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Runescape 99 Hunter Guide
RS Junkie's Runescape 99 Hunter Guide
Hunter is a very good skill in Runescape which takes about 3 weeks to get 99 on average, and will leave you with 40M cash in-game. This is a skill that involves capturing different creatures using different types of traps, and is very easy to level due to the stackable feature of the higher level creatures that you will be catching. Here is a guide on how to get 99 in this skill in the shortest time possible, with massive profits in Runescape Gold:
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Number Of Traps
Level 1-19= 1 Trap
Level 20-39= 2 Traps
Level 40-59= 3 Traps
Level 60-79= 4 Traps
Level 80-99= 5 Traps
What you will need
-Bird Snares
-Ropes
-Small fishing net's
-Box Traps
-500 GP
-Full Larupia
(These are the minimum number required, but randoms/lag often lead to lost items, so i would suggest taking a few extra)
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Starting Off
The place to start for this skill guide is the Feldip Hunter Area. You may find this by looking to the South of Castle wars using your Runescape mini-map.
Level 1-19- Crimson Swift
-Bring Along: 1+ Bird Snares (Extra's are recommended)
From level 1-19, I would suggest trapping Crimson Swift with your Bird Snares. Simply set up the traps along the Eastern part of the Feldip area where bordering the water area where you are able to see the Crimson Swift and wait. You will trap them and receive Bones, Raw Bird Meat, Red Feathers each time. Simply drop the Raw Bird Meat as you get it, and either drop/bury the bones you receive.
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Level 19-29- Tropical Wagtail
-Bring Along: 2+ Bird Snares (Extra's are recommended)
From level 19-29 I would suggest trapping Tropical wagtail with your Bird Snares. These Birds surround the ponds in the area West of where you were catching the Crimson Swift. There are 2 different ponds in the area, and both of them have Tropical wagtail surrounding them. Do the exact same thing you did with the Crimson Swift, only at level 20 you are able to set up 2 traps, and therefore you can set up 2 Snares rather than just 1.
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Level 29-43- Swamp Lizards
Bring Along: 4+ Small Fishing Net, 4+ Rope, Full Larupia (Extra's are recommended)
Alright now that you are level 29, you can wear Full Larupia, so I would suggest doing this as it increases your chances of catching creatures. You want to head over to the Swamp Lizard Area in Morytania and catch Swamp Lizards. This area may be hard to find, but search it using your Runescape mini-map to find it more easily. This is near the Werewolf Agility Course, and it is the only hunter icon on your map so you should be able to find it. Once you are here, you will see a number of different tree's, where you will be able to set up a Net Trap which consists of 1 Rope and 1 Small Fishing Net. From 29-40, you will only be able to set up 2 traps, but at level 40 you can begin setting up 3 traps which increases your experience.
Now if you want to get to the red chins extremely fast, I would recommend releasing these Swamp Lizards since the experience is much faster. If you are in it for the cash however, Swamp Lizards sell for approx. 1.5k currently, and therefore these can make you a ton of money. The Carniff's bank is close by, and therefore it may be worth it if you are low on cash to simply bank them.
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Level 43-59 -Falconry
Bring Along: 500GP and open hands.
Well now that you have finally reached level 43 (I know it was painful), the experience really starts to get fast. You should now be heading to the Pictoris hunting area which is located NW of the Grand Tree near the Pictoris fishing colony. Again, open your runescape mini-map if you are having trouble finding it. Once there, you should see a large pit with many different Kebbits such as spotted and dashing kebbits. Simply buy a falcon from the man in this area for 500 GP, and you will be able to keep it as long as you do not leave the hunting area or teleport. Logging out while in the hunting area will allow you to keep the falcon, and therefore you shouldn’t need more than 500GP unless you plan on leaving. Once you have a falcon, you should simply click on the Spotted Kebbits to release your falcon and attempt to catch these creatures. The falcon will fail sometimes, but when he is successful, there will be an arrow that appears above the caught kebbit, and you will simply have to click on the captured kebbit to receive your fur along with the bones. Just keep doing this until you are level 59. This will get very repetitive, but this is the main stretch before you will be able to hunt the red chins.
