RaceTaurenA step-by-step route for WoW Forever: a Tauren hunter from Camp Narache to level 30. Where to go at every level and which quests to grab right away so you never run back; the three taming quests near Bloodhoof Village at 10 and which of Mulgore's beasts to keep; which guns and ammo to buy and when to switch to a bow (tauren start with a gun); where to learn your skills, which professions to pick and how your pet holds the mobs while you shoot.
What to install from CurseForge for Forever: the useful and the fun
Beast Lore unlocks its skills. By default it runs in Immersive mode: beasts and their skills unlock only once you've found them. If you want everything at once, switch to Reveal all in the settings and it becomes a full reference. You can search by beast, zone and skill, and you get world map pins and tooltips when you hover a beast. Open it with /fg, settings - /fg config. Version 0.5.8 for Forever 1.60.1 from October 13, almost 40 thousand downloads; available in English, German, French, Spanish and Korean.Builds for 10–30: which one to pick and in what order to spend points
Your first talent point comes at level 10, then one per level: 21 points by level 30. Not sure what to pick? Go Beast Mastery: your pet holds the mobs and hits like a second player while you shoot. That's what the beta guides recommend (Method, Warcraft Tavern, wowforeverbuilds). A hunter trainer resets your talents: Holt Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff or Yaw Sharpmane in Bloodhoof Village. Hover a talent for its Wowhead tooltip; the button at the bottom opens the build in the Wowhead calculator with the same order.
Summon Hawk, a new Forever talent.
Deadly Aspects - while Aspect of the Hawk is on, your Auto Shot keeps getting 30% faster. 
Focused Fire (new) - +2% damage for you and your pet. 
Pathfinding - from 20, Aspect of the Cheetah gives 36% instead of 30%: the whole route to 40 goes faster. 
Unleashed Fury - +15% pet damage, the key leveling talent.Summon Hawk - a hawk dives at your target and attacks for 18 seconds, and you can keep two up at once; Summon Hawk and 
Arcane Shot share a cooldown. Then 
Ferocity 5/5 - +10% crit for your pet and the hawks; at 35 it unlocks 
Frenzy.
Improved Revive Pet (instead of Pathfinding) if your pet dies a lot: for careful players and Hardcore. You can leave Ferocity at 4/5 and spend the last point at 30 on another talent: 
Spirit Bond if you often eat between fights (at rank 1 - 1% health for you and your pet every 10 seconds), or 
Bestial Discipline if you're short on mana.
Mend Pet in time.
Deadly Aspects 5/5
Focused Fire 2/2
Pathfinding 2/2
Endurance Training 1/5
Unleashed Fury 5/5
Summon Hawk 1/1
Ferocity 5/5
Lethal Attacks - +5% crit, and in Forever your pet gets your full crit chance. 
Careful Aim (new) - attack power from Intellect. 
Rapid Killing (new) - after every kill your next shot hits 20% harder, so you open on every new mob with a big shot. 
Efficiency saves mana - in Marksmanship it's the first thing to run out.
Trueshot Aura - +30 ranged attack power for you and your group; 
Mortal Shots - your ranged crits hit harder; at 30 - 
Rapid Recuperation: 
Serpent Sting and Rapid Killing give you mana back in combat.
Lone Wolf (from 20, 11 points in the tree) - +20% damage while you have no pet out. Only with a steady tank: soloing without a pet is rough, and testers consider this talent weak.
Lethal Attacks 5/5
Careful Aim 5/5
Rapid Killing 2/2
Efficiency 3/5
Trueshot Aura 1/1
Mortal Shots 4/5
Rapid Recuperation 1/2
Improved Tracking - +5% to all damage against the creatures you're tracking. 
Endurance Training - your pet is 15% sturdier. 
Survivalist - +10% health, and a tauren already has 5% more health (
Endurance). At 30 - 
Deterrence: 10 seconds of dodge and parry, your “don't die” button.
Track Beasts, humanoids - 
Track Humanoids, undead from 18 - 
Track Undead.Unleashed Fury and the hawks don't fit into this build.
Improved Tracking 5/5Endurance Training 5/5Focused Fire 2/2Pathfinding 2/2
Survivalist 5/5
Improved Revive Pet 1/2
Deterrence 1/1Improved Tracking - +5% damage against tracked targets; 
Savage Strikes and 
Predator's Edge (new) - melee crits; Deterrence at 23 and 
Counterattack at 25: a strike and a root after you parry; at 30 - 
Strider Kick (new): a weapon strike and +30% speed for 3 seconds.
Aspect of the Beast (30) and get a good two-hander, testers say there's “nothing to press”, and shooting is still stronger. You need a two-hander with high DPS - see the list in the “Hunter” section.
War Stomp bails you out in melee: a 2-second stun on everything around you - a couple of hits with nothing coming back.Improved Tracking 5/5
Savage Strikes 2/2Survivalist 3/5
Surefooted 3/3Deterrence 1/1Survivalist 4/5
Counterattack 1/1
Predator's Edge 4/5
Strider Kick 1/1The tauren starting camp · Red Cloud Mesa in southern Mulgore
All the quests are close to the camp: take everything, do them in a loop, turn them in as a batch. About 40 minutes. No pet until 10: you have 
Old Blunderbuss equipped and 
Light Shot in your bag. You shoot from range, and whatever reaches you gets met up close: 
Raptor Strike, with 
Worn Axe in your hand.
Pelt Collecting for Beginners book as your reward - Skinning for free, readable from level 3. For a hunter we recommend Skinning + Leatherworking (why - see the “Professions” section).Light Shot - a stack of 200 for about 10. Get 3–4 stacks: every shot uses a bullet, and when they run out your gun goes quiet. Water - 
Refreshing Spring Water: a hunter runs out of mana before health.
Small Ammo Pouch: 6 slots and +10% ranged attack speed. It sits in a bag slot - don't sell it or take it out.War Stomp from level 1: a 2-second stun on everything nearby, 1.5-minute cooldown. A mob at your feet? Stomp, take two steps back, and you're shooting again.Grull Hawkwind : accept !The Hunt Begins[2]. Chief Hawkwind : accept !A Humble Task[2].
Around the camp and southeast to the well : Plainstriders - 7 Plainstrider Meat and 7 Plainstrider Feathers, The Hunt Begins[2].
Plainstriders are weak: 3–4 shots are enough. Once one reaches you - Raptor Strike, which hits with the damage of the weapon in your hand.
Greatmother Hawkwind by the well: turn in ?A Humble Task[2] and pick the Pelt Collecting for Beginners book, accept !A Humble Task[3]. The pitcher is right by the well - A Humble Task[3].
Back at camp: Grull Hawkwind - turn in ?The Hunt Begins[2] (
Nomadic Belt is among the rewards), accept !The Hunt Continues[3] and the class quest !Etched Note[1]; Chief Hawkwind - turn in ?A Humble Task[3], accept !Rites of the Earthmother[3]. The hunter trainer Lanka Farshot is nearby: turn in ?Etched Note[1], and he also teaches Track Beasts (10).
A hunter can't wear mail until 40 (according to the beta client data): take leather from quest rewards, mail is only for selling. Track Beasts shows beasts on the minimap - handy when you go looking for a pet.
