Feb 9, 2011

Posted by Paul Humphreys in Burroughs, Locations | 0 Comments

Town of Digby

When the mice of the Burroughs overran the laboratory, the resourceful scientists created a fortified subterranean city. Unfortunately their creations proved to be just as resourceful and soon infiltrated the city.

Index

Overview
Shops
Cheese and Mice
Setup Options
Goals
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Overview

At first glance the Town of Digby doesn’t appear to be more than a location with a trapsmith offering some new types of trap and a quick stop to pick up a map, but there are a couple of hidden facets to this location.

Granite mice drop meterorite pieces, which are used in crafting the very expensive, but potent Moon cheese – best used in the Mousoleum.

The Zombie Mouse dropss the map to the Mousoleum, at this stage one of the most difficult but profitable areas a hunter has encountered.

The Mole Mouse drops the map to the Training Grounds, allowing a hunter to avoid the Mousoleum if they choose to. The Mole Mouse can also drop the much rarer loot of part of Plankrun’s Journal.

Available here are Living Shards, which when combined with some Radioactive Sludge form a new cheese for the hunter to use here called Limelight.

Limelight attracts 11 entirely new mice that are only found in this location, and doesn’t attract any of the regular mice that are found here. Hunting with Limelight offers some very good point returns for the hunter.

Requirements

To hunt in the Town of Digby a Hunter must have:
    A Hunter’s Title of at least Master Master.
    The Key to the Town of Digby from a Dwarf Mouse in the Laboratory.
And it is recommended that a Hunter should have:
    A strong Physical Weapon.
    At least Swiss Cheese.

Hunting Tips by Larry

Larry Congratulations on finding the secret research facility of Digby!

After the Laboratory was overrun with mice, the scientists fled here. Unfortunately, it did not take the mice long to find it. The scientists now need your help hunting down the intruders!

Be sure to visit the Trapsmith in Digby to view its experimental traps. You will notice an extremely powerful trap called the DrillBot, along with two strange portal traps. These portals use a form of damage called Shadow. A shadow trap will come in handy should you plan on heading west towards the dark graveyard.

Digby seems to be the perfect environment for the rare Mole mouse. If you have yet to discover this breed, hunting for it here may be worth your while. A Zombie mouse has also been rumored to be carrying a tattered piece of the map. I fear this map may lead west, towards. . . the dark forest. I like seeing you around, so make sure that you’re well prepared before traveling into the wilds.

Recent tunneling by town offiicials has also uncovered some construction mice, who appear to be digging a tunnel of their own. Along with these new intruders, the Town of Digby now has to deal with the worm-like Big Bad Burroughs mice, and their smaller cousins, the Itty-Bitty Burroughs mice.

Anyone wanting to catch these new subterranean breeds should use Limelight Cheese, which is made from Radioactive Sludge, Curds and Whey and Living Shards. Living Shards are available, for a premium, at the Digby general store, but rumor has it that they were also once used for experiments at the Laboratory.

Hunting the Big Bad Burroughs mouse is risky, but could pay off big. Digby scientists report that a Big Bad ran off with a rare slab of Ohnoesium ore the other day, and I’ve heard that Ohnoesium can be very valuable to hunters. . .

New Mice

There are 11 new mice in the Town of Digby that a hunter won’t have encountered before, and none of these mice can be found in other locations.

Big Bad Burroughs	Core Sample	Demolitions	Industrious Digger	Itty-Bitty Burroughs	Lambent Crystal
Miner	Nugget	Rock Muncher	Stone Cutter	Subterranean

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Shops

The Town of Digby contains 3 shops: a Cheese Shoppe, a Trapsmith and a General Store.

Cheese Shoppe

The Cheese Shoppe of the Town of Digby offers a good selection of cheese, but at prices 50% highter than those 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: 15 gold Refund: 10 gold

	Marble Cheese Marble offers a decent chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 75 gold Refund: 50 gold

	Swiss Cheese Swiss offers a good chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 150 gold Refund: 100 gold

	Brie Cheese Brie offers a very good chance of attracting a variety of mice. Cost: 300 gold Refund: 200 gold

Trapsmith

The Trapsmith of the Town of Digby contains a good selection of Physical and Shadow traps.

