This skill would be a lot better if it was easier to raise, ex. more birds, or more choices. I've been standing around for almost 45 minutes, and have gotten two measly birds.

definitely wont stop to do anything but hunting till i get that cape! (the 66 one, not 99 one :P)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

im interested in some1 telling us the stats

This skill would be a lot better if it was easier to raise, ex. more birds, or more choices. I've been standing around for almost 45 minutes, and have gotten two measly birds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then quite simply, don't catch birds. That's just like farmers complaining because they're waiting for their flowers to grow without doing other things invloved. Go track until lvl 15, then catch butterflies, then trap wild kebbits, then trap those larger creatures at lvl 31. I got lvl 32 in no time at all really.

Birds are all right if you can find the right flight path. I went from 1 to 5 on crimson swifts, 5 to 9 on golden warblers, 9 to 19 on copper longtails (had a perfect spot near the falconry fence), and 19 to 29 on tropical wagtails. 2-trapping makes the xp flow swiftly. :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From 29 to 40 or so I recommend the swamp lizards in Morytania. You can 2-trap and even 3-trap there with nets for amazingly fast xp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

And the butterfly increases other player atk defence str hp.

 

 

 

i found after u get past 7 and can start killin farrets ( i know there weasles but cannot remember how to spell it to save my life)

 

 

 

and farrets is a cooler name..

 

 

 

i dont find it a useless skill and didnt know about half of this..even though i was reading the knowledge base and ended up dieing while catchin birds (first one prob)..

 

 

 

I would have really liked to have seen people name 7 decent advantages instantly after the release of skills such as agility, firemaking, theiving and farming. If 7 benefits and the introduction of a neat fun skill isn't good enough for you, then you are quite tough to please.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While I agree with the fact that hunting is far from pointless, I refuse accept the fact that a skill which generates raw gp is useless. Just pointing that out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice guide on leveling hunting too, after I finish my 300 mages for the day, I'll go try it.

The rainbow fish heals 11hp, cooked bird meat (you need to use an iron spit on the bird, then cook on a fire) gives 6hp, cooked beast meat (use spit again) heals 8hp. Thought someone might find that useful :)

Nice post i agree they are all good advantages,i personally am really enjoying this skill so far and plan on getting at least 70 in it :D

so whats the best way to get swamp tar? i went and bought swamp paste...

Anyone know if the [bleep]ed vambraces can be used with green vampraces for use in F2P wild? :|

You missed off:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 new teleports

 

 

 

3 new areas

 

 

 

Loads of new creatures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:)

Yeah, another good advantage is the fact that the fishing colony is now easily accessible.

Oh, and honestly, you don't need the swamp tar bait. I've tried both for at least a few levels each and have not seen much of a difference.

 

 

 

It seems the same with or without, and the slow collecting in Lumbridge Swamps makes it not really worth it. Save the ground herbs for ammo. ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cna see the skills cape there(note that the image comes with all 3 capes on it), wonder what the animation will look like tho!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~IronM~

I like the realism, u need a butterfly net AND an empty jar to catch them, u can bait traps and remove ur scent.

 

 

 

and u have to wake up like 5 in the morning to get a good hunting spot.

all that plus you get to wear this fancy smanchy cape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*note that is the trimmed version*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sigh, only 8 more days to hopefully getting membership back

Yes i can see some ok benifits from doing hunting but it in no way will make you any money or help you in fighting except for the salamaders maybe but who the hell wields a animal for a weapon?

not sure about the glove is tradable or not

 

 

 

but since the harpoon, cape, vembrace and the salamanders can be traded, they arent really benefits from training hunting...

 

 

 

just like rune kites and 2hs, all you need is the money, not the levels

not sure about the glove is tradable or not

 

 

 

but since the harpoon, cape, vembrace and the salamanders can be traded, they arent really benefits from training hunting...

 

 

 

just like rune kites and 2hs, all you need is the money, not the levels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You need to have a certain hunter level to equip the capes and the gloves. So if you don't train hunting you can have them, but you can't use them.

I officialy love hunter, for one reason. Cheap whips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's with the melee mode ;) It can probably hit higher as I only had 37 hp when he hit that on me. With Range the max I could hit was a 24, although I'm sure you can hit higher than that, and mage was about 23 but I'm sure that's higher too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the ultimate pking weapon will own noobs at MB.

Thx for the pic Dark dude, were you potted/ praying at that moment?

 

 

 

Looks great.

I was the one getting koed =(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But yeah, he was potted and I believe he was praying too. Wouldn't be surprised if it could hit 40.

I heard it hits from 1 square away, like a halberd, so while it's not exactly a long range, it has a bit of range (like hitting on someone frozen without getting hit back :P). Is that right?

It can attack diagonaly. which is 1 square away, otherwise you have to be standing next to them I believe.

Skip ahead to to the last paragraph if you don't want to read this much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Skill benefit" means different things to different people. I define it as something that helps train other skills, which includes money made from the skill. This means that the only benefits hunter has for me are the gloves of silence, spottier capes, and the new teleports that came with hunter's release. I'm curious about how much damage salamanders and chinchompas can do, but no matter how much it is I don't think I'll want to fuel my weapon with herbs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction doesn't have many outward benefits either, especially when the cost is factored in. I didn't plan to entertain at my house so I don't have any of those rooms (combat, games, throne, dungeon, etc). That leaves the benefits of spell tablets, chapel training, teleport portals and a few more odds and ends. One of the most useful things to me in construction is "teleport to house", which only takes level 1 like the new fairy rings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farming also has few benefits. I've found growing my own herbs to be very helpful, but aside from that nearly all other farming benefits only help in very slight, exact situations. Super poison is a nice benefit, but farming really only increased poison damage from 4 to 6. Also, the poison is more a herblore reward than farming reward in some ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sum up: from a purely practical view, the latest skills haven't been very useful. Does that matter? NOT AT ALL. If you enjoy training skills it doesn't matter what you get from it. This is a game, after all, and you should enjoy playing it all the time, not just when you reach certain points. Despite the shortage of rewards, my farming and construction are 80+ anyway because I enjoyed the process. I'm playing a different genre right now, but when I start playing RS more often I'll probably enjoy hunter as well.