RaceSkyborne · WindshaperFinish the three taming lessons before taking your Skyborne Hunter off Zephras Isle. This Horde route stays on the island through 13, gets your first permanent pet, then joins the Barrens and continues to 30. Arrows, pet food, class training, and checked quest rewards sit right beside the steps that need them. An empty quiver isn't much of a leveling strategy.
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Pick a build for 10-30 and follow its point order
You start spending talents at 10 and have 21 points by 30. I'd choose Beast Mastery for a first solo route. Your pet tanks and supplies a large share of the damage while you shoot. Method, Warcraft Tavern, and wowforeverbuilds recommend it for the beta too. Reset with Ormak Grimshot in Orgrimmar or Holt Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff. At launch, a reset costs 1 gold or more. That's enough to hurt your early training budget, so choose a point order before you spend it. Hover a talent for its tooltip. The calculator button opens the same build and point order.
Summon Hawk.
Deadly Aspects: while Aspect of the Hawk is on, Auto Shot keeps speeding up by 30%. 
Focused Fire (new) gives +2% damage to you and your pet. 
Pathfinding at 29-30 (it moved to row 3 on November 2): Aspect of the Cheetah gives 36% instead of 30%, and the whole route to 40 goes faster. 
Unleashed Fury is +15% pet damage, the main leveling talent.Summon Hawk. The hawk dives at the target and attacks for 18 seconds, and you can keep two up. Summon Hawk and 
Arcane Shot share a cooldown. Then 
Ferocity 3/5 at 26-28 gives your pet and hawks more crit. After 30, finish it to 5/5: it opens 
Frenzy at 35.
Improved Revive Pet at 29-30 instead of Pathfinding if your pet dies often. This is for careful players and Hardcore. Don't run much? Put 29-30 into Ferocity 5/5. Often eating between fights? Then 
Spirit Bond (rank 1 gives 1% health to you and your pet every 10 seconds). Short on mana - 
Bestial Discipline.
Mend Pet while there's still time to finish the pull.
Deadly Aspects 5/5
Focused Fire 2/2
Endurance Training 3/5
Unleashed Fury 5/5
Summon Hawk 1/1
Ferocity 3/5
Pathfinding 2/2
Lethal Attacks for +5% crit. Your pet inherits your full crit chance in Forever, so it benefits too. New talent 
Careful Aim turns Intellect into attack power. With 
Rapid Killing, a kill makes your next shot hit 20% harder, giving the next pull a useful head start. Take 
Efficiency to ease the mana drain. You'll notice it in Marksmanship.
Trueshot Aura gives +20 ranged attack power to you and your group since November 2, and 
Mortal Shots boosts ranged crits. At 30, take 
Rapid Recuperation, and 
Serpent Sting and Rapid Killing will return mana in combat.
Lone Wolf gives +20% damage with no pet out. I'd leave this to a steady group. Solo pulls are rough without a pet, and beta feedback on the talent has been poor.
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 adds +5% damage of all kinds against the creature type you track. 
Endurance Training makes your pet 15% tougher, and 
Survivalist adds 10% health. At 22-23, 
Deflection 2/5 adds parry chance: Pathfinding moved to row 3 on November 2 and no longer fits here. At 30, 
Deterrence: 10 seconds of dodge and parry, your "don't die" button.
Track Beasts for beasts, 
Track Humanoids for humanoids, and 
Track Undead for undead from 18. The damage bonus depends on it.Unleashed Fury or the hawks in this build.
Improved Tracking 5/5Endurance Training 5/5Focused Fire 2/2
Deflection 2/5
Survivalist 5/5
Improved Revive Pet 1/2
Deterrence 1/1Improved Tracking for +5% damage against tracked targets, then 
Savage Strikes and the new 
Predator's Edge for melee crit. You reach Deterrence at 23 and 
Counterattack at 25, which gives a strike and root after a parry. At 30, the new 
Strider Kick adds a weapon strike and +30% movement speed for 3 seconds.
Aspect of the Beast at 30, this needs a good two-hander and still feels short on buttons in beta feedback. Shooting tends to be stronger. Compare weapon DPS using the list in Hunter before committing to melee.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 1/1First bow, racials and the Hunter's path
You start with 
Worn Shortbow, 
Worn Dagger, 
Light Quiver, and 
Rough Arrow. Bows, Daggers, and both sword skills are already trained. Until your pet arrives at 10, start at range and finish weakened mobs in melee.
Rough Arrow, restock arrows before leaving. 
Skinning Knife ≈ 10 and 
Mining Pick ≈ 10 for your chosen professions.
Small Egg and 
Strider Meat for Restocking the Larders[6]: these are normal cooking ingredients you can gather ahead of time. Quest claws, heads and pelts only drop after accepting their quests.
Wind Blessed gives 2% attack and casting speed. 
Skysight boosts run speed by 15% for 15 seconds, or by 30% with the Charged buff from an Elemental Convergence.Ailee Farheart at the grove entrance: accept !Coming of Age[1]. Rorian the Dayseeker : turn in ?Coming of Age[1], accept !Harmony in Balance[1]. Elatrell Featherlight : accept !Infestation Investigation[2].
Around the grove to the south and east : kill 8 Juvenile Vuldren for Harmony in Balance[1] and 8 Pesky Cirrusfly for Infestation Investigation[2].
Your class note becomes available at level 2 after turning in Harmony in Balance[1].
Elatrell Featherlight: turn in ?Infestation Investigation[2], accept !The Cirrusfly Queen[3] - kill the queen later. Climb the spiral stairs up the watchtower: Halaan Hawk-Eye - accept !The Anchors of Zephras[2], speak again and look at the pylon for The Anchors of Zephras[2], then turn in ?The Anchors of Zephras[2]; Myriaal Mistwake - accept !Falling With Style[2]. Jump off the tower and use 
Walk on Air in midair for Falling With Style[2].
Rorian the Dayseeker: turn in ?Harmony in Balance[1] and ?Falling With Style[2], accept !Elemental Unrest[3] and your class quest !The Way of the Hunter[2]. Read 
Scribbled Note. Hunter trainer Tai'ree Farsight : turn in ?The Way of the Hunter[2], train Track Beasts (10).
The leather 
Vuldren Hide Bracers from Harmony in Balance[1] suits a Hunter; choose cloth boots only if that slot needs the upgrade more.
Ventaari Brightwish : accept !The Gift of Skysight[4]; Dalia the Collector : accept !Harvesting Windstones[4].
