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Revision as of 17:23, 22 April 2020
General Information
- See also: The Hunt
Scouting is the art of searching and recording A-Rank hunting marks for the purposes of a Hunt Train. A-Ranks have a respawn time of up to six hours, so the player communities of various worlds and datacenters come together to scout out, record, and then run all found marks at once.
Resources
Glossary of Terms
| A-Rank | the scary monster target. |
| Scout | a volunteer who goes out in search of a hunting target. |
| Relay | to take up the initial flag marker and then spread the word via shout, linkshell, etc. |
| Pull Time | an agreed-upon Eorzean Time(ET) for attacking the target. Abbreviated as PT. |
| Called | this target is greenlit to be relayed. Everyone interested can gather and kill at Pull Time. |
| Scouted | this target should NOT be relayed nor killed. The coordinates are for notes towards a future train. |
Macro Tips
Sharing scout info with your third linkshell with the help of target and current position placeholders:
/l3 SCOUTED <t> <pos>
To relay a Conductor's flag (e.g. during ongoing train), select their flag in-game and then:
/shout Next stop <flag> /l3 Next stop <flag>
With fun characters, it'd look like this: 
Community
Ask around for your local hunting linkshells and scouting communities! A good time is just after a hunt finished.
Some active communities across datacenters:
Aether: https://aetherhunts.net/ , and a Discord link can be found there
Scouting Routes
The following spawn locations and decent scouting path are courtesy of Belletrist Grimm of Jenova [1].
We've used these pictures to great effect in finding and running trains on the Aether datacenter!
Shadowbringers
| Amh Araeng | Lakeland |
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| Kholusia | Il Mheg |
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| Rak'tika Greatwood | Tempest |
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Stormblood
Hunts run in these areas are often referred to as Centurio Trains.
It's preferred to kill these with level 80 jobs, as you'll also obtain a bit of phanta as well as the usual drops.
| The Fringes | The Peaks |
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| The Lochs | The Ruby Sea |
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| Yanxia | The Azim Steppe |
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