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The Basics

To start off the Hunter Skill, go to either Nardah or Yanille, and head towards the hunter shop. Aleck runs the shop in Yanille where you will also find Leon who will sell you a Hunters' Crossbow for 1,300gp. To make the Bolts for the Crossbow you will need Kebbit Bolts made from Kebbit Spikes and Long Kebbit Spikes. The Hunters' Crossbow requires 50+ Ranging to wield and gives a range bonus of +55.

The Hunters' Crossbow also fires faster then normal crossbows, but in turn cannot hold enchanted bolts or spikes. To make 6 Kebbit Bolts you need to give Leon 1 Kebbit Spike and 20gp, or 1 Long Spike and 40gp for 6 Long Kebbit Bolts. At 32 Fletching you can fletch Kebbit Bolts by using a Chisel on Kebbit Spikes, at 42 Fletching you can fletch Long Tipped Kebbit Bolts by using a Chisel on Long Spikes.

Advisory to begin hunting is to go to Yanille first because it's closest to the first creatures you can hunt.

Hunting Equipment

Hunting Equipment
Picture	Item	Hunter Level	Cost	Description
	Butterfly Net	15	24gp	For catching butterflies.
	Butterfly Jar	15	1gp	For holding butterflies.
	Magic Box	71	720gp	For catching imps.
	Noose Wand	1	4gp	For catching tracking creatures.
	Bird Snare	1	6gp	For catching birds.
	Box Trap	53	38gp	For catching box trap creatures.
	Teasing Stick	31	60gp	For catching pitfall creatures.
	Unlit Torch	39	4gp	For removing your scent.
	Rabbit Snare	27	18gp	For snaring rabbits.

Overall Abilities

Overall Hunter Abilities
Level	Hunting Ability
1	Polar Kebbits
1	Crimson Swifts
1	Lay 1 trap at a time
1	Set a bird trap
1	Use a noose wand
1	Polar Kebbit Clothing
1	Common Kebbit fur Clothing
3	Common Kebbits
4	Feldip Weasel Clothing
5	Golden Warblers
7	Feldip Weasels
9	Copper Longtails
10	Desert Devil Fur Clothing
11	Cerulean Twitches
13	Desert Devils
15	Net Butterflies
15	Ruby Harvest Butterflies
19	Tropical Wagtails
20	Lay up to 2 traps at a time
23	Set a deadfall trap (limit of 1)
23	Wild Kebbits
25	Sapphire Glacialis Butterflies
27	Set a Box Trap
27	Catch a Cobalt Skillchompa
27	Set a Rabbit Snare
27	Catch a Ferret
27	Catch a Rabbit
27	Using Giant Eagles
28	Larupia Fur Clothing
29	Set a Net Trap
29	Swamp Lizards
31	Set a Pitfall Trap
31	Spined Larupias
33	Barb-tailed Kebbits
35	Snowy Knight Butterflies
37	Prickly Kebbits
38	Graahk hide Clothing
39	Use smoke to mask the scent on a trap
40	Lay up to 3 Traps at a time
40	Spotted Capes
41	Horned graahks
43	Hunt with a falcon
43	Spotted Kebbits
44	Wear Spotted Cape
45	Black Warlock Butterflies
46	Catch a Viridian Skillchompa
47	Orange Salamanders
49	Razor Backed Kebbits
51	Sabre Toothed Kebbits
52	Kyatt Fur Clothing
53	Chinchompas
54	Wear Gloves of Silence
55	Sabre-toothed Kyatts
57	Dark Kebbits
59	Red Salamanders
60	Lay up to 4 traps at a time
63	Carnivorous Chinchompass
66	Wear Spottier Cape
67	Black Salamanders
68	Catch a Azure Skillchompa
69	Dashing Kebbits
71	Set an Imp Trap
71	Imps
80	Lay up to 5 traps at a time
89	Catch a Crimson Skillchompa

Factors in Tracking

There are 4 primary factors in how well you hunt:

• Bait - Certain creatures are attracted to certain bait more than others.
• Smell - When you reach level 39 Hunting, you can smoke the trap in order to improve your chances of capture.
• Appearance - If you are wearing clothing made out of the fur and skins of creatures in that region the more likely they are to fall into your trap, mainly because the creatures have a tendency to be wary around people.
• Distance - It's recommended that you stay at least 5 spaces away to improve your capture.

