The Hunt

2026-02-07T13:29:44Z

Roak: Changed verbiage in "Resources" around the description of hunt trains. Removed biased opinions around behaviors of players participating in the hunt according to their own playstyle. Changed Descriptions of Hunt Bill Marks for A and S rank, as descriptions were lacking in detail. Added statement after "Resources" hunt train section about the game's policies on overworld monsters. Removed incorrect information about Hunts being able to despawn.

{{Otheruses|the feature as a whole|Heavensward and Stormblood hunts|Clan Hunt|Shadowbringers hunts|Nutsy Clan Hunt|Endwalker hunts|Guildship Hunt|Dawntrail hunts|Dawn Hunt}}
[[File:the hunt2.jpg|400px|right|Example of a daily [[Mark Bill]].]]
[[File:the hunt1.jpg|400px|right|[[Garlock]], an S Ranked Mark.]]
[[File:the hunt reward2.jpg|thumb|400px|[[The Maelstrom]] Tank Gear Reward]]
[[File:the hunt reward1.jpg|thumb|400px|[[The Immortal Flames]] Caster Gear Reward]]
[[File:the hunt reward3.jpg|thumb|400px|[[The Order of the Twin Adder]] DPS Gear Reward]]
'''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 [[#Rewards|various rewards]] or participate in [[#Mark Bills|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 Log]]s for solo leveling.
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==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 list header
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}}
{{quest list row|Let the Hunt Begin (Maelstrom)}}
{{quest list row|Let the Hunt Begin (Twin Adder)}}
{{quest list row|Let the Hunt Begin (Immortal Flames)}}
{{table footer}}

===Clan Hunt (Heavensward)===
To unlock all the clan hunt bills in [[Foundation]] you must complete the following quests.

{{quest list header
| unlocks = y
}}
{{quest list row|Let the Clan Hunt Begin}}
{{quest list row|Better Bill Hunting}}
{{quest list row|Top Marks}}
{{quest list row|Elite and Dangerous}}
{{table footer}}

===Veteran Clan Hunt (Stormblood)===
Unlocked with the following quests in [[Kugane]] starting at level 61. Cannot be started until {{questlink|feature|Elite and Dangerous}} is completed.

{{quest list header
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}}
{{quest list row|One-star Veteran Clan Hunt}}
{{quest list row|Two-star Veteran Clan Hunt}}
{{quest list row|Three-star Veteran Clan Hunt}}
{{quest list row|Elite Veteran Clan Hunt}}
{{table footer}}

===Nutsy Clan Hunt (Shadowbringers)===
Unlocked with the following quests in [[the Crystarium]] starting at level 70. Cannot be started until {{questlink|feature|Elite and Dangerous}} is completed.

{{quest list header
| unlocks = y
}}
{{quest list row|Nuts to You}}
{{quest list row|Two Nuts Too Nutty}}
{{quest list row|How Do You Like Three Nuts}}
{{quest list row|Too Many Nutters}}
{{table footer}}

===Guildship Hunt (Endwalker)===
Unlocked with the following quests in [[Old Sharlayan]] starting at level 80. Cannot be started until {{questlink|feature|Elite and Dangerous}} is completed.

{{quest list header
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}}
{{quest list row|The Hunt for Specimens}}
{{quest list row|That Specimen Came from the Moon}}
{{quest list row|A Hunt for the Ages}}
{{quest list row|Perfect Specimens}}
{{table footer}}

===Dawn Hunt (Dawntrail)===
Unlocked with the following quests in [[Tuliyollal]] starting at level 90. Cannot be started until {{questlink|feature|Elite and Dangerous}} and {{questlink|main|The Rite of Succession}} are completed.

{{quest list header
| unlocks = y
}}
{{quest list row|A New Dawn, a New Hunt}}
{{quest list row|Why We Hunt}}
{{quest list row|Hunting the Hunter}}
{{quest list row|The Hunt Goes On}}
{{table footer}}

==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: [[File:The hunt mob icon1.png|link=]]

Elite Mark Bills task the players to kill a [[Elite Marks|Rank B Elite Mark]]. By killing the B mark, a player is awarded {{gil|5000}} [[gil]] and {{allied seal|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<ref>Some Regular Marks in ''A Realm Reborn'' requiring defeating certain [[FATE]] bosses or enemies associated with certain [[Allied Society Quests]]</ref>, [[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: Not posted, these are regularly spawning monsters which generally have combat mechanics similar to a dungeon boss, they spawn every 3 to 6 hours. Every A Realm Reborn field area has one A Rank Mark that can spawn, while all subsequent expansions have two A Rank Marks per zone.
* S Rank: Not posted, these are hidden monsters which have long respawn timers, and require very specific actions or conditions to spawn. It is generally advised to fight these in.a group.
====Notes====
<references></references>

