Feb 22, 2011

Posted by Paul Humphreys in Locations, Tribal Isles | 12 Comments

Cape Clawed

Cape Clawed

This small island was once attached to the mainland before a mighty storm washed away a massive piece of land. Members of the three tribes were then trapped where they were forced to work together to build a means of travel back to the mainland. Cape Clawed now acts as a meeting place where the elders of the tribes discuss diplomatic matters.

 

  1. Overview
      Requirements
      Hunting Tips by Larry
      New Mice
  2. Shops
      Cheese Shoppe
      Trapsmith
      General Store
  3. Cheese and Mice
      The Mice of the Cape Clawed
      Mice Populations
  4. Setup Options
  5. Goals
      Catch an Aged Mouse
      Catch an Elder Mouse
      Catch a Grandfather Mouse
      Should you hunt for loot here?
  6. Related Articles

 

Overview

Cape Clawed looks like it should be the first area a hunter visits upon reaching the Tribal Isles, but strangely, it’s not.

Cape Clawed has two real uses, the first is for the shops that sell a variety of items used in crafting the specialist cheese found here. The second is in hunting the three “old” mice here to gain upgrades to existing traps.

Hunting here for loot is not advised, as loot drop rates are much lower than in other areas in the Tribal Isles.

 

Requirements

To hunt in the Cape Clawed a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least Legendary.
    Have crafted the Ocean Navigation Kit.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    At least a decent Physical Weapon.
    At least Gouda cheese.

 

Hunting Tips by Larry

Congratulations on crossing the Rodentia Ocean, MouseHunter!

The Tribal Isles region is home to three tribes which have a long history of conflict. The eldest mice of each tribe now meet here in an effort to restore peace to the region.

Despite its small size, Cape Clawed has recently become quite a bustling island since its discovery by MouseHunters. A Trapsmith, Cheese Shoppe and General Store have all opened in Cape Clawed, each offering some supplies and hunting gear unique to this region. There is much for sale so pay close attention my friend!

The Trapsmith here carries quite a few shadow weapons, along with a base that is well suited for high power traps.

Visit the Cheese Shoppe and I am sure Gouda will catch your attention. It’s sharp flavour has long been a favourite of the mice indigenous to the Tribal Isles, only surpassed by SUPER|brie+. If your stocks of SUPER|brie+ are dwindling be sure to stock up on Gouda before further exploring the Tribal Isles.

Cape Clawed also has a General Store. In addition to standard cheese-making supplies like Salt, Curds and Whey, the General Store here also carries Coconut Milk, which has been found to be a vital ingredient in some local flavours of cheese. I hope you came with a good stash of gold because the General Store here also carries some mighty expensive sets of blueprint! The prints all seem to need some strange items, and one of the prints is only a tattered piece! I’m sure a hunter as skilled as yourself will be able to make heads or tails of the prints.

Phew, that was quite a lot of information if Larry does say so himself… and I do! But wait my hunter colleague, I have not even talked of what hunting there is to be done here in Cape Clawed.

The majority of mice here are rather weak and come with little reward for their capture. Cape Clawed is however a meeting spot for the tribes’ eldest mice. These elder mice are not interested in just any old cheese, and no I’m not talking about Ancient cheese! Each of the elder mice here are attracted to a very specific cheese made from ingredients closely guarded by members of their respective tribe. If you wish to hunt the elder mice you will have to travel to their respective villages to the East and confront their tribe mates in hopes of finding the elusive secret ingredient for each of their preferred types of cheese. Some of the mice here in Cape Clawed also carry these ingredients but I am certain you shall have much more success if you travel to the East.

Well, I suppose that is all the tips I have for you, MouseHunter. There is much to do here in the Tribal Isles so take your time, plan out your moves and try to ignore the menacing roar coming from that volcano!

 

New Mice

There are 12 new mice to be found in this location. There are three mice which are unique to this location, the Aged, Elder and Grandfather mice can only be caught with a trap of the appropriate type.


Aged

Alchemist

Caretaker

Elder

Grandfather

Healer

Narrator

Pathfinder

Scout

Taleweaver

Trailblazer

Wordsmith

 

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Shops

The Cape Clawed contains 3 shops: a Cheese Shoppe, a Trapsmith and a General Store.

 

Cheese Shoppe

The Cheese Shoppe of the Cape Clawed offers a small selection of cheese, but at twice the price of those found elsewhere.

However, also on offer is a new cheese not encountered before, Gouda.

Swiss Cheese
Swiss offers a good chance of attracting a variety of mice.
Cost: 200 gold
Refund: 100 gold
 
Brie Cheese
Brie offers a very good chance of attracting a variety of mice.
Cost: 400 gold
Refund: 200 gold
 
Gouda Cheese
Gouda arrives in crates that float into the Harbour, seemingly from areas off the eastern coast of Gnawnia. It has a very good chance of attracting a variety of mice, and its sharp flavour is a special favourite of the mice who inhabit the islands from where it is assumed to originate.
Cost: 600 gold
Refund: 600 gold

 

Trapsmith

The Trapsmith of the Cape Clawed contains a selection of Shadow traps for use in the Jungle of Dread as well as a new base.

