Getting ready for monster book...

You gotta be kidding me...

Anyways, what's with the varied numbers?

they have different repetition intervals and give different quantities. One quest gives 1 bait every hour, while another gives 2 every 6 hours, or 5 every day. If you only check once a day, obviously the last one is better, but if you're gonna hang around KFT a lot then you could easily get more of the first.