The Hunt
- This article is about the feature as a whole. For Heavensward and Stormblood hunts, see Clan Hunt. For Shadowbringers hunts, see Nutsy Clan Hunt. For Endwalker hunts, see Guildship Hunt. For Dawntrail hunts, see Dawn Hunt.
The Hunt is an initiative established by the Eorzean Alliance, offering a bounty to adventurers who aid in quelling the threat posed by notably dangerous monsters that prowl the lands of Eorzea. Players can kill Elite Marks all over Eorzea and receive various rewards or participate in Mark Bills and kill specific regular monsters. The Hunt was first introduced in patch 2.3.
Beginning with Heavensward's Clan Hunt, the dailies functionally replace class Hunting Logs for solo leveling.
Unlock
The Hunt (A Realm Reborn)
To retrieve mark bills from the Hunt board, players must first reach rank Second Lieutenant in their Grand Company and complete one of the following quests:
Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver | Unlocks |
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Let the Hunt Begin (Maelstrom) | 50 | Trachraet | The Hunt | |
Let the Hunt Begin (Twin Adder) | 50 | Scarlet | The Hunt | |
Let the Hunt Begin (Immortal Flames) | 50 | Mimio Mio | The Hunt |
Clan Hunt (Heavensward)
To unlock all the clan hunt bills in Foundation you must complete the following quests.
Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver | Unlocks |
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Let the Clan Hunt Begin | 53 | Aytienne | Clan Hunt | |
Better Bill Hunting | 56 | Eustacia | Level 2 Clan marks | |
Top Marks | 59 | Yloise | Level 3 Clan marks | |
Elite and Dangerous | 60 | Ardolain | Heavensward Elite Marks |
Veteran Clan Hunt (Stormblood)
Unlocked with the following quests in Kugane starting at level 61. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.
Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver | Unlocks |
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One-star Veteran Clan Hunt | 61 | Estrild | Veteran Clan Hunt | |
Two-star Veteran Clan Hunt | 63 | Estrild | Two-star Veteran Clan mark bills | |
Three-star Veteran Clan Hunt | 66 | Estrild | Three-star Veteran Clan mark bills | |
Elite Veteran Clan Hunt | 70 | Estrild | Stormblood Elite Marks |
Nutsy Clan Hunt (Shadowbringers)
Unlocked with the following quests in the Crystarium starting at level 70. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.
Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver | Unlocks |
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Nuts to You | 70 | Hume Lout | Nutsy Clan Hunt | |
Two Nuts Too Nutty | 73 | Halldor | Two-nut Clan mark bills | |
How Do You Like Three Nuts | 76 | Halldor | Three-nut Clan mark bills | |
Too Many Nutters | 80 | Halldor | Shadowbringers Elite Marks |
Guildship Hunt (Endwalker)
Unlocked with the following quests in Old Sharlayan starting at level 80. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.
Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver | Unlocks |
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The Hunt for Specimens | 80 | Diminutive Gleaner | Guildship Hunt | |
That Specimen Came from the Moon | 83 | Northota | Associate guildship mark bills | |
A Hunt for the Ages | 89 | Northota | Senior guildship mark bills | |
Perfect Specimens | 90 | Northota | Endwalker Elite Marks |
Dawn Hunt (Dawntrail)
Unlocked with the following quests in Tuliyollal starting at level 90. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous and The Rite of Succession are completed.
Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver | Unlocks |
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A New Dawn, a New Hunt | 90 | Wing of Protection Scout | Beginner Dawn mark bills | |
Why We Hunt | 94 | Bol Ogaw | Intermediate Dawn mark bills | |
Hunting the Hunter | 99 | Bol Ogaw | Advanced Dawn mark bills | |
The Hunt Goes On | 100 | Bol Ogaw | Dawntrail Elite Marks |
Mark Bills
Players will find a Hunt Board at each Grand Company headquarters, upon which Mark Bills have been posted listing bounties for various enemies. There are two types of mark bills: Regular Mark Bills, which are posted once per day, and Elite Mark Bills, which are posted once per week. These bills list the name and number of targets to be hunted, their location, and the reward being offered for their defeat.