Hunter Areas

There are 4 main Hunter Areas: Woodland, Jungle, Snow, and Desert.

Hunting Locations
Map	Location	Area Type	Fairy Ring Code
	Southernmost part of the Piscatoris Fishing Colony	Woodland	AKQ
	South of the Feldip Hills, near Gu'Tanoth	Jungle	AKS
	North of the Entrance to Keldagrim	Snow	DKS
	East of the River Elid, West of the Ruins of Uzer	Desert	DLQ Note: Hunting grounds located to the north.

There are also a few places that are only used in hunting for certain creatures:

Hunting Locations
Map	Location	Creature	Fairy Ring Code
	Southeast of Canifis, in the swamps	Swamp Lizards	DLS
	Chaos Altar located southwest of Ardougne and north of the Observatory Town	Red Salamanders	-
	Level 20 Wilderness near the Chaos altar	Black Salamanders	-

Tracking

Required Items: Noose Wand.

To track an animal you must move around obstacles and search for clues as to where the creature may be. Among these are gnawed plants, moving branches, moving obstacles, and food remains, there are four main tracking areas, snow, north of Keldagrim, jungle, south of Feldip Hills, woodland, south of the Piscatoris Fishing Colony, and desert, east of the River Elid, and west of Uzer.

Snow Tracking: You need to head north of the entrance to Keldagrim and continue going until you come to an icy plateau, continue moving north until you find steps and ascend them. Search in bushes, burrows, hollow logs and snow rifts. If you find nothing look somewhere else.

Jungle Tracking: Head south of Gu'Tanoth, located southwest of Yanille, and search bushes, trees, and burrows.

Woodland Tracking: Either walk around Eagle's Peak, or take the boat to the Piscatoris Fishing Colony and head south. Once again search bushes, burrows, and plants.

Desert Tracking: Go southeast of Shantay Pass, between the River Elid and Uzer. Search plants, bushes, burrows, and rockslides.

When you do not find something you will see this message:

If you find animal tracks, do not go where they lead, look in areas around them:

As seen in the image above the tracks lead to a snow drift. Don't search the snowdrift, but instead, search other nearby exits to find the next part of the track.

When you have completed the track, search nearby areas and you will obtain a message, stating that it seems like something is hiding where you searched. So right-click that object and attack it:

Here's an example of a captured animal (in this case, a Feldip Weasel):

Creature Info

Tracking Creatures
Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Location
Polar Kebbit	1	30	Trollweiss & Rellekka Hunter areas
Common Kebbit	3	36	Piscatoris Hunter area
Feldip Weasel	7	48	Feldip Hunter area
Desert Devil	13	68	Uzer Hunter area
Razorbacked Kebbit	49	348	Piscatoris Hunter area

Birds

Required Items: Bird Snare.

The main birds you can capture are: Crimson Swifts, Golden Warbler, Copper Longtails, Cerulean Twitches, and Tropical Wagtails. Each one when caught gives you feathers relating to itself.

Crimson Swifts are found on the beach in the Jungle region, when you get there with your bird snare(s), lay them and wait for a Crimson Swift to land on one, if you successfully capture it then it will fall over, if it flies off, it has escaped your trap, you need to disassemble it, and then reassemble it for the snare to work.

Wearing camouflage area that matches the reason and staying a distance away also helps capture birds, recommended 5+ spaces away.

Here's an example of a captured bird (a Golden Warbler):

Bird Info

Birds
Picture	Feather	Bird	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Location
		Crimson Swift	1	34	Feldip Hunter area
		Golden Warbler	5	48	Uzer Hunter area
		Copper Longtail	9	61	Piscatoris Hunter area
		Cerulean Twitch	11	64.5	Trollweiss Hunter area
		Tropical Wagtail	19	95.5	Feldip Hunter area

All birds also drop Bones and Raw Bird Meat.

The red, orange, brown and blue feathers can be sold to the Fancy Clothing store in East Varrock, and the Stripy feathers can be used to capture the fabled Rainbow Fish for which these are the only bait available.

