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Hunter + Warlock duo leveling 10–60: Beast Mastery Hunter talents

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Beast Mastery Hunter build for leveling with a Warlock: your beast tanks the kill target, the Voidwalker takes the add, and Bestial Wrath at 40 turns every pull into a race you win.

Leveling group

Pick a group member to see their talents and when to learn each point.

Beast Mastery Hunter talents

The build this guide is about. Hunter leveling

33 / 18 / 051 of 51 points · level 60Open in calculator

Beast Mastery33 pts

Hover or tap a talent to see what it does.

Talent order by level

One talent point per level, starting at level 10. Spend them in this order as you level.

  1. 1.Deadly Aspects1/5Lv 10
  2. 2.Deadly Aspects2/5Lv 11
  3. 3.Deadly Aspects3/5Lv 12
  4. 4.Deadly Aspects4/5Lv 13
  5. 5.Deadly Aspects5/5Lv 14
  6. 6.Focused Fire1/2Lv 15
  7. 7.Focused Fire2/2Lv 16
  8. 8.Endurance Training1/5Lv 17
  9. 9.Endurance Training2/5Lv 18
  10. 10.Endurance Training3/5Lv 19
  11. 11.Unleashed Fury1/5Lv 20
  12. 12.Unleashed Fury2/5Lv 21
  13. 13.Unleashed Fury3/5Lv 22
  14. 14.Unleashed Fury4/5Lv 23
  15. 15.Unleashed Fury5/5Lv 24
  16. 16.Bestial Swiftness1/1Lv 25
  17. 17.Ferocity1/5Lv 26
  18. 18.Ferocity2/5Lv 27
  19. 19.Ferocity3/5Lv 28
  20. 20.Ferocity4/5Lv 29
  21. 21.Ferocity5/5Lv 30
  22. 22.Intimidation1/1Lv 31
  23. 23.Spirit Bond1/2Lv 32
  24. 24.Spirit Bond2/2Lv 33
  25. 25.Summon Hawk1/1Lv 34
  26. 26.Frenzy1/5Lv 35
  27. 27.Frenzy2/5Lv 36
  28. 28.Frenzy3/5Lv 37
  29. 29.Frenzy4/5Lv 38
  30. 30.Frenzy5/5Lv 39
  31. 31.Bestial Wrath1/1Lv 40
  32. 32.Improved Revive Pet1/2Lv 41
  33. 33.Improved Revive Pet2/2Lv 42
  34. 34.Lethal Attacks1/5Lv 43
  35. 35.Lethal Attacks2/5Lv 44
  36. 36.Lethal Attacks3/5Lv 45
  37. 37.Lethal Attacks4/5Lv 46
  38. 38.Lethal Attacks5/5Lv 47
  39. 39.Careful Aim1/5Lv 48
  40. 40.Careful Aim2/5Lv 49
  41. 41.Careful Aim3/5Lv 50
  42. 42.Careful Aim4/5Lv 51
  43. 43.Careful Aim5/5Lv 52
  44. 44.Improved Stings1/3Lv 53
  45. 45.Improved Stings2/3Lv 54
  46. 46.Improved Stings3/3Lv 55
  47. 47.Rapid Killing1/2Lv 56
  48. 48.Rapid Killing2/2Lv 57
  49. 49.Mortal Shots1/5Lv 58
  50. 50.Mortal Shots2/5Lv 59
  51. 51.Mortal Shots3/5Lv 60

See how this group ranks among the best leveling combos.

Experience changes that affect this route

The beta changed the leveling maths twice in October, so advice written in September no longer holds. Each entry is what Blizzard wrote, with our reading of it marked separately. Last change .

  1. Dungeon kill experience was being paid at the group's highest level, fixed October 8Live in a build

    Aggrend confirmed that experience per kill inside a dungeon was calculated from the highest-level character in the group instead of your own. His example: a level 20 in the Deadmines with four other level 20s and one level 25 earns very little per kill. The October 8 build fixed it, so kill experience uses your own level against the mob's. A party member far above the mob's level still means no one gets experience.

    What it means for your route: Every XP-per-hour number testers posted from a mixed-level group before October 8 was measuring this bug as well as the nerf, so treat those older dungeon-speed claims as unusable.