- The targets listed on regular and elite marked bills will differ from player to player.
- Mark Bill targets will have a special icon over their name:
Elite Mark Bills task the players to kill a Rank B Elite Mark. By killing the B mark, a player is awarded 5,000 gil and 100 Allied Seals.
Where can I find Marks I have accepted?
Look in your inventory key items to see the Mark bills you have accepted.
Regular and Elite Marks
- See also: Elite Marks
While Regular Marks denote enemies commonly found in overworld zones[1], Elite Marks denote powerful enemies that only appear under certain conditions. They are ranked according to the risk they pose: B Rank (lowest risk), A Rank, and S Rank (highest risk).
New marks are posted on the Hunt board at the following times:
- Regular Mark Bills: Daily at 11:00 AM (EST) or 8:00 AM (PDT)
- B Rank Elite Mark Bills: Weekly on Tuesday at 4:00 AM (EST) or 1:00 AM (PDT)
- A Rank and S Rank: None (Kill on sight)Or don't...
Notes
- ↑ Some Regular Marks in A Realm Reborn requiring defeating certain FATE bosses or enemies associated with certain Tribal Quests
Clan Marks & Veteran Clan Marks
Clan Hunt is the new Mark Bills system introduced in Heavensward (3.0). Players can receive Clan Mark Bills from the Clan Hunt Board in Foundation (x12,y11). These Marks are divided into 4 types: level 1, 2, 3, and Elite (B-rank). They task the players to hunt down various enemies in Heavensward areas. Players can awarded with Centurio Seals, gil, and EXP by completing them. The level 1, 2, and 3 marks refresh daily, while the Elite (B-rank) mark bill is once per week.
Veteran Clan Hunt is the Mark Bills system of Stormblood (patch 4.0). Players can receive Veteran Clan Mark Bills from the Veteran Clan Hunt Boards in Kugane or Rhalgr's Reach. These Marks are divided into 4 types: One-star, Two-star, Three-star, and Elite (B-rank). They task the players to hunt down various enemies in Stormblood areas. Players can awarded with Centurio Seals, gil, and EXP by completing them. The One-star, Two-star, and Three-star marks refresh daily, while the Elite (B-rank) mark bill is once per week.
Nutsy Clan Marks
Nutsy Clan Hunt is the new Mark Bills system introduced in Shadowbringers (5.0). Players can receive Nutsy Clan Mark Bills from the Clan Hunt Board in The Crystarium (x9.5,y9.4) or in Eulmore, The Understory. These Marks are divided into 4 types: One-nut, Two-nut, Three-nut, and Elite (B-rank). They task the players to hunt down various enemies in Shadowbringers areas. Players are awarded with Sacks of Nuts, gil, and EXP by completing them. The One-nut, Two-nut and Three-nut marks refresh daily, while the Elite (B-rank) mark bill is once per week.
Guildship Marks
Guildship Hunt is the new Mark Bills system introduced in Endwalker (6.0). Players can receive Guildship Mark Bills from the Clan Hunt Board in Old Sharlayan (x11.8,y13.2) or in Radz-at-Han (x10.5,y7.3). These Marks are divided into 4 types: Junior, Associate, Senior, and Elite (B-rank). They task the players to hunt down various enemies in Endwalker areas. Players are awarded with Sacks of Nuts, gil, and EXP by completing them. The Junior, Associate and Senior marks refresh daily, while the Elite (B-rank) mark bill is once per week.
Dawn Marks
Dawn Hunt is the new Mark Bills system introduced in Dawntrail (7.0). Players can receive Dawn Mark Bills from the Clan Hunt Board in Tuliyollal (x13.8,y13.6). These Marks are divided into 4 types: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Elite (B-rank). They task the players to hunt down various enemies in Dawntrail areas. Players are awarded with Sacks of Nuts, gil, and EXP by completing them. The Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced marks refresh daily, while the Elite (B-rank) mark bill is once per week.
