Lagoon

The enticing blue water hypnotizes hunters, distracting them from the dangerous mice that take up residence nearby. The terrain that surrounds the Lagoon is extremely unsteady, comprised of jagged rocks and slick moss. High up in the trees that surround the Lagoon are the nests of Harpy mice who act as a plague to all hunters, stealing their cheese, gold and crippling their courage. Some mice here are not attracted to conventional bait. It is highly recommended that a hunter use Gnarled cheese when hunting at the Lagoon.

 

This article is currently out of date with the release of Longtail, we are adding the latest information as we find it.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. Shops
   General Store
3. Cheese and Mice
   The Mice of the Lagoon
   Mice Populations
4. Setup Options
   Normal Setup Options
   Limited Edition Setup Options
5. Goals
   Catch a Hydra Mouse with important loot
   Catch the Goblin Mouse
   Catch the Harpy Mouse
   Catch the Silth Mouse
   Catch the Troll Mouse
6. Related Articles

 

Overview

The Lagoon is a difficult area to hunt in, it contains mice of four different power types so a hunter must seriously consider which trap they want to use. When hunting for specific mice, obviously using the right trap type for that mouse is the best idea. Physical traps are a good compromise, and offer the best returns for the hunter.
The hunter also has the choice of which cheese to use. Gnarled cheese can be used for decent returns in this area, and a reasonable chance of attracting the Hydra mouse as well as most of the new mice to be found here.
Wicked Gnarly only attracts the stronger mice found in this location, including the elusive Silth Mouse. Wicked Gnarly is useful for hunters wishing to increase the number of Hydra mice they attract.
The Hydra mouse in this location drops the ship blueprints, which, when combined with crafting supplies purchased at the general store, form the map to a new location, the S.S. Huntington II.

Requirements

To hunt in the Lagoon a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least Grandmaster.
    The Map of the Lagoon from a Fairy Mouse in the Great Gnarled Tree.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    A strong Physical Weapon.
    Gnarled or Wicked Gnarly Cheese.

Hunting Tips by Larry

Hope you can swim! The waters of the Lagoon look dangerous!

To be successful here you will need Gnarled cheese, else you will find yourself having trouble attracting mice to your trap. If you need more Gnarled cheese, head back to the Great Gnarled Tree to collect potions from the mice there.

Dwelling in the water is the fearsome Hydra mouse. The Hydra originates from the Ocean to the East, where it is known for being the cause of many shipwrecks. For this reason, the Hydra is known for dropping many nautical items. If you have your sea legs, try hunting the Hydra. You may just discover the mysteries of the ocean in the process.

New Mice

There are 6 new mice to be found in this location, and four of them can not be found anywhere else.
The Hydra Mouse drops various crafting supplies that can be used to create the map to Rodentia. The Hydra Mouse can be very difficult to catch.
The Goblin and the Harpy mouse are both Shadow mice, meaning that many of the traps you would normally use are not very effective against them.
The Hydra and the Silth are both Hydro mice, and upon your first visit to the Lagoon, you will not have had access to a Trapsmith with this type of weapon.
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Shops

The Lagoon contains one shop: a General Store.

General Store

The General Store of the Lagoon contains a small selection of crafting supplies, which are mainly used for crafting the map to Rodentia.

Supply		Cost	Refund
	Bolt of Cloth	3,000	3,000
	King’s Reserve Bubbleh	210,000	210,000
	Rope	600	600

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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 Lagoon

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
	Black Widow	Physical	Super Brie cheese
	Centaur	Tactical	None
	Cyclops	Physical	None
	Eagle Owl	Tactical	None
	Elven Princess	Physical	None
	Fairy	Tactical	None
	Goblin	Shadow	None
	Harpy	Shadow	None
	Hydra	Hydro	Bolt of Cloth Rope Scrap Metal Ship Blueprints Splintered Wood
	Nibbler	Physical	None
	Nomad	Tactical	None
	Shaman	Physical	None
	Silth	Hydro	Front Cover of Plankrun’s Journal Hunting Research worth 5,000 bonus points Hunting Research worth 10,000 bonus points Satchel of Gold worth 5,000 gold Satchel of Gold worth 10,000 gold Satchel of Gold worth 15,000 gold Scrap Metal Wicked Gnarly cheese
	Tiger	Tactical	None
	Treant	Physical	None
	Troll	Physical	Brie cheese Cheddar cheese Marble cheese Satchel of Gold worth 1,000 gold Swiss cheese
	Water Nymph	Tactical	None
	Wicked Witch of Whisker Woods	Physical	None

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	Gnarled	Wicked Gnarly
	Black Widow	0.01% (0.01)	0.03% (0.03)
	Centaur	12.76% (12.39)	11.69% (11.23)
	Cyclops	5.54% (5.33)	5.77% (5.55)
	Eagle Owl	5.88% (5.33)	6.06% (5.82)
	Elven Princess	2.25% (2.16)	0.00% (0.00)
	Fairy	3.83% (3.68)	4.19% (4.03)
	Goblin	7.54% (7.26)	7.86% (7.55)
	Harpy	5.65% (5.44)	1.13% (1.09)
	Hydra	8.79% (8.47)	18.57% (17.84)
	Nibbler	0.00% (0.00)	0.00% (0.00)
	Nomad	4.09% (3.94)	4.66% (4.47)
	Shaman	3.39% (3.26)	0.00% (0.00)
	Silth	0.00% (0.00)	2.61% (2.51)
	Tiger	4.24% (4.09)	3.47% (3.34)
	Treant	4.02% (3.87)	0.00% (0.00)
	Troll	4.48% (4.32)	4.73% (4.54)
	Water Nymph	25.29% (24.34)	26.85% (25.80)
	Wicked Witch of Whisker Woods	2.24% (2.15)	2.37% (2.28)
Hunts Submitted		11,015	34,789
Base Attraction Rate		96.26%	96.07%

