Runescape Bounty Hunters Guide

Runescape Bounty Hunters Guide

Note: This guide assumes you know the basic rules & functions of BH
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Have you ever tried walking around in Bounty Hunters, in search for some kills, but ended up being killed? Have you ever wanted to know what it takes to become a true bounty hunters? What it takes to make MILLIONS of gp from bounty hunter? Well look no further, because you have just stumbled about Bounty Hunters = Bounty Money, your one stop guide on learning how to make MILLIONS in Bounty Hunters!

Need proof that you can make millions with the items you get from Bounty Hunters? Well, this is a one stop guide to everything Bounty Hunters, so here's some proof!

1. Proof That Bounty Hunters Can Make You MILLIONS

Watch this short video if you are F2P



2. How to Become Good a Bounty Hunter

Now that you've seen just how much bounty hunters are capable of making, you might have considered becoming one yourself, so you too could make your own millions.

Well, in order to become one, you first need the proper stats:

• Combat Level: 55-100. You want to maintain your combat level in between here because you don't want to be in the lower level crater where there isn't much people with rune to be killing, and you don't want to be in the high level crater where people are too smart to be killed. So keep your combat level between 55-100.

• Range Level: 70+. If you have seen the PKers in the videos above, you have seen that they used a lot of range, and THEN switch to an Rune 2 Hander to finish off their opponents (a method that will be discussed later). So range is crucial to getting your opponent's initial HP down, and that's why you should strive for at LEAST 70 range. 85+ range if you are P2P.
  

• Strength Level: 80+. Most of the kills you have seen in the videos above are finished off by a blow with the Rune 2 Hander (a method that will be discussed later on in this guide). In order to make good use of the Rune 2 Hander kill finisher, you must have a good strength level in order to deal the heavy blows that your enemies won't suspect. 90+ range if you are P2P.
  

• Attack Level: 40+. You need your attack level at minimum to be level 40, so you can wield Rune Weapons. Now keep in mind, you can make it higher to hit more accurately, but your combat level will also increase as a result. Make SURE you have 60+ attack if you are P2P (you have to use dragon weapons or better).
  

• Defense Level: 40+. Defense should be kept at level 40 so you can wear Rune Armor. With the enemies you'll encounter, some of them might hit very high. If you have Rune Armor, that will lower the need for you to keep eating because you will get hit less often. If you keep eating and eating because you have bad armor, you won't be able to hit your enemy. If you can't hit your enemy, you cant kill your enemy. If you can't kill your enemy, you can't get the armor they drop. If you cant get the armor your enemy drops, you don't have anything to sell at the Grand Exchange, meaning... you can't get any money. SO GET DEFENCE TO 40!

• Prayer Level: 45. Prayer is good to have, because first of all it allows you to activate your Strength, Attack, and Range prayers, giving you a better chance of dealing deadly blows to your opponent. Also, if you get it to 43, then say your opponent activates a protect from range or melee prayer. If you activate yours as well, chances are, he will end up deactivating his protect prayer to get you to stop using yours. This will lead to a more damaging fight, giving you a better chance to finish off your opponent.

• Magic Level: 31. You should have your magic at 31 for the Bounty Locate Spell. You DO NOT want to walk around looking for your bounty target. Just get this spell and be instantly teleported to him/her.

To attain these stats, here are some guides which you can follow (guides will be added shortly):

-Combat Training Guide - F2P - P2P
-Range Training Guide - F2P - P2P
-Magic Training Guide - F2P - P2P
-Prayer Training Guide - F2P - P2P

3. The Right Stuff


Alright, so you have your stats. Now what? Is it time to charge into Bounty Hunters yet? Sure, go ahead if you want to run in there with nothing and get pwned within a minute. Stats are the most important part to making a good bounty hunter, but you also need the equipment that will make you ownage with the stats you have. To do so, make sure your bank has at least these following things before going on Bounty Hunter trips:

F2P Players:

• Rune Chain
  
• Rune 2 Hander
• Rune Full Helmet
• Maple Short Bow
• Amulet of Power
  
• 200+ Addy Arrows
• Green Dragon Hide Chaps
• Green Dragon Hide Vambraces
• Combat Boots
• 100+ Sword Fishes (or lobsters)
• 10+ Strength Potions
• 30+ Sets of Locate Bounty Spells

P2P Players:

In members world, there is a vast array of items and combination for armor types. I go into Bounty Hunters with a different build of armor and weapons every time. Just make sure you have good food (sharks preferably), Dragon Weapons, good but replaceable armor, super pots, and bounty locate spells. You will see this paragraph repeated throughout this bounty hunters guide.


You never know how long you might be at Bounty Hunters before getting a kill, so its best to pack your materials before you leave to go to the wildy. Otherwise you're going to have to go all the way back to Varrock and buy your supplies at the Grand Exchange (unless you can find someone selling it at the Bounty Hunters bank).

Now, you, before you walk in, here is what your inventory and your body equipment should look like:

Inventory:

F2P:

• Strength Potion
• Rune 2 Hander
• 3 Sets of Locate Bounty Spell (3 airs, 3 fires, 3 laws)
• 23 Sword Fish (or lobbies if you are willing to risk your health)

P2P:

In members world, there is a vast array of items and combinations for armor types. I go into Bounty Hunters with a different build of armor and weapons every time. Just make sure you have good food (sharks preferably), Dragon Weapons, good but replaceable armor, super pots, and bounty locate spells.

