Hunting?

Under general studies there is an education course called Survival Skills I believe and you get a 15% bonus to hunting. I'm just wondering what hunting is and does for you?

Hunting is something you can do in south Africa. Cost 5 or 10 e per hunt. Just gives you some money but you can earn 100 hunting skill which takes more e then anyone should waste on it. Like years of e wasted.

Not recommended to do at all

Everything you need to know about hunting and more:

Hunting becomes available when you reach level 15; you can then travel to South Africa and use the option to hunt for animals by spending 10 Energy and $500 in the hope of making a profit. There is no time requirement for a hunting session; you get the result immediately after you select the session type.

There are 3 types of hunting session: beginner, standard, and advanced session. All three will earn the same amount of hunting skill (and reportedly a bit of leveling experience). The amount of money earned will vary depending on your hunting skill and the session type selected. A higher skill will result in more animals being killed and sold. A higher session opens up additional animals to be hunted, although it appears certain minimum skill levels are required before any animal of a given type will be killed. For example, a hunting skill in the low 40's can get you giraffes and cheetahs, but catching other animals in the standard session is very unlikely. The session types and animal rewards are as follows:

• Beginner sessions allow you to hunt only the following animals:
  • Buffalo - $250 each
  • Zebra - $350 each
  • Baboon - $500 each
  • Warthog - $400 each

• Standard sessions allow you to hunt all the Beginner animals, plus the following:
  • Giraffe - $1,000 each
  • Cheetah - $2,000 each
  • Hippo - $3,000 each
  • Leopard - $2,500 each

• Advanced sessions allow you to hunt all the Beginner and Standard animals, (some for more money) plus the following:
  • Giraffe - $1,500 each
  • Hippo - $4,500 each
  • Lion - $5,000 each
  • Rhino - $8,500 each
  • Elephant - $12,000 each
  • Hyena - $3,000 each
  • Gorilla - $4,500 each
  • Tiger - $20,000 each

Hunting skill
To get your hunting skill from 0 to 100 will take a lot of time (about 164,000 energy, which can be reduced by 25% with a Meat Warehouse), and you will most likely lose out on a lot of fighting stats. You start off at 0 hunting skill, and to begin with you gain under 0.1 per hunt. Thus, a full energy bar will get you a skill level of about 1.2 if you are just starting out. However, as your hunting skill rises your skill gain per session will fall in an exponential relationship. For example, with a hunting skill of around 40 you will gain only roughly 0.025 per session.

Which session?
Generally when hunting, you should start off with the beginner session. It will become more profitable to move on to standard sessions when your hunting skill reaches the mid-twenties.

It will become more profitable to move from standard to advanced sessions when your hunting skill reaches the mid-seventies.

At maximum skill, you should be making about 800K per full energy bar (if you are a donator). However, this will take a long time, and is a poor strategy for active players.

Tips for hunting
It's highly advisable to have donator status when hunting; the higher maximum energy and quicker regeneration time will help out greatly.

It may be advisable to work in a Farm or Zoo; each has a 3-star hunting special which will give an additional 15% income when hunting.

Another way to boost profits is to complete the General Education course GEN 2120 Survival Skills, which gives a further boost of 15% to hunting income.

If you are flower running or otherwise making only a short visit, be sure to spend your extra energy here before returning to Torn. The 3h 37min trip back (with an Airstrip) will generate 105-110 energy, so if you spend your energy down to 40 before leaving South Africa you will gain a little income from hunting and still should reach full energy (for a donator) close to the time you arrive back in Torn.

Hunting exp is increased by x5 on International Tiger Day (July 29th), each year.

Finally, if you plan to be away hunting for an extended time, it may be helpful to bank your money so that it may generate interest while you hunt.

Honors
Hunting can gain you up to three Honors, for getting your skill level to 50, 75 and 100 respectively.

Source: https://www.torn.com/wiki/Hunting

Thanks this helped immensely!

How is energy wasted hunting?

If you're on full energy whilst abroad surely it's better to use it? It's about a 3.5 hour journey from S Africa back to Torn so you'd be back on near full e when you land.

I like the idea of getting three extra merits and some extra cash whilst flying abroad. I only wish every place you travel to had additional diversions like this.

It's wasted in the sense you're not using it in torn.

But if you want to maximise profits whole running flowers hunting is the way to go, way better return per minute than all other countries

Also if you want all the merits then you gotta do it eventually Load image: love_chemistry

You can make a good amount of money doing this

Energy is better used in Torn I agree. Yet if you have e maxed and not regenerating then that's a much bigger waste. It's a fact of life if you travel a lot. It's also a reason I like the idea of other ways to use e or nerve whilst abroad. Though I cannot see being able to use your nerve whilst abroad, unless Crimes 2.0 has some surprises Load image: cool

Hunting.

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing.

The animals hurt, families are broken apart. You just gain a merit from it.

Actually it's 3 merits and zebra tastes like chicken.

oh didnt know, nice

I thought chicken tastes like zebra.

Bump

It takes awhile but has the potential for some decent money

IN THEORY *cough cough*

You make a lot more doing a few mugs in Africa than you do hunting. If your interest is purely money and not wasting natural e.

People who are try hard trainers consider any e not spent in the gym or chaining "wasted".

If they are try hard trainers they wouldn't waste e on chaining.