Bounty Hunter

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This article is about the minigame released in 2016. For the historical minigame, see Bounty Hunter (historical).

For the crew type in player-owned ports, see Bounty Hunter.

"BH" redirects here. For the quest, see Broken Home.

This is a dangerous minigame. If you die, you will lose your items and will need to reclaim them from Death or your grave.

The official worlds for Bounty Hunter are worlds 97, 106 (P2P).

Bounty Hunter

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Release date	14 November 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Location	Wilderness
Participants	2+
Skills involved	Combat
Reward currency	File:Bounty hunter points.png Bounty Hunter points
In spotlight rotation	No
Hiscores	No
Tutorial	No
Custodians	Mandrith
Music unlocked	No
Developers	John P

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Bounty Hunter is a dangerous player-versus-player minigame that takes place in the Wilderness. In it, players may fight assigned targets (bounty kills) or other players (rogue kills). A minimum combat level of 20 is required to participate in this minigame.

The re-released Bounty Hunter uses elements from the original Bounty Hunter system, as well as Bounty Hunter worlds.

Gameplay

Bounty Hunter can be played on two dedicated worlds. World 106 is for Evolution of Combat mode, and World 97 is for Legacy Mode. On these worlds, players are restricted to only being able to enter Edgeville, the Varrock Grand Exchange, and the Wilderness. Trying to quick hop to a Bounty Hunter world will warn the player that they will be teleported to Edgeville and will give the player a confirmation message. In a Bounty Hunter world, players can’t teleport, trade, deposit or withdraw from their Money pouch, drop items, or duel.

When logging into a Bounty Hunter world, players gain the option to join or leave the queue for being assigned a target. Players can set Target Auto-Queue in the Bounty Hunter Options to instantly be queued for a target when they log in or after a bounty kill/death. After being assigned a target, a hint arrow showing the target's location is shown to help the player find their target. Upon unlocking Bounty Teleport, the player can teleport directly to their target. The player’s objective is to kill their target. If the player doesn't have a target assigned, they are still able to gain rating and upgrade Bounty emblems by killing other players, but rating and Bounty emblem upgrades are earned at a lower rate in this way.

Matchmaking

Players' bounty targets are assigned based on having similar Matchmaking Ratings. Players' Matchmaking Ratings place them inside brackets of players with similar skills who they are most likely to be matched against. The difference between bounty targets' ratings depend on how long the players have been waiting - with a larger difference being used the longer the players have been waiting for a target. It takes a minimum of 5 minutes to be assigned a target, and if a player hasn’t been assigned a target after 30 minutes, the player will force a target. In the Bounty Hunter Options, players can set a Combat Difference (1-50) for their targets. The number can be above or below the player’s current combat level. For example, a player with a combat level of 100 and a Combat Difference of 10 will receive targets with a combat level of 90-110.

Matchmaking Rating (MMR) is an ELO based system, rewarding players for fighting others closer to their skill level. Players start with a MMR of 1,500 and will have to go through 5 Placement Bounties. These Placement Bounties will set the player’s rating based on the player’s performance. More rating is gained for defeating a stronger opponent, and more rating is lost when being defeated by a weaker opponent. Fighting the same player continuously prevents the player from gaining rating for some time. MMR is used to match up players who want to fight. There is also a rating in which the player is ranked on the highscores.

Penalties

To prevent players from stalling as much time as possible to make their target forfeit the fight, tight restrictions were set, and breaking these rules will cause the player a penalty. Each penalty counts as a loss, so the player will lose rating and may also be restricted to participate in Bounty Hunter for a period of time. This doesn’t count as a win for the other player though. Penalties only occur when a player has been assigned a bounty target, so these rules don’t apply to rogue fights.

Clearing Target

Players would be penalised for clearing their Bounty Target. This just results in a loss.

Logging Out

Players are not allowed to log out of a Bounty Hunter world for more than 6 minutes. When the player’s target has logged out or switched worlds, the following message appears in the chat box: Your target has left this world, they have X minute(s) to return. You should remain logged in, otherwise you may be penalised for leaving if they return. When the player’s target’s logged out timer has run out, the following message appears in the chat box: Your target has left this world for more than 10 minutes so has been cancelled.

This results in an hour penalty from being assigned bounty targets.

Safe Zone

Players are not allowed to stay in the safe zone for too long. This results in a 30-minute penalty from being assigned bounty targets.

Ditch Camping

Ditch camping is when a player attacks their target and then instantly runs back to the safe zone repeatedly. This is unfair because the Ditch Camper is safe from attacks. When leaving the Wilderness, the following message appears in the chat box: You are joining/leaving the wilderness too often. Subsequent attempts may incur a penalty.

This results in a 30-minute penalty from being assigned bounty targets.

League

Players are placed in a league based on their rating. There are 14 leagues named after the different kinds of revenants:

League	Rating
Imp	0-1,500
Goblin	1,501-1,999
Icefiend	2,000-2,999
Pyrefiend	3,000+
Hobgoblin
Vampyre
Werewolf
Cyclops
Hellhound
Lesser Demon
Ork
Darkbeast
Knight
Dragon

Rewards

Main article: Bounty Hunter & Deathmatch Reward Shop

Bounty Hunter points can be used to buy various rewards from the Reward Shop. Bounty Hunter points can be earned by converting Bounty emblems into points. Bounty emblems are received and upgraded by killing players. The player must hold the emblem in their inventory as a kill is made for a chance to upgrade it. The chance of an emblem upgrading is more likely when killing a bounty target with higher rating than the player and when the emblem has not upgraded on previous kills. Rogue kills may also upgrade emblems but less often than bounty kills. In the Wilderness, Bounty emblems are always lost on death to your opponent.

Emblem		Points
	Bounty emblem (t1)	10
	Bounty emblem (t2)	25
	Bounty emblem (t3)	60
	Bounty emblem (t4)	150
	Bounty emblem (t5)	400
	Bounty emblem (t6)	1,000
	Bounty emblem (t7)	2,500
	Bounty emblem (t8)	6,000
	Bounty emblem (t9)	15,000
	Bounty emblem (t10)	40,000

Reward		BH points	Description
Miscellaneous
	Wilderness hilt	2,000	Can be used on a dragon dagger, longsword, mace, claw, or scimitar (or off-hand version) to upgrade it to tier 70
	Large rune pouch	4,000	Ammo slot item that can store up to 16,000 of three types of runes
	Adrenaline crystal × 10	1,000	Used on an adrenaline potion or replenishment potion to increase the adrenaline (or special attack energy) it restores to 30%
	Ancient warriors' equipment patch	4,000	Upgrades Ancient Warriors' equipment to tier 88 and makes them augmentable
	Revenant Pet	4,000	A pet which can become any revenant up to and including your current Bounty Hunter league
Gear
	Random brawling gloves	20,000	A random pair of brawling gloves
	Annihilation	30,000	An augmentable tier 87 two-handed melee weapon with a powerful special attack
	Decimation	30,000	An augmentable tier 87 two-handed ranged weapon with a powerful special attack
	Obliteration	30,000	An augmentable tier 87 two-handed magic weapon with a powerful special attack
	Amulet of the forsaken	2,000	Improves the Barrows equipment set effects when worn