Hunter

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This article is about the hunter skill. For information on training hunter, see hunter training.

Hunter
Release date	21 November 2006 (Update)
Members only	Yes
Statistics
Minimum level to be ranked	15 (as of 19 Sep 2019)
Players with 99	119,236 (as of 19 Sep 2019)
Players with 120	6,301 (as of 19 Sep 2019)
Players with 200M XP	1,795 (as of 19 Sep 2019)
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Hunter level up jingle (1-49)

Hunter level up jingle (50-99)

Hunter is a members-only gathering skill that allows players to catch animals all over RuneScape. Hunter was released on 21 November 2006. Although Hunter is a non-combat skill, players can still be damaged while hunting.

Using hunting equipment bought from hunter stores, players can hunt specific creatures, obtaining rewards such as bones, butterflies, animal furs, etc. At higher levels, players could even hunt for unorthodox crossbows, valuable potion ingredients, charm slices, and more.

Hunter is classified as a Gatherer Skill.

The current minimum requirement to be ranked (at approximately rank 692,947) on the hiscores for Hunter is level 15. As of 19 September 2019, there are 119,236 current members that have achieved level 99 in Hunter. There are 6,301 current members that have achieved level 120 in Hunter.

A player catching chinchompas.

Hunter items

Only three Hunter stores exist: Aleck's Hunter Emporium in Yanille; Ayleth Beaststalker's small store in Taverley; another one in Nardah.

Noose wands and torches can also be purchased on the island of Karamja from Papa Mambo in the Herblore Habitat. Alternatively, players may wish to purchase hunter gear from the Grand Exchange. A hunter kit; containing various items, can be made using Hunter Kit (spell), a Lunar spell.

Aleck's Hunter Emporium sells Hunter items.

Level	Equipment		Cost	Uses
1		Noose wand	4 coins	Tracking
1		Bird snare	6 coins	Bird Snaring
15		Butterfly net	24 coins	Butterfly netting
15		Butterfly jar	1 coin	Butterfly netting
27		Box trap	38 coins	Box trapping
27		Rabbit snare	18 coins	Rabbit Snaring
31		Teasing stick	1 coins	Pitfall trapping
39		Torch	4 coins	Smoking traps to remove player's scent
71		Magic box	788 coins	Magic imp hunting

Other useful items are as follows:

Level	Image	Item	Uses
1		Iron spit	Must be used to cook beast or bird meat, and can cook rabbit meat
5		Waterskin and Desert clothing	Protection in Kharidian Desert
23		Knife and logs (and/or axe to cut them)	Deadfall and Pitfall Trapping
27		Rope to fly eagles	Eagle transport system
29		Rope and small fishing net	Net Trapping
29		Bait - 15 swamp tar, herb (guam leaf, marrentill, tarromin, harralander), pestle and mortar	Net Trapping
39		Tinderbox to light the torch. Note that left clicking a lit torch results in extinguishing it.	To light the torch
43		500 coins for renting a falcon	Falconry (see below)
51		Bait - Cowhide	Deadfalls
53		Bait - tomato or spicy minced meat	Box Trapping
66		Bait - papaya	Box Trapping
71		Bait - beads (Imp Catcher quest)	Magical imp boxes

Hunter equipment

Crossbows and bolts

Leon inside the Hunter shop in Yanille sells a Hunter's crossbow for 1,300 coins and makes bolts for a small fee.

• 6 kebbit bolts costs a kebbit spike (Prickly Kebbit) and 20 coins
• 6 long kebbit bolts costs a long kebbit spike (Razor-backed Kebbit) and 40 coins

Note: You can make your own bolts by using a chisel on a kebbit spike. The Hunter's crossbow is a fast crossbow (as fast as any shortbow) requiring 50 Ranged to wield.

Fancy Dress Shop

Main article: Fancy Dress Shop

You receive many types of fur while hunting and all of these may be traded in at the fancy-dress shop in south-east Varrock for different types of hunter gear. The costume maker requires a few coins to make sets of hunter gear as well.

The kebbit, weasel and devil gear is used to make camouflage clothing. Kyatt, graahk and larupia hunter gear are an improved form of camouflage for the area(s) the clothing's fur came from. Wearing camouflage improves your chances of capturing your prey.

