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12d - The Living Garden, Lost City and Sand Dunes Guide

For Hunters with the Title of Baron(ess) or above...
This section is under development as my understanding of the new area increases.  
Last update 16.11.2012

1. Travel to the Living Garden [Sandtail Desert Region].
2. Trap set-up should be Oasis Water Node trap / Golden Tournament base [or Spellbook base] / Ancient charms [or Super Power charms] / Gouda cheese [perhaps use Superbrie+ cheese if spell book and no ancient charms].
3. Keep hunting the various mice until you have collected enough Dewthief Petals enabling you to buy 50-60 pieces of Dewthief Camembert cheese from the cheese shop.
4. [for the initial run, ignore the "mini-game" with the sponge charms unless you want to catch the Thirsty mouse].
5. Travel to the Lost City.
6. Trap set-up should be Arcane Blast trap [or ACRoNYM trap] / Golden Tournament base [or Spellbook base] / Ancient charms / Dewthief Camembert cheese.
7. Keep hunting the various mice until you have collected enough Dreamfluff Herbs to purchase 30-60 pieces of Duskshade Camembert cheese [Note: Each time you catch a Cursed Mouse you will see the HUD change. You then need to purchase and arm a Searcher charm from the Charm shop to 'lift the curse'. While your Searcher charm is armed, you may want to switch to a high-luck base (Papyrus/Dragon Jade/Magma). I would recommend buying these charms as required so that you do not waste you stock of Aleth Essence unnecessarily. Keep hunting until the 'curse is lifted' then return to your original set-up].
8. You should also need to have collected and/or crafted 10-15 Ber essence and 5-10 Cynd Essence before you travel to the Sand Dunes unless you have purchased charm kits.
9. If you have used your stock of Dewthief Camembert cheese then repeat Steps 1-4 before travelling to the Sand Dunes.
10. Travel to the Sand Dunes.
11. Trap set-up should be Reaper's Perch Trap / Golden Tournament base [or Spellbook base] / Ancient charms / Dewthief Camembert cheese.
12. Keep hunting the various mice until you have collected enough Duckshade Petals to purchase 30-60 pieces of Duskshade Camembert cheese [Note: After each hunt, check the HUD. If a Grubling Stampede occurs then you should purchase and arm at least 15 Grubling Chow charms from the Charm shop. While your Grubling Chow charm is armed, you may want to switch to a high-luck base (Papyrus/Dragon Jade/Magma). After the stampede has ended then revert to the set-up in Step 11].
13. Purchase as much Duckshade Camembert cheese from the Cheese shop as your supplies will allow.
14. You should also need to have collected and/or crafted 10-15 Ber essence and 5-10 Cynd Essence before you attempt to travel to the Twisted Garden unless you have purchased charm kits.
15. Travel to the Living Garden.
16. Trap set-up should be Oasis Water Node trap / Golden Tournament base [or Spellbook base] / Ancient charms / Duckshade Camembert cheese.
17. Keep hunting until you catch Carmine the Apothecary mouse. This will transport you into the Twisted Garden.
18. Keep hunting the various mice and gather Graveblossom Petals until you have used all your Duckshade Camembert cheese [Note: If you want to leave the Twisted/Cursed/Crypts at any time then arm ordinary cheese].
19. You should also need to have collected and/or crafted 25-35 Ber essence and 15-20 Cynd Essence before you attempt to travel to the Cursed City.
20. Travel to the Cursed City.
21. Trap set-up should be Arcane Blast Trap / Papyrus/Dragon Jade or Magma base / Ancient charms / Graveblossom Camembert cheese.
22. Keep checking back for updates....

12c - Zurreal's Trap Research Assignment Guide

For Hunters with the Title of Baron(ess) or above...

Last updated: 25.09.2012

Tip: You will see that Item 5 requires that you catch a number of Realm Ripper mice. While hunting for the various other items, keep note of the Forbidden Grove timings. As the timer runs low, you can travel to the Forbidden Grove and catch a Realm Ripper then travel back.
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Tip: You will see that the Reaper's Perch trap (see Item 12) requires a number of parts including 1 Droid Parts, 6 Metamorphic Rock, 6 Onyx Stones and 6 Runes. Take the opportunity to review your stocks of these items. If you are short of any then you can pick them up while undertaking the Zurreal Trap Research Assignment if you want to save some traveling and gold. Suggestions on when to do this are included in Steps 2, 3 and 4 below. 

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Note: I have also realigned the order of this assignment to reduce travel costs.

Travel to the Crystal Library and get the Zurreal Trap Research Assignment.

