THE HUNT BOARD & GUILD CONTRACTS

Taverns, coaching inns, airship docks, and regional guildhalls maintain an essential piece of frontier infrastructure: The Hunt Board. Managed collaboratively by municipal marshals, merchant consortiums, and the Moogle Courier Express, these cork-and-iron boards display bounties on rampaging crystalline fiends, escort dispatches, and emergency survey operations.

1. Contract Structure & Rules of Engagement

Every posted notice follows an established guild format designed to verify claims and protect civilian populations:

• The Billpayer: The sponsoring client (e.g., local magistrate, merchant factor, mining overseer, or temple prelate).

• The Mark: The target creature, escort detail, or crisis site.

• Proof of Completion: To claim the reward, hunters must present tangible proof—a harvested anatomical trophy (horn, talon, core), a signed manifest, or an attested Moogle courier slip.

• Exclusive Claim: To prevent fatal infighting among rival mercenary parties, a contract slip stamped by the local hunt-clerk grants an exclusive 7-day hunting claim on that specific mark within the target territory.

2. Hunt Rank Tiers

Contracts are rated by difficulty, determining the necessary party level, danger scale, and reward payout.

Rank D (Local / Greenhorn)

• Recommended Level: 1–4

• Scope: Nuisance vermin, small packs displaced by aether surges, basic caravan escorts through low-risk terrain.

• Typical Reward: 50–150 gp, standard field rations, or basic alchemical supplies (Potion of Healing, Antidote).

Rank C (Journeyman / Veteran)

• Recommended Level: 5–8

• Scope: Aggressive mutations, territorial predators choking trade passes, rogue aether-pirate skiffs, or clearing infested mineheads.

• Typical Reward: 250–750 gp, Potion of Greater Healing, or Tier 1 (Common) Materia.

Rank B (Elite / Specialist)

• Recommended Level: 9–12

• Scope: Massive apex fiends, corrupted elemental incursions, hostile magitech warmachines running automated search-and-destroy protocols.

• Typical Reward: 1,000–3,000 gp, Potion of Superior Healing, refined Mako canisters, or Tier 2 (Uncommon) Materia.

Rank A & S (Notorious Marks / Calamity Tier)

• Recommended Level: 13+

• Scope: Legendary calamities, ancient dragon-kin, runaway imperial prototypes, or primal aether avatars threatening entire settlements.

• Typical Reward: 5,000+ gp, Potion of Supreme Healing, rare Airship modifications, or legendary socketable Magicite.