At level 3, read Pelt Collecting for Beginners to learn Skinning. Wunna Darkmane in Bloodhoof Village sells 
Skinning Knife. Picked a different book? The junior trainers are right here: Nawka Wildsong - Skinning, Garan Sunstrider - Herbalism, Vartha Rockmane - Mining, training costs 10.
A hunter's second profession is Leatherworking: Chaw Stronghide in Bloodhoof Village teaches it. Why this combo - see the “Professions” section.
Mountain Cougars south of the camp : 10 pelts - The Hunt Continues[3].
Grull Hawkwind: turn in ?The Hunt Continues[3] (
Nomadic Bracers is among the rewards), accept !The Battleboars[4]. Brave Windfeather : accept !Break Sharptusk![5].
Level 4, Lanka Farshot: Serpent Sting and 
Aspect of the Monkey, 1 each.
Aspect of the Monkey - +8% dodge: keep it on while you have no pet. Serpent Sting in Forever is half as strong as in Classic - only put it on a mob that will live longer than 8–10 seconds.
On the way southwest - Antur Fallow : accept !A Task Unfinished[5], a delivery to Bloodhoof Village.
Seer Graytongue : turn in ?Rites of the Earthmother[3], accept !Rite of Strength[4] and the new !Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4].
Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4] is timed: the incense burns out in 10 minutes. Take it last and run straight to the fire, don't fight on the way.
The Ritual Fire on the hills to the east : carry the incense there - Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4], and turn in ?Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4] at the fire. The reward is the 6-slot 
Scorched Leather Pouch.
Brambleblade Ravine : Bristleback Quilboars and Bristleback Shamans - 12 Bristleback Belts, Rite of Strength[4]; Battleboars by the ravine - 8 Battleboar Flanks and 8 Battleboar Snouts, The Battleboars[4]; deep in the ravine - Chief Sharptusk Thornmantle , Break Sharptusk![5]. A 
Dirt-stained Map lies on the ground in the Bristleback camp - pick it up, it starts !Attack on Camp Narache[4].
Drops from: Battleboar Snout - Bristleback Battleboar, Battleboar · Battleboar Flank - Bristleback Battleboar, Battleboar
Shamans heal their friends - shoot them first. Pull the chief with a shot from the edge when nobody else is nearby: two mobs at once at level 5 is a lot.
Hearthstone → Camp Narache.
Back at camp:
Nomadic Vest is among the rewards)
Nomadic Gloves is among the rewards)Rite of Strength[4]: take 
Stone Tomahawk from the rewards - an axe for your hand: 2.1 DPS, while the starter one does 1.0. Whittling Knife (a dagger, 2.0) works too; 
Elder's Cane is a staff, and you don't have the skill yet. Attack on Camp Narache[4] gives 
Thick Bark Buckler: for a hunter it's only good for selling.
Level 6, Lanka Farshot: 
Hunter's Mark and Arcane Shot, 1 each.
Arcane Shot in Forever is 54% stronger than in Classic - it's your main hit until 10: open on the mob with it, then use it on cooldown. Hunter's Mark - only on long fights, on normal mobs you need the mana more.
Take the road north to Bloodhoof Village. Forever speed guides suggest getting down there with a “death run”: it's free until level 10, and the spirit healer resurrects you right by the village.
Mulgore's main village · almost ten new quests here in Forever
Your base until level 10. In the village take everything at once, loop south and east, and come back to turn it all in at once. The hunter trainer is Yaw Sharpmane : he also gives a new quest to hunt a she-wolf, and at 10 the taming quests. Next to him is the pet trainer Reban Freerunner .
Ornate Blunderbuss ≈ 4 (level 4) - 3 DPS, while the starter gun does 1.5. Your main purchase before 10. Light Shot and Small Shot Pouch are sold here too - 8 slots instead of 6, same ranged attack speed: buy it only if you're short on space.
Small Brown Pouch ≈ 5 - 6 slots; Brown Leather Satchel ≈ 25 - 8 slots, once you have the money. You've already got one 6-slot bag - Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4]. Hunters need bags more than other classes: bullets, and from 10 pet food as well.By the road in front of the village - Kaga Wildhoof : turn in ?The Adventurer[6], accept !The Great Outdoors[6]. Sit by her campfire (/sit) and wait for the “Boosted Rest” buff - The Great Outdoors[6]. Turn in ?The Great Outdoors[6], accept !Camping 101: Cooking[6].
Village:
Also here:
Krang Stonehoof is the warrior trainer, but this quest is for everyone: accept the new !Sparring Match[6]. Beat three trainees at the training arena nearby or win 3 duels against players - Sparring Match[6]. Turn in ?Sparring Match[6]: the reward is a potion and bandages.
Open from range with Arcane Shot, and once they reach you - Raptor Strike.
Pyall Silentstride : talk to him - Camping 101: Cooking[6], turn in ?Camping 101: Cooking[6] and you learn Cooking and 
Basic Campfire. Vira Younghoof : First Aid. Chaw Stronghide : Leatherworking. If you have the money - Kennah Hawkseye : Ornate Blunderbuss.
Bandages heal without mana: a hunter's mana goes into shots, and you have no heals of your own.
Loop around the village and southwest : Prairie Wolves - 6 paws (Poison Water[5]) and a heart (Mazzranache[8]); Adult Plainstriders - 4 talons (Poison Water[5]) and a scale (Mazzranache[8]); Wiry Swoops - 8 quills (Swoop Hunting[6]) and a gizzard (Mazzranache[8]); Ambercorn near the village - Rite of Vision[7].
Drops from: Prairie Wolf Paw - Prairie Wolf, Prairie Stalker, Prairie Wolf Alpha and others · Plainstrider Talon - Plainstrider, Adult Plainstrider, Elder Plainstrider and others · Prairie Wolf Heart - Prairie Wolf, Prairie Stalker, Prairie Wolf Alpha and others · Flatland Cougar Femur - Flatland Cougar · Plainstrider Scale - Adult Plainstrider, Elder Plainstrider, Mazzranache · Swoop Gizzard - Wiry Swoop, Swoop, Taloned Swoop · Trophy Swoop Quill - Wiry Swoop, Swoop, Taloned Swoop · Well Stone - Razorlash
Village: Mull Thunderhorn - turn in ?Poison Water[5], accept !Winterhoof Cleansing[6]; Ahab Wheathoof - accept the new !Kyle's Gone Missing![7].
Southeast: the Winterhoof Water Well - cleanse it with the totem, Winterhoof Cleansing[6]; the Well Stones by the spring nearby - Rite of Vision[7]. Plainstriders on the way - Tender Strider Meat, Kyle's Gone Missing![7].
Drops from: Well Stone - Razorlash
Village:
Level 8, Yaw Sharpmane : 
Concussive Shot and Raptor Strike (rank 2), 2 each.
Concussive Shot slows the mob for 4 seconds - the core of your fighting until you get a pet: a shot, the slow, a step back and 2 more shots while the mob crawls toward you.
East of the village, Morin Cloudstalker : accept !The Ravaged Caravan[8].
