Hunting Lifeskill Guide

Introduction

Hunting is an active BDO life skill that involves killing certain animals by shooting them with a gun. It is definitely one of the more unique and fun life skills.

To get started, all you really need is a Hunting Matchlock and a Butcher Knife. I recommend doing the hunting quests first of all and doing the daily hunting quests to give you EXP until you can reach Skilled 10.

How to get a Hunting Matchlock/Sniper Rifle

Hunting Matchlocks can be bought from the Central Market under the Life Skill tab > Matchlock.

You can also craft them yourself at a tool workshop.

Hunting Matchlocks can be enhanced up to +10 using Black Stones to increase the hunting damage. They also lose durability when used and can be repaired at a blacksmith.

	Item Name	Buff	How to obtain
	[Hunting] Beginner Matchlock	Hunting Damage +750	Tool Workshop (Level 1) Fir Timber x1 Steel x4 Bronze Ingot x1 Black Stone Powder x1
	[Hunting] Apprentice Matchlock (Requires Hunting Beginner 10+)	Hunting Damage +900	Tool Workshop (Level 2) Fir Timber x1 Steel x4 Brass Ingot x1 Black Stone Powder x3
	[Hunting] Skilled Matchlock (Requires Hunting Apprentice 10+)	Hunting Damage +1050	Tool Workshop (Level 2) Fir Timber x1 Steel x5 Silver Ingot x1 Black Stone Powder x5
	[Hunting] Professional Matchlock (Requires Hunting Skilled 10+)	Hunting Damage +1200	Tool Workshop (Level 3) Fir Timber x1 Steel x5 Gold Ingot x1 Black Stone Powder x5
	[Hunting] Artisan Matchlock (Requires Hunting Professional 10+)	Hunting Damage +1350	Tool Workshop (Level 3) Fir Timber x1 Steel x5 Platinum Ingot x1 Black Stone Powder x10

You can also use a Sniper Rifle, which allows you to hit certain animals from a long distance and target their weak spots in a mini-game. Although this can be fun, it is not really that great for efficiency, and using regular Matchlocks is much better.

Here is the recipe to craft a Sniper Rifle (using Processing (L) > Manufacture):

• Steel x20
• Log x1
• Pure Iron Crystal x3
• Fine Hard Hide x1

Which Butcher’s Knife to use

The Gathering Item Drop Rate buff on tools (such as Magic Butcher Knife and Lucky Butcher Knife) do not give any bonus to hunting. Gathering Mastery does not impact Hunting in any way either.

Therefore, it is not worth investing in an expensive Butcher’s Knife just for hunting. If you already have a Loggia/Manos Butcher Knife from your Gathering Lifeskill, then you can use this since Mastery tools still have the bonus of being repairable.

You can purchase the Loggia Butcher’s Knife from Camellia Loggia at Loggia Farm or Zaaira in Velia for 1 million silver.

Hunting Gear/Buffs

• For hunting you will need to get Critical Hit level 5, Attack Speed level 5, and Gathering level 5.
  • You need attack speed regardless of your class to increase your reload speed when using the matchlock. Critical hit and critical damage buffs also increase your damage with the matchlock so you can kill the animals quicker and with fewer shots. You will also want Life EXP buffs to increase your hunting EXP

In addition to the Hunting Gear/Buffs below, you can also find additional buffs that provide Life EXP %, in our Life EXP Buffs List.

