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'''The Hunt''' is an in-game Easter event that runs from April 7th to April 19th. It is similar with last year, it keeps the egg hunt, the site NPCs, and the pod implant drops. However as of April 7 the pods drop expired keys.
 
'''The Hunt''' is an in-game Easter event that runs from April 7th to April 19th. It is similar with last year, it keeps the egg hunt, the site NPCs, and the pod implant drops. However as of April 7 the pods drop expired keys.
  
 
{{co|RED|<big>Note that activating the gate will consume a key regardless whether you manage to jump or not. The gate can be activated multiple times consuming multiple keys and the gate does not stay unlocked.</big>}}
 
{{co|RED|<big>Note that activating the gate will consume a key regardless whether you manage to jump or not. The gate can be activated multiple times consuming multiple keys and the gate does not stay unlocked.</big>}}
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== Combat sites ==
 
== Combat sites ==
 
=== Guristas Hunt Outpost ===
 
=== Guristas Hunt Outpost ===
  
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This is the combat site that appears throughout new eden with the event.
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This is the combat site that appears throughout [[New Eden]] including Wormholes with the event.
  
 
It is pretty similar with last year's event, but with a new boss.
 
It is pretty similar with last year's event, but with a new boss.
  
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The site appears as a combat anomaly in the probe scanner window. Once warp to the site is initiated the site will also appear as a beacon in the overview, revealing to everyone that someone has warped to it.
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The site appears as a Combat anomaly in the Probe Scanner window. Once warp to the site is initiated the site will also appear as a Beacon in the overview, revealing to everyone in the system that someone has warped to it.
  
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Only T1, T2, and faction frigates and destroyers can enter the site.
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Only T1, T2, and Faction Frigates and Destroyers can enter the site.
  
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The site consists of two deadspace pockets, both behind acceleration gates.
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The site consists of two [[Deadspace|deadspace pockets]], both behind [[acceleration gate]]s.
  
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The first room has five waves of frigates, destroyers and occasional cruisers. Once all waves are dead, the acceleration gate to last room becomes active. Sometimes the acceleration gate becomes active before the last wave.
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The first room has five waves of frigates, destroyers and occasional cruisers. Once all waves are dead, the acceleration gate to the last room becomes active. Sometimes the acceleration gate becomes active before the last wave.
  
 
Accessing the final room requires a Hunt Acceleration Gate Key. The gate does not stay open for other people for 10 seconds after activation like other locked gates do. So everyone who wants to enter the final room needs their own key.
 
Accessing the final room requires a Hunt Acceleration Gate Key. The gate does not stay open for other people for 10 seconds after activation like other locked gates do. So everyone who wants to enter the final room needs their own key.
  
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The final room has a single Hunt Jackdaw. This NPC and the other boss in room 1 drops the valuable loot.
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The final room has a single Hunt Jackdaw, supported by a couple towers. This NPC and the other boss in room 1 drops the valuable loot.
  
 
The site can be completed in a destroyer tanked against kinetic/thermal damage.
 
The site can be completed in a destroyer tanked against kinetic/thermal damage.
  
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But take care, Most frigates warp disrupt/scramble, web and neut, as well as the Automated Drone and the Jackdaw. In the first room, there are NPCs that deal damage aside from kinetic and thermal. Hunt Griffin deals Explosive damage and ECM, Hunt Kestrel deals EM damages, Hunt Blackbird deals massive explosive damage and ECM, Hunt Caracal deals massive EM damage.  
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But take care, most frigates warp disrupt/scramble, web and neut, as well as the Automated Drone and the Jackdaw. In the first room, there are NPCs that deal damage aside from kinetic and thermal. Hunt Griffin deals Explosive damage and ECM, Hunt Kestrel deals EM damages, Hunt Blackbird deals massive explosive damage and ECM, Hunt Caracal deals massive EM damage.  
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Additionally it is said they the NPCs like to agress Drones, so using a Drone Boat might be suboptimal.
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The 'Hunt' rats have rather poor loot tables so don't bother looting.
 