East:
Drops from: Windfury Talon - Windfury Harpy, Windfury Wind Witch · Prairie Wolf Heart - Prairie Wolf, Prairie Stalker, Prairie Wolf Alpha and others · Plainstrider Scale - Adult Plainstrider, Elder Plainstrider, Mazzranache · Swoop Gizzard - Wiry Swoop, Swoop, Taloned Swoop
The Wind Witches among the harpies cast lightning from range, and hunters have no interrupts: shoot the witch first. If she starts a cast next to you, War Stomp interrupts it.
The Ravaged Caravan : examine the crate - turn in ?The Ravaged Caravan[8], accept !The Ravaged Caravan[8].
Don't rush to turn in The Ravaged Caravan[8]: the follow-up is at level 10, and you'll turn it in on the way to the mine.
Back to the village with a death run: until level 10 it's free.
Palemane Rock, the Thunderhorn well, Red Rocks, your first visit to Thunder Bluff
Two loops: west to the gnolls, then north - the well, the dwarven dig site and Red Rocks. In between, a quick trip into Thunder Bluff to get the flight path and pick up a new quest. At the end - level 10 and the taming quests.
Demon Scarred Cloak, the cloak starts The Demon Scarred Cloak[12], and its reward is Skorn's Rifle, the best gun until 16.
Plainsrunning: as long as you keep running without stopping and without taking damage, your speed goes up 1% every 5 seconds, up to +30%. Leave the mobs on the road alone between loops - you'll get there noticeably faster.Village:
Drive Them Out[9] is for the centaurs in the east - you'll do it at 10 together with the mine.
Palemane Rock : 10 Palemane Tanners, 8 Palemane Skinners and 5 Palemane Poachers - Sharing the Land[8]. At the end of the cave, Perith Stormhoof : accept the new !The Longwalkers[8] and lead him outside - The Longwalkers[8].
The poachers hit harder than the rest. The cave is cramped: shoot them one at a time from the edge. Two on you? Concussive Shot on one and back off while shooting the other; if it gets really tight - War Stomp and two steps back.
Turn in at the village (head back with a death run):
Plains Hunter Wristguards is among the rewards)The Thunderhorn Water Well north of the village - cleanse it with the totem, Thunderhorn Cleansing[8].
Northwest, the dwarven dig site by the forge : collect 5 Prospector's Picks around it and smash them at the forge - Dwarven Digging[8].
Seer Wiserunner in the cave at the foot of Thunder Bluff: turn in ?Rite of Vision[7], accept !Rite of Wisdom[10].
You don't have to drink the Water of the Seers from the quest and follow the vision - you can come straight here. Throw the empty flask away afterwards.
Take the lift up to Thunder Bluff. Tal - get the flight path; Boarton Shadetotem , in stealth - accept the new !Stalk With The Earthmother[10].
Don't move your hearthstone yet: you won't need it before the Barrens, and you'll set it at the Crossroads at 12.
Northeast, Red Rocks: Lorekeeper Raintotem - accept !A Sacred Burial[10]; 8 Bristleback Interlopers around - A Sacred Burial[10], turn in ?A Sacred Burial[10]. Ancestral Spirit - turn in ?Rite of Wisdom[10], accept !Journey into Thunder Bluff[10]. You may run into Ghost Howl on the way: it drops Demon Scarred Cloak - !The Demon Scarred Cloak[12].
Back to the village with a death run (still free at 10):
Rough-hewn Kodo Leggings is among the rewards)The Demon Scarred Cloak[12]: take Skorn's Rifle from the rewards: 5 DPS and +1 Agility, almost twice as strong as the village blunderbuss. No cloak? Hogor Thunderhoof in Thunder Bluff sells a gun with the same damage: 
Hunter's Boomstick (level 9).
Level 10, Yaw Sharpmane: Aspect of the Hawk, Serpent Sting (rank 2) and Track Humanoids, 4 each. Accept the class quest !Taming the Beast[10]. Now Skorn Whitecloud: accept !The Hunter's Way[10] - you'll collect the claws on the way to the mine.
Aspect of the Hawk - +20 ranged attack power: in a ranged fight it's more useful than Aspect of the Monkey. New bullets from 10: Kennah Hawkseye , Heavy Shot - +3.5 DPS instead of +1.5, about 47 a stack. Talents open at 10 - what to take, see the “Leveling talents” section.
Three class quests near Bloodhoof Village: a plainstrider, a prairie stalker and a swoop
The class chain at 10: Yaw Sharpmane gives you three taming quests in turn - a plainstrider, a prairie stalker and a swoop. Each one is a short trip out of the village. The third quest teaches 
Tame Beast, and you take Training the Beast[10] to Thunder Bluff. You'll tame your own pet on the way to the mine (step).
Beast Training: without it you can't teach your pet new skills.Heavy Shot (level 10), about 47 a stack. Switch right away: it's free damage.
Tough Jerky in your bag from the start - enough for the first few days; after that Kaga Mistrunner in Thunder Bluff sells meat. Plainstriders eat cheese, mushrooms and fruit: Nan Mistrunner in Thunder Bluff sells 
Shiny Red Apple, and the village has no food like that.Adult Plainstriders west of the village : Taming Rod is in your bag - use it on any of them, Taming the Beast[10].
Taming takes 20 seconds, and the whole time you have no armor: start away from other mobs and don't hit the beast - damage breaks the taming. The plainstrider becomes a temporary pet: you can fight with it, but before the next rod dismiss it (right-click your pet's portrait) - you can't tame a new one while you have a pet.
Yaw Sharpmane: turn in ?Taming the Beast[10] (the plainstrider), accept !Taming the Beast[10] (the prairie stalker).
Prairie Stalkers north and west of the village and : Taming Rod - Taming the Beast[10].
Yaw Sharpmane: turn in ?Taming the Beast[10], accept !Taming the Beast[10] (the swoop).
Swoops north of the village : Taming Rod - Taming the Beast[10].
Yaw Sharpmane: turn in ?Taming the Beast[10] - the reward is Tame Beast; accept !Training the Beast[10].
Just like in Classic, taming should come with 
Call Pet, 
Dismiss Pet, Revive Pet and 
Feed Pet. According to one tester, Feed Pet comes later - when you turn in Training the Beast[10] in Thunder Bluff: then your pet goes unfed until you reach the capital. No big deal: happiness barely drops on the beta. For now the swoop fights for you, and you'll tame your own pet up north (step).
Prairie wolves in the north, the Venture Co. mine, the new Galak camp, an elite shredder
The eastern edge of Mulgore. On the way to the mine, among the prairie wolves, you tame your own pet. New in Forever: the Galak centaur camp and an elite shredder in the mine. The mine is one trip for three quests; the shredder is optional, a separate trip: its quest is only offered once you've turned in the notes from the mine.
Compact Fighting Knife from the rewards: a 6.3 DPS dagger with +1 Agility, stronger in your hand than anything you'll get until 14. 
Goblin Smasher is a mace - a hunter can't use it.Morin Cloudstalker : turn in ?The Ravaged Caravan[8], accept !The Venture Co.[10] and !Supervisor Fizsprocket[12].
North and northeast: Prairie Wolf Alphas - 8 teeth, Wildmane Totem[10]; Flatland Prowlers - 4 claws, The Hunter's Way[10]. Tame your own pet here - Prairie Wolf Alpha: a level 9–10 wolf that attacks every 1.4 seconds according to Petopia. Dismiss the swoop (right-click your pet's portrait) and tame the wolf - the two of you will collect the rest of the teeth together.
