Fox Hunt

UPDATED: June 24th, 2020

LOCATION: northwest corner of Aspen Grove and down the path (25932)

a youthful seasoned trapper

>ask trapper about entry

The trapper says, "With a sunburst marker in hand, just head toward the treeline and I'll escort you in.  You'll only have roughly 90 seconds to find the fox once inside, so you'll want to be quick.  Ask me about OBJECTIVE for more details."

>ask trapper about objective

The trapper says, "Once inside, you'll want to OBSERVE your surroundings, if you're perceptive, and TRACK the fauna of the woods, if you're astute.  Once you think you've found something, SEARCH.  You can OBSERVE and TRACK the same area, since the animals do move around.  If you were able, you'll have caught the fox!  No worries if you don't, though, we'll pay you raikhen for other animals that you've caught!  The woods are full of wildlife!  Here's the catch though... you only have roughly 90 seconds to be in there!  Once you search, it's over, so choose wisely."

>ask trapper about fox

The trapper says, "The fox is constantly moving around.  When you don't see anything, that's when you'll want to check the area more closely.  Sometimes you won't see it at all, but when you do, try to follow it."

>ask trapper about animals

The trapper exclaims, "Every search should result in finding something, the key is to be smarter than the fox.  If you find one of the smaller animals, like a mouse or shrew, the fox tricked you!"

>ask trapper about rumor woods

The trapper says, "The woods are quite vast.  It should be safe in there, but don't stay too long or you might get frostbite."

>ask trapper about payout

The trapper explains, "You'll want to talk with a rugged veteran trapper inside about payouts."

>ask trapper about bugle

The trapper explains, "You'll want to talk with a rugged veteran trapper inside about the bugle."

a rugged veteran trapper (inside cabin)

>ask trapper about rumor woods

The trapper exclaims, "The woods are full of wildlife, and we're paying top raikhen if you want to join us in the sport of fox hunting!"

>ask trapper about fox

The trapper says, "The fox is very smart, you might think you've found it, but it uses other animals as bait.  When you don't see it trotting around, that's when you want to OBSERVE or TRACK it.  We pay the most for foxes, but we'll still give you raikhen for your efforts with the other fauna you might catch."

>ask trapper about animals

The trapper says, "There are foxes, of course, but there are other things you can catch in the woods.  Mice, voles, shrews, and muskrats will earn you the least raikhen, but we'll pay more for weasels, ermine, minks, and ferrets.  The fox is your best payout though!"

>ask trapper about payout

The trapper explains, "We pay raikhen and offer a gunny sack with a small trinket for your efforts, such as guild voucher packs, feather-shaped charms, pallid grey salve, and few others things.  If you're lucky, you could end up with a brass bugle."

>ask trapper about bugle

The trapper explains, "If you're lucky enough to get a bugle, you'll be able to call a wild fox to be your own.  The bugle is quite rare, and the person who calls the fox for the first time will own it forever."

GENERAL NOTES:

- if you run out of time you'll do an auto search

- if you observe/track and search right after going in, you'll still come away with something

- if you observe/track and there's nothing in the room but you search anyways, you'll still come away with something

- the reason the above two notes are true is because each room has an animal in it, even if you don't see it (perception/survival training just makes seeing the paw prints faster)

- A fox trots south! -- messaging to highlight

- A fox climbed down a massive rock formation, loping off! -- more messaging to highlight

- With a keen eye, you observe your surroundings and find many signs of a fox in this area. -- search here

- raikhen range: 100+ish for the small reward, 125ish for the medium, 150 for a fox

- the goal is to observe/track your way around the place, hopefully seeing the fox and following after it, to either see paw prints and move on or signs of the fox

SPOILERISH NOTES:

• repeatedly observing/tracking the same room without moving will change the messaging between "paw prints" and "no signs" (may take a couple of tries to get it to switch)

• if you do the above to get the messaging you want, and then do nothing else and just let time run out, you'll still get the reward based on the message (even if you get the message seconds after entering the grounds); this is also true if you let time pass and then force a search

• entering the grounds, moving somewhere, and doing absolutely nothing in that room will result in a 100ish reward animal

• observing a room to "no signs", going somewhere else, and then returning and searching the room will result in a 100ish reward animal

• based on the above notes I suspect the rooms are assigned the "paw prints" message when you enter the room, and then the message only switches when you observe/track (versus being on a random timer)

• further research makes it seem that there is a flag put on the character that starts at "paw prints" and can switch each time you observe (see below tests)

• go inside, observe a room to "no signs", go to another room, wait out the 90 seconds not doing anything, go back to the "no signs" room, search.. get a 125 animal

• go inside, observe a room to "no signs", go to another room, observe it to "paw prints", immediately go back to the room you made "no signs", search.. get a 100 animal (I did this one in 10 seconds total)

• go inside, observe a room to "no signs", go to another room, wait a while, search that room (without having observed it), and get a 125 animal

SPOILERISH MAP Fox Hunt Map by Arianiss

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