How many marksmanship I need to hunt?

[badkarma]

I have been reading wiki for a while, but I still didn't get how many marksmanship I need toh hunt a boar or a bear? It also seems to be a butthurt to train base attributes such as Perception because it requires to eat certian food etc.

I've tried to boat shoot a boar and fox and tried to hunt a rabbit down but it seems I did no damage at all. I know my skills are low, but do I need just marksmanship to hunt and how many? Thank you.

[Kaldo]

To hunt rabbits and chickens you dont have to have marksmanship at all. Just approach them with left click until they block your movement, and then right click on them. Make sure you have free space in your inventory, at least 4 squares, and set your movement speed to max.
This works only on rabbits and chickens, dont try it on larger animals

[Serpensio]

To hunt rabbits and chickens you dont have to have marksmanship at all. Just approach them with left click until they block your movement, and then right click on them. Make sure you have free space in your inventory, at least 4 squares, and set your movement speed to max.
This works only on rabbits and chickens, dont try it on larger animals

But he wants to hunt Boar or Bear, not rabbits and chickens.

I've been told 10 marksmenship is good, and it seems you'll have horrible accuracy otherwise. I know it's a pain trying get that many LP to reach 10 marksmenship when first starting out, but it's definitely worth it once you do.

Once you have enough marksmenship, you need a sling and a lot of rocks, and if you want to survive, a boat too. Then, when you shoot, click the animal once. A meter with a target will appear, do not click again, untill the meter fills up as much as it can. The fuller it is, the more accurate your shot. Any movement by the animal while aiming, will detract from your meter, making it fill slower. It also seems marksmenship caps the amount your meter can fill up, as well as how fast it fills towards the end. The higher, the better.
Keep clicking, filling up the meter, and then shooting, untill the animal dies or runs away, or you run out of rocks.

[badkarma]

Thx a lot Serpensio. Yea, I was trying to hunt down a boar or something similiar. I know I catch rabbits and chickens but I was trying to shoot it down simply to satisfy myself, but my marksmanship is 2 and I could hardly kill a rabbit

I tried attacking a boar on the boat and was waiting for a few min for a line to go up but it did't move. How long does it takes for a line to fill? Does it depend on marsmanship?

Also, isnt a sling a fairly weak weapon? I wanted to use a bow but I heard its twice as hard to aim with it than with a sling. What does it means? Aiming line goes up faster on a sling or what?

[Kaldo]

If you have such a low marksmanship you should begin with foxes, since you can fence them in and you don't have to catch them on foot like you have to with boars. They also won't move too much so it's easier to aim. If you really want to catch boars and bears tho, just shoot them from a boat like Serpensio told you, but it will take a lot of time and stones to kill them with low q sling, low marksmanship and low perception.

I heard you should use bow only when you got your MM over 60 or so. Sling is okay for now, especially since you have (practically) unlimited ammo. And yes, aiming speed is determined by your marksmanship. The higher your MM is, the faster you aim.

[badkarma]

Thank you, I got the importance of sling in my situation. So how do I trap stuff? Built some signs near the coast and let the animal run inside? But I can get hit while trying to get on boat and it will pretty much knock me down, wont it?

[Kaldo]

You can only trap foxes because they won't attack you if you don't attack them first.
That means you can just walk to a fox and place building sings around, for example.. build 9 fires around a fox (it will probably take more signs but this is an ideal situation) and put only 1 branch in each sign (so it won't disappear when you walk away). It's easier when they come near water because you have to put signs only on land but it all depends on the situation. When you're sure they can't escape get on boat and shoot them. If you stay on land then the fox can break through the signs to get to you.
When it stars fleeing it will stay inside the 'fence' since it can't go anywhere. Keep shooting and after its dead, just remove the branches and collect the remains. And ofc, skin first, butcher afterward.

[badkarma]

Well, I've seen a video of trapping a boar near water...did they fix that? What is the way to kill a boar then? Boat shooting it without a trap? What should I do if it will run away when he's low on HPs? Also, please tell me what does the bar in the centre on top of screen, while in combat mode, means? I mean scales is the difference between you and your opponent (I quess), but what does mean red and blue lines? I quess its HP and Stamina, but I saw HP line was 0 on the left side of the scale, but a fox or I didnt die..

[Kaldo]

Combat is a 'bit' more complicated than ranged combat... Check this link for a great walkthrough. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6518
Note however that you'll need much more points in combat skills to punch an animal to death.
I don't know if its possible to trap a boar, maybe in previous worlds. The tactic now is to shoot it from a boat and when it starts fleeing you have to disembark and chase it on foot. Boar has slower movement speed than your running speed so you can catch up to him and punch him (it will deal maximum damage because the boar is moving), it may take more than one punch.

[Robertzon]

There's no point of fencing an boar,if he starts to run you just run up on him and punch him to death.
Trap foxes becouse they are faster than you and you can't get them.
Bear's usualy wont run but sometimes they do,if they do so you just go to the shore with your boat and wait for it to come back,when he comes go farer away from shore so he can't attack you.
About MM - 15 is good for foxes,30 or so is OK for boars,and for bears.... eh around 100? With 50 MM i killed a bear in 20 minutes or so,but the damage is resulted by you'r perception,higher level means higher damage.