1. Travel to the Lagoon and and hunt the Centaur mouse that drops 1 Desert Travel Almanac.  Your trap setup should be Sphynx Wrath trap, Magma base or Papyrus base, Super Luck charm andGnarled cheese as bait.
2. Travel to the Town of Gnawnia and and hunt the Master Burglar mouse that drops 1 Encyclopaedia Gnawnia.  Your trap setup should be Sandstorm Monstrobot trap, Magma base or Papyrus base, Super Luck charm and Gilded cheese or SUPER|brie+ cheese as bait. [Tip: Check your inventory.  If you do not have 1 Droid Parts then Travel toBazaar and purchase it from the General Store before you Travel to the Training Grounds. This will save you some gold].
3. Travel to the Training Grounds and hunt for the Kung Fu mouse, Monk mouse, or Samurai mouse any one of which drops Luscious Lumbers as loot; you need 6 of these.  Your trap setup should be Sphynx Wrath trap, Magma base or Papyrus base, Super Luck charm and SUPER|brie+ cheese or Gouda cheese as bait. [Tip: Check your inventory.  If you do not have 6 Onyx Stones then you might want to hunt for the Master of the Dojo mouse in the Pinnacle Chamber while you are in the region. This will save you some gold and some time].
4. Travel to the Mousoleum and hunt for the Ghost mouse that drops Ectoplasmic Essence as loot; you need 3 of these.  Your trap setup should be ACRoNYM trap, Spellbook base, Super Luck charm and Radioactive Blue cheese as bait.
5. Travel to the Forbidden Grove and hunt for the Realm Ripper mouse that drops Warp Nails as loot; you need 3 of these.  Your trap setup should be ACRoNYM trap, Runic Base or Spellbook base, Super Power charm and Ancient cheese as bait.
6. Travel to the SS Huntington II and hunt for the Leviathan mouse or Squeaken mouse that drop 1 Mesh Netting as loot. Your trap setup should be Oasis Note trap, Spellbook base, Super Luck charm and SUPER|brie+ cheese as bait. [Tip: Check your inventory.  If you do not have 6 Metamorphic Rock then Travel to the Seasonal Garden while you are in the regional and purchase them from the General Store before you Travel to the Jungle of Dread. This will save you some gold].
7. Travel to the Jungle of Dread and hunt for the Stonework Warrior mouse that drops Runestones as loot; you need 3 of these.  Your trap setup should be Cackle Lantern trap or Clockapult of Time trap, Spellbook base or Tiki base, Super Luck charm and Magical Harvati cheese as bait.
8. Travel to Dracono and hunt for the Whelping mouse that drops 1 Draconic Book as loot.  Your trap setup should be Ice Maiden trap, Spellbook base, Super Luck charm or Super Power charmand Inferno Harvati cheese as bait.
9. Travel to Balack's Cove and hunt for Balack the Banished mouse, Derr Lich mouse, Elub Lich mouse or Nerg Lich mouse any one of which drops 1 Lich Jewel as loot.  Your trap setup should be Ancient Box trap, Spellbook base, Super Luck charm or Super Power charm and Vengeful Vanilla Stilton cheese as bait.
10. Craft 1 Zurreal's Folly trap [Formula].  In addition to 400 Library Points, zero or 1 Blue Tome of Wisdom (worth 130,000 points) you also get 1 Scholar Charm as a reward. [Note: Hopefully you followed my advice and created other Scholar charms while accumulating Library Points.  If you didn't then additional Scholar Charms can be accumulated by catching a Chess Master mouse with the Uncharged Scholar Charms armed.  Don't worry if you haven't as you only need more that one if you want to catch more than one Zurreal the Eternalmouse].
11. Travel to the Crystal Library and hunt for Zurreal the Eternal mouse. that drops the Reaper's Perch Blueprints as loot.  Your trap setup should be Zurreal's Folly trap, Spellbook base, Scholar charm and SUPER|brie+ cheese as bait.
12. Craft the Reaper's Perch trap [Reaper's Perch Formula].