Food Buffs

For your food buff, the recommended option is Seafood Cron, or you can use Exquisite Cron Meal if you are already hitting Gathering +5 and don’t care about Hunting EXP

	Item Name	Buffs	How to obtain
	Exquisite Cron Meal (alternative)	All AP +8 All Accuracy +15 Attack/Casting Speed +2 Movement Speed +2 Critical Hit +2 All Evasion +15 Max HP +150 Max Stamina +200 Back Attack Damage +5% Critical Hit Damage +5% All Resistance +4% Ignores All Resistance +4%	Processing (L) > Simple Cooking Serendia Meal x1 Special Arehaza Meal x3 Kamasylvia Meal x3 Ancient Cron Spice x1
	Seafood Cron Meal (recommended)	Cooking/Alchemy Time -0.6 sec Life EXP +10% Processing Success Rate +10% Gathering +2 Movement Speed +2 Fishing +2 Weight Limit +100LT All Life Skill Mastery +25	Processing (L) > Simple Cooking Balenos Meal x3 Calpheon Meal x3 Margoria Seafood Meal x1 Ancient Cron Spice x1

Artifact/Lightstones

	Item Name	Buffs	How to obtain
	Sethra’s Artifacts – Hunting EXP (alternative)	Hunting EXP +5%	Rare drop from Hunting
	Sethra’s Artifacts – Hunting Mastery (recommended)	Hunting Mastery +10	Rare drop from Hunting
	[Canine Tooth] Lightstone Set (recommended)	Critical Strike Chance +8% Hunting EXP +13% Hunting Mastery +25 Attack Speed Level +2 Critical Strike Level +2	Lightstone of Flora: Trap Lightstone of Flora: Track Lightstone of Fire: Claws Iridescent Lightstone More info in our Artifacts and Lightstone Guide

Alchemy Stones

Treant’s Tear is a great life skill alchemy stone and very easy to obtain, I recommend using that and swapping to Khan’s Heart (Life) if you are lucky enough to drop it. The Destruction Stone is also nice for the attack speed if you are hitting Gathering +5 without Treant’s Tear/Khan’s Heart.

	Item Name	Buffs	How to obtain
	Treant’s Tear (recommended)	Life EXP +30% Cooking/Alchemy Time -1 sec Processing Success Rate +10% Weight Limit +50 Gathering/Fishing +2 Gathering Item Drop Rate +10%	Quest reward from Season Servers
	Khan’s Heart Life (alternative)	Alchemy/Cooking Time -1.3 sec Processing Success Rate +13% Weight Limit +70 LT Gathering/Fishing Speed +2 Gathering Item Drop Rate +12% All Life Skill Mastery +25	Obtained from the Khan Guild Boss
	Destruction Spirit Stone (alternative)	All AP +6 All Accuracy +8 Attack Speed +4% Casting Speed +4%	Dropped from monsters in Kamaslyvia region

Perfume Elxiirs

Both of the perfumes are optional and depends on your other buffs. You can use Spirit Perfume Elixir to easily hit +5 Crit, or Perfume of Swiftness if you want extra Hunting EXP.

	Item Name	Buffs	How to obtain
	Spirit Perfume Elixir (optional)	MAX HP +300 Critical Hit Rate +5 MP/WP/SP +3 per every good hit	Alchemy (Skilled Lv. 1) Loopy Tree Sap x10 Fruit of Nature x1 Violet Flower x2 Powder of Darkness x10 Dead Tree Essence x1
	Perfume of Swiftness (optional)	Weight Limit +200LT Life EXP +20% Movement Speed +5 Gathering Speed +5 Fishing Speed +5	Alchemy (Skilled Lv. 1) Blue Whale Oil x1 Powder of Time x4 Everlasting Herb x6 Purified Water x4 Clear Liquid Reagent x2

Draught/Elixirs

You can use a Verdure Draught if you have having trouble obtaining some of the Elixirs. Using an Elxiir rotation is better though if you are min-maxing.

