Hunter

Hunter Pets

Every tameable pet family in WoW Forever with its diet and abilities by rank, read from the game files. Forever gives most families a new signature ability and adds the Fox and the Core Hound.

Pet families 19

Click a family for its full ability ranks and where to tame it. Abilities marked new do not exist in Classic.

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Abilities by level

What a pet can learn at each level. Abilities every pet shares are listed once; family abilities name their family. Hover a name for the tooltip.

  1. 1Great Stamina 1Growl 1Natural Armor 1Bite 1Claw 1Charge 1BoarLightning Breath 1Wind Serpent
  2. 5Cower 1
  3. 8Bite 2Claw 2Demoralizing Screech 1Carrion BirdScorpid Poison 1Scorpid
  4. 10Growl 2Mine! 1Bird of PreyFurious Howl 1Wolf
  5. 12Great Stamina 2Natural Armor 2Sonic Blast 1BatSwipe 1BearCharge 2BoarPinch 1CrabDismember 1CrocoliskTendon Rip 1HyenaSavage Rend 1RaptorWeb 1SpiderDust Cloud 1TallstriderLightning Breath 2Wind Serpent
  6. 15Cower 2
  7. 16Bite 3Claw 3
  8. 18Great Stamina 3Natural Armor 3
  9. 20Growl 3Arcane Resistance 1Fire Resistance 1Frost Resistance 1Nature Resistance 1Shadow Resistance 1Mine! 2Bird of PreyTrickster's Dance 1FoxShell Shield 1Turtle
  10. 24Great Stamina 4Natural Armor 4Bite 4Claw 4Sonic Blast 2BatSwipe 2BearCharge 3BoarDemoralizing Screech 2Carrion BirdPinch 2CrabDismember 2CrocoliskTendon Rip 2HyenaSavage Rend 2RaptorScorpid Poison 2ScorpidWeb 2SpiderDust Cloud 2TallstriderLightning Breath 3Wind SerpentFurious Howl 2Wolf
  11. 25Cower 3
  12. 30Great Stamina 5Growl 4Natural Armor 5Arcane Resistance 2Fire Resistance 2Frost Resistance 2Nature Resistance 2Shadow Resistance 2Dash 1Mine! 3Bird of PreyProwl 1CatThunderstomp 1Gorilla
  13. 32Bite 5Claw 5
  14. 35Cower 4
  15. 36Great Stamina 6Natural Armor 6Sonic Blast 3BatSwipe 3BearCharge 4BoarPinch 3CrabDismember 3CrocoliskTendon Rip 3HyenaSavage Rend 3RaptorWeb 3SpiderDust Cloud 3TallstriderLightning Breath 4Wind Serpent
  16. 40Growl 5Arcane Resistance 3Fire Resistance 3Frost Resistance 3Nature Resistance 3Shadow Resistance 3Shadow Resistance 4Bite 6Claw 6Dash 2Dive 1Mine! 4Bird of PreyProwl 2CatThunderstomp 2GorillaScorpid Poison 3ScorpidFurious Howl 3Wolf
  17. 42Great Stamina 7Natural Armor 7
  18. 45Cower 5
  19. 48Great Stamina 8Natural Armor 8Bite 7Claw 7Sonic Blast 4BatSwipe 4BearCharge 5BoarDemoralizing Screech 3Carrion BirdLava Breath 1Core HoundLava Breath 2Core HoundPinch 4CrabDismember 4CrocoliskTendon Rip 4HyenaSavage Rend 4RaptorWeb 4SpiderDust Cloud 4TallstriderLightning Breath 5Wind Serpent
  20. 50Growl 6Arcane Resistance 4Fire Resistance 4Frost Resistance 4Nature Resistance 4Dash 3Dive 2Mine! 5Bird of PreyProwl 3CatThunderstomp 3Gorilla
  21. 54Great Stamina 9Natural Armor 9
  22. 55Cower 6
  23. 56Bite 8Claw 8Demoralizing Screech 4Carrion BirdScorpid Poison 4ScorpidFurious Howl 4Wolf
  24. 60Great Stamina 10Growl 7Natural Armor 10Sonic Blast 5BatSwipe 5BearCharge 6BoarPinch 5CrabDismember 5CrocoliskThunderstomp 4GorillaTendon Rip 5HyenaSavage Rend 5RaptorWeb 5SpiderDust Cloud 5TallstriderLightning Breath 6Wind Serpent

How taming works

Hunters learn Tame Beast from the level 10 class quests. Target a beast of your level or lower and channel the spell for about 20 seconds; if the beast breaks the channel by hitting you hard, try again with a trap or from range. A tamed pet keeps its level and gains experience with you, but it can never be higher level than you. Stable Masters in towns keep the pets you are not using.

