Posted by Paul Humphreys in Gnawnia, Locations | 3 Comments
Mountain
This treacherous environment only allows the toughest of mice to survive. Be warned: the Mountain is no place for the novice mouse hunter!
Overview
The Mountain is a location that contains some of the stronger mice found in Gnawnia, offering good potential rewards for a hunter. Although the Harbour offers better gold returns, the Mountain offers better points, allowing a hunter to increase their rank sooner.
In the Mountain are four mice not found elsewhere: the Abominable Snow, Frosty Snow, Frozen and Pebble mice are all rare mice, and require patience or specialist cheese for the hunter to catch.
The Ninja Mouse in the Mountain drops the map to the Laboratory in the Burroughs region.
Requirements
To hunt in the Mountain a Hunter must have:
A Hunter’s Title of at least 
Journeyman.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
At least the Mouse Rocketine or Trebuchet and Wooden Base with Target, but preferably a stronger Weapon and/or Base.
At least Marble Cheese.
Hunting Tips by Larry
Welcome to the treacherous terrain of… The Mountain!
Hunting in the Mountain can be quite profitable. The Gold and Diamond mice found here are worth a handsome amount of gold and points! Extra income means that you may now be able to afford more expensive flavours of cheese and more powerful traps! If you’re having problems attracting or catching mice, try heading back to town to buy new cheese or trap parts.
There have been reports of a mysterious Ninja mouse that has traveled to the Mountain from the North and is carrying a piece of the map. Should you find this rare Ninja and acquire the map piece, it will be added to your own map, unlocking a new hunting location in the north!
New Mice
The Mountain has 5 new mice that you won’t have encountered before. Four of these mice are only encountered in this location or during special events. The Ninja mouse can be found in other locations.
 Abominable Snow |
 Frosty Snow |
 Frozen |
 Ninja |
 Pebble |
Shops
The Mountain contains only one shop: a Charm Shoppe.
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Charm Shoppe |
Moustachio the Charmer’s Charm Shoppe in the Mountain allows a hunter to purchase some of the basic charms available in the game and the first charm conduit required to use them. It also contains an essential crafting ingredient for making your own charms.
Charmbits
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Charmbit Charmbits are a vital ingredient used in crafting Charms. Some say they are impossibly small nanites, while others state that they are condensed magic, experts suggest it is likely a combination of them both. The one thing everyone can agree on is to handle with care and never breathe it in! Cost: 25 gold Refund: 20 gold |
Conduits
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Pine Charm Conduit Charm Conduit Level: 1 Add this conduit to your trap to gain the ability to use Charms. This conduit is carved from the wood of a Mountain Pine Tree and like other wooden conduits, is only capable of conducting the energy of simple charms. As you continue your journey, you may discover more powerful Charms and Charm Conduits. Cost: 3,000 gold |
Charms
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Attraction Charm (0 Power) Power Bonus: none Attraction Bonus: 5% Luck: none Cheese Effect: No Effect Consumed Upon: Encountering a Mouse This strange looking little cheese charm releases a small burst of air every few minutes. When combined with your cheese, it will increase the distance the cheese scent will travel, helping to attract more mice to your trap. Cost: 300 gold Refund: 90 gold Conduit Required: Pine Charm Conduit |
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Luck Charm (0 Power) Power Bonus: none Attraction Bonus: none Luck: 1 Cheese Effect: No Effect Consumed Upon: Encountering a Mouse Made of rare and precious metals, this charm is believed to bring extra luck with each hunt. Cost: 400 gold Refund: 120 gold Conduit Required: Pine Charm Conduit |
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Power Charm (120 Power) Power Bonus: 1% Attraction Bonus: none Luck: none Cheese Effect: No Effect Consumed Upon: Encountering a Mouse Slightly warm to the touch, this charm is bursting with potential power! The Power Charm provides +120 power and a 1% power bonus to your trap with each hunt. Cost: 200 gold Refund: 60 gold Conduit Required: Pine Charm Conduit |
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Prospector’s Charm (200 Power) Power Bonus: 1% Attraction Bonus: none Luck: none Cheese Effect: No Effect Consumed Upon: Encountering a Mouse With a center of hard meteorite, this mining charm provides +200 power and a 1% power bonus to your trap. When used in the Mountain, this charm’s prospecting ability attracts more Gold and Diamond mice. When used alongside SUPER|brie+ in the Mountain, these charms also increase the attraction of Silvertail mice. Cost: 450 gold Refund: 135 gold Conduit Required: Pine Charm Conduit |
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 Mountain
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 | ||
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Abominable Snow | Indigenous Mice       |
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1 Divine Orb | Unknown |
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Bionic | Indigenous Mice |
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1 Brie Potion | Unknown |
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Black Widow | Indigenous Mice |