Prices for the clothes range from 20 to 1,000 coins. You need 2 furs per cape made, and 1 or 2 furs for every item of camouflage clothing made.

Other

Other equipment include coloured feathers, spikes for vambraces and bolts, wieldable harpoons, ingredients for Hunter potions, creature ranged weapons, and butterflies which raise other players' combat bonuses.

Hunter areas

Hunter areas are places where players can hunt. Most of the hunter areas, including the hunter shops, are close to fairy rings. The central ring in Zanaris is close to a bank which can be used to deposit rewards. Other methods of transportation are listed below.

After completing the Eagles' Peak quest, a player can use the eagle transport system to fly an eagle from Eagles' Peak in the woodland area to 3 of the other training areas: snow, jungle and desert.

Hunter locations
Area type	Prey level	Hunter guide	Knowledge Base name	Fairy ring
Training areas with multiple species	1	Jungle	Feldip Hunter area	AKS
	1	Snow	Rellekka Hunter area (polar)	DKS
	3	Woodland	Piscatoris Hunter area	AKQ
	5	Desert	Uzer Hunter area	DLQ
Hunting areas with a single species	29	Swamp	Swamp lizard area (east of Canifis)	CKS
	41	Karamja	Horned graahk area (Karamja)	CKR
	43	Woodland (Falconer)	Falconry area (3 types of kebbits)	AKQ
	59	Altar	*Red salamander area, Ourania altar south-west of West Ardougne)
	67	Lava	*Black salamander area (level 20 Wilderness)
Hunter shops
Yanille				CIQ
Nardah				DLQ
Taverley

Training areas

There are five main training areas with many creatures to hunt. The training areas also allow a player to use many Hunter trapping methods: tracking, netting, box trapping, snaring and pit-falling.

Jungle

The Feldip Hunter area is located in the southern-most part of the Feldip Hills. Players may trap Crimson Swifts here as well as Tropical Wagtails, Feldip Weasels, Spined Larupias, Barb-tailed Kebbits and Carnivorous Chinchompas. The area can be reached by walking from Yanille (Watchtower teleport) or from Castle Wars bank (Ring of duelling teleport). A good method to get to the area is using the Fairy ring transportation system. From Zanaris, use the code AKS. Also, gnome gliders bring players just north of the hunting area after completing One Small Favour, or with level 10 Magic you can use the Mobilising Armies Teleport and walk north. One can also reach Mobilising Armies by way of a Ring of Dueling. Alternatively, a Spirit Tree is located just north of Mobilising Armies; players can teleport there using other Spirit Trees and then walk north. this can be dangerous for lower-levelled players, as there are level 69 ogresses and wolves there.

Snow

The Rellekka Hunter area is located north of Rellekka. A hunter's targets here are Azure Skillchompas, Polar kebbits, Cerulean twitches, Sapphire glacialis, Snowy knights, Sabre-toothed kebbits, and Sabre-toothed kyatts. A method to get to the area is using the Fairy ring transportation system. From the central Fairy ring use code DKS and go north to the hunter area. Walking from Rellekka is also is a good option as there are several teleports to Rellekka.

Hunting Polar Kebbits here for Polar Kebbit fur is a great way to make money. Burying the bones and dropping the meat can save inventory space for the fur. A Polar Kebbit fur sells for around 4,380 coins on the Grand Exchange, meaning a full inventory of the fur is worth about 122,640 coins. The closest bank is in Keldagrim, or Peer the Seer during The Fremennik Trials (or before/after with Fremennik Sea Boots), or Zanaris if the player uses the nearby fairy ring.

Woodland

The Piscatoris Hunter area area is located northwest of the Tree Gnome Stronghold. The northern part of the area is close to the Piscatoris fishing colony. It can be reached via the lodestone teleport to Eagles' Peak, or by taking the boat east of Eagles' Peak. This hunter region also can be conveniently reached using the Fairy ring transport system with access code AKQ. You can also interact and teleport with a spirit kyatt near to the Piscatoris Hunter area.

The falconry area is east of the Piscatoris Hunter area, used to catch Spotted kebbits, Dark kebbits and Dashing kebbits. From the Fairy ring AKQ teleport location, walk east. The fenced falconry area has its entrance on the northern side of the fence. The fee for using a falcon is 500 coins; a player cannot take falcons outside this area. Players may not wield a weapon or gloves, so it may be worth banking these.

