World of Warcraft: Forever · class guide
Hunter: Changes
What has changed for the Hunter in the Forever beta, newest first. The rest of this guide describes the class as it plays now (client build 1.60.1.70425).
Last updated 2026-10-16, checked 2026-10-16.
- : You can have one Fire and one Ice trap out at once, and Fire traps scale with attack power.
- : Pet crit became the higher of the Hunter's melee or ranged crit.
- : Trueshot Aura reaches the whole raid, not just your party.
- : Human Sword Specialization (+2% crit with a sword equipped) was replaced by Ruthless, a flat +2% crit chance.
- : Dwarf Mace Specialization was replaced by Earth Fury, +2% critical damage and healing.
- : Night Elf Quickness now stacks with other speed increases.
- : Wind Blessed haste changed from +1% to +3%.
- : Orc Blood Fury cooldown changed from 2 to 3 minutes.
- : Orc Axe Specialization was replaced by Savage, a flat +1% crit.
- : Troll Regeneration health bonuses doubled to 20%.
- : Tauren Endurance changed from +1% hit to 2% critical damage and healing.
- : Tauren Plainsrunning gained 3% mounted speed.
- : Wind Blessed haste changed from +1% to +3%, and Skysight became castable while moving.
- : Auto Shot began requiring 0.5 seconds of standing still before it fires.
- : Resourcefulness mana regeneration now procs only on melee and ranged ability crits, not traps, and it also lowers Strider Kick's cost.
- : Sonic Blast changed from slowing casts 60% for 30 sec on a 30 sec cooldown to 30% for 20 sec on a 60 sec cooldown.
- : Mine! changed from a 4 sec disarm on a 60 sec cooldown to a 3 sec disarm on a 90 sec cooldown.
- : Dismember changed from 50% less healing for 10 sec on a 6 sec cooldown to 25% for 6 sec on a 15 sec cooldown.
- : Disengage's doubled threat reduction, announced earlier, was missed and was only implemented in build 70291.
- : Improved Concussive Shot's stun activation chance was fixed.
- : Improved Wing Clip's root chance was fixed.
- : Unleashed Fury began correctly raising your pet's damage in build 70291; before that it did not.
- : Entrapment gained diminishing returns in build 70291 and fires only when a Frost Trap first triggers, not on its periodic effect.
- : Expose Prey's Mongoose Bite activation lasts 10 seconds instead of 5.
- : Pet Aggressive mode came back.
- : Dungeon quest XP was cut; it still pays about 2.2 times Classic's.
- : Deflection was halved from 2–10% to 1–5% parry.
- : Sniper Shot's range rule was restated: 45 yards, and +10 yards on your next 3 shots within 10 seconds.
- : Taming a beast above your own level was disallowed.
- : Lone Wolf stopped leaving a −4% damage penalty after you unlearned it.
- : Lacerating Strikes was made able to crit.
- : Wolf Furious Howl's party melee attack power bonus was cut by 40%.
Still open
- Lacerate: in the client at 30–60 and shown as trainable by two datamines (level 30), but absent from the Hunter trainers' lists. Check a trainer at 30 in the beta.
- Client tooltips that go down a rank: Hunter's Mark rank 4 (71), Aspect of the Hawk rank 6 (55) and Trueshot Aura rank 5 (50). Tooltip errors or real values?
- Auto Shot timers: settled: the 0.5 s stand-still is the intended design.
- Stable slots: announced to increase, with no count or date.
- Ammo and the quiver: will the quiver ever fit the reagent slot? Does the Reagent Economy legacy perk cover ammo? Nobody says.
- Feign Death really kills you at 6 minutes, per the tooltip; nobody has reported testing it.
- Hit cap: no Forever figure is known; the 9% is Classic's.
- Everything above level 30 is untested until the beta cap rises.