The 'Hunt' rats have rather poor loot tables so don't bother looting.
  
 
The rats are weakest against EM and thermal damage. Kinetic damage is almost as good but explosive damage is not very good against them.
 
The rats are weakest against EM and thermal damage. Kinetic damage is almost as good but explosive damage is not very good against them.
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=== Loot ===
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Known loot drops for standard event Combat sites are:
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Common:
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* 7th to 12th Tier Overseer´s Personal Effects, which can be sold to CONCORD NPC buy orders,
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* Fireworks (Naughty People variant),
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* Abyssal Filament,
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* Guristas Pirate Faction clothing ('Fatal Elite', etc.),
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* Volatile (time limited) Event Boosters as well as regular Boosters (Hunt Boosters, Agency Doses)
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Rare:
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* Ship SKINS (Hunters Quiver, Guristas),
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* Guristas Pirate Faction Modules,
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* Gecko Blueprint copies,
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* Korako's Modified Drone Control Unit,
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* Black Market 'Valdimar' Drone Durability DD-1001, DD-1003 and DD-1005,
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* Black Market 'Valdimar' Repair Drone Operation DR-901, DR-903 and DR-905,
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* Black Market 'Valdimar' Drone Sharpshooting DS-801, DS-803 and DS-905,
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* Black Market 'Valdimar' Drone Navigation DN-701, DN-703 and DN-705,
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* C3-A and/or C3-x 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System,
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* Basic, Extended, and Potent 'Guri Kikhivaa' Cerebral Accelerators
  
 
==== First pocket ====
 
==== First pocket ====
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{{NPCTableRow|Destroyer|0-3|Hunt Cormorant}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Destroyer|0-3|Hunt Cormorant}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Destroyer|0-3|Hunt Corax|note=High Kinetic damage}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Destroyer|0-3|Hunt Corax|note=High Kinetic damage}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Cruiser|0-1|Hunt Blackbird|ewar=Neut|ewar2=ECM}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Cruiser|0-1|Hunt Blackbird|ewar=Neut|ewar2=ECM|note=Very high Explosive Damage, alongside its occasional neuts and ECM. Recommended primary.}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Cruiser|0-1|Hunt Caracal|point=yes|note=Very high EM damage. Recommended primary}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Cruiser|0-1|Hunt Caracal|point=yes|note=Very high EM damage. Recommended primary}}
 
{{NPCTableSeparator|Final Wave}}
 
{{NPCTableSeparator|Final Wave}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Commander Frigate|1|Guristas Automated VHF-08/VHF-21|point=scram|ewar=Web|ewar2=Neut|cargo=Very valuable items}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Commander Frigate|1|Guristas Automated VHF-08/VHF-21|point=scram|ewar=Web|ewar2=Neut|note=Former has EM alpha, latter has Explosive alpha|cargo=Very valuable items}}
 
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==== Second pocket ====
 
==== Second pocket ====
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You face a single boss rat in this room and some sentries.
 
You face a single boss rat in this room and some sentries.
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{{NPCTableHead|Boss rat}}
 
{{NPCTableHead|Boss rat}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Commander Destroyer|1|Hunt Jackdaw|point=scram|ewar=Web|ewar2=Neut|cargo=Very valuable items}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Commander Destroyer|1|Hunt Jackdaw|point=scram|ewar=Web|ewar2=Neut|cargo=Very valuable items|note=500 Alpha DMG, Alpha damage type varies between EM or Explosive.}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Sentry|4|Hunt EM/Explosive/Thermal/Kinetic Missile Battery|note=Fires HEAVY missiles, meaning you can tank them as long as you are moving with afterburner.}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Sentry|4|Hunt EM/Explosive/Thermal/Kinetic Missile Battery|note=Fires HEAVY missiles, meaning you can tank them as long as you are moving with afterburner.}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Sentry|1|Hunt Stasis Webifier Tower|ewar=Web}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Sentry|1|Hunt Stasis Webifier Tower|ewar=Web}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Sentry|1|Hunt Energy Neutralizer Tower|ewar=Neut}}
 