Desert

The Uzer Hunter area is located west of the Ruins of Uzer and north of Nardah. It can be reached by walking from the Al Kharid Bank to Shantay Pass, then walking southeast to the bridge across the River Elid. The hunter area is east of the bridge and allows hunters to prey on Golden Warblers, Desert Devils, and Orange Salamanders. There are several alternative access methods such as the Fairy ring teleport with code DLQ, a Pharaoh's sceptre teleport and the Flying Carpet transport system. Bring desert robes, a knife, and either waterskins or an Enchanted water tiara to survive in the desert.

Puro-Puro

Puro-Puro, the homeland of the Imps and Implings, can be accessed by entering the centre of a crop circle. These crop circles appear randomly across all wheat fields in RuneScape. The only permanent one is located in the centre of the Zanaris wheat field. Those who have completed the Lost City quest and are wielding either a Dramen staff or a Lunar staff may enter Zanaris by opening the door of the shed in Lumbridge swamp, or if they have completed enough of the quest "Fairytale part 2,"They may enter Zanaris by using any fairy rings not in Zanaris to get to Zanaris' rings. Alternatively, if you have access to the abyssal space, and have completed the lost city quest you may enter Zanaris via the Cosmic rift. Once inside Zanaris, go either northeast (if you came by rings), southwest (if you came by the shed), or follow the winding path to the rings and then head northeast (if you took the abyssal route). Once in Puro-Puro, you can chat with either the Impling by the entrance, or Elnock the gnome to learn how to play Impetuous Impulses. There are many different implings to catch and either loot or trade in, and trying to hunt these flying critters while running through the wheat field maze makes it a very enjoyable activity for some players. This form of hunting is not as fast experience as other forms, but it definitely is the most profitable way to train the hunting skill with the most useful loots (food, seeds, runes, weaponry, etc.).

As of the Impetuous Impulses Improvements update on 22 February 2010, players who enter Puro-Puro via wheat fields other than Zanaris will get up to 30 minutes of faster travel through the wheat. (The "Farmer's Affinity" bonus.) Those who enter Puro-Puro via Zanaris will not get this bonus. The Farmer's Affinity activates each and every time a player enters a crop circle not located in Zanaris.

Swamp

Swamp lizards are located southeast of Canifis. They are a good choice for making money until hunters can hunt Carnivorous Chinchompas at level 63 Hunter. As swamp lizards are oftentimes bought, they sell at 4,372 coins each. The banks in Canifis and Port Phasmatys are the only banks that are fairly close to the lizards. However, they are still a quite effective way of making money nonetheless.

Lava

There are 2 Lava locations:

• Red Salamanders are located near the Ourania Cave, which is southwest of West Ardougne, reasonably close to the Khazard Battlefield Spirit Tree.
• Black salamanders are located in level 20 Wilderness, north of the Varrock lumber yard. The Varrock Balloon transport system location is just south of the lumber yard.

Karamja

The Horned Graahks are north of Cairn Isle, on the west coast of Karamja. It is very close to the Fairy ring teleport location with access code CKR. They can be hunted for Graahk fur, which is used in the creation of Spirit graahk pouches.

Isafdar

There are several hunter locations to be found in Isafdar. Two of these are southwest of Lletya and east of Tyras Camp, respectively. Pawyas and Grenwalls can be hunted in this area.

Hunting techniques

There are several methods that a Hunter can use to catch prey. More advanced hunting techniques are only available to more experienced hunters. They are described in more detail in the sections below.

Level	Method
1	Tracking
1	Bird snaring
15	Butterfly Netting
23	Deadfall Trapping
27	Box trapping (ferrets)
27	Rabbit Snaring
29	Net Trapping
31	Pitfall Trapping
43	Falconry
53	Box Trapping
70	Marasamaw plant
71	Magical Imp Boxes
72	Charm sprites

It is possible to set more than one bird snare, rabbit snare, box trap, magic box, net trap, or pitfall trap. The number of such simultaneous traps increases with skill level. Hunters can only place a single deadfall trap. With a recent update, players can now also catch butterflies with their bare hands if they have the right Agility level.

level	Number of concurrent traps
1	2
30	3
60	4
80	5

Tracking

Main article: Tracking

A player catches a kebbit after tracking it.