Butterflies

Required Items: Butterfly Net, Butterfly Jar.

There are four different types of butterflies: Red Harvest Butterflies, Sapphire Glacialis Butterflies, Snowy Knight Butterflies, and Black Warlock butterflies. To capture a Butterfly, you must have a Butterfly catching net, and Butterfly jars which can be bought from the shop. Red Harvest Butterflies are located in the woodlands region, Sapphire Glacialis and Snowy Knight Butterflies, are located in the snow region. Black Warlock Butterflies are located in the Jungle region.

When in a multi-combat area you can use the butterflies to boost other users stats:

• Ruby Harvest - Attack
• Sapphire Glacialis - Defence
• Snowy Knight - Life Points
• Black Warlock - Strength

Butterflies can be hard to spot as they move quickly and appear as specks of color:

While holding a Butterfly Catching Net and Butterfly Jars, you will chase it and eventually catch it and put it in a jar.

Butterfly Info

Butterflies
Picture	Jar Picture	Butterfly	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Location
		Red Harvest	15	24	Piscatoris Hunter area
		Sapphire Glacialis	25	34	Trollweiss Hunter area
		Snowy Knight	35	44	Trollweiss Hunter area
		Black Warlock	45	54	Feldip Hunter area

Butterflies may also be caught barehanded for some more hunter experience along with agility experience. For information about catching butterflies barehanded, check out our Barehanded Butterflies guide.

Deadfall Traps

Required Items: Logs and a Knife.

Deadfall traps are used to capture Wild Kebbits, which are in the woodlands, Barbtailed Kebbits, located in the jungle, Prickly Kebbits, located in the woodlands, and Sabretooth Kebbits located in the snow region.

To set a deadfall trap you must find a rock column on the ground. When you have found a spot select Lay Trap.

It is then advised that you skewer bait onto the sticks.

Step away, and either the creature will get away or it will be caught in your trap!

Then check your trap to claim your reward.

Notes

• You may only set one deadfall trap at a time.
• At level 39, you can use a lit torch with your Deadfall Trap to remove your scent and increase to chance of capturing your prey.
• When you use meat, use raw bird meat, because if the creature is trapped, you recover the meat, saving a lot of bank runs and it is good for training. You can also set up bird traps with your deadfall traps to restock when the occasional kebbit steals your meat.

Deadfall Creature Info

Deadfall Creatures
Kebbit	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Bait	Location
Wild	23	128	Any raw meat.	Piscatoris Hunter area
Barbtailed	33	168	Raw Rainbow Fish	Feldip Hunter area
Prickly	37	204	Barley	Piscatoris Hunter area
Sabretooth	51	200	Any raw meat	Trollweiss Hunter area

Box Trapping

Required Items: Box Trap

Box trapping is used to hunt Ferrets, Chinchompas and Carnivorous Chinchompas. Chinchompas can be found in the woodlands, and Carnivorous Chinchompas can be found in the Jungle.

Ferrets can only be hunted once you have completed the Eagles' Peak Quest. They require level 27 to catch, and are only found in the woodland region near Nickolaus' tent.

You can bait the boxes with Spicy Chopped Tomatoes for Chinchompas and Spiced Minced Meat for Carnivorous Chinchompass.

During a period of time without catches your boxes will fall over and you will need to reassemble them. If you make a successful catch the box will turn into a Shaking Box.

Bait

To make Spicy Chopped Tomatoes: Have a bowl in your inventory with a knife and tomato. Use the knife on the tomato, then add some Gnome Spice to it. To make Spiced Minced Meat: Have a bowl in your inventory with a knife and cooked meat. Use the knife on the meat and then add Gnome Spice to it.