In Forever you can only tame beasts of your level or lower. Tamed one? Feed it right away (Feed Pet): a new pet is unhappy and hits softer. If you're lucky, a rare cat walks among the Flatland Prowlers - The Rake : level 10, attacks every 1.2 seconds according to Petopia. Want it? Dismiss the wolf and tame the cat: by testers' measurements, pets with a fast attack deal more damage on the beta, but Blizzard hasn't confirmed it.
The Venture Co. Mine : 14 Venture Co. Workers and 6 Venture Co. Supervisors - The Venture Co.[10]; 5 charges from the carts of blasting supplies - Stalk With The Earthmother[10]; Supervisor Fizsprocket deep inside - the clipboard, Supervisor Fizsprocket[12]. He drops 
Mulgore Expansion Plans, which starts !Fizsprocket's Notes[10]: three pages inside the mine , and - Fizsprocket's Notes[10].
According to a beta report, a page is sometimes “already in use” - leave the mine and come back in. The goblins stand in groups: your pet takes one, and you shoot the same one.
Southeast of the mine - the Galak centaur camp on the eastern edge : 6 Galak Centaurs and 4 Galak Outrunners - Drive Them Out[9]; their leader Herak the Pillager (level 11) - his head, Drive Them Out[9].
Morin Cloudstalker: turn in ?The Venture Co.[10], ?Supervisor Fizsprocket[12] (Compact Fighting Knife is among the rewards) and ?Fizsprocket's Notes[10].
Optional, at full health, ideally with a friend: Morin Cloudstalker gives the new !Ceasing Operations[12] - the elite shredder Venture Co. Clearclutter (level 12) in the mine, Ceasing Operations[12]. Then Morin Cloudstalker: turn in ?Ceasing Operations[12].
It's a detour back into the mine, about ten minutes. According to beta reports, the shredder can be killed solo, but it's hard for a hunter at 10–11: you don't have Mend Pet yet. Start with full mana, pet in front, you shoot; if your pet dies - Concussive Shot and back off while shooting, and if it gets on top of you - War Stomp. Didn't work out? Abandon the quest and move on: it doesn't unlock anything.
Back to the village with a death run: Baine Bloodhoof - turn in ?Drive Them Out[9], accept !The High Chieftain[9]; Mull Thunderhorn - turn in ?Wildmane Totem[10], accept !Wildmane Cleansing[10].
Died at 11? You'll most likely have to revive your pet after you resurrect: Revive Pet takes all your mana.
Hunter Rise, pet skills, Mulgore turn-ins and the capital's new quests
A big visit to the capital: turn in Training the Beast[10] and the Mulgore quests, and pick up Thunder Bluff's new quests. Hunter Rise has the trainers and the pet trainer: this is where your pet learns its first skills.
Hunter's Boomstick ≈ 13 (level 9) - 5 DPS; you only need it if you didn't get Skorn's Rifle. Heavy Shot is sold here too.Tough Jerky and 
Haunch of Meat (level 5). 10–15 pieces will do. Bloodhoof Village doesn't sell meat.
Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots, if you have money to spare.Hunter Rise: Holt Thunderhorn - turn in ?Training the Beast[10], the reward is Beast Training. Pet trainer Hesuwa Thunderhorn : Great Stamina and 
Natural Armor (rank 1), 10 each - then teach them to your pet in the Beast Training window.
Your pet already has Growl. A new pet doesn't trust you much yet and has almost no training points: if you're short, teach it a level or two later, once its loyalty grows.
Boarton Shadetotem: turn in ?Stalk With The Earthmother[10], accept !Stalk With The Earthmother[11]. Eyahn Eagletalon : accept !Preparation for Ceremony[11].
Eylah Sunhorn : accept the new !Traditions of the Bluff[10]. Buy the four supplies from the quest - herbs (Nida Winterhoof ), cedar twigs (Nata Dawnstrider ), thread (Mahu ) and flint and tinder (Naal Mistrunner ) - combine them into incense and light it in the incense burner: Traditions of the Bluff[10]. Turn in ?Traditions of the Bluff[10].
About five minutes for the whole thing. The reward is 420 experience and 175.
Cairne Bloodhoof : turn in ?Journey into Thunder Bluff[10], ?The High Chieftain[9] and ?The Longwalkers[8], accept !Rites of the Earthmother[14].
The High Chieftain[9]: both rewards are a shield and a mace - only good for selling for a hunter.
Elder Rise: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - accept !The Barrens Oases[10].
Harpies, the Wildmane well, the kodo horn - and the eastern road through Camp Taurajo
Your last loop through Mulgore: the north below Thunder Bluff, turn-ins in the capital and the village, then the eastern road into the Barrens - through Camp Taurajo to the Crossroads.
War Stomp interrupts the spells of everyone nearby: if a Windfury Sorceress starts a cast right under your nose, hit it - hunters have no other interrupts. 1.5-minute cooldown: save it for a dangerous spell or for getting away.Below Thunder Bluff, to the north : Windfury Sorceresses and Matriarchs - 6 Azure Feathers and 6 Bronze Feathers, Preparation for Ceremony[11]. The cones lie on the ground under the harpies' trees - 8 of them, Stalk With The Earthmother[11].
Drops from: Bronze Feather - Windfury Matriarch
The sorceresses cast lightning from range: pet on the sorceress, and you shoot the same one.
The Wildmane Water Well - cleanse it with the totem, Wildmane Cleansing[10]. Further east - Arra'chea : the horn, Rites of the Earthmother[14]. Flatland Prowlers on the way - claws, The Hunter's Way[10], if you haven't collected them yet.
Drops from: Horn of Arra'chea - Arra'chea
This is a big kodo: it hits hard, but slowly. Start with full mana: pet in front, wait a couple of seconds, then Serpent Sting and Arcane Shot. If the kodo turns on you - Concussive Shot and back off until your pet pulls it back.
Thunder Bluff:
Bound Harness is among the rewards)Already level 12? Right here on Hunter Rise, Holt Thunderhorn : Mend Pet, 
Wing Clip, Arcane Shot (rank 2) and 
Distracting Shot, 6 each; pet trainer Hesuwa Thunderhorn : Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 2), 120 each. Not 12 yet? You'll learn them in Orgrimmar at 13 (step). The follow-up is Stalk With The Earthmother[11]: you need 
Raw Brilliant Smallfish - fish it up in the pond below or buy it on the auction house. The reward is 
Hoof-Holstered Blade, a dagger weaker than Compact Fighting Knife: optional.
Down to the village: Mull Thunderhorn - turn in ?Wildmane Cleansing[10], accept the new !Thunderhorn's Report[10].
Wildmane Cleansing[10]: both weapons are weaker than Compact Fighting Knife: 
Dreamwatcher Staff sells for more. You'll take Thunderhorn's Report[10] to Thunder Bluff at 16 (step): the route doesn't go back there before that.
The road east of the village takes you out of Mulgore into the Barrens, to Camp Taurajo: Omusa Thunderhorn - get the flight path; Kirge Sternhorn - accept !Journey to the Crossroads[12]. Then follow the road north to the Crossroads.
