Dracano

This volcano is said to have long ago given life to the entire island in a massive eruption. For this reason the tribes have long worshipped the Dracano, bringing offerings of peppered cheese to a fearsome winged mouse they believe to be a deity.

 

This article is currently out of date with the release of Longtail, we are adding the latest information as we find it.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 Dracano
   Mice Populations
3. Setup Options
   Normal Setup Options
   Limited Edition Setup Options
4. Goals
   Catch a Dragon Mouse
   Collecting Loot
   Hunting without a Draconic Weapon
5. Related Articles

 

Overview

Welcome to Dracano, one of the best locations in the game for earning gold and points, this location isn’t too tough to hunt in surprisingly, but collecting the special Inferno Havarti Cheese that is essential to hunt in this location can take a lot of preparation time, so chances are you either won’t be spending long here, or won’t be visiting too often.
There’s three new mice to hunt in this location that aren’t found anywhere else, and to hunt all three effectively you’ll want to use a Draconic trap, the only Draconic trap in the game at the moment is the Ice Maiden, and to craft that you have to have caught an Acolyte Mouse with a Frozen Scroll first.
So if you’re hunting with the Ice Maiden and using the Inferno Havarti, your only real choice for this location is which base to use, we all have our favourites, some prefer luck, others power, but in this location it’s not going to make a huge difference, so it’s probably best to go with the one you prefer.

Requirements

To hunt in the Dracano a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least .
    Have crafted the Ocean Navigation Kit.
    Inferno Havarti cheese.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    A Draconic Weapon.

Hunting Tips by Larry

You’re going in there? Are you insane? Well, I’ve never managed to stop you before. Let me know if you come back alive, and if you don’t. . . well, I guess I’ll just have to figure that one out on my own.

New Mice

Dracano has three new mice which you haven’t encountered before, and can not be found in any other location.
The Draconic Warden is quite a tough mouse, but is fortunately relatively common, so while it will take some patience, it shouldn’t be to difficult to catch.
The Dragon is the strongest mouse in the location, but fortunately it isn’t very rare, make sure you have plenty of Inferno Havarti and the Ice Maiden and eventually this mouse will be yours.
The Whelpling mouse is the weakest and most common mouse in the location, it will probably be your first catch, and they offer some quite nice loot.
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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 Dracano

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
	Draconic Warden	Physical	Coconut Milk Dragon Ember Fire Salt
	Dragon	Arcane	Dragon’s Chest Dragon Ember
	Whelpling	Physical	Delicious Stone Dragon Ember Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold Savoury Vegetables Seashell

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	Inferno Havarti
	Draconic Warden	33.85% (32.81)
	Dragon	16.65% (16.13)
	Whelpling	49.50% (47.97)
Hunts Submitted		5,361
Base Attraction Rate		96.92%

Inferno Havarti really is the only cheese to use in Dracano, some others have been tested, but they’ve all failed to attract any mice.

 

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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:

	Arcane		Normal against Draconic Warden and Whelpling, useless against Dragon
	Draconic		Normal against Draconic Warden and Whelpling, Very Effective against Dragon
	Forgotten		Useless against all mice
	Hydro		Normal against Draconic Warden and Whelpling, useless against Dragon
	Parental		Useless against all mice
	Physical		Normal against Draconic Warden and Whelpling, useless against Dragon
	Shadow		Normal against Draconic Warden and Whelpling, useless against Dragon
	Tactical		Normal against Draconic Warden and Whelpling, useless against Dragon

Normal Setup Options

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

Inferno Havarti

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Ice Maiden	Tribal	Yes	96.89%	58.43%	3,922.98	6,209.65	1,890	1,929

Limited Edition Setup Options

Here is a selection of setups with weapons and bases that were only available in the game for a limited time.
Inferno Havarti
Not yet done.

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Ice Maiden	Magma	Yes	97.23%	62.25%	4,042.47	6,499.26	3,069	3,073

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Goals

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

Catch a Dragon Mouse

To catch a Dragon Mouse you need to use the Ice Maiden with Inferno Havarti, your only choice comes down to which base to use. From the two setups above it looks like the Magma is the slightly better choice of the two, but that may not actually be the case.

In the results received the Magma Base caught 83 out of 479 Dragons (17.33%), but the Tribal Base caught 56 out of 321 Dragons (17.45%), so it looks as if the Tribal Base is the slightly better performer out of the two against the Dragon, but here’s the warning, these are very small samples against this one mouse, so these results may be inaccurate.

Collecting Loot

So you’ve been through the Tribal Isles and you’ve caught your Dragon Mouse, so what’s next? Catching more of them of course!

Fortunately Dracano makes your subsequent trips through the Tribal Isles a little easier by dropping a lot of useful loot, so lets take a look at the results we have for this.

While the Tribal Base appears to be better for catching Dragons, the Magma Base appears to be better for catching Draconic Wardens and Whelplings, and also encourages both of them to drop loot more frequently.

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Delicious Stones per Hunt	Savoury Vegetables per Hunt	Seashells per Hunt	Fire Salt per Hunt	Coconut Milk per Hunt	Sample Size (Hunts)
Ice Maiden	Magma	Yes	0.43	0.40	0.41	0.07	0.24	3,073
Ice Maiden	Tribal	Yes	0.32	0.35	0.32	0.05	0.20	1,929

In terms of time and cost savings, the Magma base definately offers the better returns here, and the interesting thing is that while the Fire Salt returns are no where near as good as the Jungle of Dread, they’re not insignificant, meaning that you could save yourself 1/4 of the time in the Jungle during your next trip.

Hunting without a Draconic Weapon

For those who haven’t crafted the Ice Maiden, Dracano can still be a tempting location to hunt in.

Offering decent gold returns and some nice loot on offer, some hunters may wish to try weapons of different power types – but there are a few things to remember:

Non-Draconic Weapons will not catch the Dragon Mouse. If you want to catch this Mouse, use the Ice Maiden.

Non-Draconic Weapons often have higher luck than the Ice Maiden, meaning that you may well get more loot when hunting with them.

Due to higher Luck, non-Draconic Weapons may end up catching more mice overall than the Ice Maiden. This is because they can be much better at catching the Whelpling and Draconic Warden mice.
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Related Articles

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Related Cheese
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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 22-Mar-10.