Nov 12, 2010

Posted by Paul Humphreys in Special Events | 0 Comments

King’s Giveaway

The King’s Giveaway event is happening now! Using Prize Power, you can catch special Prize Mice that give you King’s Credits. With these credits, you can get rare and unique items! Check it out!

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Overview
Shops
Mice
Goals

Overview

The King’s Giveaway is a special event that allows hunters a chance to catch some of the rarest mice in the game. These mice carry different types of prize, most carry King’s Credits, a special loot that can be used to purchase items you want from the King’s Prize Shoppe. You may be lucky enough to catch a mouse carrying a prize of Super Brie, or even money! Don’t be disappointed if you don’t catch either of the last two though, as they’re very rare and in limited numbers.

The event is spread across most locations in the game to enable all hunters to take part if they wish to, however there are some locations that are excluded to protect the newest hunters. The rarest of cheese won’t attract prize mice either, to prevent you from using it on the wrong type of mouse.

In order to attract a Prize mouse hunters will need to collect “Prize Power”, this isn’t power in the same sense of your trap power and doesn’t help you catch the mouse. Prize Power more like a special form of attraction power, and helps you to attract the mouse.
There’s plenty of ways to get prize power, but it helps to have friends! See below for more details on this.
The higher your prize power, the greater your chance of attracting a prize mouse and the stronger the mouse you might attract. Once you catch one your prize power resets to 0.

With the three new prize mice (Treasurer, Snooty and High-Roller) you can only catch one of these mice every 24 hours. During the 24 hours after a catch you won’t be able to attract this mouse any more. This means that you have a slightly better chance of getting the other mice after getting your first prize mouse, as those other mice won’t be caught and reset your Prize Power.

Mobsters and Leprechauns can only be caught once every 90 days. So if you are lucky enough to get one during the event you won’t be seeing that mouse again for a while.

Any King’s Credits you collect from prize mice can be traded in to purchase items from the King’s Prize Shoppe. Any King’s Credits you don’t use during this event will be available to use in the next event. And none of the items in the King’s Prize Shoppe are limited edition, so you’ll get another chance to purchase anything you’ve missed during the next King’s Giveaway event.

This article will be updated as we learn more about the event. Help us to update it by posting where you were hunting and which cheese you were using when you attracted a prize mouse, as well as how much prize power you were on in the comments below.
If you’re lucky enough to catch one we’d love to hear what loot you got as well!

Check out the official overview here.

Requirements

To take part in the King’s Giveaway a Hunter must have:
A Hunter’s Title of at least Recruit Recruit.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
A strong or lucky Weapon and Base.

Locations and Cheese

Prize mice can be found in all locations except the Meadow. They are equally common in all locations, their rarity depends on your prize power, not which location you’re in.

As such there’s no “best place” to hunt for these mice. Once you have decided which trap and cheese you want to use, travel to a location that gives you the best returns for using that setup.

The following cheese is known not to attract any prize mice. This means if you want to save your prize power for a stronger mouse you should use this cheese.
When you’re ready to catch a prize mouse avoid these cheese.

Checkmate	Combat	Creamy Havarti	Crunchy	Crunchy Havarti	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 4
Gauntlet Cheese Tier 5	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 6	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 7	Gauntlet Cheese Tier 8	Gilded	Glutter
Gumbo	Inferno Havarti	Magical Havarti	Onyx Gorgonzola	Pungent Havarti	Rumble
Shell	Spicy Havarti	Susheese	Sweet Havarti	Wicked Gnarly	Vengeful Vanilla Stilton

New Mice

During the King’s Giveaway prize mice can be encountered that are not normally available.

High Roller

Leprechaun

Snooty

Treasurer

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Shops

The King’s Giveaway brings a special shop into the game: the King’s Prize Shoppe.

Prize Shoppe

The Prize Shoppe sells a number of unique items, as well as some which are purchasable elsewhere, or only available as loot or gifts.

