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CHANGEDSpellTame Beast
· GeneralClassic
You cannot tame beasts above your level.Forever
No longer works on beasts higher than the hunter's level (fixes beta behaviour).
Hunter specializationDPS
Beast Mastery Hunter
Beast Mastery is one of the three Hunter talent trees in WoW Forever. Its tree has 16 talents: 2 new, 9 changed, 2 moved and 3 same as in Classic. Forever removes 2 Classic talents from this tree. Our best-in-slot (BiS) list treats it as a DPS spec.
- Class
- Hunter
- Talents
- 16
- New in Forever
- 2
- Abilities
- 20
Beast Mastery talents
The 16 talents of the Beast Mastery tree in the beta, row by row. Each one opens its own page: what every rank does, its requirements and what changes from Classic.
Deadly AspectsRow 1 · 5 ranksChanged
Endurance TrainingRow 1 · 5 ranksChanged
Focused FireRow 2 · 2 ranksNew
Improved Aspect of the MonkeyRow 2 · 3 ranksChanged
PathfindingRow 2 · 2 ranksMoved
Improved Revive PetRow 2 · 2 ranks
Bestial SwiftnessRow 3 · 1 rankChanged
Unleashed FuryRow 3 · 5 ranksChanged
Improved Mend PetRow 4 · 2 ranksMoved
FerocityRow 4 · 5 ranksChanged
Summon HawkRow 4 · 1 rankNew
Spirit BondRow 5 · 2 ranksChanged
IntimidationRow 5 · 1 rankChanged
Bestial DisciplineRow 5 · 2 ranksChanged
FrenzyRow 6 · 5 ranks
Bestial WrathRow 7 · 1 rank
What changes in Forever
What is new and changed for Beast Mastery compared with Classic Era: our change list, its talent tree and its abilities.
In our change list
CHANGEDSpellCHANGEDSpell
Aspect of the Beast
· GeneralForever
Now also grants melee Attack Power.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Deadly Aspects (formerly Improved Aspect of the Hawk)
· Beast MasteryForever
Formerly Improved Aspect of the Hawk. The talent now also gives melee attacks a chance to grant increased attack speed while Aspect of the Beast is active.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Endurance Training
· Beast MasteryForever
The old Thick Hide talent is merged into this one, so it now grants your pet Health and Armor.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
NEWTalent
Focused Fire
· Beast MasteryForever
New talent: increases all damage you and your pet deal while your pet is active.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Pathfinding
· Beast MasteryForever
Moved from row 3 to row 2 in the talent tree.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Unleashed Fury
· Beast MasteryForever
Benefit to pet damage decreased slightly, but it now also benefits the new Hawk summons.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Improved Mend Pet
· Beast MasteryForever
Now also decreases the Mana cost of Mend Pet.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Ferocity
· Beast MasteryForever
Critical strike bonuses to pets decreased, but it now also benefits Hawk summons.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
NEWTalent
Summon Hawk
· Beast MasteryForever
New 16-point gold medal talent. Deals instant damage and summons a Hawk to attack the Hunter's current target for 18 sec, with up to 2 Hawks active at once. Cooldown shared with Arcane Shot.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Intimidation
· Beast MasteryForever
Now requires Bestial Swiftness as a prerequisite and also grants your pet 100% increased critical strike chance on its next attack.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
CHANGEDTalent
Bestial Discipline
· Beast MasteryForever
Now also grants the Hunter Mana regeneration from Spirit while casting spells (or spending Mana).Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
REMOVEDTalent
Improved Eyes of the Beast
· Beast MasteryForever
Removed from the Beast Mastery tree: Improved Eyes of the Beast is now a baseline ability.Auto-updated from official notes on September 30, 2026Official note ↗
Class-wide changes
They affect every Hunter, whatever tree they play:
- Furious Howl
- Sonic Blast
- Aimed Shot (baseline)
- Arcane Shot (cooldown)
- Disengage
- Multi-Shot (cooldown)
- Scorpid Sting
- Aggressive Mode
New talents
- Focused Fire
Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
- Summon Hawk
Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 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.
Changed or moved talents
- Deadly AspectsChanges: text, numbers, name.
- Endurance TrainingChanges: text.
- Improved Aspect of the MonkeyChanges: ranks, text, numbers.
- PathfindingChanges: position.
- Bestial SwiftnessChanges: text.
- Unleashed FuryChanges: text, numbers.
- Improved Mend PetChanges: position, text, numbers.
- FerocityChanges: text, numbers.
- Spirit BondChanges: text, numbers.
- IntimidationChanges: text, numbers.
- Bestial DisciplineChanges: text, numbers.
Removed talents
New abilities
Changed abilities
- Aspect of the MonkeyChanges: range.
- Aspect of the HawkChanges: tooltip.
Eyes of the BeastChanges: tooltip.
Aspect of the BeastChanges: ranks, tooltip.- IntimidationChanges: tooltip.
Aspect of the WildChanges: tooltip.
Beast Mastery abilities
The 20 abilities the beta spellbook groups under Beast Mastery, by the level they are learned at. Each one opens its own page with its ranks, cost and changes.
Beast Mastery best-in-slot (BiS) gear
The site’s suggestion, not an official list: we score the beta items with our stat weights for each level. The beta is capped at level 30.
Top picks at level 60
- Ranged
Nerubian Slavemakeritem level 89 · Drops from Kel'Thuzad · Naxxramas (Classic data)
Soulstringitem level 83 · Chest: Four Horsemen Chest · Naxxramas (Classic data)
- Head
Cryptstalker Headpieceitem level 88 · Quest: Cryptstalker Headpiece · Naxxramas (Classic data)
Field Marshal's Chain Helmitem level 74 · Vendor: Captain Dirgehammer (Classic data)
- Chest
Cryptstalker Tunicitem level 92 · Quest: Cryptstalker Tunic · Naxxramas (Classic data)
Striker's Hauberkitem level 88 · Quest: Striker's Hauberk · Ahn'Qiraj (Classic data)
The two highest-scoring pieces in three slots. It is a forecast: until the beta reaches 60, items and their sources may change.
Full Beast Mastery list at level 60 →
Why these weights
The ranged weapon comes first: each point of bow, gun or crossbow DPS is worth about 14 ranged AP, and slow weapons fit Aimed Shot and Multi-Shot better without clipping auto shot. 1 agility = 2 ranged AP + crit + armour; 1% crit ≈ 24 AP. Intellect fuels Arcane Shot and aspects. The melee weapon is mostly a stat stick, so its DPS weighs very little: the best two-hander is compared with the best one-hand pair.
Races that can be a Hunter
The races that can pick the class in WoW Forever. The ones marked new are combinations Classic did not have.
Human
Dwarf
Night Elf
Orc
Tauren
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Talents and abilities: beta client (build 1.60.1.70205), compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. BiS: the site’s stat weights.
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