Feb 17, 2011

Posted by Paul Humphreys in Locations, Rodentia | 0 Comments

S.S. Huntington II

This fine vessel has been granted permission by the King to sail the open ocean east of Gnawnia. Who knows what exotic hunting grounds are out there just waiting to be discovered..?

Index

Overview
Shops
Cheese and Mice
Setup Options
Goals
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Overview

The S.S. Huntington II sails out on the open seas and is home to a number of new mice that drop loot used to gain access to the Tribal Isles.

This location offers the first opportunity for a hunter to purchase a Hydro Weapon.

To hunt in the S.S. Huntington II a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least Legendary.
    Have crafted the S.S. Huntington II.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    At least a decent Physical Weapon.
    At least Brie cheese.

Hunting Tips by Larry

Larry Welcome aboard, MouseHunter!

What a lovely job you did constructing this vessel. . . it’s a pity that it’s overrun with mice already.

If you want to clean up a bit, you should know that many of the mice here live in the open water. As such, you will find them especially weak to Hydro traps, which you can buy from the Trapsmith onboard.

If you’re looking to sail far off into the ocean, you’ll need to build yourself an Ocean Navigation Kit. I’m sure some of the mice here will have stolen the necessary components at some point or other…

New Mice

There are 13 new mice in the S.S. Huntington II that a hunter won’t have encountered before, most of these mice can only be found in this location.

Bottled	Briegull	Buccaneer	Captain	Leviathan	Mermouse
Pinchy	Salt Water Snapper	Shelder	Shipwrecked	Siren	Squeake
Swabbie

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Shops

The S.S. Huntington II contains 2 shops: a Cheese Shoppe and a Trapsmith.

Cheese Shoppe

The Cheese Shoppe of the S.S. Huntington II offers a small selection of cheese, but at twice the price of those found elsewhere.

	Marble Cheese Marble offers a decent chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 100 gold Refund: 50 gold

	Swiss Cheese Swiss offers a good chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 200 gold Refund: 100 gold

	Brie Cheese Brie offers a very good chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 400 gold Refund: 200 gold

Trapsmith

The Trapsmith of the S.S. Huntington II contains a base and two weapons of a new power type – Hydro. While not essential for this location, Hydro weapons will give a hunter an advantage here.

Weapons

	Net Cannon (3,000 Hydro Power) Power Type: Hydro Power Bonus: 0% Attraction Bonus: 3% Luck: 5 Cheese Effect: Stale Using powerful pneumatics this cannon fires a high tension net at a incredible velocity making it capable of catching the quick mice that lurk in and around water. The net cannon is extremely loud, proper ear protection is recommended. Cost: 664,000 gold Refund: 119,520 gold Points Required: 3,384,000

	Harpoon Gun (3,000 Hydro Power) Power Type: Hydro Power Bonus: 7% Attraction Bonus: none Luck: none Cheese Effect: Stale Firing an oversized 200 pound spiked projectile makes for an extremely intimidating trap. Cost: 664,500 gold Refund: 119,600 gold Points Required: 3,384,000

Bases

Aqua Base (230 Power)
Power Bonus: none
Attraction Bonus: none
Luck: 8
Cheese Effect: No Effect
The clear blue water often causes mice to become distracted by their own reflection making an easier target for a trap.
Cost: 124,900 gold
Refund: 22,482 gold
Points Required: 1,140,000

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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 S.S. Huntington II

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
	Bottled	Aquatic Order		Compass	Unknown
	Briegull	Aquatic Order		None
	Buccaneer	Aquatic Order		None
	Captain	Aquatic Order		Telescope	Unknown
	Cook	Aquatic Order		None
	Hydra	Aquatic Order		Bolt of Cloth	Unknown
				Rope	Unknown
				Scrap Metal	Unknown
				2 Simple Orbs	Unknown
				Splintered Wood	Unknown
	Leviathan	Aquatic Order		2 Simple Orbs	Unknown
	Mermouse	Aquatic Order		None
	Nibbler	Indigenous Mice		None
	Pinchy	Aquatic Order		None
	Pirate	Aquatic Order		None
	Salt Water Snapper	Aquatic Order		None
	Shelder	Aquatic Order		1 Divine Orb	Unknown
	Shipwrecked	Aquatic Order		1 Flawless Orb	Unknown
	Shipwrecked	Aquatic Order		Sextant	Unknown
	Siren	Aquatic Order		None
	Squeaken	Aquatic Order		2 Simple Orbs	Unknown
	Swabbie	Aquatic Order		None
	Water Nymph	Aquatic Order		None
Occassional Visitors (These mice are not always encountered in this location)
	Glitchpaw	Event Mice		Brie Cheese	Unknown
				Compass	Unknown
				Telescope	Unknown
	Hope	Event Mice		None

Mice Populations

We currently do not have enough results for Mice Populations.

Brie would appear to a good all round choice in this location, gold returns are quite low so other cheese are not as cost effective.

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Setup Options

We currently do not have enough results for Setup Options.

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Goals

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

Catch the three mice with the parts to the Ocean Navigation Kit

There are three mice which drop loot that enable you to craft the Navigation Kit:
Bottled Mouse
The Bottled Mouse is a fairly common and moderately powered mouse that drops the compass.
A Hydro trap armed with any cheese should enable you to catch this mouse fairly quickly.
Captain Mouse
The Captain Mouse is a fairly common but tough mouse that drops the telescope.
Hunters will probably have to wait a while to catch this mouse.
Shipwrecked Mouse
The Shipwrecked Mouse is a common and relatively weak mouse that drops the sextant.
This mouse is the weakest and most common of the three, but the time you have caught the other two mice you probably will have caught this mouse as well. If not, just keep hunting for a little longer.

If you are having trouble attracting any of these mice, Super Brie cheese should increase your attraction rates.

Catch a Cook Mouse

Normally, you won’t even see this mouse unless you use Super Brie, and if you do, you’re very, very lucky.

However, after arming Super Brie this becomes a relatively common mouse to encounter, so just keep using Super Brie until you attract one.

Catch a Shelder Mouse

This mouse is the bane of many a hunter, and if you do decide to hunt for this one, expect days or possibly weeks of frustration.

Because this mouse is so rare a lot of myths regarding how to attract it have arisen. Some of these were proven methods in version 2, but now do not work in version 3.

At the moment it seems that Brie is as good as any of the more expensive cheese in attracting this mouse. But even then you could be looking at using hundreds of pieces before you do finally encounter one.

Fortunately, once you do encounter it you should be able to catch it with a hydro trap and decent base – don’t be tempted to switch to a non-hydro weapon with higher attraction.

Apart from that the only advice left is patience. Good luck with this difficult task.

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