Head east to Yala Windwatcher : turn in ?Elemental Unrest[3], accept !Agitators[3]. Around the Thendal monoliths : kill 7 Al'Aketh Convert and 6 Roiling Winds for Agitators[3]. At the Elemental Convergence , use Skysight for The Gift of Skysight[4]. Along the way, collect rough windstones on ridges and walls for Harvesting Windstones[4].
At an Elemental Convergence Skysight gives the Charged buff for an hour (+30% speed instead of +15%); let the short cast finish. Look for windstones along ridges and walls.
Yala Windwatcher: turn in ?Agitators[3], accept !Return to Rorian[4].
Hive southeast of the grove : kill Cirrusfly Queen for The Cirrusfly Queen[3]; finish collecting windstones around for Harvesting Windstones[4].
Return to the grove. Dalia the Collector: turn in ?Harvesting Windstones[4], choose the 
Mining for Dummies manual. Elatrell Featherlight: turn in ?The Cirrusfly Queen[3]. Ventaari Brightwish: turn in ?The Gift of Skysight[4].
Choose the leather chest 
Exterminator's Vest from The Cirrusfly Queen[3]; you can't wear the mail 
Watcher's Mail Chest until 40. Read the profession manual in the next step.
Level 4, Tai'ree Farsight: train 
Aspect of the Monkey and Serpent Sting (1 each). Rorian the Dayseeker: turn in ?Return to Rorian[4], accept !Aetheen of the Gales[4]. Aetheen of the Gales : turn in ?Aetheen of the Gales[4], accept !Foul Matriarch[5]. Valreaa Valewind : accept !Aggressive Encroachment[4].
Read Mining for Dummies to learn Mining. Uualia Suncrest: buy a pick (Mining Pick) ≈ 10.
West of the grove: collect 6 claws from Scrawny Ursera for Aggressive Encroachment[4]; kill 8 Ursera Scavenger for Foul Matriarch[5]. In the western den , get the head of Urs'anah for Foul Matriarch[5].
Drops from: Head of Urs'anah - Urs'anah
Death skip out of the den. Aetheen of the Gales: turn in ?Foul Matriarch[5], accept !The Next Step[5] and !The Adventurer[6]. Valreaa Valewind: turn in ?Aggressive Encroachment[4].
Choose 
Refined Shortbow from Foul Matriarch[5]: you can equip the bow immediately. The staff needs another weapon skill, and Hunters can't use maces; take the two-handed sword only if you deliberately choose melee leveling.
Head southwest to Hanaa Nightwind : accept !Al'Aketh Thugs[5]. At the temple to the south , kill 6 Al'Aketh Brute and 4 Al'Aketh Neophyte; Malduko Cloudcrush is at the top of the temple , all for Al'Aketh Thugs[5].
Line-of-sight the caster around a corner, then back off to shooting range. You have no pet before 10: avoid pulling several enemies at once.
Hanaa Nightwind: turn in ?Al'Aketh Thugs[5].
Head south toward Shen'dar Village. On the way, Raan Wildwind sits by a campfire west of the village: come back after picking up the village quests (step).
Trainer, professions and camping · bandits, hippogryphs and High Order apprentices
Restock arrows and train your 6-8 abilities here. Your first pet waits until 10 in Valanaar. For now, keep some distance and enough ammo to finish the loop.
Rough Arrow, Sharp Arrow from 10, and 
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5.
Hornwood Recurve Bow ≈ 3 from 3 and 
Laminated Recurve Bow ≈ 18 from 11. Compare them with your reward bow Refined Shortbow. Don't pay for a weaker replacement.Skinning Knife - Belandiel Farflight .
Prideclaw Pelt is for The Problem With Prideclaws[6], which rewards a bag: these quest pelts aren't leatherworking materials.Shen'dar Village:
Level 6, Elayaa Easewind : train Arcane Shot and 
Hunter's Mark (1 each). At the inn, Coriella Calmbreeze : speak for Welcome to Shen'dar Village[6], set your hearth in Shen'dar Village. Constable Aonda: turn in ?Welcome to Shen'dar Village[6], accept !The Criminal Element[7].
Teeri Wellwind : accept !Pilfered Windstones[7] and !Hippogryph Harassment[7]. Indari Sunseam : accept !The Problem With Prideclaws[6]. Taleen Shimmerthread : accept !A Little Beauty[7]. Zerril Softbreeze : accept !Restocking the Larders[6].
First Aid - Naleeia Tattermend (1). Skinning is an option for your second profession: Mendalass Tattermend ; buy Skinning Knife from Belandiel Farflight .
North of the village, at the standing stones : kill 6 High Order Apprentice for Meddlesome Mages[6]. Along the way, kill Prideclaw for pelts (The Problem With Prideclaws[6]) and Galestrider for meat and eggs (Restocking the Larders[6]).
Drops from: Small Egg - Greater Fleshripper, Young Fleshripper, Dire Condor and others · Strider Meat - Strider Clutchmother, Foreststrider Fledgling, Foreststrider and others
Head east to the waterfall: kill 10 Highlands Bandit for The Criminal Element[7]; they also drop 
Pilfered Windstone for Pilfered Windstones[7]. "Badwind" Bennic is in the cave behind the waterfall , for The Criminal Element[7].
Drops from: Pilfered Windstone - Highlands Bandit, "Badwind" Bennic
Back in the village: Teeri Wellwind - turn in ?Pilfered Windstones[7]; Illaya Amberwind - turn in ?Meddlesome Mages[6].
Campfire west of the village, Raan Wildwind: turn in ?The Adventurer[6], accept !The Great Outdoors[6]. Sit by the fire (/sit) and wait for the Boosted Rest buff for The Great Outdoors[6]. Turn in ?The Great Outdoors[6], accept !Camping 101: Cooking[6], !Camping 101: First Aid[6] and !Camping 101: Mining[6].
Only take the profession quests available to you. This route covers Mining and First Aid; the separate Skinning quest is optional.
Hippogryphs in the western highlands : kill 8 Hippogryph Youth, 6 Hippogryph Protector and Hippogryph Matriarch for Hippogryph Harassment[7]; collect 8 feathers from the ground for A Little Beauty[7]. Jump off the cliff and use Walk on Air on the way down.
On the way back : collect 10 pelts from Prideclaw for The Problem With Prideclaws[6]; get 3 eggs and 8 pieces of meat from Galestrider for Restocking the Larders[6].
