Calm Clearing

Tucked behind the dense trees of Whisker Woods is a quiet and peaceful clearing. In the center of the clearing is a glowing boulder with colourful fungi growing around it. The magic rock seems to draw mice near to it, as if empowering them.

 

This article is currently out of date with the release of Longtail, we are adding the latest information as we find it.

 

 

1. Overview
   Requirements
   Hunting Tips by Larry
   New Mice
2. Cheese and Mice
   The Mice of the Calm Clearing
   Mice Populations
3. Setup Options
   Normal Setup Options
   Limited Edition Setup Options
4. Goals
   Catch a Cyclops Mouse with the Map
   Collect Splintered Wood
   Best Location for a Journeyman to Hunt
5. Related Articles

 

Overview

The Calm Clearing is the first location in the Whisker Woods region, and offers a host of new mice for the hunter to catch.
Most of the mice here are quite weak, but there are a few stronger mice here.
Treant mice in this location often drop a decent amount of Splintered Wood as loot, this is useful for crafting the Dehydration Base and is also required later on in the game.
The Cyclops mouse in this location is one of the toughest mice to be found here, but it drops the map to the Great Gnarled Tree.

Requirements

To hunt in the Calm Clearing a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least Journeyman.
    The Whisker Woods Clearing Map Piece from a Granite Mouse in the Harbour.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    At least the Mouse Rocketine or Trebuchet and Wooden Base with Target, but preferably a stronger Weapon and/or Base.
    At least Marble Cheese.

Hunting Tips by Larry

Welcome to Whisker Woods!
The strange mice of this region seem to have taken on characteristics from the surrounding wildlife. One particular nasty Cyclops mouse may hold the key to traveling further into the woods…

New Mice

There are 12 new mice to be found in this location, fortunately most of them are quite weak.
The most important mouse to catch here is the Cyclops Mouse.
The Cyclops mouse is not too common, and is quite a difficult mouse to catch at this stage of the game.
The Eagle Owl and the Foxy mice are two of the rarest mice in this location, but can be found in greater numbers in later locations.
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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 Calm Clearing

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

	Mouse	Power Type	Loot
	Bear	Physical	None
	Black Widow	Physical	Super Brie cheese
	Chameleon	Physical	None
	Cyclops	Physical	Gnarled Tree Map Piece
	Dwarf	Tactical	None
	Eagle Owl	Tactical	None
	Elven Princess	Physical	None
	Foxy	Tactical	Swiss cheese
	Frog	Physical	None
	Hope	Physical	None
	Moosker	Physical	None
	Shaman	Physical	None
	Sylvan	Physical	None
	Treant	Physical	Splintered Wood
	Wiggler	Physical	None

Mice Populations

Here is a breakdown of the populations of mice in the location based upon cheese used (these results come from our survey); the values given are a percentage of all attractions, and how many of these mice you are likely to attract in 100 hunts using base attraction:

	Mouse	Brie	Swiss
	Bear	12.94% (10.94)	12.19% (9.49)
	Black Widow	0.00% (0.00)	0.00% (0.00)
	Chameleon	11.07% (9.36)	12.48% (9.71)
	Cyclops	2.07% (1.75)	2.27% (1.77)
	Dwarf	4.08% (3.45)	5.88% (4.57)
	Eagle Owl	0.45% (0.38)	0.59% (0.46)
	Elven Princess	2.65% (2.24)	2.78% (2.17)
	Foxy	0.13% (0.11)	0.62% (0.48)
	Frog	14.37% (12.15)	14.77% (11.49)
	Hope	0.00% (0.00)	0.31% (0.24)
	Moosker	10.29% (8.70)	9.51% (7.40)
	Shaman	8.48% (7.17)	8.51% (6.62)
	Sylvan	16.18% (13.68)	14.13% (10.99)
	Treant	7.90% (6.68)	7.30% (5.68)
	Wiggler	9.39% (7.93)	8.66% (6.74)
Hunts Submitted		1,779	5,302
Base Attraction Rate		84.54%	77.81%

The difference in attraction rate between Brie and Swiss isn’t that much, so Swiss seems to be a more economical choice in the Calm Clearing.
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Setup Options

Here we present you with a selection of results from our survey to give you an idea of how well the various setups work, and what sort of results you may expect to see when using them. Please remember, if you do not see the setup you are interested in here, it is because we do not currently have enough hunts submitted with that setup. Please submit your hunts to our survey, and encourage others to do so too.

Here’s a quick overview of how the different power types perform overall:

Power Type		Performance	Comments
	Arcane		Normal against most mice, useless against Dwarf, Eagle Owl and Foxy mice
	Draconic		Useless against all mice
	Forgotten		Useless against all mice
	Hydro		Normal against all mice
	Parental		Normal against all mice
	Physical		Normal against all mice
	Shadow		Normal against most mice, useless against Dwarf, Eagle Owl and Foxy mice
	Tactical		Normal against most mice, very effective against Dwarf, Eagle Owl and Foxy mice

Normal Setup Options

Here is a selection of setups with traps and bases that are permanent additions to the game.

Swiss

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Swiss Army Mouse Trap	Explosive Base	No	78.18%	80.66%	262.96	310.37	1,314	1,462

Limited Edition Setup Options

We currently do not have enough results for limited edition setups.
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Goals

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

Catch a Cyclops Mouse with the Map

The Cyclops mouse drops the map to the Great Gnarled Tree, but the mouse is uncommon and one of the most difficult mice in this location.
Getting more powerful trap components will definitely help you in this goal.
What you need most of all with the Cyclops is patience, expect to use several hundred pieces of cheese to catch one.

Collect Splintered Wood

The Treant mouse drops splintered wood as loot, which has a variety of uses later in the game.
There’s no specific strategy to catching this mouse, but it is the best location in the game to collect this loot.

Best Location for a Journeyman to Hunt

Often it is debated whether a Journeyman should hunt in the Mountain or the Calm Clearing while they are trying to increase their rank.
Personally I believe the best path through Journeyman is to hunt in the Mountain until your goals are completed there, then move to the Calm Clearing.
The Calm Clearing has slightly more to offer in terms of Points, Gold and Loot, so is probably the best use of a Journeyman’s time.
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Related Articles

<< Previous Location	Region	Next Location >>
Harbour	Whisker Woods	Great Gnarled Tree
Related Locations
Mountain
Related Cheese
Brie	Swiss

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

This article includes survey results from 10-Jan-10 to 31-Mar-10.