WOW FOREVER · HUNTER
Hunter pets
Updated October 30, 2026
Your pet is half of the hunter. WoW Forever keeps a system very close to Classic: you tame a beast, feed it, build its loyalty and teach it abilities you first learned by taming other beasts. What's new is in the families: almost all of them now have their own signature trick, there's a brand-new family (the fox) and pets scale with your gear. Every fact carries a status: forever (confirmed by Blizzard), beta (seen in the beta, which was capped at level 30, and may change on November 4) or classic (WoW Classic data that Forever hasn't confirmed yet).
How they work
Your first pet (level 10)
Seen in the beta
At level 10 your hunter trainer starts a quest chain (the name depends on your race). You tame three local beasts, which teaches you Tame Beast; finishing the chain unlocks Beast Training, Feed Pet and Revive Pet. Call Pet brings it out and Dismiss Pet sends it away.
How to tame without failing
Confirmed in Forever
Tame Beast is a 20-second channel from 30 yards that costs 60% of your base mana and drops your armor to zero while it lasts. It fails if the beast stops attacking you or takes damage. You can only tame beasts at or below your level (a Forever change), and you can't tame while you have a pet out or dismissed, or with a dead pet in the stable: revive it first. Use Aspect of the Monkey to dodge more during the channel and start at full health.
Happiness
Seen in the beta
A happy pet deals 125% of its damage, a content one 100% and an unhappy one 75%. Happiness drains slowly over time, drops sharply when the pet dies and loses 50 points every time you use Dismiss Pet. A freshly tamed pet is very unhappy, so feed it straight away. In the beta a bug made happiness drop only on death; we still have to see how it behaves at launch.
Food
Seen in the beta
Feed Pet only works out of combat, so feed before every long pull. The food must belong to its family's diet, and the closer it is to the pet's level, the more happiness it gives. Beast Lore (level 24) shows what any beast eats before you tame it, and hovering over the happiness icon shows your pet's diet. Always carry a stack of food at its level.
Loyalty and training points
Seen in the beta
Loyalty is still in Forever. It has six ranks: Rebellious, Unruly, Submissive, Dependable, Faithful and Best Friend. Every new pet starts at Rebellious and climbs as you feed it and kill things together. More loyalty means more training points (TP) to buy abilities: a level 60 Best Friend pet has 300. A high-level beast you've just tamed can start with negative points; they come back on their own through feeding and fighting.
Teaching abilities: yes, you still tame to learn
Seen in the beta
As in Classic, you learn abilities from other pets yourself. Stable your pet, tame a beast that has the ability and rank you want, use it in combat until chat says you've learned it, then bring your pet back and teach it through Beast Training using its points. Each pet can have up to 4 active abilities. If it can't learn one, no TP cost shows up. Blizzard fixed beasts that taught ranks too high for their level, so some Classic rank sources may have changed.
What every family shares
Seen in the beta
Every family learns Bite or Claw (some get both) and Dash or Dive to move fast. Almost all have Cower to shed threat. The pet trainer in the capitals teaches Growl (threat; a new rank every 10 levels from 10), Great Stamina, Natural Armor and the resistances. Visit after leveling up. The trainer can also wipe abilities and refund points for a small fee; in the beta a full wipe also removed attack speed, so only unlearn what you need.
How your pet grows
Confirmed in Forever
Your pet has its own experience bar: it gets 25% of what you earn from green or higher enemies, no rested or quest XP, and it stops at your level. New in Forever: it inherits part of your gear (10% of your attack power and your crit chance, whichever is higher between melee and ranged) plus expertise, but it no longer receives stat buffs from other players. Its focus now regenerates continuously.
Healing, reviving and control
Seen in the beta
Mend Pet (level 12, a new rank every 8 levels) heals it while you channel. Revive Pet brings it back at 15% health, and a dead pet loses happiness. Eyes of the Beast (14) lets you steer it for 2 minutes and Scare Beast (14) fears a beast. Aggressive mode is back under the pet tab of your spellbook.
Stable
Seen in the beta
You can own three pets: one with you and two stabled, by buying the two extra slots from any friendly stable master. Use them to keep a damage pet and a tanky one, or to park yours while you tame another to learn an ability. Forever's slot prices haven't been published yet.
