OSRS Hunter Rumours Guide: Efficient Block Lists

Hunters’ Rumours are similar to farming contracts and slayer tasks. 

Whether you’re an Ironman chasing the Huntsman outfit or a main account looking for a more dynamic Hunter grind, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know — from requirements to efficient block lists and rewards.

In Old School RuneScape’s Hunter Rumours minigame, there’s no direct in-game option to “block” certain tasks like you can in Slayer.

However, players have found a clever workaround that lets you effectively create your own block list, so you can avoid the slow or annoying creatures and focus on high XP tasks.

Requirements

RuneLite Plugin Setup

Make sure to enable the Hunter Rumours plugin on RuneLite — it will show:

• Your current master and assigned creature
• The fairy ring code for the creature’s location
• How many catches or kills are left

• Quick links to teleport methods
• Use hover info to check:
  • Creature location
  • Fairy ring code
  • Number of captures left
• Track your task progress right on your interface.

This single plugin turns the entire system into a streamlined Slayer-like experience, showing all critical data without opening the wiki or pausing your gameplay.

Why Ironman should do Hunter rumours

Ironmen are also advised to do hunter rumours because of the useful rewards that can be obtained; the guild hunter outfit, various herbs for training herblore, and logs for training construction are good examples. If hunter rumours are done properly, Ironmen can also get high experience rates; the experience rate is 250,000 XP per hour and up to 300,000 XP per hour when players get to 99 hunter.

Location

The Hunter’s Guild is located in Varlamore, south of Civitas illa Fortis.
Inside the guild, you’ll find Guild Scribe Verete, who introduces you to the Hunter Rumours system.

How to Get There

Once you arrive, head under the large tree to find the Guild Burrow — the starting point for taking and turning in rumours.

Gear

Novice Gear

• Head slot: Kandarin headgear
• Neck slot: none
• Cape slot: Ardougne Cloak
• Ammo slot: Rada’s Blessing
• Weapon slot: Dramen Staff
• Body slot: Graceful body
• Leg slot: Graceful legs
• Shield slot: none
• Glove slot: Graceful gloves
• Boot slot: Graceful boots
• Ring slot: Ring of Persuit

Novice Inventory

• Rune axe
• Knife 
• Small meat pouch
• Small fur pouch
• Box Trap
• Teasing Stick
• Bird snare 
• Small fishing net
• Rope
• Butterfly net
• Chisel
• Coins
• Rune Pouch

Expert Gear

• Head slot: Guild hunter headwear
• Neck slot: none
• Cape slot: Log basket
• Ammo slot: Rada’s Blessing
• Weapon slot: Dramen Staff
• Body slot: Guild hunter top
• Leg slot: Guild hunter legs
• Shield slot: none
• Glove slot: Graceful gloves
• Boot slot: Guild hunter boots
• Ring slot: Ring of Persuit

Expert Inventory

• Huntsman’s kit
• Perfected quetzal whistle
• Large meat pouch
• Large fur pouch
• Chisel
• Knife
• Bonecrusher
• Divine Rune Pouch

Max Gear

• Head slot: Guild hunter headwear
• Neck slot: Desert Amulet 4
• Cape slot: Max Cape
• Ammo slot: Rada’s Blessing
• Weapon slot: Hunter’s spear
• Body slot: Guild hunter top
• Leg slot: Guild hunter legs
• Shield slot: Fletching knife
• Glove slot: Regen Bracelet
• Boot slot: Guild hunter boots
• Ring slot: Ring of endurance

Max Inventory

• Huntsman’s kit
• Perfected quetzal whistle
• Large meat pouch
• Large fur pouch
• Log basket
• Chisel
• Magic secateurs
• Master Scroll Book
• Herb sack
• Bonecrusher
• Divine Rune Pouch
  
  

How Hunter Rumours Work

The system functions similarly to Slayer tasks:

Talk to a Hunter Master to receive a rumour (task).

The master assigns a specific creature to catch or kill.

Hunt that creature until you receive a special, rare item, which automatically appears in your inventory.

You will receive this item at the latest on the 50th effective catch. If you haven't received it by the 49th, you are guaranteed to receive it by the 50th. Once you have the item they sent you, return to your Master to receive your reward.

Return to the guild and turn in the item for XP, loot bags, and potential upgrades.

Hunter Master Tiers

There are four Hunter Masters, each unlocking at different Hunter levels:

You can accept rumours from all tiers you ask for — but only one can be active at a time.