Drops from: Small Egg - Greater Fleshripper, Young Fleshripper, Dire Condor and others · Strider Meat - Strider Clutchmother, Foreststrider Fledgling, Foreststrider and others
Village:
Recipe: Skywall Souffle, speak for Camping 101: Cooking[6], turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6]
Simple Leather SatchelEquip Simple Leather Satchel in an empty bag slot; keep Light Quiver for its ranged attack speed bonus. Recipe: Skywall Souffle is a Cooking recipe: save it until you have the required skill.
Constable Aonda: turn in ?The Criminal Element[7], accept !Infiltrating the Cult[8]. Sania Silverstream : turn in ?Infiltrating the Cult[8], accept !Falaath Village[8]; keep the cult mark she gives you. Level 8, Elayaa Easewind: train 
Concussive Shot and 
Raptor Strike (Rank 2), 2 each.
Choose the leather 
Bandit's Jerkin from The Criminal Element[7] if it beats your current chest. You can't wear mail leggings until 40.
Cult mark, supply caches and the road to Valanaar
Keep the cult mark and scout the village undercover first. Come back afterward with the combat quests.
Rough Arrow from Veena Vericloud . Bring enough arrows and food to last through Falaath.Head south to Falaath Village: Missionary Jasaan at the entrance - turn in ?Falaath Village[8], accept !Among the Faithful[8]. The cult mark keeps the cultists from attacking you. Upstairs in the northern tavern, hide in the wardrobe , then return to the village and wait for the scene for Among the Faithful[8].
Keep the mark until you finish scouting. Lost it? Return to Sania Silverstream.
Return to Shen'dar Village; use Walk on Air off the cliff. Constable Aonda: turn in ?Among the Faithful[8], accept !Havoc in the Highlands[8] and !The Western Watch[8]. Danarii Bellowveil : accept !Stolen Supplies[8].
Choose Windswept Shortbow from Among the Faithful[8]: a 3.4 DPS bow, stronger than the early Refined Shortbow. If you're leveling with ranged attacks, don't pass up the bow for a dagger or sword.
Western pylon tower . Peacekeeper Vaaniel : speak for The Western Watch[8], turn in ?The Western Watch[8], accept !A Last Request[8]. The note is beside him ; the feather and signet are on bodies at the foot of the tower ; Skypriest Aanders is at the top , for A Last Request[8].
Head east to the Falaath ruins : kill 6 Al'Aketh Stormcaller, 4 Living Lightning and get the head of Commander Cyclas for Havoc in the Highlands[8]; collect 10 stolen supplies from stormcallers and supply caches for Stolen Supplies[8].
Drops from: Stolen Shen'dar Supplies - Al'Aketh Stormcaller, Al'Aketh Healer, Tel'daeor the Stormspeaker and others
Hearth to Shen'dar Village. Danarii Bellowveil: turn in ?Stolen Supplies[8]. Constable Aonda: turn in ?Havoc in the Highlands[8] and ?A Last Request[8], accept !To Valanaar[8] and !Deliver the Signet[9].
Compare the leather 
Wolfhide Belt from Havoc in the Highlands[8] with your belt; you can't wear the mail gloves.
Head southeast to Valanaar. Glide from a safe highland edge with Walk on Air. Don't jump while the ability is on cooldown.
Windshaper city · orchard, bandits and a broken construct
Bind your hearth in Valanaar before starting the taming chain. You'll return to the trainer several times. Finish the orchard loop, reach 10, and get your pet straight away.
Rough Arrow, Sharp Arrow from 10. Take 4-5 stacks for a long trip.
Red-speckled Mushroom ≈ 24 for your first crab and 
Ice Cold Milk ≈ 24 for yourself. This pet doesn't eat meat.At the inn, Donaal Downbreeze: set your hearth in Valanaar.
At the top of the council tower : Talaanis Shadowsong - turn in ?Deliver the Signet[9]; Valennia Stormfist - turn in ?To Valanaar[8], accept !The Grand Skyseer[9] and !Bugged[8].
From To Valanaar[8], choose 
Traveler's Wraps or 
Adventurer's Cloak for whichever slot needs the upgrade more. You can't wear the mail boots yet.
Find 8 Skyhopper around the city for Bugged[8]. They often sit beside NPCs listening to someone. Valennia Stormfist: turn in ?Bugged[8].
Ayessa Dawnsinger in the Windshaper lodge: turn in ?The Grand Skyseer[9], accept !The Broken Construct[9]. Alvarion Windfield upstairs: accept !Blood Tithe[9]. In western Valanaar, Riaani Nightwind : turn in ?The Broken Construct[9], accept !The Broken Construct[9] and listen to him for The Broken Construct[9].
Windfield Orchard to the southwest : Aamelia Windfield - speak for Blood Tithe[9], turn in ?Blood Tithe[9], accept !Make Yourself Useful[9], !Flutterfly Dust[9] and !Ornery Ornery Galestriders[9]. Malfunctioning Cyclone Construct : accept !What Is My Purpose?[9].
Orchard:
Ripe Stormapple from the ground and kill 5 stealthed Hungry Bandit for Make Yourself Useful[9]
Flutterfly Swatter from your bags on the flutterflies and collect the dust that falls to the ground, 5 total for Flutterfly Dust[9]. On the road north above the orchard , collect the Air Construct Core for The Broken Construct[9].Aamelia Windfield: turn in ?Make Yourself Useful[9], ?Flutterfly Dust[9], ?Ornery Ornery Galestriders[9] and ?What Is My Purpose?[9], accept !The Hills Have Eyes[9].
Choose the leather leggings 
Well-Worn Pants from Ornery Ornery Galestriders[9] if they beat yours. Keep 
Minor Mana Potion from Flutterfly Dust[9] for a dangerous fight when you need mana.
Reach level 10. If you're short on XP, collect the masks for The Hills Have Eyes[9] first (step), then hearth or walk back to Valanaar. You can't start taming before 10.
Crab, galestrider and vuldren · then a permanent pet
Finish the Skyborne island lessons before leaving. Each rod works on a particular beast, and those practice pets are temporary. Complete all three, then speak with the pet trainer.
Red-speckled Mushroom pet food in advance from Donaal Downbreeze . An island stable master hasn't been confirmed: stick to one permanent pet until the mainland.Rough Arrow, Sharp Arrow from 10. Take 4-5 stacks for a long trip.Red-speckled Mushroom ≈ 24 for your first crab and Ice Cold Milk ≈ 24 for yourself. This pet doesn't eat meat.Level 10, Quel'ana Quickgale : train Aspect of the Hawk, Serpent Sting (Rank 2) and Track Humanoids, 4 each. Accept !Taming the Beast[10] for 
Taming Rod.