	Item Name	Buffs	How to obtain
	Verdure Draught (alternative)	Alchemy/Cooking Time -1 sec Life EXP +20% Processing Success Rate +20% Gathering +3 Movement Speed +3 Fishing +3 Weight Limit +200LT	Processing (L) > Alchemy Worker’s Elixir x3 Elixir of Time x3 Elixir of Swiftness x3 Tears of the Falling Moon x1
	Elixir of Flowing Wind (recommended)	Attack Speed +3	Alchemy (Professional Lv. 1) Wise Man’s Blood x1 Fortune Teller Mushroom x5 Powder of Darkness x2 Pine Sap x5
	Elixir of Flowing Time (recommended)	Life EXP +15%	Alchemy (Professional Lv. 1) Wise Man’s Blood x1 Fire Flake Flower x6 Powder of Time x2 Maple Sap x5
	Elixir of Strong Shock (recommended)	Critical Hit Rate +3	Alchemy (Professional Lv. 1) Blood of Clown x1 Tiger Mushroom x5 Powder of Time x3 Cedar Tree Sap x7
	Elixir of Lethal Assassination (optional)	Back Attack Damage +15%	Alchemy (Artisan Lv. 1) Oil of Regeneration x1 Pure Powder Reagent x5 Amanita Mushroom x4 Trace of Memory x2 Red Tree Lump x2
	Elixir of Sharp Detection (optional)	Critical Hit Damage +15%	Alchemy (Artisan Lv. 1) Oil of Storms x1 Pure Powder Reagent x6 Truffle Mushroom x3 Trace of Savagery x3 Old Tree Bark x2
	Elixir of Lethal Destruction (optional)	Extra All Special Attack Damage +2%	Alchemy (Artisan Lv. 1) Oil of Storms x1 Trace of Hunting x3 Clear Liquid Reagent x5 Powder of Flame x5 Snowfield Cedar Sap x7

Hunter’s Clothes

For your Hunting gear, beginners can start with the Loggia Hunter’s Clothes and Loggia Accessories/Tools. All Loggia gear is sold by Camellia Loggia and Zaaira.

	Item Name	Buffs	How to obtain
	Loggia Hunter’s Clothes (up to +20 enhancement)	DP: 6 to 264 Hunting Mastery +3 to +280 Movement Speed +1 to +2 depending on enhancement	Sold by Camellia Loggia and Zaaira for 1 million silver
	Robeau Hunter’s Clothes (up to +20 enhancement)	DP: 11 to 269 Hunting Mastery +4 to +330 Movement Speed +1 to +2 depending on enhancement	Sold by Geranoa and Zaaira for 10 million silver
	Manos Hunter’s Clothes (up to +20 enhancement)	DP: 21 to 279 Hunting Mastery +5 to +400 Movement Speed +1 to +3 Hunting EXP +0% to +40% depending on enhancement	Processing window (L) > Manufacture Gold Topaz x30, Manos Stone x5, Magical Shard x50, Dusk Laden Cotton Fabric x15. Fire Horn x50

Other Buffs

This item is incredibly useful for helping you hit Attack Speed +5 if you are a beginner and don’t have the Canine Lightstone set yet. Any character can obtain the Honor costume by completing the main story questline, and it is equipped in your costume pearl slot.

	Item Name	Buffs	How to obtain
	[Honor] Taritas/Akum/Dobart/Grunil Costume	4-set Bonus: Attack Speed +2 Level Casting Speed +2 Level	Obtained as a quest reward from the Black Spirit after completing the Main Story quests Eg. [Serendia] Cleia’s Outfit Box

Hunting Crystals

Hunting Mastery (Trade Items/Furniture)

Higher Hunting mastery gives the following benefits:

• Increases the chance of getting more items from butchering animals after hunting them. Blue whales, Khalk, Humpback Whales, and Freshwater Crocodiles are not affected by this, however.
• Increases chances of obtaining rare items from butchering animals after hunting them.
• Allows you to use the Sniper Rifle
• Increases your accuracy with a Sniper Rifle
• Allows you to use some Matchlocks based on your Hunting Mastery instead of your Hunting Life Skill
• You can gather rare hunting materials to craft trade items or housing furniture with buffs.

Check out our Life Skill Mastery guide for a full breakdown of mastery gear, where to obtain it, and exactly how many points each item gives.

Once you reach over 250 Hunting Mastery you will start to obtain rare drops which can be used to craft the new Hunting Trade Items and Furniture.

Check our Life Skill Mastery guide for a complete list.

