RaceOrcOrc Hunter: a step-by-step 1–30 route for WoW Forever. Durotar with the new Forever quests, the pet class quests around Razor Hill, the Barrens, Stonetalon, the Eastern Kingdoms, Ashenvale and Thousand Needles. What to tame and where, when to learn your skills, which bows and arrows to buy, why an orc wants an axe in hand and how your pet holds the mobs while you shoot.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Beast Lore unlocks its skills. By default it runs in Immersive mode: beasts and their skills unlock only once you've found them. If you want everything at once, switch to Reveal all in the settings and it becomes a full reference. You can search by beast, zone and skill, and you get world map pins and tooltips when you hover a beast. Open it with /fg, settings - /fg config. Version 0.5.8 for Forever 1.60.1 from October 13, almost 40 thousand downloads; available in English, German, French, Spanish and Korean.Builds for 10–30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
Your first talent point comes at level 10, then one per level: 21 points by level 30. Not sure what to pick? Go Beast Mastery: your pet holds the mobs and hits like a second player while you shoot. That's what the beta guides recommend (Method, Warcraft Tavern, wowforeverbuilds). A hunter trainer in a capital resets your talents: Ormak Grimshot in Orgrimmar or Holt Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff. Hover a talent for its Wowhead tooltip; the button at the bottom opens the build in the Wowhead calculator with the same order.
Summon Hawk, a new Forever talent.
Deadly Aspects - while Aspect of the Hawk is on, your Auto Shot keeps getting 30% faster. 
Focused Fire (new) - +2% damage for you and your pet. 
Pathfinding - from 20, Aspect of the Cheetah gives 36% instead of 30%: the whole route to 40 goes faster. 
Unleashed Fury - +15% pet damage, the key leveling talent.Summon Hawk - a hawk dives at your target and attacks for 18 seconds, and you can keep two up at once; Summon Hawk and 
Arcane Shot share a cooldown. Then 
Ferocity 5/5 - +10% crit for your pet and the hawks; at 35 it unlocks 
Frenzy.
Improved Revive Pet (instead of Pathfinding) if your pet dies a lot: for careful players and Hardcore. You can leave Ferocity at 4/5 and spend the last point at 30 on another talent: 
Spirit Bond if you often eat between fights (at rank 1 - 1% health for you and your pet every 10 seconds), or 
Bestial Discipline if you're short on mana.
Mend Pet in time.
Deadly Aspects 5/5
Focused Fire 2/2
Pathfinding 2/2
Endurance Training 1/5
Unleashed Fury 5/5
Summon Hawk 1/1
Ferocity 5/5
Lethal Attacks - +5% crit, and in Forever your pet gets your full crit chance. 
Careful Aim (new) - attack power from Intellect. 
Rapid Killing (new) - after every kill your next shot hits 20% harder, so you open on every new mob with a big shot. 
Efficiency saves mana - in Marksmanship it's the first thing to run out.
Trueshot Aura - +30 ranged attack power for you and your group; 
Mortal Shots - your ranged crits hit harder; at 30 - 
Rapid Recuperation: 
Serpent Sting and Rapid Killing give you mana back in combat.
Lone Wolf (from 20, 11 points in the tree) - +20% damage while you have no pet out. Only with a steady tank: soloing without a pet is rough, and testers consider this talent weak.
Lethal Attacks 5/5
Careful Aim 5/5
Rapid Killing 2/2
Efficiency 3/5
Trueshot Aura 1/1
Mortal Shots 4/5
Rapid Recuperation 1/2
Improved Tracking - +5% to all damage against the creatures you're tracking. 
Endurance Training - your pet is 15% sturdier. 
Survivalist - +10% health. At 30 - 
Deterrence: 10 seconds of dodge and parry, your “don't die” button.
Track Beasts, humanoids - 
Track Humanoids, undead from 18 - 
Track Undead.Unleashed Fury and the hawks don't fit into this build.
Improved Tracking 5/5Endurance Training 5/5Focused Fire 2/2Pathfinding 2/2
Survivalist 5/5
Improved Revive Pet 1/2
Deterrence 1/1Improved Tracking - +5% damage against tracked targets; 
Savage Strikes and 
Predator's Edge (new) - melee crits; Deterrence at 23 and 
Counterattack at 25: a strike and a root after you parry; at 30 - 
Strider Kick (new): a weapon strike and +30% speed for 3 seconds.
Aspect of the Beast (30) and get a good two-hander, testers say there's “nothing to press”, and shooting is still stronger. You need a two-hander with high DPS - see the list in the “Hunter” section.
Encroacher's Claim from Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], 
Forsaken Greataxe from The Wrath of Rath'mael[22], Merciless Axe in Hillsbrad. Two-Handed Axes are taught by Hanashi and Sayoc in Orgrimmar.Improved Tracking 5/5
Savage Strikes 2/2Survivalist 3/5
Surefooted 3/3Deterrence 1/1Survivalist 4/5
Counterattack 1/1
Predator's Edge 4/5
Strider Kick 1/1The orc and troll starting valley · the Den and the Burning Blade Coven
All the quests are around the Den: take them in a batch, do them in a loop, turn them in as a batch. About 40 minutes to level 5–6. No pet until 10: you shoot from range, and a mob that reaches you gets met in melee - 
Raptor Strike.
Pelt Collecting for Beginners book: the profession for free, readable from level 3. Skinning + Leatherworking is the best choice for a hunter (why - see the “Professions” section).
Rough Arrow - a stack of 200 for about 10. Get 3–4 stacks: every shot uses an arrow, and when they run out your bow goes quiet. 
Skinning Knife ≈ 10 is sold here too.
Light Quiver - 6 slots and +10% ranged attack speed. It has to sit in a bag slot - don't sell it. Vendor quivers up to 30 give the same speed, just more room.
Blood Fury from level 1: +10% attack power for 15 seconds, 3-minute cooldown. According to the beta client tables it raises ranged attack power too, so it's your button as well: hit it on every tough mob - Sarkoth, Yarrog Baneshadow, and from 10 on elites.Kaltunk at the entrance to the Den: accept !Your Place in the World[1]. Gornek : turn in ?Your Place in the World[1], accept !Cutting Teeth[2] and the new !Wayward Weapons[2].
Around the Den: Mottled Boars - 10 of them, Cutting Teeth[2]. Abandoned training weapons lie on the ground all over the valley - 6 of them, Wayward Weapons[2].
Shoot from max range: while the boar runs at you, you get 2–3 shots off. Once it reaches you - Raptor Strike and fight it up close, don't run in circles: your bow doesn't fire within 8 yards.
Gornek: turn in ?Cutting Teeth[2] (take 
Battleworn Leather Gloves), accept !Sting of the Scorpid[3] and the class quest !Etched Parchment[1]. The hunter trainer Jen'shan is nearby: turn in ?Etched Parchment[1] and learn Track Beasts (10). Kzan Thornslash : turn in ?Wayward Weapons[2].
Hunters wear leather: just like in Classic, you most likely won't wear mail until 40. Track Beasts shows beasts on the minimap - handy when you go looking for a pet.
Galgar : accept !Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise[3]. Zureetha Fargaze : accept !Vile Familiars[4].
Foreman Thazz'ril by the Den: accept !Lazy Peons[4] (from level 3; not level 3 yet - do the scorpids and cacti first, then come back to the foreman). South and west of the valley: Scorpid Workers - 10 tails, Sting of the Scorpid[3]; Cactus Apples on the bushes - 10 of them, Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise[3]; sleeping Lazy Peons - wake up five, Lazy Peons[4]: 
Foreman's Blackjack is in your bags, use it on them.
Drops from: Scorpid Worker Tail - Scorpid Worker, Sarkoth
The Den:
Soft Wool Vest)Pelt Collecting for Beginners bookLevel 4, Jen'shan: 
Aspect of the Monkey and Serpent Sting, 1 each.
Aspect of the Monkey - +8% dodge: keep it on while you have no pet. Serpent Sting in Forever is half as strong as in Classic - only put it on a mob that will live longer than 8–10 seconds.
Read Pelt Collecting for Beginners - you'll learn Skinning. Skinning Knife is sold by Duokna and Kagil by the Den.
Skin every beast on the way and save the hides: you'll learn Leatherworking in Orgrimmar at 12 (step), and the extra goes to the auction house.
North of the valley: Vile Familiars - 12 of them, Vile Familiars[4]. The pick lies at the entrance to the Burning Blade Coven - Thazz'ril's Pick[4].
The Den: Zureetha Fargaze - turn in ?Vile Familiars[4] (the reward is 
Primitive Hatchet), accept !Burning Blade Medallion[5]; Foreman Thazz'ril - turn in ?Thazz'ril's Pick[4].
Raptor Strike hits with your melee weapon's damage - an axe in hand comes in handy when a mob reaches you. The racial +1% crit no longer depends on an axe.
Burning Blade Coven : Yarrog Baneshadow deep inside - the medallion, Burning Blade Medallion[5].
The cave is cramped and the mobs stand close together: pull them one at a time from the edge so two don't come at once. Back to the Den with a death run: before level 10 it costs almost nothing.
Zureetha Fargaze: turn in ?Burning Blade Medallion[5] (take 
Dust-covered Leggings), accept !Report to Sen'jin Village[5]. A lost journal lies on the ground by the Den - accept the new !The Adventurer[6].
Level 6, Jen'shan: Arcane Shot and 
Hunter's Mark, 1 each.
Arcane Shot in Forever is 54% stronger than in Classic - it's your main hit until 10: open on the mob with it, then use it on cooldown. Hunter's Mark - only on long fights, on normal mobs you need the mana more. Not level 6 yet? You'll learn them at 8 in Razor Hill (step).
Leave the valley by the road southeast, toward Sen'jin Village.
Darkspear trolls, centaurs and spiders on the road to Razor Hill
The Darkspear troll village in the southeast. You pick up lots of quests here at once: some you do now (Kolkar Crag, the shore), some at 9 (the Echo Isles). Keep the island quests in your log.
Rough Arrow. Small Quiver ≈ 1 is sold here too - 8 slots instead of the starter quiver's 6, same ranged attack speed: buy it only if you're short on space.
Hornwood Recurve Bow ≈ 3 (from level 3) - only if you didn't get 
Kolkar Bow (step).
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 - 6 slots. Hunters need bags more than other classes: a quiver, arrows, and from 10 pet food as well.Kolkar Bow from Lost in the Shadows[8] hits almost twice as hard as the starter one.On the road out of the valley - Ukor : accept !A Peon's Burden[5] (a delivery to Razor Hill).
Sen'jin Village:
Also there:
Trayexir : Rough Arrow - 2–3 stacks.
Don't buy a bow yet: in half an hour you'll get Kolkar Bow (step).
The shore east of the village : makrura - 4 eyes, crabs - 8 Crawler Mucus, A Solvent Spirit[7].
Drops from: Intact Makrura Eye - Makrura Clacker, Makrura Shellhide, Makrura Snapclaw and others · Crawler Mucus - Pygmy Surf Crawler, Surf Crawler, Encrusted Surf Crawler and others
Kolkar Crag to the west: three attack plans - , and , Thwarting Kolkar Aggression[8]. In the camp - Pal'juh : accept the new !Lost in the Shadows[8] and lead her out of the camp - Lost in the Shadows[8].
The centaurs walk in pairs: shoot the outer one from max range, and the second one often doesn't notice. According to RestedXP, Pal'juh isn't always in her spot: if she's not there, don't wait.
The village: Lar Prowltusk - turn in ?Thwarting Kolkar Aggression[8] (take 
Seasoned Fighter's Cloak); Master Vornal - turn in ?Lost in the Shadows[8] (take Kolkar Bow) and ?A Solvent Spirit[7].
Kolkar Bow - 2.7 DPS, the starter bow has about 1.5. Didn't get it? Trayexir: Hornwood Recurve Bow ≈ 3.
North along the road to Razor Hill: spiders on both sides of the road - 6 and 6, Legging It[6].
Leave the elite spider alone - you'll come back for it at 9.
Brakk at the campfire south of Razor Hill: turn in ?The Adventurer[6], accept !The Great Outdoors[6]. Sit by the campfire (/sit) and wait for the “Boosted Rest” buff - The Great Outdoors[6]. Turn in ?The Great Outdoors[6], accept !Camping 101: Cooking[6].
Durotar's main town · Kul Tirans on the coast
Razor Hill is your base until level 12: the hunter trainer, the inn and almost all the quests of the north are here. Set your hearthstone here.
Sharp Arrow, from 11 - 
Laminated Recurve Bow.Rough Arrow, Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 and Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25 - 6 and 8 slots. You get one bag from Carry Your Weight[7].
Haunch of Meat ≈ 24 (from 5) - food between fights, and from 10 food for your pet too; water - 
Refreshing Spring Water, from 5 - 
Ice Cold Milk. A hunter runs out of mana before health - always keep water in your bags.
Linen Cloth from the Kul Tirans: it makes 
Linen Bandage, and First Aid is taught by Rawrk . Sell the extra at the auction house in Orgrimmar.
Concussive Shot, a step back and 2 more shots while the mob is slowed. Once it reaches you - Raptor Strike and auto attack, no running around.Innkeeper Grosk : turn in ?A Peon's Burden[5] and set your hearthstone in Razor Hill.
Gar'Thok : turn in ?Legging It[6], accept !Vanquish the Betrayers[7]. Orgnil Soulscar : turn in ?Report to Orgnil[7], accept !Dark Storms[12]. Cook Torka : talk to him - Camping 101: Cooking[6], turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6]: you learn Cooking.
Furl Scornbrow on the watchtower: accept !Carry Your Weight[7]. Turroc : accept the new !For Honor[6].
Level 8, hunter trainer Thotar : Concussive Shot and Raptor Strike (rank 2), 2 each. First Aid - Rawrk .
