Beginning Hunting Guide

[pokemama]

Official Hunting Guide is on the website: http://tip.it/runescape/?page=hunting_guide.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a complete table of prey and levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have changes or corrections to the official guide, please post concrete info in the Website Updates Forum topic: http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=571638[/b]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This topic is ONLY to help out people who are just beginning hunting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To begin, go to either Hunting Store. One is in Yanille just east of the pub. The other is in Nardah in the desert ... taking a flying carpet is recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only two equipment items are useful for new Hunters: a bird snare and a noose wand. You might want to get 2-3 bird snares to have backups, but they are not really needed. The noose wand (for tracking) is wielded so you are unlikely to lose it. These items cost only a few gp, so don't buy from gouging players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have two choices of prey at level 1 hunting: crimson swifts (birds) or polar kebbits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polar kebbits are up in the snowy mountains north of Trollheim. The fairy ring code is DKS. Another way to the polar regions is fairy ring AJR which is right outside the Slayer cave. Run north from the cave and follow the cliff line (don't go up any paths). When you reach the sea there will be a thin path right against the cliff. Follow it to the hunting grounds. From here keep running north until you get to the steps. Climb the steps and begin hunting polar kebbits by inspecting the holes and following the tracks. It is believed that polar kebbits are faster xp than the crimson swifts - at least, there is less waiting around, lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crimson swifts are found on the beach south of the Chompy Bird Hunting area (the Feldip Hills). If you've unlocked the Fairy Rings network, you can teleport to a nearby ring using code AKS. Players who've done the One Small Favour quest can take the glider there. Walk south-southeast. Keep walking all the way south, then walk all the way east until you get to a sunny beach with palm trees. Once you get past the Ogres and Wolves of Feldip Hills, there are no attacking enemies in the hunting area (but watch for randoms, as there is a lot of waiting around in this skill).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to set a bird snare: Click on it in your inventory ("lay trap") and your character will set it up and walk a step away. Wait til the crimson bird lands on it. There are two possibilities. The bird may just set off the trap and fly away, in which case your trap will no longer have an "investigate" option and you will need to dismantle it and set it up again. Or, the bird may get flipped upside down and caught (option will change to "check"). Then simply click on your trap to get your experience, some bird meat, some red feathers and some bones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to track using the noose wand (this is from me hunting the level 3 common kebbit towards Piscatoris; I haven't hunted polar kebbits yet): wield the noose wand. Click on a burrow (not a rabbit burrow or any other type) to investigate it. The game will display tracks on the ground leading away from the burrow. Follow the tracks to where they stop, then search the surrounding plants and bushes (not trees). The search may reveal nothing, in which case you need to go on and search the next plant. Sometimes the next nearest plant you need to search is squares away from where the tracks ended ... don't give up. A search may show that an animal has recently passed by - in that case, a new set of tracks will appear on the ground for you to follow to their end and search. Finally, if you've caught up with the animal, it will be in a bush. The search result will say that something is hiding in the bush. Right click "attack" bush and you will catch the kebbit. You will get the meat, bones, and fur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polar kebbit (lvl 1 track, Trollweiss) = 30 xp (dotdotdot)

 

 

 

Crimson swift (lvl 1 snare, Feldip) = 34 xp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(all other xp data removed since it's in the real Hunting Guide on the website: http://tip.it/runescape/?page=hunting_guide.htm )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While stumbling around in the Feldip Hills I came across the Hunting Master (who will be selling the skill cape). She said there were four things affecting your hunting: the bait you use, your distance from the trap, what you wear, and how you smell. Per Jagex wearing the clothes appropriate to the area will improve your success at trapping. There are four area types: polar, jungle, woodlands, and desert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are made (at Varrock fancy dress shop southeast of the rune store) from the fur of trackable kebbits located in each of these areas. 2 furs and 20 gp will get you a top or a bottom that matches the area where you got the fur (polar, common kebbit, weasel, and desert devil).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you've unlocked the Fairy Rings network, you can teleport to Piscatoris using code AKQ (according to user daigotsu).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desert area nearby fairy ring code is DLQ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Co-author: abomb67

 

 

 

