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Hunt or Be Hunted

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You've arrived at the tournament grounds that the Master of the Hunt has prepared for this Hunt. Are you prepared to Hunt or be Hunted?

Requires access to adventure pack: Hunter and Hunted
Hunt or Be Hunted
Heroic level: None
Epic level: 32
(considered Legendary)
Tier 4 end game raidTier 4 end game raid:
  • ML:29 raid loot.
  • Drops +8 ability tomes and Tomes of Fate +3.
Duration: Long
Heroic XP: N/A
Epic XP:  ♦49,362Normal ♥50,559Hard ♠51,756Elite
Takes place in: Hunt Tournament Zone
Bestowed by: Maes Toben
NPC contact: Maes Toben
Quest acquired in: Court of the Wild Hunt
Patron: The Summer Court
Base favor: 10
Purchase: Hunter and Hunted, individual purchase, or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

You are being challenged by the Master of the Hunt, are you up for the challenge?


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Speak with Chogrum
  • Gather in the arena to begin the first challenge
  • Defeat Senior Hunter Oka
  • Defeat Senior Hunter Mori
  • Speak with Chogrum at the center of the arena
  • Defeat the Master of the Hunt
  • (Optional) Defeat Pomura — Bonus (10%): Legendary( ♦4,936 ♥5,056 ♠5,176 )
  • (Optional) Defeat Grix — Bonus (10%): Legendary( ♦4,936 ♥5,056 ♠5,176 )
  • (Optional) Speak to Chogrum when you are ready to begin the final battle — no XP

Tips and Misc

Maze for Pomura's fight. Squares mark spots where she will teleport. Colors match the flowers on the ground in that section of the maze, useful for communicating to other players where she is.

The whole raid takes places in a square arena; there's an entrance room for buffing, and two optional side areas.

Lockout
  • There is no in-quest lockout, but similar to Fire on Thunder Peak, beginning the actual combat locks further entry via the questgiver's portal. (You will, however, be unable to enter the main arena from the entrance zone during the two fights that take place there, although the barrier drops again afterwards.)
Souls of the Hunted Mechanic
  • During Phase 2 and 3, Souls of the Hunted can spawn.
  • They appear as slightly ethereal, untargetable red humanoids, with a countdown above their head.
  • During phase 2, up to 4 souls can spawn.
  • During phase 3, upwards of 8 souls at once have been seen, including two sets with different count downs.
  • To 'disarm' the Soul, have someone stand close to it – this will remove the red beam of light coming down from the heavens, and the soul will glow green.
  • For each soul not 'disarmed' when its timer reaches zero, a full raid AOE damage spell will occur, roughly 750 damage per soul on LH. (This is Sonic damage, and is affected by the requisite absorptions and resistances.)
  • Recognition of 'disarming' can be buggy – if one spawns on top of you, you may have to move out of its AOE and back in. It is also possible too many bodies on a soul will stop it being 'disarmed'.needs verification
  • When Souls appear, the entire party should drop DPS on the boss and move to handle them. The damage can easily cause a wipe, especially on Elite or Reaper difficulties.
  • Be warned that each time any set of souls is not completely suppressed, the whole party will take a stack of the debuff "Emotional Burden", which increases sonic damage taken by about 50% and stacks and consequently making subsequent missed souls even more damaging. All stacks of the debuff expire after five minutes, so a party which took a long time to complete the second phase and wishes to skip the optionals is advised to let it wear off first before starting phase three.
Main arena
  • Trash mobs will constantly respawn in the corners during the boss fights. They can be disabled via Otto's Sphere of Dancing, or ignored on lower difficulties.
  • Take note of the 4 squares in the north, south, west, and east of the room. These are where the Souls are going to start appearing later.
Phase 1
  • Senior Hunter Oka will spawn on the western stone with an Apex Hound. The hound will respawn after a short delay if killed.
  • Kill Oka to proceed to the next phase.
  • A crosshair (like being targeted by Irk from Project Nemesis raid) will appear on a character at range and result in a time bomb (countdown and then AOE damage around character, low damage to character. Same as time bomb from Killing Time)
Phase 2
  • Senior Hunter Mori will spawn on the eastern stone with an Apex Hound. The hound will respawn after a short delay if killed.
  • Periodically, she will announce that the souls of the hunted do not rest in peace and will summon souls of the hunted.
  • Mori can also create green circles on the floor that explodes for massive acid damage, and use Carrion Swarm from the Primal Avatar epic destiny that will affect her target and all nearby enemies. If you need to be close to the tank, make sure you receive constant healing. Carrion Swarm deals acid over time damage.
  • Kill Mori to proceed to the next phase.
  • Mori occasionally spawns four Souls of the Hunted – see above. She only starts doing this a set time after activation, probably about 60 seconds.
Shrine and optionals
  • After phase 2, a rest shrine will appear and the party can do the two optionals in the western and eastern rooms for an extra chest that can drop named loot.
  • Completing the optionals increases the difficulty of the final boss through buffs
  • Western room: Grix, a redcap boss in a room filled with traps. On Elite or reaper, it is recommended that any trap specialists in your group disable the traps. On hard and below, the party may be able to DPS the boss fast enough to not matter.
    • Harpies sniping from above can actually be more trouble than Grix or his traps, at least on lower difficulties. Having some sort of ranged DPS character is very handy for this part (failing this, the harpies drop out of the sky if stunned or restrained in any way, allowing melee DPS characters to get some damage in before they take off again.)
  • Eastern room: Pomura, a pixie boss. She will periodically teleport to a random location inside the hedgerow maze and you have to constantly chase after her to DPS her. A cold DOT will also apply on you in the maze and keep stacking. Orange-named wood woads and trash will also spawn in the maze to make things difficult while you chase her.
    • Tip: You can find Pomura more easily using a targeted ability or spell. As long as you keep her highlighted, you can try to cast your ability to triangulate her position. You will get one of three error messages based on distance and facing: "You are not facing the target" (turn around until this changes), "Target is out of range" (you are facing her, but are too far away) or "Target is blocked" (you are facing her, and nearby – she is probably behind a nearby hedge).
  • If you complete both optionals, the second one will be harder, with the boss receiving a "Motivated" buff. As Pomura's boss fight is generally considered harder, she's usually done first.
  • Shrine after doing the optionals if you need to before starting the final fight.
  • Talk to Chogrum, Herald of the Hunt, in the center of the main room to proceed.