    Source: Blizzard Entertainment · The bug and the fix

  2. Base kill experience in dungeons goes up about 20%Live in a build

    Shipped in the October 8 build alongside the bug fix. Blizzard says the two together should make dungeon runs feel better and more even.

    What it means for your route: Trash pulls pay more than they did, which favours full clears over quest-only runs that skip packs.

    Source: Blizzard Entertainment · The bug and the fix

  3. The target is parity with questing, not Classic Era dungeon speedAnnounced, not in a build yet

    Blizzard's stated aim: after these changes, perfect experience-per-hour dungeon play should land very close to, if not equal to, optimal questing. It also said dungeon experience will not return to Classic Era levels, because dungeon spam being the optimal path fails its design pillars.

    What it means for your route: Plan a mixed route. Dungeons are for the levels where an instance sits on your path and the group is close to your level; questing carries the levels in between. A pure dungeon run to 60 is being balanced out of the game on purpose.

    Source: Blizzard Entertainment (Aggrend) · Blizzard's reasoning

  4. Dungeon quests give 50% less bonus experienceLive in a build

    In the level 30 build Blizzard cut the extra experience dungeon quests award beyond normal quest values by half, and recalibrated some quest rewards. Normal quest experience and experience from killing things in a dungeon were not touched.

    What it means for your route: Chaining dungeon quests is still worth doing on the first run of an instance, but it no longer beats a good quest chain outside by the margin it did in September.

    Source: Blizzard Entertainment · What the level 30 build changed

Legacy Points while you level

Unconfirmed

Where to spend Hunter Legacy Points for group questing, in the order the points arrive. A character can spend 16, and an account can earn 65 at launch. Stop wherever your total is — the list is cumulative. Effects are quoted from the Beta client 1.60.1.70532 data.

  1. 1.

    Well Restedrank 1 · Adventure

    Your rested experience accumulates 4% faster and your rested experience cap is increased by 4%.

    Only one point here for now — it is the prerequisite for Talented, and rested experience is worth having while you are at it.

    1 point · 1/16
  2. 2.

    Talentedrank 5 · Adventure

    You gain talent points every level starting at level 5 instead of starting at level 10, but you still may not have more than 51 total talent points.

    The strongest leveling node in the tree: talent points from level 5 instead of 10, so you reach your first real build five levels sooner.

    5 points · 6/16
  3. 3.

    Thrill of Adventurerank 5 · Adventure

    You gain 5% of your maximum Health and Mana over 10 sec each time you deliver the killing blow to a non-trivial enemy. Ineffective in dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds.

    Health and mana back on every killing blow. It works while questing as a group, and switches off the moment you step into a dungeon.

    5 points · 11/16
  4. 4.

    Gourmandrank 1 · Resourcefulness

    Increases the duration of beneficial effects from eating food by 33%.

    Food buffs last a third longer, so the group stops to eat less often.

    1 point · 12/16
  5. 5.

    Reinforcerank 2 · Resourcefulness

    You take 16% less durability loss when you die.

    Cheaper deaths while you learn the pulls.

    2 points · 14/16
  6. 6.

    Field Guiderank 1 · Adventure

    Reduces your cooldown on adding Camp features by 8%

    Prerequisite for Frequent Flier, and shortens the wait between camp features.

    1 point · 15/16
  7. 7.

    Frequent Flierrank 1 · Adventure

    You receive a 50% discount on all flight paths, and your flight path mount flies 20% faster.

    Half-price flight paths and 20% faster flights. You will fly hundreds of times before 60.

    1 point · 16/16

What to skip, and why

  • Reinforce beyond two ranks: Deaths are rarer with a group than solo, so durability savings add up slowly.
  • For Great Honor: Honor only — pick it up when you move to battlegrounds.
  • High Alert: Only matters against stealthed players.

Variants

  • If you gather while you level, one or two points in Bountiful Harvest (20% more scarce materials per rank, Mining, Herbalism and Skinning) pay for your mounts; take them out of the last picks on this list.
  • Your class buys no reagents, and Reagent Economy no longer makes camp features free, so it is left out of this plan.

Legacy values are datamined from the beta client and can change. Plan your own spread in the Legacy planner, see where points come from inLegacy Points, or read the Legacy system guide. The order above is our recommendation; the effects are game data.

