The Hunt (2022)

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 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 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 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. 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. 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.

First pocket

Wave x5 (can vary)

		WD	EWAR	L
	0-3 x Frigate Hunt Condor
	0-3 x Frigate Hunt Kestrel
	0-2 x Frigate Hunt Worm
	0-2 x Frigate Hunt Griffin
	0-3 x Destroyer Hunt Cormorant
	0-3 x Destroyer Hunt Corax
	0-1 x Cruiser Hunt Blackbird
	0-1 x Cruiser Hunt Caracal
Final Wave
	1 x Commander Frigate Guristas Automated VHF-08/VHF-21

Second pocket

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

Boss rat

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Commander Destroyer Hunt Jackdaw
	4 x Sentry Hunt EM/Explosive/Thermal/Kinetic Missile Battery
	1 x Sentry Hunt Stasis Webifier Tower
	1 x Sentry Hunt Energy Neutralizer Tower

Data sites

Hunt Data Relay

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Hunt Communication Tower

Agency campaign

Task Name	Description	Reward
Egg Hunt
Crack the Capsule	Locate and destroy a mysterious capsule.	5 points
Crack the Capsule repeatable	Locate and destroy 5 mysterious capsules.	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.	5 points
Hop on the Hunt Combat 2/3	Destroy 5 non-capsuleer enemies while in Guristas Hunt Outpost site.	10 points
? Combat 3/3		? 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.	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)	10 points

Points	Icon	Reward
50	32px	Hunt Probing Booster II
100		Pontifex Hunter's Quiver SKIN
150	32px	Hunt Rapid Repair Booster II
200		Bifrost Hunter's Quiver SKIN
250	32px	Hunt Drone Precision Booster II
300		Stork Hunter's Quiver SKIN
350	32px	Hunt Missile Damage Booster II
400		Magus Hunter's Quiver SKIN
450	32px	Hunt Pursuit Booster II
500		Scythe Fleet Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
550	32px	Hunt Resistance Booster II
600		Vexor Navy Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
650	32px	Hunt Missile Velocity Booster II
700		Omen Navy Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
750	32px	Hunt Drone Damage Booster II
800		Stabber Fleet Issue Hunter's Quiver SKIN
850		Hunt Booster Crate
900		Gila Hunter's Quiver SKIN
950		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	5,000 Skill Points	Hunt YC124 Acceleration Gate Key
2	Moa Hunter's Quiver SKIN	10,000 Skill Points
3	32px Hunt Probing Booster I	Worm Versus Redforce SKIN
4	Scythe Hunter's Quiver SKIN	32px Hunt Rapid Repair Booster I
5	10,000 Skill Points	20,000 Skill Points
6	Omen Hunter's Quiver SKIN	Gila Versus Blueforce SKIN
7	32px Hunt Pursuit Booster I	32px Hunt Drone Precision Booster I
8	Vexor Hunter's Quiver SKIN	32px Hunt Missile Velocity Booster I
9	32px Hunt Resistance Booster I	Rattlesnake Versus Redforce SKIN
10	25,000 Skill Points	50,000 Skill Points