The best Horde zone for 12–20 · the Crossroads quests and the Razormane in the east
The Barrens have lots of quests and long runs. The rule: take everything at the Crossroads at once, do it along the way and turn it all in together. Keep your hearthstone at the Crossroads all the way to level 20. After Thorn Hill - a short trip to Orgrimmar: the flight path and five new Forever quests.
Tel'Abim Banana ≈ 24 - food until 15. Kalyimah Stormcloud : Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 - 10 slots.Heavy Shot, Small Shot Pouch and Hunter's Boomstick (level 9) if you haven't replaced your gun yet; Barg - Heavy Shot; Zargh - meat for your pet; Sikwa - the stable.Wing Clip and step 8 yards away, let your pet take it.The Crossroads: Devrak - flight path; Innkeeper Boorand Plainswind - set your hearthstone at the Crossroads.
The Crossroads:
Jahan Hawkwing : accept !A Bundle of Hides[10]. Devrak: turn in ?A Bundle of Hides[10], accept !Ride to Thunder Bluff[10] - but don't fly now, keep it until level 16.
Thorn Hill east of the Crossroads:
Drops from: Plainstrider Beak - Greater Plainstrider, Ornery Plainstrider, Fleeting Plainstrider · Raptor Head - Sunscale Lashtail, Sunscale Screecher, Sunscale Scytheclaw and others
A detour from Thorn Hill: five Forever city quests, the trainer and the pet trainer
Orgrimmar isn't far from Thorn Hill: past Far Watch Post, across the bridge and north, past Thunder Ridge. Here you get the flight path (you'll need it at 22, when you head for the zeppelin), five new quests and the hunter trainer - if you haven't learned your level 12 skills in Thunder Bluff yet. Back to the Barrens with your hearthstone.
From Thorn Hill head northeast, past Far Watch Post , across the bridge over the Southfury River and north, past Thunder Ridge, to the gates of Orgrimmar . Doras : get the flight path.
Valley of Strength: Thatog - accept the new !Meal Appeal[15]. Borstan : turn in ?Meal Appeal[15], accept !Favorite Food[15].
Kor'geld : accept the new !Yelmak's Medley[15]. Cattails and speargrass grow by the water in the Valley of Honor - Yelmak's Medley[15].
Valley of Honor, level 12, Ormak Grimshot : Mend Pet, Wing Clip, Arcane Shot (rank 2) and Distracting Shot, 6 each. Pet trainer Xao'tsu : Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 2), 120 each - then the Beast Training window.
Mend Pet works while you stand still: hit it when your pet is below half health and the mob is still alive. Wing Clip is your way out of the “dead zone”: when the mob is at your feet, clip it and step 8 yards away. Distracting Shot isn't needed solo - you can skip it. Learned it all in Thunder Bluff? Skip this step.
Kor'geld: turn in ?Yelmak's Medley[15]. Yelmak : accept !Whuut's the Rush[15] and deliver the potion - Whuut : turn in ?Whuut's the Rush[15].
The reward is 
Healing Potion: save it for elites.
Behind Grommash Hold: Migi - turn in ?Favorite Food[15]; Thra - accept !Rocks to Rests[15].
Smooth Boulders lie all over the city - 8 of them, Rocks to Rests[15]. Thra: turn in ?Rocks to Rests[15], take 
Puk's Friendship Bracelet from the rewards.
Puk's Friendship Bracelet is leather, +1 Agility. Agility gives you crit, and in Forever your pet gets your full crit chance.
Hearthstone → the Crossroads.
The Ratchet pirates and a second trip to the Razormane
Pirates and a second trip to the Razormane. From the Crossroads, head east along the road to Ratchet: the town, the pirate camp to the south, then a flight to the Crossroads and Thorn Hill again - for their leader.
Heavy Shot; Reggifuz - the stable.Serpent Sting and Hunter's Mark only on long fights, finish normal mobs off with Auto Shot; always carry water.Ratchet:
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : 12 Brigands and 6 Cannoneers - Southsea Freebooters[14]; parts in the upper camp - Parts and Pieces[14].
The pirates stand in twos and threes: pull the outermost one with a shot, and your pet meets it halfway.
Ratchet:
Back to the pirate camp: the “Drizzlik's Emporium” crate and the “Fragile - Do Not Drop” crate - Stolen Booty[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?Stolen Booty[16], take 
Wayfaring Gloves from the rewards (+3 Spirit).
The mail 
Padded Lamellar Boots sell for more, but a hunter can'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, The Zhevra[13].
Drops from: Zhevra Hooves - Zhevra Runner, Zhevra Charger, Zhevra Courser
Geomancers throw fire from range - start with them: pet on the geomancer, you shoot the same one.
The Crossroads: Thork - turn in ?The Disruption Ends[15], take 
Binding Girdle from the rewards (leather, +3 Intellect); Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Zhevra[13], accept !Prowlers of the Barrens[15].
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 flight to Thunder Bluff for your 14–16 skills and a new gun.
Concussive Shot. If it gets really tight - War Stomp: for 2 seconds nobody hits you, enough time to back off and start shooting again.West of the Crossroads, Regthar Deathgate : accept !Kolkar Leaders[16] and !Centaur Bracers[14].
Around Regthar:
Drops from: Centaur Bracers - Kolkar Wrangler, Kolkar Stormer, Kolkar Pack Runner and others
Barak Kodobane hits hard and stands with guards: pull the guards one at a time, and him when nobody's around. Your pet holds him while you shoot; if your pet is in trouble - Mend Pet.
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Kolkar Leaders[16] and ?Centaur Bracers[14], accept !Verog the Dervish[18].
Centaur Bracers[14]: take 
Pointed Axe from the rewards: one-handed, 7.1 DPS and +1 Agility, stronger than Compact Fighting Knife. Don't take 
Orcish Battle Bow: a tauren doesn't know Bows from the start.
Northwest, the Dry Hills : Witchwing harpies - 8 talons, Harpy Raiders[15]. Savannah Prowlers on the way - claws, 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 timed: you'll take it right before the flight.
Not 16 yet, but close? Make up the difference on mobs near the Crossroads: you can't buy 
Large Bore Blunderbuss or the level 16 skills before level 16, and the route doesn't return to Thunder Bluff until 20. Still a long way off? Fly anyway: learn the level 14 skills now and the level 16 ones at 20.
A timed quest, a delivery with experience, the 14–16 skills and a new gun
From the Crossroads, fly to Thunder Bluff: you'll take the timed quest and the bundle of hides along. The trainer, the gun, the turn-ins - and back with your hearthstone.
Large Bore Blunderbuss ≈ 38 (level 16) - 7.4 DPS. It lasts you until 21.
Mutton Chop.Large Bore Blunderbuss hits almost one and a half times harder than the old one, and almost all your damage comes from shots.The Crossroads, Apothecary Helbrim: accept !Apothecary Zamah[15] - a timed quest. Right away, Devrak: pay for the flight to Thunder Bluff - Ride to Thunder Bluff[10].
