I still need:

-- Warpath Portal Console (for Easter and completion)
-- Fort Rox Portal Console (for Easter)
-- >5k meters in Sunken City (for Easter)
-- Rift Trap and Base upgrades from BWRift (29 Cogs and no Runes, so a loooooong way to go)
-- Temporal Turbine trap from Laby (still need both Shadow Plates)
-- Trap and upgrade in MoPi (I have 265 scales and no teeth, so a long way to go on this one as well)

I have Mino Key loot and cheese for the Mountain mice in prep for Easter. I just got my fifth Relic Hunter Theme Scrap (from a normal Hard Treasure Chest at that) so I probably won't loot one for months again.

I think that covers all of my goals. I'll probably be bouncing between MoPi and BWRift when I'm not on a map of some sort until Easter. If it comes down to it, I don't mind buying the Consoles just so I can have a shot at the mice and their potential eggs.

I know this is a stupid thing, but I just got my Soggy Journal collectible after how many years its been out now?

@Eli, if you're going to buy the consoles, don't wait too long because they'll only go up in price between now and Easter.

I still need:

-- Warpath Portal Console (for Easter and completion)
-- Fort Rox Portal Console (for Easter)
-- >5k meters in Sunken City (for Easter)
-- Rift Trap and Base upgrades from BWRift (29 Cogs and no Runes, so a loooooong way to go)
-- Temporal Turbine trap from Laby (still need both Shadow Plates)
-- Trap and upgrade in MoPi (I have 265 scales and no teeth, so a long way to go on this one as well)

I need much of the same as you (but only 2 Theme Scraps, I got my 7th scrap a couple of years ago) - let's see:

-- Warpath Portal Core and Console (for Easter)
-- Rift Trap from BWRift (5 Cogs and 1 Runes, but already got the Base)
-- Temporal Turbine trap from Laby (still need both Shadow Plates)
-- Trap upgrade in MoPi (179 scales and 1 tooth, but some of this may be needed for a new Lightning Treasure Map as well)

If I happen to get enough resources to bronze the two portal mice, I will, but that's not a goal I intend to work towards. I've got one of each, and if I can be prepared in case there is an egg, that's all I want to spend an effort on. Which probably means some more Warpath Treasure maps.

Other Easter (I mean Spring Egg Hunt) preparations:
I ought to do something about collecting special cheese for the Shelder. The only egg I haven't got yet. And perhaps the only mouse you need to catch (on a map) in order to get the best cheese to catch him with.

I want to bronze the Eclipse in case I still have 4 or 5 Baitkeep charms at the SEH - I might as well leave that bronze until I can get eggs with it.

I have saved some of the new Mountain cheeses in case there are new eggs.

Other than these, I haven't thought about more new eggs to expect.

But another goal I should work on, is Furoma Rift. I have only finished 8 batteries, and I'll do the last two as well before I can say that I've finished the area.

I don't usually start prepping for Easter mice until after the New Years Event so I haven't thought much about next year, except I did save a bit of Mountain cheese and I've got one of each Portal Projector ready to go.

Bee, maybe see if there's anybody in the map groups that would want to band together to collect Galleon Gouda...in my experience, last year worked out because there were so many people hunting for Shelders that you could go through a few maps without them taking *too* long. I actually ended up with quite a lot of surplus cheese at the end because I was able to finish up maps after I'd gotten my Shelder. I probably looted around 200 cheese between all the different maps that event, so it's not too bad. Either way, it's only a tiny bit better than just using SB+ (and we all know SB+ is plentiful during SEH) so it's more of a luck thing than a prepare thing.

Currently restocking my gold supply while I work on 1) my upgraded Draconic trap and 2) my upgraded Rift trap. Doing the occasional Relic Hunter/special map as it comes my way. Would still like a second Warpath Portal Projector so I can catch the Artillery Commander BEFORE Easter, but it's not a top priority for me right now.