{{NPCTableRow|Sentry|1|Hunt Energy Neutralizer Tower|ewar=Neut}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Structure|1|Guristas Bunker|note=Only the closest to warp in has loot|drop=T1 ammunition}}
 
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=== Guristas Capital Forge ===
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A special Event combat site, that, like the advanced Huntmaster sites, only spawns in Caldari Lowsec.
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This site consists of a single room wth no further Acceleration Gates. A Guristas Capital ship, the Caiman, is present upon warp-in. Shortly thereafter, about a dozen additional ships spawn in, Worms, Gilas and Rattlesnakes. All of these are Diamond class ships, like those spawned from a FOB.
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This site clearly requires a Capital ship to run it or at least a powerful fleet of sub-capitals.
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No further information concerning additional spawns or even loot is available.
  
 
== Data sites ==
 
== Data sites ==
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These are the Data sites, Hunt Data Relay, that appear throughout New Eden with the event.
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A special advanced version, Huntmaster Data Relay, appears solely in Caldari Lowsec and in the Nullsec region of Venal.
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The site appears as a signature in the probe scanner window that must be scanned down before being warpable.
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The standard event site is a Level III Data site called Hunt Data Relay and consists of an initial warp-in area with 4 cans of green difficulty and an Acceleration Gate which requires a Hunt YC124 Acceleration Gate Key to activate it. This Key will then be consumed.
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Hacking all four cans in the first room will despawn the whole site from the Probe window.
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The second room contains another 5 cans of yellow difficulty and slightly better loot than the warp-in area. Both rooms - warp-in and second room - count as individual Hunt Data Relay site in regards to The Agencies campaign task, so fully resolving a single Event Data site will net up to 30 Points on the reward line.
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Advanced Huntmaster Data Relay sites follow the same structure as standard sites but are more difficult, especially the second room, whose cans are of red difficulty. All of the defensive are buffed with additional health: the core has 120 health, virus suppressor 70, restoration node 90 health. There are no penalties for failing the hack
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These cans, however, contain significantly more loot than their standard Event site brothers. They drop up to 23rd Tier Overseer´s Personal effects and may contain Agency Boosters, hunt boosters, Hunter's Quiver skins, and among others.
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=== Loot ===
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Known loot drops for standard event Data sites are:
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* 5th-7th Tier Overseer´s Personal Effects, which can be sold to CONCORD NPC buy orders; the second room also drops 8th Tier Effects as well,
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* Fireworks (Ace of Podhunters variant),
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* Abyssal Filaments,
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* Various standard Data site industry stuff of little value, often related to the Guristas Pirate faction,
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* Rarely, volatile (time limited) Event Boosters (Hunt Boosters, Agency Doses)
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* Very rarely, Ship SKINS and Guristas Apparel (Hunters Quiver, Guristas, 'Fatal Elite')
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Known loot drops for Huntmaster Data sites are:
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* 18th-23rd Tier Overseer´s Personal Effects, which can be sold to CONCORD NPC buy orders,
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* Fireworks (Ace of Podhunters variant),
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* Abyssal Filaments,
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* Various standard Data site industry stuff of little value, often related to the Guristas Pirate faction,
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* Volatile (time-limited) Event Boosters,
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* Ship SKINS and Guristas Apparel (Hunters Quiver, Guristas, 'Fatal Elite'),
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* C3-A 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System,
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* C3-X 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System
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Additionally, the main part of a cans´ loot value is oftentimes taken up by the Overseer´s Personal Effects which can quickly bring an exploration ships´ cargohold to its limits.
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=== Hunt Data Relay ===
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Warp-in /First Room
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{{NPCTableRow|Hackable|4|Hunt Communication Tower}}
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Second Room
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{{NPCTableHead}}
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{{NPCTableRow|Hackable|5|Hunt Communication Mainframe}}
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== Agency campaign ==
 
== Agency campaign ==
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{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center; background-color:#0D2020; width: 1000px"
 
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! Task Name!! Description !! Reward
 
