~~~~~RuneScape Hunting Guide~~~~~
A Guide to All Your Hunting Needs
Copyright @ Connor Pope 2007-2008
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|I. Version History \|
|II. Legal Stuff |
|III. Introduction |
|IV. F.A.Q |
|IV. 1. Extras |
|IV. 2. Quests |
|IV. 3. Notes/Tips/Leveling |
|V. Ending Credits /|
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|~I. Version History |
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CURRENT VERSION - 1.50
Current Version History - 1.50 - March 22nd, 2008 - Fixed many
spelling mistakes, added all the new info since last year. Pretty
much updated the whole guide.
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II. Legal Stuff
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If anyone sees this F.A.Q. under another site please email me, my
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(c) Connor M. Pope 2006-2008
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III. Introduction
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Runescape, a very popular and fun MMORPG created by Jagex.
The game is constantly being updated, and it's a huge world of
fun and games. Created sometime in 2001. At first the game began
as Runescape Classic but later on was updated into, just
runescape (Called runescape 2 at the time). My friends and I have
been playing this game for a while, and I felt like sharing some
of my info with all of the people who need it. I've created a
hunting guide, based on the member's skill hunter. You'll find in
this guide all the different monsters to catch, the different
stores, experience, tips, hints, ETC. Pretty much everything in
here. So let's get on to the main part of this guide.
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IV. F.A.Q.
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Hunting came out in November, 2006, so although it is relatively
new, it's still pretty old. Right now im a level 60 hunter And I
will give you ALL the information that I can for hunting.
But first, you must know all about the hunting equipment you will
find in the two HUNTING stores, located in Yanille and Nardah.
*LR = Level Required
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| Item |LR*| Used For | Cost |
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|Bird Snare |1 |Catching Birds |6 GP |
|Noose Wand |1 |Tracking Creatures |4 GP |
|Butterfly Net|15 |Catching Butterflies |24 GP |
|Butterfly Jar|15 |Storing Butterflies |1 GP |
|Box Trap |53 |Catching Box Creatures |38 GP |
|Teasing Stick|31 |Catching Pit Fall Creatures |60 GP |
|Unlit Torch |39 |Smoking Traps (Removes Smell) |4 GP |
|Magic Box |71 |Catching Imps |720 GP|
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There is also another store called the "Camouflage" store that
can sell many of the equipments you can get from hunting. It's in
the fancy dress shop located in Varrock. You have to HAVE the
materials to make the actual equipment though.
Below is another small list showing all the different areas you
can hunt in and what type of hunting place there are. You use
these places to level your hunting up.
*Desert and Woods
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| Hunting Place Name | Type | Fairy Ring Code |
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|Piscatoris Hunting Area | Wood | AKQ |
|Troll Weiss Hunting Area | Polar | DKS |
|Feldip Hunter Area | Jungle | AKS |
|Uzer Hunter Area | Desert | DLQ |
|Swamp Hunter Area | Swamp | DLS |
|Red Salamander Hunter Area | Chaos | N/A |
|Black Salamander Hunter Area| Lava | DLS |
|Falconry Area | Air | AKQ |
|Grhaak Hunter Area | D/W* | CKR |
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Now that you know all about hunting, its time to show you how to
actually hunt, there are many types of hunting, like tracking,
pitfalls, box traps, falconing, etcetera. But the easiest one for
starting hunters is bird snaring. The items you will need is just
a bird snare (more if you can set up more then one trap, ill talk
about that later in the guide)
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Crimson Swift |1 | 34 |Feldip Hunter Area (Shore)|
|Golden Warbler |5 | 47.6 |Uzer Hunter Area |
|Copper Long Tail |9 | 61 |Piscatoris Hunter Area |
|Cerulean Twitch |11 | 64.6 |Troll Weiss Hunter Area |
|Tropical Long tail|19 | 95.2 |Feldip Hunter Area |
|Wimpy Birds |39 | 167 |Feldip Hunter Area |
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EXTRA HINTS/TIPS - This is probably the BEST way to level up your
character until your able to do falconing. It's also better if
you smoke your traps when you're able to.
The second hunting experience you could do is tracking animals.
