While taking a stroll in Meridell, you happen upon a small pond full of Mortogs! In the middle of them sits a warty Grundo wearing a paper crown. He croaks loudly in greeting, "Kiss the Mortog is all the rage in Meridell! If this is your first time, don't fret, you can't get warts from them."
Pucker up for neopoints!
How to Play
Hidden among the Grundo's subjects are magical Mortogs that can turn into princes or princesses. To find them they must be kissed - that's where you come in! Each game costs 50 NP. To play, simply pick one of the two Mortogs placed in front of you and give it a smooch. Each time you correctly guess the magical Petpet, you'll be given a choice to either stay and keep playing or quit and take the current jackpot. For each consecutive round that you guess correctly, another Mortog will be added to the lineup. If at any point you choose a non-magical Mortog, it will explode and you will lose the jackpot and have to start over. Eww...
Strategy
Since there is no way to discern the magical Mortogs from the regular ones, winning is completely based on luck. If you're curious about the odds of picking the correct Mortog for each round and the prize payout per round, the table below can help. Probabilities are based on consecutively picking the correct Mortog for each round preceding it.
On August 1st of every year in celebration of Discovery of Meridell Day, you will receive bonus NP per correct "kiss" added to all scores for that day. However, this bonus does not affect your score on the HST (unlike with Cheeseroller).
| Kisses |
Mortogs |
Base Winnings |
Aug 1st Bonus |
Probability |
| 1 |
2 |
100 |
+25 |
50% |
| 2 |
3 |
300 |
+50 |
16.67% |
| 3 |
4 |
1,150 |
+100 |
4.17% |
| 4 |
5 |
5,900 |
+300 |
0.83% |
| 5 |
6 |
35,000 |
+1500 |
0.14% |
| 6 |
7 |
250,000 |
Unknown |
0.020% |
| 7 |
8 |
2,000,000 |
Unknown |
0.0025% |
| 8 |
9 |
18,000,000 |
Unknown |
0.00028% |
Note that scores of 35,000 or greater will require staff review. This can take anywhere from a couple days to a few weeks.
Avatars
If you are kissing Mortogs for the Mortog Smooch avatar, you must quit after you complete level 4, when there are 5 Mortogs to choose from. Going beyond level 4 and quitting will not award the avatar. If you are trying for a trophy or Flee! avatar, the minimum requirement is usually higher than this, so check the high score table before you start playing. Remember, it's always best to play during the beginning of the month when the tables have been reset!
"I don't want to play anymore!!"
Because there are only certain possible scores, the high scores table gets stratified in bands by score. Users within each score will be ranked chronologically, so the first person in a given month to achieve a certain score will appear before anyone else who got that same score. Thus, if you are aiming for a trophy or the Flee! avatar, it is best to get it done not only as early in the month as possible, but as early in the day as possible!
