1-66 Hunter?

[22woger22]

How long would an average Runescaper take to achieve 66 Hunter from level 1 Hunter (to access and wear the spottier cape)? I will be following the Player Made Hunter Guides in the Skills, Mini-games and Quests sub-forum, and they say that to get to there it would take about 3 days?

 

 

 

Also how much money would I have lost from power leveling hunter? And I don't quite udnerstand the concept of hunter - I just set up traps and wait for the prey to come inside? Does this mean I can do other stuff while hunting such as High Alching? Any help would be appreciated as I have until the end of August to achieve this goal before my membership runs out :XD: .

[wurmskin]

For an average player to get 1-66 Hunter, I'd say it'd take around that long. But personally, I took 4 or 5 days since I'm a lazy bum :P .

 

 

 

And yes, hunter is basically like that except you capture different creatures using different traps. For example...

 

 

 

To capture chinchompas, you use box traps which you set up in a square. Chinchompas that come by will either be caught in the trap or the trap will go off without getting it. You will then need to re-assemble the trap to capture more prey.

 

 

 

To capture butterflies, you need a butterfly net and a jar. Click on the butterfly with your net equipped and you will capture it and place it into your jar. You will then need to release the butterfly to continue capturing somemore etc...

 

 

 

But take my advice and do Spotted Kebbits from 43-57. From 57, do Dark Kebbits until you can catch Red Salamanders. Do Red Sallies from the level you can do them, and use Red Chinchompas for the remainder of your levels. You can also sell those Red Chinchompas for quite a bit of cash... (up to 700-750 ea in bulks of 1K+)

[22woger22]

For an average player to get 1-66 Hunter, I'd say it'd take around that long. But personally, I took 4 or 5 days since I'm a lazy bum :P .

 

 

 

And yes, hunter is basically like that except you capture different creatures using different traps. For example...

 

 

 

To capture chinchompas, you use box traps which you set up in a square. Chinchompas that come by will either be caught in the trap or the trap will go off without getting it. You will then need to re-assemble the trap to capture more prey.

 

 

 

To capture butterflies, you need a butterfly net and a jar. Click on the butterfly with your net equipped and you will capture it and place it into your jar. You will then need to release the butterfly to continue capturing somemore etc...

 

 

 

But take my advice and do Spotted Kebbits from 43-57. From 57, do Dark Kebbits until you can catch Red Salamanders. Do Red Sallies from the level you can do them, and use Red Chinchompas for the remainder of your levels. You can also sell those Red Chinchompas for quite a bit of cash... (up to 700-750 ea in bulks of 1K+)

 

 

 

Oh great, thanks for the info. Hunter sounds a bit boring, just waiting for the fauna to walk into traps (the majority of them). Would I have enough time to high alch some bows or will that time be taken by repeatedly setting up, collecting and fixing traps (when I get to ferrets or chins or something)?

 

 

 

Oh and how is hunter exp allocated - Set a trap, trap an animal then collect the animal? Or is exp only gained when collecting the animals from the traps?

 

 

 

And for salamanders, is bait such as guam tar, marrentill tar etc ESSENTIAL in order to capture sallies, or is it just recommended? Same with others like ferrets or kebbits

[wurmskin]

You probably would have time to alch at lower levels of hunter where you can only set up 1-2 traps when it comes to bird trapping and box trapping. But keep in mind, you won't have alot.

 

 

 

For other forms of hunting such as pitfall trapping, butterfly catching and falconry, you will consistantly be clicking so alching while doing these is out of the question.

 

 

 

All in all, I would NOT suggest high alching while hunting.

 

 

 

I think you only get experience when you collect your catch when trapping.

 

 

 

And lastly, never ever smoke your traps or use bait. Doing this is too inconvenient and takes too much time to be considered efficient.

 

 

 

Good luck hunting :) , trust me, its much more simpler than it seems. Just get in there and start hunting :mrgreen: !

[teatonev]

Don't bother with smoking or baiting - but do get the appropriate camo clothing as soon as you can. Also try and retreat at least four spaces from each trap. When you get to higher levels and can set multiple traps you can set them up in a pattern around you and run to each one.

[Vaskor]

Hunting is very fast to raise indeed. 2-3 days maybe enough to get to 66. 4-5 is more realistic though. Also note that Hunting activities are almost all give good fast exp, so there are several ways to get there. I would recommend you to try different ways just for fun.

 

 

 

I also wrote an article on how to start Hunter in my bloga while ago. You might find it useful as well.

 

 

 

Good luck!

[22woger22]

Sweet, so do I achieve my spottier cape in 4 whole days i.e. 96 hours, or is it just 4 days of playing (which is about 16-20 hours for me)?

[Vaskor]

4 days of playing (total 16-20 hours). It is really fast skill to raise.