Thunder Bluff:
Apothecary Zamah[15]: the reward for a hunter is 
Elixir of Minor Agility. Thunderhorn's Report[10]: both weapons are weaker than yours - sell them. Putting a group together for Wailing Caverns? Apothecary Zamah gives one more quest, for serpentbloom - you'll take it at 20 (the “Wailing Caverns” section).
Hunter Rise, Holt Thunderhorn : 14 - 
Scare Beast, 
Eagle Eye and 
Eyes of the Beast, 12 each; 16 - 
Immolation Trap, 
Mongoose Bite and Raptor Strike (rank 3), 1894 each.
In Forever Immolation Trap can be set in combat too, but only at your feet, 30-second cooldown: when a mob reaches you, drop the trap at your feet and it burns. Scare Beast takes a second beast out for 10 seconds (damage breaks the fear). Eagle Eye and Eyes of the Beast are for scouting - you can skip them and save 24. Haven't learned the level 12 skills yet? They're here too.
Hogor Thunderhoof : Large Bore Blunderbuss (level 16, 7.4 DPS). Heavy Shot is sold here too - 4–5 stacks for the whole Barrens loop.
Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Jahan Hawkwing: turn in ?Return to Jahan[10].
The Sludge Fen, Ratchet, the Dry Hills and the southern oases
A big loop: the north (the Venture Co. goblins, the Sludge Fen), Ratchet, then the Dry Hills, the south and the oases. There's no hunter trainer in the Barrens: you'll learn your level 18 skills together with the level 20 ones in Thunder Bluff.
Heavy Shot, 4–5 stacks: Barg at the Crossroads or Jazzik in Ratchet. The stable in Ratchet - Reggifuz .Immolation Trap goes under the second one's feet, and you slow the third. If it gets really tight - War Stomp: for 2 seconds nobody hits you.The north:
You can also tame Echeyakee, but the quest needs its hide - kill it.
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:
The Escape[18]: take 
Greasy Tinker's Pants from the rewards: leather, +3 Strength and +3 Agility. Samophlange[16]: both rewards are a mace and a shield - only good for selling for a hunter.
The pirate camp south of Ratchet : Baron Longshore (level 16) with guards - WANTED: Baron Longshore[16]. Then Gazlowe: turn in ?WANTED: Baron Longshore[16].
Pull the guards one at a time. Two came at you? Your pet holds one, and Immolation Trap goes under the second one's feet; kill the baron last.
Fly to the Crossroads: Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?Echeyakee[16], accept !The Angry Scytheclaws[17].
Want to swap your wolf for the patriarch cat (step)? Put the wolf 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.
The Mulgore wolf attacks every 1.4 seconds, the patriarch every 1.3 (according to Petopia): the difference is small, so you don't have to swap. Want a cat? Tame the patriarch. It knows Cower: turn it off on the pet bar (right-click the icon), otherwise it drops threat and the mob runs at you. A new pet is unhappy and barely knows you: feed it and fight - loyalty grows from fights and food.
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Harpy Lieutenants[16], accept !Serena Bloodfeather[20].
Serena Bloodfeather is level 20: you'll kill her at 18–19.
South of the Crossroads, a loop:
Drops from: Intact Raptor Horn - Sunscale Scytheclaw, Ishamuhale, Takk the Leaper
Ratchet is close, Mebok Mizzyrix: turn in ?Raptor Horns[18]. Fly to the Crossroads: Gazrog - turn in ?Stolen Silver[18], take 
Rambling Boots from the rewards (leather, +3 Agility); Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?The Stagnant Oasis[16], accept !Altered Beings[16]; Sergra Darkthorn - turn in ?The Angry Scytheclaws[17], accept !Jorn Skyseer[18]; Mankrik - accept !Lost in Battle[20].
You'll turn in Jorn Skyseer[18] at Camp Taurajo at 20. Your pet has 
Bite: want the second rank (step)? Leave your pet in the stable while you're at the Crossroads: Sikwa .
Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Verog the Dervish[18], accept !Hezrul Bloodmark[19]. South: Oasis Snapjaws - shells, Altered Beings[16]; Hezrul Bloodmark with guards at the same oasis - Hezrul Bloodmark[19]; 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): with your pet in the stable, tame a snapjaw and fight with it until the chat says “You have learned…”, then abandon it.
On the way to the Crossroads - Regthar Deathgate: turn in ?Hezrul Bloodmark[19], the reward is 
Bounty Hunter's Ring (+3 Agility). The Crossroads: Tonga Runetotem - turn in ?Altered Beings[16], accept !Hamuul Runetotem[16]; Mankrik - turn in ?Lost in Battle[20].
You'll turn in Hamuul Runetotem[16] at Thunder Bluff at 20. Left your pet in the stable? Sikwa: take it out and teach it the new rank (Beast Training).
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 Thunder Bluff (step).
Don't want to wait for Multi-Shot? Fly to Thunder Bluff and back: Holt Thunderhorn on Hunter Rise.
Serena, the Stonetalon border, the Grimtotem tauren
The last stretch of the first part: Serena Bloodfeather in the Dry Hills and the Grimtotem tauren on the Stonetalon border. At 20 - hearth to the Crossroads and fly to Thunder Bluff for the trainer.
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; up close, War Stomp bails you out.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. Your pet holds her while you shoot with full mana. War Stomp interrupts her spell - save the stomp for her cast if she's standing next to you.
The Crossroads, Darsok Swiftdagger: turn in ?Serena Bloodfeather[20], take 
Harpy Skinner from the rewards.
Harpy Skinner is a 9.6 DPS dagger with +3 Agility: the best weapon for your hand until 20. Don't take the follow-up (Letter to Jin'Zil[20]) yet: it's for the 20–30 route (step).
The Stonetalon border to the west : Seereth Stonebreak - 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, and only War Stomp stops their casts.
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 - that's already the 20–30 route.
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].
You'll turn in The Elder Crone[18] at Thunder Bluff at 20.
Level 18–20 skills, traps and the Crossroads turn-ins
There are no hunter trainers in the Barrens: Holt Thunderhorn on Hunter Rise teaches the level 18 and 20 skills. The key things on this visit are Aspect of the Cheetah and 
Freezing Trap; in Forever 
Aimed Shot is learned from the trainer, not as a talent.
BKP 2700 "Enforcer" (level 21, 9.6 DPS). You can't equip it yet, and at 22 in Orgrimmar you'll decide what comes next - a gun or a bow (step).Aspect of the Cheetah (20) - +30% run speed: turn it on for the road between loops. Getting hit dazes you - see an enemy, switch to Aspect of the Hawk right away.Hearthstone → the Crossroads. Devrak: fly to Thunder Bluff.
Elder Rise: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?Hamuul Runetotem[16], accept !Nara Wildmane[16]; Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Nara Wildmane[16].
Hunter Rise, Holt Thunderhorn : 18 - Multi-Shot, Aspect of the Hawk (rank 2), Serpent Sting (rank 3) and Track Undead, 215 each; 20 - Aspect of the Cheetah, Freezing Trap, 
Disengage, Mend Pet (rank 2), Arcane Shot (rank 3) and Distracting Shot (rank 2), 2315 each, plus Aimed Shot - 21. Pet trainer Hesuwa Thunderhorn : Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 3, 4 each), Growl (rank 3, 440).