Attack speed
Seen in the beta
Damage is evened out within a family: a fast pet hits more often but softer, so it makes no difference in dungeons. Speed matters in PvP: lots of quick hits push back enemy casts more. That's why hunters hunt for fast-attacking beasts (1.0 or 1.2 seconds instead of the usual 2.0).
Families
| Cat Prowl | Offensive. Stealth plus a big opening hit. Best for fast leveling and the safe damage pick for dungeons and raids. Fragile against higher-level enemies. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat and fish |
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| Wolf Furious Howl | Balanced. Grants melee attack power to you and nearby party members (doesn't stack with Battle Shout; 40% weaker than in Classic). Good in dungeons and raids when there's no warrior. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat |
| Boar Charge | Defensive. Charges, roots and gains attack power for its next hit. Reaches the enemy first and soaks a lot: a great leveling and solo pet. It only auto-charges when set to Assist and you attack first. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Almost anything: bread, cheese, fish, fruit, fungus and meat |
| Bear Swipe | Defensive. Hits up to 3 enemies (only auto-casts with 2 or more nearby). Ideal for leveling with multi-pulls and easy to feed. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Everything |
| Bird of Prey (formerly Owl) Mine! | Offensive. Damage plus a disarm. Very handy in PvP against warriors, rogues and paladins. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat and fish |
| Bat Sonic Blast | Offensive. Damage and slower casting on the target (doesn't stack with Curse of Tongues or Mind-numbing Poison). A PvP pick against casters. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Fruit and fungus |
| Crocolisk Dismember | Defensive. Reduces healing taken by the target (doesn't stack with Mortal Strike). The latest beta notes cut it to 25% for 6 seconds. Very good in PvP against healers. Seen in the beta Diet: Meat and fish |
| Wind Serpent Lightning Breath | Offensive. A 20-yard nature attack that ignores armor: good against warriors and paladins in PvP and for keeping someone in combat. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Bread, cheese and fish |
| Spider Web | Offensive. Roots the target and deals damage over time. Useful in PvP to keep melee off you. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat |
| Raptor Savage Rend | Offensive. A bleed. Solid damage for leveling. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat |
| Hyena Tendon Rip | Balanced. Slows the target and makes it bleed. Good in PvP for chasing. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat |
| Fox (new family) Trickster's Dance | Offensive. From pet level 20, more dodge and faster attacks for 12 seconds. For leveling and PvP. Where to tame one isn't confirmed yet. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat and fruit |
| Crab Pinch | Defensive. Damage plus a slow. Very sturdy: a calm leveling pet. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Bread, fish, fruit and fungus |
| Turtle Shell Shield | Defensive. For 12 seconds it takes less damage but attacks slower. The toughest pick when it has to tank. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Bread, fish, fruit and fungus |
| Gorilla Thunderstomp | Defensive. Area damage around it: holds several enemies while leveling. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Bread, fruit and fungus |
| Tallstrider Dust Cloud | Defensive. Lowers the target's armor (doesn't stack with Faerie Fire). Sturdy and helps the group's physical damage. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Bread, cheese, fruit and fungus |
| Scorpid Scorpid Poison | Defensive. A stacking poison. Holds up well for leveling. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat |
| Carrion Bird Demoralizing Screech | Balanced. Damages nearby enemies and lowers their attack power (doesn't stack with Demoralizing Roar). Good when your pet is tanking. Confirmed in Forever Diet: Meat and fish |
| Core Hound Lava Breath | Offensive. It shows up in Forever's family lists, but nobody has said where one can be tamed. Seen in the beta Diet: Meat |
Pets worth taming