Weapons

	Ambrosial Portal (1,025 Shadow Power) Power Type: Shadow Power Bonus: none Attraction Bonus: 5% Luck: none Cheese Effect: Fresh Proof that technology developed in the Burroughs’ Laboratory can be used in a more ‘gentle’ manner, this portal has opened a one-way entrance into a cheesey paradise. Cost: 140,000 gold Refund: 25,310 gold Points Required: 182,000

	Sinister Portal (1,025 Shadow Power) Power Type: Shadow Power Bonus: 5% Attraction Bonus: none Luck: none Cheese Effect: Stale Using technology developed in the Burroughs’ Laboratory, this one-way portal into outer space waits at the end of a high-speed conveyor belt for an unsuspecting mouse. Cost: 140,600 gold Refund: 25,310 gold Points Required: 182,000

	NVMRC Forcefield Trap (2,350 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: 12% Attraction Bonus: 10% Luck: 12 Cheese Effect: No Effect This trap generates a force field tough enough to hold even the strongest mice within. Once trapped, the mouse is harmlessly incapacitated with 100% organic sleeping gas and relocated to a mouse reservation. Cost: 243,580 gold Refund: 43,845 gold Points Required: 91,000

	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

	Digby DrillBot (3,200 Physical Power) Power Type: Physical Power Bonus: 18% Attraction Bonus: none Luck: 5 Cheese Effect: No Effect The scientists of Digby used their knowledge of tunnel digging technology to create the ultimate mouse adversary. Using its two massive high-speed drills this titan can easily destroy any mouse put in its path. Cost: 404,340 gold Refund: 72,780 gold Points Required: 409,500

	Bottomless Grave (1,500 Shadow Power) Power Type: Shadow Power Bonus: none Attraction Bonus: none Luck: 5 Cheese Effect: No Effect Although Digby drilling technology has often been regarded as the quickest to dig a grave, ambitious scientists were still tempted to experiment with rocket-propelled drills. The focus of these experiments has now turned to researching where the high speed drills have gone. Cost: 673,630 gold Refund: 121,250 gold Points Required: 728,000

Bases

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

General Store

The General Store of the Town of Digby contains a small selection of items used for crafting cheese.

Supply		Cost	Refund
	Curds and Whey Curds and whey are a common ingredient in a variety of cheese flavours. Elaborate flavours often require a greater quantity than more basic flavours.	12	3

	Living Shard Even in a mineral-rich town like Digby, Living Shards are quite rare, and because they take a lot of time and effort to harvest, Digby’s General Store places their price at a premium. Digby tradition states that Dr. F. Romage once found a large deposit of the crystals, which he used in his experiments, and some of the crazier stories even claim that he used the living shards to bring the Monster mice to life. . . perhaps with a little luck a hunter may find some of these shards by hunting Monster mice in the Laboratory.	1,200	1,200

	Salt Gnawnia salt is collected from the seawater around the Harbour where it is known for its magical cleanliness. Salt is a very common ingredient used in a variety of cheese flavours.	6	2

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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 Town of Digby

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
	Bat	The Shadow Clan		None
	Big Bad Burroughs	Digby Dirt Dwellers		Coal	Unknown
				Limelight Cheese	Unknown
				Living Shard	Unknown
				Meteorite Piece	Unknown
				Monolith Base	Unknown
				1 Satchel of Gold (1,000 gold)	Unknown
				1-4 Satchels of Gold (5,000 gold)	Unknown
				Scrap Metal	Unknown
	Bionic	Indigenous Mice		None
	Black Widow	Indigenous Mice		SUPER\|brie+	Unknown
	Core Sample	Digby Dirt Dwellers		None
	Demolitions	Digby Dirt Dwellers		None
	Diamond	Indigenous Mice		None
	Dwarf	Indigenous Mice		None
	Gold	Indigenous Mice		None
	Granite	Indigenous Mice		1 Meteorite Piece	Unknown
	Industrious Digger	Digby Dirt Dwellers		None
	Itty-Bitty Burroughs	Digby Dirt Dwellers		Living Shard	Unknown
	Lambent Crystal	Digby Dirt Dwellers		Living Shard	Unknown
	Miner	Digby Dirt Dwellers		None
	Mole	Indigenous Mice		Marble Cheese	Unknown
				Plankrun’s Journal Back Cover	Unknown
				Shredded Furoma Map Piece	Unknown
	Nibbler	Indigenous Mice		None
	Nugget	Digby Dirt Dwellers		Digby DrillBot Parts	Unknown
				Living Shard	Unknown
				Onyx Stone)	Unknown
				1-2 Satchels of Gold (500 gold)	Unknown
				Scrap Metal	Unknown
	Rock Muncher	Digby Dirt Dwellers		None
	Steel	Indigenous Mice		1 Scrap Metal (depends on trap)	Unknown
	Stone Cutter	Digby Dirt Dwellers		None
	Subterranean	Digby Dirt Dwellers		Living Shard	Unknown
	Zombie	Indigenous Mice		1 Tattered Mousoleum Map (Max 1)	Unknown
Occassional Visitors (These mice are not always encountered in this location)
	Glitchpaw	Event Mice		Living Shard	Unknown

