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Ranged DPS · Slow gun or bow

Beast Mastery Hunter

Bestial Wrath, Frenzy, Ferocity, Unleashed Fury and Summon Hawk. The pet does a third of your damage and scales with your gear, so this is the easiest leveler in the game and a real raid spec.

PvE APvP BLeveling SHow tiers are set →
Open the PvE build in the builderBlank Hunter builderDamage calculator

How Beast Mastery plays

Send the pet, Hunter's Mark, Serpent Sting, then Aimed Shot and Multi-Shot on cooldown with Auto Shot between. Bestial Wrath with Rapid Fire for burst. Feign Death if the pet loses the mob.

Key talents

Talents

Beast Mastery Hunter endgame PvE build (31/20/0) · 31/20/0 · click any talent to edit in the builder
Beast Mastery31
0/55/5
2/23/30/2
0/21/15/5
0/2
5/51/10/21/1
2/2
5/5
1/1
Marksmanship20
0/30/55/5
0/35/55/5
0/20/5
0/1
0/15/5
0/2
0/30/1
0/5
0/1
Survival0
0/50/5
0/50/20/50/30/20/30/1
0/20/50/1
0/20/20/20/1
0/5
0/1
Leveling33/18/0
Beast Mastery Hunter leveling build (10–60)
Endurance Training, Focused Fire, Unleashed Fury, Ferocity, Intimidation, Frenzy and Bestial Wrath, then Marksmanship for Lethal Attacks, Efficiency and Careful Aim. The easiest fast leveler in Forever.
PvE31/20/0
Beast Mastery Hunter endgame PvE build (31/20/0)
Bestial Wrath, Frenzy, Ferocity, Unleashed Fury and Summon Hawk with Lethal Attacks, Efficiency, Careful Aim and Mortal Shots from Marksmanship.

Rotation and priority

  1. Hunter's Mark, send the pet, wait one hit
  2. Serpent Sting on targets that live 15 seconds
  3. Aimed Shot on cooldown (baseline at 20)
  4. Multi-Shot on cooldown, even single target
  5. Auto Shot between every ability; never clip it
  6. Bestial Wrath plus Rapid Fire every two minutes

Tips

  • Keep the pet fed and loyal; Spirit Bond heals both of you.
  • Traps now work in combat on a 30-second shared cooldown: Freezing Trap a second mob mid-fight.
  • Cat or wolf for leveling damage, bear or boar for tanking elites.

Stat priority

  1. 1Agility
  2. 2Hit to 9%
  3. 3Ranged Attack Power
  4. 4Crit
  5. 5Intellect
  6. 6Stamina

Weapon: Slow gun or bow. Check what each ability actually hits for at your numbers in the damage calculator.

Best recorded drops by slot

Highest item level in the dungeon loot records that fits Beast Mastery; raid gear is added when raids open on 9 December

No recorded drops match yet.

Full item list with every recorded source on the items page.

Leveling as Beast Mastery

The easiest fast leveler. The pet tanks, scales with your gear and heals through Spirit Bond; traps now work in combat; Aimed Shot is baseline at 20. You rarely stop to eat or drink.

Leveling build in the builderHunter leveling pageRoute planner

Tier for leveling: S

Leveling tier weighs kill speed, downtime and safety alone. See the best leveling class guide for the full ranking and the speed guide for the route.

Questions players ask

Is Beast Mastery good in WoW Forever?
Launch-week assessment: A tier for PvE, B tier for PvP and S tier for leveling. Bestial Wrath, Frenzy, Ferocity, Unleashed Fury and Summon Hawk. The pet does a third of your damage and scales with your gear, so this is the easiest leveler in the game and a real raid spec.
What stats does a Beast Mastery Hunter want?
In order: Agility, Hit to 9%, Ranged Attack Power, Crit, Intellect, Stamina.
What weapon should Beast Mastery use?
Slow gun or bow.