Beast Mastery
Damage
Your pet deals much of your damage and tanks for you, and from level 25 Summon Hawk sends up to two hawks at your target. It is the smoothest way to level a Hunter.
- LevelingBest pick
- DungeonsGood
- PvPBest pick
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WoW Forever Hunter
Shoot from range while your pet holds the enemy.
The Hunter in WoW Forever is a pure damage class. Level and fight in PvP as Beast Mastery, run dungeons as Marksmanship. Humans, Dwarves, Night Elves and Skyborne play it for the Alliance, Orcs, Tauren, Trolls and Skyborne for the Horde. You wear Leather, then Mail from 40, and can learn 12 weapon types. 14 of the 50 talents are new.
The three specs and the best build
You fight from range with a bow, gun or crossbow while your pet keeps enemies busy up close. You level quickly and safely on your own, and traps and Feign Death get you out of bad spots. You also look after ammo, pet food and a small dead zone right next to you where you can neither shoot nor strike.
Best to level: Beast MasteryYour pet holds every enemy while you shoot, it grows with your own stats, and Deadly Aspects plus Pathfinding make you faster in and out of fights. Also good: Marksmanship.
Marksmanship
Damage
You focus on your own shots with Aimed Shot, crit talents and the Sniper Shot capstone. Lone Wolf gives you extra damage when you fight without a pet, which suits dungeon groups.
- LevelingGood
- DungeonsBest pick
- PvPGood
Survival
Damage
Survival turns you into a melee fighter with two weapons, traps and bleeds from Mongoose Bite. Its key talents come late, so it is a weak leveling pick before about level 30.
- LevelingNiche
- DungeonsGood
- PvPBest pick
Your road to 60 as a Hunter
Drag to your level: the talent to take now, your newest abilities and the dungeons that fit.
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Class quests10Taming the Beast → Tame Beast and Beast Training
Your Talent Path 10–60The right talent at every level, with new abilities and tips
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50Races for the Hunter
These races can play a Hunter. Hover a racial icon for the details.
Human
Alliance
The Human Spirit adds 5% Spirit, which fills your Mana bar faster between fights. Perception spots stealthed enemies and Will to Survive breaks any stun, both useful when a rogue jumps you.
DwarfTop Alliance pick
Alliance
Big Game Hunter adds 5% damage against Beasts, a Hunter racial in all but name since so many early targets and dungeon bosses are Beasts. Stoneform clears bleeds, poisons and diseases and cuts physical damage taken by 10%.
Night Elf
Alliance
Shadowmeld lets you slip out of a fight gone wrong and reappear at range. Quickness adds a little dodge and movement speed, and Wisp Spirit gets you back to your body fast after a death.
Skyborne
Both factionsNew in Forever
The new race, on both sides. Wind Blessed adds a little Haste to your shots, and Walk on Air lets you glide down safely after Disengage or a bad fall.
Orc
Horde
Blood Fury adds 10% Attack Power for 15 sec, a clean burst for your shot rotation, and Hardiness shortens stuns by 20% so melee attackers hold you less.
TaurenTop PvP pick
Horde
War Stomp stuns up to 5 enemies around you for 2 sec, a great opener for your pet and a lifesaver in PvP, and Endurance adds 5% health and 1% hit.
TrollTop Horde pick
Horde
Beast Slaying adds 5% damage against Beasts, matching the Dwarf racial on the other faction, and Berserking adds 10% attack and cast speed for 10 sec whenever you need a burst window.
Hunter trainers and Weapon Masters
Your class trainer teaches new abilities and ranks and resets your talents, and a second talent set opens at level 40. Weapon skills you do not have yet you buy from a Weapon Master in a capital. After that the skill goes up as you fight with the weapon.
Undercity has no hunter trainer. Human hunters, new in Forever, start with Tordrin Sternblade in Northshire Valley and get their taming quest from Josephine Carson in Goldshire.
