The addition of bounty hunter and the removal of the wilderness was once a huge disappointment to almost everyone on Runescape. This was no different for me but after many trips to the “new wilderness”, I have figured out a way to make it more profitable than pking in the old wilderness!
What You Will Need:
- A good pking account, preferably a pure (see my guide on How to make a pure ranger on F2p)
- A lot of food; swordfish or lobsters are preferable but salmon or tuna is not bad if you are low level fishing or cannot afford lobsters
- Weapons/armor/runes/arrows, depending on whether you are meleer, ranger, prayer beast or mage
The following pictures show what to wear and carry to crater depending on what type of account you have. I have included bind runes for all of them due to a tip that I will share later on.
Melee (strength pure with 1 defence and between 1 - 31 prayer. 40 range is recommended for Green Dragonhide):
Ranger (1 Defence):
Mage (1 defence, recommended to get 40 ranged so that you can wear Green Dragonhide for added protection):
Prayer Beast (43 prayer 1 defence and either attack/strength or ranged) The following is for attack/strength)
Actual Tips and Tricks:
Finding a Clan
In the bounty hunter crater, it is almost impossible to get a good kill without the help of a clan, hence, the first thing you need to do is to find a clan. A good clan is one that doesn't bs (backstab, i.e., one that does not have a leader who allows people to attack same party members). Finding one of these may be tough since most people wait until a person gets a kill and then attack them when they can't leave. These types of people are to be avoided. In the low level crater, some reliable leaders I have found are Arrow2u head, Zeno Plyr and Runefist98. There are others out there but these are just some which you should look out for for a safe pking experience. Some leaders also are known for backstabbing their own clan members. These include Mage 0f strz (who is known for this), Twin Loot7, Vvild R3d and her clan hpz and of course there are others.
Tips About Clans
Once you find a good clan, always listen to the leader. The leader is probably an experienced pker and will always try to be fair (once you followed my rules about finding a clan). Also, leaders may seem a bit unfair sometime when they ask that you don't scout (i.e. walk ahead of the clan in order to attack people first) but this is so that pking in the BH will be fair and allow everyone to get an opportunity for getting kills.
One scenario that happens often is that some idiot who doesn't understand the reason for a clan sticking together will bind the leader. If this happens, Do not attack the leader! Spread out and try to find the bser. Once found, attack him and type his name quickly. Good clan members will almost always rush to your help.
Another golden rule for saving your own life is to never go into a dd (death dot). A dd is where every member of the clan stands on one spot in order to kill people not in that spot. DDs always lead to bsing. If you have found yourself in a dd, just run out to the nearest exit. If you have a penalty, run away from the dd and don't stop to fight back if someone attacks you. Chances are they will stop following you and head back to the dd where they will bs someone else (or die!).
How To Stop Someone From Chasing and Killing You
This is where the binds come in. When a ranger/mage/meleer is running behind you attacking you non-stop, take 3 seconds to bind them. This will stop them from pursuing you, allowing you to either reach an exit, find your clan or at least lose them. If you are a mage/ranger and they are melee, you can even bind them, run away a bit, and then attack them from distance so that they can't fight back.
How To Actually Get A Kill
Now the section you have all been waiting for. You know how to defend yourselves and have now found a good clan. You also have the required inventories and armor as shown above. Note well that from experience, I have learnt that you have to spend money to gain money. Entering the crater with iron arrows will give you almost no kills at all, unless your range level is 80+. Steels, miths and addies are the only type of arrows you should be pking with. If you make your own clan, the first time you enter should be with iron arrows until you weed out the bsers. Now, I will outline how you can use all these tips and tricks to your advantage.