How to hunt

Once you have your hunting rifle and Buther Knife, go to one of the hunting locations to search for your prey.

Equip your gun by right-clicking it then aim the cross-hair. If the cross-hair is red you will have a chance of hitting and damaging the monster. It can take several minutes to kill them but you can crouch by pressing the SPACE key to increase your range and reload speed. You can run and roll with the gun equipped.

When the animal is killed, stand on top of them. Make sure you have your Butcher Knife equipped then press “R” to collect.

Where to hunt

Solo Hunting

Check out our interactive Map for hunting locations.

There are many different types of animals that you can hunt to raise your hunting experience. Here are just a few examples and their spawn locations:

• Humpback Whales
  • These spawn alone and can drop many items such as Sharp Black Magic Crystals, Black Stones, and Soft Whale Meat.
  • To hunt these you will need a boat, a hunting musket, and a Buther Knife.
  • The whales do not attack back and can be killed at any level.

• Giant Boars/Giant Elk/Giant Brown Bears
  
  • These spawn all over the Eastern Balenos Mountains and south of Olvia. Giant Elks and Giant Bears can also be found in Kamaslyvia, north of Tooth Fairy Cabin.
  • The Elk are 4/5 shots and Boar are 9/10 with a beginner rifle, making them easy to kill.
  • At Apprentice 3, Elks gave 0.5% each and Boars gave 1% each. To hunt these you will only need a hunting rifle and a Butcher Knife, they give Deer Meat, Pork and Boar Meat, along with some Hard/Sharp Crystal drops.
• Giant Wolves/Wolves
  • These can be found north of Epheria Port and are great for power-leveling your hunting.

• Feather Wolves
  • These spawn in packs of 4 and drop many items such as Wold Blood, Wolf Meat, Feather Wolf Hide, Usable Hide, Fire Horn, and Sharp/Hard Black Crystals.

• Valencia Lions
  • These spawn northwest of Arehaza in Valencia. The lions can roam and there are also a lot of goats around this area that can be killed, but you should avoid them because they give low EXP. You will need high DP to kill the lions.

If these areas are empty you can either check another channel or wait for their respawn.

Blue Whales [Group Hunting]

The Blue Whales are Hunting bosses that randomly approximately 3 times a day on each channel and have a chance to spawn 2 additional times after the initial spawn. A server message will be shown when the whale spawns and the whale will die naturally if it has not been killed within 40 minutes from the initial spawn.

It requires multiple parties of hunters to kill and only the top 20 damaging parties will receive loot. The whale does not stop moving and you will need a fishing boat or Epheria boat with one person to drive while the others deal damage. The driver of the boat does not have to worry about hitting the whale and they will receive loot at the end. I would also recommend using a fishing boat instead of an Epheria boat if possible because it is much easier to stay directly behind the whale and you’ll find you are able to hit it much easier.

To begin hunting a Blue Whale you will need the following equipment:

• Hunting Rifle(s) – I recommend bringing a few of them and enhancing them for extra damage so that you can stay longer without having to go to an island to repair them.
• Butcher Knife – If possible try to use a Lucky Butcher Knife for the best chance of drops.

Additional equipment you may want to use (optional but recommended):

• Splat Fisher’s Clothes Set (Pearl Store Item) or Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit Set (Pearl Store Item)

You can check if a Blue Whale has spawned on your channel by hovering over the Hunting Matchlock icon on the left of your minimap. It will say which have spawned and what sea region the Blue Whale is currently in.

There are three locations where Blue Whales tend to spawn:

1. Calpheon Sea – Seas of Banto, Seas of Peyon, Seas of Ahrmo, Seas of Olvia
2. Balenos Sea – Seas of Nox, Cron Islands
3. Mediah Sea – Seas of Arusha, Seas of Sausan

Below shows the possible routes the Blue Whale can follow. Use your NPC Magnifying glass to find your closest repair.

