Star Citizen Beginner’s Guide for Bounty Hunting

In Star Citizen, you explore the vast and multiple opportunities for careers from the supply of goods to the search and rescue operations. This guide is dedicated to the bounty-hunting aspect of the game and tries to give players tips on how they can improve their efficiency in these missions. The first process of becoming a Bounty Hunter is to gain credit with Bounty Hunters Guild.

What is Bounty Hunting?

In the Star Citizen game, Bounty Hunters eliminates specific targets for different companies in the game. These targets can be either NPCs or other players who have been tagged as criminals. At the moment, bounty hunting missions only involve eliminating your targets but soon, you will need to bring your targets alive.

Getting Started

Before you can start hunting bounties, you need to follow these steps:

1. Earn your Tracker Training Permit
2. Complete the Bounty Hunter Contractor Evaluation (for Hurston) or Verified Freelancer Bounty Assessment (for Crusader)
3. Start taking on bounty missions

Let’s break these down:

Tracker Training Permit: To get your first permit, find the mission called ‘Tracker Training Permit’ in the game menu known as the MobiGlas. This will enable you to take on very low-risk targets (VLRTs) when completed.

Evaluations: When you have the permit, proceed to either Hurston or Crusader. These are two of the primary planets in the game. At Hurston, complete the “Bounty Hunter Contractor Evaluation.” At Crusader, complete the “Verified Freelancer Bounty Assessment,” which will unlock bounty missions.

Organizations and Reputation

In Star Citizen, bounty hunting is overseen by three main organizations: Crusader Security, Hurston Security, and Northrock Service Group. All of these are under the Bounty Hunters Guild. The reputation of the organizations increases whenever you are finishing missions. As reputation increases, new, more difficult, and well-paid missions become available. To complete these missions easily, keep a good stock of the Star Citizen aUEC to get you out of the tough missions easily. 

These organizations have different mandates over different areas of the Stanton system. While Crusader Security revolves only in the area of Crusader including its moons, Hurston Security guards Hurston and the surrounding space, and Northrock Service Group is universal. The most effective strategy is thus to target one organisation first in order to gain reputation quickly. However, as you progress you can work for as many groups as possible to have access to many types of missions in the system.

Ranks and Certifications

As you progress in your bounty-hunting career, you’ll see seven different ranks in the Bounty Hunters Guild:

1. Applicant
2. Probationary Guild Member
3. Junior Guild Member
4. Guild Member
5. Senior Guild Member
6. Veteran Guild Member
7. Guild Steward

Every rank has a unique certification with modifications in its capabilities that enable the player to execute more advanced missions. For instance, the title ‘Probationary Guild Member’ gets the ‘Tracker Training Permit’, while the ‘Veteran Guild Member’ gains the ‘Advanced Tracker License’. These certifications are important as they define the difficulty level of bounties you can take. The higher the rank of a mission you have, the higher the risk, with high returns. The current rank and its progress can be found in your interactive journal on MobiGlas.

Mission Types and Difficulty Levels

Bounty missions are categorized by difficulty: This is mainly divided into Very Low-Risk Target (VLRT), Low-Risk Target (LRT), Medium-Risk Target (MRT), High-Risk Target (HRT), Very High-Risk Target (VHRT), and Extreme-Risk Target (ERT).

Overall, VLRT is the simplest type of mission with a reward of 4,000 aUEC – in-game currency. As part of this, in addition to the appearance of a small ship, a single escort will confront you. LRT missions are slightly more difficult as there are a few additional escorts. MRT missions give 7,500 aUEC and require a medium-class ship and several accompanying vessels. HRT missions bring the concept of multi-crew ships and are rather complex. VHRT missions are rather demanding, the ships and escorts are rather potent. ERT missions are the most difficult and are aimed at sub-capital ships like the Aegis Hammerhead and should not be attempted by single players.

Apart from completing these missions, the easiest and best way to get aUEC by purchasing for real money. So you can skip this grind and buy Star Citizen aUEC directly for real money and make faster progress. 

Starting a Bounty Mission

The first step in Bounty Hunter is to get a mission, for this go to MobiGlas, press F1, then go to the Contracts Manager tab select Bounty Hunter Page, and make sure that the mission that you will choose suits your current level and reputation. Be aware that you will not be able to see high-level missions if your overall reputation in the location is low. You have the option to either establish a good reputation there or go to the place where you have a better reputation.

Ships for Bounty Hunting

While advancing through the game you will consider the upgrade of your ship as it plays a significant role in bounty hunting. For beginners (VLRT to MRT missions), ships like the Aurora or Mustang can handle these, with the Aegis Avenger Titan being a good cheap upgrade. For MRT to HRT missions, the intermediate class of the hunter, looks into Aegis Gladius or the Anvil Arrow. Semi-pro and above (HRT to VHRT missions) could consider Hurricane or Aegis Vanguard. For the expert hunters aiming at VHRT to ERT missions, then Aegis Retaliator or Aegis Hammerhead are recommended.

Conclusion

The bounty hunting in Star Citizen provides an action-packed experience in combat, discovery, and leveling up. It’s better to begin your career with relatively simple missions, gain experience, establish a reputation, and then advance to improved targets in the galaxy. Over time and with practice, you will be the most dreaded bounty hunter in the entire Star Citizen universe.