Taming the Beast[10] from Elayaa Easewind in Shen'dar is an optional breadcrumb to the same trainer. No need to go back for it.
Water northwest of Valanaar : use Taming Rod on Windsong Crawler (8-9) for Taming the Beast[10].
Start at full health, stop shooting and let the tame finish. Don't attack the practice target.
Quel'ana Quickgale: turn in ?Taming the Beast[10], accept !Taming the Beast[10] for a new Taming Rod. Abandon the temporary crab before the next tame.
Windfield Orchard : use Taming Rod on Ornery Galestrider (8-9) for Taming the Beast[10]. Return to Quel'ana Quickgale: turn in ?Taming the Beast[10], accept !Taming the Beast[10] for Taming Rod.
Abandon the temporary galestrider. In the Gustberry Lowlands by the orchard , use Taming Rod on Vuldren Alpha (10) for Taming the Beast[10].
Quel'ana Quickgale: turn in ?Taming the Beast[10], accept !Training the Beast[10]. Nearby, Quel'dora Quickgale : turn in ?Training the Beast[10]. Check your spellbook for Tame Beast, 
Call Pet, 
Dismiss Pet, Revive Pet, 
Feed Pet and 
Beast Training.
Abandon the practice beast. Tame a permanent Windsong Crawler at your level or below: it's a crab and eats mushrooms. Feed it Red-speckled Mushroom out of combat right away. Open Beast Training, teach the available Growl and turn on its autocast. Don't leave the island without pet controls. Use Tame Beast for your permanent pet, not a leftover quest rod. No crab at the nearest shore? Check other pools on the island.
West of the orchard : collect 7 masks from Bandit Highwayman for The Hills Have Eyes[9].
Aamelia Windfield: turn in ?The Hills Have Eyes[9], accept !Standing Our Ground[9]. Speak when ready, follow her and defeat Ferauu the Bludgeon for Standing Our Ground[9]. Turn in ?Standing Our Ground[9], accept !Deliver the News[9].
Red Delicious Stormapple is normal food usable from level 5, good for recovering between fights. Turn in the quest masks rather than selling them.
Valanaar, Alvarion Windfield: turn in ?Deliver the News[9].
Hunters can't use maces: compare the usable rewards or choose an item to sell. Quest taming rods aren't weapons.
Lotheluum Starbreeze : accept !Unnerving Silence[11]; Ealaane Nimbuswalker : accept !Aid For The Refugees[11] and !The Fate of a Loved One[11]; Endaria Mistgaze : accept !Unwelcome Spirits[9]; Nyalah Brightfire : accept !Crab Season[9].
Lake crabs, the ruins of Ban'aethal and the Druids' cave
Bring your permanent pet and enough food for the forest trip. Interact with the quest Druids to heal them. You don't need a Hunter healing spell for that objective.
Sharp Arrow. Donaal Downbreeze : pet food Red-speckled Mushroom and water Ice Cold Milk.On the way north, collect Crystallized Lightning from the cave walls for The Broken Construct[9]. At the central lake, get 6 pieces of meat from Windsong Crawler for Crab Season[9]; collect the Enchanted Gyrozephyr from the lake bed for The Broken Construct[9].
Shadowgale Forest, Strange Hermit : accept !The Strange Hermit[13], speak for The Strange Hermit[13], turn in ?The Strange Hermit[13], accept !The Forest's Bounty[13] and !Free the Hollows[13].
Ruins of Ban'aethal : kill 10 Wind Hollow for Free the Hollows[13] and collect 10 essences from them for Unwelcome Spirits[9]; collect 8 abandoned belongings from crates for Aid For The Refugees[11]; find the body of Resaan Nimbuswalker for The Fate of a Loved One[11].
Northeastern forest, Elegael Thornpaw : turn in ?Unnerving Silence[11], accept !Tears of the Lady[12], !Feathers for Binding[11] and !Unwanted and Unworthy[11]. Nearby, Vayn Moongaze : accept !Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears[13] before fighting the cultists.
Cultist camp : collect 10 heirlooms from Al'Aketh Footsoldier and Al'Aketh Stormchaser for Unwanted and Unworthy[11]. Get 20 feathers from Shadowgale Shriekling for Feathers for Binding[11]; collect 8 acorns under the nearby trees for The Forest's Bounty[13]. Gather 8 pieces of moss from tree trunks (look up) for Tears of the Lady[12]. Collect 10 ears from the same cultists for Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears[13].
Drops from: Bloody Heirloom - Al'Aketh Stormchaser, Al'Aketh Footsoldier · Al'Alketh Cultist's Ear - Al'Aketh Stormchaser, Al'Aketh Footsoldier, Al'Aketh Guardian and others
Send your pet onto one cultist and shoot the same target. Don't pull several targets with a volley.
Strange Hermit: turn in ?The Forest's Bounty[13] and ?Free the Hollows[13]. Elegael Thornpaw: turn in ?Tears of the Lady[12], ?Feathers for Binding[11] and ?Unwanted and Unworthy[11], accept !The Ties That Bind[11] and !The Wounds of Betrayal[12].
Get the head of Commander Haalien outside the cave for The Ties That Bind[11]; he also drops Ripped Missive, starting !Ripped Missive[12]. In the nearby cave , heal 7 wounded Druids, Jorel Windsinger, for The Wounds of Betrayal[12].
Click the Druids from close range and stand still until the interaction finishes. Ripped Missive starts a separate quest: use it immediately.
Elegael Thornpaw: turn in ?The Ties That Bind[11], ?The Wounds of Betrayal[12] and ?Ripped Missive[12], accept !The Fate of the Den[12]. Have 10 ears? Vayn Moongaze: turn in ?Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears[13]; if not, kill more cultists in this camp before leaving.
The leather 
Nightclaw Gloves from Mercy Falls on Deaf Ears[13] gives +1 Agility. Despite its name, 
Cult Hunter's Boots is mail: Hunters can't wear it before 40. Skip the repeatable follow-up More Al'Aketh Ears[13]; it needs another batch of drops and unlocks no story quests.
Hearth to Valanaar (about a 4-minute walk if it's on cooldown). Ealaane Nimbuswalker: turn in ?Aid For The Refugees[11] and ?The Fate of a Loved One[11]; Endaria Mistgaze: turn in ?Unwelcome Spirits[9]; Nyalah Brightfire: turn in ?Crab Season[9] for Recipe: Pincer Bites; Lotheluum Starbreeze: turn in ?The Fate of the Den[12]; Riaani Nightwind: turn in ?The Broken Construct[9], accept !The Broken Construct[9].