Freezing Trap is a 10-second freeze, set in combat at your feet, 30-second cooldown: when a second mob reaches you - trap it and keep hitting the first one. In Forever Aimed Shot is a 2-second cast with a 6-second cooldown, and the cooldown is shared: Multi-Shot waits it out too. You only need Track Undead if you took Improved Tracking. Skipped the level 16 skills? They're here too.
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 20–30 route gets there at ~25.
Fly to Camp Taurajo: Jorn Skyseer - turn in ?Jorn Skyseer[18].
The 20–30 route starts right here, in Taurajo.
Dungeon 17–24 · quests in Thunder Bluff, Ratchet and at the entrance
Got a group? Wailing Caverns finishes eight quests, and Leaders of the Fang[22] rewards 
Crescent Staff: +7 Agility, Stamina and Intellect - the best weapon to hold until 30. Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff teaches Staves. Lord Serpentis drops 
Venomstrike - a 12.1 DPS bow: you'll learn Bows at 22 (step), so roll Need. No group - don't take a single quest from here. How to play a hunter in a group - see the “Dungeons” section.
Thunder Bluff, at 20 (step): Nara Wildmane - accept !Leaders of the Fang[22] (offered once you've turned in Nara Wildmane[16]); Apothecary Zamah - accept !Serpentbloom[18].
Ratchet: Mebok Mizzyrix - accept !Smart Drinks[18] (offered once you've turned in 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; you have War Stomp if a druid is close by. 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 from the rewards (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 from the rewards (+4 Agility); Nara Wildmane - turn in ?Leaders of the Fang[22], take Crescent Staff from the rewards; Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem - turn in ?In Nightmares[25].
Ansekhwa teaches Staves right here in Thunder Bluff. 
Wingblade is a sword, and only Archibald in Undercity teaches Swords. Hammerbone is a mace: a hunter can't use it.
Camp Taurajo, the Field of Giants, wind serpents and the elite Chol'aruk
You're at Camp Taurajo. Until 22, finish off the southern Barrens: the Taurajo and Crossroads quests, the Field of Giants and, if you have a partner, the elite Chol'aruk. Wind serpents fly around the camp - a pet that hits with lightning from range. Your hearthstone stays at the Crossroads.
Heavy Shot for the whole loop up to Orgrimmar, 4–5 stacks - Barg or Uthrok at the Crossroads (step). In Stonetalon, Grawnal at Sun Rock Retreat sells them.Mutton Chop, 10–15 pieces.
Blood Shard from the Bristlebacks: Mangletooth gives an Agility buff for them (step). Cloth from the Bristlebacks and Razormane goes into Wool Bandages; lizard and thunderhawk hides - for Leatherworking or the auction house.Aspect of the Cheetah gives +30% speed right away, while Plainsrunning only builds up to the same 30% after 2.5 minutes of running. They don't stack - only one works at a time (according to Warcraft Tavern and Mobalytics). So on the road always use Aspect of the Cheetah, and between Taurajo and the Crossroads - fly.Freezing Trap: if an Alliance rogue comes out of stealth and hits you in the back - 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. Trap on cooldown? War Stomp: 2 seconds is enough to get back to range. Arathi Basin opens at 20 only at launch: on the beta, according to testers, only the new battleground from 30 works.Camp Taurajo:
Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23] has a level 23 elite pillager and level 22–23 Alliance soldiers: solo at 20–21 you have almost no chance.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Heavy Shot, 4–5 stacks.Letter to Jin'Zil[20] is a letter to Stonetalon; you'll deliver it on the next loop (step).
Northeast of the Crossroads: 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]. Took Chol'aruk the Ravener[21]? Chol'aruk with elite guards: his head, Chol'aruk the Ravener[21].
Drops from: Chol'aruk's Head - Chol'aruk
Ishamuhale hits hard - let your pet hold him while you shoot; if your pet is in trouble - Mend Pet. 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.
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].
Silithid Swarmers call a bunch of small adds - kill them first, and use Multi-Shot on the crowd. According to a beta report the soldiers respawn slowly - if you meet another player on this quest, invite them. Pillager too much for you? Abandon Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: at 29 you can handle him solo (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 in ?Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] right away, 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] if you killed the pillager.
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 Betrayal from Within[25] won't be offered at 29. Wrongly Blamed, Justly Corrected[23]: for melee Survival, 
Encroacher's Claim comes in handy - a two-handed axe with 19.7 DPS (the skill is taught in Orgrimmar, step); everyone else doesn't need the rewards - take whichever sells for more.
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 from the rewards.
Drops from: Thunderhawk Wings - Thunderhawk Hatchling, Greater Thunderhawk, Thunderhawk Cloudscraper
Gloves of the Moon - leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina. Want a pet that hits from range? Here it is: Thunderhawk Cloudscraper (20–22), a wind serpent. 
Lightning Breath strikes with lightning from 20 yards; it eats bread, cheese and fish. The wolf or cat from the first part is good too - you don't have to swap.
Fly to the Crossroads:
Rewards: Consumed by Hatred[20] - 
Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility); Egg Hunt[22] - mail or cloth, both for selling; Chol'aruk the Ravener[21] - nothing for a hunter: Quilboar Toothpick with Intellect and Spirit is weaker than Harpy Skinner - take whichever sells for more.
Malaka'jin, Windshear Crag, Sun Rock Retreat
Level 20–22 quests on the way through the mountains and the flight path at Sun Rock Retreat - you'll need it at 27. From the Retreat, fly to Orgrimmar: the trainer at 22, the Bows skill and the zeppelin to Undercity.
Heavy Shot; Borand - bows, quivers and 
Sharp Arrow; Gereck - the stable; Innkeeper Jayka - Mutton Chop for your pet.Scare Beast takes an extra spider out for 10 seconds - fewer fights against two at once.From the Crossroads go west to the mountain border , then take the same path as to the Grimtotem into Stonetalon. Malaka'jin : Witch Doctor Jin'Zil - turn in ?Letter to Jin'Zil[20]; Xen'Zilla - accept !Blood Feeders[19].
Spiders northwest of Malaka'jin: Deepmoss Creepers in the southern valley and Venomspitters - Blood Feeders[19]. The “Wanted” poster - !Arachnophobia[21]: the elite Besseleth , only with a friend (Arachnophobia[21]).
The hatchlings can bring in a level 22 matriarch: your pet holds her while you shoot, and whoever breaks through to you gets Freezing Trap at your feet. According to Petopia, Deepmoss Creeper knows Bite (rank 3), but you can only learn from a beast while your own pet is in the stable, and the nearest one is at Sun Rock Retreat. The detour isn't worth it: your pet will 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, 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]: the reward is Dredge Boots, mail - only good for selling 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 Orgrimmar (step).
Want another 6–7 thousand experience and the Zoram'gar flight path? First stop by western Ashenvale (optional). Leveling without a group? Be sure to go: you won't have any dungeon quests, and the experience will come in handy.
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 the Retreat head northeast, past Windshear Crag, to 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]: Eye of Kilrogg follows you 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 you aren't lower level than it is.
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: pet on the siren, and you shoot the same one; if she comes up close, War Stomp interrupts her cast.
From Zoram'gar, fly to Orgrimmar, then on to the trainer and the zeppelin.
