Void Hunters Hunting Grounds Guide

Hunting Grounds are a core part of Void Hunters. Not only for resources but they also bring a bit of fun being a rogue-like. Each run could potentially be wildly different from the previous, depending on the luck of the draw and that’s exciting.

But they can also be frustrating. Why do runs feel REALLY hard towards the end, particularly at higher levels. What happens when a Hunting Grounds mission is telling you find Holy Order Patrols or maybe to buy something from “The Scavenger” and you have no idea what they look like.

Well in this guide we are going to break down everything. We will explain the basics you need to know as well as list ALL the different Hunting Ground tiles, showing you exactly what they look like on the map.

Lets get into it!

Lets start with the obvious.

We touched on it just a second ago but Hunting Grounds are Void Hunters Rogue-like mode.

Rogue-like means that there is no meta progression and every run starts from scratch. These modes in game are usually quite fun as you can power up and enable units to do things that would normally be able to do.

Such as a rare healer like Lysadorea dealing massive damage any time she heals or Besemin becomes a crowd control monster by stunning anyone she hits with her basic (seriously this is really strong as she hits up to 3 enemies).

Each Hunting Ground has different restrictions and you can find out more about some of the nuances by visiting our dedicated pages to each individual hunting ground.

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You can go in any direction that you see fit. However, what we would suggest is picking tiles that are part of your Hunting Ground quests (we’ll show you how to indentify that in a moment) or picking tiles that give a boons for your strongest characters.

You can usually tell which character will get the boon as their portrait will be beneath the tile you are selecting. Once selected the characters will also be displayed on the right hand side of your screen, like pictured here.

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Some of the different tiles in Hunting Grounds wont show you a portrait on the map. Upon selection you will see that there is no boon reward, or the boon doesn’t show a specific hunter and has a question mark.

This is perfectly normal. You will find some tiles will give healing or Void cleansing instead of a hunter boon. Some tiles, like Holy Order Patrol, will give a boon for ALL Holy Order Allies. The Void Hunter tiles will give boon rewards to other certain groups. So do not worry, no battle goes completely unrewarded.

For tiles that offer boons to your Hunters, you only get the boons after beating the stage. Players are given a choice of 3 to choose from, so there is some variety. The choices given are random, although sometimes your previous selections may effect what is shown to you. For example if you took a boon that gave your Hunter the ability to place Bleeds on basic. You might find further down the road you are given the option to take a boon that lets your Hunter heal equal to the damage enemies take from Bleeds.

For tiles where there is no fight, such as Safe Place, Hunters Blaze or if you choose to pay the Holy Order Patrol. You get your reward straight away.

Have you ever asked yourself “Why does this feel likes its getting harder with all of these boons?”

The answer to that question is The Void. More specifically Void Menace.

We have talked about the Void, Void Menace and other Void mechanics in depth in another guide which you can see here.

But I will take a snippet from that article and paste it here. Think of Void Menace as the difficulty rating for a battle. It ranges from level 0 to 4 and plays a much bigger role than most players initially realise.

Inside a single physical fight, Void Menace remains fixed. But across a full Hunting Grounds run, it builds progressively as you advance.

Each step through the Hunt adds progress toward the next Void Menace level, in my experience playing each step I take adds 3 or 4 initially. But once you reach higher Hunting Ground levels this can be 5 or 6.

Once you reach or go over 10 the level increases. This repeats all the way up to a maximum Void Menace level of 4. That means the further you go, the more dangerous everything becomes. As you progress your Hunting Grounds levels by mastering them, the amount of steps needed to complete increases, so you will inevitably hit Void Menace 4. So if it feels like the final stages of a Hunting Grounds run are significantly harder than the beginning, that’s because they genuinely are.

At higher Void Menace levels, Void-related enemies gain the Void Minion effect. This significantly boosts their stats:

• +10% Attack, Defense, and Max HP per level
• +5% Speed per level

By the time you reach Void Menace 4, enemies can have up to +40% Attack, +40% Defense, +40% Max HP and +20% Speed.

That’s a massive jump in power and a big reason why stages and bosses at the end of a Hunt feel dramatically tougher than earlier encounters.

Theres more. On top of that, Void Menace also increases how often Void Touch is applied and reduces overall healing effectiveness.