Equipped:

F2P:

• Rune Full Helm
• Rune Chain
• Amulet of Power
  
• Maple Short Bow
• 100 Addy Arrows
• Green D'hide Chaps
• Green D'hide Vambs
• Combat Boots

P2P:

Try to get armor that provides good defense and good bonus to whatever skill you are using. If you are meleeing, rune or barrows is good. For magicians, mystic robe or barrows is good. For rangers void set, d'hide, or barrows is good. As a meleer, try to have a primary weapon like a dragon long or scimmy, and then a finisher weapon like DDS or D Claws for the special attack.

4. Getting Into Battle

As soon as you enter, you'll notice that you have a Bounty Target on the top right hand of your game screen. Before teleporting to your Target, you might want to consider these two things: Is he going to be a combat level I can handle? and Does he have a low combat, while having 99 strength with which can hit 33's on me? These two things are to be considered before you teleport to your target, so it helps to quickly look up your target on the high scores list to make sure he is something you can handle.

If you can handle your target, go teleport to your target. If you can't handle your target (and be honest with yourself), then you can hang around until you get a new target, or exit the crater and re enter for a new, more manageable target.

Try to take a sip of your Strength Potion BEFORE you teleport to your target, that way you don't have to waste a fighting blow by sipping a strength pot.

5. Battling Your Opponent

After watching countless youtube videos of the pros battling, I decided to try it out for myself. I finally figured out the method that makes them so good. Here's a step by step method on how to take down your opponent:

1. Start off by asking your opponent if they would care to have a no armor fight with you.
2. If so, excellent. If not, thats fine too (you'll find out why in a second).
3. First you want to fire arrows at your opponent using the rapid mode.
4. Let them go down in their HP, and keep going with firing arrows.
5. If they safe (meaning they eat too frequently), like before they reach 1/3 HP, then call them a safer and warn them that you'll leave if they don't stop safing.
6. Once you've gotten them down to 1/3 HP for the SECOND TIME, open up your prayer menu and activate the Ultimate Strength and Incredible Reflexes prayers.
   
7. This time, when they are going to go down to 1/3 HP, you will pull out a Rune 2 Hander, and here's how it works:

• As you are shooting arrows, wait until you think you are about to shoot the arrow that will put them at 1/3 HP.
• As soon as that arrow comes out of your bow, you have to swiftly switch to your Rune 2 Hander, and attack your opponent.
• With luck, your arrow might have dealt maybe 10 HP of Damage, but with 75+ Strength, you could deliver blows of 25 dmg using Rune 2 Hander.
  
• So you might hit basically 35 damage real quickly! That should be able to take out anyone with 1/3 HP left, even if they have a 99 HP level.
• Observe the two videos shown at the beginning of this guide to see this Range/R2H combo in action.

If you opponent still isn't dead, just repeat the process, except this time, don't wait twice before whipping out your Rune 2 Hander, because your opponent already knows you have one.

As for P2P players, you should get your opponents down to low health at least once with your primary weapon. Then once they start to think thats the only weapon you have, switch prayer boosts on, equip your finisher weapon, and unleash your fury.

If your opponent IS dead, then CONGRATULATIONS! You have just killed your opponent, and hopefully you picked to fight an opponent who had things worth killing for.

6. Going After Non-Bounty Opponents

You also have the option to fight someone who isn't your bounty opponent. If you wish to do so, make sure it's someone you can handle. Those with lower levels are easy to use your finisher moves on. Beware though, you will recieve a penalty in which you can't exit the crater for 180 seconds if you pick up loot from the non-bounty kill. In that time, you are left vulnerable to anyone who wishes to kill you.

To avoid getting killed, you can run out as soon as you get the kill, restock on food, and return to where you killed the person to pick up the loot. You'll still get the penalty when trying to pick up the loot, but now you have a full inv of food, recharged prayer, recharged running energy, and maybe some bind spells.

7. How to Stay Alive During a Penalty

So you have decided to kill a non-bounty opponent, you have picked up the loot, and now you are in a penalty. Here are some tips to stay alive during a penalty.

• Leave the crater to restock on food and runes.
• Come back to the spot where you killed your opponent without attracting attention.
• As soon as you get the loot, stay away from the walls. This is where most people look for people to kill.
• Don't wander TOO far away from the walls, because you do need to run out of the crater once the penalty is over.
• If you are getting drained of running power and you are being chased (but not attacked), use the Bounty Locate spell to get out of there.
• If you dont have too much heavy armor slapped on you, try binding your opponent to slow them down.
• Run around the rocks and other features that occupy space to get your opponent stuck, then flee from the scene while they are confused.
• As soon as your penalty is over, GET THE HECK OUT OF THERE!!! XD
  

8. Profiting From Bounty Hunters

Now you can sell the armor at the grand exchange any time to make thousands of GP. Then you can kill more and make GP of them too! Eventually you'll end up with a few million GP in your bank from killing people at bounty hunters and selling off the loot you get at the Grand Exchange.

Also, for every 10 bounties you kill in the med crater, you are awared 80,000GP. Not bad, but it wont be much compared to the kills you get following the methods in this guide.

The great thing about bounty hunters is you get what you see. Unlike PvP, where your drop is generated based on some formula, in Bounty Hunters, if you see armor on a guy, you kill the guy, then you get the armor that you saw on him. Simple. Just remember the tips mentioned in this bounty hunter guide and you can start reaping the rewards of a true bounty hunter!

Pictures taken by:
Master Vrarl, P00ner Mage