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Hunting books

Hunting talents without learning points: which books teach them, where you get them and when Cavalorn teaches them.

Status · Planet of Gothic

Books
7
When reading
2
At Cavalorn
5
Learning points
0

Cavalorn on the map Open in Vault

Short Answer

Which books directly teach a hunting talent?

The Bloodflies teaches Spine Extraction. The Fire Lizard Compendium teaches Fin Extraction. You obtain both talents on first reading.

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Is it enough to read the bestiaries?

No. Bring the five volumes to Cavalorn and follow his hunting tasks. When you receive the lesson differs by volume.

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Are the lessons free?

The lessons described here cost no learning points and no ore. Purchasing a book may cost ore.

Read directly: spines and fins 2

These two books teach their hunting talent on first reading. No learning points and no instruction costs apply; purchasing the book may cost ore.

The Bloodflies

Extract spines: harvest Bloodfly spines.

  1. Read the book once. The hunting talent remains permanently learned.

Reading costs no learning points and no ore. Purchasing the book may cost ore.

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The Fire Lizard Compendium

Extract fins: harvest dorsal fins from Fire Lizards.

  1. Read the book once. The hunting talent remains permanently learned.

This book teaches Fin Extraction. The tongue for the Ulu-Mulu is a different trophy.

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Cavalorn's Bestiaries I–V 5

Bring the five volumes to Cavalorn. The talents are free rewards from his hunting tasks; reading alone is not enough. When the lesson follows differs by volume. The expandable steps contain quest details.

Cavalorn

Teacher and quest giver Cavalorn Shadows

Cavalorn sleeps from 0 to 9 o'clock, is at the campfire from 9 to 11 and from 15 to 20 o'clock, cooks from 11 to 13 o'clock, is at a bench from 13 to 15 and from 22 to 0 o'clock, and works on leather from 20 to 22 o'clock.

Map: World Map, where Cavalorn stands World Map

The Bestiary of Khorinis I

Take Skull Armor: harvest Scavenger's skull plates from Scavengers.

Quest for the book

Progression and quest details
  1. Bring the volume to Cavalorn and pass his knowledge test.
  2. Cavalorn then teaches you how to Take Skull Armor.

The talent comes from Cavalorn's quest dialog; merely reading is not enough.

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The Bestiary of Khorinis II

Extract Organ: harvest various items such as Bloodfly poison sacs, Lurker gills, and Fire Lizard poison glands.

Quest for the book

Progression and quest details
  1. Bring The Bestiary of Khorinis II to Cavalorn. He asks for the Queen's pheromone gland from the Minecrawler Queen.
  2. Obtain the Queen's pheromone gland from the nest in the Old Mine and give it to Cavalorn.
  3. Accept the offered lesson: Cavalorn will teach you 'Extract Organ' for free.

If you keep the gland at first, you can offer it to Cavalorn later and still receive the lesson.

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The Bestiary of Khorinis III

Take Scutes in two stages: first Lizard's bone scutes from Lizards, then Razor scutes.

Quest for the book

Progression and quest details
  1. Show Cavalorn the book. The first lesson allows you to extract Lizard's bone scutes from Lizards.
  2. Bring three Lizard's bone scutes to Cavalorn. The next lesson unlocks Razor scutes.

The task requires three Lizard's bone scutes, not three Razor scutes. The German quest title is imprecise at this point.

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Chests 1

The Bestiary of Khorinis IV

Take Shark Skin: harvest the skin from Swampsharks.

Quest for the book

Progression and quest details
  1. Show Cavalorn the book. In this conversation you learn to skin Swampsharks.
  2. The subsequent task requires one skin and two scutes from a Swampshark.

The skin lesson occurs before the subsequent hunting task.

The Bestiary of Khorinis V

Extract Spine: harvest spines or spines from Shadow Beasts. If not yet learned, Cavalorn also teaches Take Fur for free.

Quest for the book

Progression and quest details
  1. Bring the book to Cavalorn and accept his hunting task.
  2. If you have not yet learned Take Fur, Cavalorn will teach it to you for free in the conversation before the hunt.
  3. Hand over the Frost Shadowbeast fur and ask for the reward. Cavalorn will then teach you the extraction of spines.

Contains a hint to a rare hunting target.