Alliance
Class trainersBeta
- Einris BrightspearStormwind
- Daera BrightspearIronforgeMap
- Jeen'ra NightrunnerDarnassusMap
- Tordrin SternbladeNorthshire Valley, Elwynn Forest · for HumansNew in ForeverMap
- Josephine CarsonGoldshire, Elwynn Forest · for HumansNew in ForeverMap
- Tai'ree FarsightThendal Village, Zephras Isle · for SkyborneNew in Forever
Weapon MastersBeta
- Woo PingStormwindCrossbowsDaggersOne-Handed SwordsTwo-Handed SwordsPolearmsStaves
- Bixi WobblebonkIronforgeCrossbowsDaggersThrownMap
- Buliwyf StonehandIronforgeOne-Handed AxesTwo-Handed AxesGunsFist WeaponsMap
- Ilyenia MoonfireDarnassusBowsDaggersFist WeaponsStavesThrownMap
Horde
Class trainersBeta
- Ormak GrimshotOrgrimmarMap
- Holt ThunderhornThunder BluffMap
- Tai'ree FarsightThendal Village, Zephras Isle · for SkyborneNew in Forever
Weapon MastersBeta
As of Oct 10, 2026. NPCs and places as in the beta database, things can still change until launch.
Rotation Trainer
Practise the Hunter rotation on a training dummy
See every button with the reason behind it, your Mana live and all presses on a timeline. Play it on your own keys and compare your damage, or watch it with Autoplay.
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4Start trainingPlay yourself or AutoplayPopular Hunter builds at 60
The builds players plan for level 60, under the names you hear in chat. One click opens the full build in the talent calculator.
Damage·Solo leveling from 10 to 60
Beast Mastery Leveling
Beast Mastery 39Marksmanship 12Survival 0
5/5
2/2
2/2
Deadly Aspects procs extra attack speed, your pet tanks with Frenzy and Bestial Discipline behind it, and Bestial Wrath plus Summon Hawk give you a burst window whenever a fight runs long.
Damage·Dungeon groups, your pet holds the pack while you hit several enemies
Beast Cleave
Beast Mastery 31Marksmanship 20Survival 0
- 5/5
- 2/2
Trueshot Aura shares Attack Power with the whole group, Frenzy and Ferocity keep your pet swinging fast, and Careful Aim adds crit chance against anything below half health.
Damage·Dungeon and raid damage without a pet
Aimed Shot Marksmanship
Beast Mastery 0Marksmanship 38Survival 13
5/5
2/2
3/3
5/5
Lone Wolf adds damage while you fight without a pet, Mortal Shots and Barrage push your crit chance up, and Sniper Shot at the bottom of the tree is a 45 yard shot that also adds 10 yards to your next 3 shots.
Damage·Battlegrounds and world PvP, keeping melee attackers at range
Trapper Marksmanship
Beast Mastery 0Marksmanship 31Survival 20
- 3/5
- 3/3
Scatter Shot disorients your target to open, Entrapment roots anything that sets off your traps, and Deterrence plus Counterattack turn a melee rush into your own opening.
Damage·Dungeon groups, ranged damage with extra trap control
Ranged Survival
Beast Mastery 0Marksmanship 21Survival 30
5/5
2/2- 1/2
2/2
This build still shoots from range: Mortal Shots from Marksmanship keeps your crit up, while Survivalist's Discipline, Resourcefulness and Lightning Reflexes from the Survival tree round out your damage and control.
Damage·PvP against melee attackers, slows and stuns keep them off you
Survival PvP
Beast Mastery 0Marksmanship 21Survival 30
- 5/5
- 2/2
- 5/5
2/2
Improved Wing Clip and Clever Traps make your slows and traps last longer, Deterrence and Counterattack punish anyone who closes in, and Survivalist's Discipline keeps you shooting through the fight.
Level 60 is not open in the beta yet, so these builds can still change. Builds as published on wowforeverbuilds.com.
Dungeon loot for your Hunter
Rare and epic armor (Leather, Mail from 40) and weapons you can use, dungeon by dungeon by level. Armor and weapon types as in Classic. Getting to 60 takes many evenings of quests and dungeons. If you would rather spend yours elsewhere, a WoW Forever leveling boost for your Hunter takes over those levels.