Contents
  1. The duo at a glance
  2. How the hunter & warlock duo plays
  3. Your job as Beast Mastery Hunter
  4. Pull by pull
  5. Resources and cooldowns
  6. Mistakes that get the duo killed
  7. Talent order by level
  8. Where to level
  9. Where the duo struggles for a Beast Mastery Hunter
  10. Sources

The duo at a glance

Hunter & Warlock Duo for levels 10–60: two pets in front, two ranged damage dealers behind them.

No tank or healer needed: the Hunter’s beast holds the kill target, the Voidwalker holds the add, and both players stack ranged damage behind them. Each class covers the other’s gaps.

Role Spec Job
DPS Beast Mastery Hunter Beast tanks the kill target; emergency buttons
DPS Demonology Warlock Voidwalker holds the add; Fear, Soulstone, Healthstones

Both specs link to their own guide with the talents for that half of the duo.

How the hunter & warlock duo plays

  1. One target per pet: the beast opens on the kill target, the Voidwalker takes the add; nobody shoots before two pet hits.
  2. From 25: Demonic Brand lets Searing Pain mark the add, so the Voidwalker keeps it without waiting on Torment.
  3. From 40: Bestial Wrath handles elites; Fear, Intimidation, Feign Death and a Soulstone cover pulls that go wrong.

Your job as Beast Mastery Hunter

Nobody in this pair can heal, so the surest way to stay alive is to end fights sooner, and Beast Mastery does that through the beast itself. It is the duo’s main tank: it opens on the kill target, carries a large share of your damage through Unleashed Fury and Frenzy, and soaks the hits your Warlock partner should never take. Your place is at maximum range behind it, well clear of the Voidwalker’s add so the two fights never merge. What only you bring is the panic set. Intimidation stuns and grabs a mob sprinting at the Warlock, a trap parks a third mob, and Feign Death gets you out of a pull that is already lost for both of you, leaving the Soulstone to recover the pair. Threat is about patience: two beast hits before your first shot, because an early Serpent Sting drags the kill target to you.

Pull by pull

  • Aspect of the Hawk stays on all day so Deadly Aspects can proc; Hunter’s Mark the target and send the beast.
  • Count two beast hits, then Serpent Sting and Auto Shot.
  • Alternate Arcane Shot and Summon Hawk: they share one cooldown, so press whichever is ready instead of holding either.
  • If the add breaks free and runs at the Warlock, switch the beast to it with Intimidation, then Growl back to the kill target once the add is dead.
  • From level 40, Bestial Wrath on elites and double pulls once the beast has threat.
  • Pull lost for both of you: Feign Death, let the Soulstone work, then Revive Pet if the beast fell.
  • After the kill, Mend Pet below half health and let Spirit Bond cover the rest while you loot.

Resources and cooldowns

Your mana goes to Serpent Sting, Arcane Shot and Mend Pet. On easy mobs skip Arcane Shot and let Auto Shot and the beast finish, so a Mend Pet is always affordable. Keep Rapid Fire and Bestial Wrath for elites or a surprise add, not for trash you would kill anyway. Feed the beast between quests so it stays happy. When you run low, drink while the Warlock Life Taps and Health Funnels; they can usually outlast your mana bar.

Mistakes that get the duo killed

  • Shooting before two beast hits: the kill target turns to you and the Warlock’s DoTs then pull the add as well.
  • Feign Death while the Warlock is still fighting: the whole pack switches to them.
  • Letting the beast chase a Feared mob into the next pack instead of calling it back to the kill target.
  • Running to town when the beast dies: Improved Revive Pet makes the rez cheap and fast mid-quest.

Talent order by level

One point per level from level 10. The talent tree above shows the finished level 60 build; use the level slider to see it at any level.