| Fernfeather Tallstrider (galestrider) · level 10 | A Forever-only beast at level 10: the first rare a Skyborne hunter can tame right after learning Tame Beast. Seen in the beta Zephras Isle, in Gustberry Lowlands and Windfield Orchard: 48.6 86, 51.4 82.4 and 53.8 78.8. Rare spawn. |
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| The Rake Cat · level 10 | A 1.2-second attack at level 10: a fast option for a Tauren hunter from day one. Classic data, unconfirmed Mulgore (rare spawn). |
| Bjarn Bear · level 12 | A level 12 rare bear that already knows Claw rank 2: a sturdy first pet for Dwarves and Gnomes. Classic data, unconfirmed Dun Morogh. |
| Echeyakee Cat · level 16 | A unique look few hunters have. Classic data, unconfirmed The Barrens, northeast, by some kodo bones. It only spawns when a Horde player does the quest Echeyakee. |
| Slavering Worg Wolf · level 18-19 | A wolf with a 1.2-second attack, tameable at low level. Classic data, unconfirmed Inside the Shadowfang Keep dungeon. |
| Humar the Pridelord Cat · level 23 | A rare lion with a fast attack (1.3 s). Good-looking and useful in PvP. Classic data, unconfirmed The Barrens, rare spawn. |
| Lupos Wolf · level 23 | A spectral-looking wolf. It used to hit for shadow damage, but Classic patch 1.9 removed that: today it's tamed for the look. Classic data, unconfirmed Duskwood, a roaming rare. |
| Starving / Feral Mountain Lion Cat · level 23-28 | A 1.2-second attack without fighting over a rare. Classic data, unconfirmed Hillsbrad Foothills. Regular mobs, no rare camping. |
| Needles Cougar Cat · level 27-28 | Another 1.2-second option, handy for the Horde. Classic data, unconfirmed Thousand Needles. |
| Swamp Jaguar Cat · level 36-37 | A 1.2-second attack on a regular mob: the easy Broken Tooth substitute. Classic data, unconfirmed Swamp of Sorrows. |
| Broken Tooth Cat · level 37 | A 1.0-second attack, the fastest there is: no extra damage in dungeons, but in PvP it constantly pushes back enemy casts. Expect a queue to tame it. Classic data, unconfirmed Badlands. Rare with a roughly 7-8 hour respawn. |
| Ravage Hyena · level 51 | A 1.3-second hyena: fast attacks plus Forever's new Tendon Rip, good for PvP. Classic data, unconfirmed Blasted Lands. |
| Spiteflayer Carrion Bird · level 52 | A 1.2-second carrion bird, the fastest of its family. Classic data, unconfirmed Blasted Lands. |
| Deathmaw Wolf · level 53 | A 1.2-second wolf with Furious Howl: quick for PvP and useful in groups. Classic data, unconfirmed Burning Steppes, rare spawn. |
| Bloodseeker Bat Bat · level 60 | A 1.0-second bat with Sonic Blast: the ideal combo for shutting down casters in PvP. Classic data, unconfirmed Zul'Gurub (raid), if it's in Forever. |
| Snapjaw Turtle · level ? | It taught Shell Shield rank 1 (for pets level 20+). Classic data, unconfirmed Hillsbrad Foothills. |
| Elder Shardtooth Bear · level ? | It taught Claw rank 8, the top rank, for level 56 pets. Classic data, unconfirmed Winterspring. |
| Plagued Swine / Bloodaxe Worg Boar / Wolf · level ? | Top ranks: Charge 6 (boar, level 60) and Dash 3 plus Furious Howl 4 (wolf). Classic data, unconfirmed Eastern Plaguelands (Plagued Swine) and Lower Blackrock Spire (Bloodaxe Worg). |
What we don't know yet
- Where to tame a fox and at what level: no confirmed spot yet.
- Whether Classic rares (Broken Tooth, Humar, Deathmaw…) keep their spot, level and speed in Forever: the beta stopped at level 30.
- Which beasts teach each rank of Bite, Claw and the new abilities: Blizzard adjusted ranks during the beta.
- How happiness drains at launch (in the beta it only dropped on death) and the price of stable slots.
- Where the Core Hound can be tamed and whether Zul'Gurub will be in Forever.
This guide is updated every time Blizzard publishes changes. Whatever is still missing goes in as soon as it is known, and the date at the top tells you when we last touched it.
Sources: Notas de la beta de Blizzard (foro oficial) · Blizzard: análisis a fondo del cazador y el druida en Forever · Talents Forever: hechizos del cazador del cliente de la beta (CC BY 4.0) · Warcraft Tavern: mascotas en Forever · Warcraft Tavern: familias, habilidades y dietas en Forever · Warcraft Tavern: lealtad y entrenamiento en Forever · Warcraft Tavern: mejores mascotas en Forever · Seemeta: familias de Forever (zorro) · Warcraft Wiki: Fernfeather · Petopia: velocidad de ataque de mascotas (WoW Classic) · Warcraft Tavern: guía de mascotas (WoW Classic) · Warcraft Wiki: mascotas raras.