Concussive Shot slows the mob for 4 seconds - the core of your fighting until you get a pet. Not level 8 yet? You'll learn them at 10 (step).
Tiragarde Keep to the east : 10 sailors and 8 marines, plus Lieutenant Benedict on the top floor - Vanquish the Betrayers[7]; the Canvas Scraps drop from them too - Carry Your Weight[7]; three raider items by the keep's walls - , and , For Honor[6]. The lieutenant drops 
Benedict's Key - use it to open the chest nearby : inside is 
Aged Envelope, which starts !The Admiral's Orders[7].
Drops from: Canvas Scraps - Kolkar Drudge, Kolkar Outrunner, Kul Tiras Sailor and others
The Kul Tirans stand in groups: pull them one at a time with a shot from the edge. Two came at you? Concussive Shot on one and back off toward the gate while shooting the other. Fight Lieutenant Benedict with full health and mana.
Razor Hill:
Handmade Leather Bag)Shipwrecks, tigers, Zalazane and the Razormane Grounds
South along the coast to the Echo Isles, turn-ins in Sen'jin and back north through the Razormane Grounds. By the end you're level 10, and the pet class chain starts in Razor Hill.
The shipwreck shore east of Razor Hill : Gnomish Toolboxes in the wreckage - 3 of them, From The Wreckage....[8].
South along the shore:
Drops from: Durotar Tiger Fur - Durotar Tiger, Shal'ma
The Echo Isles , swim over from the shore: 8 Hexed Trolls and 8 Voodoo Trolls - Zalazane[10]; Zalazane in the middle - his head for Zalazane[10]; the prisoner's remains nearby - the skull, Minshina's Skull[9]; Forgotten Loa Idols on the ground across the islands - 8 of them, Forgotten Loa Idols[9]; the trolls drop cursed pendants - use them, you need 3 Luminous Residue, A Pain in the Neck[8].
Zalazane stands surrounded by trolls - pull them one at a time with a shot and kill him last. The necklaces only drop while A Pain in the Neck[8] is in your log.
Sen'jin Village:
Veiled Grips) and ?Forgotten Loa Idols[9]
Raptorscale Pants from Bloodtalon Matriarch[8] is mail: for a hunter it's vendor fodder.
North along the road: Ukorsbane - an elite level 8 spider; it drops the pack - !Ukor's Lost Pack[8]. Go back south for a minute: Ukor - turn in ?Ukor's Lost Pack[8].
Start with full mana and from max range: Blood Fury, Serpent Sting, Arcane Shot, Concussive Shot, run 15–20 yards away, turn around and shoot; when the spider is next to you again - Concussive Shot on cooldown and repeat. Didn't work? Skip it: the quest starts from its loot and doesn't unlock anything.
The Razormane Grounds west of Razor Hill : Prickly Pear Fruit - 8 of them, This Fruit Could Bite Back[6]; Razormane Quilboars and Scouts , Dustrunners and Battleguards farther north - 4 of each, Encroachment[10].
Razor Hill: Cook Torka - turn in ?Break a Few Eggs[8] and ?This Fruit Could Bite Back[6]; Gar'Thok - turn in ?From The Wreckage....[8] (take the leather bracers 
Sandrunner Wristguards) and ?Encroachment[10].
Level 10, Thotar: Aspect of the Hawk, Serpent Sting (rank 2) and Track Humanoids, 4 each. Accept the class quest !Taming the Beast[10].
Aspect of the Hawk - +20 ranged attack power: in a ranged fight it's more useful than Aspect of the Monkey. Ghrawt is nearby: Sharp Arrow - 3.5 DPS instead of 1.5, about 47 a stack.
Three taming quests at Razor Hill, your first pet, Drygulch Ravine and Thunder Ridge
The class chain at 10: Thotar gives you three taming quests in turn - a boar, a crab, a scorpid, each a short trip out of Razor Hill. The third one rewards 
Tame Beast, and you tame your own pet on the way north. Then come the new Forever quests at Drygulch Ravine and Thunder Ridge. By the end you're about level 12 at the gates of Orgrimmar.
Beast Training: without it you can't teach your pet new skills.
Tough Jerky and Haunch of Meat. Cats, scorpids and raptors eat meat; 10–15 pieces will do.Sharp Arrow (from 10); Laminated Recurve Bow ≈ 18 (from 11) - 5.8 DPS, the best vendor bow until 14. 
Medium Quiver (from 10) - only more room: it adds the same 10% to ranged attack speed.Razor Hill, Orgnil Soulscar: accept the new !A Missing Hand[11]. The Taming Rod for Taming the Beast[10] is already in your bags.
East of town: Dire Mottled Boars - use Taming Rod on any of them, Taming the Beast[10]. Further east, Heglan Shadeeye north of Tiragarde Keep: turn in ?A Missing Hand[11], accept !Threat from Below[11]. Three clues next to him - , and , Threat from Below[11].
Taming takes 20 seconds, and the whole time you have no armor: start away from other mobs and don't hit the beast - damage breaks the taming. The boar becomes a temporary pet: you can fight with it, but before the next rod dismiss it (right-click your pet's portrait) - you can't tame a new one while you have a pet.
Razor Hill: Thotar - turn in ?Taming the Beast[10] (the boar), accept !Taming the Beast[10] (the crab); Orgnil Soulscar - turn in ?Threat from Below[11] (the clues), accept !Threat from Below[11] (the naga).
Northeast to the coast : Surf Crawlers by the water - Taming Rod, Taming the Beast[10]. The naga on the same shore - 9 Naga Spinefins, Threat from Below[11].
Drops from: Naga Spinefin - Spitelash Scout, Spitelash Attendant
Like the boar, a crab tamed with the rod becomes a temporary pet: let it hold the naga while you shoot. There aren't many crabs here - most of them are near Sen'jin , but that's a long way off. Further north the elite sea giant Aggor the Young roams - leave it alone.
Razor Hill: Thotar - turn in ?Taming the Beast[10] (the crab), accept !Taming the Beast[10] (the scorpid); Orgnil Soulscar - turn in ?Threat from Below[11] (the naga).
Got a group? Orgnil Soulscar also gives Threat from Below[12]: an elite sea giant on the northern shore, the reward is a dagger or a mail belt. It's a 20-minute detour, don't take it without a group.
North of town: Armored Scorpids and - Taming Rod, Taming the Beast[10].
Razor Hill, Thotar: turn in ?Taming the Beast[10] (the scorpid) - the reward is Tame Beast; accept !Training the Beast[10].
Just like in Classic, taming should come with 
Call Pet, 
Dismiss Pet, Revive Pet and 
Feed Pet. According to one tester, Feed Pet is only given for Training the Beast[10] in Orgrimmar - then your pet goes unfed until 12: no big deal, happiness barely drops on the beta. Check your spellbook.
The scorpid from Taming the Beast[10] is still with you - dismiss it (right-click the portrait): you can't tame a new one while you have a pet. Tame your own pet - a beast of your level or lower (Forever doesn't allow higher). The easiest is Venomtail Scorpid: level 9–10 scorpids all over northern Durotar , sturdy, and according to Petopia they know 
Claw (rank 2). A raptor, Bloodtalon Scythemaw (8–10) by Thunder Ridge , gives more damage. Tamed it? Feed it right away (Feed Pet): a new pet is unhappy and hits softer.
Want a fast cat right away? Durotar Tiger (7–8) on the southeastern shore , a 15-minute detour. The tiger knows 
Cower - turn it off on the pet bar (right-click the icon): it drops threat, and the mob runs at you. According to testers' measurements, pets with a fast attack do more damage on the beta, but Blizzard hasn't confirmed it. Without the detour you'll tame a fast cat of your level in the Barrens at 16–17 (step). More in the “Hunter” section.
North along the road: Misha Tor'kren at Tor'kren Farm - accept !Lost But Not Forgotten[11]; Rezlak by Drygulch Ravine - accept !Winds in the Desert[9].
Stolen Supply Sacks along the road south of Rezlak - 5 of them, Winds in the Desert[9]. Rezlak: turn in ?Winds in the Desert[9], accept !Securing the Lines[11].
Drygulch Ravine : 12 Dustwind Savages and 8 Dustwind Storm Witches - Securing the Lines[11]. The Storm Witches and Eggtenders drop a Dull Storm Orb, which starts !A Simmering Storm[11].
The Storm Witches cast lightning from range, and hunters have no interrupts: send your pet at the witch and shoot the same one. Don't pull two witches at once.
Rezlak: turn in ?Securing the Lines[11] (take 
Hickory Shortbow) and ?A Simmering Storm[11], accept !Stormy Potential[11].
Hickory Shortbow - 3.8 DPS, Kolkar Bow - 2.7. From 11 you can buy an even better one - Laminated Recurve Bow (5.8) in Razor Hill or Orgrimmar.
Thunder Ridge : Thunder Lizards in the south and Lightning Hides in the north - 5 Charged Thunder Lizard Organs, Stormy Potential[11]. Fizzle Darkstorm on the ridge - the claw, Dark Storms[12]. Dreadmaw Crocolisks in the river nearby - the amulet, Lost But Not Forgotten[11].
Drops from: Kron's Amulet - Dreadmaw Crocolisk, Corrupted Dreadmaw Crocolisk
Fizzle Darkstorm is level 12 and a caster: pet in first, you shoot; if there's an imp nearby, kill it first. The amulet doesn't drop from every crocolisk - if it hasn't dropped in 10 minutes, drop Lost But Not Forgotten[11].
Optional: Halikor is an elite level 12 lizard that roams Thunder Ridge . It drops a hoof - !Halikor's Hoof[12], turned in in Orgrimmar.
You need full mana, full health and a potion: your pet holds the lizard while you shoot from range; once the lizard locks onto your pet, hit Blood Fury. If your pet dies, the lizard comes for you. At 11 solo it's borderline: if you meet another player, invite them. You can't tame it.
Rezlak - turn in ?Stormy Potential[11]. Misha Tor'kren - turn in ?Lost But Not Forgotten[11]. Take the western road to Razor Hill: Orgnil Soulscar - turn in ?Dark Storms[12], accept !Margoz[12].
Already 11 and have 18? Ghrawt : Laminated Recurve Bow. Not enough money - buy it in Orgrimmar (step).
Margoz in the camp above the northern shore: turn in ?Margoz[12], accept !Skull Rock[12]. Then on to the gates of Orgrimmar.
The flight path, the class quest and the trainer at 12, new quests in the city and Hidden Enemies
Orgrimmar is on your way: the flight path, Training the Beast[10] and the hunter trainer, the pet trainer, the new Forever city quests and the Hidden Enemies chain. The Lieutenant's Insignia for it drops at Skull Rock, right outside the gates - the targets of Skull Rock[12] are there too. That's why you enter the city twice: before Skull Rock and after.
Laminated Recurve Bow ≈ 18 (from 11) - if you didn't buy it in Razor Hill. Sharp Arrow and quivers are here too.
Staff of Orgrimmar) is a reason to learn Staves once you have it.The gates of Orgrimmar . Doras : get the flight path.
Valley of Strength: Thatog - accept the new !Meal Appeal[15]. Borstan : turn in ?Meal Appeal[15], accept !Favorite Food[15]. If you killed Halikor - Kamari : turn in ?Halikor's Hoof[12].
Kor'geld : accept the new !Yelmak's Medley[15]. Cattails and speargrass grow by the water in the Valley of Honor - Yelmak's Medley[15].
Valley of Honor, Ormak Grimshot : turn in ?Training the Beast[10] - Beast Training. Level 12, same place: Mend Pet, 
Wing Clip, Arcane Shot (rank 2) and 
Distracting Shot, 6 each. Pet trainer Xao'tsu : 
Great Stamina and 
Natural Armor (ranks 1 and 2) - then teach them to your pet in the Beast Training window.
Mend Pet heals your pet while you stand still: hit it when your pet is below half health and the mob is still alive. Wing Clip is your way out of the “dead zone”: when the mob is at your feet, clip it and step 8 yards away. Distracting Shot isn't needed solo - you can skip it. Leatherworking - Karolek . A new pet doesn't trust you much yet and has almost no training points: if you're short, teach it a level or two later, once its loyalty grows.
Kor'geld: turn in ?Yelmak's Medley[15]. Yelmak : accept !Whuut's the Rush[15] and deliver the potion - Whuut : turn in ?Whuut's the Rush[15].
The reward is 
Healing Potion: save it for elites.
Behind Grommash Hold: Migi - turn in ?Favorite Food[15]; Thra - accept !Rocks to Rests[15].
Smooth Boulders lie all over the city - 8 of them, Rocks to Rests[15]. Thra: turn in ?Rocks to Rests[15], take 
Puk's Friendship Bracelet.
Puk's Friendship Bracelet is leather, +1 Agility. Agility gives you crit, and in Forever your pet gets your full crit chance.
Valley of Wisdom: Nazgrel - turn in ?The Admiral's Orders[7]; Thrall - accept !Hidden Enemies[12].
Out of the city to Skull Rock outside the gates : Burning Blade Fanatics and Apprentices - 6 Searing Collars (Skull Rock[12]) and the Lieutenant's Insignia (Hidden Enemies[12]). Deep in the cave - Gazz'uz : he drops 
Eye of Burning Shadow, which starts !Burning Shadows[12].
Drops from: Searing Collar - Burning Blade Thug, Burning Blade Neophyte, Burning Blade Fanatic and others · Lieutenant's Insignia - Burning Blade Fanatic, Burning Blade Apprentice
Gazz'uz is level 14 and a caster, and hunters have no interrupts: shoot him and step behind the cave ledge - he'll come to you himself, and your pet will meet him. Too tough? Skip him: Burning Shadows[12] doesn't unlock anything.
Margoz : turn in ?Skull Rock[12], accept !Neeru Fireblade[12].
