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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.

Dracano is the final area in the Tribal Isles, home of the Dragon Mouse, and the last place to use all the Fire Salt and Seeds collected in the rest of the Tribal Isles, surprisingly, if you have the right trap, it’s not a difficult area, but the road to making Inferno Havarti is a long and difficult one.

In this article we present you with some of the results from our survey, as well as some theories and strategies to help you hunt in this location.

Cheese & Mice

Here is a breakdown of the base attraction rates and mouse populations seen with various cheese.

	Inferno Havarti
Draconic Warden	35.22%
Dragon	16.60%
Whelpling	48.18%
Hunts Submitted	2,435
Base Attraction Rate	97.14%

Inferno Havarti is the only cheese to use in this location, others have been tried, but they all failed to attract any mice..

General Strategies

Physical Weapons are of normal effectiveness against the Draconic Warden and Whelpling mice, but are completely ineffective against the Dragon Mouse, they can be used, but it’s worth using the Ice Maiden instead.

Draconic Weapon types are of normal effectiveness against the Draconic Warden and Whelpling mice, and are  very effective against the Dragon Mouse, as such, they are highly recommended.

Arcane, Forgotten, Hydro, Shadow and Tactical Weapon types are completely ineffective all of the mice.

Normal Setup Options

All cheese costs have been removed from these figures, and only show earnings after the cheese has been purchased for ease of comparison.

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Ice Maiden	Tribal	Yes	97.43%	58.54%	4,200.80	6,338.64	1,033	1,052

Limited Edition Setup Options

All cheese costs have been removed from these figures, and only show earnings after the cheese has been purchased for ease of comparison.

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Ice Maiden	Magma	Yes	97.11%	59.95%	3,852.46	6,391.89	1,174	1,175

Goals

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 35 out of 189 Dragons (18.52%), but the Tribal Base caught 36 out of 170 Dragons (21.18%), so it looks as if the Tribal Base is the 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.

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	0.42	0.32	0.36	0.07	0.24	1,175
Ice Maiden	Tribal	Yes	0.31	0.34	0.32	0.06	0.22	1,052

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.

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 07-Feb-10.

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