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

12b - Muridae Market Guide

For Hunters with the Title of Baron(ess) or above...
Last Updated: 12.02.2012

1. Travel to the Muridae Market (Sandtail Desert region) [Note: You can travel to the Muridae Market (Sandtail Desert Region) at any time (once you have completed all four Waves in the Fiery Warpath location and captured one Warmonger mouse) if you want a break from gathering the requisite loot for new trap types].
2. Hunt the various mice using strongest Physical or Tactical set-up until you have  collected 60 Limestone Bricks and 40 Coconut Timber.
3. Rebuild General Store [Tip: do this first because it allows you to trade for other construction materials].
4. If you have the Enraged Rhinobot trap or the Sandstorm Monstrobot trap and the Sphinx Wrath trap then go to Step 8 and return to Steps 5 to 7 at the end.
5. Hunt the various mice using Physical or Tactical set-up until you have  collected 70 Limestone Bricks, 120 Coconut Timber and 60 Shards of Glass.
6. Purchase 60 Molten Glass from the General Store in Muridae Market.
7. Rebuild the Trapsmith [Tip: You can now buy the Dimensional Chest trap and/or the Sandtail Sentinel trap although if you have the traps from the Fiery Warpath then it is not worth it; unless you are a trap collector].
8. Hunt the various mice using Physical or Tactical set-up until you have  collected 160 Limestone Bricks and 100 Coconut Timber and 120 Shards of Glass.
9. Purchase 120 Molten Glass from the General Store in Muridae Market.
10. Rebuild Charm Shoppe.
11. Purchase Artisan Charms and use them to collect 25 Papyrus dropped by the Blacksmith mouse and the Mage Weaver mouse. 
12. Rebuild Cartographer and purchase the Living Garden Key for 180,000 gold.
13. Hunt the various mice using Physical or Tactical set-up until you have  collected 30 Limestone Bricks.
14. Rebuild the Cheese Shop.
15. If you missed them before then do Steps 5 to 7.
16. Buy a stock of Super Luck charms and Super Power charms (about 100 Super Luck and around 20 Super Power should be plenty).
17. Go to Part 12c - Barons: Zurreal Trap Research Assignment.

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

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.. 

11h - Iceberg Guide

For Hunters with the Title of Lord/Lady or above..

Last Updated 25.08.2012

This section is currently under development and subject to change.
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Note: As this hunting area has come along recently, any advice to hunters beyond the rank of Lord/Lady is provided in Grey. 
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Note: The objective in the first few runs it to accumulate Cold Fusion loot (max of 7 per run).  This loot is dropped by each of the Generals at the end of each of the four zones.  Capturing the Frostwing Commander mouseIcewing's Lair completes the run and return's you to the Slushy Shoreline.  If you complete the run before one or more of the bonus chests are smashed by the advancing Iceberg then there is an additional +1 Cold Fusion in each chest].
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Note: You can leave the Iceberg location at any time without losing your current depth.

First Run:

1. Go to the Charm Shop at the Iceberg and purchase a quantity of mainly Wax charms and some Sticky charms.
2. Trap set-up for the first zone; the 'Treacherous Tunnels' should beSteam Laser Mk I, Strongest/Luckiest base, Wax charms and Gouda cheese. [Golden base with Champion charm or Dragon Jade base with Chrome charm].
3. When you get to a depth of 300m then change your charm to a high power charm until you catch the General mouse
4. Trap set-up for the second zone; the 'Brutal Bulwarks' should be Steam Laser Mk I, Strongest base, Sticky charms and Gouda cheese. [Golden base with Champion charm or Dragon Jade base with Chrome charm].
5. When you get to a depth of 600m then change your charm to a high power charm until you catch the General mouse.
6. Trap set-up for the third zone; the 'Bombing Run' should be Steam Laser MkI trap, Remote Detonator base, Wax, Sticky or Chrome charms and Gouda cheese.
7. When you get to a depth of 1600m then change your charm to a high power charm until you catch the General mouse.
8. Trap set-up for the fourth zone; the 'Mad Depths' should be the same as for Item 2.
9. When you get to a depth of 1800m then change your charm to a high power charm until you catch the General mouse.
10. Keep your trap setup the same for the final zone; 'Icewing's Lair' and hunt until you catch a Frostwing Commander mouse.  You have then completed your first run and will return to the Slushy Shoreline.

Crafting order following subsequent runs:

After First Run:

Upgrade your Steam Laser to Mark II and Upgrade your Drill Bit to Mk II

After Subsequent Runs:

Magnet Base; then
Spiked Base; then

After catching Icewing Mouse for the first time:

Steam Laser Upgrade to Mark III; then
Drill Bit Upgrade to Mark III; then

Diamond Drill Bits as loot from Iceberg Treasure Chest then upgrade to Diamond Ice Drill; then
Deep Freeze base; then
Hearthstone Base.

As you craft the new bases then repeat steps 1-10 using your new bases at the following locations:
Treacherous Tunnels = Magnet base;
Brutal Bulwarks = Spiked base;
Bombing Run = Remote Detonator base;
Mad Depths = Hearthstone base; and
Icewing's Lair and the Hidden Depths = Deep Freeze base.