Curses are boons, but are team wide negative effects that players will gain throughout the Hunting Ground. These are generally gained once enough steps have been taken for the Void Menace level to increase. There are other ways to gain Curses as well, such as failing to beat the Shadow Imperative within 20 turns.

The Curses are given randomly, with some being worse for certain teams than others. For example the Curse that gives Void Touch for every buff a players Hunters are under, is more game ending against Holy Order than it is against Free Tribes. So players will need to think about which one they will remove when the opportunity arrises.

Speaking of Curse Removal…

There are currently 2 ways for players to remove Curses from their party in Hunting Grounds.

The first is to visit a Holy Order Shrine (pictured). When visiting this tile players can either remove one Curse of their choice or rush forward to fill their “Rest Meter” (also pictured).

Filling the Rest Meter is the other way players can remove Curses. In the earlier Hunting Grounds, players will start with 1 full rest which can be used to remove a Curse or Revive a fallen hunter at any time. As you progress through to the harder Hunting Grounds, players will start with 50% Rest meter, 25% Rest meter and 0.

Players can gain progress towards their Rest meter by “Rushing Forward” at different tiles. These tiles include Safe Place, Holy Order Shrine, Hunters Sign, Massacre Remains and Ancient Remains.

Once a players Rest Meter is 100% full they can then Rest to do one of the following.

1. Fully heal and cleanse one hunter. If the hunter is dead it will also revive them.
2. Remove one Curse

You may have noticed that before you physically enter a Hunting Ground. On the right hand side of the screen there might be some missions such as “Find the Scavenger” or “Trade with the Holy Order Renegade”.

In some instances, Void Hunters have made it easy for you to locate these by placing an exclamation point above the tile. So its easily seen and you can plan your route to get their accordingly.

However, some Hunting Grounds have a lot of fog of war (where you cant see ahead) or the tile you need might be hidden by a question mark. So you don’t always get to see where they are, but this yellow mark as pictured above. Will help you if its there.

We are now going to list ALL the different locations in Hunting Grounds. The banner image will show you what the tile looks like on the map and we will give a brief description on what rewards you can expect. Where necessary we will go into a bit more depth on certain tiles with their own section such as Void Hunters.

This tile has two parts to it. I have separated it from the above because it requires a bit more explanation.

At first glance this is no different from some of the other tiles such as Void Thrall or the Holy Order Patrol. You fight the enemies and upon Victory gain a boon for your Hunters.

However, some Hunting Ground quests require you to “Enter the Bandits Hideout” or worded something similar. You will never see an exclamation mark on the map because its hidden behind the regular bandit tile.

As pictured above, you can see to enter the Bandit’s Hideout players are required to inflict a Control debuff on all enemies.

Control debuffs include Fear or Stun. There number of Hunters than can do this are few (Aedwulf, Galen, Besemin to name a few), however Boons can grant these effects to Hunters to keep an eye out for those.

As a side note, you do not need AoE control. You only need to end your turn with control on all remaining enemies. So if only one enemy is left alive and you are able to Control them, you will still be able to enter the Bandits Hideout.

If successful, the victory screen animation will take place (even though all enemies are alive) and players will then see this new screen pictured below.

Having located Bandits Hideout, if this is your Hunting Ground Quest you will now see the exclamation mark next to both options.

The Bandits Hideout is different to other tiles where picking the “attack” option is actually better. As you have the advantage on your enemy choosing this grants you turn meter and increase speed. Where as if you “sneak by” the enemy will gain the turn meter and speed.

This tile can be one of two options. Friendly Hunters or Enemy Hunters.

Players will get quests that will require them to see both. I have had experiences where there was no exclamation mark to show it was the one I was looking for so the only way of knowing was visiting.

Upon selecting this tile. Players will see one of the two images below.

Green Hunters are friendly and Red Hunters are enemy. If your quest is related to either of these you will see the exclamation mark appear next to the one of the options. If I recall correctly I believe you need to “Share Experiences” with friendly hunters and “Stand Up” to enemy hunters.

“Sharing Experiences” with friendlies and “Run Away” from enemy hunters will skip all fighting. The friendly will grant you a random team wide boon that may or may not be useful (sometimes they effect knights only or dwarves only etc…) and running away from enemies will result in a drop of your HP pool.

That is the end of our comprehensive guide to hunting grounds. We hope that you have found this useful and it assists you in navigating one of the more fun game modes with in Void Hunters!