Hunter is a members'-only skill where players catch different animals and creatures in RuneScape. 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 spotted kebbit fur for spotted cape, chinchompa ammunition, black salamanders, and the fabled dragon impling jar.
Hunter items
Only two Hunter stores exist: Aleck's Hunter Emporium in Yanille, and Nardah Hunter Shop in Nardah. Using the Lunar Magic spell Hunter Kit (spell), players can obtain a hunter kit which contains various useful hunter items.
Level | Equipment | Cost | Uses | |
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1 | Noose wand | 4 coins | Tracking | |
1 | Bird snare | 6 coins | Bird Snaring | |
15 | Butterfly net | 900 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 | 60 coins | Pitfall trapping | |
39 | File:Torch.png | Torch | 4 coins | Smoking traps to remove player's scent - increases catch chance by 2% [1] |
71 | Magic box | 788 coins | Magic imp hunting |
Other useful items are as follows:
Level | 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 |
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 cost 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
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 fur 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 does not improve your chances of successfully capturing prey.[2]
The shop can also make items which have other uses. Spotted and spottier capes reduce your weight when worn allowing you to run for longer, and the gloves of silence made from dark kebbit furs make pickpocketing easier.
Prices for the clothes range from 20 to 1000 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 Eagle's 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 | ||||
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Area type | Prey level | Hunter guide | Knowledge Base name | Fairy ring |
Training areas with multiple species | 1 | Jungle | Feldip Hunter area | AKS |
1 | Snow | Trollweiss and Rellekka Hunter area (polar) | DKS | |
3 | Woodland | Piscatoris Hunter area | AKQ | |
5 | Desert | Uzer Hunter area | DLQ | |
9 | Woodland | Kourend Woodland | N/A | |
67-73 | Wilderness | N/A | ||
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 (Near Zamorak monks, south-west of West Ardougne) | N/A | |
Hunter shops | ||||
Yanille | CIQ | |||
Nardah | DLQ |
Hunting techniques
Bird snaring
Birds are hunted using a Bird snare.
Level Req | Creature | Exp | Area |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Crimson swift | 34 | Jungle |
5 | Golden warbler | 47 | Desert |
9 | Copper longtail | 61 | Woodland |
11 | Cerulean twitch | 64.5 | Snow |
19 | Tropical wagtail | 95 | Jungle |
Tracking
Some types of kebbit can be tracked and caught with a Noose wand.
Level Req | Creature | Exp | Area |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Polar kebbit | 30 | Snow |
3 | Common kebbit | 36 | Woodland |
7 | Feldip Weasel | 48 | Jungle |
13 | Desert Devil | 66 | Desert |
49 | Razor-backed kebbit | 348 | Woodland |
Deadfall trapping
Deadfall trapping is done with a Knife and Logs, with the exception of maniacal monkeys, where a Kruk monkey greegree and bananas are needed to catch them.
Level Req | Creature | Exp | Area |
---|---|---|---|
23 | Wild kebbit | 128 | Woodland |
33 | Barb-tailed kebbit | 168 | Jungle |
37 | Prickly kebbit | 204 | Northern Woodland |
51 | Sabre-toothed kebbit | 200 | Snow |
60 | Maniacal monkey | 1,000 | Kruk's Dungeon |
Falconry
To catch some types of kebbit you'll need a Gyr falcon, which can be borrowed in the Piscatoris Hunter area for 500 coins.
Level Req | Creature | Exp |
---|---|---|
43 | Spotted kebbit | 104 |
57 | Dark kebbit | 132 |
69 | Dashing kebbit | 156 |
Box trapping
Box trapping is done with a Box trap.
Level Req | Creature | Exp | Area |
---|---|---|---|
27 | Ferret | 115 | Woodland, after Eagles' Peak |
53 | Chinchompa | 198.25 | Woodland |
63 | Carnivorous chinchompa | 265 | Jungle |
73 | Black chinchompa | 315 | Woodland |
Butterfly netting
Butterflies are caught with a Butterfly net.
Level Req | Creature | Exp | Area |
---|---|---|---|
15 | Ruby harvest | 24 | Woodland |
25 | Sapphire glacialis | 34 | Snow |
35 | Snowy knight | 44 | Snow |
45 | Black warlock | 54 | Jungle |
Pitfall trapping
Pitfall trapping is done using a Teasing stick. A knife and logs are used to set the trap.
Level Req | Creature | Exp | Area |
---|---|---|---|
31 | Spined larupia | 180 | Jungle |
41 | Horned graahk | 240 | Karamja |
55 | Sabre-toothed kyatt | 300 | Snow |
Net trapping
Net trapping is done using a Small fishing net and Rope.
Level Req | Creature | Exp | Area |
---|---|---|---|
29 | Swamp lizard | 152 | Swamp |
47 | Orange salamander | 224 | Desert |
59 | Red salamander | 272 | Lava (Near Battlefield) |
67 | Black salamander | 319.5 | Lava (Wilderness) |
Implings
Implings are small creatures that can be hunted within Puro-Puro as well as spawning at random points around the world. Catching an Impling requires the use of a Butterfly net or Magic butterfly net and Impling jar. Alternatively Implings can be caught barehanded - without the use of a Net or Impling jar - but require you to be 10 levels above the normal requirement.
Level Req With Net |
Level Req Barehanded |
Creature | Experience in Puro-Puro |
Experience in world |
---|---|---|---|---|
17 | 27 | Baby impling | 18 | 20 |
22 | 32 | Young impling | 20 | 22 |
28 | 38 | Gourmet impling | 22 | 24 |
36 | 46 | Earth impling | 25 | 27 |
42 | 52 | Essence impling | 27 | 29 |
50 | 60 | Eclectic impling | 30 | 32 |
58 | 68 | Nature impling | 34 | 36 |
65 | 75 | Magpie impling | 44 | 54 |
74 | 84 | Ninja impling | 50 | 60 |
83 | 93 | Dragon impling | 65 | 75 |
89 | 99 | Lucky impling |
Rabbit snaring
Rabbits can only be hunted using a Ferret and a Rabbit snare after the Eagles' Peak quest.
Level Req | Creature | Exp |
---|---|---|
27 | White rabbit | 144 |
Magic box trapping
Imps can be caught using a Magic box.
Level Req | Creature | Exp |
---|---|---|
71 | Imp | 450 |
Temporary boosts
- Hunter potions require level 53 Herblore to make using avantoe and kebbit teeth dust (from Sabre-toothed kebbits) for 120 Herblore experience; they temporarily raise the player's Hunter level by 3.
- Yellow spicy stews can alter your level by up to +5, but also to -5.
- Operating the Hunter cape will temporarily boost the hunter's level to 100.
Quests giving Hunter experience
Quest | Level requirement | Xp Reward |
---|---|---|
Eagles' Peak | 27 | 2,500 xp |
Monkey Madness II | 60 | 15,000 xp |
References
Support | |
Gathering |
Woodcutting • Mining • Fishing • Hunter • Farming |
Combat |
Attack • Strength • Hitpoints • Defence • Magic • Ranged • Prayer |
Artisan |
Firemaking • Fletching • Cooking • Smithing • Runecrafting • Crafting • Herblore • Construction |