WoW Forever Beast Mastery Hunter Guide
DamageRanged
Damage
Ranged3 new, 3 changed and 3 removed talents since Classic; the 31-point talent stays Bestial Wrath.
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
5/5
Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 3%.
Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 15%.
1/5
Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 1% while your pet is active.
Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 2%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.
Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 6%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 3%.
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%.
2/2
Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 3 sec, mana cost is reduced by 20%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 15%.
Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 6 sec, mana cost is reduced by 40%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 30%.
2/2
Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.
1/1
Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 3%.
Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 15%.
Gives your Mend Pet spell a 15% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 10%.
Gives your Mend Pet spell a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 20%.
Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 2%.
Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 10%.
Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 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. level 60 reference
While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1% of total health every 10 sec.
While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1% of total health every 5 sec.
Command your pet to Stun the target for 3 sec on its next successful attack, which also gains 100% increased critical strike chance. Generates high threat.
Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 10% and allows 25% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 20% and allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Gives your pet a 20% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike.
Gives your pet a 100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike.
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.
“Beast Mastery Hunter” means most of your 51 talent points go into Beast Mastery. Forever keeps Classic’s three open trees, so you can mix them.
Community build
Beast Mastery leveling
Beast Mastery 11
Talents it takes
- Deadly AspectsDeadly AspectsBeast Mastery · tier 1 · max rank 5★ New in Forever
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
5/5 - Endurance TrainingEndurance TrainingBeast Mastery · tier 1 · max rank 5
Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 3%.
Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 15%.
1/5 - PathfindingPathfindingBeast Mastery · tier 2 · max rank 2
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 3%.
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%.
2/2 - Improved Revive PetImproved Revive PetBeast Mastery · tier 2 · max rank 2
Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 3 sec, mana cost is reduced by 20%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 15%.
Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 6 sec, mana cost is reduced by 40%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 30%.
2/2 - Bestial SwiftnessBestial SwiftnessBeast Mastery · tier 3 · max rank 1
Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.
1/1
Deadly Aspects first, new in Forever: with Aspect of the Hawk up, Auto Shot can proc 30% faster ranged attacks. The rest is utility for a pet Hunter: Pathfinding for faster Cheetah and Pack, Improved Revive Pet, Endurance Training and Bestial Swiftness. The guide says no single talent stands out at level 20, so the last points are yours to swap.
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31-point talent · level 40
Bestial WrathSend 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.
Key abilities
- Serpent StingRank 1 · level 4Cost 15 ManaCast time weapon speed
Stings the target, causing 10 Nature damage over 15 sec. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on any one target.
4 - Aspect of the HawkRank 1 · level 10Cost 20 ManaCast time instant
The hunter takes on the aspects of a hawk, increasing Ranged Attack Power by 20. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
10 - Tame Beast10
- Mend Pet12
More builds with most points in Beast Mastery
- Beast MasteryBeast Mastery 11Sponge · Warcraft TavernOpen in the talent calculator →
Builds are transcribed point by point from their public posts and checked against the beta client’s trees.
Leveling a Beast Mastery Hunter: 1 to 60
When each tier opens with every point in Beast Mastery, when the build takes its talents and when the trainer teaches the key abilities.
Levels 1–9
- 4Serpent StingSerpent StingRank 1 · level 4Cost 15 ManaCast time weapon speed
Stings the target, causing 10 Nature damage over 15 sec. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on any one target.
- 4
Levels 10–19
- 10First talent pointDeadly AspectsDeadly AspectsBeast Mastery · tier 1 · max rank 5★ New in Forever
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
Aspect of the HawkAspect of the HawkRank 1 · level 10Cost 20 ManaCast time instantThe hunter takes on the aspects of a hawk, increasing Ranged Attack Power by 20. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
Tame BeastTame Beast - 12Mend PetMend Pet
- 15Tier 2 opensPathfindingPathfindingBeast Mastery · tier 2 · max rank 2
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 3%.
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%.
- 17Improved Revive PetImproved Revive PetBeast Mastery · tier 2 · max rank 2
Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 3 sec, mana cost is reduced by 20%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 15%.
Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 6 sec, mana cost is reduced by 40%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 30%.
- 19Endurance TrainingEndurance TrainingBeast Mastery · tier 1 · max rank 5
Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 3%.
Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 15%.
- 10
Levels 20–29
- 20Tier 3 opensBestial SwiftnessBestial SwiftnessBeast Mastery · tier 3 · max rank 1
Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.
- 25Tier 4 opens
- 20
Levels 30–39
- 30Tier 5 opens
- 35Tier 6 opens
- 30
Levels 40–49
- 4031-point talentBestial WrathBestial WrathBeast Mastery · tier 7 · max rank 1
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.
- 40
Levels 50–60
- 60All 51 points spent
- 60
Key Beast Mastery Hunter abilities
Trainer abilities a Beast Mastery Hunter leans on, with the level they’re taught and what the beta client changed.