Tracking requires level 1 Hunter and a noose wand, which is included on your tool belt. Some kebbits and jadinkos live in burrows. To hunt them, search their burrows to find some tracks, which will lead away from the burrows. Search the nearby bushes, snow drifts, logs, tunnels, etc., until you discover more tracks.

At the end of the track, which can extend for 4-5 successful searches, you will receive a message suggesting that a kebbit or jadinko is inside the object. Right-click 'Attack' while wielding a noosing wand to receive loot and experience. Each player follows a unique track and does not compete with other players to get kebbits.

Catching a kebbit gives the player bones, raw beast meat, and kebbit fur. The hides obtained from Kebbit Tracking can be used to make camouflage costumes. All camouflage outfits can be put in the armour case in the costume room. You can also use polar kebbit fur for Summoning. Catching a jadinko gives the player a type of vine specific to that jadinko, and a chance at a seed used in Herblore Habitat.

Bird snaring

Main article: Bird snaring

Catching birds

Using bird snares, available from the hunter shops for about 6 coins, you can trap birds. After setting up a trap, if a bird flies over and attempts to perch on top of it, it may catch the bird. If it fails to catch the bird, or if the trap falls over by itself (it will after a set amount of time), the trap will have to be dismantled and set up again; or, you can just right-click 'Lay bird snare' to reset the trap. You receive experience when taking the ensnared bird from the trap. You also get bones, raw bird meat, and coloured feathers.

At Level 39 Hunter, a player is able to smoke a trap. Smoking traps removes a player's scent and increases the chance of snaring a bird. Torches are available at hunter shops and can be lit with a Tinderbox.

Butterfly netting

Main article: Butterfly netting

Catching a butterfly.

Players with 15 Hunter and wielding a butterfly net and carrying a butterfly jar may catch a butterfly by clicking on it. In fact, with a horizontal camera angle, players may click on the space below the butterfly; this may be easier as the butterflies are quite small. A butterfly can be netted by only one player, the one who started first. The butterfly may be released from the jar immediately, allowing you to hunt another.

With high Hunter and Agility levels, butterflies can be caught barehanded, without a butterfly jar or butterfly net. While this rewards you with significantly higher Hunter experience, as well as some Agility experience, the butterfly is released immediately afterwards and cannot be kept for personal use.

Impling netting

Main article: Impling netting

A player attempts to catch a gourmet impling.

Requiring 17 Hunter, impling netting is quite similar to butterfly netting. However, players are hunting implings and therefore require a jar treated with impling repellent. The repellent is made by crushing 8 cooked anchovies with a pestle and mortar, pouring them into a vial through a sieve, mixing it with flowers such as Rosemary or Marigold, then refining it at the Rimmington lamp oil distillery.

Deadfall trapping

Main article: Deadfall trapping

A set-up Deadfall trap in the Woodlands.

Some kebbits need to be trapped using a deadfall trap. You will need a knife and any log (lower level logs will be used first) in your inventory, and you will need to set up a trap in the appropriate, specified locations (click around the boulders). Baiting a deadfall trap does increase the chances of catching prey slightly. The bait is not returned to the inventory after catching an animal. It is, however, returned upon the trap failing before any animal trips it.

Box trapping

Main article: Box trapping

Similar to bird snaring, box-trapping involves laying a box trap on the ground and waiting for your prey to come. After a certain period of time, the box trap will collapse, requiring the player to pick it back up or lay it again. Experience is only gained after the player retrieves the trapped animal or monster.

Box traps can be baited or smoked, both of which increases the rates of success for catching chinchompas (although most players report the rate is not significant). Normal chinchompas like spicy chopped tomatoes, while red chinchompas prefer spicy minced meat. A new update in 2014 introduced skillchompa in RuneScape, similar to chinchompas (but used in skilling instead of ranging), they can be caught by using a box trap.

Rabbit snaring

Main article: Rabbit snaring

Woodland rabbit holes

Rabbit snaring requires 27 Hunter and completion of Eagles' Peak. Rabbits can be found in the far south part of the Woodland hunter area. Six rabbit holes are arranged in a circle pattern. Ferrets are just south of the rabbit holes.

When catching Rabbits, a hunter should bring as many Rabbit snares as their Hunter level permits. A few extras are handy to bring as Rabbit snares disappear quite rapidly. On top of the Rabbit snares, a hunter should also bring a few box traps to catch ferrets with.