Weapons

Sinister Portal (1,025 Shadow Power)
Power Type: Shadow
Power Bonus: 5%
Attraction Bonus: none
Luck: none
Cheese Effect: Stale
Using technology developed in the Burroughs’ Laboratory, this one-way portal into outer space waits at the end of a high-speed conveyor belt for an unsuspecting mouse.
Cost: 140,600 gold
Refund: 25,310 gold
Points Required: 182,000
 

Bottomless Grave (1,500 Shadow Power)
Power Type: Shadow
Power Bonus: none
Attraction Bonus: none
Luck: 5
Cheese Effect: No Effect
Although Digby drilling technology has often been regarded as the quickest to dig a grave, ambitious scientists were still tempted to experiment with rocket-propelled drills. The focus of these experiments has now turned to researching where the high speed drills have gone.
Cost: 673,630 gold
Refund: 121,250 gold
Points Required: 728,000
 

Gorgon Trap (2,000 Shadow Power)
Power Type: Shadow
Power Bonus: 5%
Attraction Bonus: 5%
Luck: 7
Cheese Effect: Very Stale
Made from the eye of the Gorgon, a hideous monster with hair made of snakes, this trap will literally scare mice stiff, turning them into living statues. Hunters with visions of figurine collections dancing in their head may be disappointed that the perfect little mouse statues only last for a few hours before they thaw out, but that’s certainly long enough to throw them into a sack and send them to a safe location.
Cost: 989,000 gold
Refund: 178,000 gold
Points Required: 7,500,000
 

Clockapult of Time (2,275 Shadow Power)
Power Type: Shadow
Power Bonus: 10%
Attraction Bonus: 5%
Luck: 10
Cheese Effect: Extremely Fresh
As a golden platform accelerates near 88 miles per hour, the hands of this spooky-looking clock begin to spin with incredible speed. With a faint flash of purple light, the mouse is sent far into the future. To an outside observer, the trap appears to trigger in the blink of an eye, but to a mouse caught within the event, the journey seems much, much longer. The clock begins to blur as the hands spin faster and faster. The clock face glows eerily as everything that was once the present blends to what was once the future.
Cost: 2,700,000 gold
Refund: 486,000 gold
Points Required: 20,000,000
Bases
Tribal Base (175 Power)
Power Bonus: 18%
Attraction Bonus: 2%
Luck: none
Cheese Effect: Fresh
The three rival mouse tribes of Elub, Nerg and Derr very seldom come together, but when they finally get around to negotiations after their latest skirmish, they meet on this elaborately carved tribal mask. Only the eldest of the mice from all three tribes are allowed to work on constructing the meeting place, which is hallowed by the tribes-mice due to its origins in the Jungle of Dread. How frustrating for these master crafts-rodents that the trapsmiths co-opt their art for traps!
Cost: 499,600 gold
Refund: 88,928 gold
Points Required: 14,000,000

 

General Store

The General Store of the Cape Clawed contains a good selection of items that can be used for traps, maps and cheese throughout the Tribal Isles.

Supply Cost Refund
Ancient Spear Launcher Blueprints
These blueprints detail how to properly load an ancient spear into a launcher to create a slightly mystical hydro trap. Hunters require the wisdom gained by earning 12 million points to know how to build this trap.
160,000 160,000
 
Ancient Torn Blueprint Piece
This slightly damaged scrap of paper appears to be the corner of a blueprint. Etched onto the paper appears to be plans of an ancient trap. Only occasionally found washing up on the eastern shore of Cape Clawed, these scraps of blueprint are rare and valuable. Perhaps finding the rest of the blueprint will unlock its mysteries…
158,175 158,175
 
Antique Lantern
This strange old lantern must have been sitting in the seawater for too long. No matter what you use, a conventional fire just won’t set it alight. Perhaps a more magical flame might bring it to life.
94,000 94,000
 
Coconut Milk
Made from giant coconuts found deep in the Jungle of Dread this sweet milk is highly addictive.
800 800
 
Curds and Whey
Curds and whey are a common ingredient in a variety of cheese flavours. Elaborate flavours often require a greater quantity than more basic flavours.
12 3
 
Ionized Salt
Imported from the Salt Mines, this salt has a high mineral content and is extremely conductive. Little is known about what possible uses this salt could have. Working with this salt carries a high risk of electrocution, extreme dehydration, and destruction on a universal scale. Handle with extreme care!
450 150
 
Plant Pot
This ornate terracotta pot, crafted by the locals of the Tribal Isles, makes the perfect vessel in which to plant seeds.
900 900
 
RhinoBot Blueprints
These blueprints detail an elaborate method of combining a rhino horn and 24 stale SUPER|brie+ with DrillBot parts to make the mighty RhinoBot. Hunters require the knowledge learned by earning 16 million points to know how to assemble this mammoth trap.
940,000 940,000
 