! Task Name!! Description !! Reward
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| '''Hop on the Hunt'''<br>Combat 2/3 || Destroy 5 non-capsuleer enemies while in Guristas Hunt Outpost site. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
 
| '''Hop on the Hunt'''<br>Combat 2/3 || Destroy 5 non-capsuleer enemies while in Guristas Hunt Outpost site. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
 
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| '''?'''<br>Combat 3/3 || || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] ? points
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| '''Hop on the Hunt'''<br>Combat 3/3 <br>''repeatable'' || Destroy the Guristas Jackdaw when it arrives in the second room of a Guristas Hunt Outpost site. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 15 points
 
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! colspan=4 style="background-color:#205FCF" | Exploration Challenges
 
! colspan=4 style="background-color:#205FCF" | Exploration Challenges
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| '''Sniff out the Secrets'''<br>Exploration 1/2<br>''repeatable'' || Scan down and enter a Hunt Data Relay site. You will need a data analyzer module and a probe scanner for the task ahead. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points
 
| '''Sniff out the Secrets'''<br>Exploration 1/2<br>''repeatable'' || Scan down and enter a Hunt Data Relay site. You will need a data analyzer module and a probe scanner for the task ahead. || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 5 points
 
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| '''Sniff out the Secrets'''<br>Exploration 2/2 || Hack into a Hunt or Huntmasters Communications Tower or Mainframe and discover what secrets it hides.(4x) || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
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| '''Sniff out the Secrets'''<br>Exploration 2/2<br>''repeatable'' || Hack into a Hunt or Huntmasters Communications Tower or Mainframe and discover what secrets it hides.(4x) || [[File:Event icon.png|32px|link=]] 10 points
 
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! Points !! Icon !! Reward
 
! Points !! Icon !! Reward
 
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| 50 || || Hunt Probing Booster II
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| 50 || [[File:Event Booster Yellow II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Probing Booster II
 
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| 100 || || [[Pontifex]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 100 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Amarr.png|link=|32px]] || [[Pontifex]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 150 || || Hunt Rapid Repair Booster II
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| 150 || [[File:Event Booster Purple II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Rapid Repair Booster II
 
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| 200 || || [[Bifrost]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 200 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png|link=|32px]] || [[Bifrost]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 250 || || Hunt Drone Precision  Booster II
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| 250 || [[File:Event Booster Green II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Drone Precision  Booster II
 
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| 300 || || [[Stork]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 300 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Caldari.png|link=|32px]] || [[Stork]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 350 || || Hunt Missile Damage Booster II
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| 350 || [[File:Event Booster Red II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Missile Damage Booster II
 
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| 400 || || [[Magus]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 400 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Gallente.png|link=|32px]] || [[Magus]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 450 || || Hunt Pursuit Booster II
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| 450 || [[File:Event Booster Yellow II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Pursuit Booster II
 
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| 500 || || [[Scythe Fleet Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 500 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png|link=|32px]] || [[Scythe Fleet Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 550 || || Hunt Resistance Booster II
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| 550 || [[File:Event Booster Purple II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Resistance Booster II
 
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| 600 || || [[Vexor Navy Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 600 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Gallente.png|link=|32px]] || [[Vexor Navy Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 650 || || Hunt Missile Velocity Booster II
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| 650 || [[File:Event Booster Green II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Missile Velocity Booster II
 
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| 700 || || [[Omen Navy Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 700 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Amarr.png|link=|32px]] || [[Omen Navy Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 750 || || Hunt Drone Damage Booster II
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| 750 || [[File:Event Booster Red II.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Drone Damage Booster II
 
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| 800 || || [[Stabber Fleet Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 800 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png|link=|32px]] || [[Stabber Fleet Issue]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 850 || || Hunt Booster Crate
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| 850 || [[File:Hunt Booster Crate.png|link=|32px]] || Hunt Booster Crate
 
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| 900 || || [[Gila]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
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| 900 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Caldari.png|link=|32px]] || [[Gila]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN
 
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| 950 || || 2x Hunt Booster Crate
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| 950 ||[[File:Hunt Booster Crate.png|link=|32px]] || 2x Hunt Booster Crate
 
