Lucky Digs! I'm still working on my third batch of Shell- I'm going for thirty again, almost there.

By the way, what are runestones for?

I've passed the halfway mark on my savings goal. I'm working on getting 7 million gold...

Now that's dedication. I don't have that kind of patience. At the very least I'd go get a new trap to feel I was making progress.

Crackers! I got myself a Stonework Warrior. . . but no Runestone

I see you got both of the final remaining Runestones that you need. (Wolf, they're for crafting Zurreal's Folly, the only trap that can catch Zurreal.) So that leaves... the Balack's Cove drop. Dun dun DUN!!!!

It suddenly dawned on me yesterday afternoon that I should find out if the Cackle Lantern Trap, which already gets double fire salt drops in the Jungle of Dread, could get up to 4 Fire Salt in the Tribal Island double loot drop weekend. Unfortunately, when I got over there and caught my first Stonework Warrior Mouse (with 2 Fire Salt) the news ticker up at the top displayed "The weekend event has ended!" Phooey.

Anyways, I headed on back to the Fiery Warpath and I'm about to wrap up Wave 1. I did swimmingly well which always makes me very nervous because that usually indicates that Wave 2 and 3 are gonna stink. But this is my 20th time through so we'll see how it goes!

Yes indeed! I did get my remaining runestones. Now I'm just sitting around collecting vanilla beans. I need three more before I can make a batch of Vanilla Stilton. I always have trouble with Lich mice (attracting them. . . catching them) so we'll see how this goes. Probably have a batch made this evening.

While farming beans, I wondered what real vanilla beans look like. They actually look VERY similar to the MH version

I've been in the catacombs farming for points. I have almost everything for my ACRONYM trap except for 2 pieces of scrap metal and 500,000 points. I thought I had all but the metal, then I looked and saw the points needed! I was bummed! But I may get the metal by the time I get 500,000 points! And I do like the mice in the catacombs. Nice gold and points rates--when you catch them!
And I can not say enough about the gold shield. It is so worth it. I was trying for the onyx stone in the dojo and was having a terrible time. Then my sugar daddy (SB daddy? ) bought me a gift basket with the golden shield and got 2 stones easily. I would definitely recommend it!

My 15 pieces of VS attracted one Lich. . . I'll let you guess how that went . So I'm back in the JoD faming vanilla beans.

EDIT: Kings Credits are gone, but I've got one more batch of VVS to try. . . First time I sound my horn, I get an Elub Lich. . .but does it drop the Jewel?! NOOO

EDIT: A Derr Lich was attracted to my trap afterwards. Did I catch him? No. . .of course not. So I equipped my last Ultimate Power Charm in hopes to nab the next mouse, which I did, but I did not want or need another Enslaved Spirit Mouse.

GRRRRR This is so frustrating.

Oh Digs I feel your pain, on my last attempt for the Elub Cheiftain, I didn't attract it until my last piece of cheese, and of course I missed it

I bid you luck Digs! And if I could I'd bid myself luck, but I doubt it works that way

Edit! If I get one more protector mouse this week I will SCREAM!!! ("You may want to cover your ears.")

I'm sorry that you're having difficulties, wolfie. Hopefully both of us get our mice soon I bid you luck

I had a MH dream last night that more or less revolved around a new charm. The charm was cube shaped, and it was HUGE (like the size of a Digby Drillbot). It was so big, that when it was armed, that's all you could see of your trap. The cube was of tan colour, and was covered with little flecks of colour. Anyways, I forget what it was called, but when it was equipped, it could attract any mouse from anywhere in the kingdom. You could equip it in Gnawnia, and catch mice from the Jungle of Dread even. The problem is, that if you missed a mouse, the charm sold back (or disassembled) the trap that you failed to catch it with. I used one once. . . . . I ended up needing a new Cackle Lantern (EPIC Face Palm )

Anyways, still farming vanilla beans. Caught mostly Sylvan mice overnight, so I've only got five beans right now.

I'm still in the catacombs farming scrap metal and points. I have 10 pieces of metal and I am at 2,970,000 points. (Need 3,300,000). And I got a Golem for the first time, but I checked it on my phone this morning before I got out from underneath my warm covers ( ) and so I could share charms.

Well it's about time!

9:30 am - Elub Shore
I checked my trap and found that I had caught a mouse! I caught an 1 oz. Elub Chieftain Mouse worth 16,560 points and 7,520 gold.

The mouse also dropped the following loot:
3 Blue Pepper Seeds and 1 Ancient Frayed Blueprint Piece

Now I'm going to head to Bristle Woods and farm some gold.

Well, I had another batch of VS made earlier today. . . . . . . . . . . . do I even need to finish this sentence? I attracted an Elub Lich and a Derr Lich. Didn't even catch them. I am getting seriously upset about this. It should not take a person this long to do this. It has seriously gotten to the point where I'm not having fun any more

Digs, with your experience I'm thinking my loot drop was actually normal. I think I went through a good 10+ lich mice before I got my loot drop. And that was actual catches and not catches and attractions.

Really?! That many!? What trap setup were you using? FK, do you know how long it took yourself? Your husband? Your Sister?

ABT + spellbook I don't remember the charms and for the most part, I was using VVS. I did use some VS when I ran out of VVS.

Me - ACRONYM/Magma/VVS, I got the jewel in one or two.
Ara - Unknown Trap/Magma/regular VS and got the Jewel in two catches.
Hubby - ACRONYM/Magma/VVS and VS, finally got it on Lich number 6 or 7.

And I have NO Idea about charms. I know for a fact I was using a charm and very likely a Super Luck Charm because I don't like missing Lich Mice.

It has seriously gotten to the point where I'm not having fun any more

Yeah, this is the part I feel really sorry for you players that trotted through the game without much trouble. After spending about 6-7 months total on gathering supplies and trying to catch the Dragon mouse, and 1810 Pygmy mice equates to 1 Balack, you learn that sheer stubbornness can be a real asset sometimes. And not necessarily lose its fun. Hopefully you'll get it soon.

Well, I cleaned up Wave 2 today. I'm almost done. 0-0-0-25-5

Wow. I got off lucky with the Pygmy mice. I only had to catch 334. However, I don't remember if any of the events that dropped vanilla beans overlapped with my hunting of Balack.

I'm on round 13 of the Warpath and if fantasia hadn't sent me trap pieces, I would still only have the Oasis. So yeah... stubborness is good.