WoW Forever Hunter Pets: Best Pets, Families and Where to Tame Them

Blizzard reworked Hunter pets for Forever. Every family can learn Bite or Claw, and some learn both. Every family also learns Dive or Dash.

On top of that, each family has 1 ability that no other family has. That ability decides which pet fits your job.

Family	Unique ability	What it does
Bat	Sonic Blast	Damage and a spellcasting slow on the target
Bear	Swipe	Hits 3 targets
Bird of Prey	Mine!	Damage and a disarm on the target (the family was called Owl)
Boar	Charge	Charges in, roots the target and powers up the next attack
Carrion Bird	Demoralizing Screech	Hits nearby enemies and lowers their melee Attack Power
Cat	Prowl	Stealth, and a harder 1st hit from stealth
Crab	Pinch	Damage and a movement slow
Crocolisk	Dismember	Damage and less healing received on the target
Fox	Trickster's Dance	More dodge chance and attack speed for 12 seconds
Gorilla	Thunderstomp	Damage to enemies in an area
Hyena	Tendon Rip	A slow and a bleed on the target
Raptor	Savage Rend	A bleed on the target
Scorpid	Scorpid Poison	Stacking damage over time
Spider	Web	Roots the target and deals damage over time
Tallstrider	Dust Cloud	Lowers the target's armor
Turtle	Shell Shield	Less damage taken, slower attacks, for 12 seconds
Wind Serpent	Lightning Breath	A ranged attack from 20 yards
Wolf	Furious Howl	Raises the party's melee Attack Power

The next section matches each family to a job.

Job	Best family	Why
Leveling solo	Bear	Swipe hits 3 targets, so the pet holds a pull of several mobs
Catching runners	Boar	Charge roots the target and powers up the next attack
Dungeons	Wolf	Furious Howl raises the party's melee Attack Power
PvP	Crocolisk	Dismember cuts the healing a target receives
Stealth openers	Cat	Prowl gives stealth and a harder 1st hit
Duels and solo tanking	Fox	Trickster's Dance adds dodge chance and attack speed
Roots in PvP	Spider	Web roots the target and deals damage over time

Your pet's stats come from your gear. A better bow or gun makes your pet stronger too.

Player buffs that raise stats no longer work on pets. Mark of the Wild on your pet adds nothing, so plan around your own gear.

Hunter class changes, talents and the best race are in our WoW Forever Hunter guide.

Every start zone has level 1 to 4 beasts that Hunters can tame. These are the 1st tames by zone:

Zone	Beast	Family	Level
Dun Morogh	Ragged Young Wolf	Wolf	1
Dun Morogh	Small Crag Boar	Boar	3
Elwynn Forest	Young Wolf	Wolf	1
Teldrassil	Young Nightsaber	Cat	1
Teldrassil	Webwood Spider	Spider	3 to 4
Tirisfal Glades	Duskbat	Bat	1 to 2
Tirisfal Glades	Young Night Web Spider	Spider	2 to 3
Durotar	Mottled Boar	Boar	1 to 2
Durotar	Scorpid Worker	Scorpid	3
Mulgore	Plainstrider	Tallstrider	1 to 2
Mulgore	Mountain Cougar	Cat	3
Zephras Isle	Juvenile Vuldren	Fox	1
Zephras Isle	Scrawny Ursera	Bear	3 to 4

Juvenile Vuldren and Scrawny Ursera are new in Forever. Both live on Zephras Isle, the Skyborne start zone.

When your Hunter learns to tame is covered in the Hunter guide.

Foxes are the new Hunter pet family of Forever. Their unique ability is Trickster's Dance: more dodge chance and more attack speed for 12 seconds.

A Fox learns Bite and Dash, like the Wolf. Trickster's Dance makes it a strong pet for duels and for holding a mob while you shoot.

The foxes of Zephras Isle are the Vuldren. Juvenile Vuldren are level 1, so a Skyborne Hunter finds them close to the start.

Zephras Isle is the level 1 to 12 start zone of the Skyborne. Our Skyborne guide covers the race and its start.

• Stats from your gear. Pets get stats from the Hunter's gear. Every gear upgrade is a pet upgrade.
• No stat buffs. A pet gets nothing from stat buffs cast on players.
• Bite or Claw. Every family learns Bite or Claw, and some learn both.
• Dive or Dash. Every family learns 1 of the 2. Bats learn Dive, and Wolves and Cats learn Dash.
• 1 unique ability. Each family has an ability no other family has, from Bat Sonic Blast to Wolf Furious Howl.
• Bird of Prey. The old Owl family now goes by Bird of Prey. Its ability is Mine!, a hit that disarms the target.

Talents for every Hunter spec are in our WoW Forever talent calculator.

1 booster plays your Hunter 12 hours a day for $399. Your Hunter reaches 60 in about 14 days, with pet tames on the route.

2 boosters in shifts play around the clock for $599 and reach 60 in about 7 days.

Tell the booster which pet you want, and it is tamed on the way. The price is locked when you order.

At 60 a Pro can fill your pre-raid set too. Our WoW Forever leveling guide has the full route.