12a - Fiery Warpath Guide

For Hunters with the Title of Baron or above..

Last update: 28.08.2011 

Fiery Warpath General Tips:

• If you are looking to amass points and gold then do not use charms.  If you want to clear the wave as quickly as possible then adopt the strategy described below. 
• An alternate strategy is to completely clear each mouse type before changing charms and moving onto the next one.  This will reduce the number of charms required as you will not need to arm a charm for the third mouse type.
• Catching the Gargantuamouse.  This mouse will be released into the Wave when you attain a steak of 7.  The received wisdom is that at 7 you will have a 20% chance of encountering the mouse; at 8 this increases to 50% chance; while at 9 it is almost certain.  When you want to go for the Gargantuamouse then change your setup to the Ice Maiden trap.

1. Travel to the Fiery Warpath (Sandtail Desert Region).
2. Go to the Charm Shop and but the three basic charm types (Warrior, Scout and Archer); around 20-30 will get you through the first wave[Tip: Ignore the "Super" charms for the time being].    
3. Use a high luck (or strongest) Physical trap setup (such as Chrome Drillbot trap and Magma base), arm Gouda cheese as bait and select one of the three charm types; it does not matter which one.
4. Hunt and catch that mouse type; Warrior = Desert Soldier mouse; Scout = Vanguard mouse; Archer = Desert Archer mouse.
5. When you get down to approximately 5 remaining of that mouse type then switch your charm type to one of the others [Tip: You should do this because defeating them all means that you do not get the full benefit if you catch a Crimson Commander mouse]. 
6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for the third mouse type. 
7. If you still have remaining mice to collect then switch charm type to clear the remaining mice in the wave.
8. Repeat Steps 3 to 7 for Wave 2 and 3 except;
9. When the Physical type mice are cleared then switch trap setup to Tactical to clear the Cavalry mice; then to Hydro setup for the Mage mice; and Arcane for the Artillery mice (Wave 3 only).  [Tip: Although not essential, Super|brie+ cheese works better that Gouda cheese on Waves 2 and 3].
10. For Wave 4, the trap setup should be Physical to clear the Theurgy Warden mice and the Warmonger mouse.
11. When you catch the Warmonger mouse you will return to Wave 1 and start again.  
12. Repeat Steps 2 to 11 until you collect the required loot and then craft the Enraged Rhinobot trap, the Sphinx Wrath trap, the Oasis Water Node trap and finally the Sandstorm Monstrobot trap.  Once you have these traps then use them in instead of your current Physical, Tactical and Hydro trap. 
13. Collect (or purchase from the marketplace) 200 Flameshards.
14. Move on to Part 12b Barons Area: Muridae Market.

If you spot any errors or omissions or have any suggestions to improve the step-by-step guide then please leave a comment.  Thanks..