Birdhouse Run is a hunter technique that players use to catch birds and earn hunter experience passively. It involves setting up bird houses on Fossil Island after filling them with seeds, it is similar to farm runs, but it has a shorter waiting time. Players have to wait 50 minutes for the bird houses to passively fill with birds. Birdhouse runs are also profitable, as the player gets several types of bird nests as a reward.
Completion of Bon Voyage Quest: this unlocks the Fossil Island where all four birdhouses can be setup
Bird houses can be made using logs and a piece of clockwork with a hammer and chisel. This requires certain crafting and hunter levels, the least required levels are 5 crafting and 5 hunter. Here are the several tiers of Birdhouses, the skill requirements to make each, and the experience players should expect from them. A full run involves all four birdhouse locations.
Making regular birdhouses requires level 5 crafting while 5 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 1120 hunter experience (280 experience per birdhouse) and 60 crafting experience (15 crafting experience per hour).
Making oak birdhouses requires level 15 crafting while 14 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 1680 hunter experience (420 experience per birdhouse) and 80 crafting experience (20 crafting experience per hour).
Making Willow birdhouses requires level 25 crafting while 24 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 2240 hunter experience (560 experience per birdhouse) and 100 crafting experience (25 crafting experience per hour).
Making Teak birdhouses requires level 35 crafting while 34 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 2800 hunter experience (700 experience per birdhouse) and 120 crafting experience (30 crafting experience per hour).
Making Maple birdhouses requires level 45 crafting while 44 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 3280 hunter experience (820 experience per birdhouse) and 140 crafting experience (35 crafting experience per hour).
Making Mahogany birdhouses requires level 50 crafting while 49 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 3840 hunter experience (960 experience per birdhouse) and 160 crafting experience (40 crafting experience per hour).
Making Yew birdhouses requires level 60 crafting while 59 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 4080 hunter experience (1,020 experience per birdhouse) and 180 crafting experience (45 crafting experience per hour).
Making Magic birdhouses requires level 75 crafting while 74 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 4560 hunter experience (1,140 experience per birdhouse) and 200 crafting experience (50 crafting experience per hour).
Making Redwood birdhouses requires level 90 crafting while 89 hunter is required to set it up as a birdhouse trap, a full run with these awards the player with 4800 hunter experience (1200 experience per birdhouse) and 220 crafting experience (55 crafting experience per hour).
Imcando Hammer
The Imcando hammer is an equippable hammer. During birdhouse runs, players need to manage their inventory so that they can bring all the items required. Players can equip this hammer to save space that a regular hammer would take.
Digsite pendant
A digsite pendant requires the completion of the Dig Site quest. This pendant provides the fastest method for players to get to the location where they can set up birdhouse traps. It can be made by enchanting a ruby necklace using a lvl-3 enchant. Players first to clean museum finds to get the ruby necklace and unlock the ability to make digsite pendants
Hunter potion
Using a hunter potion boosts a player hunter by +3 which increases the odds of receiving bird nests and allows players to set up birdhouses that they otherwise won’t have the hunter level for.
Strung Rabbit Foot
Wearing this item will replace about 5% of the empty nest drops with ring nests or egg nests. It can be made by using a ball of wool with a rabbit foot, this requires 37 crafting and gives 4 experience. It requires 24 hunter.
As mentioned above, every birdhouse needs to be filled with seeds, only 10 low-level or 5 high-level hop seeds, flower seeds, herb seeds, bush seeds, or allotment seeds can be used to fill the birdhouse. Also, different types can be used to fill a trap, as long the trap is filled to the correct amount. Players should use the cheapest seeds like Tomato seed, onion seed, or cabbage seed since every seed gives the same rewards
Here is a list of the seeds that can be used as a bait and amount needed: Barley seed (10), Hammerstone seed (10), Asgarnian seed (10), Jute seed (10), Yanillian seed (10), Krandorian seed (10), Wildblood seed (5), Guam seed (10), Marrentill seed (10), Tarromin seed (10), Harralander seed (10), Ranarr seed (5), Toadflax seed (5), Irit seed (5), Avantoe seed (5), Kwuarm seed (5), Snapdragon seed (5), Cadantine seed (5), Lantadyme seed (5), Dwarf weed seed (5), Torstol seed (5), Marigold seed (10), Rosemary seed (10), Nasturtium seed (10), Woad seed (10), Limpwurt seed (10), White lily seed (10), Potato seed (10), Onion seed (10), Cabbage seed (10), Tomato seed (10), Sweetcorn seed (10), Strawberry seed (10), Watermelon seed (10), Snape grass seed (10), Redberry seed (10), Poison ivy seed (10), Cadavaberry seed (10), Dwellberry seed (10), Jangerberry seed (10) and Whiteberry seed (10).
There are four locations where players can setup bird house traps, it is shown in the image using the icon below:
Here are the locations to setup Bird house traps
A bird house that is set up at one of the four locations will catch birds in an average of once every 5 minutes. After setting up bird houses in all four locations once, the players will not need to bring more clockworks, since the clockwork they used to set up a bird house trap will be returned to them after the loot in it has been collected. Players only need to bring a hammer, chisel, logs, and seeds each time.
When doing Birdhouse runs, the player's inventory should have:
When doing bird house runs, Here is the best sequence to increase efficiency;
After 50 minutes, the birdhouses become full and players can collect their loot and experience from all 4 birdhouses they have set up. The guaranteed rewards from each birdhouse are:
The clockwork used to make the bird house trap
Raw bird meat
Feathers
Seed nests
These are bird nests with seeds inside of them, they can be obtained in varying numbers depending on the tier of the birdhouse set and the player’s hunter level.
Other nests
Other rewards can also be gotten, but not consistently. The nest table will be rolled 10 times. The likelihood of a successful roll is determined by both the type of birdhouse and the Hunter level, with more nests available at higher Hunter levels and on higher-tier birdhouses.
These other nests include:
Clue nests:
It is possible to obtain multiple clues from the same birdhouse, but once at least one clue has been awarded, further rolls do not attempt to give clues. Here are the tiers of pre-roll clue nests and the chances of getting them
Clue nest (beginner); rarity = 1/50
Clue nest (easy); rarity = 1/375
Clue nest (medium); rarity = 1/500
Clue nest (hard); rarity = 1/750
Clue nest (elite); rarity = 1/1,500
Ring and Egg nests
If no clue is provided, a ring, egg, or empty nest will be awarded. Wearing a strung rabbit foot will turn some empty nest drops into ring and egg nests.
Bird nest (empty): rarity 1/1,538 or 1/1.58 while wearing the strung rabbit foot
Bird nest (red egg): rarity: 1/100 or 1/95 while wearing the strung rabbit foot
Bird nest (green egg): rarity: 1/100 or 1/95 while wearing the strung rabbit foot
Bird nest (blue egg): rarity: 1/100 or 1/95 while wearing the strung rabbit foot
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