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SUPER|brie+ | Unknown |
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Brown | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Diamond | Indigenous Mice |
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1 Simple Orb | Unknown |
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Dwarf | Indigenous Mice |
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Splintered Wood | Unknown |
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Fog | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Frosty Snow | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Frozen | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Gold | Indigenous Mice |
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1 Simple Orb | Unknown |
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Granite | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Grey | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Ninja | Followers of Furoma |
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1 Burroughs Laboratory Map Piece (Max 1) | Unknown |
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Pebble | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Silvertail | Indigenous Mice |
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1 Simple Orb | Unknown |
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Steel | Indigenous Mice |
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1 Scrap Metal (depends on trap) |
Unknown |
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White | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
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Zombie | Indigenous Mice |
None | ||
| Occassional Visitors (These mice are not always encountered in this location) |
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Glitchpaw | Event Mice |
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Brie Cheese | Unknown |
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Greater Brie Potion | 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 |
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Abominable Snow | ~4% |
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Bionic | ~14% |
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Black Widow | ~1% |
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Brown | ~1% |
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Diamond | ~4% |
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Dwarf | ~8% |
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Fog | ~10% |
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Frosty Snow | ~7% |
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Frozen | ~5% |
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Gold | ~4% |
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Granite | ~10% |
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Grey | ~2% |
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Ninja | ~8% |
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Pebble | ~3% |
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Silvertail | ~4% |
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Steel | ~14% |
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White | ~2% |
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Zombie | ~1% |
| Hunts Submitted | 351 | |
| Base Attraction Rate | ~100% | |
Both Brie and Swiss are good cheese to use in this location, Brie will earn you more points, while Swiss is more cost effective.
Super Brie may be required to attract all of the mice in this location.
Setup Options
We currently do not have enough results for Setup Options.
Goals
Here is a selection of Goals that a hunter may like to achieve:
Catch a Ninja Mouse with the Map
The Ninja mouse drops the map to the Burroughs Laboratory, and fortunately the mouse is neither very rare nor very difficult to catch as long as you have at least the recommended traps. There’s no known preference for any cheese with the Ninja mouse, so it’s just a case of patiently waiting until you catch one.
Best Location for a Journeyman to Hunt
Often it is debated whether a Journeyman should hunt in the Mountain or the Calm Clearing while they are trying to increase their rank.
Personally I believe the best path through Journeyman is to hunt in the Mountain until your goals are completed there, then move to the Calm Clearing.
The Calm Clearing has slightly more to offer in terms of Points, Gold and Loot, so is probably the best use of a Journeyman’s time.
Collecting Simple Orbs
The Mountain probably offers the best place for a hunter to collect simple orbs. With a high number of Gold and Diamond mice compared to other locations a hunter stands a good chance of collecting simple orbs here.
There are two ways a hunter can further increase their chances of collecting orbs, the first is to use Super Brie. This attracts the Silvertail mouse which also drops the orb.
The second is to arm the prospector’s charm. It’s expensive and the power boost will be wasted on many hunters revisiting this area, but it does increase the population of Gold, Diamond and Silvertail mice in the mountain, helping you to collect even more orbs.
Charms to use
The Prospector’s Charm can be a useful addition for any hunter wishing to collect Simple Orbs in this location..
Related Articles
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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 v3.1.23452.
This article includes survey results from 05-Aug-10 to 10-Aug-10.
What cheese is recommended for this location?
Try Brie for quicker progress or Swiss for more economical hunting.
I used marble and it worked perfectly