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Hunter in WoW Forever

Ranged attacker with a pet partner. Traps work in combat, Aimed Shot is baseline at 20, pets scale with your gear and the Fox joins the pet families.

Talents50
New vs Classic15
Spells · ranks89 · 298
New spells19
Playable races8

Specs

Talent trees

Green dot = new in Forever. Click any talent for every rank. Open the interactive calculator to spend points.

What's different from Classic

  • Aimed Shot. Trainable now, not a talent, and quicker: 2 sec cast (Classic 3), 6 sec cooldown shared with Multi-Shot. Level 20, ranks to 60. A reader caught the cast time on Xaryu's stream.
  • Call Owl. Call Pet is named after your pet. The demo Hunter's read Call Owl.
  • Aspect of the Beast. Changed: rank 1 makes you untrackable and adds 50 melee attack power (Classic: untrackable only). Spotted by a reader on Xaryu's stream.

Talent-by-talent: 15 new, 23 changed, 3 moved and 9 unchanged. Spellbook: 19 new spells and 33 with changed ranks or numbers. Full detail on the Hunter changes page.

New Hunter talents

  • Focused Fire (Beast Mastery row 2, 2 ranks): Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
  • Summon Hawk (Beast Mastery row 4, 1 rank): Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 plus 5% of your Ranged Attack Power Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.
  • Careful Aim (Marksmanship row 2, 5 ranks): Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect.
  • Rapid Killing (Marksmanship row 3, 2 ranks): Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 20%.
  • Lone Wolf (Marksmanship row 3, 1 rank): You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.
  • Rapid Recuperation (Marksmanship row 5, 2 ranks): Afflicting a target with Serpent Sting allows 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 15 sec, increased to 100% when Rapid Killing is consumed.
  • Sniper Shot (Marksmanship row 7, 1 rank): A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.
  • Improved Tracking (Survival row 1, 5 ranks): While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%.
  • Survival Tactics (Survival row 4, 2 ranks): Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 10%.
  • Predator's Edge (Survival row 4, 5 ranks): Increases your melee ability critical strike damage by 30% and your Off Hand weapon damage by 50%.
  • Resourcefulness (Survival row 5, 2 ranks): Reduces the Mana cost of your Trap and melee abilities by 60%, and grants your melee and ranged ability Critical Strikes a 100% chance to allow 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.
  • Expose Prey (Survival row 5, 2 ranks): Grants your melee and ranged attacks against enemies afflicted by Hunter's Mark a 10% chance to allow an activation of Mongoose Bite. Lasts 10 sec.
  • Survivalist's Discipline (Survival row 5, 2 ranks): Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 40%.
  • Strider Kick (Survival row 5, 1 rank): A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec.
  • Lacerating Strikes (Survival row 7, 1 rank): Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec

31-point talents

  • Bestial Wrath (Beast Mastery): Send your pet into a rage causing 50% additional damage for 18 sec. While enraged, the beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed. · 12% of base mana | 100 yd range | Instant | 2 min cooldown
  • Sniper Shot (Marksmanship): A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec. · 365 Mana | 8-45 yd range | 4 sec cast | 15 sec cooldown
  • Lacerating Strikes (Survival): Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec

New spells in the Hunter book

  • Aspect of the Beast (Learned at level 30): The hunter takes on the aspects of a beast, becoming untrackable and increasing Melee Attack Power by 50. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
  • Summon Hawk (Learned at level 25): Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 plus 5% of your Ranged Attack Power Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot.
  • Enchanted Flare (Learned at level 32): Exposes all hidden and invisible enemies within 10 yards of the targeted area, and staves off magical darkness for 30 sec.
  • Sniper Shot (Learned at level 40): A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.
  • Trueshot Aura (Learned at level 25): Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 20.
  • Counterattack (Learned at level 25): A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
  • Lacerate (Learned at level 30): Wounds the target causing them to bleed for 147 damage over 21 sec.
  • Strider Kick (Learned at level 30): A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec.
  • Dismember (Learned at level 12): Viciously bites enemy appendages for 11 to 13 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 25% for 6 sec.
  • Dust Cloud (Learned at level 12): Your tallstrider kicks up an abrasive cloud of dust, reducing the target's Armor by 65 for 30 sec.
  • Mine! (Learned at level 10): Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 10 to 12 damage and disarming them for 3 sec.
  • Pinch (Learned at level 12): Pinches an enemy's legs for 19 to 21 damage and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.
  • Savage Rend (Learned at level 12): Slash an enemy with razor talons, causing the target to Bleed for 30 damage over 18 sec.
  • Sonic Blast (Learned at level 12): Emits a piercing shriek, inflicting 15 to 17 Nature damage and increasing the casting time of all spells by 30% for 20 sec.
  • Swipe (Learned at level 12): Swipe 3 nearby enemies, inflicting 4 damage.
  • Tendon Rip (Learned at level 12): Tears at an enemy's legs for 12 damage over 9 sec and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.
  • Thunderstomp (Learned at level 30): Shakes the ground with thundering force, doing 53 to 61 Nature damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
  • Trickster's Dance (Learned at level 20): Increases your pet's chance to Dodge by 50% and decreases the time between your pet's attacks by 30% for 12 sec.
  • Web (Learned at level 12): Entangles an enemy in a corrosive web, immobilizing them and dealing 12 Nature damage over 4 sec.

Questions players ask

Which races can play Hunter in WoW Forever?
Orc, Tauren, Troll, Skyborne (Windshaper), Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Skyborne (High Order). The Skyborne are a paid race from the Skyborne Heroic Pack or higher. See the Hunter races page for racials.
What are the Hunter 31-point talents?
Bestial Wrath (Beast Mastery), Sniper Shot (Marksmanship), Lacerating Strikes (Survival). Each sits in row 7 and needs 30 points in its tree.
Is Hunter good for leveling in WoW Forever?
Read the Hunter leveling guide for the recommended spec, a point order and the spells that matter each 10 levels, and the best leveling class comparison.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753. Talent trees and every rank's text from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70753. Some Hunter numbers follow Blizzard's development notes of 2 Nov 2026, ahead of any game data.