Hunter/Gathering

Gathering information for hunter.

General
Hunters gather meat (and sometimes other resources) by fighting monsters while having special weapons equipped. These weapons can either be specialised tools, or versions of ordinary weapons with the right enchantment present. Level in the hunter profession determines what meat might drop from a monster; a low level hunter will not have the skill to carve meat from Kanigers even with the best tools, while a high level hunter will be able to get meat from a variety of sources. Only some species drop meat, and some areas (notably Otomai) are entirely devoid of anything huntable. Hunters get experience only from preserving meat (which Butchers will then use to make edible food) — the process of hunting acquires the materials useful to level their profession but does not directly provide profession XP.

Experience
You only get experience from preserving the meat. See Hunter/Recipes.

Gathering time
You get the meat when the monsters die, just like regular drops.

Amounts
The meat gain is determined just like a regular drop, with the following exception: some meat drops are limited to one of each type droppable per monster per hunter, not one per monster. Multiple hunters in the same fight do not interfere with each other's meat drops. This is true for Kaniger Meat, Crocodyl Meat, Bird Meat

Some meat however is one drop per monster only, multiple hunters do interfere: Muzzle*** at Kanigers, Frostikan Meat and other meat from the mobs in Frigost Village.

Locations
The meat follows the monsters, so go to wherever the monster you want to hunt hangs out.

Hunting preservatives
Unlike most other professions, hunters can hunt all the items needed for their crafting. However, as the hunting itself doesn’t give experience, it is far more commonly purchased from NPCs.


 * Aga Dou at Amakna Village (1,1)
 * Seth Sourcet at Astrub (1,-16)
 * Connie Vini at Bonta (-33,-54)
 * Roca Charmed at Brakmar (-26,33)

In the Level column, the first number is the item’s listed level. The second number is the lowest level anyone has received it in practice.

Other preserving items also include Frosteez Oil and Snowdrop. As long as you have level 100 professions in both Farmer and Alchemist, you may save a lot of kamas gathering the flowers as well as grinding the cereal into oil.