For the first time ever, I filled my amplifier in six hunts thanks to the Sandcastle Shard Trap. I rarely hunt in the SG during Fall, but that's the season it was on and I figured I'd give the trap a try. Thanks to some DLU, I got the Harvester right off the bat. That saved me a whole day of hunting!

I should also note that I got my Ancient Booster base a few days ago which completes all of my primary objectives.

Secondary objectives include....
~Prep for Spring Egg Hunt
~Get the Moussu Picchu theme (900 scales! )
~Get a Lightning Scroll (or whatever it's called)
~Get the Lightning journal theme
~Get the Relic Hunter theme

Update on Goals:

Got both portal projectors thanks to maps and friends.
Got the Fort Rox Shadow upgrade, so I'm not as concerned about the TTT, though I'd still like it at some point.
Got the trap from MoPi.

-- 1010 meters in Sunken City (for Easter)
-- Rift Trap and Base upgrades from BWRift (34 Cogs and no Runes, so a looooong way to go)
-- Draconic upgrade in MoPi (I have 7 scales and no teeth, so a long way to go on this one as well)
-- Finish the refine Pollutinum adventure (haven't been eager to spend time in the TS)
-- Temporal Turbine trap from Laby (still need both Shadow Plates)
-- Relic Hunter journal theme (still need 4 scraps)
-- MoPi and Lightning journal themes (I don't expect these to happen quickly, given the high prices of the stuff in the stores)

New event, and I want to buy several LE traps even though some of them are so far below my level that I might never use them - just because they would be pretty collectibles.

Some of the new traps can be useful in certain contexts, though. And I can't buy them anyway until I've pierced the Festive Comet and got a Nugget of Nougat.

There are some skins I want to buy, too - and of course those are only pretty and not useful at all. Entertainment value, anyone?

And while I was looking at the skins, I decided I could go to the Marketplace and see whether anyone was willing to buy skins now at the beginning of the event. I went through the list of my skins and accepted almost all offers for skins I won't be using - 12 different ones ...

Then I counted up the new gold this had got me.

7 040 356 gold!

I don't know what I'm doing wrong this year in the Christmas event, but the devs were talking about already making it to the Nougat center of the Snowball and restarting. Good heavens I'm not even close to that! I'm in the Scarf layer Maybe I've been offline more than I realize? Or maybe it's because I didn't buy any specialty cheese this year to get a boosted start? Who knows. Ah well, I'll catch up.

Minor side goal this year is to get a silver crown on the Miser Mouse (easy, only need 3 more) and the Joy mouse (currently have 89). I don't actively work on crowns usually, but it does drive me crazy seeing them sit right near 100 for a whole year.

How's everybody else coming along?

I'm about to blast through the scarf layer. I assume the devs have loads of charms and cheese at their disposal.

I've got golem builders at levels 4, 3, and 2. Will probably level up the 3 to a 4 as I don't tend to have enough parts to send out more than 2 at a time anyway.

I'm considering buying the crossbow trap upgrade or the Event Horizon upgrade, but I'm not sure if they'll still be worth it.

I do like getting loot for the two top areas while doing event stuff. I'm going to be ready for another big MP run after this is over.

I've been sending some golems to Zokor, hoping for trap loot (which is possible, but rare) and have at least got items for mino keys and general district loot for oil and cubes.
The easiest to get there is bunches of Forgotten charms. Someone suggested using them on the SoS trap in the Labyrinth.

I've also sent a lot of golems to MoPi, hoping for a tooth (another rarity) and have got lots of potions and vines for cheese - it will save me a lot of farming for my next Ful'Mina run

It's also possible to get parts for portals from Fort Rox and Fiery Warpath, perhaps I should try for those as well - and there are Magmatic Crystal charms from Gnawnian Express Station. I still need to bronze at least one mouse there.

The MH Wiki has a big table with all known possible rewards that the golems may bring back from the different locations - looks useful. I'll take all golems to level 6, to get 2 Exeptionals and 3 SB+, and then try to take one of them even higher up.
The cost per upgrade increases until level 15, from there it's the same cost for every new level. There's no limit for upgrades other than the time limit of the event.

