Meadow

Slightly secluded from the human population, the Meadow is mostly inhabited by the more timid breeds of mice. Considered somewhat of a safe haven for novice mouse hunters who hate to see their cheese stolen.

 

1. Overview
   Requirements
   Hunting Tips by Larry
   New Mice
2. Shops
   Cheese Shoppe
   Trapsmith
3. Cheese and Mice
   The Mice of the Meadow
   Mice Populations
4. Setup Options
5. Goals
   Upgrade your Trap
   Purchase 30 pieces of cheese
   Catch 6 Breeds of Mice
   Visit the forums
   Take 25 hunts
   Reach the rank of Recruit
6. Related Articles

 

Overview

The Meadow is the starting location for new hunters. It is filled with weak mice that are easy for all hunters to catch and it shouldn’t take long for a Novice hunter to earn enough points and gold to upgrade to the more powerful traps required for later locations.

Requirements

To hunt in the Meadow a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least Novice.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    Any Weapon and Base.
    Any Cheese.

Hunting Tips by Larry

Welcome to the Meadow! This calm retreat is a favorite relaxation spot of Gnawnia’s busy citizens. The majority of the mice that are found here are fairly tame and easy to catch, making it a great place to hunt while you save up for a better trap.

The Meadow has two shops. The first is the Cheese Shoppe where you can buy bait for your trap, and the second is the Trapsmith, where you can buy new trap parts.

When you reach the title of Recruit, try hunting in the Town of Gnawnia, where more breeds of mice await!. Visit the Travel page to access your map and travel to other hunting grounds.

Looking for more advice? Speak with your fellow hunters on the discussion boards. There are sure to be many experienced hunters willing to lend a hand!

Good luck, brave MouseHunter!

 

New Mice

As the Meadow is the first location encountered in the game, all of the mice found here are new mice. All of these mice can be encountered in other locations in the game.

Bionic	Black Widow	Brown	Cowardly	Diamond	Dwarf
Field	Flying	Gold	Granite	Grey	Lightning Rod
Mole	Pirate	Spotted	Steel	Tiny	White

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Shops

The Meadow contains two shops: a Cheese Shoppe and a Trapsmith.

Cheese Shoppe

The Cheese Shoppe of the Meadow sells a small selection of cheese at similar prices to those that can be found elsewhere.

	Cheddar Cheese Cheddar is rather poor at attracting most mice, however hunters may find success with this cheese when hunting the more frail breeds. Cost: 10 gold Refund: 10 gold
	Marble Cheese Marble offers a decent chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 50 gold Refund: 50 gold
	Swiss Cheese Swiss offers a good chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 100 gold Refund: 100 gold

 

Trapsmith

The Trapsmith of the Meadow sells a good selection of Bases and Physical Weapons. These should be more than enough to see you through all of the Gnawnia region.

