Hunter Rumours Calculator
Pick a guild hunter, store unfinished rumours as blocks, and see the remaining pool. Odds are equal-weight (wiki). Catch counts use published rare-part rates and pity. Hourly XP is only shown when the wiki published it for that list.
Data: Hunters' Rumours · Strategies · Wiki calculator
Rumour tiers are unboostable. Guild access is 46.
Active hunter
There is no block interface. Get a rumour you hate from a hunter, then never complete it. That hunter keeps it, so nobody else can assign the same creature. Always start the list on Gilman. Completing his rumour or asking him for a brand-new one resets every stored rumour.
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Aco pool after blocksAssignable
Sack (wiki GE)
Net trap11.11%The Great Conch, Uzer Hunter area, Necropolis Hunter area
Deadfall11.11%Rellekka Hunter area
Box trap11.11%Piscatoris Hunter area, Kourend Woodland, Isle of Souls
Spiked pit11.11%Rellekka Hunter area
Falconry11.11%Piscatoris falconry area
Net trap11.11%Ourania Hunter area, Charred Island
Box trap11.11%Chinchompa Island, Feldip Hunter area, The Great Conch, Gwenith, red chin hunting ground, Tlati Rainforest
Falconry11.11%Piscatoris falconry area
Spiked pit11.11%Avium Savannah
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Hunter Guild rumours
Speak to Guild Scribe Verity in the Burrow under the Hunter Guild (46 Hunter, Varlamore). Guild hunters assign a creature. You hunt it until a rare part drops, then turn it in for Hunter XP and a loot sack. Turn-in XP is (Hunter level + 5) × 50 (Novice/Adept), × 55 (Expert), or × 60 (Master). Quetzin is 1/1,000 per Expert or Master rumour.
Building a block list
Get Gilman first. When he gives something you never want (deadfalls and kyatts are the usual start), leave it. Move up a tier and repeat until your active hunter's leftover pool is the rumours you will actually do. An individual reroll (complete a different hunter, then talk back before taking a new task) does not store as a block. Skipping Eagles' Peak also removes box-trap rumours without using a hunter slot — wiki strategies page covers that trade.
FAQ
- How do Hunter Guild rumour blocks work?
- There is no Slayer-style block button. Each guild hunter remembers one unfinished rumour. They will not assign a creature another hunter already gave you, so leaving a bad rumour incomplete is a block. Start the list on Huntmaster Gilman. Completing his rumour or taking a brand-new one from him resets every stored rumour.
- Are rumour assignments weighted?
- No. The wiki calculator treats every eligible rumour on that hunter as equal chance. Jagex has not published task weights.
- Which hunter should I use?
- Expert rumours (Aco or Teco) from 72 are the training default. Wiki strategies: Aco 91+ with a finished list is up to ~235k Hunter XP and ~24 rumours/hr at 99. Teco is slightly slower (~225k / 20) but assigns Herbiboar. Master (Wolf) needs 91 Hunter and At First Light; rates are close, with a smaller pool.
- How long does a rumour take?
- Rare parts use the hunting method drop rate plus a pity cap (about 2× the denominator, slightly lower in the guild hunter outfit). Falconry parts come faster than butterfly nets. Expected catch counts in this calculator use the wiki formula. Rumours/hr also depends on travel and catch speed — we only quote wiki hour rates for published block lists.
Pair rumours with birdhouses on the same Hunter account, or the 1–99 Hunter guide.
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