The item you will need is a noose. To do this you must first find
a burrow. Then you should see foot tracks until you get to a
bushy area. There you should have a message saying an animal is
hiding somewhere in the bushes. Then you use your noose and you
catch the animal.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Polar Kebbits |1 | 30 |Troll Weiss Hunter Area |
|Common Kebbits |3 | 36 |Piscatoris Hunter Area |
|Feldip Weasel |7 | 48 |Feldip Hunter Area |
|Desert Devil |13 | 66 |Uzer Hunter Area |
|Razor-backed Kebbit|49 | 348 |Piscoratis Hunter Area |
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Has you can see, tracking isn't all that good until your able to
catch Razor-backed Kebbits, which still takes too long compared
to falconing. Unless you want to have some fun, I would stick to
bird hunting and falconing. Although, there is some equipment you
can get from these little guys. The polar kebbits can give you
there hides, which can be made into polar camouflage suits. I
made a little list of what kebbits give what suits
Polar Kebbits - Polar camouflage Suit
Common Kebbits - Wood camouflage Suit
Feldip Weasel - Jungle camouflage Suit
Desert Devil - Desert camouflage Suit
Each of those suits gives a better chance for catching a certain
type of Hunter animal in the designated place. But enough of
those nasty little kebbits. Now its time for butterfly catching.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Ruby Harvest |15 | 24 |Piscatoris Hunter Area |
|Sapphire Glacialis|25 | 34 |Troll Weiss Hunter Area |
|Snowy Knight |35 | 44 |Troll Weiss Hunter Area |
|Black Warlock |45 | 54 |Feldip Hunter Area |
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Butterfly Catching is actually pretty good if your about to go in
a clan war. Why? Well, once there in a jar they have a special
effect. But they only work on other people. I made a list of
there effects below.
Ruby Harvest - Boosts another players attack
Sapphire Glacialis - Boosts another player's defence
Snowy Knight - Restores another players hit points
Black Warlock - Boosts another player's strength
Although, I definitely wouldn't hunt these for experience, there
still pretty fun to catch. Now for some deadfall trapping.
A deadfall is where you find a burrow or Hunter rock where you
can set up a little place where bait goes. Then, a kebbits comes
and takes the meat; little does he know the rock will squish him
when he pulls the trigger. The items needed are some logs, a
knife, and the designated bait.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Wild Kebbits |23 | 128 |Piscatoris Hunter Area |
|Barb tailed Kebbit|33 | 168 |Feldip Hunter Area |
|Prickly Kebbit |37 | 204 |Piscatoris Hunter Area |
|Saber tooth Kebbit|51 | 200 |Troll Weiss Hunter Area |
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Although these give quite a lot of experience at low levels, they
still need bait, so you won't be able to do it much. I would
still recommend birding until you're able to do falconing, below
is a list of what meat you will need to catch a certain kebbits.
Wild Kebbit - Raw Meat
Barb Tailed Kebbit - Rainbow Fish
Prickly Kebbit - Barley (What the!!!)
Saber Tooth Kebbit - Raw Meat
Now for net trapping. A hard part of hunting. You will need
15 swamp tar and the certain herb needed. You will use a pestle
and mortar so you can make grounded herb. Use the grounded herb
with swamp tar and you will obtain 15 swamp tar mixed with herbs.
You can repeat this has much has you want. You must also have a
Rope, Fishing Net, and the bait you just made.
To actually make a net trap you must find a young tree and use
the rope and fishing net with the tree. You can add the bait too.
NOTE - Bait is not required, but you will be lucky enough to even
have the lizards WALK on your net.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Squirrel |29 | 152 |NE Falador |
|Swamp Lizard |29 | 152 |Swamp area (mortyania) |
|Orange Salamander |47 | 224 |Uzer Hunter Area |
|Red Salamander |59 | 272 |South West of Ardgoune |
|Black Salamander |67 | 304 |Level 20 Area Chaos Temple|
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NOTE - Squirrel also takes level 60 Summoning.
These probably give the most hunting experience besides Imps in a
box. Below is a list of the bait needed/optional for the
lizards/salamanders
Swamp Lizard - Guam Tar
Orange Salamander - Marrenill Tar
Red Salamander - Tarromin Tar
Black Salamander - Harralander Tar
NOTE - Can be used has !!!AWESOME!!! Range weapons, there just
like flamethrowers, 'cept in the old age.
