Hunt (Final Fantasy XII)


 * This article is about the Final Fantasy XII side-quests entitled "Hunt". For the Hunt skill from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, please go here

Hunts are a series of optional side-quests, where the player hunts down particularly strong monsters, which are usually causing trouble to the general public of a town or tribe, or sometimes, just a single person. The monsters being hunted are refered to as "Marks" and in some instances, "Elite Marks".

Procedure
The procedure is quite simple. Once the player obtains information of a Mark through a bill, or an Elite Mark from Montblanc, the player must then find the petitioner and speak with him or her to officially accept the Hunt. If the player does not do so, but defeats the Mark before officially accepting the hunt, the player forfeits the reward. After having spoken with the petitioner and choosing to accept the Hunt, the player must locate the Mark, according to hints or directions from the petitioner, and defeat it. Upon defeating the Mark, the player must return to the petitioner to report it. The player then recieves a reward for hunting the Mark.

Marks

 * For the Sage Knowledge on Marks, go to Sage Knowledge 1-26

Information on regular Marks are found on boards all through Ivalice. Each board has the same bills, so the player can see if any new bills have been posted from any board in the world Marks can be difficult to deal with a their difficulty increases exponentially at each new rank. A Rank II mark requires the characters to be leveled up at least 3-5 levels higher than a Rank I mark. The top Rank marks at level VIII can only be beaten by character levels above 40. Marks usually excel in maybe one attribute, e.g. defense, and usually have only one, rarely two, special skills, which can be somewhat devastating if simply ignored. For example, the Croakadile is able to restore about 50% of it's HP, dragging out the battle.

Elite Marks
As the name suggests, Elite Marks are stronger than regular Marks. The bills for Elite Marks can be obtained only by speaking with Montblanc, after becoming a member of Clan Centurio. Even though Montblanc tells the player about the Elite Mark, he only acts as a mediator, so the player still has to talk to the actual petitioner in order to accept the Hunt. In a sense, Montblanc's function is the same as that of a petition board. Elite Marks usually have several high attributes and special skills, making them extremely dangerous. For example, the Rocktoise can double its current level multiple times at any time during battle and the Trickster, an oversized pure-white chocobo, is able to turn invisible (though the player can still see its outlines when close enough) making the characters unable to target it until it turns visible again. Its high running speed also makes it too fast to catch up to and run away from, meaning if things start to go badly, escape will be neigh impossible.

Hunts by name

 * Antlion
 * Atomos
 * Bloodwing
 * Braegh
 * Carrot Stalk
 * Cluckatrice
 * Croakadille
 * Enkelados
 * Feral Retriever
 * Flowering Cactus
 * Gil Snapper
 * Ixtab
 * Marilith
 * Mindflayer
 * Nidhogg
 * Orthros
 * Roblon
 * Rocktoise
 * Rogue Tomato
 * Ryng Wyrm
 * Textera
 * Trickster
 * Vorpal Bunny
 * White Mousse
 * Wrayth
 * Wyvern