Possible item drops (after using Butcher’s Knife):

• Blue Whale Meat – an ingredient used to create Whale Meat Salad
  
• Blue Whale Tendon – an ingredient used to create Whale Tendon Elixir and Whale Tendon Potion
• Blue Whale Oil – an ingredient used to create Perfume of Courage and Perfume of Swiftness
• Blue Whale Molar – item used to craft Blue Whale Molar Earring
• Hard/Sharp Black Crystals
• Black Gem Fragment
• Ancient Spirit Dust

Fugitive Khalk [Group Hunting]

Fugitive Khalk Hunting is similar to Blue Whale Hunting and requires a large group to kill them. The bat flies around quite fast so you will need to use your hunting rifle whilst on your horse.

To begin Fugitive Khalk hunting you will need the following equipment:

• Hunting Rifle(s) – I recommend bringing a few of them and enhancing them for extra damage so that you can stay longer without having to go and repair them.
• Butcher Knife – If possible try to use a Lucky Butcher Knife for the best chance of drops.

The following images show the 2 routes the Fugitive Khalk can spawn on.

Possible item drops (after using Butcher’s Knife):

• Fugitive Khalk’s Horn – an ingredient used to create Khalk’s Fermented Wine
• Fugitive Khalk’s Skin – an ingredient used to create Khalk’s Elixir
• Fugitive Khalk’s Shiny Claw – item used to create Fugitive Khalk’s Earring
• Hard/Sharp Black Crystals
• Caphras Stones
• Ancient Spirit Dust
• Black Gem Fragment
• Khalk’s Wings
• Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast

Raw-rawr [Group Hunting]

Rawr-Rawr’s Heart

Rawr-rawr’s Heart is a rare drop from defeating the hunting monster “Rawr-rawr”. You can use Rawr-rawr’s heart to craft a “Gauche Rawr-Rawr’s Heart” by processing (L) > heating the following items:

A Gauche Rawr-Rawr’s Heart can then be used on a Master Matchlock to upgrade the matchlock into a “Gauche Master Matchlock” and add a Max Durability +50 effect.

• A Gauche Master Matchlock cannot be sold on the central market or to a shop vendor.
• You can use a Mirror of Equilibrium to extract the heart, but you will only get a [Hunting] Master Matchlock x1 and Steel x1 in return.

Hide Exchange

You can exchange different types of hide by going to Chuck Laurie in the Balenos Mountains (south of Olvia)

Supreme Hide x1	=	Usable Hides x2	=	4 Damaged Hides x4

Hunting Byproducts

The hunting byproduct “Wildspark” can be obtained randomly when butchering hunting monsters if you have a Hunting Mastery of 250 or higher.

You can also obtain “Wildspark” as loot upon defeating [King of the Grass Rhinos] Rawr-rawr.

If you collect 10 Wildsparks, you can exchange them for other items by speaking to NPC Liana in each major city.

Required Item		Exchangeable Item (Select one)
Wildspark x10		Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast x1
		Black Gem Fragment x5
		900 Contribution EXP + Hunting EXP x30

Hunting EXP Quests

Non-Repeatable Quests

Hunting in the Forest of Seclusion

• Requirements: 40 Amity with Hessenvale
• Start NPC: Hessenvale (Toscani Farm, Balenos)
• Objective: Get 1 quest item – Owl, Drop chance: 100%
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 50, Recover 2 Energy, Hunting Skill Experience
• This quest also requires you to use a Practise Matchlock, which can be rented from Ernill in Velia or Hessenvale at the Western Guard Camp

Bee Hurts Farm

• Requirements: Finished quest – Basics of Hunting
• Start NPC: Daphne DelLucci (Marino Farm, Balenos)
• Objective: Get 3 quest items – Wooden Beehive, Drop chance: 100%
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 50, Recover 2 Energy, Hunting Skill Experience
• This quest also requires you to use a Practise Matchlock, which can be rented from Daphne DelLucci