Place a Rabbit snare in front of the rabbit holes. Then left click a Rabbit hole (Flush Rabbit hole) and a ferret will chase the Rabbits out another rabbit hole which can then be caught in a Rabbit snare.

Net trapping

Main article: Net trapping

A player setting up a net trap to catch a red salamander.

Net trapping requires 29 Hunter and is used to trap lizards, salamanders, penguins and baby squirrels. With a rope and small fishing net in the inventory (the tool belt doesn't count), clicking on a young tree will set the trap. When the lizard or salamander passes, it may be caught.

If the prey is successfully caught, the net will close in around the animal and you will have the option to "Check" the net trap. If not successful, the tree will snap back to its original position, and your small fishing net and rope will appear on the ground, which you must pick up or it will eventually disappear. Bait may increase the catch rate for lizards and salamanders and is made by using the herb with 15 swamp tar and a pestle and mortar, though they can be decently caught without any bait.

Pitfall trapping

Main article: Pitfall trapping

A collapsed pitfall trap.

Pitfall trapping involves building a pit, using logs and a knife in special spots in the jungle, near Cairn Isle and Rellekka Hunter area. Build the pit-fall trap, then tease the relevant monster with a teasing stick. Now run back to the pit and jump over it. The creature will often jump over the pit and attack you.

Unlike most other hunted creatures, pitfall trapping creatures will do damage, so food may be a good idea. If hunting Spined Larupia for experience, it is more convenient and faster to catch Swamp Lizard via Net Trapping. Some may prefer to bring a bird snare, iron spit, and tinderbox as well as the pitfall trapping items to catch birds, and cook the bird meat for food instead of bringing food of their own.

Falconry

Main article: Falconry

A Falcon catching a Dark kebbit.

At the northern part of the Falconer area, hunters can borrow a Gyr Falcon and a Falconer's glove from the falcon expert Matthias for a fee of 500 coins. Both hands must be free for falconry (weapons, shield and gloves). With a falcon, players can hunt for Spotted kebbits, Dark kebbits and Dashing kebbits.

While the falcon is in flight, the kebbit may move resulting in a miss after which the falcon will return to the glove of the hunter. When the falcon catches the kebbit, the hunter needs to retrieve both the falcon and the drops. A yellow arrow marks the location of the falcon with its catch. If the falcon is not retrieved within a short time, the player will get this message, "Your falcon has left its prey. You see it heading back toward the falconer." As long as the player is inside the falconry area, they may talk with the Matthias to get their falcon back without cost; however, no experience is given for the lost prey.

Marasamaw plant

Jadinkos are reptile-like plant creatures native to Karamja, and can be trapped with Marasamaw plants as part of Herblore Habitat. Their vines are primarily used to make Juju Potions. Their seed drops are limited to those used within the habitat.

Jadinko	Image	level	Exp.	Vine drop	Seed types
Common		70	200	Withered vine	Any type of seed
Igneous		74	465	Marble vine	Vine bush seeds
Cannibal		75	475	Plant teeth	Vine bush seeds
Aquatic		76	475	Aquatic vine	Vine flower seeds
Amphibious		77	485	Oily vine	Fruit tree seeds
Carrion		78	505	Pungent vine	Vine herb seeds
Draconic		80	525	Draconic vine	Vine herb seeds
Saradomin		81	600	Saradomin vine	Any type of seed
Guthix		81	600	Guthix vine	Any type of seed
Zamorak		81	600	Zamorak vine	Any type of seed

Magic boxes

Main article: Magic box

Magic boxes are used to capture imps using the Hunter skill, requiring 71 Hunter to place. The boxes can be baited with Beads, which makes them slightly more attractive to imps. If, while deployed to catch an imp, a magic box fails to catch one, it will be labelled Magic box failed until it deactivates or is picked up.

When an imp is caught, the magic box will become an Imp-in-a-box (2). The imp will agree to take two items or stacks from the player to the bank in exchange for its freedom. However, they can randomly refuse and will always refuse to do so past level 30 Wilderness or in dangerous Red Clan Wars Portal. You will also be unable to bank any items using the Magic box if you have been teleblocked.