Flamefist GripsHands
Fang of MagmatusMain Hand
Golemheart StaveTwo-Hand
Durgen's Crescent AxeMain Hand
Direhammer LeggingsLegs
Bone KnucklesMain Hand
Barbaric CrossbowRanged
Cursed FelbladeMain Hand
Chanting BladeOne-Hand
Searing DaggerMain Hand
Chasm WalkersFeet
Haunting BladeTwo-Hand
Coldspire StaffTwo-Hand
Bloodied ChestwrapsChest
Vileblood ScimitarOne-Hand
Corpse ChopperTwo-Hand
Meathook SlicerOne-Hand
Witherbite BracersWrist
Segmented Spider LegTwo-Hand
VenomstrikeRanged
Serpent's ShouldersShoulder
Armor of the FangChest
Living RootTwo-Hand
Leggings of the FangLegs
Tail SpikeOne-Hand
Footpads of the FangFeet
Belt of the FangWaist
Cruel BarbOne-Hand
RockslicerTwo-Hand
Taskmaster AxeTwo-Hand- Buzz SawOne-Hand
- Thief's BladeOne-Hand
Smite's ReaverOne-Hand
Emberstone StaffTwo-Hand
Impaling HarpoonTwo-Hand
Blackened Defias BeltWaist
Blackened Defias ArmorChest
Buzzer BladeMain Hand
Dull SawbladeThrown
Smelting PantsLegs
- Meteor ShardOne-Hand
- Black Wolf BracersWrist
- Haunting BladeTwo-Hand
Blade of SilverlaineMain Hand
Arced War AxeTwo-Hand
Odo's Ley StaffTwo-Hand
Girdle of the BlindwatcherWaist
Worgpelt LeggingsLegs
Butcher's CleaverOne-Hand- Butcher's SlicerOne-Hand
Cell Keeper's ClawsMain Hand- Rugged SpauldersShoulder
Strike of the HydraTwo-Hand
Moss CinchWaist
Rod of the SleepwalkerTwo-Hand
Fallenroot LongbowRanged- Bite of Serra'kisOne-Hand
Darkwater TalwarMain Hand
Naga Battle GlovesHands
Naga HeartpiercerRanged
Reef AxeTwo-Hand
Bands of Serra'kisWrist
Defias JailbreakersHands- Debt CollectorMain Hand
- Concealed Hand CrossbowRanged
Hamhock's CleaverMain Hand- Kam's Walking StickTwo-Hand
Demolition GirdleWaist
BoneslicerTwo-Hand
Prison ShankOne-Hand
Iron KnucklesOne-Hand- Executioner MantleShoulder
Blackrock HarnessChest
Golemsight Long Gun
Garb of Fallen FelbarkChest
Felbough ArmTwo-Hand
Slitherwrap GirdleWaist- Spine of the DevourerTwo-Hand
Unstable Crystalline ShoulderpadsShoulder
Guardian's DualbladeTwo-Hand
Cartilage ShapersHands- Tendonscraper DaggerMain Hand
Gravespike RepeaterRanged
Emissary CuffsWrist
Glass ShooterRanged
Electrocutioner LegMain Hand
Gnomebot Operating BootsFeet
HydrocaneTwo-Hand
Toxic RevengerOne-Hand
Quilrager Throwing AxeThrown- Swinetusk ShankMain Hand
- Pronged ReaverOne-Hand
CorpsemakerTwo-Hand
Ferine LeggingsLegs
Nightstalker BowRanged
Whisperwind HeaddressHead
Wind Spirit StaffTwo-Hand- ThornspikeOne-Hand
Thorncursed GripsHands
Death Prophet SpineTwo-Hand
Geomancer HeaddressHead
Morbid DawnTwo-Hand
Ebon ViseHands
Torturing PokerOne-Hand
Bloody Brass KnucklesOne-Hand
Illusionary RodTwo-Hand
Hypnotic BladeMain Hand- Loksey's Training StickTwo-Hand
Dog Training GlovesHands
Ravager
Coldrage DaggerOne-Hand
BonefingersHands- Glutton's CleaverOne-Hand
Fleshhide ShouldersShoulder
Branded Leather Bracers
- Grimlok's ChargeTwo-Hand
Rockshard PauldronsShoulder
Revelosh's SpauldersShoulder
Sang'thraze the DeflectorOne-Hand
The Chief's EnforcerTwo-Hand
Jang'thraze the ProtectorMain Hand- Diabolic SkiverTwo-Hand
Zum'rah's Vexing CaneTwo-Hand- Gahz'rilla FangOne-Hand
Gahz'rilla Scale ArmorChest
Charstone DirkMain Hand
Bracers of the Stone PrincessWrist
Megashot RifleRanged
Inventor's Focal SwordMain Hand
Gatorbite AxeTwo-Hand- Claw of CelebrasOff Hand
Horns of EranikusHead
Spire of HakkarTwo-Hand
Smoldering ClawTwo-Hand
HeadspikeTwo-Hand
Savage Gladiator ChainChest
Pyremail WristguardsWrist- Savage Gladiator GripsHands
Savage Gladiator LeggingsLegs
Savage Gladiator GreavesFeet
Savage Gladiator HelmHead
Verek's LeashWaist
Lord General's SwordMain Hand
Greaves of Withering DespairFeet- Fleetfoot GreavesFeet
- Houndmaster's BowRanged
- Searingscale LeggingsLegs
- Kindling StaveTwo-Hand
Beaststalker's MantleShoulder
Boots of ElementsFeet
BlackcrowRanged
Beaststalker's GlovesHands
Coif of Elements
Beaststalker's Cap
Foresight Girdle
Beaststalker's Boots
Vest of Elements
Beaststalker's Tunic
Pauldrons of ElementsHunter pets
Your pet: the best family for every job
18 families and 648 tameable beasts. Here is the pick for each job, the rest is in the hunter pet guide.