Both Gnarled and Wicked Gnarly have a similar base attraction rate, so your choice comes down to which mice do you want to attract.
Gnarled is the better choice for hunters with weaker traps, as it attracts fewer of the stronger mice, allowing you to earn more points and gold.
Wicked Gnarly is a better choice if you are hunting for a specific strong mouse in this location.
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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:

Power Type		Performance (using Gnarled)	Performance (using Wicked Gnarly)	Comments
	Arcane		No Stars	Normal against most mice, useless against Centaur, Eagle Owl, Fairy, Hydra, Nomad, Silth, Tiger and Water Nymph mice.
	Draconic			Useless against all mice
	Forgotten	No Stars	No Stars	Normal against Goblin and Harpy mice, useless against all other mice.
	Hydro			Very Effective against Hydra and Silth mice, Useless against Goblin and Harpy mice, normal against all other mice.
	Parental			Normal against most mice, useless against Goblin and Harpy mice
	Physical			Normal against most mice, less effective against Goblin and Harpy
	Shadow		No Stars	Very effecive against Goblin and Harpy mice, useless against Centaur, Eagle Owl, Fairy, Hydra, Nomad, Silth, Tiger and Water Nymph mice, normal against all other mice.
	Tactical			Very effecive against Centaur, Eagle Owl, Fairy, Nomad, Tiger and Water Nymph mice, less effective against Goblin, Harpy, Hydra and Silth mice, normal against all other mice.

Normal Setup Options

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

Wicked Gnarly

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Ancient Spear Gun	Tribal Base	Yes	95.86%	45.85%	2,336.50	959.17	2,388	2,466

Limited Edition Setup Options

Here is a selection of setups with traps and bases that were only available in the game for a limited time.

Gnarled

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Christmas Cracker Trap	Candy Cane Base	Yes	96.16%	55.99%	2,053.31	786.05	981	1,016
Chrome DrillBot	Magma Base	No	96.11%	58.91%	2,174.81	952.75	1,261	1,261
Chrome DrillBot	Magma Base	Yes	97.39%	61.81%	2,299.57	980.62	1,304	1,304

 

Wicked Gnarly

Weapon	Base	Shield?	Attraction Rate	Catch Rate	Points per Hunt	Gold per Hunt	Cheese Used	Sample Size (Hunts)
Ancient Spear Gun	Candy Cane Base	Yes	97.67%	47.33%	2,405.51	998.74	1,262	1,285
Ancient Spear Gun	Magma Base	No	96.72%	42.99%	2,174.08	814.87	2,340	2,345
Ancient Spear Gun	Magma Base	Yes	96.32%	47.83%	2,433.11	984.68	11,482	11,494
Kraken Chaos	Magma Base	No	96.47%	45.57%	2,341.00	934.48	1,216	1,217
Kraken Chaos	Magma Base	Yes	96.77%	49.25%	2,538.04	1,026.19	9,389	9,390

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Goals

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

Catch a Hydra Mouse with important loot

The best type of trap to use for the Hydra is a Hydro weapon. Unfortunately these are only available for hunters who have progressed into the Rodentia region.
The best alternative is a Physical trap with a good combination of power and luck.
Hydra mice are not too uncommon, but you can increase your chances of attracting one by using Wicked Gnarly cheese.

Catch the Goblin Mouse

The Goblin mouse is commonly attracted with either Gnarled or Wicked Gnarly. It is also quite weak, so whilst a Shadow or Arcane trap will increase your chances of catching one, a strong Physical or Tactical trap can catch them.

Catch the Harpy Mouse

Harpy mice are strong and quite rare Shadow mice, if you want to catch this mouse, a Shadow or Arcane trap is your best bet.
We are told that using Radioactive Blue cheese will increase your chances of attracting a Harpy mouse, as well as driving away a number of the more common Tactical mice.

Catch the Silth Mouse

The Silth is one of the most difficult mice in the game to catch.

My first piece of advice for catching this mouse is to wait. There are rumours that it will drop a new map piece in the future, so if you have other mice to get first, leave the Silth until later.

If however, you want one now, then hopefully this will help:

The first problem you face is collecting enough Wicked Gnarly cheese, the potions only convert 3 Brie or 6 Super Brie to Wicked Gnarly. As a result you’ll need to spend some time collecting these to have enough cheese.
On average, you’ll only attract one Silth per 40 Wicked Gnarly used, so it’s generally worth collecting a significant number of potions.

The best trap to use would be a high luck or high power Hydro trap, failing that, a high luck or high power Physical trap will also work.

Be prepared to miss a significant number of Silth mice before your first catch, here’s a breakdown of how some of the more popular setups have performed against the Silth.

Weapon	Base	Shield	Silths Caught	Silths Attracted	Catch Rate	Average Wicked Gnarly Used for one catch
Ancient Spear Gun	Magma Base	Yes	32	241	13.28%	300
Kraken Chaos	Magma Base	Yes	47	190	24.74	161

These samples aren’t large enough to say for certain, but it does look like luck is a major factor in catching one of these mice.

Catch the Troll Mouse

The Troll mouse is a very strong Physical mouse, so most high luck and high power traps will stand a decent chance of catching one.

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This article includes survey results from 10-Jan-10 to 31-Mar-10.