EDIT - They can also be used has mage and melee weapons too.
Now its time for falconry, probably the easiest and fastest way
to gain experience in hunting. The only item/gold you will need
is 500gp, I would bring 5k though incase you walk out the area or
log out for too long.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Spotted Kebbit |43 | 104 |Falconry Hunter Area |
|Dark Kebbit |57 | 132 |Falconry Hunter Area |
|Dashing Kebbit |69 | 156 |Falconry Hunter Area |
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Falconry is the best (but very boring) hunting you could do. It
gives the most experience the fastest (Not the most EXP but the
fastest EXP) and it's cool. I mean, catching a wild animal with
another wild animal. That's just plain awesome. Below is a list
of the awesome equipment you can make from there furs.
Spotted Kebbit - Spotted Fur - Spotted Cape (-3 Kilograms)
Dark Kebbit - Dark Fur - Gloves of silence (Helps Thieving)
Dashing Kebbit - Dashing Fur - Spottier Cape (-6 Kilograms)
To make all the capes, gloves, camouflage gear, and animal furs
you will need to go to varrock and go to the fancy clothes shop.
You must pay a price though.
Now its time for box trapping, the one that I personally hate the
most. But still, the monsters are pretty cool. Though they take
bait which I will explain below. You will need the required bait
and a box trap from the hunting stores.
*Must have completed the Eagles Peak Quest
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Ferret* |27 | 115 |Piscatoris Hunter Area |
|Monkey |27 | 100 |Karamja |
|Raccoon |27 | 100 |W of Barb Village |
|Gecko |27 | 100 |Karamja Jungle |
|Platypode |48 | 205 |Beach of Oo'Glog |
|Chinchompa |53 | 198.5|Piscatoris Hunter Area |
|Red Chinchompa |63 | 265 |Feldip Hunter Area |
|Pawya |66 | 400 |Isafdar |
|Grenwall |77 | 1100 |Isafdar |
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Below is a small list of the bait needed to catch the animals.
Ferret = Raw Meat
Monkey = Banana
Raccoon = None
Gecko = None
Platypode = Burning Lavender
Spice Chopped Tomatoes = Chinchompa
Spice Minced Meat = Red Chinchompa
Pawya = Papaya
Grenwall = Raw Pawya Meat
Although, they give fair amounts of experience, falconing and
netting is still much better. But the Chinchompa can also be used
has a range weapon. Let's get onto pitfall trapping. Probably my
person favorite and the one you will DEFINITELY do. But first,
the items you will need are a teasing stick from the Hunter
stores, logs, and a knife. You will first make a hole from the
logs and the knife. Then you will tease the creature, once he's
following you, you must jump over your hole. Your creature will
then go on the fur and be caught.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Spined Larupia |31 | 180 |Feldip Hunter Area |
|Horned Graahk |41 | 240 |Karamja (Near Cairn Isle) |
|Sabertooth Kyatt |55 | 300 |Troll Weiss Hunter Area |
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Below is a list of the equipment you can make from there
Tatty/perfect furs
*T = Tatty P = Perfect
NOTE - Larupia is for wood and jungle
NOTE - Graahk is for desert
NOTE - Kyatt is for polar
Larupia Head - P Larupia Fur
Larupia Body - P/T Larupia Fur
Larupia Legs - P/T Larupia Fur
Graahk Head - P Grhaak Fur
Graahk Body - P/T Grhaak Fur
Graahk Legs - P/T Grhaak Fur
Kyatt Head - P Kyatt Fur
Kyatt Body - P/T Kyatt Fur
Kyatt Legs - P/T Kyatt Fur
Although these give pretty moderate experience, there STILL not
has fast has falconing. I would stay with falconing unless you're
too bored to switch. Now onto Magical Imp boxing.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Imp |71 | 450 |Everywhere |
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To catch these awesome little monsters you will need a magical
box and a magical bead. Set up the trap and soon the imp will go
in the magical box. Once you've got it. You should have 2 favors.
Which you can use to send items back to the items, but only a
limit of two.
Below is a list of the Impling mini-games and there XP in the
WORLD! Not in the mini-game. The mini-game gives items dependant
on the Impling you catch. Certain implings equal certain items.