Solo leveling
Boar−10% · +9% · +4%
A pet that holds the target and survives while you shoot. Armor, health and an easy diet matter more than damage.
Most damage
Cat+10% · 0 · −2%
The highest damage bonus of all families. For you when you kite or keep threat yourself.
Group support
Carrion Bird0 · +5% · 0
Abilities that help the whole group: fewer hits taken or more damage for melee.
PvP
Crocolisk0 · +10% · −5%
The new family abilities are built to slow, hold or weaken players.
Pet mapWhat can I tame?Pet tier listRare petsTraining point planner
Damage, armor and health of the family. Editorial
What is new for the Hunter in Forever
Seen in the beta, unless it says otherwise.
Aimed Shot is trained at level 20 by every Hunter instead of being a talent, and it shares its cooldown with Multi-Shot.
Your other shots no longer delay Auto Shot, so you do not have to time your buttons around it.
Pets now grow stronger with your own stats and gear, player buffs that raise stats no longer work on them, and they learn new family abilities such as Web, Pinch and Dismember.
Traps can be set during combat on a 30 sec cooldown, and Fire and Frost traps have separate cooldowns. Scorpid Sting now lowers the target's hit chance by 2% instead of its Strength and Agility.
New talents give each spec its own style: Summon Hawk for Beast Mastery, Lone Wolf and Sniper Shot for Marksmanship, and a melee Survival tree with Strider Kick and Lacerating Strikes.
Sniper Shot, the Marksmanship capstone, now reaches 45 yards and adds 10 yards to the range of your next 3 shots within 10 sec. Deflection in Survival gives 1–5% Parry over its five ranks (was 2–10%), and your pet has Aggressive mode again in the pet tab of your spellbook.
Some things stay the same: you still use Mana, buy ammo, feed your pet and have a dead zone right next to you.
14 of 50 talents are new
Beast Mastery2 new, 10 changed, 16 in total
Marksmanship4 new, 9 changed, 16 in total
Survival8 new, 7 changed, 18 in total
More for your Hunter
Tier listWhere your specs rank right now. Best spot: Beast Mastery, tier S (Leveling 1 to 20).
Legacy CalculatorYour 16 Legacy Points planned, with the ready build and the tip for the Hunter.
Addons and built-in UIBuilt in for you: Cooldown Manager and Swing Timer. Plus 6 addons for the Hunter, each with its Forever status.
Hunter pets18 families, 648 tameable beasts with their spawns on the map, plus a tame finder for your level, a rank finder and a training point planner.
PvP gearOne spec line (Pursuit), each with a Rare Premier set and its Epic upgrade for Alliance and Horde.
Sets and transmogBeaststalker Armor and Beastmaster Armor from the dungeons, 1 new Tier 1 set and the Classic raid sets in the client, every piece with its source.
Your class in our tier lists
Best PvP class and specEvery spec in battlegrounds, world PvP and duels.Beast Mastery HunterA
Best class for dungeonsDamage specs, tanks and healers for dungeons, ranked with the reason.Beast Mastery HunterS
Best class for raidsEvery damage spec ranked for raids at 60, with the raid sim.Survival HunterS
Best tank and healerEvery tank and healer spec for dungeons and raids.