Charm sprites

Main article: Charm sprite

Charm sprites can be hunted south of Tree Gnome Stronghold using equipment sold by Yaktwee Swinmari Cianta. They require 72 Hunter to be caught. There are 3 different versions of charm sprites:

• Gleaelg (130 experience), yellow smoke trail
• Tranart (200 experience), orange smoke trail
• Slithtils (400 experience), purple smoke trail

To start hunting the sprites, you must first buy a yaktwee stick and Sprite lure from Yaktwee Swinmari Cianta who sells both items for 2000 coins each. He can also store the player's stick and lure, along with a supply of charm slices (up to 15 of the regular slices, and 255 of the mystical ones).

When you reveal the charm sprites, one, two, or three will appear. A Gleaelg will always appear; if two charm sprites appear, then it will be both a Gleaelg and Tranart; and if three appear, it will be one of each charm sprite. It is not hard to catch all three if you have quick reactions.

Charming moths

Main article: Charming moth

Charming moths can be caught barehanded in the Wilderness with level 88 Hunter and level 83 Agility. Upon catching a charming moth the player will receive a gold, crimson, green, or blue charm.

Tortle trapping

Main article: Tortle

Main article: Ornate tortle

Tortle traps can be used to catch tortles in The Arc and Uncharted Isles.

Tortle	Image	level	Loot	Experience
Tortle		90	Shell chippings	329
Ornate tortle		96	Shiny shell chippings	698

Kami

Main article: Kami

Bakami

Bakami, "mischievous spirits of sea monsters", are lower-level kami that live on named islands in the Arc. They require 90 Hunter to catch.

Name		Jar		Experience
	Oily bakami		Oily bakami jar	500
	Bundling bakami		Bundling bakami jar	525
	Salty bakami		Salty bakami jar	550
	Stalking bakami		Stalking bakami jar	575
	Foraging bakami		Foraging bakami jar	600
	Ancestral bakami		Ancestral bakami jar	625
	Murderous bakami		Murderous bakami jar	650
	Fortunate bakami		Fortunate bakami jar	675

Orokami

Orokami are higher level kami that may only be found on Uncharted Isles. They require 95 Hunter to catch and have a rare chance to drop orokami masks.

Name		Jar		Experience
	Oily orokami		Oily orokami jar	1000
	Bundling orokami		Bundling orokami jar	1050
	Salty orokami		Salty orokami jar	1100
	Stalking orokami		Stalking orokami jar	1150
	Foraging orokami		Foraging orokami jar	1200
	Ancestral orokami		Ancestral orokami jar	1250
	Murderous orokami		Murderous orokami jar	1300
	Fortunate orokami		Fortunate orokami jar	1350

Herblore Habitat

Main articles: Jadinko and Herblore Habitat

Hunter plays a role in Herblore Habitat. The creatures are called Jadinkos, and catching them is vital to the activity. Ten of them are caught by trapping with a Marasamaw plant, with a withered vine as the preferred bait. Three of them are tracked with a noose wand. All of the jadinkos have certain preferences that allow them to be caught. Three of the jadinkos are named after gods and their preferences change every week, and are different for every player.

Creatures

Main article: Hunter creatures

Eagle transport system

After completing the Eagles' Peak quest, a player has access to use the eagle transport system from Eagles' Peak to the other three Hunter training areas - snow, jungle, and desert. After completing Back to my Roots you will have access to a new eagle.

The bonecrusher

Obtained via Dungeoneering, the Bonecrusher is an extremely useful item for certain hunting situations, since with many creatures, bones are automatically deposited into the inventory, and then have to be dropped or buried, which can be time-consuming or just plain irritating. The Bonecrusher eliminates this by simply converting the bones directly into Prayer experience. Here's a list of some methods that can benefit from this item:

• Tracking
• Falconry hunting
• Pitfall hunting (especially nice with the big bones)
• Pawya/Grenwall hunting
• Deadfall hunting
• Bird snaring
• Rabbit snaring

