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In response to "No, there's a slight difference in strategy." by nubby

Here's an email I wrote when I first figured it out.

The Tribal Isles are home to three tribes: Elub (blue), Nerg (green),
and Derr (red). The Elub tribe is hydro in nature, the Nerg is
tactical, and the Derr is physical. Each tribe has its own region: the
Elub Shore, the Nerg Plains, and the Derr Dunes. Each region is home
to its own mice only. Cape Clawed is the "entry level" to the region,
host to the (aggrivatingly) weaker members of each tribe. It also has
a shop with blueprints for three different traps, which are the most
powerful of each of the power types of the tribe. Also, a key
ingredient for each trap can only be found in Cape Clawed, but only
from mice attracted by the special cheese unique to each tribe.
Which is all to say, the first thing to do is to collect the special
ingredients: shells, delicious stones, and savory vegetables. As
you've found, farming for them in Cape Clawed is a losing (gold)
proposition. Using brie doesn't attract many mice, and gouda is
expensive. But if you hunt in each of the tribes' areas, you'll find
much better results. ALL mice drop the ingredients, sometimes 2 at a
time, and the gold (and points) are much higher. Once you get 30 of
any one ingredient, you can make 15 of the special cheese, go back to
Cape Clawed and get the special mice which will hopefully drop the
special trap parts, and finally get the trap for that mouse tribe.
Then farming for cheese ingredients will be much easier.
Then, in each tribe area there are three special mice: a tribe boss
and two other very strong mice. Each one drops pepper seeds, which can
be used to make pepper plants. The use of these plants are unknown as
of yet, but they will surely be important to hunt in the next area,
the Jungle of Dread. After that, the most advanced area in the game:
the Dracano.

So, in short:
1. Buy gouda in Cape Clawed.
2. Immediately go to one of the tribe areas. I suggest Nerg Plains.
Get 30 cheese ingredients.
3. Make special cheese.
4. Go back to Cape Clawed and get the special trap part.
5. Make the new trap.
6. Repeat 2-5 for the other two tribes.
7. Start collecting pepper seeds.


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