I like this mechanism, and am enjoying the event. I have bought the crossbow trap upgrade - until I get 2 TSPs from Zokor ( ), it is my top shadow trap.

Having two brand new game mechanics for events back to back is throwing me off; don’t the devs know that I don’t have the brain power to learn something new this often?

Just sort of feeling my way through...I’m about to blast through the Gingerbread layer and I’ve got one Golem to L5 and have started to upgrade the second. It seems like I rarely have enough parts to deploy more than two Golems at a time currently, so I’m going to get the second to L5 and then keep upgrading the first to hopefully 10. But we’ll see.

No good loot to speak of yet.

I will probably buy the rift trap and use the rest of my Nuggets (har har har) on Hats.

I'm upgrading one at the moment. I am sending most of my golems to Mossu Pichu since I haven't been there yet hoping to get an advance stockpile of supplies. I'm sending some to Zokor. Tried the fungal cabern but I kept getting cavern fungi and I have over 1000 of those. I need nightshade. At least zokor brings back some GG occasionally.

Yeah, I haven't used my third golem slot either. On the very rare occasion I have enough parts to have three active golems at once, one of the high level ones is about done so I just save the parts for when he gets back.
My first Golem is at Level 6 (will be 7 in nine more hunts ) and my second is Level 5. I plan to get my first Golem up to level 10 before leveling the second one any more.
I've been trying to decide the best places to send them. My first is continually going to Moussu Picchu for Fire Bowl Fuel as my primary goal in the game right now is to get those themes and a Lightning Scroll.
But the second I'm just kind of hunting around. I've got him set to Zokor at the moment because if I just happen to get trap parts, I can share them with you all so more of you get through that area.

I've caught one Naughty Nougat mouse so far. Working on my second run through. I'm trying to decide what, if anything, I'm going to buy in terms of traps. I'm pretty sure everything I have is more powerful than what's being offered, and I don't see any traps with special powers this year (please point out if that's incorrect so I can reconsider!).
I think I may get the two skins that go with the Dragon Lance trap and the Timesplit Rune trap.

^^ The Rift trap has a special power (extra CRM drops) but the jury is still out on whether that will help in BWRift or not. I bought it anyway.

My initial discouragement at this event being a grind is now waining now that I've upgraded some Golems...it goes SO MUCH FASTER once you're getting more Crackers and Shards. I got my first NN mouse today and I'm 4 layers into my second Comet; I think I'll be able to get one or two more layers in before I go to bed.

I went ahead and donated for a bunch of PP cheese today; I realized I had some FB credit and I was able to get a discount on some more, and I rarely donate more than the customary dollar a month so I figured it was time, lol. It's helping because I can stay hunting with PP instead of having to drop down and farm (and not accrue parts as fast).

Golem1: L6
Golem 2: L5
Golem 3: L4

I'm going to get Golem 3 to L5 and then I'll stop and take Golem 1 up as high as I can get it. I don't need SB so I don't see the point of taking the other Golems up higher until I've gotten the 1st to at least L10.

I'm also chuckling at how much faster the subsequent runs through the snowball are after the first. The first trip through took like what? Four? Five days? Third run through, 12 hours? I also went ahead and shelled out some cold hard cash for some PP cheese. The drops are really good so I figured it was worth it. I'll be out later today and then snowball trips won't be quite so fast, but that's ok.

Golem 1 is level 7 (20 hunts away from level 8)
Golem 2 is level 6
Golem 3 is level 5 (probably won't use him much after I run out of PP cheese)

This morning I got a Ful'Mina's Gift chest from my golem returning from Moussu Picchu. I was like "oooh, what's this?" and I think it has to do with that aura that you get from a lightning scroll? Now I want that treasure map even more. Maybe I should send all of my golems to MoPi instead of hoping for trap drops from other locations. I've gotten 120 fire bowl fuel so far from this event using just one golem, so yeah, I may change my plans and focus fully on MoPi after this.

Oh yeah, I got the silver crown on both the Joy and Miser mouse, yay