Shoot and Help

• Requirements: Level > 29, Exploration (5) > 1
• Start NPC: Daphne DelLucci (Marino Farm, Balenos)
• Objective: Kill monsters (5) – Wooden Beehive
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 60, [Hunting] Beginner Matchlock, Hunting Skill Experience
• This quest also requires you to use a Practise Matchlock, which can be rented from Daphne DelLucci

Hunter-Loving Hunter

• Requirements: Finished quest – Shoot and Help
• Start NPC: Daphne DelLucci (Marino Farm, Balenos)
• Objective: Meet NPC – Black-Robed Man
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 60

Brothers at Lake Kaia

• Requirements: Finished quest – [Daily] Fly Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee!
• Start NPC: Chuck Laurie (Lake Kaia, Calpheon)
• Objective: Kill monster (1) Bull Gator
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 60, Dull Butcher Knife, Deer Meat

Annoying Jellyfish

• Requirements: Level > 49
• Start NPC: Merio (Lake Kaia, Calpheon)
• Objective: Kill monsters (3) – Jellyfish
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 80, Recover 2 Energy, Hunting Skill Experience

Repeatable Quests

[Daily] Fly Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee!

• Requirements: Finished quest – Hunter-Loving Hunter
• Start NPC: Chuck Laurie (Wolf Hills, Calpheon)
• Objective: Give item (10) – Weeds, Kill monster (1) – Witch’s Deer
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 100, Hunting Skill Experience

[Daily] Easy Game

• Requirements: Level > 29
• Start NPC: Chuck Laurie (Wolf Hills, Calpheon)
• Objective: Kill monsters (5) – Giant Elk
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 50, Hunting Skill Experience

[Daily] The Reckless One

• Requirements: Finished quest – [Daily] Easy Game
• Start NPC: Chuck Laurie (Wolf Hills, Calpheon)
• Objective: Kill monster (2) – Giant Boar
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 50, Hunting Skill Experience

[Daily] Hunter’s Honor

• Requirements: Level > 49, Finished quest – [Daily] The Reckless One
• Start NPC: Chuck Laurie (Wolf Hills, Calpheon)
• Objective: Kill monster (1) – Giant Brown Bear
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 80, Hunting Skill Experience, Sharp Butcher Knife

An Epicurean Alligator

• Requirements: Finished quest – Brothers at Lake Kaia
• Start NPC: Leo Laurie (Lake Kaia, Calpheon)
• Objective: Give item (5) – Deer Meat, Obtain item (1) – Bull Gator Meat, Give item (1) – Bull Gator Meat
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 100, Hunting Skill Experience

Those Seagulls!

• Requirements: Level > 10, Have item – Practice Matchlock
• Start NPC: Crio (Velia, Balenos)
• Objective: Kill monsters (2) – Seagull
• Rewards: Recover 3 Energy, Crio and Seagulls (knowledge), Contribution EXP 70, Hunting Skill Experience
• Optional Rewards: HP Potion (Small) x10 OR MP Potion (Small) x10
• This quest also requires you to use a Practise Matchlock, which can be rented from Daphne DelLucci at Marino Farm

An Eye for an Eye

• Requirements: Finished quest – The Cat that Swallowed the Canary
• Start NPC: Villager (Alejandro Farm, Serendia)
• Objective: Kill monster (1) – Eagle
• Rewards: Contribution EXP 100, Recover 3 Energy, Hunting Skill Experience

Advancement Quests

[Hunting Advancement Lv. 10] Shooting Practice
[Hunting Advancement Lv. 15] Starting Point
[Hunting Advancement Lv. 20] Humpback Whale Hunt
[Hunting Advancement Lv. 25] In Search of Freshwater Crocodiles…
[Hunting Advancement Lv. 30] Blue Whale I
[Hunting Advancement Lv. 34] Blue Whale II
[Hunting Level 37] Fugitive Khalk I
[Hunting Level 40] Fugitive Khalk II
[Hunting Level 44] The Precious Molar
[Hunting Level 47] The Best Booty
[Hunting Level 50] An Absolute Hunter

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