Story finale and the Horde ship to Mulgore
Finish the island story and pick up your introduction to the Horde. Check rewards for your class: Hunters can't use shields or maces.
Sharp Arrow for the final chain. Donaal Downbreeze : mushrooms for the crab, water to recover mana after healing it.Ayessa Dawnsinger: turn in ?The Broken Construct[9], accept !A Firm Response[9].
Road north toward the Shrine of Akir : confront Belathaan Brightwish for A Firm Response[9].
Ayessa Dawnsinger: turn in ?A Firm Response[9], accept !In Service of Zephras[11] and !Blood for Blood[11]. Valennia Stormfist: turn in ?In Service of Zephras[11], accept !Tower Defense[11].
Hunters can't equip 
Windshaped Shield; sell the reward shield.
Eastern pylon tower : Yorana Windyreed - turn in ?Tower Defense[11], accept !Disrupting Logistics[11] and !Breaking the Breaker[11].
Gustberry Lowlands around the villa: kill 4 Al'Aketh Healer and 8 Al'Aketh Brawler for Disrupting Logistics[11]; kill Commander Belguilos beside the villa for Breaking the Breaker[11]. Collect 10 windstone charms from any cultists for Blood for Blood[11].
Drops from: Al'Aketh Windstone Charm - Al'Aketh Stormchaser, Al'Aketh Footsoldier, Al'Aketh Guardian and others
Yorana Windyreed: turn in ?Disrupting Logistics[11] and ?Breaking the Breaker[11], accept !Return to Valanaar[11].
The leather belt Hunter's Cord from Breaking the Breaker[11] adds Stamina. The story finale soon rewards an Agility belt, so skip an expensive replacement.
Valanaar, Valennia Stormfist: turn in ?Return to Valanaar[11], choose 
Quickblade's Dagger, accept !The High Elder's Request[11]. Talaanis Shadowsong: turn in ?The High Elder's Request[11], accept !The Turncoat[11].
You can equip Quickblade's Dagger immediately: you start with the skill. 
Balanced Quarterstaff needs weapon training in a capital; Hunters can't use the two-handed mace 
Honed Greathammer.
The turncoat's house northwest of Valanaar : speak with Dead Cultist for The Turncoat[11], turn in ?The Turncoat[11], accept !Unfortunate News[11]. Nearby, Fendaal Windstone : accept !Al'Aketh Assassins[11]; kill 10 Al'Aketh Assassin around the house for Al'Aketh Assassins[11].
Fendaal Windstone: turn in ?Al'Aketh Assassins[11].
Valanaar, Talaanis Shadowsong: turn in ?Unfortunate News[11], accept !The Cult's True Plans[11]; watch the conversation for The Cult's True Plans[11]; turn in ?The Cult's True Plans[11], accept !Desperate Times[11]. Speak with Valennia Stormfist, Ayessa Dawnsinger and Elaadrin Evengale for Desperate Times[11]. Valennia Stormfist: turn in ?Desperate Times[11], accept !Prepare for Battle[12].
Choose Tracker's Pants (+3 Agility) from Unfortunate News[11]. Compare Skywatcher's Vestments (+1 Agility, +2 Stamina) from Desperate Times[11] with your current chest. You can't wear the mail alternatives until 40.
Level 12, Quel'ana Quickgale : train Mend Pet, 
Wing Clip and Arcane Shot (Rank 2), 6 each; 
Distracting Shot is optional. Check available pet ability ranks with Quel'dora Quickgale nearby.
Use Mend Pet to heal your pet between dangerous hits. If another enemy reaches you, use Wing Clip, then move back into shooting range.
Road north, Valennia Stormfist : speak for Prepare for Battle[12], turn in ?Prepare for Battle[12], accept !Making Our Move[12]. At the Shrine of Akir, kill 7 Al'Aketh Guardian, 7 Al'Aketh Spiritcaller and 7 Al'Aketh Blademaster for Making Our Move[12].
Hyusaa Quickbreeze : report for Making Our Move[12], turn in ?Making Our Move[12], accept !The Inner Sanctum[12]. In the inner sanctum, Valennia Stormfist : turn in ?The Inner Sanctum[12], accept !Confront Lorthuna[12].
Take the portal to the Rohashi Spires for the island's final battle alongside your allies, Confront Lorthuna[12].
Heal yourself and your pet before the fight. Don't send it into nearby packs before your allies engage.
Valanaar: Ayessa Dawnsinger - turn in ?Confront Lorthuna[12] and ?Blood for Blood[11], accept !The Fate of Zephras[12]. Talaanis Shadowsong: speak for The Fate of Zephras[12], turn in ?The Fate of Zephras[12], accept !What Comes Next[13]. Ayessa Dawnsinger: turn in ?What Comes Next[13], accept !The Earthen Ring[13].
For ranged leveling, choose 
Belt of Blades from Confront Lorthuna[12] (+2 Agility and Strength). You start with the skill for the two-hander 
Empyrean Greatsword (+4 Strength), but it suits a melee build better. Compare the belt with yours; Strength doesn't increase arrow damage.
Southwestern docks: **Windshapers Dockmaster at the westernmost dock** - take this skycutter to Mulgore. High Order Dockmaster at the eastern dock serves the High Order ship to Dalaran.
Skycutter to Mulgore, flight to Orgrimmar, new city quests and Hidden Enemies[12]
Turn in the Horde introduction on Skywatcher Plateau, then head to Orgrimmar. Restock arrows, check pet training, and find the stable. You'll want to know where it is before swapping pets.
Alaana Stormwalker on Skywatcher Plateau: turn in ?The Earthen Ring[13], accept !Welcome to Azeroth[13].
Reach Thunder Bluff. Use Walk on Air in time when gliding down the cliff; Tal : unlock the flight path.
Tal: fly to Orgrimmar, as the text of Welcome to Azeroth[13] instructs and RestedXP recommends. In Orgrimmar, Doras : unlock the flight path.
No Orgrimmar flight? Follow the road through Mulgore, the Barrens, the Crossroads and Razor Hill to Orgrimmar. Complete the capital's quests before turning in Journey to the Crossroads[13].
Valley of Strength: Thatog on the upper level - accept !Meal Appeal[15]. Borstan : turn in ?Meal Appeal[15], accept !Favorite Food[15]. Kor'geld : accept !Yelmak's Medley[15].
