Hunter training

Hunter training is often click-intensive and slow, but is generally more or less free, and promises good income at higher levels.

Equipment
The equipment that a player wears while hunting can have an effect on the chance of a successful capture as well as the mobility of the player.

Hunter specific equipment
Players can wear Hunter gear specific to each of the four major Hunter areas in order to greatly increase the chances of a successful catch. It is recommended a player crafts or purchases the appropriate Hunter gear. The increased catch rate is quite valuable. The table below summarizes the Hunter gear by region.

Additional equipment
Hunting often involves a significant amount of running. Weight-reducing clothing will make it possible to run further, indirectly increasing the rate of obtaining experience. The following items will reduce a player's weight:
 * Penance gloves
 * Boots of lightness
 * Wicked cape > Spottier cape > Spotted cape
 * Agile legs > Wicked legs
 * Agile top > Wicked top
 * Gold athlete's hat > Silver athlete's hat > Bronze athlete's hat

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. Additionally, there are a number of items unrelated to the Hunter skill that players choose to bring to work on other skills simultaneously.

Hunter related items
Below is a list of the hunting gear needed for most types of hunting and the type of hunting it is used for:
 * Butterfly net and at least 5 Butterfly jars. (Butterfly netting)
 * Bird snare(s) - at least 5, 15 recommended. (Bird snaring)
 * Box trap(s) - at least 5, 15 recommended. (Box trapping)
 * Teasing stick and decent Hatchet (or logs). (Pitfall trapping)
 * Unlit torch and hatchet (or logs). (Deadfall trapping)
 * Ropes and small fishing nets - At least 5 (15 recommended) or as many as you can use if banking Swamp lizards (with more in bank). (Net trapping)
 * Food as some areas/prey can damage you.
 * 500 coins if using the Falconry for training. (Falconry)
 * Dramen staff or Lunar staff if using the fairy ring teleport network (After completion of Fairytale III, a Dramen staff or Lunar staff is no longer required.).
 * Iron spit(s) for cooking beast/bird meat, if desired (with level 20 Firemaking).
 * Arctic bear might be used, since it provides a +7 invisible hunter bonus. (Requires 71 Summoning)

Note: Most of the hunting gear can be bought in two of the three hunting shops. The first shop is Aleck's Hunter Emporium in Yanille. The second is the Hunter Shop in Nardah. Ayleth Beaststalker's Hunting Supplies Shop has a few basic supplies for those new to the hunter skill.

Non-hunter related items
Below is a list of the additional items that a player may want in order to train other skills simultaneously with hunting:
 * Bonecrusher may be used to train Prayer if hunting prey that drop bones.
 * Nature runes and Fire runes or a Staff of fire may be used to cast High Level Alchemy to train Magic. This method is recommended for lower levels as low level hunting involves a lot of waiting.

Experience with Best Profit
This table lists various methods of hunting which are recommended for players interested in raising their Hunter level and gaining profit.

If dropping items, it is recommended to use Mousekeys as this will greatly speed up the dropping process.

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 yields more experience at a lower rate.

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

80-85 (or 90)
The best XP can be provided by Igneous Jadinkos at a rate of 135k/hour, however this is debated by many players since igneous are spread out and blocked by obstacles. To achieve this rate equip full Witchdoctor gear and summon an Arctic Bear. Another way to train hunter at Herblore Habitat at this level is to trap Carrion jadinkos. They can be about 109k xp/h with a larupia hunter boost, and up to around 120k xp/h with an Arctic Bear and a scentless potion. This can go even higher: check the Carrion jadinko article for more information.

Alternatively, 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.

80-85 (with 75 agility)
Barehand catching ruby harvest at the Piscatoris Hunter Area provides slightly less xp/hour than the prior method (with Arctic bear and full woodland camo ~80k+ experience per hour) as well as 12-17k agility exp per hour and can be considered by players to be more 'worth the time'.

85-90 (with 80 agility)
You can carry on catching the Igneous Jadinkos.

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. They give 400 hunter experience as well as 70 agility experience. These are 90-100k xp/hr at level 85 (using an arctic bear to boost hunter). And also 15k agility experience.

90-95 (with 85 agility)
Integrate snowy knight butterflies into your training regimen. These grant 500 hunter and 100 agility experience, at a rate of approximately 155k xp/hr. Alternatively, hunting Draconic Jadinkos grants approximately 144k xp/hour of pure hunter experience. However Igneous Jadinkos can be better than Draconic Jadinkos as you do not need to spend time gathering resources of juju hunter potions.

90-99
Grenwalls hunted at the private hunting area can yield 200k Hunter XP per hour, including the time spent doing the D&D. This method can only be used for around 2-3 hours per day (unless you stock up on points each day and don't spend them), so it can be worked in between other hunting methods.

95-99 (with 90 agility)
Catch black warlock butterflies barehanded. Each grants 650 hunter experience and 125 agility experience. Alternatively, you can continue catching Draconic Jadinkos.

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

Black salamander
Black salamanders are ~300k xp per hour with brawling gloves. They normally give 304 xp each and you will have ~247 caught per hour. No profit is made since the player is releasing the salamanders to increase efficiency. Lasting for ~275 catches, the gloves can potentially give 300k xp per hour for ~1.1 hours. Beware, it can be very difficult to train uninterrupted in the wilderness due to player killers.

Divination
With the release of the Divination skill, Hunter experience equal to the player's Hunter level multiplied by 10 can be obtained by capturing chronicle fragments. It would take 15,057 fragments to get from level 1-99 Hunter. This makes training Divination a good way to train both skills simultaneously. However, the chronicle fragments can only be caught by one player, resulting in stiff competition in crowded worlds and high level Divination training areas.