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Baby Impling |17 | 20 |Minigame |
|Young Impling |22 | 22 |Minigame |
|Gourmet Impling |28 | 24 |Minigame |
|Earth Impling |36 | 27 |Minigame |
|Essence Impling |42 | 29 |Minigame |
|Eclectic Impling |50 | 32 |Minigame |
|Nature Impling |58 | 36 |Minigame |
|Magpie Impling |65 | 54 |Minigame |
|Ninja Impling |74 | 60 |Minigame |
|Dragon Impling |83 | 75 |Minigame |
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Now! Onto extras.
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IV. 1. EXTRAS
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EXTRAS - Hunter Cross Bow - It can be obtained from Leon in the
Hunter store in Yanille for about 1300 coins it only uses Kebbit
bolts which you can obtain from a prickly Kebbit.
EXTRAS - Hunters Potion - Once your 53 Herb lore just use some
Kebbit teethe and grind them in pestle and mortar. Then you add
the grinded Kebbit teeth to a vial of water with some avantoe. It
will raise your hunting level by 3 temporarily.
EXTRAS - More Traps - The Higher your hunting level is the more
traps you'll be able to set up.
1 - 19 - 1 traps
20 - 39 - 2 traps
40 - 59 - 3 traps
60 - 79 - 4 traps
80 - 99 - 5 traps
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IV. 2. Quests & Rewards
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As of November 28th, there was a new quest called Eagles Peak. It
is based on the hunting skill and you start it by speaking to
Mathias. The falconer. Once you have completed the quest, you
will be given access to Ferrets in box trapping and rabbits for
snaring. A little guide on rabbits is below.
The items/animals needed for rabbit snaring is a ferret and a
rabbit snare. First find 6 burrows facing each other. The rabbit
will speed toward the trap once it sees the ferret. Although the
ferret can not be 'used up' it still can 'escape'
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|Creature Name | LR | Exp | Location(s) |
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|Rabbit |27 | 144 |Piscoratis Hunter Area |
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A Rabbits foot can be made into a rabbit-foot necklace.
Also, once you have completed the quest, you will have access to
the Giant Eagle Transport.
HOW TO DO THE QUEST
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First I will tell you how long and hard the quest is. I will also
tell what items are needed.
Difficulty - Easy
Length - Short
Requirements - 27 Hunting
Items Needed - Swamp Tar, Yellow Dye, 50 GP and Teleport runes to
Varrock and Ardgoune
Quest Points Awarded - 2
Reward - 2500 Hunter EXP, Ability to catch rabbits and ferrets,
ability to ride the eagles from eagle peak.
Start Point - Ardgoune Zoo
How to Start - Speak to Charlie in the zoo
1. Speak to Charlie and he will tell you that a ferret escaped
and he's sent his associate Nickolaus to catch him. But he hasn't
been heard of ever since he left. Then you must go to eagle's
peak.
2. Head to eagles peak, once there, there should be a campsite to
the north of it. There should be a few books. Read them and you
will soon get a 'Mettle Feather'
3. Go to the top of eagle's peak and you should see a rocky
outcrop. Once there use the mettle feather on the rocks to open
up a passageway.
4. Once in the cave, you should see a split in the path, head
east then head south. You should soon see Nickolaus, and he will
tell you to make an eagle disguise so he can escape eagles peak.
5. Pick up 10 eagle feathers, then teleport to varrock and walk
to the fancy shop owner. Ask him about bird costumes and then
give him the items swamp tar, yellow dye and 50gp. He will give
you fake ones first, then talk again and you will receive 2 eagle
beaks and 2 eagle capes.
6. Return to Nickolaus and speak to him. Then, walk around to
the south side and attempt to open the stone door. You will need
a Bronze, Silver, and Gold feather to open it.
6. a - How to Get The Three Feathers
Bronze Feather - Enter the cave to the southwest, and try to take
the Bronze feather. Then a trap will trigger and the feather will
become out of reach. To lower it again, operate the four winches
in the corners of the room. Once finished, take the Bronze
feather and leave the room.
