The Hunt

This article is about the feature as a whole. For Heavensward and Stormblood hunts, see Clan Hunt. For Shadowbringers hunts, see Nutsy Clan Hunt. For Endwalker hunts, see Guildship Hunt. For Dawntrail hunts, see Dawn Hunt.

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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 various rewards or participate in 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 Logs for solo leveling.

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	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
Let the Hunt Begin (Maelstrom)		50	Trachraet	The Hunt
Let the Hunt Begin (Twin Adder)		50	Scarlet	The Hunt
Let the Hunt Begin (Immortal Flames)		50	Mimio Mio	The Hunt

Clan Hunt (Heavensward)

To unlock all the clan hunt bills in Foundation you must complete the following quests.

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
Let the Clan Hunt Begin		53	Aytienne	Clan Hunt
Better Bill Hunting		56	Eustacia	Level 2 Clan marks
Top Marks		59	Yloise	Level 3 Clan marks
Elite and Dangerous		60	Ardolain	Heavensward Elite Marks

Veteran Clan Hunt (Stormblood)

Unlocked with the following quests in Kugane starting at level 61. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
One-star Veteran Clan Hunt		61	Estrild	Veteran Clan Hunt
Two-star Veteran Clan Hunt		63	Estrild	Two-star Veteran Clan mark bills
Three-star Veteran Clan Hunt		66	Estrild	Three-star Veteran Clan mark bills
Elite Veteran Clan Hunt		70	Estrild	Stormblood Elite Marks

Nutsy Clan Hunt (Shadowbringers)

Unlocked with the following quests in the Crystarium starting at level 70. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
Nuts to You		70	Hume Lout	Nutsy Clan Hunt
Two Nuts Too Nutty		73	Halldor	Two-nut Clan mark bills
How Do You Like Three Nuts		76	Halldor	Three-nut Clan mark bills
Too Many Nutters		80	Halldor	Shadowbringers Elite Marks

Guildship Hunt (Endwalker)

Unlocked with the following quests in Old Sharlayan starting at level 80. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
The Hunt for Specimens		80	Diminutive Gleaner	Guildship Hunt
That Specimen Came from the Moon		83	Northota	Associate guildship mark bills
A Hunt for the Ages		89	Northota	Senior guildship mark bills
Perfect Specimens		90	Northota	Endwalker Elite Marks

Dawn Hunt (Dawntrail)

Unlocked with the following quests in Tuliyollal starting at level 90. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous and ??? are completed.

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
A New Dawn, a New Hunt		90	Wing of Protection Scout	Beginner Dawn mark bills

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:

Elite Mark Bills task the players to kill a Rank B Elite Mark. By killing the B mark, a player is awarded  5,000 gil and  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, 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 and S Rank: None (Kill on sight)^{Or don't...}

Clan Marks & Veteran Clan Marks

Clan Hunt is the new Mark Bills system introduced in Heavensward (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 Seals, gil, and 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 Mark Bills system of Stormblood (patch 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 Seals, gil, and 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

Nutsy Clan Hunt is the new Mark Bills system introduced in Shadowbringers (5.0). Players can receive Nutsy Clan Mark Bills from the Clan Hunt Board in The Crystarium (x9.5,y9.4) or in Eulmore, The Understory. These Marks are divided into 4 types: One-nut, Two-nut, Three-nut, and Elite (B-rank). They task the players to hunt down various enemies in Shadowbringers areas. Players are awarded with Sacks of Nuts, gil, and EXP by completing them. The One-nut, Two-nut and Three-nut marks refresh daily, while the Elite (B-rank) mark bill is once per week.

Guildship Marks

Guildship Hunt is the new Mark Bills system introduced in Endwalker (6.0). Players can receive Guildship Mark Bills from the Clan Hunt Board in Old Sharlayan (x11.8,y13.2) or in Radz-at-Han (x10.5,y7.3). These Marks are divided into 4 types: Junior, Associate, Senior, and Elite (B-rank). They task the players to hunt down various enemies in Endwalker areas. Players are awarded with Sacks of Nuts, gil, and EXP by completing them. The Junior, Associate and Senior marks refresh daily, while the Elite (B-rank) mark bill is once per week.

