Posted by Paul Humphreys in Locations, Valour | 6 Comments
Tier 4 (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 4 of the King’s Gauntlet – also know as the bard floor – is a location where a tactical weapon will be very useful.
The mice here are more powerful than those on previous tiers, hunters should consider having a more powerful tactical weapon than just the Venus Mouse Trap.
Requirements
To hunt in the King’s Gauntlet – Tier 4 a Hunter must have:
A Hunter’s Title of at least
Initiate.
Have purchased the King’s Gauntlet Floorplan from the Cartographer in the Harbour.
Gauntlet Cheese Tier 4.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
A decent Tactical Weapon.
New Mice
There are 5 new mice to be found in this location, all of which are very weak and can only be attracted by Gauntlet Cheese Tier 4.
![]() Cowbell |
![]() Dancer |
![]() Drummer |
![]() Fiddler |
![]() Guqin Player |
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 4
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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Cowbell |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Four: Bard Mice) ![]() |
Gauntlet Potion Tier 5 | Unknown | |
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Dancer |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Four: Bard Mice) ![]() |
Gauntlet Potion Tier 5 | Unknown | |
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Drummer |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Four: Bard Mice) ![]() |
Gauntlet Potion Tier 5 | Unknown | |
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Fiddler |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Four: Bard Mice) ![]() |
Gauntlet Potion Tier 5 | Unknown | |
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Guqin Player |
Gauntlet Gladiators (Tier Four: Bard Mice) ![]() |
Gauntlet Potion Tier 5 | Unknown | |
Mice Populations
We currently do not have enough results for Mice Populations.
When hunting on Tier 4, a hunter must use Gauntlet Cheese Tier 4.
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:
Collecting Gauntlet Potions Tier 5
Tier 4 of the King’s Gauntlet is also known as the “bard floor” and is home to the mice who drop Gauntlet Potions Tier 5 required to progress through this location.
The mice found on Tier 4 are weaker against tactical traps, but can be quite tough against traps of other power types.
Arming a high luck tactical trap will help to increase your drop rates slightly. Due to the power of these mice, higher luck tactical traps will generally perform better than higher power tactical traps in terms of catching mice.
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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.









Ok, Tier 4 is complete. My results are:
Rank: Knight
Trap: HVMT w/ Aqua base & Shield
Cheese: 318
Potions: 51
Potion to cheese ratio: 16.04%
SB+ conversion: 255
T4 to T5 conversion ratio: 80.19%
Total hunts: 321
Total catches: 316
Total misses: 0
Total FTA/Stales: 5 (3 FTA’s, 2 stales)
Catch ratio: 100.00%
Overall ratio: 98.44% <– includes FTAs and stales
Cowbell: 78 caught, 0 missed, 17 potions. Potion drop rate of 21.79%.
Dancer: 32 caught, 0 missed, 1 potion. Potion drop rate of 3.13%.
Drummer: 62 caught, 0 missed, 10 potions. Potion drop rate of 16.13%.
Fiddler: 63 caught, 0 missed, 8 potions. Potion drop rate of 12.70%.
Guquin Player: 81 caught, 0 missed, 15 potions. Potion drop rate of 18.52%.
FTA's: 3
Stales: 2
I'm off to Tier 5, will post results once I'm done there with my 255 cheeses.
By the by, for most of my hunt, the Cowbells were showing nearly 25% potion drop rates.
MOAR cowbell is now official.
I had 930 T4 cheese when I started this Tier.
At the end, I came out with 110 T5 Potions, which gave 550 T5 cheese (SB+ was used)
It’s a bit less than previous Tier (1100 T3 cheese -> 930 T4 cheese)
My setup:
magma + giant speaker + shield
T4 -> T5 ratio = 59% :/
cheese to potions ratio = 12%
my results for tier 4:
trap setup: rewers riposte/candy cane base/active shield
I started with 294 T4 cheese. I got 30 T5 potions = 150 T5 cheese
Tier4
Start cheese = 432
Tier5 Potions drop = 47
Trap setup : Rewers Riposte + Molten Sharpnel
Tactical Power: 4,064 Luck: 33 Attraction: 10%
Why is it that in the past 8 hunts I have initiated in this tier,I have gotten a potion?This wasn’t the case in the past tier where after 8 hunts,I could get a few potions.My trap setup hasn’t changed.
Rank = Legendary 81%
Trap setup = Ambush/Dehy/Tier 4 Cheese(No charms)
Tactical power = 3/387
Cheese Effect = Ultimately Fresh
Luck = 16
Attraction = 5%
Progress so far = Hunts initiated,9
FTA = 1
Mouse attracted/Mouse caught = 8/8
Potions dropped = 0