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== Login campaign ==
 
== Login campaign ==
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| style="text-align:center" | 1 || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 5,000 Skill Points || [[File:Icon Acceleration Key.png|link=|32px]] Hunt YC124 Acceleration Gate Key
 
| style="text-align:center" | 1 || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 5,000 Skill Points || [[File:Icon Acceleration Key.png|link=|32px]] Hunt YC124 Acceleration Gate Key
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 2 || [[Moa]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 10,000 Skill Points
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| style="text-align:center" | 2 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Caldari.png|link=|32px]] [[Moa]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 10,000 Skill Points
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 3 || Hunt Probing Booster I || [[File:Versus Redforce SKIN.png|link=|32px]] [[Worm]] Versus Redforce SKIN
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| style="text-align:center" | 3 || [[File:Event Booster Yellow I.png|link=|32px]] Hunt Probing Booster I || [[File:Versus Redforce SKIN.png|link=|32px]] [[Worm]] Versus Redforce SKIN
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 4 || [[Scythe]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || Hunt Rapid Repair Booster I
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| style="text-align:center" | 4 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png|link=|32px]] [[Scythe]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || [[File:Event Booster Purple I.png|link=|32px]] Hunt Rapid Repair Booster I
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 5 || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 10,000 Skill Points || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 20,000 Skill Points
 
| style="text-align:center" | 5 || [[File:Icon 10k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 10,000 Skill Points || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 20,000 Skill Points
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 6 || [[Omen]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || [[File:Versus Blueforce SKIN.png|link=|32px]] [[Gila]] Versus Blueforce SKIN
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| style="text-align:center" | 6 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Amarr.png|link=|32px]] [[Omen]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || [[File:Versus Blueforce SKIN.png|link=|32px]] [[Gila]] Versus Blueforce SKIN
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 7 || Hunt Pursuit Booster I || Hunt Drone Precision Booster I
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| style="text-align:center" | 7 || [[File:Event Booster Yellow I.png|link=|32px]] Hunt Pursuit Booster I || [[File:Event Booster Green I.png|link=|32px]] Hunt Drone Precision Booster I
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 8 || [[Vexor]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || Hunt Missile Velocity Booster I
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| style="text-align:center" | 8 || [[File:Hunter's Quiver Gallente.png|link=|32px]] [[Vexor]] Hunter's Quiver SKIN || [[File:Event Booster Green I.png|link=|32px]] Hunt Missile Velocity Booster I
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 9 || Hunt Resistance Booster I || [[File:Versus Redforce SKIN.png|link=|32px]] [[Rattlesnake]] Versus Redforce SKIN
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| style="text-align:center" | 9 || [[File:Event Booster Purple I.png|link=|32px]] Hunt Resistance Booster I || [[File:Versus Redforce SKIN.png|link=|32px]] [[Rattlesnake]] Versus Redforce SKIN
 
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| style="text-align:center" | 10 || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 25,000 Skill Points || [[File:Icon 50k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 50,000 Skill Points
 
| style="text-align:center" | 10 || [[File:Icon 25k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 25,000 Skill Points || [[File:Icon 50k Skill Points.png|link=|32px]] 50,000 Skill Points

Latest revision as of 11:29, 4 May 2022

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The Hunt is an in-game Easter event that runs from April 7th to April 19th. It is similar with last year, it keeps the egg hunt, the site NPCs, and the pod implant drops. However as of April 7 the pods drop expired keys.

Note that activating the gate will consume a key regardless whether you manage to jump or not. The gate can be activated multiple times consuming multiple keys and the gate does not stay unlocked.


Combat sites

Guristas Hunt Outpost

This is the combat site that appears throughout New Eden including Wormholes with the event.

It is pretty similar with last year's event, but with a new boss.

The site appears as a Combat anomaly in the Probe Scanner window. Once warp to the site is initiated the site will also appear as a Beacon in the overview, revealing to everyone in the system that someone has warped to it.

