WoW Forever Hunter

Hunter pets: what each of the 18 families does

Blizzard’s class deep dive (September 30) gives every pet family a job of its own. Each family learns Bite or Claw (some both), Dive or Dash, and one ability no other family has: a Wolf’s Furious Howl raises the party’s melee attack power, a Crocolisk’s Dismember cuts healing on the target by 50%, a Bird of Prey disarms. Foxes are a new family.

Pets also grow with you: they gain stats from the Hunter’s gear and no longer take player buffs that raise stats. The ability on each card is the family’s own; tap its icon for the client’s tooltip.

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  BatEats: Fungus · Fruit
  

  Sonic Blast5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Emits a piercing shriek, inflicting 77 to 91 Nature damage and increasing the casting time of all spells by 30% for 20 sec.

  BiteDive
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  BearEats: Meat · Fish · Cheese · Bread · Fungus · Fruit
  

  Swipe5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Swipe 3 nearby enemies, inflicting 20 to 22 damage.

  BiteClawDash
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  Bird of PreyEats: Meat
  

  Mine!5 ranks, from pet level 10 · text at rank 5

  Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 41 to 47 damage and disarming them for 3 sec.

  ClawDive
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  BoarEats: Meat · Fish · Cheese · Bread · Fungus · Fruit
  

  Charge6 ranks, from pet level 1 · text at rank 6

  Charges an enemy, immobilizes it for 1 sec, and adds 490 melee attack power to the boar's next attack.

  BiteDash
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  Carrion BirdEats: Meat · Fish
  

  Demoralizing Screech4 ranks, from pet level 8 · text at rank 4

  Blasts a single enemy for 24 to 42 damage and lowers the melee attack power of all enemies in melee range by 204 for 30 sec.

  BiteClawDive
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  CatEats: Meat · Fish
  

  Prowl3 ranks · text at rank 3

  Puts your pet in stealth mode, but slows its movement speed by 40%. The first attack from stealth receives a 50% bonus to damage. Lasts until cancelled.

  BiteClawDash
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  CrabEats: Fish · Bread · Fungus · Fruit
  

  Pinch5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Pinches an enemy's legs for 88 to 102 damage and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.

  ClawDash
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  CrocoliskEats: Meat · Fish
  

  Dismember5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Viciously bites enemy appendages for 50 to 58 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 25% for 6 sec.

  BiteDash
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  GorillaEats: Fungus · Fruit
  

  Thunderstomp4 ranks, from pet level 30 · text at rank 4

  Shakes the ground with thundering force, doing 122 to 142 Nature damage to all enemies within 8 yds.

  BiteDash
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  HyenaEats: Meat · Fruit
  

  Tendon Rip5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Tears at an enemy's legs for 60 damage over 9 sec and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.

  BiteDash
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  RaptorEats: Meat
  

  Savage Rend5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Slash an enemy with razor talons, causing the target to Bleed for 156 damage over 18 sec.

  BiteClawDash
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  ScorpidEats: Meat
  

  Scorpid Poison4 ranks, from pet level 8 · text at rank 4

  Inflicts 25 Nature damage over 10 sec. Effect can stack up to 5 times on a single target.

  ClawDash
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  SpiderEats: Meat
  

  Web5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Entangles an enemy in a corrosive web, immobilizing them and dealing 52 Nature damage over 4 sec.

  BiteDash
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  TallstriderEats: Cheese · Fungus · Fruit
  

  Dust Cloud5 ranks, from pet level 12 · text at rank 5

  Your tallstrider kicks up an abrasive cloud of dust, reducing the target's Armor by 505 for 30 sec.

  BiteDash
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  TurtleEats: Fish · Fungus · Fruit · Raw Fish
  

  Shell ShieldOne rank

  Reduces all damage your pet takes by 50% and increases the time between your pet's attacks by 60%, but deals more damage with each attack. Lasts 12 sec.

  BiteDash
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  Wind SerpentEats: Fish · Cheese · Bread
  

  Lightning Breath6 ranks, from pet level 1 · text at rank 6

  Breathes lightning, instantly dealing 86 to 98 Nature damage to a single target.

  BiteDive
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  WolfEats: Meat
  

  Furious Howl4 ranks, from pet level 10 · text at rank 4

  The wolf howls, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 15 yards by 84. Lasts 1 min.

  BiteDash
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  Fox NewEats: Meat
  

  Trickster's DanceOne rank

  Increases your pet's chance to Dodge by 50% and decreases the time between your pet's attacks by 30% for 12 sec.

  BiteDash

Families, diets, abilities and their texts are read from beta client build 1.60.1.70450; ranked texts are the top rank a level 60 pet learns. Blizzard hasn’t said where each family can be tamed.

Build the Hunter around the pet with the WoW Forever Hunter talent calculator, and keep the pet attacking with the WoW Forever Hunter macros.

The rare beasts a Hunter can tame in Classic Era, with their zones, coordinates and respawn times: WoW Forever rare spawns.

Sources: Blizzard: Class Deep Dives, Hunter and Druid · wago.tools: CreatureFamily, beta client