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Level 59-80 –Red Salamanders
Bring Along: 4+ Small Fishing Net, 4+ Rope (Extra’s are recommended)
Well now that you have finished with your falconry, you are now able to catch red salamanders near the ZMI alter which is the alter located near Castle wars and tree gnome village. It is an alter surrounded by lava, and shouldn’t be too hard to find if you look on your map. These red salamanders are caught the exact same way as swamp lizards which were talked about earlier in this guide. You simply click on the tree’s in the area to set up net traps using 1 rope and 1 small fishing net. When the trap fails, you will see your rope and fishing net on the ground, so you must pick it up before resetting the trap. If it is successful, you will see a full trap in the tree, and you can collect the red salamander and your net/rope by clicking on this trap. Since the red salamanders are worth next to nothing and there is no bank that is very close, it is only smart to release these as you catch them. Some people may wonder why I am suggesting to catch Red salamanders until level 80 instead of 63 which is when you are able to catch red chins, and the truth is it is because it is much faster to gain hunter exp setting up net traps to catch red salamanders than catching red chins until level 80 when you are able to set up 5 traps. Catching red chins with 4 traps is quite slow compared to Red salamanders, but if you are in need of cash you may want to start with red chin’s right away. The time that you are able to save getting 80 at the red salamanders rather than at the red chins would make it worth your while since you can catch more chin’s after your 99 hunter to make up for the lost profits without losing any time at all. The main thing it comes down to though is Speed vs. Cash. People will be hunting for different reasons, so choose whichever is most suitable to you.
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Level 80-99 –Red Chinchompas
Bring Along: 5+ Box Traps, Full Larupia (Extra's are recommended)
It's time to head back to the Feldip Hunting area. From 63-99 Hunter i would strongly suggest Red Chinchompa's. These get 265exp/Chin, and their price is approx 800 Runescape gold in the Grand Exchange. Red Chinchompa's are stackable, and therefore there is no need to bank every 25 Chins, and you can stay out for a very long time.
These red chin's are found near the 2 ponds the most.
From level 63-80, you are only able to set up 4 traps, so the common setup is a Diamond Shape, and you stand in the center of the 4 boxes.
From level 80-99, you are able to set up 5 traps, and therefore the best setup is an X-Shape where you make a box of 4 traps with 1 space in between each, and a box in the center.
These two set ups are the quickest to gain the most experience.
The best place in my opinion to hunt Red Chinchompa's is slightly north of the Tear-Drop pond. If you look on your map, you will see two ponds, one is a U shaped pond and the other one is shaped somewhat like a teardrop. This is a common place however, and people are often there meaning there could be some competition.
All you have to do is lay your Box Traps, wait for Red chins to enter, and then check the traps. This is about as simple as it can get, and once you are able to place 5 traps you will be able to get 100k+ exp/hour if you are a fast clicker.
Below is an experience table for all of the different creatures
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After you are done, you will have about 40m in Runescape gold if you sold all of your chin’s, and you will also have a very nice skillcape to go with your new pile of cash!
The best tip i can give you is to watch the grand exchange on the Runescape homepage and when the Red Chinchompa price is at it's highest point, sell all of the runescape creatures that you have caught to date.
This is my first Hub on here, so please comment so I can try to improve my guides for next time. I am hoping to post guides for all skills that help to make cash, so become a fan of me if you would like to be the first to see these guides.
Other Runescape Skill Guides:
99 Fishing Guide
99 Runecrafting Guide
99 Fletching Guide
99 Mining Guide
99 Woodcutting Guide
99 Construction Guide
99 Firemaking Guide
99 Cooking Guide
99 Magic Guide
99 Agility Guide
99 Herblore Guide
99 Smithing Guide
99 Thieving Guide
99 Range Guide
Thanks!
Runescape Hunter Experience
Creature
| Experience
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|---|---|
Crimson Swift
| 34
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Tropical Wigtail
| 95.2
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Swamp Lizard
| 152
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Spotted Kebbit
| 104
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Dark Kebbit
| 132
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Dashing Kebbit
| 156
|
Grey Chinchompa
| 198.4
|
Red Salamander
| 272
|
Red Chinchompa
| 265
|
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Comments
ive already got 99 hunter but want to know how to make fast money
Absolutely Brilliant guide, i just got 80 and started with the chins and it is brilliant! I am making money and exp. On my way to 99!