Gather cattails and spearflowers beside the water in the Valley of Honor for Yelmak's Medley[15]. Kor'geld: turn in ?Yelmak's Medley[15]. Yelmak : accept !Whuut's the Rush[15] (you may need to wait about 10 seconds), then deliver the potion to Whuut : turn in ?Whuut's the Rush[15].
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].
Choose the leather 
Puk's Friendship Bracelet from Rocks to Rests[15] if they beat your bracers. You can't wear mail bracers until 40.
Thrall : turn in ?Welcome to Azeroth[13], accept !Journey to the Crossroads[13] and !Hidden Enemies[12]. Valley of Honor, Ormak Grimshot : train any missed level-12 abilities and 
Scare Beast from 14. Hanashi : learn Staves for 10.
Skip Exploring the Horde[13]: this route doesn't tour all the capitals. Turn in Journey to the Crossroads[13] at the Crossroads (step).
Leave the city for Skull Rock beyond the main gates : kill Burning Blade mobs for the lieutenant's insignia, Hidden Enemies[12]. Deep inside the cave, Gazz'uz drops 
Eye of Burning Shadow, starting !Burning Shadows[12].
Drops from: Lieutenant's Insignia - Burning Blade Fanatic, Burning Blade Apprentice
Pull the caster separately with your pet. Too hard? Skip the optional Burning Shadows[12]; farm the insignia for Hidden Enemies[12] from ordinary cultists.
Back in Orgrimmar: Thrall - turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12], accept !Hidden Enemies[12]. In the Cleft of Shadow, Neeru Fireblade : speak for Hidden Enemies[12]; turn in ?Burning Shadows[12]. Thrall: turn in ?Hidden Enemies[12].
Razor Hill and the road to the Barrens
Complete the short investigation chain while passing through Razor Hill and pick up the breadcrumb to the Barrens.
Sharp Arrow. Thotar : missed Hunter training.Leave by the main gates and follow the road south to Razor Hill: Takrin Pathseeker - accept !Conscript of the Horde[12]; Orgnil Soulscar - accept the new !A Missing Hand[11]. Hunter trainer Thotar : level-14 abilities if you missed them in Orgrimmar.
Heglan Shadeeye north of Tiragarde Keep: turn in ?A Missing Hand[11], accept !Threat from Below[11]. Find three clues nearby at , and for Threat from Below[11]. Orgnil Soulscar: turn in ?Threat from Below[11].
Take the western road across the Southfury River bridge to Far Watch Post in the Barrens. Kargal Battlescar : turn in ?Conscript of the Horde[12] and accept !Crossroads Conscription[12].
The best zone for 12-20 · the Razormane and the pirates near Ratchet
The Barrens means long runs between hubs. Collect the Crossroads quests together, clear a loop, and bring the turn-ins back together. Backtracking costs time here. 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. Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind - Tel'Abim Banana for the crab. Zargh - meat for carnivores, including 
Mutton Chop from 15. Sikwa - stable.Wing Clip and step 8 yards away, let your pet take it.Follow the road south to the Crossroads: Devrak - unlock the flight path; Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind - set your hearth.
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
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:
Return to the pirate camp: collect the Drizzlik's Emporium crate and the Fragile - Don't Drop crate for Stolen Booty[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?Stolen Booty[16], compare 
Wayfaring Gloves (+3 Spirit) with your gloves. Don't replace Nightclaw Gloves (+1 Agility) with Spirit for damage; sell an unneeded reward.
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: turn in ?The Disruption Ends[15] to Thork and take the leather belt 
Binding Girdle (+3 Intellect); turn in ?The Zhevra[13] to Sergra Darkthorn and 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].
Choose 
Orcish Battle Bow (5.5 DPS) from Centaur Bracers[14] only if your bow has less than 5.5 DPS; otherwise take the reward that vendors for more.
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 trap and a breadcrumb to Stonetalon Mountains
The Barrens has no Hunter trainer: fly to Orgrimmar for training and restock arrows.
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 for the full Barrens loop: in the Barrens, they are only sold by Barg at the Crossroads and Jazzik in Ratchet.Devrak : fly from the Crossroads to Orgrimmar.
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 (shared by all traps since November 2): 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.
Doras : fly to the Crossroads.
A 13-18 dungeon right inside Orgrimmar · an Agility staff for Hunters
Entrance in the Cleft of Shadow. Your main Hunter reward is from Hidden Enemies[16]: 
Staff of Orgrimmar, a staff with +6 Agility and +6 Intellect, strong for a ranged build (your pet inherits some attack power, while Agility gives crit to both of you). Learn Staves from Hanashi . No group? Don't accept these quests. See Dungeons for group play tips.
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 should hold the mobs. Let the tank interrupt the cultists and trogg Shamans; you have no interrupt. Focus the marked target. Oggleflint occasionally drops 
Barbaric Crossbow, a new Forever crossbow (Crossbows are only taught in Undercity).
After the Chasm:
Staff of Orgrimmar.According to the Forever database, Hidden Enemies[16] offers a choice of weapons. In Classic Era players reported that 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:
For The Escape[18], take 
Greasy Tinker's Pants: leather pants with +3 Strength and +3 Agility. Both rewards from Samophlange[16] are unusable, a mace and a shield; choose one to vendor.
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 nearby. Mebok Mizzyrix: turn in ?Raptor Horns[18] (take 
Barkeeper's Cloak). Fly to the Crossroads: turn in ?Stolen Silver[18] to Gazrog and take the leather 
Rambling Boots (+3 Agility); turn in ?The Stagnant Oasis[16] to Tonga Runetotem and accept !Altered Beings[16]; turn in ?The Angry Scytheclaws[17] to Sergra Darkthorn and accept !Jorn Skyseer[18]; accept !Lost in Battle[20] from Mankrik . To the west, Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Verog the Dervish[18] and accept !Hezrul Bloodmark[19].
Turn in Jorn Skyseer[18] at Camp Taurajo (step). Planning to teach your pet 
Bite (step)? While you're in the Crossroads, stable it with 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've 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: turn in ?Altered Beings[16] to Tonga Runetotem and accept !Hamuul Runetotem[16]; turn in ?Lost in Battle[20] to Mankrik. Walk west to Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Hezrul Bloodmark[19] (take the ring 
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 final stretch of part one: 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 use as a stat stick.
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] and take Harpy Skinner.