Temporary boosts

Main article: Temporary skill boost

• Hunter potions temporarily raise the player's Hunter level by 3.
• Super hunter potions temporarily raise the player's Hunter level by 5.
• Extreme hunter potions temporarily raise the player's Hunter level based on the current Hunter level, up to a maximum of +17 at level 99. This buff lasts 6 minutes and immediately returns to base level when done.
• Yellow spicy stews can alter your level by up to +6, but also to -6. There is only a 1/60 chance of receiving a +6 bonus, whilst a 1/20 chance of a +5 bonus.
• Using the mud bath in Oo'glog after completing As a First Resort will give you a temporary Hunter boost, of 1/10th of your level, rounded down. The mud bath also eliminates your scent, saving you from using a torch.
• Operating the Hunter skillcape will temporarily boost the hunter's level to 100.
• The God banner can be used once per day for a +2 boost to Hunter for 30 minutes. It doesn't need to be wielded, which allows wielding the Enhanced yaktwee stick for that item's experience bonus.
• A Mournberry can be used to temporarily boost the hunter level by 2, but will also decrease defence level by 1. These can stack in the player's inventory, but require level 86 Farming to grow.

The following boosts do not affect what you can catch. They only affect the rate at which you catch.

• The spirit graahk, spirit kyatt and spirit larupia familiars (57 Summoning) all provide an invisible +5 to your Hunter level.
• The arctic bear familiar (71 Summoning) gives an invisible +7 boost to your Hunter level.
• The wolpertinger familiar (92 Summoning) gives an invisible +5 to your Hunter level. This may be a better option as it lasts over twice as long as the arctic bear, with 62 minutes versus 28 minutes.

Useful items

• Tracker aura is an aura that increases your chance of trapping a creature while hunting by 3%.
• Greater tracker aura is the upgrade to Tracker aura that increases your chance of trapping a creature while hunting by 5%.
• Master tracker aura is the upgrade to Greater tracker aura that increases your chance of trapping a creature while hunting by 7%.
• Supreme tracker aura is the upgrade to Master tracker aura that increases your chance of trapping a creature while hunting by 10%.
• Legendary tracker aura is the upgrade to Supreme tracker aura that increases your chance of trapping a creature while hunting by 15%.
• Ring of metamorphosis is a ring that gives a chance for double XP when catching butterflies barehanded.

Hunter items used in other skills

• Red chinchompas are popular for power training ranged in multi-target areas, often with prayer protection.
• Chinchompas are a less powerful alternative for multi-target ranged training. Also used to make a Giant chinchompa pouch.
• Larupia fur is used to make Spirit larupia pouches. The summoned familiar has a teleport that is close to Feldip Hills for more hunting.
• Kyatt fur is used to make Spirit Kyatt pouches. These are often used to train Summoning faster by teleporting to close to Piscatoris for the Summoning altar there.
• Graahk fur is used to make Spirit graahk pouches. The summoned familiar has a teleport that is very close to the Nature altar and allows very fast runecrafting of Nature runes.
• Polar kebbit fur is required to make the Arctic bear pouch. This is the highest level pouch that can be made from a gold charm.
• Ruby harvests are used in Summoning to make a Forge regent pouch.
• Swamp lizards are used to make Swamp titan pouches with level 85 Summoning and a Crimson charm.
• Grenwall spikes are used to make extreme ranging potions with level 92 Herblore and a super ranging potion (3)
• Spotted kebbit fur is used for making the Spotted cape which lowers the player's weight by 2.
• Dashing kebbit fur is used for making the Spottier cape which lowers the player's weight by 4.
• Dark kebbit fur is used to make Gloves of silence for Thieving.

Cape of Accomplishment

A player wearing a Hunter cape (t) and performing the Skillcape emote.

For players with level 99 Hunter, a Hunter cape can be bought from the Hunting expert in the Jungle Training Area. The cape will cost 99,000 coins, like all other Capes of Achievement.

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  A player wearing a trimmed Hunter cape.

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  A player wearing an untrimmed Hunter cape.

History

Date	Update	Description
21 November 2006	HUNTER SKILL!	The Hunter skill is released.
28 November 2006	Eagles' Peak	The quest Eagles' Peak is released, the first quest with a Hunter level requirement.
15 May 2007	Dream Mentor	The Hunter kit and Hunter kit spell are released.
11 June 2007	Impetuous Impulses	Impetuous Impulses is released.
7 May 2008	Pawya and Grenwall Hunter Creatures	The pawya and grenwall are added.
7 May 2008	Fist of Guthix	Different variations for Hunter pets have been added
11 June 2008	Rocking Out	Pirate impling have been added to Impetuous Impulses
3 March 2009	The Hunt for Red Raktuber	Added the ability of hunting penguins.
19 January 2010	Agility Benefits for Fishing, Hunter and Thieving	Added the ability to catch butterflies bare-handed.
22 February 2010	Impetuous Impulses Improvements	Spirit implings, zombie implings, kingly implings, and ability to catch implings bare-handed have been added to Impetuous Impulses.
12 October 2010	Charm Sprite Hunting	Charm sprites are added.
24 November 2010	Herblore Habitat	Herblore Habitat is released.
22 September 2014	Prifddinas - Lost City of the Elves	Crystal impling are added.
25 July 2016	The Arc & Uncharted Isles - Invention XP - Flourishing Fairy Outfit	Tortle, Ornate tortle, and Tortle trap are added.

