Hunter Skill - Tracking

by: Tuami

Tracking is one of the lowest level hunting skills that will enable the novice hunter to gain some experience and increase their overall skill level. Tracking is basically trying to find an animal by following clues to where it has gone - this may be following paw-prints, nibbled twigs or the scent of the animal that is being tracked.

Animals that are being tracked will not appear on the map or be visible in the game screen like normal monsters or people. Instead, players will not be able to see the animals move and so could have to backtrack to be able to pick up the animal tracks again. Once successfully tracked, players will need to use the Noose Wand to trap the animal.

Tracking targets all start from a burrow in the ground, these are normally found in designated hunting areas.

Players will need to inspect a hole or burrow in the ground to try and pick up the path of pawprints leading away from it. Simply follow the tracks and search any obstacles along the path or head directly to where the pawprints stop and search surrounding bushes, grass, cacti, disturbed sand and logs to name some of the possible obstacles. Sometimes the tracks will even loop - wily kebbits - and you will still have to search the surrounding areas. Don't worry - there will still be a kebbit reward at the end!

It is now time to use your noosing wand. Using the noose wand on the hole, or 'attacking' the hole with a noose wand wielded, will, with any luck, catch the creature - leaving you with a series of items that can be used later on. It should be noted that logging out will cause your tracks to disappear and you will have to start again (which can be frustrating).

Additionally, tracking creatures will drop kebbit fur, ideal for fashioning into camouflaged Hunter clothing. This clothing will aid you specifically in those areas where the animal-skin was gleaned. A polar kebbit, tracked in polar regions, will increase your chance of Hunter success in polar regions. A full-set of polar-camouflage clothing will increase that chance even further.

There are several Kebbits available for players to track and they are shown in the table below. The table includes the location where each kebbit is found as well as the level required to track it, the reward for the hunter and the experience awarded for successful tracking. Also, as noted in the table, most of the kebbits enable players to make camo-gear to increase their chance of success for hunting that particular type of kebbit.

Kebbit	Level	Hunter Location	Hunter Reward	XP	Notes
Polar kebbit	1	Trollweiss Hunter Area	Bones, raw beast meat, polar kebbit fur	30	Can be made into camo-gear
Common kebbit	3	Piscatoris Hunter area	Bones, raw beast meat, common kebbit fur	36	Can be made into camo-gear
Feldip weasel	7	Feldip Hunter area	Bones, raw beast meat, Feldip weasel fur	?	Can be made into camo-gear
Desert devil	13	Uzer Hunter area	Bones, raw beast meat, desert devil fur	?	Can be made into camo-gear
Razorbacked kebbit	49	Piscatoris Hunter area	Bones, long kebbit spike	?	A kebbit spike can be used to make bolts for the Hunters' Crossbow

About the Author

Tuami has played various MMORPGs over the last number of years and rates Runescape as one of the better games. Tuami has contributed this runescape hunter skill tracking guide to help runescape players increase their experience and total levels in this skill.