Only T1, T2, and Faction Frigates and Destroyers can enter the site.

The site consists of two deadspace pockets, both behind acceleration gates.

The first room has five waves of frigates, destroyers and occasional cruisers. Once all waves are dead, the acceleration gate to the last room becomes active. Sometimes the acceleration gate becomes active before the last wave.

Accessing the final room requires a Hunt Acceleration Gate Key. The gate does not stay open for other people for 10 seconds after activation like other locked gates do. So everyone who wants to enter the final room needs their own key.

The final room has a single Hunt Jackdaw, supported by a couple towers. This NPC and the other boss in room 1 drops the valuable loot.

The site can be completed in a destroyer tanked against kinetic/thermal damage.

But take care, most frigates warp disrupt/scramble, web and neut, as well as the Automated Drone and the Jackdaw. In the first room, there are NPCs that deal damage aside from kinetic and thermal. Hunt Griffin deals Explosive damage and ECM, Hunt Kestrel deals EM damages, Hunt Blackbird deals massive explosive damage and ECM, Hunt Caracal deals massive EM damage. Additionally it is said they the NPCs like to agress Drones, so using a Drone Boat might be suboptimal.

The 'Hunt' rats have rather poor loot tables so don't bother looting.

The rats are weakest against EM and thermal damage. Kinetic damage is almost as good but explosive damage is not very good against them.


Loot

Known loot drops for standard event Combat sites are:

Common:

  • 7th to 12th Tier Overseer´s Personal Effects, which can be sold to CONCORD NPC buy orders,
  • Fireworks (Naughty People variant),
  • Abyssal Filament,
  • Guristas Pirate Faction clothing ('Fatal Elite', etc.),
  • Volatile (time limited) Event Boosters as well as regular Boosters (Hunt Boosters, Agency Doses)

Rare:

  • Ship SKINS (Hunters Quiver, Guristas),
  • Guristas Pirate Faction Modules,
  • Gecko Blueprint copies,
  • Korako's Modified Drone Control Unit,
  • Black Market 'Valdimar' Drone Durability DD-1001, DD-1003 and DD-1005,
  • Black Market 'Valdimar' Repair Drone Operation DR-901, DR-903 and DR-905,
  • Black Market 'Valdimar' Drone Sharpshooting DS-801, DS-803 and DS-905,
  • Black Market 'Valdimar' Drone Navigation DN-701, DN-703 and DN-705,
  • C3-A and/or C3-x 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System,
  • Basic, Extended, and Potent 'Guri Kikhivaa' Cerebral Accelerators

First pocket

Wave x5 (can vary)
WD EWAR L


Frigate 0-3 x Frigate Hunt Condor Warp Scrambler Energy Neutralizer Stasis Webifier
Frigate 0-3 x Frigate Hunt Kestrel Warp Disruptor
Frigate 0-2 x Frigate Hunt Worm Higher damage Warp Scrambler Energy Neutralizer Stasis Webifier
Frigate 0-2 x Frigate Hunt Griffin Energy Neutralizer Target Jammer
Destroyer 0-3 x Destroyer Hunt Cormorant
Destroyer 0-3 x Destroyer Hunt Corax High Kinetic damage
Cruiser 0-1 x Cruiser Hunt Blackbird Very high Explosive Damage, alongside its occasional neuts and ECM. Recommended primary. Energy Neutralizer Target Jammer
Cruiser 0-1 x Cruiser Hunt Caracal Very high EM damage. Recommended primary Warp Disruptor
Final Wave
Commander Frigate 1 x Commander Frigate Guristas Automated VHF-08/VHF-21 Former has EM alpha, latter has Explosive alpha Warp Scrambler Stasis Webifier Energy Neutralizer Very valuable items


Second pocket

You face a single boss rat in this room and some sentries.


