Syntax: hunt any prey -- seek out any creature
hunt <gamesize> animal -- seek out an animal that considers
around <gamesize> or a bit bigger
hunt <gamesize> prey -- seek out a creature that considers
around <gamesize> or a bit bigger
hunt <...> recklessly -- as above, but no upper limits
hunt -- hunt the same sized game as last time
hunt dismiss -- stop tracking the current beast, look for a new one
hunt stalk -- claim a 'fresh trail' momentum to close the gap faster
hunt status -- check on your party members
hunt masteries -- check your hunting masteries
hunt records -- check your hunting records
hunt legendary [plr] -- list the legendary beasts you (or a player) have slain
e.g. hunt weak animal -- hunt animals which are at least 'weak' when considered.
You can see the hunt gamesize options in 'help adjectives'.
Hunting, one of the most basic instincts of living creatures, is widely
used amongst the intelligent part of the fauna. After a successful hunt,
it has been a tradition to take the meat and the skin from the corpse,
eat the meat and sell the fur, which can provide a living for many
hunters and their families.
The terrain where you hunt naturally affects your possible game, and your
skills in hunting, move silently, camouflage are essential if you wish to
catch any rare animals. Rangers make some of the best hunters with all
their knowledge of animals, but other people can also be respectable
hunters, especially Gaesati in wolf or cat form.
Each landscape draws on its own terrain mastery. Forests of every kind use
hunting in forests; plains and meadows use hunting in the open; swamps
use hunting in swamps; glaciers and tundra use hunting in frozen lands;
badlands use hunting in rough terrain alone. The harsher reaches that the
map legend calls deep, freezing or rocky lean on rough terrain as well.
Hills mix the open with rough terrain, steep hills more so, and willow
groves sit between swamps and forests.
Attacking the unsuspecting animal is best accomplished with some sort of
ranged weapon. It's relatively easy to get a great shot on the animal.
Even easier for you since you can call it as 'prey'.
It can be more effective to hunt in a party. The party should fan out to
different rooms and hunt. When someone finds big game you can all come
together to dispatch it. If you aren't a very good hunter maybe you
should stay and watch the leader, you might learn something.
During a hunt, fresh trails sometimes appear — when they do, you can 'hunt
stalk' to close the gap on the prey faster and gain a bonus on the
eventual encounter.