The guide is really awesome..... aft reaching lvl 23 hunting wild kebbits is a good option as it yields 128xp
When you get to 51 try Sabre tooth kebits I got the best xp from that
I would advise to keep going with green salamanders till 49 faster exp
nice info. the crimson swifts took a while for me but overall nice guide
Following this mainly to get the spottier cape
The kebbits can be very fast to catch actually whereas the lizzards break nets and stuff a lot which makes it slower in the long run.
By the way, you need to have completed Priest in Peril and you should recommend like 50+ combat level.
how long would the falcon thing take???
this is amazing im level 50 hunter in 1 day
Hey I was lvl 4 when i started and now i am lvl 25 and i just stared 2 days ago so i guess i just want to say its fast xp and its good money i only have like 120 raw bird meat and its 31k and i have 700 of thos red feathers and that's 3500...Its hard at 1st but when you get to lvl 20 it goes fast cuz you can ues 2 traps... so thanks a lot man!!!
If you are looking for a clan join the rs awsomers, our main skills are hunter and woodcutting.
Hope you can join
RHQ Killer
awesome guide it's working out very well at the moment.
RHQ Killer
red chins are now 1206 gp, not 800:)
Actually, I recommend Falcory until level 60, since you just got to the level 59 to catch red salamanders, you probably wont catch then fast... if at all... that and at level 60, you can set 4 traps, speeding it up a bit, atill not catching very well...
tyvm for sharing. jus what i ws looking for !
I am going to try this now :)
im also lookin for sumone who can get me up to lvl 99 hunter. if anyone can help me it would be great. add zedoc11 no caps. send me message when im on sayin u can help.
luv it hey which is better orange swamp lizards or falconry. i am lvl 47
I have only 45 hunter and i wanna know is falconry better/ faster or is swamp lizards..
i luv ur guide junkie, and btw hunting grahhaks give about 220k per load at 41 hunter :o
If you are a really fast clicker and enjoy falconry more than anything, you could get 85-94k xp/h (no profit tho) when lvl 69+, donno how much red salamanders give during 69+ tho but just a point :)
do we need to do the quest inorder to go hunt the swamp lizards or can we simply get there another way?
Anyone who wants me to bot 99 hunter for them I will. add me on msn: rangetanker@hotmail.com
i got 80 hunt and bbots are running like crazy should i stay with red salamanders at 70k an hour or try chinchoms with bots
I just ate the best grilled cheese i think ever..
I need a Farming Guide, ya know...me have da herbs ta plant.
Thank you for my first 99 :D
hmmm I'm lv 84 currently but assum I am lv 80 and goin for 99 how many hours did you play? Between 80-99?
i did orange salamanders instead of falocneering. i received experience prety quickly. just as an idea for those skilling hunter.
@ Tho I appreciate you doing your own math here, I respectfully disagree. Swampies never sell in the ge, and I don't see the point in having to waste time when there are much better ways to make money and getting the skillcape in half the time.
hi, nice guide just wondering how long as in hours it takes me from lvl 50 hunting to lvl 99?
^well if you want the 10K/ catch, go for pawja meats with a fruit bat and fruit fall scrolls. These are box trapped bate is required, but the fruit fall will suplie you with enough papaya's, and banking is done within 1 minute.
I have not seen any posts here about it, but the Juju farming/hunting zone now offers the fastest way to lvl 99 hunt. It's way faster than red chins but you gain no instant profit. In addition to that, all red chin spots are stacked with like 3/4 bots at this moment, so jadingo's are even better.
This method does make cash if you keep the ugune seeds, grow the herbs and make Juju farming potions for a +33% herb yield and for me a 60k profit per snapdragon herb patch.
