>Since the release of Balack’s Cove, we have been listening carefully to constructive criticism from the MouseHunt community, trying to gauge if there are any elements that we might need to tweak in order to make the game more fun and challenging. In addition to reading feedback we have been carefully analyzing how players have been tackling the new content. Looking at things such as how quickly they can acquire resources, catch mice, earn points/gold, etc.</p>
 
<p>We've decided, with the help of the MouseHunt community, to raise the amount of Vanilla Bean needed to craft Vanilla Stilton when using magic essence from one to five. We think that this tweak will make crafting Vanilla Stilton more challenging, and thus make the end result more satisfying to the majority of MouseHunt players. Although this may not be a welcome change for some players, we made the decision with the help of the community, and we feel that it will be beneficial to the majority of players.</p>
 
<p>'''This change has now come into effect'''.</p>
 
<p>We are still gauging whether or not releasing content earlier than usual and using feedback from players to help put the final adjustments and finishing touches on areas is a useful exercise. We welcome players to discuss this matter in a constructive way via the discussion boards. The passion of hunters is what helps ensure everything about MouseHunt is as fun as possible!</p>
 
<p>Thanks for playing, and good luck on the hunt!</p>
 
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
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=== Balack the Banished ===
 
''{{date|17|May|2010}}''
 
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<p>Once, the three tribes, Nerg, Derr and Elub, were one, united under a ruler so cruel and merciless that the tribes-mice lived in constant fear of his whims. The Elders formulated a plan to banish Balack’s spirit to a remote cove near the Jungle of Dread, but he had other plans. He allowed the Elders to banish him, but he corrupted their enchantment along the way, pulling his attackers into the cove with him to be his servants for the rest of eternity.</p>
 
<p>Forever banished to the dark caverns under Dracano, Balack now takes his revenge out on any hunter who dares to enter his cove. Balack's Cove is a unique environment with unpredictable tides that keep the dark caverns constantly soaked, and that can easily wash unsuspecting Hunters out to sea. To navigate in the dark and damp, no ordinary torch or lantern will do. </p>
 
<p>The general store in Cape Clawed offers a clue on how to gain access to the cove -- an Antique Lantern rumoured to once be held by Balack himself. The lantern has long lost the power of Balack's Magic, which was capable to keeping it alight in almost any situation. If you plan on using the lantern to navigate the cove, you'll need the intense flame of three dragon embers, rumoured to be scattered around Dracano. Any other flame is instantly extinguished by the damp, humid air in the cove.</p>
 
<p>But finding the cove is only the beginning! The ghostly mice that dwell in the area have very unique taste in cheese. They crave the pungent flavour of Vanilla Stilton cheese made from Vanilla Beans harvested from the Jungle of Dread and another ingredient native to the island, Coconut Milk. Combine 15 Vanilla Beans, Coconut Milk, Salt, Curds and Whey to produce 15 ill-flavoured pieces of Vanilla Stilton. Crafters have found that the flavour of Vanilla Beans can be amplified with Magic Essence! You may use a single Vanilla Bean and 15 Magic Essence as a substitute for all 15 beans.</p>
 
<p>Vanilla Stilton has an awful taste, but an even more... sinister flavour can be made by collecting the anger of the Tribes’ Lich mice that are trapped in the cove. By combining each of the Tribal Lichs' unique ingredients with just a little Coconut Milk, Ionized Salt, Curds, a single Vanilla Bean and an optional dash of Magic Essence, Hunters can make a truly "vengeful" cheese. Be warned that such an angry cheese is sure to draw even more Tribal Lich mice to your trap, and perhaps even a rare sighting of Balack himself.</p>
 
<p>Knights entering Balack’s Cove should consider a variety of hunting strategies and trap options. What will your strategy be?</p>
 
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
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=== Display and FB Credits Errors Resolved ===
 
''{{date|11|May|2010}}''
 
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<p>The recent display errors (most apparent on hunter profile pages) have now been resolved. Pages that appeared to have wonky layouts should now appear normal.</p>
 
<p>We have also resolved a problem causing an error message to appear when donating with Facebook Credits. You can now use Facebook Credits to donate and obtain SUPER|brie+ on the [http://apps.facebook.com/mousehunt/donate.php donate page].</p>
 
<p>Thanks for you patience while these problems were being corrected.</p>
 
<p>Happy Hunting and good luck in your hunts!</p>
 
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
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=== Recent Page Display Errors ===
 
''{{date|4|May|2010}}''
 
<blockquote>
 
<p>Earlier today the layout of pages appeared broken as Facebook's CSS and JavaScript cache servers stopped serving content.</p>
 
<p>We have implemented a work-around until Facebook's servers are back up and running. This should fix the majority of display problems.</p>
 
<p>Sorry for any inconvenience and good luck in the hunt!</p>
 
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
 
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Revision as of 14:35, 14 January 2024

For older updates, visit the Archive.

The Great Winter Hunt is Coming to an End!

9 January 2024

The Taiga is thawing Fire your final hailstones and send out your final golems!

The Great Winter Hunt is Coming to an End

Congratulations MouseHunters, thanks to your valiant efforts, the Frost King's forces are retreating!

After the relentless barrage of Hailstones from the brave hunters of Gnawnia, the Frost King's icy powers are waning and the Great Winter Taiga is beginning to thaw.

Soon all the snow will be gone and the Frost King and his forces will go into hiding for another year.


The Great Winter Hunt has entered the shutdown phase

The following changes have happened in the Taiga:

  • Mice are no longer dropping Golem Parts or Pecan Pecorino
  • Mice in Cinnamon Hill are no longer dropping Compressed Cinnamon

The following things will remain the same until January 16 when the event shuts down completely:

  • Golems can still be built and sent out
  • Cinnamon can still power the Forges in the Golem Part Workshop
  • Hailstones can still be fired at the Ice Fortress


The Great Winter Hunt will end completely on
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Hunters can continue to send out Snow Golems until the event ends completely.

After the event ends, the following items will melt away and be removed from your inventory:

  • Golem Parts
  • Animated Snow
  • Reinforced Ice Shards
  • Compressed Cinnamon
  • Hailstones
  • Firework Sugar Cookies
  • Magical Holiday Scarf
  • Golem Gift Box
Make sure to use up all of these resources before January 16!

Last Chance for Limited Time Bundles

These limited time bundles will be gone from the Premium Shop on Tuesday, January 16 so pick them up while you still can!


Golem Body Builder Bundle
Get huge gains with one entire golem! (Limit 1)
Animated Snowball Starter Bundle
Arm yourself with snowballs! (Limit 3)
Golem Gang Bundle
Golems, Pecorino, Charms, and more! (Limit 3)
Winter Taiga Trap Skin Bundle
Skins, Throwable Snowballs, Showdown Dust!
500 Pecan Pecorino Cheese
Gather Golem Parts!
500 Glazed Pecan Pecorino
Unique event mice!
New Year's Party Bundle
Includes a Scroll Case! (Limit 3)

The Year of the Dragon is Coming Soon!

Prepare to celebrate the year of the dragon by using all of that golem loot in combination with Lunar Lantern Candles to DOUBLE or TRIPLE your rewards!

The Lunar New Year Event will begin on Tuesday, February 6, 2024!

-- Dave Vanderburg