Hunter training

This a guide for training the Hunter skill.

Suggested Equipment
Since hunting usually involves quite a bit of running around, reducing weight will make it possible to run more often and thus get faster Hunter experience. These items will reduce a player's weight:


 * Penance gloves
 * Boots of lightness
 * Spotted cape or spottier cape
 * Agile legs and Agile top

In addition, players can wear different clothing specific to each of the four major Hunter training areas in order to increase their chances of a successful catch. There are four sets of hunter gear, one for each area. There are also three more types of clothing which can be helpful. At levels 28, 38 and 52 you can wear Larupia, Graahk and Kyatt clothing respectively. These different outfits will help to increase your catches in the their specific area, or in larupia's case, two areas of hunting. The increase in catch rate is quite valuable, so it is worth it to buy the appropriate Hunter clothing or make it yourself.

Inventory
Your inventory for hunting is different depending on what you are hunting. For example, it is pointless to bring a Butterfly net if you are hunting salamanders in the Haunted Woods. Below is a list of all the hunting gear you need for most types of hunting, and the type of hunting it is used for.

Note: Most of the hunting gear can be bought in the two hunting shops. These hunter shops are located in Yanille and Nardah.


 * Butterfly net and 5 Butterfly jars. (Butterfly Hunting)


 * Noose wand. (Tracking)


 * Bird snare(s) - at least 5, 15 recommended. (Bird Snaring)


 * Box trap(s) - at least 5, 15 recommended. (Box Trapping)


 * Teasing stick, knife, and hatchet or logs. (Pitfall Trapping)


 * Unlit torch and Tinderbox.


 * At least 5 Ropes and 5 small fishing nets. (Net Trapping)


 * Food as some areas/catches can damage you.


 * 500 coins if using the Falconry for training. (Falconry)


 * Dramen staff or Lunar staff if using the fairy ring teleport network, usable after starting the Fairytale II - Cure a Queen quest. After completion of Fairytale III, Dramen staff or Lunar staff is no longer required.


 * Iron spit(s) for cooking beast/bird meat if desired (with level 20 Firemaking).

Fast experience
This table lists various methods of hunting which are recommended for players interested solely in raising their Hunter level. Information on profit, items dropped, etc. may be mentioned in the Notes column, but the methods listed are only those which provide experience at the fastest rate available for that level.

Notice that just because a method requires a higher hunter level does not imply that it is more effective than a method available for a lower Hunter level. A creature that yields less experience but also takes less time per catch may prove more effective than a creature that yield more experience at a lower rate.

Powertraining Hunter
This guide shows the fastest ways to 99 hunter, with less profit than the guide above.

Fast Experience
80-85

Continue catching red salamanders near Ourania. This area is far less crowded than the chinchompa hunting grounds, and it will usually be fairly easy to find an empty world. With an arctic bear familiar (invisible +7 hunter boost), 90k+ experience an hour is possible. Orange salamanders should also be considered at this level, as the success rate is almost 100% with a hunter boosting familiar. Up to 110k experience an hour is achievable.

Alternatively, barehand catching ruby harvest at the piscatoris hunter area provides slightly less xp/hour (with arctic bear and full woodland camo ~80k+ an hour experience) as well as 12-17k agility exp per hour and can be considered by players to be more 'worth the time'. Note 75 agility is an additional requirement.

85-90 (with 80 agility)

Catch sapphire glacialis butterflies barehanded in the Trollweiss Hunter Area. Equip kyatt hunter gear, but do not wield anything. Note that 80 agility is an additional requirement to catch them barehanded. You will release the butterfly as soon as you catch it. These are around 96k xp/hr at level 85 (using an arctic bear to boost hunter).

These give 400 hunter experience as well as 70 agility experience. At these levels, 110k-120k experience an hour is easily achieved, of which 10k-20k will be agility experience.

90-99 (with 85 agility)

Integrate snowy knight butterflies into your training regimen. These grant 500 hunter and 100 agility experience.

Hunting With Brawlers
There are three methods that most people would consider using hunting brawling gloves on. These are black salamanders, red chinchompas and grenwalls and pawyas (together).

Black salamander
Apparently, black salamanders are ~300k xp/hour with brawlers, and as they give 304 xp each, this means ~247 caught per hour. No profit is made since the player is releasing the salamanders to increase the efficiency. Lasting for ~275 catches, the brawlers can potentially give 300k xp per hour for ~1.1 hours. Beware, it can be very difficult to train uninterrupted in the wilderness.

Red chinchompas
Red chinchompas are about 130k xp/hour with the 1-spawn trick, and so are about 195k xp/hour with brawlers, and as they give 265 xp each, this means ~491 caught per hour, and as they are currently worth 502 coins each median price, that is ~245k coins per hour. As the brawlers last for ~275 catches, the brawlers will give 195k xp and 350k cash per hour for about 0.6 hours. prepare yourself against player-killers, as the chinchompas cannot be reclaimed on death.

Grenwall and Pawyas
Grenwall and pawyas together are about 70k xp/hour, and so are about 105k xp/hour with brawlers. The pawyas give 400 xp each, and the Grenwall give 1100 xp each. You will be hunting 1 pawya for every 1 grenwall, so this is an average of 750 xp per catch. Therefore, ~93 catches per hour. As ~46 of these will be Grenwalls, and they give an average of 20 spikes each, at 1214 coins per spike this will be ~1,117K coins per hour. As the brawlers last for ~275 catches, the brawlers will give 105k xp and ~1,117K coins per hour for 3 hours.

Analysis
Black salamanders = 300k xp and 0 coins per hour for 1.1 hours + 130k xp and 350k coins per hour for 1.9 hours = 330k xp and 0 coins + 247k xp and 665k coins = 577k xp and 665k coins in 3 hours.

Red chinchompas = 195k xp and 350k coins per hour for 0.6 hours + 130k xp and 350k coins per hour for 2.4 hours = 117k xp and 210k coins + 321k xp and 840k coins = 438k xp and 1,050K coins in 3 hours.

Grenwalls and pawyas = 105k xp and 1,117k coins per hour for 3 hours = 315k xp and 3,351k coins in 3 hours.

Danger always has to be taken into account. Catching red chinchompas can be more dangerous than grewalls and pawyas. Both methods can be risky if they player chooses not to bank their inventories frequently. Despite having the highest experience rate, black salamanders are in the least safe area. Taking these into account, a player that chooses the higher experience rate will risk losing the brawling gloves. Many players conclude that catching Grenwalls and Pawyas is the most effective method of the three. In the end, the player should make the decision on where to train based on personal preference. Black Salamanders are faster experience, but grenwalls and pawyas will provide a more slow, yet very profitable, method of experience.