Mark Identification
Hunt marks are always the level cap of the expansion they are in and have a unique name, like White Joker, instead of a generic one like Ground Squirrel. They are also physically larger than standard enemies of the same species and generally feature a unique coloration.
B-Ranks
Respawn Time | ARR # Per Map | HW+ # Per Map |
5 Seconds | 1 | 2 |
A-Ranks
Respawn Time ARR | Respawn Time HW+ | ARR # Per Map | HW+ # Per Map |
3.5 - 4.5 Hours | 4 - 6 Hours | 1 | 2 |
S-Ranks
Respawn Time | ARR # Per Map | HW+ # Per Map |
Varies | 1 | 1 |
S Ranks require specific conditions to occur to spawn. To view a list of conditions check the Elite Marks page. S-Ranks can be identified by the same red mark as A-ranks and a message in chat that says You sense the presence of a powerful mark...
.
When an S-Rank is killed in Shadowbringers or Endwalker it has the potential to spawn an SS-Rank
SS-Ranks
SS-Ranks, or "Extraordinarily Powerful Marks," have the same symbol as S-Rank as well as You sense the presence of an extraordinarily powerful mark...
in the chat. However, they are only spawned after an S-Rank in Shadowbringers or later is killed. There is an RNG chance when such an S-Rank is killed that it will spawn minions. If minions spawn, The minions of an extraordinarily powerful mark are on the hunt for prey.
will appear in the chat. These minions will appear in 4 corners of the map the S-Rank died in: North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West. If the minions are all killed within 5 minutes, an SS-rank will spawn, which offers more rewards than an S-Rank
Spawn Points
There are a limited number of spawn points a Hunt Mark can spawn on a map. A spawn point cannot be shared between marks. The spawn point of a mark is pre-selected on death of the mark. Therefore, even if a specific rank is down, another mark will not be able to spawn in the selected spot. IE: If an S-Rank is not currently alive, a B-rank will not be able to select it's pre-selected spawn point to spawn in. This can be used to deduce an S-rank's spawn location by process of elimination (via the quickly reswpawning B-rank).
Rewards
Receiving Rewards
Hunt mark rewards are based on enmity of the player, not damage dealt. The enmity of the entire party is combined, so forming 8-player Full Parties is often essential to receive full rewards. Players must also have completed the quests for Let the Hunt Begin ( Allied Seals), Let the Clan Hunt Begin ( Centurio Seals), and Nuts to You ( Sacks of Nuts) to receive those currencies. You must kill the mark on a level-capped Job to receive Allagan Tomestones other than Poetics.
A Realm Reborn
Both regular and elite bills list a bounty for their indicated marks. This bounty will be paid in full once the marks have been slain.
- Allied Seals can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with the Hunt Billmaster at your Grand Company.
B Rank | A Rank | S Rank | |
Allied Seals | * | 40 | 100 |
Centurio Seals | * | 20 | 50 |
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics | * | 30 | 100 |
Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics | * | 10 | 30 |
Heavensward
- Centurio Seals can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with Ardolain and Yolaine in Foundation, The Forgotten Knight (13.0, 11.8).
B Rank | A Rank | S Rank | |
Centurio Seals | * | 40 | 100 |
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics | * | 30 | 100 |
Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics | * | 10 | 30 |
Stormblood
- Centurio Seals can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with Billebaut in Rhalgr's Reach (13.0, 11.7) and Satsuya in Kugane (10.4, 10.2).
B Rank | A Rank | S Rank | |
Centurio Seals | * | 40 | 100 |
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics | * | 30 | 100 |
Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics | * | 10 | 30 |
Shadowbringers
- Sack of Nuts can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with Xylle in the Crystarium (9.4, 9.5) or Ilfroy in Eulmore (11.0, 10.8).
B Rank | A Rank | S Rank | SS Rank | |
Sack of Nuts | * | 40 | 100 | 400 |
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics | * | 30 | 100 | 200 |
Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics | * | 10 | 30 | 50 |
Endwalker
- Sack of Nuts can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with J'lakshai in Old Sharlayan (X:11.8, Y:13.2) or Wilmetta in Radz-at-Han (X:10.5, Y:7.4).