Boss rat
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Commander Destroyer 1 x Commander Destroyer Hunt Jackdaw 500 Alpha DMG, Alpha damage type varies between EM or Explosive. Warp Scrambler Stasis Webifier Energy Neutralizer Very valuable items
Sentry 4 x Sentry Hunt EM/Explosive/Thermal/Kinetic Missile Battery Fires HEAVY missiles, meaning you can tank them as long as you are moving with afterburner.
Sentry 1 x Sentry Hunt Stasis Webifier Tower Stasis Webifier
Sentry 1 x Sentry Hunt Energy Neutralizer Tower Energy Neutralizer
Structure 1 x Guristas Bunker Only the closest to warp in has loot T1 ammunition

Guristas Capital Forge

A special Event combat site, that, like the advanced Huntmaster sites, only spawns in Caldari Lowsec.

This site consists of a single room wth no further Acceleration Gates. A Guristas Capital ship, the Caiman, is present upon warp-in. Shortly thereafter, about a dozen additional ships spawn in, Worms, Gilas and Rattlesnakes. All of these are Diamond class ships, like those spawned from a FOB.

This site clearly requires a Capital ship to run it or at least a powerful fleet of sub-capitals.

No further information concerning additional spawns or even loot is available.

Data sites

These are the Data sites, Hunt Data Relay, that appear throughout New Eden with the event.

A special advanced version, Huntmaster Data Relay, appears solely in Caldari Lowsec and in the Nullsec region of Venal.

The site appears as a signature in the probe scanner window that must be scanned down before being warpable.

The standard event site is a Level III Data site called Hunt Data Relay and consists of an initial warp-in area with 4 cans of green difficulty and an Acceleration Gate which requires a Hunt YC124 Acceleration Gate Key to activate it. This Key will then be consumed.

Hacking all four cans in the first room will despawn the whole site from the Probe window.

The second room contains another 5 cans of yellow difficulty and slightly better loot than the warp-in area. Both rooms - warp-in and second room - count as individual Hunt Data Relay site in regards to The Agencies campaign task, so fully resolving a single Event Data site will net up to 30 Points on the reward line.


Advanced Huntmaster Data Relay sites follow the same structure as standard sites but are more difficult, especially the second room, whose cans are of red difficulty. All of the defensive are buffed with additional health: the core has 120 health, virus suppressor 70, restoration node 90 health. There are no penalties for failing the hack

These cans, however, contain significantly more loot than their standard Event site brothers. They drop up to 23rd Tier Overseer´s Personal effects and may contain Agency Boosters, hunt boosters, Hunter's Quiver skins, and among others.


Loot

Known loot drops for standard event Data sites are:

  • 5th-7th Tier Overseer´s Personal Effects, which can be sold to CONCORD NPC buy orders; the second room also drops 8th Tier Effects as well,
  • Fireworks (Ace of Podhunters variant),
  • Abyssal Filaments,
  • Various standard Data site industry stuff of little value, often related to the Guristas Pirate faction,
  • Rarely, volatile (time limited) Event Boosters (Hunt Boosters, Agency Doses)
  • Very rarely, Ship SKINS and Guristas Apparel (Hunters Quiver, Guristas, 'Fatal Elite')

Known loot drops for Huntmaster Data sites are:

  • 18th-23rd Tier Overseer´s Personal Effects, which can be sold to CONCORD NPC buy orders,
  • Fireworks (Ace of Podhunters variant),
  • Abyssal Filaments,
  • Various standard Data site industry stuff of little value, often related to the Guristas Pirate faction,
  • Volatile (time-limited) Event Boosters,
  • Ship SKINS and Guristas Apparel (Hunters Quiver, Guristas, 'Fatal Elite'),
  • C3-A 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System,
  • C3-X 'Hivaa Saitsuo' Ballistic Control System

Additionally, the main part of a cans´ loot value is oftentimes taken up by the Overseer´s Personal Effects which can quickly bring an exploration ships´ cargohold to its limits.