Weapons

	Tacky Glue Trap (550 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: none Attraction Bonus: 40% Luck: 2 Cheese Effect: Stale If you believe the simplest answer is the best, then white glue and some cheese is the way to go! Cost: 550 gold Refund: 100 gold Points Required: 0
	High Tension Spring (75 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: 5% Attraction Bonus: 20% Luck: 2 Cheese Effect: No Effect Razor sharp barbs adorn a crushing bar held with over 1000 lbs. of tension. Cost: 600 gold Refund: 110 gold Points Required: 0
	500 Pound Spiked Crusher (250 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: 10% Attraction Bonus: none Luck: 1 Cheese Effect: No Effect A 500 pound weight with sharp spikes on the bottom precariously hangs by a thin rope, eagerly awaiting a mouse to wander below. Cost: 3,450 gold Refund: 625 gold Points Required: 2,100
	Mouse Mary O’Nette (250 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: none Attraction Bonus: 6% Luck: 5 Cheese Effect: Fresh A clever decoy to attract an unsuspecting mouse under a looming steel cage. Cost: 6,250 gold Refund: 1,125 gold Points Required: 2,100
	Mouse Trebuchet (600 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: 2% Attraction Bonus: 4% Luck: 1 Cheese Effect: Very Fresh For those so inclined to not so much harm a mouse, but rather relocate it a few miles away there is the wooden mouse trebuchet. When triggered this trap catapults the mouse at over 500 miles per hour up to a range of 7 miles. Cost: 15,850 gold Refund: 2,855 gold Points Required: 11,000
	Swiss Army Mouse Trap (1,200 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: 2% Attraction Bonus: 2% Luck: 10 Cheese Effect: No Effect Three razor sharp knife blades come downwards rapidly while a half dozen high speed drill bits come upwards, leaving little evidence that the mouse ever existed. Cost: 70,300 gold Refund: 12,655 gold Points Required: 45,500
	Mouse DeathBot (2,400 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: 15% Attraction Bonus: 10% Luck: 2 Cheese Effect: Stale Although origins of this high-tech robot are unknown, its ability to destroy mice is well known. The DeathBot comes equipped with a high speed chain gun, two rapid fire laser guns, an extending saw blade arm and nine mouse-seeking missiles. Even the quickest, cleverest mouse stands little chance against this adversary. Cost: 256,400 gold Refund: 46,155 gold Points Required: 91,000

Bases

	Wooden Base with Target (75 Power) Power Bonus: none Attraction Bonus: 20% Luck: none Cheese Effect: No Effect A wooden base with a target pad to increase the accuracy of your weapon. Cost: 1,225 gold Refund: 225 gold Points Required: 650
	Stone Base (150 Power) Power Bonus: 10% Attraction Bonus: none Luck: none Cheese Effect: Fresh The added weight of a stone base increases the stability of your weapon. Cost: 6,175 gold Refund: 1,115 gold Points Required: 5,000
	Explosive Base (300 Power) Power Bonus: 5% Attraction Bonus: 5% Luck: none Cheese Effect: Stale A base made of plastic-explosive, the ultimate back-up plan for any weapon. Cost: 29,775 gold Refund: 5,360 gold Points Required: 22,500

 

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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 Meadow

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

Mouse (Known Cheese Preferences)		Group (Weaknesses)	Potential Loot		Drop Rate
	Bionic	Indigenous Mice		None
	Black Widow	Indigenous Mice		1-10 SUPER|brie+	Unknown
	Brown	Indigenous Mice		2-5 Marble Cheese	Unknown
	Cowardly	Indigenous Mice		None
	Diamond	Indigenous Mice		None
	Dwarf	Indigenous Mice		1 Larry’s Sandwich (Max 1)	Only as part of training
	Field	Indigenous Mice		None
	Flying	Indigenous Mice		None
	Gold	Indigenous Mice		None
	Granite	Indigenous Mice		None
	Grey	Indigenous Mice		1-5 Marble Cheese	Unknown
	Lightning Rod	Indigenous Mice		None
	Mole	Indigenous Mice		3-18 Marble Cheese	~100%
	Pirate	Aquatic Order		None
	Spotted	Indigenous Mice		None
	Steel	Indigenous Mice		1 Scrap Metal (depends on trap)	Unknown
	Tiny	Indigenous Mice		None
	White	Indigenous Mice		1-10 Cheddar Cheese	Unknown
				1-5 Marble Cheese	Unknown
Occassional Visitors (These mice are not always encountered in this location)
	Glitchpaw	Event Mice		Swiss Cheese	Unknown

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:

(Please note, results with less than 1,000 hunts submitted have a low level of accuracy and should be used as guidelines only)

	Mouse	Super Brie
	Bionic	~4%
	Black Widow	~1%
	Brown	~9%
	Cowardly	~11%
	Diamond	~2%
	Dwarf	~5%
	Field	~6%
	Flying	~15%
	Gold	~1%
	Granite	~2%
	Grey	~8%
	Lightning Rod	~9%
	Mole	~0%
	Pirate	~2%
	Spotted	~6%
	Steel	~1%
	Tiny	~9%
	White	~10%
Hunts Submitted		121
Base Attraction Rate		~100%

 

 

The Meadow is a good place to use a weaker cheese and make a reasonable profit: it’s not cost effective to use Brie cheese, and it only offers slightly better attraction rates than more affordable cheese. White Cheddar has a special use in the Meadow given that it drives away the Brown, Grey and White mice, allowing a hunter to attract more profitable mice, and some of the rarer mice in the location as well.

