Hunter guide (Updated 2020 September)

[Chop 91]

Getting started

Always a good idea to have stamina potions and full graceful but not required
All required traps and tools can be bought from Jackie north of home

 

Leveling

Due to the experience rates from birds being so low it's highly recommended to skip birds entirely by using random event lamps to level 5/29.

Birds/lamp (1-5/29)
Crimson birds 1-19, Green birds 19-27
Require: 2 bird snares

Fairy ring: AKS or Home portal -> Skilling teleports -> Feldip Hills

 

Birdhouses (Level 5-99)
This is technically the most efficient way to obtain 99 but this requires going on birdhouse runs multiple times a day for weeks and leveling it alone side.
Guide from this method can be found here.

 

Swamp lizards (Level 29-47)
Require: 3 small nets and ropes
Remember you can lay 3 traps at level 40

Home portal -> Cities -> Canifis

 

Orange Salamanders (Level 47-59)
Require: 3 small nets and ropes and as many water skins as you can carry

Fairy ring: DLQ

 

Red Salamanders (Level 59-63/67)
Require: 4 small nets and ropes
Remember you can lay 4 traps at level 60

Spirit Tree:  Tree Gnome Village -> follow Elkoy

 

Option 1: Salamanders for faster experience 

Black Salamanders (Level 67-99)
Require: 6 small nets and ropes
You can lay 5 traps and 6 at level 80 because it's wilderness

Use burning amulet, obelisks or run from Edgeville

 

Option 2: Chinchompas slower but makes money

Red Chins (Level 63-73)
Require: 4 box traps

Home portal -> Skilling ->Feldip Hills

 

Black Chins (Level 73-99)
Require: 6 box traps
Remember you can lay 5 traps and 6 at level 80 because it's wilderness

Use burning amulet, Revenant teleport or obelisk 

 

 

Experience rates:
These experience rates were found at level 99 hunter using the larger expected number of traps at the given level range.
 

 

Edited February 9, 2021 by 1945

[Endeavor 15]

Nice guide Chop. Simple yet effective.

Edited June 30, 2019 by Endeavor

[TheGuy 15]

Very nice guide, but until hunter is fixed black salamanders aren't a viable option. You can only use 2 of the 5 trees there. But once it is fixed, very very viable option to get 99 quickly.

[Chop 91]

5 hours ago, TheGuy said:

Very nice guide, but until hunter is fixed black salamanders aren't a viable option. You can only use 2 of the 5 trees there. But once it is fixed, very very viable option to get 99 quickly.

Read the warning, if nobody has screwed it up since server restart all the traps will work.

[Natumayi 1]

Finally! I’ve been waiting for this guide!! Thanks for creating it!

[Albert 18]

The only skill in which I'm still level one. Thank you for this!

[Life 681]

Pretty cool guide, thanks man.

[Laxus 23]

Great guide! Going to put this to use very soon (I always procrastinate on Hunter).

[Engage 31]

Thank you very much chop for the guide! Gonna get this skill to 99 asap

[glitch 348]

Thank you for this! I forgot Hunter was a thing and it's still sitting at level 1. I need to get on that!

[SilverNova 299]

Thanks for spending time on making this, it's already helped a few as you can see  

[SCORPIA PET 3]

Swap lizards btw.

 

Good guide though.

[Chop 91]

2 hours ago, SCORPIA PET said:

Swap lizards btw.

 

Good guide though.

Thank you mate.

[Dektionar 10]

I'm at 70ish now. Will be doing chins till 99.

 

Can't do orange salamanders because I'm a skiller and there's a few revenants that hit 5's and 6's

Edited August 8, 2019 by Dektionar

[Otto 91]

Red Salamanders to 99 is fastest hunter xp.

[Octavious 12]

I'm new to this server and kind of confused. Can you not train it any way besides lamping at level 1? Or are you just saying to skip catching birds? If that's the case, you should still add in 1-29 anyway. Maybe just have one of those drop down boxes for people that might need it. 

 

Other than that, this is a quality guide. 

[Nympho 144]

3 hours ago, Octavious said:

I'm new to this server and kind of confused. Can you not train it any way besides lamping at level 1? Or are you just saying to skip catching birds? If that's the case, you should still add in 1-29 anyway. Maybe just have one of those drop down boxes for people that might need it. 

 

Other than that, this is a quality guide. 

I did birds and was no problem!

 

8 hours ago, Otto said:

Red Salamanders to 99 is fastest hunter xp.

Agreed, best exp per hour with no npc agro!

[Chop 91]

Updated.

[Passion 37]

Thanks for updating to add lvls 1-29, I will refer new players to this guide.

[loltaven 30]

Thank you for taking the time to update your guide Chop! Will continue to be recommending this guide to new players!

[dzoodz 28]

thanks for guide, myself i did bird houses 70-99.