- Serpent StingSerpent StingRank 1 · level 4Cost 15 ManaCast time weapon speed
Stings the target, causing 10 Nature damage over 15 sec. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on any one target.
- Aspect of the HawkAspect of the HawkRank 1 · level 10Cost 20 ManaCast time instant
The hunter takes on the aspects of a hawk, increasing Ranged Attack Power by 20. Only one Aspect can be active at a time.
- Tame BeastTame Beast
- Mend PetMend Pet
Beast Mastery Hunter weapons by level
The top Ranged pick in each band of ten levels, from quests, dungeons, vendors and crafting.
Levels 1–10
- Hunter's BoomstickHunter's BoomstickItem Level 14RangedGunSpeed 2.10Requires Level 9Vendor Stormwind City · +4
Ranged damage from the Classic Era client (the beta client’s tables don’t give it).
- Hunter's Boomstick
Levels 11–20
- Outrider's BowOutrider's BowItem Level 23Binds when picked upRangedBowSpeed 2.40+2 Agility+3 StaminaRequires Level 18Vendor The Barrens
Changed in Forever. Classic Era: no stats
Ranged damage from the Classic Era client (the beta client’s tables don’t give it).
- Outrider's Bow
Levels 21–30
- Glass ShooterGlass ShooterItem Level 35Binds when picked upRangedGunSpeed 2.90Requires Level 30Dungeon Gnomeregan · Dark Iron Ambassador · 33%
The beta client has no stats for this item yet: these are the Classic Era client’s.
Ranged damage from the Classic Era client (the beta client’s tables don’t give it).
- Glass Shooter
Levels 31–40
- Outrider's BowOutrider's BowItem Level 43Binds when picked upRangedBowSpeed 2.40+3 Agility+6 StaminaRequires Level 38Vendor The Barrens
Ranged damage from the Classic Era client (the beta client’s tables don’t give it).
- Outrider's Bow
Levels 41–50
- Outrider's BowOutrider's BowItem Level 53Binds when picked upRangedBowSpeed 2.40+3 Agility+8 StaminaRequires Level 48Vendor The Barrens
Ranged damage from the Classic Era client (the beta client’s tables don’t give it).
- Outrider's Bow
Levels 51–60
- Nerubian SlavemakerNerubian SlavemakerItem Level 89Binds when picked upRangedCrossbowSpeed 3.20Requires Level 60Equip: +24 Attack Power.Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.Raid Naxxramas · Kel'Thuzad · 17%
The beta client has no stats for this item yet: these are the Classic Era client’s.
Ranged damage from the Classic Era client (the beta client’s tables don’t give it).
- Nerubian Slavemaker
Races for a Beast Mastery Hunter
No racial works with a Beast Mastery talent in particular, so any race that can be a Hunter is fine.
- HumanAllianceHumanAlliance
Will to Survive and Perception; no ranged weapon racial.
- DwarfAllianceDwarfAlliance
Big Game Hunter adds damage against Beasts.
- Night ElfAllianceNight ElfAlliance
Elune's Light; Shadowmeld.
- OrcHordeOrcHorde
Blood Fury; Command, the pet damage racial, is no longer a racial.
- TaurenHordeTaurenHorde
Plainsrunning.
- TrollHordeTrollHorde
Berserking; Bow Specialization is no longer a racial.
- SkyborneAlliance · HordeSkyborneAlliance · Horde
Wind Blessed Haste; Elemental Insight against Elementals.
Beast Mastery in Forever vs Classic
16 talents in Forever, 16 in Classic.
New 3
- Deadly AspectsDeadly AspectsBeast Mastery · tier 1 · max rank 5★ New in Forever
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
- Focused FireFocused FireBeast Mastery · tier 2 · max rank 2★ New in Forever
Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 1% while your pet is active.
Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
- Summon HawkSummon HawkBeast Mastery · tier 4 · max rank 1★ New in Forever
Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 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. level 60 reference
Changed 3
- Improved Aspect of the MonkeyImproved Aspect of the MonkeyBeast Mastery · tier 2 · max rank 3
Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 2%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.
Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 6%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability.
Max rank 5 → 3 - PathfindingPathfindingBeast Mastery · tier 2 · max rank 2
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 3%.
Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%.
Moved from tier 3 - Improved Mend PetImproved Mend PetBeast Mastery · tier 4 · max rank 2
Gives your Mend Pet spell a 15% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 10%.
Gives your Mend Pet spell a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 20%.
New spot, same tier
Removed 3
- Improved Aspect of the HawkImproved Aspect of the HawkClassic tier 1 · max rank 5
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 1 · max rank 5 - Thick HideThick HideClassic tier 2 · max rank 3
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 2 · max rank 3 - Improved Eyes of the BeastImproved Eyes of the BeastClassic tier 2 · max rank 2
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 2 · max rank 2
Still unconfirmed
- Talents, trainer levels and weapons are read from the Forever beta client and can change before launch.
- The community builds so far are for level 20; none covers level 60 yet.