Skyborne know Daggers from character creation. Already have Staff of Orgrimmar from Ragefire Chasm? It's better; take the reward that sells for more. Leave the follow-up (Letter to Jin'Zil[20]) for now; pick it up 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
With a group, Wailing Caverns completes eight quests. Leaders of the Fang[22] rewards 
Crescent Staff, a staff with +7 Agility, Stamina and Intellect, strong for ranged leveling. Lord Serpentis drops 
Venomstrike, a 12.1 DPS bow with a poison proc. No group? Don't accept any quests from this section. See Dungeons for Hunter group play tips.
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].
Skyborne can use the sword 
Wingblade (+5 Agility) with their starting skill. Hunters can't equip the mace 
Hammerbone.
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 for the southern Barrens and Stonetalon loop: Captain Thalo'thas Brightsun in Orgrimmar or Barg at the Crossroads. Later vendors are 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] involves a level-23 elite pillager and level-22-23 Alliance soldiers: soloing at 20-21 is very unlikely. The high weapon damage of 
Encroacher's Claim suits melee Survival, but learn Two-Handed Axes first from Sayoc in Orgrimmar. A ranged build should not swap an Agility staff for a Strength axe without a reason.
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 pillager 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's, 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] gives the cloak 
Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility); Egg Hunt[22] offers mail or cloth, both to vendor. None of the Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] rewards is useful for a Hunter, so choose the one that vendors for the most.
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 to remove an extra beast from the fight. Don't shoot it while feared. Keep your pet on the main target.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) without training. You don't need Crossbows: the best ranged weapons on this 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
This is your first time here, but skip the early Silverpine 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] and take the leather shoulders 
Tanned Shoulderpads. Find 
The Book of Ur in the room with Fenrus the Devourer for The Book of Ur[26]; collect 
Head of Arugal for 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 five-player dungeon with six bosses you can fight in any order. The quests are level 21-22, and Forever dungeon quests give 2-3 times the XP of normal quests, making this one of the best stops in the 20-30 range. Your main Hunter reward is 
Spare Part Bindings from Light's Justice[22]: leather bracers with +3 Agility and +3 Stamina. No group for the Ruins? Head straight from the Sepulcher to Hillsbrad (step) and 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
Most enemies in the Ruins are undead: Scare Beast doesn't help here. Have the Survival talent Improved Tracking? Switch tracking to Track Undead. Use Multi-Shot only on packs without frozen or Polymorphed targets.
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, suited to melee Survival (train Two-Handed Axes with Hanashi or Sayoc in Orgrimmar). Other builds should vendor it; the alternative reward is a Spirit staff.
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, useful as a stat stick until you get a dungeon staff.
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 (level 26), a two-handed axe with 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.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've 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 mobs are packed closely together. Shoot one from the edge to pull it away. Their shadow Mages cast from range, and you have no interrupt: shoot, then break line of sight around a corner to bring them to your pet. Pulled two? Drop Freezing Trap at your feet for the second one.
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 at full mana, let your pet tank him and put Freezing Trap at your feet for a second miner. He is 3-4 levels above you: more misses, dodges and parries make this a long fight. Use 
Rapid Fire right away to kill him while your pet holds threat; keep Mend Pet ready. Still can't manage it? Abandon Dangerous![28]; the route doesn't return 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 the sword 
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade to vendor; it sells for 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 for the whole loop from Jin'sora in Orgrimmar or Kuna Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff. Sun Rock Retreat only sells Sharp Arrow. Your next source of Razor Arrow is 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 outside Orgrimmar. Valley of Honor, Ormak Grimshot : level 24 abilities are Beast Lore, Raptor Strike (Rank 4) and Track Hidden; level 26 abilities are Rapid Fire, Immolation Trap (Rank 2), Serpent Sting (Rank 4) and 
Track Elementals, all at 7368 each. Skipped your level-22 training? Train those abilities too (list). In town, Warcaller Gorlach : accept !The Ashenvale Hunt[20]. Fly to Thunder Bluff with Doras.
The key pickup is Rapid Fire: +40% ranged and melee attack speed for 15 seconds, on a 5-minute cooldown. Use Rapid Fire for elites, bad pulls and quest bosses. Short on gold? Prioritize the essentials (about 221): Rapid Fire, Serpent Sting and Immolation Trap; leave Beast Lore, Track Hidden and Track Elementals for later. With Improved Tracking, learn Track Elementals now for the 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
Your Skyborne racial 
Elemental Insight gives +5% damage against elementals; Scare Beast doesn't work on them. Bloodfury Rippers are dangerous at low health; keep Mend Pet ready. Avoid the rare elite Sister Riven (28). With Improved Tracking, use Track Elementals against 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, Va'xug Firefure - 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. Got both? Let your pet tank one and put Freezing Trap at your feet for the other; use Rapid Fire if needed. On this loop, Ghostpaw Alpha (27-28) roams at : Petopia lists this wolf with a 1.3-second attack speed and Bite (Rank 4); 
Furious Howl gives the party melee attack power. 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 it alone. Ursangous is a bear; use Hunter's Mark and Rapid Fire before engaging.
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].
For Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27], take 
Deftkin Belt: a leather belt with +4 Agility, +3 Stamina and +12 attack power. Missing the Zoram'gar flight path? The walk takes an estimated 8-10 minutes; use 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].
Furbolgs arrive two or three at a time: your pet tanks one, use Multi-Shot on the pack and put Freezing Trap at your feet for one that reaches you. Stop using Multi-Shot until the others die, or it will break the freeze. Use Rapid Fire if things go bad. Start at 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, a strong physical damage reward; compare it with your chest.
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].
For Baron Aquanis[30], you already have a better chest (Boorguard Tunic), so take the sword 
Outlaw Sabre; it vendors 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:
For Blackfathom Villainy[27], take 
Cultist's Armguards: leather bracers with +7 Stamina and +10 attack power, an upgrade over 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.
You can drop Frost Trap at your feet in combat: it slows nearby enemies by 60% for 30 seconds. Use it to keep a pack of three or four off you while your pet tanks one and you use Multi-Shot. Level-28 training costs about 340. Not 28 yet? Train it 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 pillager to your pet and shoot, and open the fight with Rapid Fire: 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 has +5 Agility and +5 Spirit. The rare Blind Hunter sometimes drops 
Nightstalker Bow, a 17 DPS bow, stronger than any other bow on this route.
Camp Taurajo:
Weapons of Choice[24] rewards the two-handed mace 
Demolition Hammer. Hunters can't use maces; vendor 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 being stabled or after you log out: check its pet bar. Don't reset all its skills at the pet trainer: testers report that doing so also removes its fast attack speed.
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, a staff with +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 bracers with +3 Agility and +3 Stamina. A Frightened Request[22] rewards the dagger Edward's Knife (+2 Agility). The run itself is 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.
