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.

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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.

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	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	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	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)

All previous hunt boards must be unlocked. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.

Quest	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)

All previous hunt boards must be unlocked. Cannot be started until Elite and Dangerous is completed.

Quest	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

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.

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 the wilds of Eorzea, 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)

Clan Marks & Veteran Clan Marks

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.

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 Allied Seals 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. 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 it has the potential to spawn an SS-Rank

SS-Ranks

SS-Ranks have the same symbol as S-Rank as well as You sense the presence of a powerful mark... in the chat, but are only spawned after an S-Rank in Shadowbringers expansion is killed. There is an RNG chance when a Shadowbringers S-Rank is killed that it will spawn minions. These 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. To receive rewards players must complete the quests for Let the Hunt Begin (Allied Seals), Let the Clan Hunt Begin (Centurio Seals), and Nuts to You (Sacks of Nuts).

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 Aphorism	*	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 Aphorism	*	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 Aphorism	*	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 Aphorism	*	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 Aphorism	*	20	80	100
Allagan Tomestone of Astronomy	*	10	30	50

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

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.

Links

Faloop

Centurio Hunts (FFXIV)

North America

Europe

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

Japan

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