Thanks to: breadmaker40, Chartres, daigotsu, dotdotdot, jessy87, msiGC, wishkahbanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Please do not post questions or discussion here - use the P2P discussion topic for that http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=571207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No new content is solicited here now as the official guide has been posted on the website: http://tip.it/runescape/?page=hunting_guide.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have changes or corrections to the official guide, please post concrete info in the Website Updates Forum topic: http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=571638

[ventuzz]

You can multitasking in hunting. You can go set up bird snare, go off to tracking kebbit, do 3 ~ 5 "inspects" and then check on your bird snare trap. I don't have timer on when bird snare falls that's why I suggest 3 to 5 inspects in tracking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, if you have caught bird in your bird snare, it WILL fall if you leave it there long enough, bird will disappear as well.

[Zyvexal]

actually all birds are better xp than Kebbits, it's just that since the hunter skill just came out, lots and lots of people are doing it and it's very very hard to get a bird.

[Jock66600]

Its very hard to get anything except tracking. This skill has to many ppl trying to rush it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*EDIT* BTW Very nice guide, o I forgot about this post lol.

[sjefderat]

Going to Nardah is fastest through fairy rings (DLQ as you mentioned) and run south.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Golden warbler is in the desert, run north west from DLQ. Do not forget to bring waterskins from lvl 5 to next snare (copper longtail at lvl 9) you will use 3 to 5 full waterskins (I took ten and used only 3).

 

 

 

Rewards: All colored feathers = normal feathers only useable in flyfishing or fletching.

 

 

 

The first real reward with snaring comes with the level 19 tropical wagtails which give striped feathers that can be used to fly-fish (lvl 38 required and you need to go to a fly-fishing spot) a new fish, the rainbow trout. (These rainbow trouts are used as bait to catch barbtailed kebbits at level 33 with a deadfall, which could give you your next real reward: 1 extra inventory space when harpooning through wielding the barbtailed harpoon that you get from these.)

 

 

 

Once you want to go to a new region my suggestion is that you just pick up the furs that you need for the clothing for that area (many people training drop the furs.) and that you make the appropriate clothing first, or otherwise of course, do the tracking yourself.

 

 

 

And my second suggestion is that you do deathfalls or birdsnaring while catching butterflies, this ensures faster exp than just stand around waiting.

 

 

 

So at lvl 9 bring 1 snare, a butterfly net, and a few jars to the Piscatoris area, catch copper longtails until level 15 and start catching Ruby harvests while waiting for birds.

 

 

 

I suggest doing this until level 25.

 

 

 

If you want to take a break go back to Feldip hills and catch some tropical wagtails (supposing you reached level 19)...which will force you to try catching some rainbow trouts.

 

 

 

At level 25 you can go to the polar Area (north east from relleka) and catch Cerulean twitches while butterfly netting sapphire glacialisses.

 

 

 

You could keep this up until level 43, with at level 35 moving from sapphire glacialisses to snowy knights.

 

 

 

I suggest that you take a break at level 31 (bring an axe, a knife, some food) and pit trap just enough spined larupia's (or pick em up from the ground) for full jungle camo (this is back in the Feldip area).

 

 

 

I suggest that you take a break at level 41 and pit trap just enough horned graahks (or pick enough furs up from the ground) for full desert camo (This is north west from fairy ring CKR on Karamja).

 

 

 

This is were I am right now...

 

 

 

Next would be falconry?!!!!

[Valentinew1]

I know this isn't really a hunting tip. but I thought it would fit in with this topic as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rainbow fish require level 38 fishing & give 80xp per fish caught.

[ml417]

this is a nice gield \

[Russian_Rage]

If anyone is interested, I found an excellent place to level up on hunting when still in the low levels. Go hunting for Copper Longtails (Hunter level 9) in the woodlands. There is a patch of trees with a clearing that is perfect for your bird snare. Just look around and you'll find it. It's directly east of the Hunter Icon on your minimap. All but one of the longtails fly directly through this clearing in the middle of the trees, and two of the birds spawn on the edges of it. It is perfect!

[Wizzer]

very nice guide =P

[rob_h99]

Great guide. I'm sure alot of people will be shooting up the levels because of this, including me as i am started hunter today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks alot =]