===Clan Marks & Veteran Clan Marks===
[[Clan Hunt]] is the new [[The Hunt#Mark Bills|Mark Bills]] system introduced in [[Heavensward]] ([[patch 3.0|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 seal}} [[Centurio Seals]], {{gil}} [[gil]], and {{exp}} [[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 [[The Hunt#Mark Bills|Mark Bills]] system of [[Stormblood]] ([[patch 4.0|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 seal}} [[Centurio Seals]], {{gil}} [[gil]], and {{exp}} [[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===
{{#lsth:Nutsy_Clan_Hunt|Introduction}}
===Guildship Marks===
{{#lsth:Guildship_Hunt|Introduction}}
===Dawn Marks===
{{#lsth:Dawn_Hunt|Introduction}}

==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===
{| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center"
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| '''Respawn Time'''||'''ARR # Per Map'''||'''HW+ # Per Map'''
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| 5 Seconds || 1 || 2
|}

B-Ranks offer no direct reward. Players can hunt them for the Weekly Elite Mark Bill, which will reward 100 of that expansion's hunt currency and {{gil|5000}} [[gil]]. B-Ranks are passive and so have the tier 4 blue symbol next to their name. {{Aggression icon|passive|4}}

===A-Ranks===
{| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center"
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| '''Respawn Time ARR'''||'''Respawn Time HW+'''||'''ARR # Per Map'''||'''HW+ # Per Map'''
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| 3.5 - 4.5 Hours || 4 - 6 Hours || 1 || 2
|}

A-Ranks offer rewards to players if they have completed the appropriate side quests to unlock the hunt for that [[expansion]]. They reward a pitiful amount of experience. The respawn time will start when the mark is killed. A-Ranks are aggressive and so have the tier 4 red triangle next to their name. {{Aggression icon|aggressive|4}}

===S-Ranks===
{| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center"
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| '''Respawn Time'''||'''ARR # Per Map'''||'''HW+ # Per Map'''
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| 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 <code>You sense the presence of a powerful mark...</code>.

When an S-Rank is killed in [[Shadowbringers]], [[Endwalker]], or [[Dawntrail]] 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 <code>You sense the presence of an extraordinarily powerful mark...</code> 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, <code>The minions of an extraordinarily powerful mark are on the hunt for prey.</code> 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 [[Party#Full_Party|Full Parties]] is often essential to receive full rewards. Players must also have completed the quests for {{questlink|feature|Let the Hunt Begin}} ({{allied seal}} [[Allied Seals]]), {{questlink|feature|Let the Clan Hunt Begin}} ({{centurio seal}} [[Centurio Seals]]), and {{questlink|feature|Nuts to You}} ({{sack of nuts}} [[Sacks of Nuts]]) to receive those [[currencies]]. You must kill the mark on a level-capped [[Job]] to receive [[Allagan Tomestones]] other than {{tomestone|Poetics}} [[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 seal}} [[Allied Seals]] can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with the [[Hunt Billmaster]] at your [[Grand Company]].

{| {{STDT| align-center}}
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| ||'''B Rank'''||'''A Rank'''||'''S Rank'''
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| style= "text-align:right"| [[Allied Seals]] || * || {{Allied seal|40}} || {{Allied seal|100}}
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| style= "text-align:right" | [[Centurio Seals]] || * || {{Centurio seal|20}} || {{Centurio seal|50}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] || * || {{tomestone|Poetics|30}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|100}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | {{tomestone/uncapped-text}} || * || {{tomestone|uncapped|10}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|30}}
|}

===Heavensward===
*{{Centurio seal}} [[Centurio Seals]] can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with [[Ardolain]] and [[Yolaine]] in [[Foundation]], [[The Forgotten Knight]] (13.0, 11.8).

{| {{STDT| align-center}}
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| ||'''B Rank'''||'''A Rank'''||'''S Rank'''
|-
| style= "text-align:right" | [[Centurio Seals]] || * || {{Centurio seal|40}} || {{Centurio seal|100}}
|-
| style= "text-align:right" | [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] || * || {{tomestone|Poetics|30}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|100}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | {{tomestone/uncapped-text}} || * || {{tomestone|uncapped|10}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|30}}
|}

===Stormblood===
*{{Centurio seal}} [[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).

{| {{STDT| align-center}}
|-
|| ||'''B Rank''' ||'''A Rank''' ||'''S Rank'''
|-
| style= "text-align:right" | [[Centurio Seals]] || * || {{Centurio seal|40}} || {{Centurio seal|100}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] || * || {{tomestone|Poetics|30}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|100}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | {{tomestone/uncapped-text}} || * || {{tomestone|uncapped|10}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|30}}
|}

===Shadowbringers===
*{{Sack of nuts}} [[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).

{| {{STDT| align-center}}
|-
|| ||'''B Rank''' ||'''A Rank''' ||'''S Rank''' || '''SS Rank'''
|-
| style= "text-align:right" | [[Sack of Nuts]] || * || {{sack of nuts|40}} || {{sack of nuts|100}} || {{sack of nuts|400}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] || * || {{tomestone|Poetics|30}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|100}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|200}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | {{tomestone/uncapped-text}} || * || {{tomestone|uncapped|10}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|30}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|50}}
|}

===Endwalker===
*{{Sack of nuts}} [[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).