Feeding and happiness

Use Feed Pet with food from the pet’s diet. A happy pet deals full damage. A hungry, unhappy pet deals less, and in Classic a neglected pet could eventually leave you. Food that is far below the pet’s level does little, so carry something close to your level. Diets come from the game files and are listed on every family card.

Training pet abilities

In Classic a hunter learns a pet ability rank by taming a beast that already knows it (Beast Training), then teaches it to any pet of a family that can use it. Pet trainers in the capitals teach Growl, Great Stamina, Natural Armor and the resistances.

The Forever client adds new family abilities whose ranks unlock at levels 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60. Those even steps suggest they are learned by level rather than from wild beasts, but Blizzard has not explained it, so treat that as our reading of the files.

What changed in Forever

  • New family abilities. Almost every family now has a signature skill, so the choice of pet matters more than in Classic. See the green dots on the family cards.
  • Two new families. The Fox (Trickster’s Dance) and the Core Hound (Lava Breath) are tameable families in the game files.
  • Same basics. Bite, Claw, Dash, Dive, Growl and Cower keep their Classic ranks and levels.

Basic attacks

Every family has Bite or Claw (some have both) plus Dash or Dive. Ranks and levels are the same for every family that has them.

AbilityLevelsEffect (highest rank)Families
Bite8 ranks1–56Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.Bat, Bear, Boar, Carrion Bird, Cat, Core Hound, Crocolisk, Fox, Gorilla, Hyena, Raptor, Spider, Tallstrider, Turtle, Wind Serpent, Wolf
Claw8 ranks1–56Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.Bear, Bird of Prey, Carrion Bird, Cat, Crab, Raptor, Scorpid
Dash3 ranks30–50Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.Bear, Boar, Cat, Crab, Crocolisk, Fox, Gorilla, Hyena, Raptor, Scorpid, Spider, Tallstrider, Turtle, Wolf
Dive2 ranks40–50Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.Bat, Bird of Prey, Carrion Bird, Wind Serpent

Abilities every pet can learn

Growl, Cower, Great Stamina, Natural Armor and the five resistances are open to every family.

AbilityLevelsEffect (highest rank)
Great Stamina10 ranks1–60Health increased by 40.
Growl7 ranks1–60Taunt the target, increasing the likelihood the creature will focus attacks on you.
Natural Armor10 ranks1–60Armor increased by 1000.
Cower6 ranks5–55Cower, causing no damage but lowering your threat, making the enemy less likely to attack you.
Arcane Resistance4 ranks20–50Increases Arcane resistance by 120.
Fire Resistance4 ranks20–50Increases Fire resistance by 120.
Frost Resistance4 ranks20–50Increases Frost resistance by 120.
Nature Resistance4 ranks20–50Increases Nature resistance by 120.
Shadow Resistance4 ranks20–40Increases Shadow resistance by 120.

From the game files (build 1.60.1.70790)

Questions

Can you tame a fox in WoW Forever?

Yes. The Fox is a new hunter pet family in the Forever game files, with Bite, Dash and its own ability Trickster's Dance. Blizzard has not said where tameable foxes live yet.

What new pet abilities are in WoW Forever?

Most families got a signature ability that did not exist in Classic: Swipe for bears, Sonic Blast for bats, Pinch for crabs, Dismember for crocolisks, Tendon Rip for hyenas, Savage Rend for raptors, Web for spiders, Dust Cloud for tallstriders and Mine! for birds of prey. Gorillas get a fourth rank of Thunderstomp.

What do hunter pets eat?

It depends on the family. Wolves, raptors, scorpids, spiders and birds of prey eat only meat, cats and carrion birds eat meat and fish, bears and boars eat almost anything, and gorillas and bats live on fruit and fungus. Each family card above lists its diet.

Which hunter pet is best for leveling?

A cat, wolf or raptor for damage, or a boar or bear if you want a pet that holds aggro while you shoot. Pick the one you can tame early and replace it when you find a better-looking beast; abilities are learned separately.

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