Just thought I'd put in. this isn't great for training hunter exp, so I suggest doing it if you 99 hunter or 80+ pit falling Graahks, the non-tatty furs are worth 12k each and they are pretty close to Shilo Village so you can bank there. just drop the tatty furs because they are worth 50gp each. all you need is a few lobsters an axe, (to chop the dead trees) a knife (to make the pitfalls)
and a teasing stick (to piss off the graahks =P)
this is ok cash, better than chins. but literally no exp, thats why i suggest doing it at 80+ or 99 because it's much quicker!
No need Full Larupia for Falconry and Red Salamanders?
if u hav high enough mage bring tele other runes to red chins and tele other the bots cuz it messes up the bot for bout 5mins and then just take their spot.
Yeah man runescape needs to get rid of the bots, there really bugging me, especially at drags, but theres a method to make the bots skull in wilderness and you can take there whip
I'm currently 80 doing red lizards from 60-80. This took me about 2 weeks. My problem is, now that im doing red chins i find that im making less xp an hour then i did before by about 10k.(50k an hour.) i find this incredibly slow considering that it was said to make 100k an hour. im wondering why this is? is it because there are soooooooooooo many bots in the worlds ?
Hey all add me on runescape Lion-0-war my hunter sucks atm but im goin to get 99 hunter after 99 fletching. :) my fletching level is 80 it will be 99 in about 2days add me if your awsoem ;)
I love you man!!(no homo) and ur guide.. haha ssshh don't mention swamp lizzyss..I don't want them to crash like everything else... haha it's taken me bout 5hrs to get to 50 hunter with bout 500k banked! very nice guide thanks!
HOw long does 40-61 take?
i do believe tht red salamanders r the best way for xp, there r always to many bots at chins
thanks dude i got 99 hunter today thanks to this guide thank you!
Great guide!
Used it for 3 days and I'm already 43 hunter, and I've earned 300k!
2 minutes get real! lol. I use a Tortoise 43 minutes, I make 5 trips, They sell faster then the red chins! Swamp lizards are always in demand. Summoning from 85 to 95, big demand!. You will have to catch almost 600 Red chins in 43 minutes to make what I make on swamp lizards in the same time. That is 1 red every 6 seconds, check you animation time. Red Chinchompa is faster xp but not faster gp. you do the math!
@Digikey Swamp lizards are NOT stackable so you have to bank like every 2 minutes or so and they also NEVER sell. So theres really no point to waste your time...
Swamp lizard are slower, about 40% slower, BUT! I calculate from my lvl 76 to 99. I will make 185.4 Mill hunting swamp lizards vs 36.1 Mill on Red Chin. Swamp lizard and around 2x slower, but I will make 5x more cash!
78744sl x 2,354gp VS 45166RC x 791gp
Sorry, my mistake I've re-calculated my current progress for 80-99 and seems like it'll take 6-7 days.
GOODLUCK TO EVERYONE!
For all those who want to know how long it takes, this is how long it took me, although I made a slight change.
Level 1-20 Crimson Swift / 2hours.
Level 20-30 Tropical Wagtail / 3-4hours.
Level 30-50 Swamp Lizards / 6-7hours.
Level 50-60 Orange Salamanders / 10-12hours.
Level 60-80 Red Salamanders / around 22hours+ .
Level 80-99 Red Chinchompa / doing it now, but I'm guessing it'll take around 48hours (2 days).
So in total, if I'm correct about Level 80-99, it'll take around 96hrs (4 days) to get from Level 1-99 if you do it non-stop and in the same hunting order I did.
And BTW, I did NOT use a bot, it's quicker without a bot.
HOPE THIS HELPS!
how long for lvl 46-99?????
I'm definitely going to use this guide..... just one thing : you should try adding how many hours it should take or at least an estimate for each section of your guide - too many comments asking how long Lol so this would help out a lot :)
god dang lol i forgot to say that now the wildy is like pvp and id b killed tryin to get to sallys since there in wildy and ppl watch the drag area :(
lol i meant to say a runescape noob but watevr floats ya boat. thnx again, signed, runescape -----> NOOB
hey ik u get this a lot but i am not patient at all and im only 63 hunting... say i play about 3-4 hours a day how many days would it take?
thnx, signed, a runescape nerd
im becon222 in runescape hunter lvl (1) how many days for 99?