Silver Feather - Enter the northwestern cave. Inspect the
pedestal and follow the prints that you will see. Inspect nearby
rocks to learn more about where the prints lead to. Eventually
you will be near an Opening. Inspect it and a level 13 kebbit
will run out and attack you. Kill it to obtain the Silver
feather, then return to the previous room.
Gold Feather - This one is very hard. You'll need 6 seeds from
the bird feeder in the northeastern cave. You should find a level
which you must pull somewhere in the cave. Once done you should
go to some bird feeders and put one seed in them. You should pull
down about 3 levers in all and use up all the bird seed. Once
done you should go into a big room where the Gold feather is and
take it.
7. Go to the stone door and use the three feathers on them. Now
go through the door. But first, make sure your wearing the eagle
items you got. Go past the big eagle and speak to Nickolaus and
agree to meat with him outside of the camp.
8. Go to the campsite and then a cut scene will show you how to
catch ferrets. Once that's done, return to Charlie the zoo keeper
with your newly caught ferret.
9. QUEST IS DONE
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IV. 3. Notes/Tips/Leveling
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Hunting can be a very boring skill at times but it can also be
fun. It's also a very hard skill to level up once your past level
60 or 70. Here are a few tips and hints on how to level your way
to 99.
~~Level 1-45, Bird Catching~~
Bird snaring can be a very, very annoying and boring part of
hunting. With your snares falling down, or birds not getting
caught. The hardest part is at the beginning. From level 1-5 I
suggest you catch the only birds you can. The INSTANT your level
5 go to the Desert hunting area. You'll need at LEAST 15 water
bags if you want to actually stay alive for a long time. Once
there you should be able to easily catch the birds there. And it
isn't that hard either. Once your level 9 in hunting you should
keep staying where you are. DO NOT go to Piscatoris. Because its
only 3 levels until your able to catch the cerulean twitch. Not
much. Plus it's too much walking. But once your level 11 I
recommend you going to the Troll Weiss hunting area next. Stay
there until your level 19 hunting. Then go to the Feldip Hunter
Area where you hunted the first kind of bird. And bring 2-4 birds
snares. There you should keep hunting until your level 45. Yes I
said 45 (or 43) because at the moment it's the fastest way to
hunt. Once your level 45, or 43, I recommend to start falconing.
~~Level 45-75 (99)~~
Falconing is probably the FASTEST way of getting experience in
hunting. Its also one of my favorite. To start, you must first
start killing some of the spotted kebbits until your level 57.Its
definitely worth it. And it goes really quickly. Only took me 3
days to get to level 60 hunting. Right now, the equipment you
should be wearing is a spotted cape, no gloves, no shield, full
Larupia. Boots of lightness. Ring of wealth, and any Amulet you
wish. Once your level 57 I would start catching dark kebbits.
Though, it will take about 6-20 hours of hunting to get to level
69 to catch dashing kebbits, its definitely worth it. Plus, by
the time you've caught all those kebbits. You should of grown a
few pray level. YES, pray levels. Why? Because you should ALWAYS
bury bones when hunting. It doesn't take much time, and you will
have LOTS of time when falconing. Once your able to catch dashing
kebbits. I say you do it until level 75 (or 99 if you want to get
some quick levels) Once your level 75 I would either catch imps,
or keep doing falconing. I would personally recommend falconing
because it's MUCH faster experience.
Tip #1 - When Catching Birds, ALWAYS smoke them (If Able To) and
always use the FULL amount of bird snares you can. You should
also bury all bones and you should have about 5 extra snares with
you.
Tip #2 - When doing pitfall traps. Wear some good Armour. I
wouldn't recommend wearing the actual fur of them because it's
really not worth it.
Tip #3 - When EVER you're able to wear the spotted cape,
spottier, or boots of lightness then WEAR THEM. They help by a
Huge Load.
Tip #4 - Stepping on a trap DOES NOT effect how many birds are
going on it. Though, it might distort you're view. It doesn't
really matter.
Tip #5 - If your hunting in woods, then wear Larupia, if your
hunting in polar, then wear kyatt, if your hunting in desert wear
graahk. They help ALOT.
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V. THE END
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Thanks to CjayC for making gamefaqs
Thanks to Jagex for making an awesome game
Thanks to runehq for there guide which helped me on some of the
harder monsters
(c) Connor MacLain Pope 2006-2008