Skilling pet (Ace)

Main article: Ace

Like all skills, there is a skilling pet obtainable from training this skill. The pet for the Hunter skill is called Ace.

Achievements

• Goebie One with the Wildlife ( 10) – Complete Arod's wildlife reserve on Mazcab.
• Sonic Crystal ( 10) – Catch a grenwall in a crystallised trap.
• Jadinko Bingo ( 30) – Catch each of the listed Jadinkos.

Update history

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• patch 8 July 2019 (Update):
  • Two traps can now be used from level 1.
  • Additionally, three traps can now be used from level 30, whilst four and five traps remain at level 60 and 80 respectively.
  • The player will now walk on top of a shaking trap before picking it up, making it easier to re-lay on the same spot without the need to walk there first.
  • Fallen over traps will now have a left-click option to lay rather than take.
  • Allow the trapper outfit success chance bonus to work on all hunter creatures.
  • Increase the maximum possible number of skillchompas per trap from four to six.

• update 8 July 2019 (Update):
  • Big Game Hunter is introduced as a new training method for Hunter with the introduction of Anachronia.
  • Hunter Modernisation.

• patch 14 January 2019 (Update):
  • Skillchompas will now appear in the correct category in the Hunter skillguide.

• ninja 7 April 2015 (Update):
  • The animations used when catching implings have been updated.

• patch 5 January 2015 (Update):
  • Searching or attacking a snowpile while hunting will now mention snow piles and not bushes.

• patch 4 January 2011 (Update):
  • Some Hunter animations were updated to work better with capes.

• patch 14 December 2010 (Update):
  • The Bind, Snare and Entangle spells will once again work on implings.

• patch 9 November 2010 (Update):
  • Hunting will now correctly check the space left in a player's inventory.

• patch 2 November 2010 (Update):
  • Quick falconry is now a lot quicker, and is now labelled Falconry.

• patch 3 December 2009 (Update):
  • Fixed an AI problem with the horned graahk if your Hunter level dropped below the level required to hunt them.

Trivia

• The falconer mentions that some noblemen consider falconry a suitably refined sport for them. Hunting and falconry in particular was indeed an extremely popular sport among European nobility during the Middle Ages.
• On 1 April 2009 (April Fools' Day), "Seagulls have now been added to the Hunter skill and can be found along some coastlines. You'll need to wave your butterfly net in a gullible fashion to catch these birds", was added to the patch notes. This resulted in a team of players searching for gulls to catch, only to realise how gullible they had been.
• The Hunter skill was developed by Ian Gower.

Main page changes

RuneScape main page

On the day of the skill's release, the two rock pillars on each side of the RuneScape main page were replaced with totem poles, on which were drawings of imps, lizards, and razorbacked kebbits. A few pawprints were also scattered around the tiled background.

Login screen changes

RuneScape login screen

The login screen was changed as well. A piece of graahk fur was hung on each side of the screen, and a pair of orange salamanders clung onto the pillars. A box trap appeared below the login box, while a butterfly was placed on the top-left corner of the login box. A patch of grass grew on the bottom of the screen, parting at the middle. The burning rune symbols were replaced with paw prints, dinosaurs, kebbits, and butterflies. It has now been changed back to its normal screen. There was a supposed hidden monster.

In-game changes

An eagle's eyrie at the Trollheim hunter area.

A cave was placed in three of the hunting grounds, where those who have completed the Eagles' Peak quest may fly to and from the Eagles' Peak mountain.

See also

• Quest experience rewards - Hunter
• Hunter training, a guide to training Hunter
• Grand Exchange Market Watch/Hunter
• Hunter/Level up table
• Hunter Calculators

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