{| {{STDT| align-center}}
|-
|| ||'''B Rank''' ||'''A Rank''' ||'''S Rank''' || '''SS Rank'''
|-
| style= "text-align:right" | [[Sack of Nuts]] || * || {{sack of nuts|40}} || {{sack of nuts|100}} || {{sack of nuts|400}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] || * || {{tomestone|Poetics|30}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|100}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|200}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | {{tomestone/uncapped-text}} || * || {{tomestone|uncapped|10}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|30}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|50}}
|}

===Dawntrail===
*{{Sack of nuts}} [[Sack of Nuts]] can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with [[Ryubool Ja]] in [[Tuliyollal]] (X:13.9, Y:13.4).

{| {{STDT| align-center}}
|-
|| ||'''B Rank''' ||'''A Rank''' ||'''S Rank''' || '''SS Rank'''
|-
| style= "text-align:right" | [[Sack of Nuts]] || * || {{sack of nuts|40}} || {{sack of nuts|100}} || {{sack of nuts|400}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] || * || {{tomestone|Poetics|30}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|100}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|200}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | {{tomestone/uncapped-text}} || * || {{tomestone|uncapped|20}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|80}} || {{tomestone|uncapped|100}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | {{tomestone/capped-text}} || * || {{tomestone|capped|10}} || {{tomestone|capped|30}} || {{tomestone|capped|50}}
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> B-ranks award nothing unless they are the weekly [[#Regular_and_Elite_Marks|Elite Mark]], and even then only once per week.

===Orchestrion Rolls===
{{see also|Orchestrion Roll}}
{| {{STDT|item}}
|-
! Location
! Possible drop
! Used to craft
|-
| [[Coerthas Western Highlands]] || {{Item icon|Faded Copy of Against the Wind}} || {{Item icon|Against the Wind Orchestrion Roll}} {{Item icon|Black and White Orchestrion Roll}}
|-
| [[The Dravanian Forelands]] || {{Item icon|Faded Copy of Painted Foothills}} || {{Item icon|Painted Foothills Orchestrion Roll}}
|-
| [[The Sea of Clouds]] || {{Item icon|Faded Copy of Lost in the Clouds}} || {{Item icon|Lost in the Clouds Orchestrion Roll}} {{Item icon|Close to the Heavens Orchestrion Roll}}
|-
| [[The Churning Mists]] || {{Item icon|Faded Copy of Landlords}} || {{Item icon|Landlords Orchestrion Roll}} {{Item icon|Skylords Orchestrion Roll}}
|-
| [[The Dravanian Hinterlands]] || {{Item icon|Faded Copy of Missing Pages}} || {{Item icon|Missing Pages Orchestrion Roll}} {{Item icon|The Silent Regard of Stars Orchestrion Roll}}
|-
|}

===Achievements===
{{main|The Hunt Achievements}}
The Hunt is associated with several [[achievements]].
====Title Rewards====
Several of the [[The Hunt Achievements|Hunt achievements]] reward [[titles]]:
{{Achievement list|Battle|The Hunt|conditions=Reward-type::title}}
====Mount Rewards====
Starting with [[Stormblood]], each expansion rewards a [[mount]] for completing all the A- and S-rank achievements:
{{Achievement list|Battle|The Hunt|conditions=Reward-type::item}}

==Resources==
As a general best practice, most Data Centers maintain a [https://discord.com/ Discord] server for coordinating and announcing what the players call ''"Hunt trains." The Discord servers also serve as a consistent relay channel for S Rank Hunts, allowing players to participate in the hunt's rarer elite marks more frequently.''

''D''uring a "Hunt Train", players will form parties (usually via [[Party Finder]].) The parties are then led by a player who has collected the locations of Hunt Marks for a given expansion. The parties will 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]], {{tomestone|Poetics}} 360 [[Poetics]], and 480 of that expansion's hunt currency, assuming all marks for that expansion are currently available. Hunt Trains are a player organized effort, to attempt to maximize rewards for many players in a relatively short period of time.

However, it should be explicitly noted that The Hunt's Marks are field monsters, and thus, may be freely attacked by any player, at any time, which is not a violation of any in-game policy. Any players berating, harassing, or coercing players into not engaging Marks in favor of hunt trains may be in violation of the terms of service, as discouraging others from following their own play style, especially in an aggressive or persistent way may be considered Harassment.

===Discord Links===
: [https://discord.gg/faloop Faloop]
: [https://discord.gg/dZTgnpv Centurio Hunts (FFXIV)]
====North America====
* Aether: https://discord.gg/aetherhunts
* Primal: https://discord.gg/coeurl
* Crystal: https://discord.gg/S8fKQvh
* Dynamis: https://discord.gg/faloop

====Europe====
* Chaos: https://discord.gg/faloop
* Light: https://discord.gg/Pqz6C5g3SK
====Japan====
* Elemental:
* Gaia: https://discord.gg/mcSxAyNrdx
* Mana:
* Meteor:
====Oceania====
* Materia:

===Useful Resources===
* [https://ffxivhunt.com FFXIVHunt.com] - Hunt timer & daily route maker

==Lore==
{{quotation|[[Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume II]], page 271|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.}}

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