Laboratory
The original purpose of the Laboratory was to research the minor mouse problem Gnawnia was having. A few less than ethical experiments soon gave rise to new breeds of mice altogether. Now overrun with the very mice it spawned, few hunters dare to step foot on its grounds.
The Laboratory is an important location that hunters may need to revist several times, it provides map pieces to two other locations and is the only place to collect Radioactive Blue Potions.
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.
| Brie | Radioactive Blue | Swiss | |
| Bionic | 22.22% | 19.36% | 23.01% |
| Black Widow | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| Burglar | 1.40% | 0.13% | 0.42% |
| Dwarf | 2.12% | 0.29% | 2.08% |
| Granite | 24.59% | 20.57% | 24.65% |
| Monster | 0.00% | 12.02% | 0.00% |
| Mutated Grey | 8.20% | 8.59% | 8.16% |
| Mutated White | 10.00% | 10.64% | 10.20% |
| Steel | 24.86% | 22.19% | 24.47% |
| Zombie | 6.57% | 6.22% | 6.97% |
| Hunts Submitted | 13,899 | 2,497 | 27,329 |
| Base Attraction Rate | 80.62% | 95.59% | 73.94% |
Radioactive Blue used in the Laboratory has a very good attraction rate, and is the only type of cheese that attracts the Monster mouse, but does seem less attractive to Dwarf mice.
Whilst Radioactive Blue appears to encounter less Bionic, Granite and Steel mice, the higher attraction rate does offset this to make it quite similar in attractions to Brie for these mice.
General Strategies
As most of the mice in the Laboratory are quite weak, a trap setup with a high luck will do well, even if the power is quite low, a high power but low luck trap will get a decent number of catches, but may suffer from a lack of loot drops.
Physical Weapons work well in the Laboratory and are of normal effectiveness against all mice.
Shadow Weapons rely only on luck against the Dwarf mouse, but are of normal effectiveness against all other mice.
Tactical Weapons are more effective against the Dwarf mouse, and of normal effectiveness against all other mice.
Arcane Weapons rely only on luck against the Dwarf mouse, but are of normal effectiveness against all other mice.
Hydro Weapons are less effective against the Dwarf mouse, but are of normal effectiveness against all other mice.
Forgotten Weapons rely only on luck against all mice in this location, so are not advised.
Draconic Weapons rely only on luck against all mice in this location, so are not advised.
Goals
Catch a Dwarf mouse with the Key to the Town of Digby.
A Tactical trap would obviously be best for catching the Dwarf, but considering that it is a very weak mouse, almost any trap will do.
While we don’t have any hard stats on the drop rate of the Key, it does seem to be pretty high.
Dwarves seem to be less attracted to Radioactive Blue than to Brie or Swiss, so using one of the regular cheese would give an advantage in attracting this mouse.
Catch a Zombie mouse with the Tattered Mousoleum Map.
As the Zombie is a physical mouse, there’s no advantage to using any particular power type of trap, but a high power or high luck trap should be able to catch a Zombie.
Again we don’t have any hard stats on the drop rate of the Map, but it does seem to be pretty high.
All three cheese given above seem to have similar attraction rates, so there’s no preferred cheese to use.
Catch Bionic, Granite and Steel mice with Radioactive Blue Cheese Curd Potions.
This is the goal most people will want to achieve in the Laboratory, and from the survey results we have received the drop rates have stayed pretty constant during all the time we have been tracking them. Unfortunately, the answer to this isn’t an easy one, but here are some numbers for you.
At first glance, the population of Bionic, Granite and Steel mice appears to be higher with Brie and Swiss, but if we factor in the higher attraction rate of Radioactive Blue, it is slightly better.
Radioactive Blue will attract one of these three mice 59.38% of the time.
Brie will attract one of these three mice 57.79% of the time.
Swiss will attract one of these three mice 53.33% of the time.
So while Radioactive Blue is slightly better, there’s not a huge difference here, and the lower attraction rates of Brie and Swiss can be offset by using a trap with a higher attraction bonus.
Bionic mice can drop 1-3 potions, for the most part, 1oz. Bionic mice drop 1 potion, 2-3oz. Bionic mice drop 2 potions and 4oz. and heavier Bionic mice drop 3 potions.
From the survey results, 9.92% of Bionic mice caught are 1oz., 47.47% are 2-3oz. and 42.61% are 4oz. and heavier. That gives us an average of 2.33 potions per Bionic mouse that drops.
Granite mice can drop 1-2 potions, for the most part, 1-2oz. Granite mice drop 1 potion and 3oz. and heavier Granite mice drop 2 potions.
From the survey results, 32.25% of Granite mice caught are 1-2oz. and 67.75% are 3oz. and heavier. That gives us an average of 1.68 potions per Granite mouse that drops.
Steel mice can only drop 1 potion.