Just bot lol
I'm doing hunter from 50 to 61 for forgiveness of a chaos dwarf and I saw this guide and I though it was great and I think I'm going to make hunter my first 99 skill and I'll use the red chinchillas for 99 ranged. Thang for the guide. I don't know if anyone recognizes my name or remembers, but I had my 15minutes of fame a while back, so if I have any idols I recommend this guide!!!
7-46 Didn't take me very long, just about one weekend of work.
Hey how long would 7-46 hunter take? :)
i cant help but notice you didn't mention graahks.
for any lvl 55 or higher graahks are great money.
i say 55 because below that it takes too long.
10k per hide is pretty great :]
lol at the loosers playing 8 hours a day I only play about 45min!
Very Nice guide!
Thanks for making it!
atm 74
Thanks again!
I get 99 hunt with tis guide! Lool at my hiscores.
I found this guide at level 35. Swamp lizards are very good money and sell quick. I suggest banking them. The falconry section is for the birds. It took me twice as long to get from level 43 to 44 using the falcon as opposed from level 47 to 48 catching orange salamanders. I suggest swamp lizards to level 47, banking for the cash. Then go to orange salamanders and just drop them. I had to make a water run only 3 times and made it from 47 to 60 quickly. Trying the red salamanders now at 60. Helpful guide though. It got me going.
i like the guide. Are polar bears helpful for hunting red chins?
Oh, I forgot to mention the purpose of that. If you set the snares around the spot it respawns, it's much easier to catch them!
Hey, this is an excellent guide, but I have a tip. Like you said, this is a guide that has worked for hundreds of people, so no reason to add new creatures to it or take some off- However, I do have a tip for hunting tropical wagtails that you should add. There is a spot that I know of, a specific square on the the ground, that a tropical wagtail respawns on a lot. I've uploaded them onto imageshack, the first one is here: http://img502.imageshack.us/i/tropicalwagtail.jpg/
The second is here http://img263.imageshack.us/i/birdsnares.jpg/
Feel free to download and use them in the guide if you like, just give credit if you do. Sothe52 is my runescape username. By the way, sorry I can't make it easier to find the spot you need to go to- but look at the mini map and you'll see it's near the desert type of area, southeast of the Hunting Expert's hut.
Well i did 1-66 hunter in 1 day.. Having a no life session atm cos my gf is camping with the girls.. (fail)
And i got to 70 (now 72), and it's become boring as hell at red salamanders.. Lol yes hunter does get boring, but i just wanna know if there's any new ways to get hunter to 99 now.. Would help a lot. i got 70-72 at puro puro and that was ok, but any other faster way would be helpful. Thanks.
I did fishing to 99, currently level 50 hunter, and im not bored with it yet. im just wondering[fishing quite possibly permanently made me hate anything boring] does hunter get boring, like other skills?. IE Mining, fishing
Thank you for the helpful tips.
I appreciate the time and effort you spent to figure it all out.
I feel to many of us seem to forget that if there isn't a challenge of some sort then the feeling of accomplishment isn't really there, and the games are no longer fun.
Because I am human, I feel the urge to apologize for my fellow man. Between the ridiculous ungrateful insults to all those who are unable to sit down and figure out a simple algebra problem for themselves, I am ashamed. It was very nice of you to help all us special people who are to mentally slow or to damn lazy to figure it all out on our own, again thanks! We do appreciate your work. I'm sorry that some of us are just not that good at showing our gratitude.
On a last note, If anyone feels the urge to drop me a line and say hi, I can easily be found by typing scorpiondom into the clan chat. I am online from time to time and probably will be for years to come. LOL
Happy gaming everyone!
Honestly, this is good, but Falconry isn't really necessary,
you can do Swamp lizards for awhile and still make a good amount of profit, i'd say its good minus the Falconry
Interesting. Runescape is one of my all time favorite MMORPGs. Good times.
Many thanks bro! Started today at lvl5 hunter and now i'm 45 hunter tnx!
i'd say that by level 70 catching red chins is much more exp per hour than red sallys if you do it right.
useful guide, though i would do falconry at 55, but overall, good.