Mice Populations

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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	Limelight
	Bat
	Big Bad Burroughs	~5%
	Bionic
	Black Widow
	Core Sample	~15%
	Demolitions	~11%
	Diamond
	Dwarf
	Gold
	Granite
	Industrious Digger	~16%
	Itty-Bitty Burroughs	~6%
	Lambent Crystal	~9%
	Miner	~9%
	Mole
	Nibbler
	Nugget	~1%
	Rock Muncher	~13%
	Steel
	Stone Cutter	~11%
	Subterranean	~4%
	Zombie

Hunts Submitted		87
Base Attraction Rate		~92%

The difference between Swiss and Brie is minimal, so it is more cost effective to use Swiss in the Town of Digby.

Limelight is the only cheese to attract the 11 new mice in this location, but does not attract any of the other mice found here.

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Setup Options

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Goals

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

Catch a Mole Mouse

The Mole Mouse is only found in three locations in the game, the Meadow, the Windmill and the Town of Digby.

While it is not common in any location, it is easiest to attract in the Windmill, however the Mole of the Town of Digby drops some desirable loot. Collecting a Shredded Furoma Map Piece from the Mole mouse is the only way for a hunter to skip past the Mousoleum location, useful if you don’t want to invest in a Shadow weapon just yet.

Unfortunately there is no special cheese to use, so catching this mouse just requires a lot of patience.

Fortunately the Mole Mouse is quite weak, so most traps you will be using by this stage will be able to catch it.

Collect Meteorite Pieces

The Meteorite piece is used for crafting Moon cheese, and is only dropped by the Granite Mouse and the extremely powerful Big Bad Burroughs Mouse in the Town of Digby.

Granite mice are quite common in this location, and are relatively easy to catch.

However, they don’t always drop a Meteorite Piece when you catch them.

Using a trap with a high luck will help you to collect more meteorite pieces.

Catch a Zombie with the Map

The Zombie mouse drops the Tattered Mousoleum Map that is required to gain access to the Mousoleum and – after upgrading – the Catacombs.

The Zombie can be quite powerful for newer hunters, but a strong or lucky physical trap should have no real problems with catching this mouse.

Catch a Big Bad Burroughs Mouse

The Big Bad Burroughs Mouse is one of the most powerful mice in the game. There is no special power type to give a bonus against this mouse, which actually makes it the mouse you will fail to catch most often.

The one good point about the Big Bad Burroughs Mouse is that it is reasonably common, so you should get plenty of opportunities to try and catch this mouse.

To maximise your chances of catching this mouse, you should use your trap that has the highest combination of luck and power.

Remember, even the best traps will miss this mouse 7 out of 8 times, so perseverance is the key!

One of the items of loot the Big Bad Burroughs Mouse can drop is the Monolith Base, and catching this mouse is the only way to get one. Unfortunately the Base is not a guaranteed drop, so maximise your luck to avoid disappointment.

Catch a Nugget Mouse

The Nugget Mouse is the rarest mouse encountered in the Town of Digby when using Limelight.

It is pretty weak, so most traps should be able to catch it.

Unfortunately there is no special technique to help you attract this mouse, Limelight has a very high attraction rate so a good attraction bonus won’t be of much use.

When hunting this mouse, prepare plenty of Limelight in advance. On average you’ll only see it about once every 200 pieces of Limelight, so you might want to consider going in with more than that to avoid disappointment.

The Nugget Mouse can drop some pretty impressive loot, such as the DrillBot Parts, but this is quite rare, so don’t be disappointed if you don’t get it!

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