Balack’s Cove

This foreboding sea cave has fierce, unpredictable tides that can easily wash unsuspecting Hunters out to sea. Those who seek the spirits of this darkened grotto should arm a Shadow, Arcane or Forgotten trap, and use Vanilla Stilton as bait.

 

1. Overview
   Requirements
   Hunting Tips by Larry
   New Mice
2. Cheese and Mice
   The Mice of the Balack’s Cove
   Mice Populations
3. Setup Options
4. Goals
   Catching Liches
   Catch Balack
   Which trap to use
5. Related Articles

 

Overview

Balack’s Cove is the second location that was introduced to the game with a limit on how long you can hunt there.

The “tide” of this location moves between low, mid and high tide. Riptide mice can be found in mid tide and are prevalent in high tide. Catching one washes a hunter out of the Cove and into the Jungle of Dread.

Despite that, Balack’s Cove is a very tempting place to hunt, the points available in this location are greater than any other location introduced before it.

Three of the most powerful mice in this location drop loot that can be used to craft a potent type of cheese that attracts more of the powerful mice in the location as well as the most powerful mouse, Balack the Banished.

There are three choices of power type that can be used to hunt in the Balack’s Cove, each of the three suits a different style of play or goal.

 

Requirements

To hunt in the Balack’s Cove a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least .
    Have crafted the Balack’s Lantern.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    An Arcane, Forgotten or Shadow Weapon.
    Vanilla Stilton or Vengeful Vanilla Stilton cheese.

 

Hunting Tips by Larry

I’m jolly glad to be out of Dracano, fearless MouseHunter, but this place isn’t much better… I can hear whispering all around, and I don’t think it’s the sound of the waves.

This is the cursed resting place of Balack the Banished, and his legion of lich slaves. Shadow and Arcane traps work here, but Forgotten traps garner the best results, especially in conflict with Balack. The evil lord’s followers respond only to the smell of rare vanilla bean, so keep plenty of Vanilla Stilton on hand. If you’re after Balack and his Elder Liches, however, you’ll need something with a little more bite– Vengeful Vanilla Stilton, a nasty cheese made from the rage of Balack’s eternal slaves.

If a legion of undead mice isn’t enough to spook you, there’s also the tides. The mysterious Riptide Mouse pulls the tides in and out several times a day, so unlucky Hunters caught in the waves will get washed out onto the shores of the Jungle of Dread!

This will be a difficult fight, even for an experienced MouseHunter, but I believe in you! Get in there and lift that curse!

 

New Mice

There are 10 new mice in the Balack’s Cover that a hunter won’t have encountered before, none of these mice can be found in other locations.

Balack the Banished	Brimstone	Davy Jones	Derr Lich	Elub Lich	Enslaved Spirit
Nerg Lich	Riptide	Tidal Fisher	Twisted Fiend

 

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Cheese and Mice

Here we give an overview of the mice that can be encountered in this location, and how often you can expect to see them using various cheese.

The Mice of the Balack’s Cove

Here is a breakdown of the various mice that can be found in the location, and what loot they might drop:

Mouse (Known Cheese Preferences)		Group (Weaknesses)	Potential Loot		Drop Rate
	Balack the Banished	Balack’s Banished		None
	Brimstone	Balack’s Banished		None
	Davy Jones	Balack’s Banished		None
	Derr Lich	Balack’s Banished		1 Bottled-Up Rage	~100%
	Elub Lich	Balack’s Banished		1 Pinch of Annoyance	~100%
	Enslaved Spirit	Balack’s Banished		None
	Nerg Lich	Balack’s Banished		1 Raisins of Wrath	~100%
	Riptide	Balack’s Banished		None
	Tidal Fisher	Balack’s Banished		None
	Twisted Fiend	Balack’s Banished		None
Occassional Visitors (These mice are not always encountered in this location)
	Glitchpaw	Event Mice		Bottled-Up Rage	Unknown
				Pinch of Annoyance	Unknown
				Raisins of Wrath	Unknown
				Vengeful Vanilla Stilton Cheese	Unknown

 

Mice Populations

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To begin with you will want to use Vanilla Stilton in Balack’s Cove, once you have caught enough Lich mice to craft some vengeful Vanilla Stilton, then you can use that to hunt for Balack.

 

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Setup Options

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Goals

Here is a selection of Goals that a hunter may like to achieve:

Catching Liches

The three lich mice drop loot which is required to make Vengeful Vanilla Stilton cheese.

The liches can be attracted using Vanilla Stilton (occassionally), or with Vengeful Vanilla Stilton (more commonly).

Hunters wishing to catch these three mice will find the task easiest when using the Ancient Box Trap, although the A.C.R.o.N.Y.M. will work well.

Unfortunately, due to the random nature of the game, many players will soon find themselves with unbalanced numbers of the three mice.
There is not much that can be done about this, except to keep hunting.

 

Catch Balack

To catch Balack the Banished, a hunter should arm Vengeful Vanilla Stilton and the Ancient Box Trap.

Having a good supply of Vengeful Vanilla Stilton will help in this goal as you are likely to miss most of the Balack the Banished mice you encounter.

 

Which trap to use

There are three different types of trap that work in Balack’s Cove, and they suit three different styles of play:

Passive Hunters – Shadow Traps
If you are the type of hunter who does not get to spend long playing the game, or is about to go offline for a while, a Shadow Weapon might be a good choice for you.

Shadow traps are very good against the weakest and most common of the mice in Balack’s Cove.

Shadow traps are quite weak against the strongest mice in Balack’s Cove.

When the tide moves hunters to the Jungle of Dread, a Shadow trap will continue to catch mice, an ideal choice if you don’t know if you will be able to access the game again before the tide.

Points Hunters – Arcane Traps
If you are the type of hunter who is interested in obtaining the most points or wishes to increase their title quickly, an Arcane Weapon will be a good choice for you.

Arcane traps are reasonable against all the miCe in Balack’s Cove, allowing for the greatest points gains and title increase.

Arcane traps are useless against Pygmy Swarm mice in the Jungle of Dread, so hunters using Arcane traps should be able to check the game regularly to avoid wasted hunts.

Loot Hunters – Forgotten Traps
If you are the type of hunter who is interested in collecting the loot to make Vengeful Vanilla Stilton as quickly as possible, a Forgotten Weapon will be a good choice for you.

Forgotten traps are the best against the three Lich mice in Balack’s Cove, granting the best opportunity to gain the loot you desire.

Forgotten traps are weaker against the weakest mice in Balack’s Cove, meaning that you will miss the most common mice more often.

Forgotten traps are useless against Pygmy Swarm mice in the Jungle of Dread, so hunters using Forgotten traps should be able to check the game regularly to avoid wasted hunts.

Pick which of the three styles seems most appropriate for you, and arm a weapon of that type.

 

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Related Articles

Previous <<	Region	Next >>
Dracano	Tribal Isles	N/A
Related Cheese
Vanilla Stilton	Vengeful Vanilla Stilton

 

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Thank you to all who have contributed so far and will do so in the future.

 

This article contains information relevant to MouseHunt v3.