  • Levels 10–14 · Deadly Aspects 5/5 — First because nobody in this duo heals you, so killing faster is your defence. Aspect of the Hawk is up all day, which makes the ranged attack speed procs live from level 10.
  • Levels 15–16 · Focused Fire 2/2 — 2% more damage from everything you do, and the beast is out on every pull with a Warlock.
  • Levels 17–19 · Endurance Training 3/5 — More health and armor for the beast that tanks every kill target. It comes after the damage points because nobody tops the beast up here.
  • Levels 20–24 · Unleashed Fury 5/5 — 15% more pet and hawk damage. More beast damage is more beast threat, which keeps the kill target off you.
  • Level 25 · Bestial Swiftness 1/1 — The beast reaches a mob running at the Warlock sooner. Needed for Intimidation.
  • Levels 26–30 · Ferocity 5/5 — 10% more crit for the beast and hawks, and every pet crit feeds Frenzy later.
  • Level 31 · Intimidation 1/1 — A stun with high threat on the beast’s next hit: the button that pulls a loose add back off the Warlock.
  • Levels 32–33 · Spirit Bond 2/2 — You and the beast regenerate health while it is out, standing in for the heals this pair lacks.
  • Level 34 · Summon Hawk 1/1 — A hawk attacks your target for 18 sec. It shares a cooldown with Arcane Shot, so alternate the two; Unleashed Fury and Ferocity boost it too.
  • Levels 35–39 · Frenzy 5/5 — Pet crits grant 30% attack speed for 8 sec; with Ferocity already taken it stays up through most fights.
  • Level 40 · Bestial Wrath 1/1 — 50% more pet damage for 18 sec and a beast that cannot be stopped: save it for elites and double pulls.
  • Levels 41–42 · Improved Revive Pet 2/2 — Cheaper, faster Revive Pet with more health. Over a 10–60 duo, a dead beast mid-zone costs seconds instead of a trip.
  • Levels 43–47 · Lethal Attacks (Marksmanship) 5/5 — +5% critical strike chance with all attacks, and the path to Mortal Shots.
  • Levels 48–52 · Careful Aim (Marksmanship) 5/5 — Attack Power from Intellect once the Beast Mastery tree is finished, from gear you already wear.
  • Levels 53–55 · Improved Stings (Marksmanship) 3/3 — 20% more Serpent Sting damage on the opener you fire after two beast hits.
  • Levels 56–57 · Rapid Killing (Marksmanship) 2/2 — Shorter Rapid Fire cooldown and a stronger next shot after each kill, which suits pulling mob after mob.
  • Levels 58–60 · Mortal Shots (Marksmanship) 3/5 — 18% bigger ranged crits for the last levels before 60, when Lethal Attacks has raised your crit.

Where to level

Levels 10–30: Westfall, The Barrens, Redridge, Hillsbrad and Shadowfang Keep (23–29). 30–40: Stranglethorn, Desolace, Scarlet Monastery. 40–50: Tanaris, Feralas, Krol’dok Stronghold (40–55). 50–60: Un’Goro, Felwood, Plaguelands. Banish shines in the City of Dalaran (28–33), where the chart lists demons.

Where the duo struggles for a Beast Mastery Hunter

  • Melee packs of three or more outlast both pets. Trap the third mob and let the Warlock Fear a fourth rather than pulling bigger.
  • Casters at range ignore your beast. Break line of sight so they walk into it, or burst them with Arcane Shot and Summon Hawk.
  • No healer: every hit you take costs Spirit Bond ticks or a bandage. Stay at range and never stand next to the Voidwalker’s add.
  • A dead beast removes the duo’s main tank. Keep mana for Revive Pet and ask for a Soulstone before elite quests.

Sources

The talent path and leveling advice adapt these Classic guides to the WoW Forever talent trees; talents that are new or changed in Forever are chosen from this site’s talent data.

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Feedback (2)

Notes badged Moderator or Admin come from the WoW Forever Builds team. They are editorial notes on the build, not reports from playing it.

  1. WFB_TheorycraftModeratorSep 16, 2026

    Compare this order with the Druid plus Hunter version and the difference is informative: there Endurance Training leads because a healer is topping the pet up, here Deadly Aspects leads because nobody is. With no heals in the pair, the best defence is killing faster, and Aspect of the Hawk is on permanently while leveling, so the ranged attack speed procs are effectively always live. Focused Fire adds 2% to everything you do while the pet is out, which is every pull. Endurance Training still gets three points because the beast is the main tank, it just no longer gets first call on the early levels.

  2. WFB_EditorModeratorSep 16, 2026

    Read the guide's note that Arcane Shot and Summon Hawk share a cooldown before you build your bars, because alternating them is a real rotation change, not a detail. The other thing this page assumes is that both of you respect pet threat windows: two beast hits before you shoot, and the Warlock waiting on Torment before DoTs. If either of you jumps early, both pets lose their targets at the same time and there is nobody to catch them. Improved Revive Pet is cheap insurance in a duo that covers 10 to 60, since a dead beast mid-zone otherwise means a trip back and a partner standing idle.

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