Note: the Hidden Depths can only be reached if you defeat the Icewing mouse with the Deep Freeze base before hunt number 250.

Deep Mouse run:

As per the note above, the following guide is re-produced for those aiming to catch the Deep mouse.

1. Treacherous Tunnels set-up = Magnet base, Chrome charms.  Complete by hunt 30.
2. Brutal Bulwark set-up = Spiked base, Sticky charms.  Complete by hunt 40.
3. Bombing Rum set-up = Remote Detonator base, Chrome charms.  Complete by hunt 150.
4. Mad Depths set-up = Hearthstone base, Sticky charms + 8 drills.  Complete by hunt 210.
5. Icewing's Lair set-up = Deep Freeze base, Chrome charms.  Complete by hunt 220.
6. Hidden Depths set-up = Gold base, Champion charms.  Complete by hunt 235-245.
7. Deep Lair set-up = Strongest set-up. Complete by hunt 249.  If you have not caught the Deep mouse by hunt 249 then switch to Superbrie+ cheese.

11g - Slushy Shoreline Guide

For Hunters with the Title of Lord/Lady or above...

Last Updated 08.06.2012

1. Once you have accumulated 25,000,000 points, travel to the either the Harbour or SS Huntington II and purchase the Icebreaker License for 145,000 gold from the Cartographer shop [Note: this take one hour to complete].
2. Travel to the Slushy Shoreline [Gnawnia Region].
3. Visit the Charm shop and purchase a quantity of Softserve charms.
4. Start hunting the various mice which are found there.  Trap setting should be your strongest Hydro trap (at least Heat Bath trap) together this strong/lucky base, either Gouda cheese or Brie cheese. Softserve charms should be armed when you want to attract the stronger mice.
5. Once you have collected 5 of each of the loot dropped by various mice (wire spools, heating oil and  frosty metal) then purchase the Steam Laser Mk I trap from the trapsmith located there. [Tip: If your strongest base is the Monolith base or the Seasonal base then you should purchase the blueprints for either (or all) the Magnet base,the Spiked base, the Remote Detonator base or the Heathstone base from the General Store.  The Remote Detonator base gives best value as a first purchase if you only want to get one at this time].
6. Continuing hunting to collect more of the items previously mentioned until you have sufficient quantity to craft the Remote Detonator base then craft the base.
7. Travel to the Iceberg [Rodentia Region].

11f - Crystal Library Guide

For Hunters with the Title of Lord/Lady or above...
Last updated: 20.11.2011

1. Travel to the Crystal Library in the Rodentia region and click the "Assignment" button on the head-up display.
2. Your trap set-up should be either Physical or Tactical, a high luck or Spellbook base and Gouda cheese as bait.
3. Keep hunting until you have completed Assignment 1 that requires catching one of each of the following mice: Explorator mouse,Flutterby mouse, Walker mouse, Scribe mouse, Pocketwatch mouse,Bookborn mouse, Infiltrator mouse and Effervescent mouse.
4. Click the "Assignment" button, follow the task instructions and so on... [Tip: After the first couple of basic assignments it is worth keeping this link to hand [Assignments] when you pick some of the other assignments because some of them require older traps/bases that you may no longer have and it would be very annoying to get halfway through ZT only to find that you do not have the trap requirements]. 
5. Keep undertaking assignments until you accumulate 900 Library points. [Tip: If you have a stock of Checkmate cheese then I would recommend buying about 10 Uncharged Scholar charms from the Crystal Library and picking the Advanced Zugzwang Research assignments.  Load these charms at the same time as the Checkmate cheese and get them 'charged' while you are doing your assignments.  Note: You only NEED 1 Scholar charm to catch Zurreal the Eternal mouse because it is consumed on capture rather than encounter so this tip is only for those who want to 'bronze' this mouse].  This will unlock the final assignment enabling you to capture Zurreal the Eternal mouse but don't do it yet.
6. Keep hunting until you reach Baron level and take the opportunity to make sure that you have caught a Silth mouse and both the Mystic King mouse and the Technic King mouse because this, together with attaining the rank of Baron is the requirement to travel to the Fiery Warpath. [Tip: If you have not done so already, take the opportunity to collect the requisite parts and craft the Enraged RhinoBot Trap].
7. Go to Part 12a - Barons: Fiery Warpath.  

Note: Super|brie+ cheese is required to catch the Tomb Sprite mouse.

Note: I would recommend going to Part 12 before coming back to the Zurreal Trap Research assignment.

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