	Lucky Horseshoe A nicely polished horseshoe that shines with a lucky glow! Tossing this shoe will increase your prize power! Cost: 1 King’s Credit
	Meteorite Piece These small pieces of cheese-like rock are rumoured to be small fragments of the moon. Cost: 1 King’s Credits
	Cheese Belt Token Pack Contains 6 Cheese Belt Tokens. The School of the Cheese Belt harnesses the magical energy of these tokens to calm their once insatiable cravings for cheese. Unleashing the power within the token will materialize all the cravings it has absorbed and is vital in the process of creating Glutter cheese. Cost: 3 King’s Credits
	Cheese Claw Token Pack Contains 6 Cheese Claw Tokens. Cheese Claw tokens harness magical jade gems to encapsulate the teachings of the Claw School. The magic essence of these tokens is a vital ingredient in creating the sacred Susheese, a preferred meal of the Masters of the Cheese Claw. Cost: 3 King’s Credits
	Cheese Fang Token Pack Contains 6 Cheese Fang Tokens. The glowing ruby in the center of these tokens symbolizes the power of focused aggression that is the core of the teachings of the Cheese Fang. The magical energy of these tokens must be released to create Combat cheese. Cost: 3 King’s Credits
	Seashell Contains 10 Seashells. These shells are collected from the shores of Tribal Isle by members of the Elub tribe and ground up to make Shell cheese. Cost: 3 King’s Credits
	Crate of Savoury Vegetables Contains 10 Savoury Vegetables. Savoury Vegetables are farmed on the eastern plains of Tribal Isle by members of the Nerg tribe, and are the main ingredient in Gumbo cheese. Cost: 3 King’s Credits
	Crate of Delicious Stones Contains 10 Delicious Stones. These tasty small rocks are collected by members of the Derr tribe within the dunes of Tribal Isle and are used to create Crunchy cheese. Cost: 3 King’s Credits
	Crate of Vanilla Beans Contains 15 Vanilla Beans. These rare beans are only available deep within the Jungle of Dread, but their rind imparts a pleasant, sweet flavor to food. As a result, it is one of Gnawnia’s most expensive delicacies and is used in the creation of both Vanilla and Vengeful Vanilla Stilton. Cost: 4 King’s Credits
	Scrap Metal These jagged shards of scrap metal resemble the result of a Steel mouse versus a Digby DrillBot. Cost: 5 King’s Credits
	Coal Several thousand times more dense than your average lump of coal, this carbon borders upon diamond! Its extreme density seems to give it almost… magical properties. Cost: 6 King’s Credits
	Pinch of Annoyance This powder is the distilled essence of the Elub Elders’ irritation at being cooped up in Balack’s Cove. Don’t let it get on your skin– you’ll itch for weeks. Cost: 6 King’s Credits
	Raisins of Wrath These raisins probably started out as grapes of wrath, but they’ve been sitting out for far too long. The drying process has only concentrated the wrath, so use them sparingly in any evil banana breads or nasty oatmeal cookies you may be planning. Wrath Raisins are best known as an ingredient in Vengeful Vanilla Stilton. Cost: 6 King’s Credits
	Bottled-Up Rage This potion contains all of the hatred and loathing generated by the ensorcelled Derr Elders over their long servitude to Balack the Banished. It is so angry, it pounds the cork in its bottle, trying to escape. Cost: 6 King’s Credits
	Radioactive Blue Cheese Potion This potion converts ordinary Brie or SUPERlbrie+ into Radioactive Blue cheese, the favorite snack of many of the monstrous mice left roaming the Laboratory. Cost: 8 King’s Credits
	Wicked Gnarly Potion This potion converts Brie or SUPERlbrie+ into Wicked Gnarly Cheese, which is the only cheese twisted enough to draw the attention of the legendary Silth mouse of the Lagoon. Cost: 8 King’s Credits
	Runic Potion Douse your Gouda or SUPERlbrie+ in a batch of Runic Potion, and it will transform, before your very eyes, into pieces of Runic Cheese, the mystical munchies favored by the mice of the Acolyte Realm. Cost: 12 King’s Credits
	SUPER\|brie+ Supply Pack A supply package containing 10 SUPER\|brie+ and provides the Lucky Golden Shield for 3 days when opened. Cost: 30 King’s Credits
	Super Briefs These stylish briefs not only keep you warm but also show that you know how to hunt in style! Wear them under your pants, over your pants or even on your head! No matter what your choice, you’re sure to turn heads in Super Briefs! Cost: 50 King’s Credits
	Grungy DeathBot Skin The Deathbot, painted up for our loyal hunters, gives you that gritty, post-apocalyptic feeling while hunting, without leaving the comfort of your own dimension. Combine this skin with DeathBot parts to show your tough side while hunting mice! The Grungy DeathBot has the same stats as the original Mouse DeathBot and requires 91,000 points to use. Cost: 100 King’s Credits
	Fluffy DeathBot Skin To honor spirit of our loyal hunters, the Deathbot has a new paint job, to give it some extra frills and flower power! Combine this skin with DeathBot Parts to obliterate mice the cute way… you know you want to. The Fluffy DeathBot has the same stats as the original Mouse DeathBot and requires 91,000 points to use. Cost: 100 King’s Credits
	Ninja Ambush Skin (3,000 Tactical Power) With a few small tweaks, the droids of the Ambush Trap become the SUPER NINJA GO-GO DEATH SQUAD!!! Smash an Ambush Trap with your hunters’ hammer and apply this skin to hunt, ninja style! The Ninja Ambush has the same stats as the original Ambush Trap and requires 950,000 points to use. Cost: 195 King’s Credits