A hunter can't use the mace at all. You can equip 
Jagged Dagger right away (in Forever hunters know daggers from the start), but it only has +1 Strength, and the racial +1% crit works with any weapon. Keep your axe and take a reward to sell: 
Steady Bastard Sword sells for the most.
Back to Orgrimmar, the Cleft of Shadow: Neeru Fireblade - turn in ?Neeru Fireblade[12] and ?Burning Shadows[12], accept !Ak'Zeloth[13]. Thrall: turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12], accept !Hidden Enemies[12]. Neeru Fireblade: talk to him - Hidden Enemies[12]. Thrall: turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12].
Ak'Zeloth[13] leads to Far Watch Post - that's where you go next.
From Orgrimmar through Razor Hill into the Barrens
The last errands in Durotar and the way out into the Barrens. From Orgrimmar - hearthstone to Razor Hill (that's where it's set) or walk south, 3–4 minutes.
Flawed Power Stone appears in your bags - you need it at the altar in the cave on Dreadmist Peak.Flawed Power Stone lasts 30 minutes (according to RestedXP): go straight from the stone to the altar, don't get distracted by mobs on the way.Razor Hill: Takrin Pathseeker - accept !Conscript of the Horde[12].
Didn't learn your level 12 skills in Orgrimmar? Thotar teaches the same.
Take the western road over the bridge across the Southfury River to Far Watch Post: Kargal Battlescar - turn in ?Conscript of the Horde[12], accept !Crossroads Conscription[12]; Ak'Zeloth - turn in ?Ak'Zeloth[13], accept !The Demon Seed[14]. The power stone at his feet - !Flawed Power Stone[14]: turn it in right there (?Flawed Power Stone[14]), and Flawed Power Stone appears in your bag.
Crossroads Conscription[12] is turned in at the Crossroads - that's your next stop.
West to Dreadmist Peak : take the path up to the cave. The Altar of Fire is inside - use the stone at the altar, The Demon Seed[14].
On the way up there's level 10–14 Burning Blade, and the casters stand in pairs: pet on one, you shoot the same one; leave the second alone until the first is dead.
The best zone for 12–20 · the Razormane and the pirates near Ratchet
The Barrens have lots of quests and long runs. The rule: take everything at the Crossroads at once, do it along the way and turn it all in together. Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads all the way to level 20.
Tel'Abim Banana ≈ 24 - food until 15. Kalyimah Stormcloud : Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.
Fine Longbow ≈ 49 (from 14) - 7.4 DPS and +4 attack power, the best vendor bow until 20. In Classic the vendor had a limited supply: if it's not in stock, check back later or get Reinforced Bow at 16.Sharp Arrow; Zargh - meat for your pet, from 15 - 
Mutton Chop; Sikwa - the stable.Wing Clip and step 8 yards away, let your pet take it.Head south down from the peak to the Crossroads: Devrak - flight path; Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind - set your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
The Crossroads:
Thorn Hill to the northeast:
Drops from: Plainstrider Beak - Greater Plainstrider, Ornery Plainstrider, Fleeting Plainstrider · Raptor Head - Sunscale Lashtail, Sunscale Screecher, Sunscale Scytheclaw and others
Far Watch Post to the northeast: Ak'Zeloth - turn in ?The Demon Seed[14].
The reward is cloth armor: sell it.
Ratchet:
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : 12 Brigands and 6 Cannoneers - Southsea Freebooters[14]; parts in the upper camp - Parts and Pieces[14].
Ratchet:
Back to the pirate camp: the Drizzlik's Emporium crate and the “Fragile - Do Not Drop” crate - Stolen Booty[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?Stolen Booty[16] - take 
Wayfaring Gloves (+3 Spirit).
The mail 
Padded Lamellar Boots sell for more, but a hunter most likely won't wear mail until 40.
Fly to the Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?Disrupt the Attacks[12] and ?Supplies for the Crossroads[14], accept !The Disruption Ends[15]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Plainstrider Menace[12], accept !The Zhevra[13].
Back east to the Razormane: Geomancers and Defenders and the leader Kreenig Snarlsnout - The Disruption Ends[15]. Zhevras on the way - hooves for The Zhevra[13].
Drops from: Zhevra Hooves - Zhevra Runner, Zhevra Charger, Zhevra Courser
Geomancers throw fire from range - start with them: pet on the geomancer, you shoot the same one.
The Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?The Disruption Ends[15], take 
Binding Girdle (leather, +3 Intellect); Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Zhevra[13], accept !Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
Already 14? Uthrok : Fine Longbow, if it's in stock.
Regthar, the Forgotten Pools, the Witchwing harpies
West and northwest of the Crossroads. By the end of this section you're about level 16: next comes a short flight to Orgrimmar for your 14–16 abilities.
Serpent Sting and Hunter's Mark only on long fights, finish normal mobs off with Auto Shot; always carry water.West of the Crossroads, Regthar Deathgate : accept !Kolkar Leaders[16] and !Centaur Bracers[14].
Around Regthar:
Drops from: Centaur Bracers - Kolkar Wrangler, Kolkar Stormer, Kolkar Pack Runner and others
Barak Kodobane hits hard and stands with guards: pull the guards one at a time, and him when nobody's around. Your pet holds him while you shoot; if your pet is in trouble - Mend Pet.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Kolkar Leaders[16] and ?Centaur Bracers[14], accept !Verog the Dervish[18].
Centaur Bracers[14] offers 
Orcish Battle Bow (5.5 DPS) - only if your bow is weaker than Laminated Recurve Bow. Otherwise take Pointed Axe: one-handed, +1 Agility, and the racial +1% crit doesn't need an axe.
Northwest, the Dry Hills : Witchwing harpies - 8 talons for Harpy Raiders[15]. Savannah Prowlers on the way - claws for Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
Drops from: Witchwing Talon - Witchwing Harpy, Witchwing Roguefeather, Witchwing Slayer and others
Savannah Patriarch also roams here - a fast level 15–16 cat. You can tame it once you're at least its level - it's easier on your second trip to the Dry Hills (step).
The Crossroads:
The follow-up to Fungal Spores[15] is Apothecary Zamah[15], a timed quest to Thunder Bluff. Don't take it: the route only gets there at 22. The exception is a group for Wailing Caverns (section).
A delivery chain for orcs and trolls - a round trip by air with experience
There are no hunter trainers in the Barrens, the nearest ones are in Orgrimmar. The delivery chain for orcs and trolls sends you there and back with experience - the perfect time for your level 14–16 skills and your first trap.
Reinforced Bow ≈ 38 (from 16) - 7.5 DPS. Don't buy it if you already have Fine Longbow from the Crossroads: almost the same damage, and that one also has +4 attack power.Sharp Arrow, 4–5 stacks: in the Barrens they're sold by Barg and Uthrok at the Crossroads and Jazzik in Ratchet.The Crossroads: Zargh - accept !Meats to Orgrimmar[10]. Devrak: turn in ?Meats to Orgrimmar[10], accept !Ride to Orgrimmar[10] and fly to Orgrimmar - Ride to Orgrimmar[10].
In Classic this flight cost money - keep a little silver on you.
Orgrimmar: Innkeeper Gryshka - turn in ?Ride to Orgrimmar[10], accept !Doras the Wind Rider Master[10]; Doras - turn in ?Doras the Wind Rider Master[10], accept !Return to the Crossroads[10].
Valley of Honor, Ormak Grimshot : 14 - Scare Beast, 
Eagle Eye and 
Eyes of the Beast, 12 each; 16 - 
Immolation Trap, 
Mongoose Bite and Raptor Strike (rank 3), 1894 each.
In Forever Immolation Trap can be set in combat too, but only at your feet, 30-second cooldown: when a mob reaches you, drop the trap at your feet and it burns. Scare Beast takes a second beast out for 10 seconds (damage breaks the fear). Eagle Eye and Eyes of the Beast are for scouting - you can skip them and save 24. Not 16 yet? You'll learn the level 16 skills at 20.
Zor Lonetree in the Valley of Wisdom: accept !The Spirits of Stonetalon[17] - it's turned in on the Stonetalon border (at 18).
Have a group? Now's the time for Ragefire Chasm: the entrance is right here, in the Cleft of Shadow (section). Run it with your group before you fly back.
Fly to the Crossroads: Zargh - turn in ?Return to the Crossroads[10].
A 13–18 dungeon right inside Orgrimmar · an Agility staff for hunters
The entrance is in the Cleft of Shadow. For a hunter the main thing here is Hidden Enemies[16]: Staff of Orgrimmar, +6 Agility and +6 Intellect - the best weapon to hold until 22 (your pet gets part of your attack power, and Agility gives crit to both you and it). Staves are taught by Hanashi . No group - don't take the quests from here. How to play a hunter in a group - see the “Dungeons” section.
Thrall: accept !Hidden Enemies[16]. Neeru Fireblade: accept !Slaying the Beast[16].
Ragefire Chasm, entrance : Taragaman the Hungerer - his heart, Slaying the Beast[16]; Bazzalan and Jergosh the Invoker - Hidden Enemies[16].
Turn off your pet's Growl: the tank holds the mobs. The tank interrupts the cultists and trogg shamans - hunters have no interrupts; your job is the marked target. Oggleflint sometimes drops 
Barbaric Crossbow - new in Forever (crossbows are only taught in Undercity).
After the Chasm:
Staff of Orgrimmar.
Axe of Orgrimmar is two-handed, you'd still need to learn the skill for it, and it has no Agility: the staff is stronger for a hunter. According to the Forever database, Hidden Enemies[16] offers a choice of weapons. In Classic Era players reported there was no reward - if the quest window is empty, let us know.
The Sludge Fen, Ratchet, the southern oases and Camp Taurajo
A big loop: the north (the Venture Co. goblins, the Sludge Fen), Ratchet, then the south - the oases, the centaurs, Camp Taurajo. There's no hunter trainer in the Barrens: you'll learn your level 18 skills together with the level 20 ones in Orgrimmar.
Sharp Arrow; Reggifuz - the stable. Camp Taurajo: Kelsuwa - the stable.The north:
The Sludge Fen : Wizzlecrank's Shredder - accept !Ignition[18]. Supervisor Lugwizzle carries the Ignition Key - Ignition[18]. Turn in ?Ignition[18], accept !The Escape[18] and escort the shredder (The Escape[18]) - it's turned in at Ratchet.
Ratchet:
From The Escape[18] take Greasy Tinker's Pants: leather, +3 Strength and +3 Agility. Both rewards from Samophlange[16] are a mace and a shield: vendor fodder for a hunter.
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : Baron Longshore (level 16) with guards - WANTED: Baron Longshore[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?WANTED: Baron Longshore[16].
Pull the guards one at a time. Two came at you? Your pet holds one, and Immolation Trap goes under the second one's feet; kill the baron last.
Fly to the Crossroads: Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Echeyakee[16], accept !The Angry Scytheclaws[17].
Planning to swap your pet for the patriarch or a plainstrider (step)? Put the old one in the stable now: Sikwa . You can't tame a new one while you have a pet, and there's no stable in the Dry Hills.
Northwest, the Dry Hills: Witchwing Slayers - 6 rings, Harpy Lieutenants[16]. On the way - Savannah Patriarch : a level 15–16 cat.
Want a fast pet? Tame the patriarch: according to Petopia it attacks every 1.3 seconds, and according to testers' measurements such pets do more damage on the beta (Blizzard hasn't confirmed it). The patriarch knows Cower - turn it off on the pet bar: it drops threat, and the mob runs at you. There are only a few patriarchs - if you can't find one, Ornery Plainstrider will do (16–17, all over the Barrens ): a tallstrider, which according to Petopia also attacks every 1.3 seconds; it eats cheese, mushrooms and fruit - Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind sells fruit. In the east there's also Savannah Matriarch (17–18), but she's slower - every 1.7 seconds. Your old pet is already in the stable (step); if you didn't stable it, you'll have to abandon it. A new pet is unhappy and barely knows you: feed it and fight - loyalty grows from fights and food.
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Harpy Lieutenants[16], accept !Serena Bloodfeather[20].
Serena Bloodfeather is level 20: you'll kill her at 18–19.
South of the Crossroads, a loop:
Drops from: Intact Raptor Horn - Sunscale Scytheclaw, Ishamuhale, Takk the Leaper
Ratchet is close, Mebok Mizzyrix: turn in ?Raptor Horns[18] (take 
Barkeeper's Cloak). Fly to the Crossroads: Gazrog - turn in ?Stolen Silver[18], take 
Rambling Boots (leather, +3 Agility); Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?The Stagnant Oasis[16], accept !Altered Beings[16]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Angry Scytheclaws[17], accept !Jorn Skyseer[18]; Mankrik - accept !Lost in Battle[20]. To the west, Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Verog the Dervish[18], accept !Hezrul Bloodmark[19].
You'll turn in Jorn Skyseer[18] at Camp Taurajo (step). Want your pet to learn 
Bite (step)? Leave it in the stable while you're at the Crossroads: Sikwa .
The Lushwater Oasis to the south : Oasis Snapjaws - shells for Altered Beings[16]; Hezrul Bloodmark with guards by the water - Hezrul Bloodmark[19]. Farther south - the Beaten Corpse : Lost in Battle[20].
Hezrul Bloodmark walks with two guards: start with the guards. Two came at you? Your pet holds one; slow the other (Concussive Shot) and drop Immolation Trap under its feet. According to Petopia, Oasis Snapjaw knows Bite (rank 2; check it): if your pet has Bite and is in the stable, tame a snapjaw and fight with it until the chat says “You have learned…”, then abandon it.
Camp Taurajo in the south: Omusa Thunderhorn - flight path; Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Jorn Skyseer[18].
Don't take the follow-up (Ishamuhale[19]) yet: you'll come back here at 20. Left your pet in the stable (step)? Kelsuwa : take it out and teach it the new rank (Beast Training).