Box Trap Creatures

Box Trap Creatures
Picture	Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Bait	Location
	Ferret	27	115	Raw Meat	Piscatoris Hunter area
	Cobalt Skillchompa	27	95	Spicy Tomatoes	North Tree Gnome Stronghold
	Gecko	27	100	None	Northeast Karamja
	Raccoon	27	100	None	West of Barbarian Village
	Monkey	27	100	Banana	North of Shilo Village
	Viridian Skillchompa	46	140	Spicy Tomatoes	South Port Phasmatys
	Chincompa	53	198	Spiced Chopped Tomato	Piscatoris Hunter area
	Carnivorous Chinchompas	63	265	Spiced Minced Meat	Feldip Hunter area
	Pawyas	66	400	Papaya	Isafdar
	Azure Skillchompa	68	210	Spicy Tomatoes	North Trollweis Hunter Area
	Grenwall	77	1,100	Raw Pawya Meat	Isafdar
	Crimson Skillchompa	89	450	Spicy Tomatoes	South Desert Quarry

Notes

• At level 39, you can use a lit torch with your Box Trap to remove your scent and increase the chance of capturing your prey.
• Unlike other hunter creatures, Pawyas and Grenwalls completely ignore your trap if you do not bait it.
• Geckos, Raccoons and Monkeys also require a certain Summoning level to hunt. 10, 80, and 95 respectively.

Chinchompas

Chinchompas can be used as a Ranged Weapon.

Chinchompas
Name	Ranged Level	Ranged Bonus
Chinchompa	45	+45
Carnivorous Chinchompas	55	+70

Chinchompas have 3 different types of attack styles: short, medium, long. These determine the length of the fuse. If your a short distance away from your opponent it would deal most damage short, a medium distance, medium would do most damage, and long is for a lengthy distance.

Skillchompas

Skillchompas can be used as skilling tools.

Skillchompas
Name	Required Level	Tool Equivelent	Enriched Memory %	Increased Fishing %
Cobalt Skillchompa	31	Mithril	3%	1%
Viridian Skillchompa	41	Adamant	6%	2%
Azure Chinchompas	51	Rune	10%	3%
Crimson Skillchompa	61	Dragon	15%	4%

Skillchompas are thrown at various skilling nodes and locations and will benefit your gathering performance. Skillchompas are consumed, even if the action wasn't successful - so they are used rapidly. You will gain 10% bonus XP whenever you use Skillchompas.
If an action is unsuccessful, you will still gain 10% base experience of whatever action you were performing.

Net Trapping

Required Items: Small Fishing Net and a Rope.
Required Quests: Nature Spirit, and Priest in Peril (for Swamp Lizards)

Nets are used to trap lizards and salamanders, however these reptiles do not appear in the normal hunting regions, with the exception of Orange Salamanders found in the desert region.

To obtain the bait for a Salamander or Lizard, you must first gain their related herbs:

• Green Lizard - Guam Leaf
• Orange Salamander - Marrentill
• Red Salamander - Tarromin
• Black Salamander - Harralander

Next head to Lumbridge Swamps and collect 15 pieces of Swamp Tar. While carrying a Pestle and Mortar, use the Swamp Tar with an herb to ground it up and get the tar of the related herb. Now go to the location, for the salamander you wish to catch. You need to find a tree which when you select will allow you to lay a net trap.

Then either just wait, or add the bait, step back and wait. When you capture the lizard or salamander the net will look like:

Check the net, and you will obtain the lizard or salamander.

Notes

• At level 39, you can use a lit torch with your Net Trap to remove your scent and increase to chance of capturing your prey.

Net Creature Info

Net Creatures
Picture	Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Bait	Location
	Swamp Lizard	29	152	Guam	Morytania Swamp Lizard area
	Orange Salamander	47	224	Marrentil	Uzer Hunter area
	Red Salamander	59	272	Tarromin	Ardougne Red Salamander area
	Black Salamander	67	304	Harralander	Wilderness Black Salamander area

Using Net Creatures as Weapons

To be able to use your lizard or salamander as a weapon, you need to wield the herb tar of the creature's choice.

Net Creature Weaponry
Creature	Level (Attack, Ranged & Magic)	Slash	Range	Strength
Green Lizard	30	+10	+20	+22
Orange Salamander	50	+19	+29	+31
Red Salamander	60	+37	+47	+48
Black Salamander	70	+59	+69	+71

Fighting With These Reptiles

• Scorch will increase your strength experience.
• Flare will increase your range experience.
• Blaze will increase your magic experience.

Pitfall Trapping

Required Items: Logs, Knife, Teasing Stick.