Whilst we’re still not confident we know exactly how luck affects loot drops, we do have a theory that there is a “base” loot drop rate, and this is increased by 0.1% per luck your trap has, if we take this and use it with the results we have from the survey we get the following base loot drop rates for the three mice.
Bionic: 7.72%
Granite: 10.56%
Steel: 13.20%
After combining all of those numbers, you could roughly expect to see about 1 potion for every 6 catches of those mice, with each point of luck your trap has increasing your chances by about 1/60.
Unfortunately, we don’t have enough information at the moment to do an estimate on the drop rates of Greater Radioactive Blue Potions from the Monster.
This article was last updated on 07-Dec-09.
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Very nice round-up, Paul! Thank you!
Please feel free to let me know how I can help with further improving (y)our knowledge about the Lab. I would gladly try ANY setup in there…
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@____m.
Actually we’ve got nearly enough hunts in the Lab with SB+ to add that to the article, if you’re willing to do the hunts, send me a FB message and I’ll send the SB+ over to you.
Happy hunting to you too!
My attraction rate has been good but my potion drop rate has been absolutely crap, using a variety of different set-ups:
vmt/target/swiss
ddb/target/swiss
samt/target/swiss
and each of the above set-ups with brie as well over 50 hunts and not a single rb potion drop
My potion drop rate was also really bad during weekend, using Acro or Kraken/Magma/Brie
About 150 hunts – only 3 potions.
But last 2 days were much better – 22 potions/150 hunts
hi Paul, how are you? im currently in lab and would like join the research by be a volunteer to survey using sb+ in lab… i give u my email id and my mh profile link… i would happy to help you. tq. hope you add me.
hey paul.
i am all in for helping too, use your site all the time and it is f’in awesome =)
i am only a poor grandmaster, but can help with the low lvl areas =) i do have the magma base and the hitgrab horsey though.
left my email and fb link, hope you add me =)
regards from
Peter
hi Paul, How are yeah, Merry Christmas to you are yours.!!! I am currently in lab and Mousoleum and would like join the research by being a volunteer to survey using sb+ in lab… My email is mirandamaclean@yahoo.ca, and my name of facebook is Mandy MacLean – and I have an alter under Silver MacDonald. I am Master on my main, and Apprentice on my alter, and have some pretty great traps. Anyway I could be of service to you, let me know I would gladly help submit any research. I submit frequently to the Page my hunting diary..
I am wondering if the player’s rank has an effect on the loot drops. For my friends who are like myself, knights, we expect maybe 6-12 RB pots a log, where as masters we know can get double that in a few hours. It seems so obvious that we struggled less in the lab at earlier levels… and the conversion is certainly effected by rank, so it can be done.
Are there any studies that include level relevance?
Hi all,
Sorry for not responding sooner but I’ve been away for most of December.
If you wish to help out with gathering hunt data for this, or any other location, you can find instructions on how to do so here: http://furoma.com/analytics/database-submissions/
There’s no need to send me your details, and you don’t need to be added, anyone can help, we appreciate all the assistance given and none of this would be possible without the assistance of hunters like yourselves who contribute to the survey.
@Michelle
It’s entirely possible hunter’s rank does have an effect, the problem is that there’s so many elements of this game that we don’t fully understand and all we know is that hunter’s title provides a small boost to some of the stats on your trap, we don’t know which ones (ie. if luck is included) and due to the random nature of the game it’s pretty difficult to have an accurate guess.
I may take a look at this again in the future, and see if there is a noticable difference in drop rates between the same setup but with very different hunter’s titles.
Anyone feels that drop rate seems decrease when u get more and more potion like me? I feel that I get less and less potions when I have more and more potions.
hello paul!
just wondering if you could help me..i’m hunting in the laboratory to collect RB potions using the mouse deahtbot/ explosive base/ swiss..too bad i only got 1-2 potions in about 60 hunts..so i’m planning to switch my trap to MDB/ dehydration base/ swiss. Could you help me figure out how i will be able to collect more potion with this trap set..or suggest a better trap set up in order to gain more potions..it would be of much help..thanks much! :)
my email add: pau_ice05@yahoo.com
Paul,
I Would be very interested in giving you my catch rates in the lab with super Brie. There are many wills on facebook so if you are still in need you can email me at willardmcd@gmail.com Thanks. Will
Paul,
I would love to join the study. My name is Will McDonald and i am a master hunting in the lab. my email is willardmcd@gmail.com if you still need people to try the effectiveness of super brie, you can email me (probably more effictive seeing that there are hundreds of wills on facebook)
Thanks, Will
hi Paul,
i would like to join the study too, my email is club-penguin1@hotmail.com (i know it’s lame)
if you need to search the effectiveness of sb+ plz add me in face book (Nathan siu, the one with the green face)
hope i can help!!, Nathan