Hunt Data Relay

Warp-in /First Room

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Hackable Structure 4 x Hunt Communication Tower


Second Room

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Hackable Structure 5 x Hunt Communication Mainframe

Agency campaign

Task Name Description Reward
Egg Hunt
Crack the Capsule Locate and destroy a mysterious capsule. Event icon.png 5 points
Crack the Capsule
repeatable		 Locate and destroy 5 mysterious capsules. Event icon.png 10 points
Combat Challenges
Hop on the Hunt
Combat 1/3		 Enter a Guristas Hunt Outpost site in high-security, low-security or null-security space. Event icon.png 5 points
Hop on the Hunt
Combat 2/3		 Destroy 5 non-capsuleer enemies while in Guristas Hunt Outpost site. Event icon.png 10 points
Hop on the Hunt
Combat 3/3
repeatable		 Destroy the Guristas Jackdaw when it arrives in the second room of a Guristas Hunt Outpost site. Event icon.png 15 points
Exploration Challenges
Sniff out the Secrets
Exploration 1/2
repeatable		 Scan down and enter a Hunt Data Relay site. You will need a data analyzer module and a probe scanner for the task ahead. Event icon.png 5 points
Sniff out the Secrets
Exploration 2/2
repeatable		 Hack into a Hunt or Huntmasters Communications Tower or Mainframe and discover what secrets it hides.(4x) Event icon.png 10 points


Points Icon Reward
50 Event Booster Yellow II.png Hunt Probing Booster II
100 Hunter's Quiver Amarr.png Pontifex Hunter's Quiver SKIN
150 Event Booster Purple II.png Hunt Rapid Repair Booster II
200 Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png Bifrost Hunter's Quiver SKIN
250 Event Booster Green II.png Hunt Drone Precision Booster II
300 Hunter's Quiver Caldari.png Stork Hunter's Quiver SKIN
350 Event Booster Red II.png Hunt Missile Damage Booster II
400 Hunter's Quiver Gallente.png Magus Hunter's Quiver SKIN
450 Event Booster Yellow II.png Hunt Pursuit Booster II
500 Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png Scythe Fleet Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
550 Event Booster Purple II.png Hunt Resistance Booster II
600 Hunter's Quiver Gallente.png Vexor Navy Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
650 Event Booster Green II.png Hunt Missile Velocity Booster II
700 Hunter's Quiver Amarr.png Omen Navy Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
750 Event Booster Red II.png Hunt Drone Damage Booster II
800 Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png Stabber Fleet Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
850 Hunt Booster Crate.png Hunt Booster Crate
900 Hunter's Quiver Caldari.png Gila Hunter's Quiver SKIN
950 Hunt Booster Crate.png 2x Hunt Booster Crate


Login campaign

The Hunt Daily Gifts is a login campaign that ran alongside The Hunt. The campaign rewards SKINs, Boosters, and 40,000 Skill Points for Alpha clones with 80,000 more Skill Points for Omega clones.

Day For Alpha Accounts Additional for Omega
1 Icon 10k Skill Points.png 5,000 Skill Points Icon Acceleration Key.png Hunt YC124 Acceleration Gate Key
2 Hunter's Quiver Caldari.png Moa Hunter's Quiver SKIN Icon 10k Skill Points.png 10,000 Skill Points
3 Event Booster Yellow I.png Hunt Probing Booster I Versus Redforce SKIN.png Worm Versus Redforce SKIN
4 Hunter's Quiver Minmatar.png Scythe Hunter's Quiver SKIN Event Booster Purple I.png Hunt Rapid Repair Booster I
5 Icon 10k Skill Points.png 10,000 Skill Points Icon 25k Skill Points.png 20,000 Skill Points
6 Hunter's Quiver Amarr.png Omen Hunter's Quiver SKIN Versus Blueforce SKIN.png Gila Versus Blueforce SKIN
7 Event Booster Yellow I.png Hunt Pursuit Booster I Event Booster Green I.png Hunt Drone Precision Booster I
8 Hunter's Quiver Gallente.png Vexor Hunter's Quiver SKIN Event Booster Green I.png Hunt Missile Velocity Booster I
9 Event Booster Purple I.png Hunt Resistance Booster I Versus Redforce SKIN.png Rattlesnake Versus Redforce SKIN
10 Icon 25k Skill Points.png 25,000 Skill Points Icon 50k Skill Points.png 50,000 Skill Points


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