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Mice

Here we give an overview of the mice that can be encountered in this event.

The Mice of the Event

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

Mouse (Known Cheese Preferences)		Group (Weaknesses)	Loot		Drop Rate
	High Roller	Event Mice		25-50 King’s Credits	~100%
	Leprechaun	Event Mice		Cash	~100%
	Mobster	Event Mice		Super Brie	~100%
	Snooty	Event Mice		5 to 10 King’s Credits	~100%
	Treasurer	Event Mice		3 to 5 King’s Credits	~100%

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Goals

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

Collect Prize Power

Before you can hunt for prize mice you will need to stock up on some Prize Power, fortunately there’s several different ways for you to do this. Most of them require the help (or presence) of friends who play the game, but there are ways for those who don’t have many or any friends playing.

During the event, the gift of the day is a special “lucky” gift. You can give and receive gifts in the normal way, and any lucky gifts you have received go into the Special tab of your inventory. From there you can use them to increase your prize power.
You can also purchase the Lucky Horseshoe from the King’s Prize Shoppe.

If a friend starts playing the game you will be able to claim a gift of “Beginner’s Luck” from them. This offeres more prize power than any other lucky item in the game, so get recruiting now!

Mice in most locations will drop a special loot of Lucky Coins during the event. These coins can be used in one of two ways.
If you “Rub” the coin you will gain 1 Prize Power, but there is a better use.
If you visit a friend’s profile you will be able to toss the lucky coin into their wishing well, doing this awards both you and them Prize Power. If they have 5 or less prize power you will both receive 5 prize power, if they have 6 or more prize power you will both receive 3 prize power.

Finally if you attract but fail to catch a prize mouse you’ll receive a small increase to your prize power, helping you to have another go at catching it.

Remember that after each catch of a prize mouse your prize power resets, so some strategic use of your luck items will help you to keep the prize mice coming to your trap.

Here’s a list of the known lucky items:

	Item	Prize Power
	Beginner’s Luck Being in close proximity to Larry the Knight often leaves new hunters with a touch of good fortune. This small vial has encapsulated this talent to be used at your convenience. Opening the vial will increase your prize power!	8
	Lucky Coin Visit a friend’s profile to toss this old coin into their wishing well for a big prize power bonus! The coin can also raise your prize power by a small amount when rubbed.	1, 3 or 5
	Lucky Horseshoe A nicely polished horseshoe that shines with a lucky glow! Tossing +3 prize power!	3
	Lucky Underwear Woah! Check out the stylish print on these shorts! Wearing such a stylish pair of underwear is sure to make lady luck lean your way! Remember: It never hurts to wear more than one pair!	5

Catch a Prize Mouse!

The first key to success in catching a Prize Mouse is to have some Prize Power. The more you have, the more likely these mice are to visit your trap.

If you want to catch several weaker prize mice, don’t use all your lucky items to increase your prize power straight away, save some for later.

Next you should be hunting in a location where you can utilise your best trap. All the power types (except Parental) are of equal effectiveness against prize mice, so you don’t need to make a choice there. High luck traps will be better for catching the weaker prize mice, while traps with high power or a strong mix of luck and power should be best for the Mobster and Leprechaun.

The more prize power you have the better your chance of attracting the Snooty and High-Roller mice over the Treasurer. These mice have more King’s Credits as loot, so saving up for a bigger catch might be worth more than several smaller catches.

Here are some known ranges of Prize Power to attract the prize mice, please help us out by posting yours in the comments:

Mouse		Minimum known Prize Power	Maximum known Prize Power	Average Prize Power
	Treasurer	5	189	51
	Snooty	9	208	88
	High Roller	32	220	128

Sam Chen has set up a data collection form here as part of a community effort to collect more information on prize mice catches. Please post your catch info there if you haven’t already.

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