Curious Chemist Mouse

We've finally found the little science geek! And it's at the Great Gnarled Tree.

The Curious Chemist Mouse is only attracted to Gnarled Cheese. I think it eats a nibble and uses the rest to prepare the Wicked Gnarly Cheese Curd Potion. You'd need to catch more than a dozen of this, to craft the Wicked Gnarled Cheese.

The mouse appeared pretty late in the game so most of us already have lethal and lucky physical traps like the chrome drillbot. If you're currently Master/Grandmaster, do drop a comment here on which trap worked for you.

This resident of the Great Gnarled Tree loves to combine different compounds that it finds in nature with cheeses that it pilfers from traps. An avid amateur chemist, it mixes up some seriously strange potions- things that turn fur purple, and make ears grow to ten times their size. No one knows what the Chemist's latest potion does, or why it is suddenly seeking large amounts of Gnarled Cheese and SUPER|brie+, but one thing is for sure: the results are going to be Extremely Gnarly.

Trap Recipe - Onyx Mallet

Onyx Mallet Trap

1 x Onyx mallet blueprints
10 x Tiny Platinum Bars
12 x Onyx stones

3800 power
Power Type: Physical
Power Bonus: 12%
Attraction Bonus: n/a
Luck: 6
Cheese Effect: Stale

Description

The Onyx Mallet Trap represents the latest and greatest achievement in pulverizing technology. Unequaled in the making of such items as puree of mouse, mouse tartar and, the ever popular Mouse Paste, the Onyx Mallet is quickly becoming a favorite among those discerning individuals who insist on receiving their mice flat. Simply place the cheese below the mallet, set the arm to the ready position, and listen for the splat.

Note: This is a PERMANENT ADDITION to the game, even though it was released during the Birthday II Party event.

Snowglobe Trap

Snowglobe Trap (2350 power)

Meh. Given that the Chrome Drillbot was also available at Ronza's, I wonder why this trap even happened.

Power Type: Physical
Power Bonus: 12%
Attraction Bonus: 10%
Luck: 16
Cheese Effect: No Effect

It is a little-known fact that mice share humanity's obsession with the weather patterns of vinegar-filled miniature aquariums, which is, in part, why the Snowglobe trap is so successful. When a mouse comes near the snow globe to get a better look at the winter wonderland inside, the moving platform catapults it through the force field at the front of the globe, where it bonks its head on the the back wall. Once in the globe, it will freeze, becoming a natural part of the interior scenery.

Chrome DrillBot

Chrome DrillBot  ( 3900 power )

The Physical Trap that we have been waiting for! A Limited Edition Must-Buy from Ronza. Sorry if you made the RhinoBot, but this one should perform better in luck at the Derr Dunes. I've paired it with the Dehy Base for a Neutral Cheese effect.

Affectionately known as the Chillbot. :)

Power Type: Physical
Power Bonus: 20%
Attraction Bonus: n/a
Luck: 26
Cheese Effect: Insanely Stale

Total Power: 4,950
Power Bonus: 20%
Attraction Bonus: 5%
Total Luck: 30

While drilling through clumpy top soil around Digby, the scientists there became tired of constantly cleaning the drills. Their solution? Coat the drills in slick chrome! Overcharged and super-powered, the Chrome DrillBot obliterates mice in style!

mhabbr : chillbot, chrome ddb, cddb

Christmas Cracker Trap

Christmas Cracker Trap  ( 3000 power )

Yummy.. This is what you get after exchanging the 12 Items looted in Days 'Til Christmas. I think this is a better trap compared to the PartyBot. It's great on luck and much fresher for the cheese.

Power Type: Physical
Power Bonus: 15%
Attraction Bonus: 5%
Luck: 24
Cheese Effect: Very Fresh

All those gifts from the twelve days of Christmas, and not a single trap among them. . . Santa just doesn't understand Mouse Hunters. Oh well, never fear! Candy canes, reindeer antlers and Christmas lights all make great projectiles! Just stuff them in a giant cannon, pull the string, and voila! Instant present gratification. Now where's all that fruit cake from last year?

mhabbr : cct

HitGrab Rockin' Horse

HitGrab Rockin' Horse ( 1,250 Physical Power )

It's as lucky as the Party Bot but only half as powerful (too bad newcomers). But hey, it's still a great trap for novices and apprentices.

Senior hunters would also not mind collecting this as a Limited Edition keepsake. Who knows, it might gain a second life the next time Ronza comes around again - Just look at the HitGrab Rainbow Rockin' Horse.

Power Type: Physical
Power Bonus: 2%
Attraction Bonus: 10%
Luck: 25
Cheese Effect: No Effect

Ready to rock the moment it emerges from the King's closet, this rebel hobby horse refuses to play by anyone's hunting rules but its own!

Has anyone tried smashing this for the Rainbow yet?
And oh, it's "rockin" not because it's a rocking horse (which it obviously isn't), but to commemorate the Rockstar Mouse.

mhabbr: hgrh

Trap Recipe - RhinoBot

RHINOBOT:

1 x RhinoBot blueprints - buy at Cape Clawed General Store

1 x Rhino horn - collected from Aged mouse in Cape Clawed using Crunchy cheese

24 x Stale SB - collect from SB+ gone stale (a good way to get stale SB is to arm your ACRO with the explosive base and SB and sit in the Meditation Chamber ;)

1 x Drillbot parts - smash your Digby Drillbot with your crafting hammer

Description:

4750 power

Power Type: Physical

Power Bonus: n/a

Attraction Bonus: n/a

Luck: 6

Cheese Effect: Very Stale

Stale SUPER|brie+ has been found to be a harder substance than that of diamond, a property that the mighty RhinoBot puts to good use. Describing the power of this massive instrument of mouse destruction is simple: whatever it hits, it destroys.

[Rant]

Powerfullest physical trap in the mousehunt game so far.. :)

And I don't own one yet.. :(

Thanks Al, for the pix and the tip about the Partybot still being a better trap (I wonder if the 27Aug tweak by the developers have made it better?)

[Latest Rant]
Ooooo... the Chillbot is sweeeet.. Looks like I don't have to sweat over getting this one so soon.

mhabbr : rbot, rhino

Tacky Glue Trap

Tacky Glue Trap  ( 70 power )

Power Type: Physical

Power Bonus: n/a

Attraction Bonus: 40%

Luck: 2

Cheese Effect: Stale

If you believe simplest answer is the best, then white glue and some cheese is the way to go!

Starter Trap..

mhabbr : tgt

High Tension Spring Trap

High Tension Spring  ( 75 power )

Power Type: Physical

Power Bonus: 5%

Attraction Bonus: 20%

Luck: 2

Cheese Effect: No Effect

Razor sharp barbs adorn a crushing bar held with over 1000 lbs of tension.

Starter Trap.

This trap enjoys a second wind much much MUCH later in the MouseHunt game. Smash it with your Hunter's Hammer and you'd get the spring parts for a powerful Draconic Trap - The Ice Maiden.

Drillbot Mouse Trap

Finally saved up for my own Drillbot.

Seen here with a Stone base and Brie as bait.
[forward time]
Gosh.. Can't believe that this original entry was made in 2008.

Anyway, a much overdue update :

Digby DrillBot  ( 3200 power )
Power Type: Physical
Power Bonus: 18%
Attraction Bonus: n/a
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.

If you joined us in time for Christmas 2009, you'd probably have bought the Chrome Drillbot version of this from Ronza.

mhabbr : db