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

Respawn Time	ARR # Per Map	HW+ # Per Map
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  5,000 gil. B-Ranks are passive and so have the tier 4 blue symbol next to their name.

A-Ranks

Respawn Time ARR	Respawn Time HW+	ARR # Per Map	HW+ # Per Map
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.

S-Ranks

Respawn Time	ARR # Per Map	HW+ # Per Map
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 You sense the presence of a powerful mark....

When an S-Rank is killed in Shadowbringers or Endwalker 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 You sense the presence of an extraordinarily powerful mark... 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, The minions of an extraordinarily powerful mark are on the hunt for prey. 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 Full Parties is often essential to receive full rewards. Players must also have completed the quests for Let the Hunt Begin ( Allied Seals), Let the Clan Hunt Begin ( Centurio Seals), and Nuts to You ( Sacks of Nuts) to receive those currencies. You must kill the mark on a level-capped Job to receive Allagan Tomestones other than 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 Seals can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with the Hunt Billmaster at your Grand Company.

	B Rank	A Rank	S Rank
Allied Seals	*	40	100
Centurio Seals	*	20	50
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics	*	30	100
Allagan Tomestone of Causality	*	10	30

Heavensward

• Centurio Seals can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with Ardolain and Yolaine in Foundation, The Forgotten Knight (13.0, 11.8).

	B Rank	A Rank	S Rank
Centurio Seals	*	40	100
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics	*	30	100
Allagan Tomestone of Causality	*	10	30

Stormblood

• 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).

	B Rank	A Rank	S Rank
Centurio Seals	*	40	100
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics	*	30	100
Allagan Tomestone of Causality	*	10	30

Shadowbringers

• 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).

	B Rank	A Rank	S Rank	SS Rank
Sack of Nuts	*	40	100	400
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics	*	30	100	200
Allagan Tomestone of Causality	*	10	30	50

Endwalker

• Sack of Nuts can be exchanged for rewards by speaking with J'lakshai in the Old Sharlayan (X:11.8, Y:13.2) or Wilmetta in Radz-at-Han (X:10.5, Y:7.4).

	B Rank	A Rank	S Rank	SS Rank
Sack of Nuts	*	40	100	400
Allagan Tomestone of Poetics	*	30	100	200
Allagan Tomestone of Causality	*	20	80	100
Allagan Tomestone of Comedy	*	10	30	50

* B-ranks award nothing unless they are the weekly Elite Mark, and even then only once per week.

Orchestrion Rolls

See also: Orchestrion Rolls

Location	Possible Orchestrion Roll Drop
Faded Copy of Against the Wind	Coerthas Western Highlands
Faded Copy of Landlords	The Churning Mists
Faded Copy of Missing Pages	The Dravanian Hinterlands

Achievements

Main article: The Hunt Achievements.

The Hunt is associated with several achievements.

Resources

Most datacenters maintain a Discord server for coordinating and announcing what the players call "Hunt trains" as well as relaying S-rank sightings. During a train, players will party up (usually via Party Finder) and 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, 360 Poetics, and 480 of that expansion's hunt currency... if all twelve marks are available.

However, if the marks have been "poached" or "sniped", meaning killed by rogue players, then the overall train earns fewer rewards, and the poachers themselves also fail to benefit at all from the train. Poaching also sets off a chain reaction by de-syncing that mark's respawn timer from the others, meaning it will likely idle out and despawn before the other marks have come back up, potentially requiring days to a week before coming back into sync for the trains.

Discord Links

Faloop

Centurio Hunts (FFXIV)

North America

• Aether: https://discord.gg/aetherhunts
• Primal: https://discord.gg/coeurl
• Crystal: https://discord.gg/S8fKQvh
• Dynamis: https://discord.gg/HB7VdhXqkW

Europe

• Chaos: https://discord.gg/faloop
• Light: https://discord.gg/Pqz6C5g3SK

Japan

• Elemental:
• Gaia: https://discord.gg/mcSxAyNrdx
• Mana:
• Meteor:

Oceania

• Materia:

Lore

“

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.

— Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume II, page 271