Pitfall trapping are used to capture the larger creatures which cannot be caught using the smaller hunter tricks. These traps can be set in areas including the jungle of the Feldip Hunter Area (Larupias), northeast of Cairn Isle on Karamja (Graahks), and the snowy Trollweiss Hunter Area (Sabretooth Kyatts).

Once you have laid your traps, you need to lay two in case you don't capture the creature the first time, you need to use a Teasing Stick on the creature you wish to capture, and when it is chasing you, jump one of your pitfall traps. The creature chasing you will either walk on it and fall into the trap or jump the trap, and the creatures will not jump the same trap twice, so if it gets by your first one, jump your second and continue going around until you capture it.

Pitfall Creature Info

Pitfall Creatures
Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Drops	Location
Spined Larupia	31	180	Good Larupia Fur, or Tatty Larupia Fur, Big Bones.	Feldip Hunter area
Horned Graahk	41	240	Good Horned Graahk Hides, or Tatty Horned Graahk Hides, Big Bones	Karamja
Sabretooth Kyatt	55	300	Good Sabretooth Kyatt Fur, or Tatty Sabretooth Kyatt Fur, Big Bones.	Trollweiss Hunter area

Falconry

Falconry allows you to use falcons for hunting in order to attack Spotted Kebbits, Dark Kebbits and Dashing Kebbits. To use a falcon you must pay its owner, Matthias for 500gp per time you enter.

You must remove your weapons and any hand equipment you may be wielding in order to use the falcon.

Have the falcon attack a kebbit to claim your reward.

Falconry Info

Falconry Creatures
Picture	Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Location
	Spotted Kebbit	43	104	Falconry area
	Dark Kebbit	57	132	Falconry area
	Dashing Kebbit	69	156	Falconry area

The furs dropped by these Kebbits are used to produce the rewards shown in the Falconry Rewards section.

Imps

At level 71 hunting, you can start catching imps. To hunt them, you need a magic box and beads. Beads are dropped by imps. Take any colored bead and place it into the magic box. Set up the magic box in an area populated with imps. Wait for the imps to walk over the box. If successful, the imp will be sucked into the box. If not, the imp will walk over the box and disable the trap. Simply set the trap up again and try again. If you catch an imp, you can release them or keep for personal use. You can use imps to send two items to the bank.

Once captured you have an Imp-in-a-box(2). The (2 marks that it will take your 2 items to the bank, whereas a (1) would mean you could only use it to send one item or one stack of items to the bank.

Right click on the Imp-in-a-box, and select the bank option which will allow you to ask the Imp to take 2 items, or 2 stacks of items to the bank.

Note: The Imp will flat out refuse to bank for you if you are past level 30 in the Wilderness.

Imp Box Info

Imp Box
Picture	Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Location
	Imp	71	450	Throughout RuneScape

Rabbits

Required Items: Ferret.
Required Quests: Eagles' Peak.

To hunt rabbits you will need 27 Hunting and a Ferret as well as a Rabbit Snare that can be bought at the Hunting Stores in Yanille or Nardah.

Lay the Rabbit Snares out in front of burrows in the woodland region, and send the Ferret in a burrow you didn't put a Rabbit Snare in front of. A Rabbit will eventually get caught in one of your snares allowing you to collect your prize.

Rabbit Info

Rabbits
Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Location
Rabbit	27	144	Throughout RuneScape

Lassoing

Required Quests: Eagles' Peak.

To use a Giant Eagle you must have at least 27 Hunting and have completed the quest Eagles' Peak. A common misconception is that to use the Eagles you need to wear your Bird Costume that you obtained from the Quest (Fake Beak & Eagle Cape), however you do not. Bring Rope and go past the first Eagle in the Eagles' Peak cavern. There you will find three eagles, a Polar Eagle, a Jungle Eagle, and a Desert Eagle. Each will take you to the places they are named for:

Jungle: If you use a rope on this particular Eagle you will be brought to the Eagles' Dungeon in the Jungle. If you exit this area, you may not turn around because you will fall a little ways from a cliff, that is unreachable unless you have a Thatching Spar obtained from Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup or a Teasing Stick that you can use with the young vine to help it grow, making it able for you to climb back up into the cave.

