Posted by Paul Humphreys in Locations, Valour | 21 Comments
Tier 3 (King’s Gauntlet)
This many-storied tower is the King’s personal challenge to MouseHunters everywhere: anyone who can reach the top is among the kingdom’s elite. The King’s Gauntlet works on a tier system, with Hunters advancing to the next floor by hunting with cheese that they collect on the current floor. The Gauntlet is meant as a challenge for hunters of all skill levels, but in order to ascend to the very top, a Hero’s rank will come in handy.
Overview
Tier 3 of the King’s Gauntlet – also know as the melee floor – is a location where a tactical weapon will be very useful.
The mice here are more powerful than those on previous tiers, yet should not pose a real problem to any well-equipped hunter.
Requirements
To hunt in the King’s Gauntlet – Tier 3 a Hunter must have:
A Hunter’s Title of at least
Initiate.
Purchased the King’s Gauntlet Floorplan from the Cartographer in the Harbour.
Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
A Tactical Weapon.
New Mice
There are 6 new mice to be found in this location, all of which are very weak and can only be attracted by Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3.
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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 King’s Gauntlet – Tier 3
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) |
Loot | Drop Rate | ||
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Berserker |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Three: Melee Mice) ![]() |
1 Gauntlet Potion Tier 4 | ~5% | |
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Cavalier |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Three: Melee Mice) ![]() |
1 Gauntlet Potion Tier 4 | ~5% | |
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Fencer |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Three: Melee Mice) ![]() |
1 Gauntlet Potion Tier 4 | ~5% | |
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Knight |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Three: Melee Mice) ![]() |
1 Gauntlet Potion Tier 4 | ~5% | |
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Page |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Three: Melee Mice) ![]() |
1 Gauntlet Potion Tier 4 | ~10% | |
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Phalanx |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Three: Melee Mice) ![]() |
1 Gauntlet Potion Tier 4 | ~5% | |
Mice Populations – Tier 3
We currently do not have enough results for Mice Populations.
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| Mouse | Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3 | |
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Berserker | 21.92% (21.36) |
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Cavalier | 8.72% (8.49) |
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Fencer | 9.29% (9.05) |
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Knight | 20.66% (20.13) |
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Page | 18.26% (17.79) |
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Phalanx | 21.16% (20.62) |
| Hunts Submitted | 1,614 | |
| Base Attraction Rate | 97.44% | |
When hunting on Tier 3, a hunter must use Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3.
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.
Normal Setup Options
We currently do not have enough results for Normal Setup Options.
Limited Edition Setup Options
Here is a selection of setups with weapons and bases that were only available in the game for a limited time.
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Gauntlet Cheese Tier 3 |
| Weapon | Base | Shield? | Attraction Rate | Catch Rate | Points per Hunt | Gold per Hunt | Potions per Hunt | Cheese Used | Sample Size (Hunts) |
| Snow Barrage | Magma | Yes | 98.08% | 100.00% | 559.63 | 511.11 (362.32) |
0.11 | 1,601 | 1,614 |
Goals
Here is a selection of Goals that a hunter may like to achieve:
Collecting Gauntlet Potions Tier 4
Tier 3 of the King’s Gauntlet is also known as the “melee floor” and is home to the mice who drop Gauntlet Potions Tier 4 required to progress through this location.
The mice found on Tier 3 are weak against tactical traps, and catching them is relatively easy with any tactical trap.
Arming a high luck trap will help to increase your drop rates slightly. Due to the lower power of these mice, high luck tactical traps may also improve catch rates – this could have a double effect on improving loot drops.
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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 22-Jun-10 and 03-Nov-10.










i see…
thanks 4 information
i don’t have magma base.. but i have aqua base with HVMT
i dont have 2010 trap
Spelling error: ‘teir’ should be spelled as ‘tier’.
Thanks Carly, this has been fixed now.
Under the “mice populations” heading, the cheese picture (and link) is of tier II, but captioned as tier III.
Also the heading is incorrect, it should be “Mice Populations – Tier 3″
Thanks Steve, both of these should be fixed now.
Tier 3 hunt results
Setup: HVMT/Aqua/Golden Shield/Hero
Hunts: 86
FTAs: 1 (staled: 0)
FTCs: 0
Mice: caught / missed / # potions
Berserker: 20 / 0 / 3
Cavalier: 11 / 0 / 0
Fencer: 9 / 0 / 2
Knight: 16 / 0 / 3
Page: 14 / 0 / 0
Phalanx: 15 / 0 / 3
Total potions: 11
Getting ready to do a 381 Tier 3 cheese run with CCT/Aqua/shield. I’ll post the end results once I’ve got em here.
PHEW! Run is finished. The final results are:
Rank: Knight
Trap: Christmas Cracker Trap w/ Aqua Base, Lucky Shield active.
Cheese: 361
Total potions: 53
Potion to Cheese ratio: 14.68%
SB+ conversion = 318 Tier 4 cheese
T3 to T4 conversion ratio: 88.09%
Total hunts: 367
Total catches: 345
Total misses: 13
Total FTA/Stales: 9 (6 FTA’s, 3 Stales)
Catch ratio: 96.37%
Overall ratio: 94.01% <– includes FTAs and stales
Phalanx: 75 caught, 6 missed, 13 potions dropped. Potion drop rate of 17.33%
Page: 78 caught, 0 missed, 12 potions dropped. Potion drop rate of 15.38%
Fencer: 31 caught, 0 missed, 5 potions dropped. Potion drop rate of 16.13%
Knight: 65 caught, 2 missed, 10 potions dropped. Potion drop rate of 15.38%
Berserker: 72 caught, 0 missed, 8 potions dropped. Potion drop rate of 11.11%
Cavalier: 24 caught, 5 missed, 5 potions dropped. Potion drop rate of 20.83%
FTA's: 3
Stales: 2
I'm now taking my 318 pieces of Tier 4 cheese and heading on up the tower. I'll keep track of my results for that tier as well and post em on the appropriate page.
Will anyone with a SNOB try it out on this floor?
I’m doing it right now and will also do Tier 4 with it. Magma as Base of course.
Sorry for the delay, final SnoB results going in now.
My current trap setup: Giant Speaker + Magma Base
Trap power: 3560
Power Bonus: 13%
Power Type: Tactical
Luck: 32
Attraction Bonus: 10%
Cheese Effect: Insanely Stale
Effectiveness: Strong
1100 Tier 3 cheese used – got 155 Tier 4 potions…
Don’t have any other stats, sorry…
i have large sample size of 775 hunts in this tier, how do i submit the data?
As our database is not working at the moment you can send them to paul@furoma.com
Here are my results for tier 3:
My setup: rewers riposte/candy cane base/golden shield
I started with 385 T3 cheese, I got 49 T4 potions= 294 T4 cheese
Starting a 1195 tier 3 run now.
Setup is Rewers Riposte/Molten Shrapnel/Golden Shield
i should be starting tier 3 in maybe 2 days, and i already have 239 T3 potions, would you like me to post my results for each tier?
Tier3
Start cheese = 945
Tier4 Potions drop = 108
Trap setup : Rewers Riposte + Molten Sharpnel
Tactical Power: 4,064 Luck: 33 Attraction: 10%
I caught the tier 3 mice with mo miss.
My setup
Trap Power: 3465
Total Luck: 20
Weapon: Ambush
Base: Candy Cane Base
Bait: 15 pieces of Gauntlet Tier 3
Charm: None