Fly to the Crossroads: Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?Altered Beings[16], accept !Hamuul Runetotem[16]; Mankrik - turn in ?Lost in Battle[20]. Walk west to Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Hezrul Bloodmark[19] (
Bounty Hunter's Ring, +3 Agility).
Hamuul Runetotem[16] leads to Thunder Bluff - you'll take it there at 22, or earlier with a group for Wailing Caverns (step).
Level 18: there's no hunter trainer in the Barrens. You'll learn 
Multi-Shot and the other level 18 skills together with the level 20 ones in Orgrimmar.
Don't want to wait for Multi-Shot? A Crossroads → Orgrimmar → Crossroads flight takes about 8 minutes: Ormak Grimshot in the Valley of Honor.
Serena, the Stonetalon border, the Grimtotem tauren
The last stretch of the first part: Serena Bloodfeather in the Dry Hills and the Grimtotem tauren on the Stonetalon border. Serena Bloodfeather[20] rewards 
Harpy Skinner - a dagger with +3 Agility, to hold for the stats. Already holding an axe? How to pick the reward is in the turn-in step.
Track Humanoids, and the minimap will show them from far away - less running around looking for them.Concussive Shot, pet on him, Wing Clip and a step back - you're at range again.The Dry Hills: Serena Bloodfeather among the harpies - Serena Bloodfeather[20].
She's level 20 and calls harpies for help: clear the ones standing nearby first. Hunters have no interrupts - your pet holds her while you shoot with full mana.
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Serena Bloodfeather[20] - take Harpy Skinner or whatever sells for more.
For shooting, Harpy Skinner with +3 Agility is better than Pointed Axe with +1: since October 15 the racial crit doesn't need an axe. Take the dagger unless your current item gives more useful stats. Got Staff of Orgrimmar from Ragefire Chasm? It beats both. Don't take the follow-up (Letter to Jin'Zil[20]) yet - you'll take it at 20.
The Stonetalon border to the west : Seereth Stonebreak - turn in ?The Spirits of Stonetalon[17], accept !Goblin Invaders[19]; Makaba Flathoof - accept !Avenge My Village[18].
Stonetalon Mountains, Kaya Flathoof : accept !Protect Kaya[18].
Stonetalon Mountains:
Kill the Grimtotem casters first: hunters have no interrupts.
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Avenge My Village[18] and ?Protect Kaya[18], accept !Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18] and !Kaya's Alive[18].
Kaya's Alive[18] is turned in at Sun Rock Retreat at ~22.
Grundig Darkcloud and 6 Grimtotem Brutes - Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18].
Makaba Flathoof: turn in ?Kill Grundig Darkcloud[18]. Seereth Stonebreak: turn in ?Goblin Invaders[19], accept !The Elder Crone[18].
The Elder Crone[18] is turned in at Thunder Bluff at 22.
Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Level 20: next, fly to Orgrimmar for the trainer (Multi-Shot, 
Aimed Shot, Aspect of the Cheetah, 
Freezing Trap) - that's the start of the 20–30 part.
Dungeon 17–24 · quests in Thunder Bluff, Ratchet and at the entrance
Got a group? Wailing Caverns finishes eight quests, and Leaders of the Fang[22] rewards 
Crescent Staff: +7 Agility, Stamina and Intellect - the best weapon to hold until 30. Lord Serpentis drops 
Venomstrike - a 12.1 DPS bow with poison on hit. No group - don't take a single quest from here. How to play a hunter in a group - see the “Dungeons” section.
The Crossroads, Apothecary Helbrim: accept !Apothecary Zamah[15] - a timed quest. Fly straight to Camp Taurajo and run west through Mulgore to Thunder Bluff.
Thunder Bluff:
Time to learn your level 18–20 skills - the hunter trainers are on Hunter Rise: Holt Thunderhorn . Pet trainer - Hesuwa Thunderhorn .
Ratchet: Mebok Mizzyrix - accept !Smart Drinks[18] (offered after Raptor Horns[18]); Crane Operator Bigglefuzz - accept !Trouble at the Docks[18].
The hill above the cave entrance: Nalpak - accept !Deviate Hides[17]; Ebru - accept !Deviate Eradication[21].
Wailing Caverns, entrance : Deviate Hides - Deviate Hides[17]; Deviate beasts - Deviate Eradication[21]; Serpentbloom - Serpentbloom[18]; the gems of the four Fanglords - Leaders of the Fang[22]; Wailing Essence - Smart Drinks[18]; Mad Magglish's port - Trouble at the Docks[18]. The last boss, Mutanus the Devourer, drops 
Glowing Shard, which starts !The Glowing Shard[26].
Drops from: Deviate Hide - Deviate Coiler, Deviate Stinglash, Deviate Creeper and others · Gem of Cobrahn - Lord Cobrahn, Cobrahn Snake Form · Gem of Anacondra - Lady Anacondra · Gem of Pythas - Lord Pythas · Gem of Serpentis - Lord Serpentis · Wailing Essence - Devouring Ectoplasm, Evolving Ectoplasm, Nightmare Ectoplasm and others
The Druids of the Fang cast Sleep and heal themselves - the tank or a rogue should interrupt them. Your job: the marked target, and Multi-Shot only on packs with nothing sheeped. Turn off your pet's Growl.
After the caverns:
Slick Deviate Leggings: leather, +4 Agility and +4 Stamina)Falla Sagewind southwest of the Crossroads, on the road to Wailing Caverns: turn in ?The Glowing Shard[26], accept !In Nightmares[25]. Fly to Thunder Bluff: Apothecary Zamah - turn in ?Serpentbloom[18] (take 
Heat Resistant Mitts: +4 Agility); Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Leaders of the Fang[22]: take Crescent Staff; Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?In Nightmares[25].
Wingblade (a sword, +5 Agility) - only if you've learned Swords: Archibald in Undercity teaches them. 
Hammerbone is a mace: a hunter can't use it.
Level 18 and 20 skills, the heavy bow, Camp Taurajo, the Field of Giants and the elite Chol'aruk
At 20 the trainer teaches seven skills at once, including Aimed Shot, Aspect of the Cheetah and Freezing Trap, and Orgrimmar sells a heavy bow. So first a short flight to Orgrimmar, then finish the Barrens up to 21: Camp Taurajo, the Field of Giants, the elite Chol'aruk (only with a partner). Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
Heavy Recurve Bow ≈ 63 (from 20) - 9.2 DPS (Fine Longbow - 7.4). Until 26 your bow is more than half your damage, so buy it. Went to Wailing Caverns and got Venomstrike (12.1)? Don't buy it.Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 3, 4 each), Growl (rank 3, 440). Resistances (440 each) aren't needed for leveling.Mutton Chop - 10–15 of them (Borstan sells the same meat in Orgrimmar). Cats, wolves and scorpids need meat, and Undercity and the Sepulcher don't have any - only mushrooms and bread. Meat on the way: Innkeeper Jayka at Sun Rock Retreat, Kaga Mistrunner in Thunder Bluff (at 22), Innkeeper Shay in Tarren Mill.Sharp Arrow, 5–6 stacks: Jin'sora in Orgrimmar or Barg at the Crossroads. Further on they're sold by Borand at Sun Rock Retreat and Kuna Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff.
Blood Shard from the Bristlebacks: Mangletooth gives an Agility buff for them (step). Thunderhawk and lizard hides - for Leatherworking or the auction house.Aspect of the Cheetah at 20 is your biggest speed boost until the mount at 40: +30% run speed, turn it on for every run (Taurajo → Thunder Bluff, Undercity → the Sepulcher, the Hillsbrad Fields). Getting hit dazes you - a 4-second slow: see an enemy, switch to Aspect of the Hawk right away.Freezing Trap: if an Alliance rogue comes out of stealth and hits you in the back - Freezing Trap at your feet; once he's frozen, run 20 yards away and only then send your pet and shoot: any damage breaks the freeze. Arathi Basin opens at 20 only at launch: on the beta, according to testers, only the new battleground from 30 works.The Crossroads, Devrak: fly to Orgrimmar. Valley of Honor, Ormak Grimshot : 18 - Multi-Shot, Aspect of the Hawk (rank 2), Serpent Sting (rank 3) and Track Undead, 215 each; 20 - Aimed Shot (21), Aspect of the Cheetah, Freezing Trap, 
Disengage, Mend Pet (rank 2), Arcane Shot (rank 3) and Distracting Shot (rank 2), 2315 each. The pet trainer and the bow are in the “Shopping and useful stuff” block.
Training at 18 and 20 costs about 245. You can skip Distracting Shot; Track Undead too, unless you have the Improved Tracking talent (it's in both Survival builds): with it, that's +5% damage against undead. In Forever Multi-Shot and Aimed Shot share a 6-second cooldown: on a single target press Aimed Shot (once the mob is on your pet), on two or three - Multi-Shot. According to one tester, Aimed Shot doesn't interrupt Auto Shot; if you notice it does, press it right after a shot. Freezing Trap can be set in combat, but only at your feet: a mob that reaches you freezes for 10 seconds, and damage breaks the freeze.
Doras: fly to Camp Taurajo. Jorn Skyseer - accept !Ishamuhale[19]; Mangletooth - accept !Tribes at War[21]; Grunt Logmar - accept the new !Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] if you have a partner.
Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] has a level 23 elite marauder and level 22–23 Alliance soldiers: solo at 20–21 you have almost no chance. A hunter doesn't need the rewards: Encroacher's Claim (a two-handed axe) is a weapon for melee Survival, the rest are for selling.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Letter to Jin'Zil[20] is a letter to Stonetalon; you'll deliver it on the next loop (step).
Northeast of the Crossroads, if you took the quest: Chol'aruk with elite guards - his head for Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]. Ishamuhale doesn't roam: while you have the quest, any zhevra drops a fresh carcass - use it at the withered tree and he comes running. The fang - Ishamuhale[19].
Drops from: Chol'aruk's Head - Chol'aruk
Chol'aruk is a level 20 elite, and the guards are elite too: only with a partner. Didn't work out? Drop Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]: the quest doesn't unlock anything. Ishamuhale hits hard - let your pet hold him while you shoot; if your pet is in trouble - Mend Pet.
Back south toward Taurajo:
Drops from: Bristleback Quilboar Tusk - Bristleback Hunter, Bristleback Water Seeker, Bristleback Thornweaver and others
The rare elite Swinegart Spearhide fears everyone around - go around him. The Bristlebacks walk in twos and threes: your pet holds one, and the one that reaches you gets Freezing Trap at your feet. Finish the first and come back to the second. Kill the geomancers first: they cast from range.
The Field of Giants south of Taurajo : 12 Silithid Eggs from the mounds and the Digging Claw - Egg Hunt[22]. Farther south - Burned-Out Remains : inspect them, that's the new !Stepping Stones[24]. Took Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]? The Dustwallow Marsh border to the southeast : soldiers and the elite pillager, Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
The Silithid Swarmers call in a bunch of small bugs - kill them first, Multi-Shot on the swarm. If the marauder is too tough, drop Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: at 29 you can solo him (step). Stepping Stones[24] leads to Stonetalon - you'll turn it in there.
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - turn in ?Tribes at War[21], accept !Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] and turn it in right away ?Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21], then the same with !Agamaggan's Agility[20] (?Agamaggan's Agility[20]): an Agility buff. Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Ishamuhale[19] and ?Lakota'mani[22], accept !Enraged Thunder Lizards[18]. Grunt Logmar - turn in ?Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23].
You already have Blood Shard - they drop from those same Bristlebacks. Agility is more useful to a hunter than Strength: it's ranged attack power and crit, and in Forever your pet gets the crit too. Don't skip Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: without it you won't get Betrayal from Within[25] at 29.
South of the camp - Thunder Lizards : 3 Thunder Lizard Blood, Enraged Thunder Lizards[18]. Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Enraged Thunder Lizards[18], accept !Cry of the Thunderhawk[20].
Drops from: Thunder Lizard Blood - Stormhide, Thunderhead, Stormsnout
Want a wind serpent (step)? Leave your pet in the stable while you're in camp: Kelsuwa .
Thunderhawks around the camp - wings, Cry of the Thunderhawk[20]. Jorn Skyseer: turn in ?Cry of the Thunderhawk[20] - take 
Gloves of the Moon.
Drops from: Thunderhawk Wings - Thunderhawk Hatchling, Greater Thunderhawk, Thunderhawk Cloudscraper
Gloves of the Moon - leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina. Want a pet that hits from range? Here it is, right here: Thunderhawk Cloudscraper (20–22), a wind serpent. 
Lightning Breath strikes with lightning from 20 yards. It eats bread, cheese and fish. The patriarch cat hits faster in melee - you don't have to swap it.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Rewards: Consumed by Hatred[20] - 
Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility); Egg Hunt[22] - mail or cloth, both for selling; a hunter doesn't need the Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] rewards - take the one that sells for more.
Malaka'jin, Windshear Crag, Sun Rock Retreat
Level 20–22 quests on the way through the mountains and the flight path at Sun Rock Retreat - you'll need it at 27. From the Retreat, fly to Camp Taurajo and walk to Thunder Bluff.
Sharp Arrow and quivers; Gereck - the stable; Innkeeper Jayka - Mutton Chop; the next meat is Kaga Mistrunner in Thunder Bluff, then only Tarren Mill.Scare Beast takes an extra spider out for 10 seconds - fewer fights against two at once.From the Crossroads go west to the mountain border , then take the same path as to the Grimtotem into Stonetalon. Malaka'jin : Witch Doctor Jin'Zil - turn in ?Letter to Jin'Zil[20]; Xen'Zilla - accept !Blood Feeders[19].
Spiders northwest of Malaka'jin: Deepmoss Creepers in the southern valley and Venomspitters - Blood Feeders[19]. The “Wanted” poster - !Arachnophobia[21]: the elite Besseleth , only with a friend (Arachnophobia[21]).
