Faction · Tier A · +10% expedition speed
Hunter Conclave — the cadence faction
Trackers, trappers, and slayers of great beasts. One of the three factions whose passive amplifies a system rather than a stat — +10% expedition speed compounds across every trip and rewards engaged play more than passive idling.
TL;DR
The Hunter Conclave faction in one paragraph — +10% expedition speed (a utility passive, not a stat boost). Pairs with Trade Cohort as the three factions whose passives buff systems rather than members. Exclusive Hunting Lodge building with six rooms including the Kennel (+22% SPD at level 5, a single-stat signature room paralleling Honorbound's Armory). Seven-tier Tracker Rank ladder from Novice to Apex Predator. The Apex Pursuit spec quest follows a mythic prey unrecorded in any conclave codex. Pick Hunter Conclave when you're running an active dispatch loop and want the +10% to compound across real expeditions per day.
The faction at a glance
Passive bonus
+10% expedition speed — every dispatched expedition completes 10% faster in real-world time. A 48-hour expedition becomes ~43.2 hours; a 12-hour becomes ~10.8. The value compounds with dispatch volume; players running 12-18 expeditions a week save the equivalent of one extra trip per week. Utility passive, not a stat boost.
Exclusive Hunting Lodge
The Hunter-Conclave-exclusive building. Unlocks the six-room hunting-progression system, the legendary_hunt quest type, and the Apex Pursuit spec questline. Like every faction's exclusive, locks loyalty — other factions can't construct this building in the region.
Hunter Conclave is Tier A in the faction tier list — utility passive value scales with dispatch engagement, so the tier rating is true for active players and one tier lower for once-a-day check-in players. The math punishes mismatching the passive to your cadence.
The expedition-speed math
A +10% expedition-speed multiplier compresses every trip's real-world clock. The cumulative effect across a week of dispatch:
| Expedition | Standard | With +10% | Time saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-hour | 12h 0m | 10h 48m | 1h 12m |
| 24-hour | 24h 0m | 21h 36m | 2h 24m |
| 48-hour | 48h 0m | 43h 12m | 4h 48m |
A weekly rotation cycle running through all three expedition buckets (12h + 24h + 48h on rotation, plus the three permanent forest entries) saves the better part of a full 12-hour expedition's worth of clock per week under Hunter Conclave loyalty. The savings stack with dispatch volume — active players see the multiplier across more trips.
The six Hunting Lodge rooms
Six rooms, all capping at level 5. The Kennel is Hunter Conclave's signature room — single-stat SPD scaling to +22% at level 5, structurally similar to Honorbound's Armory (single-stat ATK, same shape) rather than the dual-stat signature rooms used by Wild Clan, Arcane Council, Hermit Realm, and Diplomatic Court.
| Room | Effect | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | L5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Skinning Floor | +pelt yield from kills | +8% | +16% | +25% | +35% | +50% |
Trophy Den | Trophy storage capacity | 10 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 80 |
Scout Tower | +rewards from hunt quests | +5% | +10% | +15% | +22% | +30% |
Kennel | +SPD (single-stat signature room) | +3% | +6% | +10% | +15% | +22% |
Cartography Hall | +essence drop chance from clears | +5% | +10% | +18% | +25% | +35% |
Watchtower | Reduces injury recovery time | +10% | +18% | +25% | +35% | +50% |
Skinning Floor + Trophy Den together convert the legendary hunt's kills into stockpiled pelts at +50% yield and 80 capacity at L5 — the room pair makes Hunter Conclave the fastest pelt-economy faction in the game. Cartography Hall + Watchtower stack essence drops and recovery time, both useful for the active-cadence player profile this faction rewards.
Tracker Rank — the seven-tier ladder
Same shape as every other faction's rank ladder: seven tiers, identical threshold pattern (0 / 50 / 150 / 350 / 700 / 1,200 / 2,000 Tracking Points). Earn points from legendary hunts, the Apex Pursuit questline, and other Hunter Conclave activities. Tracker (rank 2 at 150 points) is the meaningful early gate — it unlocks Hunting Lodge room levels 3 and above.
| Rank | Name | Tracking points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Novice | 0 | starting rank |
| 1 | Scout | 50 | — |
| 2 | Tracker | 150 | unlocks Hunting Lodge room levels 3+ |
| 3 | Ranger | 350 | — |
| 4 | Warden | 700 | — |
| 5 | Huntmaster | 1,200 | — |
| 6 | Apex Predator | 2,000 | max rank |
Apex Predator at 2,000 Tracking Points sits at the same threshold as every other faction's top rank. Same climb, different flavor.
The Apex Pursuit — the spec quest line
Hunter Conclave loyalty opens the faction's spec quest storyline, The Apex Pursuit. The setup, from the source:
A mythic prey, unrecorded in any conclave codex, untracked by any lodge, crosses the world from south to north. Every hunter who has read its sign has gone quiet. The trail is yours. The choice of how the hunt ends is also yours.