Efficient Block List Strategy

Blocking tasks efficiently is the key to maximising XP per hour. Some assigned hunts (like pitfall traps) take longer and yield lower XP rates.

How to block Rumours

You can block rumours by first getting the rumour you want to block from one of the guild hunters, and since guild hunters will not assign a rumour that another guild hunter already assigns, this essentially blocks the rumour. For a block to work, the rumour that you wish to block must be one that can be assigned by both of the guild hunters that are used for the block

How to get the same rumour consecutively

By default, the option to do this is disabled. However, players can speak to the Guild Scribe Verity downstairs in the Hunters’ Guild, as shown below, to toggle it on or off; this is advantageous as players can use this to consecutively get a desirable rumour assignment by turning it on after a desirable rumour and turning it off after an undesirable rumour assignment.

How to Efficiently Play the Hunter Rumours

You need to strategise to maximise your experience rates and rewards. First, ensure you have at least 71 hunter, as getting reasonable experience rates below this level is challenging. Then, set up your block list, so you block the bad rumour assignments and get only the good ones. To get optimal experience rates, you should set your block list with the method below based on your hunter level.

Here’s how to manage it

Step-by-Step Skip List Setup

Start with the lowest-tier Hunter Master (Novice).

• Accept a task you don’t want to ever do — for example, razorbacked kebbits.
• Don’t complete it. Just leave it stored.
  

Move up to the next-tier Master (Adept) and do the same.

• Keep accepting and “parking” the tasks you dislike.
  

Continue this process until all your available Masters have one task stored.

• These stored tasks are your block list.

From now on, only complete tasks from the Master you’re actively hunting with — don’t finish the ones you stored, or you’ll lose the block.

At lower levels (below 72 Hunter), you can typically block two pitfall tasks.
At higher levels (Expert and Master tiers), you can expand this block list further for even smoother task cycles.

Recommended Blocks

Adept Rumour Block List (46-72)

Expert Rumour Block List (72-91)

 Aco’s Expert Rumour Block List 

Master Rumour Block List (91-99+)

Hunting & Travel Tips

• Always bring teleport options such as:
  
  
  • Varrock or Home Teleport Tabs (for quick banking or returning to Varrock)
  • Fairy Ring access (for most Adept & Novice creatures)
  • Calcified Moth or Digsite Pendant (for Expert/Master creatures)
• Use the RuneLite plugin hover feature — it tells you the exact fairy ring code for your assigned creature.
• Quetzal Transport System and Varlamore shortcuts make travel between guild and hunting zones much faster.
• When your task is complete, use your Meat Whistle to teleport directly back to the guild.
  
  

Rewards & Loot

Each completed rumour grants:

• Hunter XP (scales with hunter levels and task type)
• A loot sack with random rewards
• Occasionally, unique blueprints or items
• Hunter Pet chance (Expert & Master tiers).

In addition to experience, players will also receive hunters' loot sacks that correspond to the tier of the rumour completed.

Hunter rumours give about 600,000 GP per hour when doing Master rumours and about 400,000 when doing Expert rumours. Rewards from Hunter rumours are gotten from Hunter’s loot sack awarded after completing any assignment; here are the rewards you can get from Hunter’s loot sack, but you won’t be able to get all the items here unless you only use the expert guild hunter:

Drops

Uniques

Quetzin (pet)

Guld hunter outfit

Main Drops

Quetzak feed

Bird nests

Huntsman’s kit

Enhanced quetzal whistle blueprint

Sun-kissed bones

Raw pyre fox

Blessed bone shards

Hunter spear tips

Raw moonlight antelope

Raw sunlight antelope

Raw Kyatt

Coins

Herbs

Grimy harrlander

Grimy irit leaf

Grimy avantoe

Grimy ranarr weed

Grimy cadantine

Grimy kwuarm

Grimy Lantadyme

Logs

Maple logs

Teak logs

Magic logs

Mahogany logs

Yew logs

Lastly, completing certain milestone numbers of rumours will give additional rewards, unlock new features, and provide additional lore.

Conclusion

• Start at level 46 Hunter
• Use RuneLite to track and navigate tasks
• Block hard tasks for faster XP
• Use Fairy Rings & Teleports for travel
• Earn loot bags, outfits, blueprints, and pet chances

Jagex definitely wanted to turn hunter into a kind of skill like slayer, which makes hunter a slightly more diverse skill in terms of how to level up.

By building an optimal block list, using RuneLite plugins, and upgrading your meat whistles, you can turn Hunter from a headache into one of the most enjoyable skilling experiences in the game.