The hatchlings can bring in a level 22 matriarch: your pet holds her while you shoot, and whoever breaks through to you gets Freezing Trap at your feet. Don't tame Besseleth: the quest needs her fang. According to Petopia, Deepmoss Creeper knows Bite (rank 3; your pet has to be level 16), but you can only learn it while your own pet is in the stable, and the nearest one is at Sun Rock Retreat (Gereck ). The detour isn't worth it: you'll learn Bite (rank 4) in Hillsbrad (step).
Xen'Zilla: turn in ?Blood Feeders[19].
Ziz Fizziks by the road north: accept !Super Reaper 6000[21].
Windshear Crag : Venture Co. Operators - blueprints for Super Reaper 6000[21]. Piznik : accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22], protect him for 5 minutes (Gerenzo's Orders[22]), turn in ?Gerenzo's Orders[22] and accept !Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Two rare elites roam here - a Venture Co. overseer and a foreman. Go around them. If the goblin dies, the quest fails: abandon Gerenzo's Orders[22] and take it again when he's back. Doesn't work the second time either? Abandon it and later turn in only Super Reaper 6000[21]. While you guard the goblin, your pet holds the first attacker and you shoot the ones running at the goblin; Multi-Shot on two or three at once.
Ziz Fizziks: turn in ?Super Reaper 6000[21] and ?Gerenzo's Orders[22].
Gerenzo's Orders[22] rewards the mail Dredge Boots: vendor fodder for a hunter. Don't take the follow-up Further Instructions[21]: it leads to Ratchet, and you won't be there until 30.
Sun Rock Retreat:
Didn't manage the spider? Keep the quest: you're back here at 27 (step), and by then Besseleth is doable solo.
Mirkfallon Lake : 10 Gaea Seeds by the water - Cycle of Rebirth[23]. On the way back, west of the Retreat - Pocket Litter : turn in ?Stepping Stones[24] (the reward is 
Old Toolbox, a 12-slot bag), accept !Scramble[24]; Mound of Dirt nearby - turn in ?Scramble[24].
The next quest in the chain, Wet Job[32], leads to Loch Modan in Alliance land - don't take it.
Tammra Windfield: turn in ?Cycle of Rebirth[23].
You'll take the follow-up (New Life[25]) at 27 - right now it would just take up space in your log.
Sun Rock Retreat, Tharm: fly to Camp Taurajo, then walk to Thunder Bluff (step).
Want another 6–7 thousand experience and the Zoram'gar flight path? Visit western Ashenvale first (optional). Leveling without a group? Definitely go: you won't have dungeon quests, and the experience will come in handy. Did the Wailing Caverns? Then you already have the Thunder Bluff flight path: fly straight to Thunder Bluff (step).
New Forever quests and the Zoram'gar flight path
About 6–7 thousand experience and the Zoram'gar flight path (useful for Blackfathom Deeps). Skipping it now? You'll get the flight path at 28.
From Windshear Crag - Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Va'xug Firefure : accept !Never Coming Back[22] - 6 stags and 6 bears around (Never Coming Back[22]). Turn in ?Never Coming Back[22], accept !A Void Path[22] and lead Eye of Kilrogg to the road (A Void Path[22]) - turn in ?A Void Path[22] right there.
Further northwest, around , roams the rare wolf Mist Howler (22): it walks between and , a 10-minute detour. You can tame it if it isn't higher level than you.
Zoram'gar Outpost: Andruk - flight path. Marukai : accept !Naga at the Zoram Strand[19] - 20 naga heads on the Zoram Strand (Naga at the Zoram Strand[19]), then turn in ?Naga at the Zoram Strand[19].
Drops from: Wrathtail Head - Wrathtail Myrmidon, Wrathtail Razortail, Wrathtail Wave Rider and others
The naga sirens cast from range, and hunters have no interrupts: pet on the siren, you shoot the same one.
From Zoram'gar, fly to Camp Taurajo, then on to Thunder Bluff.
Did the Wailing Caverns? Then you already have the Thunder Bluff flight path: fly straight to Thunder Bluff (step).
Magatha's chain, Hunter Rise - then the zeppelin from Orgrimmar
On foot from Camp Taurajo through Mulgore to Thunder Bluff: this is where you turn in The Elder Crone[18], which you've been carrying since level 19, and the trainer for 22 is here too. Then a flight to Orgrimmar and the zeppelin to Undercity.
Heavy Recurve Bow ≈ 63 - if you didn't buy it in Orgrimmar.Mutton Chop, get 15–20 of them - Undercity and the Sepulcher have no meat, the next is in Tarren Mill (at 25). Cheese for a wind serpent - Innkeeper Pala ; bears and boars eat anything.From Camp Taurajo, west along the road into Mulgore and then north to Thunder Bluff: roughly 6–7 minutes of running; turn on Aspect of the Cheetah - it's faster. Tal : flight path.
Thunder Bluff: Magatha Grimtotem - turn in ?The Elder Crone[18], accept !Forsaken Aid[18]; Apothecary Zamah on Spirit Rise - turn in ?Forsaken Aid[18], accept !Journey to Tarren Mill[18].
Journey to Tarren Mill[18] is turned in at Tarren Mill - the route gets there at ~25.
Elder Rise: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?Hamuul Runetotem[16], accept !Nara Wildmane[16]; Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Nara Wildmane[16].
Did the Wailing Caverns? Then this is already done. The follow-up, Leaders of the Fang[22], is a Wailing Caverns quest: don't take it without a group.
Level 22, Hunter Rise, Holt Thunderhorn : Hunter's Mark (rank 2) and 
Scorpid Sting, 6315 each.
In Forever Scorpid Sting is only -2% hit for the target for 20 seconds: you can skip it while leveling and save 63. Not 22 yet? You'll learn them together with the level 24 and 26 skills in Orgrimmar (step).
Tal: fly to Orgrimmar. The zeppelin tower by the gates has two zeppelins. Frezza sends you to Undercity - that's yours. Snurk Bucksquick sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes. Your pet flies with you; if it's gone after the flight - Call Pet.
The Shadowfang quest, your hearthstone, bows and arrows
The zeppelin lands in Tirisfal, next to Undercity. Here you get your hearthstone and the Shadowfang Keep quest. Dungeons are done in a group of five: no group - don't take The Book of Ur[26], or it'll just sit in your log. You'll pick up the Ruins of Lordaeron quests right before you go in (at 24). Without dungeons you'll fall about 2 levels behind (going by beta data, the dungeon quests at 22–29 are worth about 75 thousand experience): part of that is covered by western Ashenvale, Dangerous![28] in Hillsbrad (step), the southern Barrens and the backup quests in Thousand Needles (step), and the rest you'll make up killing mobs along the way.
Heavy Recurve Bow ≈ 63 if you don't have it yet, from 27 - 
Sturdy Recurve. Arrows - her as well, Benijah Fenner and Eleanor Rusk ; Razor Arrow - from 25. Stable - Anya Maulray .Edward's Knife from A Frightened Request[22] (step) right away. You don't need crossbows: the best ranged weapons on the route are bows.The zeppelin lands in Tirisfal, not far from Undercity: follow the road to the ruins of the capital, then take the elevator down into the city.
Undercity: Michael Garrett - flight path; Innkeeper Norman - set your hearthstone in Undercity.
You'll need the hearthstone at the end of Hillsbrad: from Dun Garok straight back to the zeppelin home (step).
Undercity, if you have a group for Shadowfang Keep: Keeper Bel'dugur - accept !The Book of Ur[26].
On foot to Silverpine (turn on Aspect of the Cheetah): from Undercity along the road southwest through Tirisfal to the Sepulcher. You only get the Sepulcher flight path by walking there.
The Sepulcher, Ambermill, Beren's Peril and new Forever quests
It's an orc's first time here, but skip the forest's early quests: they give little experience now. Take the level 20–22 quests around the Sepulcher.
Sharp Arrow and quivers; Sarah Goode - the stable; Edwin Harly - arrows and bags.
Wool Cloth from Dalaran mages and refugees - for Wool Bandages, sell the extra at the auction house.The Sepulcher : Karos Razok - flight path.
The Sepulcher:
Ambermill: 8 Dalaran Wizards and 8 Dalaran Watchers - Watching the Roads[20].
Dalaran Spellscribe (rare, level 21) freezes you and calls for help; protectors summon snakes. The mages cast from range, and hunters have no interrupts: shoot and step around a corner - the mage will come to you, and your pet will meet him.
Beren's Peril : 6 Ravenclaw Drudgers and 6 Ravenclaw Guardians - Beren's Peril[21].
They drop a Note Scrap - it starts The Offering Stone[23], a new Forever chain. Don't start it: it isn't part of the route, and its last fight is elite.
Pyrewood Village : 5 Haggard Refugees and 5 Sickly Refugees - Stop the Spread[20].
The Sepulcher: Dalar Dawnweaver - turn in ?Stop the Spread[20]; Shadow Priest Allister - turn in ?Watching the Roads[20] and ?Beren's Peril[21].
Beren's Peril[21] rewards a wand - a hunter has no use for it, so sell it.
Silverpine dungeon · with a group
According to beta data, dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - the keep's three quests are worth it. After that it all depends on a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron: if you have one, fly from the Sepulcher to Undercity (step); if not, go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step), and if you did the keep, turn in The Book of Ur[26] in Undercity at 26 (step).
Shadowfang Keep (entrance ), with a group. Inside, Deathstalker Vincent: turn in ?Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25] - take 
Tanned Shoulderpads (leather). 
The Book of Ur - in the room where Fenrus the Devourer is, The Book of Ur[26]; 
Head of Arugal - Arugal Must Die[27].
Drops from: Head of Arugal - Archmage Arugal, Arugal
Turn off your pet's Growl, the tank holds the mobs. The tank or a rogue interrupts the worgen casters - hunters have no interrupts, your job is the marked target. Slavering Worg roams inside - a level 18–19 wolf that testers tame for its fast attack; it's 4–5 levels below you and will miss a lot at first.
The Sepulcher, Dalar Dawnweaver: turn in ?Arugal Must Die[27] - take 
Seal of Sylvanas: +8 Stamina and +6 attack power.
Attack power from gear works for ranged attacks too, just like in Classic.
Have a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron? Karos Razok: fly to Undercity. There, Morbin Lightbane - accept !Light's Justice[22]; Theodore Griffs - accept !The New Plague[22]. The Ruins themselves are in the ruined capital right above the city.
No group for the Ruins? Don't fly: go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step).
A new Forever dungeon right above Undercity
A group of five, six bosses in any order. The quests are level 21–22, and dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - one of the most rewarding stops in 20–30. The main prize here for a hunter is 
Spare Part Bindings from Light's Justice[22]: leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina. No group for the Ruins? Go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step): you'll turn in The Book of Ur[26] in Undercity at 26 (step).
Before you go in - Deathguard Kristof at the guard post on the road to Brill: accept !The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]. Ruins of Lordaeron with a group (5 players) - the entrance is in the ruins of the capital, immediately to the left as you enter Lordaeron: 25 Intact Limbs - Light's Justice[22]; Rath'mael - The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]; Witherfang drops the toxic strain - The New Plague[22]; Edward's fate - A Frightened Request[22], look for him in the same place as Rath'mael; The Baron drops an abomination head - it starts !Unending Torment[21]; somewhere inside you'll find a crest - !Crest of Lordaeron[22].
Drops from: Intact Limbs - Skeleton, Cadaver, Ragged Ghoul and others
The Ruins are almost all undead: Scare Beast is of little use here. Took the Improved Tracking talent (Survival)? Turn on Track Undead. Multi-Shot only on packs with nothing frozen or sheeped.
Once you're out of the Ruins, first go to the guard post on the road to Brill: Deathguard Kristof - turn in ?The Wrath of Rath'mael[22], take Forsaken Greataxe.
A two-handed axe with 20.5 DPS is a weapon for melee Survival, and the racial +1% crit is no longer tied to it; Two-Handed Axes are taught by Hanashi and Sayoc in Orgrimmar. Other builds only need it for selling: the other reward is a staff with Spirit.
Undercity:
Rewards for a hunter: Light's Justice[22] - Spare Part Bindings; The New Plague[22] - the sword 
Plaguefang for selling; Unending Torment[21] - the cloak Grave Shroud (+3 Strength and Stamina); if you're wearing Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility), take whatever sells for more; The Book of Ur[26] - the leather Grizzled Boots (+7 Stamina).
Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher. Tabitha Heartweaver - turn in ?A Frightened Request[22].
Take Edward's Knife: a dagger with +2 Agility and +2 Stamina - Agility in your hand until you get a staff from the dungeons. The racial crit no longer needs an axe: compare the Agility and Stamina with your current weapon.
The road southeast into Hillsbrad Foothills: Deathstalker Lesh at the border - accept !Time To Strike[20]. Then follow the road east to Tarren Mill.
Tarren Mill, Durnholde Keep, the Hillsbrad Fields and the Bow of Plunder
Tarren Mill is the Forsaken stronghold in Hillsbrad: this is where you turn in Journey to Tarren Mill[18], which you've been carrying since level 22. For a hunter there's also the best quest bow until 29: Bow of Plunder from Dangerous![28] - a hunt for four Hillsbrad residents. Don't go into Southshore (Alliance) - there are guards.
Razor Arrow (from 25) - 7.5 DPS against 3.5 for Sharp Arrows, about 284 a stack. Get 5–6 stacks: it's the cheapest damage boost at 25. Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 is here too - 10 slots.
Wild Hog Shank (from 25) - meat for your pet. Stable - Theodore Mont Claire .Merciless Axe ≈ 32 (from 26), two-handed, 21.1 DPS and +12 Strength.Wool Cloth from the Hillsbrad humans - for Wool Bandages, sell the extra at the auction house. Bear and lion hides - for Leatherworking or the auction house; a leatherworker can use 
Medium Hide for Brawler's gear.Summon Hawk at 25: a hawk dives at your target for 18 seconds; Summon Hawk and Arcane Shot share a cooldown. The order: a hawk, a second one 6 seconds later, Arcane Shot on the next cooldown, then a hawk again - that way you have two hawks in the fight the whole time. Went Marksmanship or Survival? No hawk, press Arcane Shot on cooldown as before.Freezing Trap at your feet; once he's frozen, run 20 yards away and only then send your pet and shoot: any damage breaks the freeze.