Salt
Gnawnia salt is collected from the seawater around the Harbour where it is known for its magical cleanliness. Salt is a very common ingredient used in a variety of cheese flavours.
6 2
 
Thorned Mouse Trap Plans
These plans show how to carefully combine thorned vines and the husk of a Venus Mouse Trap to create a deadlier trap hungry for mice. Hunters require the experience that comes with 8 million points to know how to grow this trap.
550,000 550,000

 

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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 Cape Clawed

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
Aged The Derr Tribe
1 Rhino Horn (Max 1) Unknown
Stale SUPER|brie+ Unknown
Alchemist The Elub Tribe
  
1 Seashell Unknown
Caretaker The Nerg Tribe
  
1 Savoury Vegetables Unknown
Chameleon Forest Guild
 
None
Elder The Elub Tribe
1 Ancient Spear (Max 1) Unknown
Grandfather The Nerg Tribe
1 Thorned Vine Unknown
Healer The Derr Tribe
1 Delicious Stone Unknown
Narrator The Nerg Tribe
  
1 Savoury Vegetables Unknown
Nibbler Indigenous Mice
None
Pathfinder The Nerg Tribe
  
1 Savoury Vegetables Unknown
Pinchy Aquatic Order
None
Scout The Elub Tribe
  
1 Seashell Unknown
Shipwrecked Aquatic Order
None
Sylvan Forest Guild
 
None
Taleweaver The Elub Tribe
  
1 Seashell Unknown
Trailblazer The Derr Tribe
1 Delicious Stone Unknown
Wordsmith The Derr Tribe
1 Delicious Stone Unknown
Occassional Visitors
(These mice are not always encountered in this location)
Glitchpaw Event Mice
Savoury Vegetables Unknown
Hope Event Mice
None

 

Mice Populations

We currently do not have enough results for Mice Populations.

 

Most cheese will work well in this location.

When hunting for the Aged mouse you will need to use Crunchy cheese.

When hunting for the Elder mouse you will need to use Shell cheese.

When hunting for the Grandfather mouse you will need to use Gumbo cheese.

 

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Setup Options

We currently do not have enough results for Setup Options.

 

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Goals

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

Catch an Aged Mouse

When hunting for the Aged mouse you will need to use your best Physical trap and Crunchy cheese.

You can expect to miss a few of this mouse, but most hunters will catch it within about 30 cheese.

 

Catch an Elder Mouse

When hunting for the Elder mouse you will need to use your best Hydro trap and Shell cheese.

You can expect to miss a few of this mouse, but most hunters will catch it within about 30 cheese.

 

Catch a Grandfather Mouse

When hunting for the Grandfather mouse you will need to use your best Tactical trap and Gumbo cheese.

You can expect to miss a few of this mouse, but most hunters will catch it within about 30 cheese.

 

Should you hunt for loot here?

Some hunters consider hunting for the Delicious Stone, Savoury vegetable and Seashell loot in Cape Clawed, instead of going to the Derr Dunes, Nerg Plains or Elub Shore.

Normally this is a bad idea, loot dropping mice are encountered less frequently in Cape Clawed than in the other three areas, and the mice that are encountered in Cape Clawed drop loot less frequently.

However, if you do not have the appropriate power type of trap, this may be an alternative for you, as most of the mice here can be caught with physical traps.

Generally though, it is worth moving to the Derr Dunes to earn the gold to buy a trap of the power type you need.

 

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Related Articles

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S.S. Huntington II
Tribal Isles
Derr Dunes

Elub Shore

Nerg Plains
Related Cheese

Crunchy

Gumbo

Shell

 

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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

  1. LeaveArtemis says:

    Gorgon Trap is added to the trapsmith

  2. Catch a Grandfather Mouse

    When hunting for the Aged mouse you will need to use your best Tactical trap and Gumbo cheese.
    You can expect to miss a few of this mouse, but most hunters will catch it within about 30 cheese.

    Under Grandfather mouse you wrote Aged mouse, correction.

  3. What a mistake

    • You wanna try hosting a whole website on a game? I believe these guys deserve a lil’ more respect for the time and dedication that they put in for hunters like you.

  4. The rhino horn is no longer limited to 1 now that 3 are needed for the Enraged Rhinobot.
    Are there any stats on mouse-specific attraction rates using different baits? It would be of particular use to have such rates for Gumbo, Crunchy, and Shell for hunting the elders.

  5. nice post ! i love cape clawed :D

  6. It says that the maximum amount of rhino horns you can get is 1. Is this a mistake because the enraged rhinobot needs 3 rhino horns?

    • I now have 5 rhino horns and it says it is maxed and the Aged mice are not dropping them any more. So could you indicate that the maximum amount of rhino horns you can get is 5?

  7. should we buy any of the shadow weapons, and if yes, which?

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