Hunter loot: the bows Naga Heartpiercer and Fallenroot Longbow (new and rare) from Deeps bosses. Blackfathom Villainy[27] rewards the bracers Cultist's Armguards (+10 attack power).
Monkey RingThe rare Blind Hunter sometimes drops the bow Nightstalker Bow.
What to learn, what to tame and what to shoot with - up to level 30
Aimed Shot from the trainer at 20 (it used to be a talent): a 2-second cast and 6-second cooldown, and on November 2 its bonus damage went up by about 110%. Your Multi-Shot has a 0.5-second cast and shares that cooldown. You can lay traps in combat, at your feet, every 30 seconds. Since November 2, all traps share one 30-second cooldown, so you can no longer drop a fire trap and a frost trap back to back. Auto Shot needs 0.5 seconds standing still, so pause long enough to fire between moves. Damage from Arcane Shot is up 10-54%, with rank 1 gaining most, and on November 2 it went up by another 30% or so. Hunter's Mark is 30% stronger. Rank 1 Serpent Sting did half its old damage, and on November 2 it went up by about 20%. You'll still consume arrows, get +10% ranged attack speed from a quiver, and need 8 yards of space to shoot.Island trainers: Tai'ree Farsight , Elayaa Easewind , Quel'ana Quickgale . Pet trainer Quel'dora Quickgale . On the mainland, train your Hunter with Ormak Grimshot in Orgrimmar and Holt Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff. Pet trainers are Xao'tsu and Hesuwa Thunderhorn. There's no Hunter trainer in the Barrens or along the Eastern Kingdoms route, so capital visits are planned ahead.
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 ). The route therefore includes these training stops: 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 | Windsong Crawler, 8-9 | crab | Zephras Isle pools | a reliable first pet; feed it mushrooms |
| 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 |
Track Beasts shows beasts on the minimap - that makes rare ones easier to find.Red-speckled Mushroom. Switched to a cat in the Barrens? Buy meat: food type depends on the pet family, not your level.Feed Pet and suitable food from your bags. It'll arrive unhappy, and you can't feed it during combat.Tough Jerky, from 5 - 
Haunch of Meat, from 15 - Mutton Chop, from 25 - Wild Hog Shank.Feed Pet on a piece and read the tooltip before buying more food.Revive Pet. The cast takes 10 seconds and all your mana. Feed it once it's back.Claw or Bite (cats get both), Growl and a family ability: boars have 
Charge, scorpids 
Scorpid Poison, cats 
Prowl (from 30), wolves Furious Howl and wind serpents Lightning Breath. New in Forever: raptors get a bleed, bears a three-target attack, spiders a web, crabs a slow, crocolisks a -50% healing effect on the target, hyenas a slow with a bleed, and tallstriders an armor reduction.Claw and Bite, tame a beast that knows the rank and fight alongside it until chat confirms you've learned it. Stable your usual pet first, then bring it back and spend training points through Beast Training. Blizzard changed some beast ranks on October 1, so old Classic tables may be wrong. Check with Beast Lore from 24.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): 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 from Ghostpaw Alpha, Claw (Rank 4) from Elder Ashenvale Bear (step). Rank 3 requires pet level 16. Rank 4 requires 24.Growl on autocast and turn Cower off by right-clicking it on the pet bar. Dropping your pet's threat sends the mob straight to you. In a group, turn Growl off so the tank keeps aggro.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.Rough Arrow. Veena Vericloud and Antelariaa Cloudgaze - Rough Arrow and Sharp Arrow. Mainland: Captain Thalo'thas Brightsun (Orgrimmar), Barg (Crossroads), Jazzik (Ratchet), Kayren Soothallow (Tarren Mill, Razor Arrow from 25).Worn Shortbow → Refined Shortbow from Foul Matriarch[5] → Windswept Shortbow from Among the Faithful[8]. From 11, compare Laminated Recurve Bow (Tephri Thriceforged ) with your reward bow. From 14, Fine Longbow - Uthrok . From 20, Heavy Recurve Bow - Jin'sora . Later: Bow of Plunder from Dangerous![28] (step) and Cliffrunner's Aim from The Sacred Flame[29] (step). Already have a stronger dungeon drop? Keep it. Skip the white vendor replacement.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.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). Melee Survival uses two-handed axes Encroacher's Claim from Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] and Forsaken Greataxe from The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]. Learn Staves from Hanashi . In Forever, Hunters start with Daggers. Maces are unavailable to Hunters entirely.Mend Pet when your pet drops below half health and the mob still has a fight left in it.Wing Clip and move back. Drop Immolation Trap at your feet from 16, or Freezing Trap from 20 for a 10-second freeze that breaks on damage. You can also lower your threat with Disengage to send the mob back to your pet.Rapid Fire. From 30, Feign Death makes mobs lose you while your pet keeps fighting.Aspect of the Cheetah on the road. A hit while it's active can daze you for a 4-second slow, so switch to Aspect of the Hawk before an enemy reaches you.Mend Pet. Rawrk in Razor Hill, Arnok in Orgrimmar. In Forever First Aid also makes healing potions.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
Mining for Dummies, 
Wild Harvest or 
Pelt Collecting for Beginners. This route chooses the Mining manual. Learn Skinning as your second profession from Mendalass Tattermend .
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
Claw or Bite and Growl.Aimed Shot - from the trainer at 20, 2-second cast, 6-second cooldown, about 110% more bonus damage since November 2. Multi-Shot - 0.5-second cast, and they share the cooldown. Traps - in combat, at your feet, 30-second cooldown, shared by all traps since November 2. Disengage drops twice as much threat and no longer takes you out of combat.Arcane Shot +10-54% (rank 1 gains the most) and about +30% more since November 2, Hunter's Mark +30%, Serpent Sting was weaker by 21-50% depending on rank, and on November 2 it went up by about 20%. 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.Wind Blessed: +2% attack and casting speed. Elemental Insight: +5% damage against elementals.Skysight: +15% movement speed for 15 seconds, +30% with the Charged buff from an Elemental Convergence. Charged lasts an hour and persists through death. A 0.5-second cast and 2-minute cooldown.Walk on Air: glide for 10 seconds, with a 1.5-minute cooldown. Use it in midair before a dangerous fall.Concussive Shot, your pet, Wing Clip and step back. From 20, drop Freezing Trap at your feet. Only use Aspect of the Cheetah in a contested zone when the area is clear.
Beast Mastery 21
Marksmanship 0
Survival 0