B Rank | A Rank | S Rank | SS Rank | |
Sack of Nuts | * | 40 | 100 | 400 |
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics | * | 30 | 100 | 200 |
Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics | * | 10 | 30 | 50 |
* B-ranks award nothing unless they are the weekly Elite Mark, and even then only once per week.
Dawntrail
- Sack of Nuts can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with Ryubool Ja in Tuliyollal (X:13.9, Y:13.4).
B Rank | A Rank | S Rank | SS Rank | |
Sack of Nuts | * | 40 | 100 | 400 |
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics | * | 30 | 100 | 200 |
Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics | * | 20 | 80 | 100 |
Allagan Tomestone of Heliometry | * | 10 | 30 | 50 |
* B-ranks award nothing unless they are the weekly Elite Mark, and even then only once per week.
Orchestrion Rolls
- See also: Orchestrion Rolls
Location | Possible Orchestrion Roll Drop |
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Faded Copy of Against the Wind | Coerthas Western Highlands |
Faded Copy of Landlords | The Churning Mists |
Faded Copy of Missing Pages | The Dravanian Hinterlands |
Achievements
Main article: The Hunt Achievements.
The Hunt is associated with several achievements.
Resources
Most datacenters maintain a Discord server for coordinating and announcing what the players call "Hunt trains" as well as relaying S-rank sightings. During a train, players will party up (usually via Party Finder) and teleport from zone to zone killing all of the A-rank marks in a given expansion in rapid succession. This will earn 120/240 of the current Allagan Tomestones, 360 Poetics, and 480 of that expansion's hunt currency... if all twelve marks are available.
However, if the marks have been "poached" or "sniped", meaning killed by rogue players, then the overall train earns fewer rewards, and the poachers themselves also fail to benefit at all from the train. Poaching also sets off a chain reaction by de-syncing that mark's respawn timer from the others, meaning it will likely idle out and despawn before the other marks have come back up, potentially requiring days to a week before coming back into sync for the trains.
Discord Links
North America
- Aether: https://discord.gg/aetherhunts
- Primal: https://discord.gg/coeurl
- Crystal: https://discord.gg/S8fKQvh
- Dynamis: https://discord.gg/HB7VdhXqkW
Europe
- Chaos: https://discord.gg/faloop
- Light: https://discord.gg/Pqz6C5g3SK
Japan
- Elemental:
- Gaia: https://discord.gg/mcSxAyNrdx
- Mana:
- Meteor:
Oceania
- Materia:
Lore
“To abate the threat of notorious beasts roaming free in the wilds, the Eorzean Alliance established an organized culling commonly known as the Hunt. Yet rather than assign this duty to their respective armies and risk a lessening of their ranks, the leaders of the Grand Companies instead petitioned that the tasks be assigned to adventurers and mercenaries. With a bounty on the heads of myriad menacing monsters, adventurers seeking danger and glory could now take up arms, find their marks, and reap the renown of tracking and defeating, the realm’s most dangerous game.
The independently operated Clan Centurio—brought together by Ser Leaudaste of Ishgard and colorfully known as a “ragtag band of glory hunters, mercenaries, and has-beens”—has also taken it uponnitself to rid the land of deplorables, collecting coin from the citizenry with the promise that the clan will see the realm safe. This feat they achieve by offering a portion of the amassed gil as reward to any hunter brave or foolish enough to fell the marks.
The following are excerpts taken from an official Clan Centurio mark log-a comprehensive collection of rumors and sightings compiled over centuries by past hunters. As such, some of the entries tend to be a tad more colorful than what one may find in a normal bestiary. Hunt boards plastered with the latest mark bills can now be found in almost every large settlement from Eorzea to Hingashi. Bills contain much of the information an aspiring hunter needs to know about his quarry. But without the proper seal, a kill will earn him little more than a pat on the back.
— Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume II, page 271