Best class for levelingWhich class and spec levels fastest in the beta.Beast Mastery HunterS
Best class for solo and HardcoreWho farms alone best and who survives a Hardcore run.Beast Mastery HunterSFor your class
Sets, Achievements and Pet families for your Hunter
Sets13
Achievements3
Pet families18
Pet abilities36
and 28 more
Dive
Dust Cloud
Faster Attack
Fire Resistance
Frost Resistance
Furious Howl
Great Stamina
Growl- Intimidation
Lava Breath
Lightning Breath
Mine!
Natural Armor
Nature Resistance
Pinch
Prowl
Savage Rend
Scorpid Poison
Shadow Resistance
Shell Shield- Slower Attack
Sonic Blast
Summoning- Swipe
Tendon Rip
Thunderstomp
Trickster's Dance
Web
Addons6
Built-in features2
FAQ
Which Hunter spec is best for leveling in WoW Forever?
Beast Mastery. Your pet holds every enemy while you shoot, it grows with your own stats, and Deadly Aspects plus Pathfinding make you faster in and out of fights. Also good: Marksmanship.
What is the best Hunter spec for dungeons?
Marksmanship. Aimed Shot is a basic ability from level 20 in Forever and Multi-Shot covers packs, they share a cooldown. Sniper Shot hits from 45 yards and pushes your next three shots further.
What is the best Hunter spec for PvP?
Beast Mastery. A Crocolisk pet cuts the healing its target receives by 50% for 10 sec: a Mortal Strike from range, on a pet that scales with your gear. Add traps that work in combat, Intimidation and Bestial Wrath, and Beast Mastery is the Hunter spec beta players talk about most in world PvP.
What is the best race for a Hunter in WoW Forever?
Dwarf for the Alliance, Troll for the Horde, Tauren for PvP. Dwarf: Big Game Hunter adds 5% damage against Beasts, a Hunter racial in all but name since so many early targets and dungeon bosses are Beasts. Stoneform clears bleeds, poisons and diseases and cuts physical damage taken by 10%. Races that can play it: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Skyborne, Orc, Tauren and Troll.
What weapons can a Hunter use, and where do you learn them?
Bows, Crossbows, Guns, Thrown, Daggers, Fist Weapons, One-Handed Axes, One-Handed Swords, Two-Handed Axes, Two-Handed Swords, Polearms, Staves. In the beta you buy the weapon skills you do not have yet from a Weapon Master in the capitals: Stormwind, Ironforge and Darnassus for the Alliance, Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff and Undercity for the Horde. Your skill with a weapon goes up as you fight with it.
Where is the Hunter trainer?
Undercity has no hunter trainer. Human hunters, new in Forever, start with Tordrin Sternblade in Northshire Valley and get their taming quest from Josephine Carson in Goldshire.
Do Hunters still need ammo in WoW Forever?
Yes. Bows, guns and crossbows still use arrows or shot, and quivers and ammo pouches still speed up your shots. Thrown weapons are single items in the beta client and are not used up.
What is the Hunter rotation in WoW Forever?
For example Beast Mastery at level 60: open with Hunter's Mark, Serpent Sting, Bestial Wrath, Aimed Shot, Summon Hawk. Then your main buttons are Serpent Sting, Aimed Shot, Summon Hawk and Arcane Shot. The Rotation Trainer shows every button with the reason behind it and lets you play it yourself.
Is the Hunter good for beginners?
The Hunter is easy to start with. Your pet tanks and Auto Shot does much of the work, so you rarely die. Pet care and ammo add a little to manage.
What is new for the Hunter in Forever?
14 of 50 talents are new and 26 changed. Aimed Shot is trained at level 20 by every Hunter instead of being a talent, and it shares its cooldown with Multi-Shot.
Other classes
As of Oct 2, 2026. Beta values, things can still change until launch. Talent tree data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0)
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Page history
What changed
Updated
Dungeon loot for your class now includes the City of Dalaran boss drops.
The road to 60 shows your class quests at their level, such as the totems, the demons, poisons at 20 or Cat Form at 20.
New FAQ answers: which weapons you can use and where you learn them, where your trainer stands, and a question for most classes such as ammo, poisons, dual wield or demons by level.
First published Every change on the guides