Shatter Curse: it removes them all, doesn't stop them from being reapplied and cuts the magic damage you take by 5% for 8 seconds.Tarren Mill:
Already 25? Kayren Soothallow: Razor Arrow, 5–6 stacks. Planning to learn ranks from the bears and creepers or swap your pet (step)? Leave yours in the stable now: Theodore Mont Claire .
South first: Gray Bears and Moss Creepers on the way - tongues and ichor for Elixir of Suffering[22]. New in Forever: Deathstalker Masoj near Dun Garok - turn in ?Scout Support[25], accept !Valuable Vantages[25]. The first vantage point for the vial is southeast of him (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Gray Bear Tongue - Gray Bear, Vicious Gray Bear, Elder Gray Bear and others · Creeper Ichor - Elder Moss Creeper, Giant Moss Creeper, Forest Moss Creeper and others
According to Petopia, Gray Bear knows Claw (rank 3), and Giant Moss Creeper knows Bite (rank 4; your pet has to be level 24). With your own pet in the stable (step), tame one of these beasts, fight with it until the chat says “You have learned…”, then abandon it. On the way - Elder Gray Bear (25–26) : a bear is the sturdiest pet and hits three targets at once (in a dungeon keep it on one). Exactly where Deathstalker Masoj stands is still being pinned down in the beta data - follow the quest marker. South of the vantage point, in Dun Garok itself , there are level 28–30 dwarves, and the riflemen shoot from range: approach the vantage point from the north and don't go down.
Durnholde Keep : 10 Syndicate Rogues and 10 Syndicate Watchmen - WANTED: Syndicate Personnel[22]; 5 Vials of Innocent Blood from the shadow mages - Blood of Innocents[23]; Jailor Eston and Jailor Marlgen - the keys to the cells holding Tog'thar and Drull (The Rescue[22]); on the way back to the Mill - the second vantage point (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Vial of Innocent Blood - Syndicate Shadow Mage
The Syndicate stand close together - pull them one at a time with a shot from the edge. The shadow mages cast from range, and you have no interrupts: shoot and step around a corner - they'll come right up to your pet. Two came at you? The second one gets Freezing Trap at your feet.
Tarren Mill:
Both rewards from The Rescue[22] are mail and cloth: take whichever sells for more. You'll turn in Return to Thunder Bluff[23] at Thunder Bluff (at 27). Your own pet in the stable (step)? Theodore Mont Claire: take it out and teach it the new ranks (Beast Training). Want to swap it for a mountain lion (step)? Don't take it out yet.
On the way to the fields - the third vantage point , above the yeti cave (Valuable Vantages[25]). Hillsbrad Fields : 6 Farmers, 6 Farmhands, Farmer Ray and Farmer Getz - Battle of Hillsbrad[24]; mountain lions - blood for Elixir of Pain[24]. The Dangerous![28] targets are here too: Citizen Wilkes , Clerk Horrace Whitesteed and Farmer Kalaba .
Drops from: Mountain Lion Blood - Starving Mountain Lion, Feral Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion and others
Starving Mountain Lion (23–24) is a cat that according to Petopia attacks every 1.2 seconds: the fastest beast on the route before 30. These cats roam the hills between Tarren Mill and the fields - you'll run into them on the way. Want to swap your pet? Tame one instead of killing it: your old one is already in the stable (step). The Hillsbrad Footmen block and shield bash. Don't go into Southshore.
Tarren Mill:
From Elixir of Pain[24] take 
Stomping Boots: leather, +4 Strength and +4 Agility.
Back to the fields:
Drops from: Hillsbrad Human Skull - Farmer Ray, Syndicate Shadow Mage, Syndicate Rogue and others
Miner Hackett is level 29 with miners nearby: start with full mana, your pet holds him, and the second miner gets Freezing Trap at your feet. He's 3–4 levels above you: you miss him more, he dodges and parries more often, and the fight is long. Hit Blood Fury right away - you'll kill him faster while your pet holds threat; keep Mend Pet ready. Can't do it at all? Drop Dangerous![28]: the route doesn't come back here.
Tarren Mill: High Executor Darthalia - turn in ?Battle of Hillsbrad[25] and ?Dangerous![28], take Bow of Plunder; Deathguard Samsa - turn in ?Souvenirs of Death[25].
Bow of Plunder - 11.4 DPS, +2 Agility and +2 Stamina: 2 DPS more than Heavy Recurve Bow. Leave the rest of the chain - Battle of Hillsbrad[26] and beyond - for 30+.
South to Deathstalker Masoj near Dun Garok: turn in ?Valuable Vantages[25].
Take 
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade to sell - it's worth more than the vial.
Hearth to Undercity, the zeppelin by Brill
Hillsbrad is done - hearth to Undercity and take the zeppelin home to Kalimdor. The hunter trainer is waiting in Orgrimmar: the zeppelin lands by the city gates.
From Dun Garok - Hearthstone → Undercity.
Haven't done Shadowfang Keep and only found a group now? Keeper Bel'dugur is right here - accept The Book of Ur[26]. Then Michael Garrett: fly to the Sepulcher; there High Executor Hadrec - accept Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25], Dalar Dawnweaver - accept Arugal Must Die[27]. Then run the keep, turn in at the Sepulcher and fly back to Undercity.
Undercity: went to Shadowfang but haven't turned in The Book of Ur[26] yet? Keeper Bel'dugur . Razor Arrow - Abigail Sawyer , if you didn't buy them in Tarren Mill. Sell wool and hides at the auction house: training at 24 and 26 in Orgrimmar costs about 5.
Undercity has no hunter trainer - you'll learn your level 24 and 26 skills in Orgrimmar (step).
The zeppelin tower near Brill has two zeppelins. Zapetta sends you to Orgrimmar - that's yours. Hin Denburg sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes.
Level 24 and 26 skills, the Ashenvale Hunt, Sun Rock Retreat, the Charred Vale
The zeppelin lands by Orgrimmar - the hunter trainer is close: level 24 and 26 skills, 
Rapid Fire among them. Then Thunder Bluff and Sun Rock Retreat: the chains from there lead to Ashenvale and Thousand Needles - so first the mountains, then the forest.
Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 4), 14 each.Razor Arrow - Jin'sora in Orgrimmar or Kuna Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff, 4–5 stacks for the whole loop: Sun Rock Retreat only sells Sharp Arrow, and the next Razor Arrow are at Burkrum in Splintertree Post.Sturdy Recurve ≈ 195 (from 27) - 13 DPS and +4 Stamina. Have Bow of Plunder or not 27 yet? Don't spend the 2 gold: in 2–3 levels you'll get Cliffrunner's Aim (step), and at 30 - Dense Shortbow.
Track Hidden shows stealthed players on your minimap.The zeppelin lands by Orgrimmar. Valley of Honor, Ormak Grimshot : 24 - Beast Lore, Raptor Strike (rank 4) and Track Hidden; 26 - Rapid Fire, Immolation Trap (rank 2), Serpent Sting (rank 4) and 
Track Elementals; all 7368 each. Skipped 22? The level 22 skills too (list). In the city - Warcaller Gorlach : accept !The Ashenvale Hunt[20]. Doras: fly to Thunder Bluff.
The big one is Rapid Fire: +40% ranged and melee attack speed for 15 seconds, 5-minute cooldown. Rapid Fire and Blood Fury together: on elites, bad pulls and quest bosses. Short on money? The important ones first (about 221): Rapid Fire, Serpent Sting and Immolation Trap; Beast Lore, Track Hidden and Track Elementals later. Took the Improved Tracking talent? Get Track Elementals right away: there are fire elementals in the Charred Vale (step).
Thunder Bluff:
The Flying Machine Airport[23] and Pigments for Paints[26] are done in Stonetalon, The Sacred Flame[25] in Ashenvale; you'll turn them in right here at 29 (step).
Fly to Sun Rock Retreat:
Mirkfallon Lake : 
Mirkweed Pods - 30 of them in the water and on the shore, Pigments for Paints[26]. There are no mobs at the lake.
Stonetalon Peak in the north : 4 each of Sons of Cenarius, Daughters of Cenarius and Cenarion Botanists - Cenarius' Legacy[25].
The Daughters of Cenarius heal themselves, and you have no interrupts: kill them first. The rare elite Sorrow Wing (27) flies around here - she drains health.
The Charred Vale in the southwest:
Drops from: Incendrites - Rogue Flame Spirit, Burning Ravager, Burning Destroyer · Glittering Sunstone - Bloodfury Harpy, Bloodfury Roguefeather, Bloodfury Slayer and others
Elementals are neither beasts nor humanoids: Serpent Sting works on them, but Scare Beast doesn't. The Bloodfury Ambushers finish off targets at low health - keep Mend Pet ready. The rare elite Sister Riven (28) - go around her. With the Improved Tracking talent, turn on Track Elementals by the elementals.
Sun Rock Retreat:
Both rewards from New Life[25] are mail and cloth: for selling. Arachnophobia[21] still in your log? Besseleth is now doable solo - , turn it in right here.
Windshear Crag, the Venture Co. airport : place the sprayer - The Flying Machine Airport[23].
Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Didn't visit western Ashenvale at 22? Not far from the tunnel exit is Va'xug Firefure : he has Never Coming Back[22] and A Void Path[22], new Forever quests.
Splintertree Post, Thistlefur, Zoram'gar
Splintertree Post is a big Horde quest hub. The eastern loop first, then Zoram'gar and, if you have a group, Blackfathom Deeps. You'll also finish The Sacred Flame[25] from Thunder Bluff here.
Razor Arrow and quivers; Qeeju - the stable; Innkeeper Kaylisk - Wild Hog Shank for your pet.Wool Cloth and your first 
Silk Cloth: for bandages or the auction house. Wolf and bear hides - Medium Hide: for a leatherworker or the auction house.Freezing Trap at your feet will hold up the chase.Splintertree Post: Vhulgra - flight path; Innkeeper Kaylisk - set your hearthstone in Splintertree.
Splintertree:
Want the wolf Ghostpaw Alpha, or to learn ranks from it and the bears (step)? Leave your pet in the stable now: Qeeju ; you'll pick it up when you're back at Splintertree (step).
The eastern loop:
Drops from: Satyr Horns - Xavian Rogue, Xavian Betrayer, Xavian Felsworn and others
Pull the guards one at a time. Both came at you? Your pet holds one, the second gets Freezing Trap at your feet; if it's really bad - Rapid Fire and Blood Fury together. On the same loop you'll find Ghostpaw Alpha (27–28) - a wolf that according to Petopia attacks every 1.3 seconds and knows Bite (rank 4); 
Furious Howl gives melee attack power to the group. Nearby - Elder Ashenvale Bear (25–26) : knows Claw (rank 4).
The south and Mystral Lake:
The rare Eck'alom (27) stuns for 15 seconds - leave him alone. Ursangous is a bear: before the fight - Hunter's Mark, and once the bear is on your pet - Rapid Fire and Blood Fury together.
Splintertree Post:
A hunter needs neither reward from Torek's Assault[24] (a sword and a caster staff) - take whichever sells for more. Your own pet in the stable (step)? Qeeju: take it out and teach it the new ranks (Beast Training).
Zoram'gar (fly if you got the flight path at 22, otherwise walk west): Andruk - flight path; Je'neu Sancrea - turn in ?Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27] and ?Trouble in the Deeps[22]; Karang Amakkar - accept !Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; Mitsuwa - accept !Troll Charm[24].
From Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27] take 
Deftkin Belt: leather, +4 Agility, +3 Stamina and +12 attack power. No Zoram'gar flight path? It's about 8–10 minutes on foot (an estimate), turn on Aspect of the Cheetah; give Astranaar a wide berth: the Alliance guards will attack.
Thistlefur Village : Thistlefur Avengers and Shamans - Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; 8 Troll Charms in the cave - Troll Charm[24]; Ruul Snowhoof - accept !Freedom to Ruul[24] and escort him (Freedom to Ruul[24]).
Before the escort, clear the path to the village exit - you'll be attacked on the way. Kill the shamans first. From 28 you have 
Frost Trap for crowds like this: drop the trap at your feet, and the mobs around you are slowed by 60%.
Zoram'gar: Karang Amakkar - turn in ?Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24], accept !King of the Foulweald[26]; Mitsuwa - turn in ?Troll Charm[24]. Hearthstone → Splintertree Post.
West of Splintertree, the Foulweald, Greenpaw Village : plant the banner at the totem and fight off the furbolg waves, Chief Murgut comes last - King of the Foulweald[26]. Back at Splintertree: Yama Snowhoof - turn in ?Freedom to Ruul[24].
The furbolgs come in twos and threes: your pet holds one, Multi-Shot on all of them, the one that reaches you gets Freezing Trap at your feet - and don't press Multi-Shot again until you've finished the rest: it would wake the frozen one. If it's really bad - Rapid Fire and Blood Fury. Start with full health and mana.
Fly to Zoram'gar, Karang Amakkar: turn in ?King of the Foulweald[26] - take 
Boorguard Tunic.
Boorguard Tunic is a leather chest with +7 Agility and +6 Stamina: the best armor quest reward for a hunter before 30.
Blackfathom Deeps with a group (through the ruins on the Zoram Strand ). Before you go: Je'neu Sancrea - accept !The Essence of Aku'Mai[22] and !Amongst the Ruins[27]. Inside: 20 Sapphires of Aku'Mai - The Essence of Aku'Mai[22]; 
Damp Note starts !Allegiance to the Old Gods[22]; 
Fathom Core - Amongst the Ruins[27]; Baron Aquanis drops 
Strange Water Globe, which starts !Baron Aquanis[30]; Argent Guard Thaelrid - accept !Blackfathom Villainy[27]: Twilight Lord Kelris drops the head (Blackfathom Villainy[27]).
