Hunter/Guides

As a fore note, yes I have reached lvl 100 in hunter (Backpacker on Rosal), so I know what's involved with leveling this profession.

Introduction

 * The hunter class does deter a lot of people in the beginning due to it's slow progress, however it does become incredibly easy in the later levels.
 * If you are starting a new character with the hunter profession in mind, I would highly recommend an Enutrof, for the obvious reason of increased drops.
 * Get help whenever you can, the extra PP really helps in the lower levels.
 * If you're going to do this profession, take up the Butcher profession after reaching lvl 30.

Getting started
First off, get the hunter profession from Unterix Unter (3, -26) in Astrub Forest, or Musa (1, 18) in Ankama. See Hunter page for full instructions.

Also, make sure you buy a Hunting Knife and equip it. Remember, you won't get any meat drops unless your hunting tool is equipped.

Levels 1-10
Hunting lots of tofus to begin with. The best areas for hunting are The Tofus' Corner just south of Astrub, and the Tofu Dungeon. If you're hunting in the Tofus' Corner, remember that you can get larva flesh from Blue Larvas and insect flesh from moskitos. If you're in the Tofu Dungeon, room 5 is an excellent place to gather bird meat. That's the one with dozens of tofus. If you're a low level, bring along a friend, preferably a cra or a lvl 26+ enu to give you a hand, you'll need a character with long range to get through them quickly. You'll need 194 to reach level 10.

Levels 11-20
If you want, you can upgrade to the Hunting Axe at this stage, extra damage if you're still a low level. Time for Gobbly hunting. If you're going solo, try the Astrub Meadows or the Surroundings of Astrub. Whenever there's a chance to go through the Gobball Dungeon, take it. You'll need 252 gobball legs to reach lvl 20.

Levels 21-30
This is where things start gettting a lot easier. You can now gather Gobball Legs ** from Gobballs, so the Gobball Dungeon is guaranteed to reap rewards, dropping dozens of gobball legs from each run. Or if you're particularly adventurous, you can travel over to Wabbit Island and hunt Tiwabbits or Tiwabbit Wosungree's for Wabbit legs. For you low level hunters wanting to have a go at some of that wabbit meat, your best bet is in the burrows where there is only one Tiwabbit on the map at a time.

Levels 31-40
Two important things to do once you get to level 30. First, go buy yourself a new tool, those being the Hunting Blade, Hunting Bow, Hunting Shovel and Hunting Wand. Each has their own elemental attack. If you're a low level Enutrof, the Hunting Shovel will be your main weapon until you reach level 60. After that, go learn the butcher profession and cook up all the meat you have. You may need to go gather some more of the low level meat to catch up with your butcher level.

Back to the hunting, you can now hunt Boars for Pork Loins and [[Milliboowolves for Muzzle, although this isn't reccommended for low level characters, as both take longer to kill than Tiwabbits, Astrub Forest is infested with collectors and boars in Amakna are higher levels. Stick to Gobball Dungeon runs.

Levels 41-50
Getting into the more intense area now. Level 40 brings with it Bird Meat ** from Kwaks, which aren't particularly profitable since they are only 2 slot recipies, Wabbit Legs ** from Wabbits and Black Wabbits, so you can just join up with any group on Wabbit Island and gather a fair bit of meat through that, and most importantly DragoMeat from Wild Almond Dragoturkey. Now for some of you players who have actually fought these things before probably think that hunting dragoturkeys is suicide, but in fact it's extremely simple. All you need to do is go grab yourself a Crackler Set (minus the sword) with good physical and magical reduction, and a Magus Fecalizer. Ultimately, you'll be wanting 20 magical reduction and 15 physical reduction. This will allow you to fight any Almond or Ginger Dragoturkeys without being hit; they'll just stand around you, even while you pumel them to death. Although you will need a good attack to take them out, but I did alright with my Enutrof and my hunting shovel. Just avoid Wild Golden Dragoturkeys.

Levels 51-60
One very exciting thing happens for hunters at level 50, Royal Gobball Meat! Four stars, meaning that you can get +1 strength from a Roasted Gobball Leg ****. Other than that, not much else exciting at this level. You get Insect Flesh ** from Scaraleafs, but Insect Croquettes ** require 3 Gobball Saliva, and we all know that gobball saliva is much better spent on Nimbly Rings. Muzzle ** from Boowolves and Pork Loin ** from Plain Boars, both really aren't worth the effort for leveling hunter. Just keep going with the Wabbits and Dragoturkeys.

Levels 61-70
A very exciting level for hunters that are still a bit low level. Firstly, Pork Loin *** from Piglets in Porco's Territory. Piglets give great experience points and you get meat to boot. Just grab the amulet and cloak from your crackler set and two Magus Fecalizers, going for 22 magical reduction, and the Piglets attacks are ineffective for the most part, just that critical hits might do some damage. Also on this level, you can now start gathering Kaniger Meat, so join in on Kaniger hunts that you can find, the XP is fantastic and you get the third best meat in the game. Lastly, you can now get Dragomeat ** from Wild Ginger Dragoturkeys, so your dragoturkey hunts are twice as profitable, good if there's no one else around to go on any hunts with.

Levels 71-80
Only one particularly interesting advancement here. You get Muzzle *** from Kanigers as well, wich is a welcome addition. Although acquiring hazel for the Brawn salad is a slight drawback, it's worth it for the extra points. Also get DragoMeat *** from Dreggons, if you're a high enough level to fight them.

Levels 81-90
On the home stretch now, on to Crocodyl Meat, from Crocodyls. If you're not a lvl 100+ intelligence class, you might want to find someone who is. I was lucky enough to have a friend who was (Osa and who also happened to be a hunter), and you can also get a fair few Parchment of 'Wind of Panic' on the way. You also have the chance to get DragoMeat **** and Pork Loin **** from Dragon Pigs and Wabbit Leg **** from the Wa Wabbit.

Levels 91-100
Koalak meat, from Koalaks. It might be interesting to make some, but it's not advisable to rely on it for experience because of the requirement of Palm Oil. Stick to Crocodyls for the rest.

Author's Note
Thank you to those who helped me throughout my adventures in chopping up cute animals and charing them up to be eaten by hungry Sacriers. A big thank you to Angel-Ecca for letting tag along on all those Kaniger hunts, and an especially big thank you to finger, for helping me with those crocodyls and for being a great friend during my time playing Dofus.

Medeyer 17:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)