Phase 3
  • The Master of the Hunt will spawn with 2 Apex Hounds. He can also summon lost souls on the 4 stones.
  • Kill the Master to win.
  • The Master will summon Souls of the Hunted at a rate of four at a time, and will also use the time bomb mechanic from phase one. In addition, he has his own special attack where he marks a long track on the ground – if the Master ever shouts "Stampede!", look out for this. After a few seconds, ghostly beasts charge along this path, dealing massive bludgeoning damage to players they collide with.

Bonus XP

Loot

  • Chests: 1–2
  • One end chest
  • Second end chest for completing both optionals

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
A Memento of Mori
(edit)
Ring 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Cloak of the Hunter
(edit)
Cloak 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Grix's Gouger
(edit)
Heavy Pick 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Helm of the Hunter
(edit)
Helmet 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Hide of the Hunter
(edit)
Light Armor 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Mori's Focus
(edit)
Light Mace 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Pomura's Impaler
(edit)
Rapier 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Pomura's Memento
(edit)
Ring 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Shadowscythe
(edit)
Sickle 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Shield of the Hunter
(edit)
Buckler shield 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
Spear of the Hunter
(edit)
Quarterstaff 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
The Hunter's Axe
(edit)
Dwarven War Axe 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
The Hunter's Darkblade
(edit)
Kukri 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
The Hunter's Handaxe
(edit)
Hand Axe 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
The Inferno's Demands
(edit)
Kama 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
The Inferno's Desire
(edit)
Kama 29 Bound to Character on AcquireBound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
The Stablestone
(edit)
Trinket 29 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, end chest
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Based on Hunt or Be Hunted loot ( t • e • h )

This quest may also drop the following named augments and mount:

Item Type Enchantments ML Bind Location
Emerald of Arcane Empowerment Green augments 28 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire

Phantom Steed Mount Speed: 100% 1 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Hunt or Be Hunted, End chest and optional chest
Item:Hunter Rune purchase Hunt or Be Hunted raid loot Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire End chest of Hunt or Be Hunted

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Apex Hound Koro( view
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 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Animal Wolf
Apex Hound Taka( view
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 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Animal Wolf
Grix( view
 • edit )
 ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Fey Redcap
Master of the Hunt( view
 • edit )
 ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Elf Elf
Pomura( view
 • edit )
 ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Fey Pixie
Senior Hunter Mori( view
 • edit )
 ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Elf Elf
Senior Hunter Oka( view
 • edit )
 ♦35Epic Normal ♥39Epic Hard ♠44Epic Elite Elf Elf
Wild Hunt Harpy( view
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 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Monstrous Humanoid Harpy
Wild Hunt Hound( view
 • edit )
 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Animal Wolf
Wild Hunt Pixie( view
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 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Fey Pixie
Wild Hunt Protector( view
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 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Plant Wood Woad
Wild Hunt Ranger( view
 • edit )
 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Elf Elf
Wild Hunt Redcap( view
 • edit )
 ♦32Epic Normal ♥36Epic Hard ♠40Epic Elite Fey Redcap