Polar: If you use a rope on this particular Eagle you will be brought to the Eagles' Dungeon in the Snow region. When you exit this dungeon you will appear on a crevice and must use handholds to get down, and this time you can go back up to use the Eagle again, to return to the Woodland.

Desert: If you use a rope on this particular Eagle you will be brought to the Eagles' Dungeon in the Desert region, however you cannot exit this dungeon unless you have entered it from the desert at a point in time beforehand, and moved the boulder out of the way.

The entrance to this dungeon is located north of the desert phoenix and west of the clay mines of the Ruins of Uzer.

Lasso Info

Lassoing
Creature	Hunter Level	Hunter Experience	Location
Eagle	27	-	Eagles' Peak Cavern

Hunter Clothing

You can use your fur and some gp to have it turned into camouflage clothing. Go to the Fancy Dress Shop in East Varrock, and ask if he can make your furs into clothing.

Required Materials

• Polar Camo Top: 2 Polar Kebbit Furs and 20gp.
• Polar Camo Legs: 2 Polar Kebbit Furs and 20gp.
• Wood Camo Top: 2 Common Kebbit Furs and 20gp.
• Wood Camo Legs: 2 Common Kebbit Furs and 20gp.
• Jungle Camo Top: 2 Feldip Weasel Furs and 20gp.
• Jungle Camo Legs: 2 Feldip Weasel Furs and 20gp.
• Desert Camo Top: 2 Desert Devil Furs and 20gp.
• Desert Camo Legs: 2 Desert Devil Furs and 20gp.
• Larupia Headdress: 1 Good Larupia Fur and 500gp.
• Larupia Top: Any one Larupia Fur and 100gp.
• Larupia Legs: Any one Larupia Fur and 100gp.
• Graahk Headdress: 1 Good Graahk Hide and 750gp.
• Graahk Top: Any one Graahk Hide and 150gp.
• Graahk Legs: Any one Graahk Hide and 150gp.
• Kyatt Headdress: 1 Good Kyatt Fur and 1000gp.
• Kyatt Top: Any one Kyatt Fur and 200gp.
• Kyatt Legs: Any one Kyatt Fur and 200gp.
• Gloves of Silence: 2 Dark Kebbit Furs and 600gp.
• Spotted Cape: 2 Spotted Kebbit Furs and 400gp.
• Spottier Cape: 2 Dashing Kebbit Furs and 800gp.

Capes & Gloves

Here are the capes that you can have made. They each require a number of Kebbit furs and some money to have made, and they each have a unique effect when worn.

Falconry Rewards
Picture	Item	Hunter Level to Make & Wear	Required Items	Effect
	Spotted Cape	40	2 Spotted Kebbit Furs and 400gp	Weight: -2 or -3kg (depends on current weight)
	Gloves of Silence	54	2 Dark Kebbit Furs and 600gp	Increased chance of thieving.
	Spottier Cape	66	2 Dashing Kebbit Furs and 800gp	Weight: -4 or -5kg (depends on current weight)

Note: Each time you're caught thieving while wearing the Gloves of Silence, they degrade a small amount.

Both capes also have the same stats:

Attack Bonuses
Stab:	0	Slash:	0	Crush:	0
Magic:	0	Ranged:	0
Defence Bonuses
Stab:	0	Slash:	+1	Crush:	0
Magic:	0	Ranged:	+2	Summoning:	0
Other Bonuses
Strength:	0	Prayer:	0	Ranged Strength:	0
Magic Damage:	0

Hunter Camo Outfits

There are also some stylish camouflage outfits that you can wear as well.

Camo Outfits
Snow	Jungle	Wood	Desert	Larupia	Graahk	Kyatt

All of these outfits have the same stats as well:

Attack Bonuses
Stab:	0	Slash:	0	Crush:	0
Magic:	0	Ranged:	-8
Defence Bonuses
Stab:	+25	Slash:	+30	Crush:	+32
Magic:	0	Ranged:	+26	Summoning:	0
Other Bonuses
Strength:	0	Prayer:	0	Ranged Strength:	0
Magic Damage:	0