Half the dungeon is underwater: watch your breath bar, and fight in the water only by the air bubbles. The tank interrupts the naga priestesses and oracles - you have no interrupts. Bows from the bosses: 
Naga Heartpiercer and the new 
Fallenroot Longbow - roll Need only on those and on leather with Agility.
After Blackfathom, Zoram'gar, Je'neu Sancrea: turn in ?The Essence of Aku'Mai[22], ?Amongst the Ruins[27], ?Allegiance to the Old Gods[22] and ?Baron Aquanis[30].
Don't take the chest piece from Baron Aquanis[30]: Boorguard Tunic is better. 
Outlaw Sabre sells for the most.
Fly from Zoram'gar to Thunder Bluff.
Skipped Blackfathom? Fly right after the Foulweald.
Turn-ins and the trainer at 28 · a new Forever camp on Skywatcher Plateau
Turn-ins of the Stonetalon and Ashenvale quests, the trainer at 28 - and something new in Forever: in northwestern Mulgore, above Thunder Bluff, an Earthen Ring camp on Skywatcher Plateau. Three level 30 quests worth ~2.5 thousand experience each, level 27–29 mobs - spiders, which means beasts.
Razor Arrow; Sturdy Recurve (13 DPS) - only if your bow is below 12 DPS and you don't mind spending 2 gold: in half an hour you'll get Cliffrunner's Aim (12) for free from The Sacred Flame[29] (step).Thunder Bluff:
From Blackfathom Villainy[27] take Cultist's Armguards: leather, +7 Stamina and +10 attack power - stronger than Spare Part Bindings.
Level 28, Hunter Rise, Holt Thunderhorn : Frost Trap, Aimed Shot (rank 2), Arcane Shot (rank 4), Aspect of the Hawk (rank 3) and Mend Pet (rank 3), 8421 each.
Frost Trap is set in combat at your feet: for 30 seconds everything around is slowed by 60%. With it, a pack of three or four mobs won't reach you while your pet holds one and you hit Multi-Shot. Training at 28 costs about 420. Not 28 yet? You'll learn them at 30 (step).
Skywatcher Plateau northwest of Thunder Bluff : Muln Earthfury - accept !Defending the Dead[30], and if you have a group, !The Broodmother[31] too; Yorn Grimtotem - accept !Stronger than Steel[30]; Mazu'kon - accept !Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon[30].
Thunder Bluff has two elevators - on the southwest and northeast sides. The plateau is northwest of the bluff: take either one down and go around the bluff (which elevator is closer hasn't been checked yet).
Gloomrise at the northern edge of Mulgore : Gloomrise Hatchling and Gloomrise Soldier - Defending the Dead[30]; Gloomrise Spinner - 3 silk threads for Stronger than Steel[30]; Gnawed Corpse - 5 Gloomrise Toxin Samples with the extractor from the quest, Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon[30].
The spiders come in packs: pet on one, Frost Trap at your feet, Multi-Shot on all of them. Spiders are beasts: Scare Beast takes an extra one out for 10 seconds.
Group only: Broodmother Valraxx (level 31 elite) - The Broodmother[31]. She drops 
Bloody Parchment, which starts !A Darker Truth[30].
Skywatcher Plateau:
Spidersilk Pouch, a 12-slot bagA 12-slot bag comes in especially handy for a hunter: the quiver, arrows and pet food eat up space. The Broodmother[31] rewards 
Transformative Cocoon: it absorbs damage and stuns you for 5 seconds, then gives +60% speed for 8 seconds. Good for escaping.
Back to Thunder Bluff by the same elevator. Tal: fly to Camp Taurajo.
Is your level 29 experience bar less than half full? Do the Southern Barrens first (about 15 thousand experience, by an estimate), otherwise Thousand Needles might not be enough to reach 30.
Razormane camps, Bael Modan, a dungeon
About 15 thousand experience near Taurajo, on the way to Thousand Needles. Useful if you're short of 30 or you've got a group for Razorfen Kraul: there you get Willix the Importer[30] and 
Monkey Ring (+5 Agility).
Camp Taurajo: Mangletooth - accept !Betrayal from Within[25]; Tatternack Steelforge - accept !Weapons of Choice[24]. Didn't take Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] at 21, or abandoned it? Grunt Logmar: take it now - you can handle the pillager solo by now (step).
Betrayal from Within[25] is only offered after Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: didn't turn it in at 20? First take and turn in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] (you need one Blood Shard from the Bristlebacks).
The Razormane camps in the south:
Drops from: Razormane Backstabber - Razormane Pathfinder, Razormane Stalker · Charred Razormane Wand - Razormane Seer · Razormane War Shield - Razormane Warfrenzy
Kuz is a mage: Frostbolt, Frost Nova and Fire Blast. You have no interrupts - let your pet hold him up close while you shoot with full mana; caught in Frost Nova? Keep shooting, you're at range anyway.
The Dustwallow Marsh border : soldiers and the elite pillager - Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23], if you took it now.
Give the marauder to your pet and shoot, and open the fight with Rapid Fire and Blood Fury: at 29 you can solo him.
Gann Stonespire : accept !Gann's Reclamation[23]. Bael Modan : 15 Excavators, 5 Foremen and the prospector's journal - Gann's Reclamation[23].
The Bael'dun Officers parry and speed up their attacks - keep them on your pet, not on you.
Gann Stonespire: turn in ?Gann's Reclamation[23], accept !Revenge of Gann[26] - 6 each of Nitroglycerin, Wood Pulp and Sodium Nitrate from the dwarves (Revenge of Gann[26]); turn in ?Revenge of Gann[26], accept !Revenge of Gann[26] and blow up the flying machine (Revenge of Gann[26]); turn in ?Revenge of Gann[26].
Drops from: Nitroglycerin - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others · Wood Pulp - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others · Sodium Nitrate - Bael'dun Soldier, Bael'dun Rifleman, Bael'dun Officer and others
Razorfen Kraul (entrance ), with a group: inside, in a cage - Willix the Importer. Free him, accept !Willix the Importer[30], escort him to the exit (Willix the Importer[30]) and turn in ?Willix the Importer[30] - take Monkey Ring. The last boss, Charlga Razorflank, drops the heart for A Vengeful Fate[34], if you took the quest.
Monkey Ring - +5 Agility and +5 Spirit. The rare Blind Hunter sometimes drops Nightstalker Bow - 17 DPS: stronger than any bow on the route.
Camp Taurajo:
Weapons of Choice[24] rewards 
Demolition Hammer, a two-handed mace: hunters don't use maces, sell it.
Freewind Post, the Galak centaurs, the sacred flame and Rau Cliffrunner's bow
This is where you finish level 30. For a hunter there's also a bow here: Cliffrunner's Aim from The Sacred Flame[29]. The rest of Thousand Needles is already part of 30+.
Razor Arrow and quivers; from 30 - Dense Shortbow ≈ 258, 14.2 DPS. Stable - Awenasa .Razor Arrow, Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Mutton Chop and Wild Hog Shank. Cheese for a wind serpent - Innkeeper Abeqwa .From Taurajo, head south to the Great Lift and ride it down into Thousand Needles: Grish Longrunner - turn in ?Calling in the Reserves[28]; Brave Moonhorn - accept !Message to Freewind Post[25].
Freewind Post:
Want the cat Needles Cougar or the wind serpent Elder Cloud Serpent (step)? Leave your pet in the stable now: Awenasa .
Galak centaurs - Pacify the Centaur[25]; the ancient brazier north of their camp - the cloven hoof, The Sacred Flame[29]; the Alien Egg in one of three places - , or - Alien Egg[26]. Dorn Plainstalker : accept !Test of Faith[26], jump off his platform (Test of Faith[26]) and turn in ?Test of Faith[26] - the start of the trials that lead to the Scarlet Monastery.
The Galak Windchasers are casters - start with them. Your last pet before 30: Needles Cougar (27–28) - a cat that according to Petopia attacks every 1.2 seconds; Elder Cloud Serpent (27–29) - a wind serpent.
Freewind:
Cliffrunner's Aim.Cliffrunner's Aim - 12 DPS, +2 Agility and +2 Intellect: a bit stronger than Bow of Plunder. Not 30 yet? Finish it right here: Cliffwatcher Longhorn now gives Grimtotem Spying[28] - three notes in crates on Darkcloud Pinnacle , in the Grimtotem tauren camp; Elu - Wind Rider[29]: 10 wyvern eggs at Highperch in the west . Both quests go back to whoever gave them.
Feign Death, new ranks for your pet and what's next
Horde hunters have no class quests at 30 (the next one is only at 50). But the trainer teaches 
Feign Death - a hunter's main survival button. Set aside about 4 gold for level 30 training.
Dense Shortbow costs 260: short on money - don't buy it, Cliffrunner's Aim is barely worse.Feign Death in PvP: your opponent loses you as a target, and the spell he's casting at you fails (as in Classic; not tested on the beta). Then Freezing Trap at your feet, run off while he's frozen and shoot from range again.Freewind Post, Nyse : fly to Thunder Bluff. Level 30, Hunter Rise, Holt Thunderhorn : Feign Death, Aspect of the Beast, Mongoose Bite (rank 2), Distracting Shot (rank 3) and Scare Beast (rank 2), 80 each; skipped 28? The level 28 skills too (list). Got the heart for A Vengeful Fate[34] on you? Auld Stonespire : turn in ?A Vengeful Fate[34].
Feign Death: 30-second cooldown, 80 mana. Mobs lose you and go for your pet; sometimes the feign doesn't work (it happened in Classic) - then Freezing Trap at your feet right away. A really bad pull? Feign and dismiss your pet (Dismiss Pet): the mobs walk away, catch your breath and call it back. Lie there for 6 minutes and you die for real. Aspect of the Beast - +50 melee attack power: Survival needs it, for the rest it's optional.
Pet trainer Hesuwa Thunderhorn : Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 5), Growl (rank 4) - 16 each. Then the Beast Training window - spend the training points.
On the beta a pet sometimes “forgets” a skill after the stable or logging out: check the pet bar. Don't reset all its skills at the pet trainer - according to testers, the fast attack goes with them.
Hearthstone → Freewind Post. Have 260? Starn : Dense Shortbow.
Short on money - don't buy it: Cliffrunner's Aim is only 2 DPS behind, and new quest bows are waiting at 30+.
What's next (30+): the rest of Thousand Needles, Ordanus[29] → The Den[29] in Stonetalon, the Shimmering Flats, Hillsbrad and Arathi, “Excavation Site: Wetlands” and the Scarlet Monastery. The next Horde hunter class quest is The Hunter's Charm, only at 50. That will be the next part of the guide.
Quests offered far from the entrance, and how a hunter plays in a group
Growl and set it to Defensive or Passive: let it attack only on your command. A bear hits three targets at once and breaks other players' crowd control - in a dungeon keep it on one target.Hunter's Mark goes on the same target. Pulling is the tank's job; if you've agreed that you pull, shoot the marked mob and get behind the tank right away.Freezing Trap. Step aside, set it and bring the “second” mob to you. Don't drop a trap under the pack on the tank.Multi-Shot (18) - only on packs with nothing sheeped or frozen.Disengage (lowers your threat, twice as strong in Forever), from 30 - Feign Death.Distracting Shot (12) pulls it onto you - your pet will meet it.Staff of OrgrimmarFor a hunter: Staff of Orgrimmar from Hidden Enemies[16]; Oggleflint sometimes drops Barbaric Crossbow (you need the Crossbows skill). No group - don't take a single quest from here.
Crescent Staff: +7 Agility, Stamina and IntellectGlowing Shard drops from Mutanus the DevourerLord Serpentis drops Venomstrike - a 12.1 DPS bow, the best until 22. Staves are taught by Hanashi in Orgrimmar.
Light's Justice[22] rewards Spare Part Bindings: leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina; A Frightened Request[22] rewards Edward's Knife, a dagger with +2 Agility. The run itself - at 24.
The run itself - at 23–24. Slavering Worg roams inside - a wolf that testers tame for its fast attack. Kill the worgen casters first: hunters have no interrupts.
For a hunter: the bows Naga Heartpiercer and Fallenroot Longbow (new, rare) from the Blackfathom bosses; Blackfathom Villainy[27] rewards Cultist's Armguards (+10 attack power).
Monkey RingThe rare Blind Hunter sometimes drops Nightstalker Bow - 17 DPS.
What to learn, what to tame and what to shoot with - up to level 30
Aimed Shot is taught by the trainer from 20 (it used to be a talent), but it's weaker than in Classic: a 2-second cast, 6-second cooldown. Multi-Shot now has a 0.5-second cast, the same cooldown, and the two share it. Traps can be set in combat too, but only at your feet, 30-second cooldown. You can have one fire trap and one frost trap out at the same time. Auto Shot needs you to stand still for 0.5 seconds: between dashes, let your weapon fire. Arcane Shot is 10–54% stronger (rank 1 gains the most), Hunter's Mark 30% stronger, and rank 1 Serpent Sting is half as strong. Arrows are still used up, the quiver gives +10% ranged attack speed, and your bow doesn't fire within 8 yards.How to level. Until 10 - shoot from max range: Arcane Shot first, Serpent Sting on a long fight, Concussive Shot and a step back, up close - Raptor Strike. From 10 - your pet: send it in, wait 1–2 seconds while it builds threat, and shoot. In combat always Aspect of the Hawk, from 20 on the road - Aspect of the Cheetah. Mana is the bottleneck: Serpent Sting and Hunter's Mark only on mobs that will live longer than 3–4 shots. A second mob: your pet holds the first, and for the second you have Concussive Shot, Scare Beast (if it's a beast) and from 20 Freezing Trap at your feet. A mob at your feet - Wing Clip and step 8 yards away.