Remember, it’s normally a good idea to use the Wooden Base with Target with the weaker cheese. The lower the base attraction of the cheese, the more effect a high attraction bonus will have. Using the Wooden Base with Target and White Cheddar should give significantly better results than those shown above.

A number of the mice in this location favour the use of Super Brie over any other cheese. Hunters wishing to attract these mice are recommended to arm this cheese.
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Setup Options

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Goals

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

Upgrade your Trap

The first goal on your check list is to upgrade your trap. Larry’s tutorial should guide you through this process without any problems.
Your first upgrade should be the Wooden Base with Target. This gives you more power and a nice attraction bonus that works well with the weaker cheese used in the Meadow.

 

Purchase 30 pieces of cheese

The second goal on your check list is to purchase 30 pieces of cheese. Again, Larry’s tutorial should guide you through this process without any problems.
You’ve been given some Marble cheese to start off with, so you might be tempted to buy some more of that. Instead, why not try some cheddar cheese?
At 10 gold per piece it’s a very cost effective cheese, when combined with the Wooden Base with Target you can get a good attraction rate and still catch most of the mice you attract.
Using Cheddar rather than Marble during your training will allow you to upgrade to the next trap a little sooner.

 

Catch 6 Breeds of Mice

One of your training tasks is to catch 6 different breeds of mice.
You’ll catch three breeds during the introduction hunt for the Dwarf Mouse, only leaving you three more to collect.
Given the variety of mice in the Meadow this goal should easily be completed by the you’ve finished your other training goals.

 

Visit the forums

The forums are a great source of information and the latest news in the game. MouseHunt is a social game and the forums are meant to be a fun place where you can get advice, chat with other players and make some new friends.
Because so many people use the forums things can be quite hectic at times, so it’s worth taking a few minutes to read the rules before you start posting.
There are many different boards on the forums. To start with you should visit the Newcomers Lounge as this is the ideal place to ask some questions when you’re starting out. You might even find some more experienced players there who are willing to “adopt” you. If someone does, they’ll provide advice and assistance for you through the game.
If you’re looking for a quicker response to some questions you have, you can visit the Chat Room. Normally there’s a few people on there who can help answer some quick questions.
A few key things to remember when using the forums or the chat room:
Be polite – People will be more willing to help you if you’re polite.
Don’t beg for gold – People can provide advice to help you earn gold, but no one likes new players begging for gold (or cheese).
Take a moment to read the rules (terms of service) – Make sure you know what’s acceptable before posting and you should avoid trouble.
Read other threads before posting yours – You may find the questions you have are answered there.
Finally, and very importantly, you should remember that any bad behaviour on the forums or chat room can be punished with a suspension or ban from the game.

 

Take 25 hunts

You can hunt by sounding the horn (during your training you can sound the horn more often) but you also automatically go on a hunt every hour as long as you’ve been active in the past 24 hours.
You can play the game passively and check back once a day when you have time. Or you can play actively and sound the horn when you’re online.
Either way your 25 hunts won’t take more than a day to complete, maybe a few hours if you’re active.

 

Reach the rank of Recruit

Your final goal is to reach the rank of Recruit. As your rank increases you’ll be able to travel to new locations and purchase other types of cheese and trap to catch even more different breeds of mice.
By the time you’ve completed your 25 hunts you should have reached the rank of Recruit, or at least be very close to it.
Like many other aspects of this game, increasing your rank is just a matter of patience. Keep hunting and eventually you’ll get there.

 

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Thank you to all who have contributed so far and will do so in the future.

 

This article contains information relevant to MouseHunt v3.1.19441.

This article includes survey results from 26-Aug-10 to 05-Sep-10.