@ Doolzie - I started tracking my exp at salamanders when I switched to them at 60. Wearing Garrak camo gear and summoning the arctic bear I'm making no less than 60k xp/h... But hey, the way you train is personal opinion. If you really feel like swamp lizards are faster, stick with them for a few more lvls.
i went from 1-46 in like 8 hours, good guide
Im currently 61 hunter...i just started at 1 yesterday...i have been ill so home from school so a lot of play time..I think red salamanders are Very Slow compared to swamp Lizards...and i couldn't imagine doing salamanders 59-80..Any replacements?
This is a Great Guide, I followed it from 15 to where i am Now 90 Hunting at the moment :) catching 1.5k+ chins a day so 99 is going fast
i used swamp lizards for the money and used kharyrll tele it j=take you to the bar right in town by them saved me loads of time you should probably try that and see if its faster, it was faster for me
I disagree with one part of this guide. Catching crimson swifts is way too slow. A much faster way is to blow a couple K atmost, and buy the roots from the farmer at vinesweeper and feed rabbits for xp. Just run around doing that and not only will lvs 1-20 be easy, but others will thank you for getting rid of the pests.
this guide really works. Once you get to the Kebbits it really starts to do a number on your finger though. I went from level 10 hunter to level 56 hunter in about 5 hours which isn't bad i think. I had to take a few break in between levels. i would say if i did it straight with no interruptions it would have taken me 4 hours tops. Thanks a lot and i think this just might be my first skill cape
@hey
this is probably too late, but if you try to set ur snares in the middle of the birds they will come. Also try to move it around every now and then. That seems to work for me:D
Oh my god - a bunch of idiots here. Do your own math and stop asking how long from level X - 99 it's f***** stupid. Guide is win btw.
ur all game just use a bot
do you think starting at 75 hunter for red chins is a good idea
i only have a couple words for you guys. bot! www.powerbot.org use it , live by it. i have 99 hunter, 99 wc, 99 fletching, 99 fishing, 99 cooking for doing nothing. just don't bot to much!
Thanks for the verification of 80-99. I used your guide in a way, I did all that stuff but it was just common sense to me... In a week so far= 67-80. Great guide. I didn't know what to hunt now that I am lvl 80, thanks a lot. Except for the money it is pretty straightforward: hunting grenwals is far more profit in less time than red chins and since you need to do regicide to get grenwals there is no competition... It's about 1.2 mil an hour. They give you 23 spikes each worth a pretty penny... Anyway, I'm ranting, good luck on your guides.
Good guide. My only question is, have you ever tried the grenwall/pawya hunting with a fruit bat pouch? I'm 92 hunt and seem to do alright exp wise per 45 min (a bat pouch). I did do red chins though to 88 then Kingly's to 92 (very slow, but made a boatload), just wondering if when you said that red chins are tested against other methods if grenwall/pawya's were one of the methods. I definitely want the fastest exp, money isn't an issue. Thank you so much.
Hey! thanx to this guide i lvld from lvl 19-27
in an hour or two! i suggest in hunting that you do something like playing other games like y8 and facebook cuz you could get bored sometimes in waiting for the creatures tobe catched and so that u could spend more time in hunting cuz you won't be bored ;)
hey ok i just started hunter. is it just me or does capturing crimson switfs take a while. im new to the skills so any tips for me?
Woow every one of your guilds have helped me reach 99 for every one or them in less than 90 days! Nice work I hope you put up more guilds soon cuz iv got no clue what's my next 99.
@Wheee
You wont need to worry about ghasts as long as you don't bring food.
Simple.
how long would 70-91 take?
don't be faggets
the guy who wrote this toke time to do it for you so shut up assholes
Good hub thanks for the tips
how long will it take from 63-88? i play 4-6 hours a day and i do red salamanders
I am following this guide until i reach 99, but it is only on the side since i am going for 99 wc (currently at 95 wc) thanks for the guide!
Thes guide is the best i seen coming from someone with 99 hunter. Very good job dude keep up the good work man. :D
Will we have to worry about ghasts while doing the swamp lizards from 29-43? If so then what should we do?
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