Three named characters anchor the story. Master-Tracker Anze is the senior tracker of the fourth southern lodge — mid-fifties, "speaks in gait-readings: heavy-hip, light-shoulder, three-days-old. Rarely uses adjectives." Renn of the Apex Pack is a lead-tracker from a rival lodge who has been tracking the prey for two seasons longer than you — late forties, "answers questions a beat before they end." Runner Kell is your conclave's sixteen-year-old courier, "fast, observant beyond his years."
The Apex Pursuit is the most exploration-leaning of the faction spec quests — a multi-region tracking arc where the prey's path through the world is itself the puzzle. The quest reads as wilderness mystery more than combat escalation; the "choice of how the hunt ends" framing is the moral hook.
When to commit Hunter Conclave
- ·You're an active-cadence player. The +10% expedition speed compounds across dispatch volume. Players running 2-3 expedition cycles per day extract more value than once-a-day players. The faction is mis-matched to passive playstyle.
- ·Your roster leans Ranger or SPD-scaling. The Kennel's +22% SPD at room L5 stacks with whatever your members already have. Rangers, Bow-essence members, anything that scales on turn order benefits doubly — from the faction's room bonus and from arriving back from expeditions sooner.
- ·You want a pelt economy. Skinning Floor at L5 yields +50% pelts per kill; Trophy Den at L5 holds 80. The room pair lets you accumulate a meaningful trophy stockpile that feeds both crafting and Tracker rank progression.
- ·You enjoy multi-region exploration narrative. The Apex Pursuit takes you across regions following a mythic prey's trail — distinct from the more local storylines other factions tell. If you've enjoyed Wild Clan's Bone-Mother's Trail, this is the next-step tracking arc.
Common mistakes
- Picking Hunter Conclave for a passive playstyle. +10% expedition speed compounds with volume. A player dispatching one trip a day gets the same percentage on fewer trips than a player dispatching three a day. The utility-passive math punishes mismatch in cadence.
- Confusing Hunter Conclave with Wild Clan because both are SPD-themed. Wild Clan gives roster-wide +5% combat SPD as a stat passive. Hunter Conclave's passive is real-world expedition speed, not combat speed. The SPD theme is shared; the math is different.
- Skipping Tracker rank advancement. The Tracker rank gate at 150 points unlocks room L3+ upgrades; without it, your Hunting Lodge tops out at L2 on every room. Spend the first 150 Tracking Points on rank advancement before broad room investment.
- Ignoring the Cartography Hall. The essence-drop chance bonus (+35% at L5) is one of the highest essence-acquisition multipliers in the game. Players investing in essence collection without touching Cartography are leaving meaningful drop probability on the table.
FAQ
Why isn't Hunter Conclave's +10% expedition speed a stat boost?
Two of the ten factions use utility passives instead of stat boosts — Trade Cohort (+10% gold) and Hunter Conclave (+10% expedition speed). The pattern is the same: amplify a system rather than a stat. The implication is that the value scales with engagement — players who actively use the dispatch queue compound the +10% across more expeditions per real-world day. A check-in-once player gets the same percentage on fewer trips.
What's the difference between Hunter Conclave's SPD theme and Wild Clan's SPD theme?
Both factions are SPD-themed, but they apply it differently. Wild Clan grants +5% SPD as a roster-wide stat passive (everyone fights faster). Hunter Conclave doesn't grant a stat — instead, the Hunting Lodge's Kennel room provides +SPD scaling up to 22% at level 5 for the region's members, and the faction passive accelerates expedition real-world timers rather than turn-order in combat. SPD shows up as theme, the passives behave differently.
How much expedition time does +10% actually save?
Multiplicative on the route duration. A 48-hour Stormbreak-region expedition becomes ~43.2 hours under Hunter Conclave loyalty. Across a week of dispatch, an active player running 12-18 expeditions saves the equivalent of one extra expedition cycle. The compounding effect is more meaningful than a single trip's reduction.
What does the legendary_hunt quest type offer?
The Hunter Conclave-exclusive quest line. Quest pool surfaces in addition to standard expedition contracts; rewards lean heavily toward rare essence drops and trophy materials. Legendary hunts feed both Tracker rank progression (climbing the Novice → Apex Predator ladder) and trophy storage in the Trophy Den room.
Is the Kennel room a dual-stat signature room?
No — Kennel is a single-stat SPD room with a higher per-level ceiling (+22% at level 5). It's structurally similar to Honorbound's Armory (single-stat ATK, same +22% L5 cap) rather than the dual-stat signature rooms in Wild Clan, Arcane Council, Hermit Realm, and Diplomatic Court. The faction shape splits — some factions have a high-single-stat signature room, others a balanced dual-stat one.
Related: faction tier list · expedition guide · Wild Clan guide