Horde hunter trainers: Jen'shan in the Valley of Trials (only up to level 6), Thotar in Razor Hill, Ormak Grimshot in Orgrimmar, Holt Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff. The Barrens, Stonetalon, Undercity, Silverpine, Hillsbrad, Ashenvale and Thousand Needles have no hunter trainers, and the only pet trainers on the route are in Razor Hill (Harruk ), Orgrimmar (Xao'tsu ) and Thunder Bluff (Hesuwa Thunderhorn ). That's why the route passes a trainer on its own: Razor Hill at 8 and 10, Orgrimmar at 12, 16 and 20, then Thunder Bluff and Orgrimmar. All training for 1–30 costs about 18 gold according to Wowhead; without the optional stuff (the eyes, Distracting Shot, Scorpid Sting and tracking if you don't have the Improved Tracking talent) - about 12.
| Lvl | What to tame | Type | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Venomtail Scorpid, 9–10 | scorpid, sturdy | northern Durotar | on the way; according to Petopia, knows Claw (rank 2) |
| 10 | Bloodtalon Scythemaw, 8–10 | raptor, more damage | Thunder Ridge | on the way |
| 10 | Durotar Tiger, 7–8 | cat, attacks every 1.3 s | southeastern shore | fast attack; ~15-minute detour |
| 12–13 | Savannah Huntress, 11–12 | cat | around the Crossroads | if you want a cat sooner |
| 16–17 | Savannah Patriarch, 15–16 | cat, attacks every 1.3 s | the Dry Hills , only a few | our pick: a fast cat of your level |
| 16–17 | Ornery Plainstrider, 16–17 | tallstrider, attacks every 1.3 s | all over the Barrens | beta measurement: 25 DPS against 18 for a normal plainstrider |
| 17 | Snort the Heckler, 17, rare | hyena | if you run into it | |
| 17–18 | Savannah Matriarch, 17–18 | cat, attacks every 1.7 s | eastern Barrens | slower than the patriarch and the plainstrider |
| 18–22 | Thunderhawk Hatchling (18–20), Thunderhawk Cloudscraper (20–22) | wind serpent | near Camp Taurajo | strikes with lightning from 20 yards: step |
| 22 | Mist Howler, 22, rare | wolf | western Ashenvale , roams | if you run into it: step |
| 25 | Starving Mountain Lion, 23–24 | cat, attacks every 1.2 s | the hills between Tarren Mill and the fields | the fastest before 30 (according to Petopia): step |
| 25 | Elder Gray Bear, 25–26 | bear, sturdy | the road to Dun Garok | hits three targets; for careful players: step |
| 27–28 | Ghostpaw Alpha, 27–28 | wolf, attacks every 1.3 s | eastern Ashenvale | knows Bite (rank 4); melee attack power for the group: step |
| 29–30 | Needles Cougar, 27–28 | cat, attacks every 1.2 s | Thousand Needles | step |
| 29–30 | Elder Cloud Serpent, 27–29 | wind serpent | Thousand Needles | strikes with lightning from 20 yards |
Tame Beast. Then Training the Beast[10] → Ormak Grimshot in Orgrimmar - Beast Training (step).Track Beasts shows beasts on the minimap - that makes rare ones easier to find.Feed Pet and food in your bags. You can only feed out of combat.Tough Jerky, from 5 - Haunch of Meat, from 15 - Mutton Chop, from 25 - Wild Hog Shank.Feed Pet over a piece and the tooltip will tell you.Revive Pet (10 seconds and all your mana) only after the fight; feed it after reviving.Claw or Bite (cats have both), Growl and its own ability: boar - 
Charge, scorpid - 
Scorpid Poison, cat - 
Prowl (from 30), wolf - Furious Howl, wind serpent - Lightning Breath. New in Forever: raptors get a bleed, bears a three-target strike, spiders a web, crabs a slow, crocolisks -50% healing on the target, hyenas a slow with a bleed, tallstriders an armor reduction on the target.Claw and Bite are learned as in Classic: tame a beast that knows the rank you need, fight with it until the chat says “You have learned…”, then bring back your own pet and teach it with training points (Beast Training). Put your own pet in the stable meanwhile. On October 1 Blizzard adjusted the ranks of some beasts, so the classic “who teaches what” tables may not match: from 24, check with Beast Lore.Growl, Great Stamina and Natural Armor. Pet trainers: Harruk , Xao'tsu , Hesuwa Thunderhorn . New ranks at 10, 12, 18, 24 and 30, from 10 to 16.Beast Lore): Claw (rank 2) - Venomtail Scorpid (step); Bite (rank 2) - Oasis Snapjaw (step); Bite (rank 3) - Deepmoss Creeper (step); Claw (rank 3) - Gray Bear, Bite (rank 4) - Giant Moss Creeper (step); Bite - also Ghostpaw Alpha, Claw (rank 4) - Elder Ashenvale Bear (step). A pet can take rank 3 from level 16, rank 4 from level 24.Growl on autocast and turn Cower off (right-click its icon on the pet bar): it drops your pet's threat, and the mob runs at you. In a group, turn Growl off.Rough Arrow (+1.5 DPS) → Sharp Arrow from 10 (+3.5) → Razor Arrow from 25 (+7.5). Switch as soon as you hit the level: it's free damage. At 25 you're in Hillsbrad - Razor Arrow is sold by Kayren Soothallow in Tarren Mill (step).Light Quiver (6 slots), you have from the start - don't sell it. Small Quiver (8 slots) and Medium Quiver (10, from 10) give the same speed, just more room; 
Heavy Quiver (14, +12%) is from 30, but nobody sells it on the route before 30: you'll buy it on your next visit to Undercity (Benijah Fenner ). Leatherworkers make 
Light Leather Quiver.Kolkar Bow from Lost in the Shadows[8] (2.7 DPS) → Hickory Shortbow from Securing the Lines[11] (3.8) → Laminated Recurve Bow from 11 (5.8) - Ghrawt or Zendo'jian → Fine Longbow from 14 (7.4 and +4 attack power) - Uthrok at the Crossroads → Reinforced Bow from 16 (7.5), if there was no Fine Longbow → Heavy Recurve Bow from 20 (9.2) - Jin'sora in Orgrimmar (step) → Bow of Plunder from Dangerous![28] in Hillsbrad (11.4, step) → Cliffrunner's Aim from The Sacred Flame[29] in Thousand Needles (12.0, step) → Dense Shortbow from 30 (14.2) - Starn. Didn't do Dangerous![28]? Keep Heavy Recurve Bow until you get Cliffrunner's Aim; have 2 gold to spare - Sturdy Recurve (13.0, from 27): Kuna Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff (at 29).Venomstrike (12.1, from 19) - Wailing Caverns; Naga Heartpiercer (13.3) and the new Fallenroot Longbow (13.9) - Blackfathom Deeps; the rare Nightstalker Bow (17.1, from 29) - Razorfen Kraul.
Worn Axe and Worn Shortbow.Staff of Orgrimmar from Hidden Enemies[16] (+6 Agility and Intellect), Harpy Skinner from Serena Bloodfeather[20] (+3 Agility), Crescent Staff from Leaders of the Fang[22] (+7 Agility, Stamina and Intellect), Edward's Knife from A Frightened Request[22] (+2 Agility and Stamina), Pointed Axe from Centaur Bracers[14] (one-handed, +1 Agility). For melee Survival - the two-handed axes Encroacher's Claim from Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] and Forsaken Greataxe from The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]. Staves are taught by Hanashi , Two-Handed Axes by him or Sayoc . Hunters can't use maces at all.Mend Pet - when your pet is below half health and the mob is still alive.Wing Clip and a step back; from 16 - Immolation Trap at your feet, from 20 - Freezing Trap at your feet (a 10-second freeze, damage breaks it); Disengage lowers your threat, and the mob goes to your pet.Blood Fury from level 1, and from 26 - Rapid Fire and Blood Fury together; from 30 - Feign Death: mobs lose you, and your pet keeps fighting.Aspect of the Cheetah - only on the road: getting hit dazes you - a 4-second slow. See an enemy, switch to Aspect of the Hawk right away.Mend Pet. Rawrk in Razor Hill, Arnok in Orgrimmar. In Forever First Aid also makes healing potions.Tame Beast (step); Training the Beast[10] - Beast Training (step). The The Hunter's Path[10] breadcrumb in Sen'jin is optional.Unleashed Fury at 20–24, Summon Hawk at 25. There's also “Marksmanship: With a Pet”, “Survival Lite: Tracker” for careful players and “Survival: Melee” for later.What to take, where to learn it and what to collect - up to level 30
Light Leather Quiver. The second option is Mining + Engineering: your own guns and scopes, but the best ranged weapons on the route are bows. Skinning + Mining makes the most money for the mount at 40.Pelt Collecting for Beginners, 
Mining for Dummies or 
Wild Harvest (Herbalism).Skinning Knife is sold by Kagil and Duokna .Linen Bandage from linen, from skill 40 - 
Heavy Linen Bandage, then wool ones.
Light Hide and 
Light Leather - for Leatherworking or the auction house; Linen Cloth and Wool Cloth - for bandages.Medium Hide and 
Medium Leather - for a leatherworker's Brawler's gear, the rest to the auction house.Only what matters for this route
Tame Beast right away, and Training the Beast[10] gives Beast Training. Horde hunters have no other class quests until 50.Claw or Bite and Growl.Aimed Shot - from the trainer at 20, 2-second cast, 6-second cooldown; Multi-Shot - 0.5-second cast, and they share the cooldown. Traps - in combat, at your feet, 30-second cooldown. Disengage drops twice as much threat and no longer takes you out of combat.Arcane Shot +10–54% (rank 1 gains the most), Hunter's Mark +30%, Serpent Sting weaker by 21–50% depending on rank. Aspect of the Beast at 30 gives +50 melee attack power, and Rapid Fire speeds up melee too.Summon Hawk, Lone Wolf, Focused Fire, Careful Aim, Rapid Killing, Strider Kick; the Survival tree is now about melee.Blood Fury - +10% attack power and spell power for 15 seconds, 3-minute cooldown, no healing penalty (in Classic - +25% melee attack power and -50% healing). The tooltip says nothing about ranged attacks, but in the beta client tables the ability has a separate effect: +10% ranged attack power. So it works for hunters too.
Hardiness - stuns are 20% shorter (in Classic - +25% chance to resist them).Shatter Curse (new) - removes all curses and banes with no immunity afterwards, -5% magic damage taken for 8 seconds, 3-minute cooldown.Concussive Shot, your pet, Wing Clip and a step back; from 20 - Freezing Trap at your feet. Aspect of the Cheetah in a contested zone only if nobody's around. For orcs: Hardiness already cuts a rogue's stuns by 20%, and against a warlock you have Shatter Curse.The hearthstone, dangerous mobs, what not to forget
| Lvl | Key points | Don't miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1–6 | Etched Parchment[1]; the Pelt Collecting for Beginners book from Galgar's Cactus Apple Surprise[3] | Arrows - 3–4 stacks, Duokna |
| 5–7 | Kolkar Bow from Lost in the Shadows[8] | Elite spider by the road - only at 9 |
| 7–9 | Hearthstone in Razor Hill, First Aid | The Admiral's Orders[7] - keep it until Orgrimmar |
| 10 | Three taming quests - Thotar; the reward is Tame Beast, your own pet | Sharp Arrow instead of Rough Arrows |
| 11–12 | Laminated Recurve Bow; Orgrimmar: Training the Beast[10] - Beast Training, Mend Pet | The insignia for Hidden Enemies[12] - at Skull Rock |
| 14 | Fine Longbow at the Crossroads | Hearthstone - at the Crossroads |
| 16 | Orgrimmar: Immolation Trap; the fast cat Savannah Patriarch | The Meats to Orgrimmar[10] chain - orcs and trolls only |
| 17–18 | Flight path at Camp Taurajo | Apothecary Zamah[15] is timed - only with a group |
| 19–20 | Harpy Skinner from Serena Bloodfeather[20] | The Elder Crone[18] and Kaya's Alive[18] - you'll turn them in at 21–22 |
| 20 | Orgrimmar: Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, Aspect of the Cheetah, Freezing Trap; Heavy Recurve Bow | Aspect of the Cheetah - only on the road |
| 21 | The Agamaggan's Agility[20] buff at Taurajo | Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] and Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] - only with a partner |
| 22 | Thunder Bluff: the trainer, The Elder Crone[18] → Forsaken Aid[18]; pet meat to last until Tarren Mill - Kaga Mistrunner | Hearthstone - in Undercity, zeppelin - Frezza |
| 24 | Ruins of Lordaeron: Spare Part Bindings | Undercity has no hunter trainer - you learn your level 24 and 26 skills in Orgrimmar at 26 |
| 25–26 | Hillsbrad: Razor Arrow; Dangerous![28] - Bow of Plunder | From Dun Garok - hearth to Undercity |
| 26–27 | Orgrimmar: Rapid Fire; Trouble in the Deeps[22] - even without a group | Have Bow of Plunder? Don't buy Sturdy Recurve |
| 28 | Thunder Bluff: Frost Trap; Boorguard Tunic from King of the Foulweald[26] | Hearthstone - at Splintertree Post |
| 30 | Feign Death; Cliffrunner's Aim from The Sacred Flame[29] | Hearthstone - at Freewind Post |
Revive Pet - all your mana), and from 11 there's also “Resurrection Sickness” and -25% durability.Wing Clip and a step back.Aspect of the Cheetah still on: a hit dazes you, and the mob catches up.Serpent Sting and Hunter's Mark on mobs that die in 3 shots - a waste of mana.Multi-Shot on sheeped mobs and Growl left on for your pet - that's how hunters once got the nickname “huntards”.
Beast Mastery 21
Marksmanship 0
Survival 0