Level 22 skills, a bow instead of a gun and the zeppelin to Undercity
From Stonetalon, fly to Orgrimmar. Here you get the trainer at 22 and the big choice of the second part: gun or bow. There are no guns stronger than BKP 2700 "Enforcer" until level 31, while at 26–30 bows are stronger: 
Bow of Plunder at 26, 
Sturdy Recurve at 27, Cliffrunner's Aim at 29–30, Dense Shortbow at 30; bows also drop from bosses in Blackfathom Deeps. So our advice is to learn Bows here, at 22.
Mutton Chop, get 15–20 of them. Undercity and the Sepulcher have no meat, the next is in Tarren Mill (at 25). Bears and boars eat anything, a wind serpent eats bread, cheese and fish.Orgrimmar, the Valley of Honor in the east of the city. Level 22, Ormak Grimshot : 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 right here (step). Skipped the level 20 skills? They're here too.
The weapon masters are in the same Valley of Honor - Hanashi and Sayoc : learn Bows, it costs 10 - that's what the Forever guides say, same as in Classic.
A new skill starts at 1, and at first you'll miss more often. The easiest place to level it is on the road from Undercity to the Sepulcher (step): the mobs there are far below you. Don't want to level a new skill? Stay with the gun (step): until 26 there's almost no difference, and at 26–30 your Auto Shot will be 5–15% weaker, by our estimate.
Bow - Jin'sora : 
Heavy Recurve Bow ≈ 63 (level 20, 9.2 DPS), 
Medium Quiver ≈ 10 and Sharp Arrow, 4–5 stacks. Sticking with the gun? Kaja : BKP 2700 "Enforcer" ≈ 71 (level 21, 9.6) and Heavy Shot.
Heavy Recurve Bow hits almost as hard as BKP 2700 "Enforcer" and costs less. The quiver goes into a bag slot in place of the ammo pouch and gives the same +10% ranged attack speed, but it only holds arrows: sell the old ammo pouch and bullets or leave them in the bank.
The zeppelin tower outside 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.
Your hearthstone, the Shadowfang quest, arrows and bullets
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 (by an estimate from 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.
Sturdy Recurve), Benijah Fenner and Eleanor Rusk ; bullets - Nicholas Atwood and Eleanor Rusk. Stable - Anya Maulray .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: the Apothecarium, Keeper Bel'dugur - accept !The Book of Ur[26].
On foot to Silverpine, with Aspect of the Cheetah on the whole way: from Undercity along the road southwest through Tirisfal to the Sepulcher. You only get the Sepulcher flight path by walking there.
Learned Bows? The mobs along the road are far below you: the perfect place to level the new skill. It goes up on gray mobs too (as in Classic, according to players), and with a new bow you barely miss them. Put your pet on passive so that only you are shooting. You don't have to max the skill on weak mobs: in Silverpine your pet holds the mobs, and the bow skill will catch up on its own.
The Sepulcher, Ambermill, Beren's Peril and new Forever quests
It's a tauren's first time here, but skip the forest's early quests: they give little experience now. Take the level 20–22 quests around the Sepulcher.
Sharp Arrow and quivers; Edwin Harly - arrows and bullets; Sarah Goode - the stable.
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: shoot and step around a corner - the mage will come to you, and your pet will meet him. If one gets up close to you, War Stomp interrupts his cast.
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]: the reward is a wand - a hunter has no use for it, so sell it.
Silverpine dungeon · with a group
According to beta data, dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - the keep's three quests are worth it. After that it all depends on a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron: if you have one, fly from the Sepulcher to Undercity (step); if not, go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step), and if you did the keep, turn in The Book of Ur[26] in Undercity at 26 (step).
Shadowfang Keep (entrance ), with a group. Inside, Deathstalker Vincent: turn in ?Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25], take 
Tanned Shoulderpads from the rewards (leather, +6 Intellect). 
The Book of Ur - in the room where Fenrus the Devourer is, The Book of Ur[26]; 
Head of Arugal - Arugal Must Die[27].
Drops from: Head of Arugal - Archmage Arugal, Arugal
Turn off your pet's Growl: the tank holds the mobs, and the tank does the pulling too. If you've agreed that you pull - shoot the marked mob and get behind the tank right away. The tank or a rogue interrupts the worgen casters, and one that comes right up to you gets War Stomp. If a pack runs at the healer - step aside, Freezing Trap at your feet and bring the “second” mob to you. 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] - the reward is 
Seal of Sylvanas: +8 Stamina and +6 attack power.
Attack power from gear works for ranged attacks too, just like in Classic.
Have a group for the Ruins of Lordaeron? Karos Razok: fly to Undercity. There, Morbin Lightbane - accept !Light's Justice[22]; Theodore Griffs - accept !The New Plague[22]. The Ruins themselves are in the ruined capital right above the city.
No group for the Ruins? Don't fly: go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step).
A new Forever dungeon right above Undercity
A group of five, six bosses in any order. The quests are level 21–22, and dungeon quests in Forever give 2–3 times the experience of normal ones - one of the most rewarding stops in 20–30. The main prize here for a hunter is Spare Part Bindings from Light's Justice[22]: leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina. No group for the Ruins? Go from the Sepulcher straight to Hillsbrad (step): you'll turn in The Book of Ur[26] in Undercity at 26 (step).
Before you go in - Deathguard Kristof at the guard post on the road to Brill: accept !The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]. Ruins of Lordaeron with a group (5 players) - the entrance is in the ruins of the capital, immediately to the left as you enter Lordaeron: 25 Intact Limbs - Light's Justice[22]; Rath'mael - The Wrath of Rath'mael[22]; Witherfang drops the toxic strain - The New Plague[22]; Edward's fate - A Frightened Request[22], look for him in the same place as Rath'mael; The Baron drops an abomination head - it starts !Unending Torment[21]; somewhere inside you'll find a crest - !Crest of Lordaeron[22].
Drops from: Intact Limbs - Skeleton, Cadaver, Ragged Ghoul and others
The Ruins are almost all undead: Scare Beast is no use here. Took the Improved Tracking talent (Survival)? Turn on Track Undead. Multi-Shot only on packs with nothing frozen or sheeped.
Once you're out of the Ruins, first go to the guard post on the road to Brill: Deathguard Kristof - turn in ?The Wrath of Rath'mael[22].
Leveling as melee Survival? 
Forsaken Greataxe is for you: a two-handed axe with 20.5 DPS; Hanashi and Sayoc in Orgrimmar teach the skill. Everyone else sells both rewards: the other one is for casters.
Undercity:
Rewards for a hunter: Light's Justice[22] - Spare Part Bindings; The New Plague[22] - the one-handed sword 
Plaguefang, for selling; Unending Torment[21] - Grave Shroud (+3 Strength and Stamina), but if you're wearing Boar Hunter's Cape (+3 Agility), take whichever 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 from the rewards: a dagger with +2 Agility and +2 Stamina. If you're holding Harpy Skinner (+3 Agility), the difference is almost zero - then sell the dagger, it's worth more than the other reward.
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 20. For a hunter there's also the best quest bow until 29, Bow of Plunder: the reward for Dangerous![28], where you have to kill four Hillsbrad residents. Plus new arrows or bullets at 25, the fastest beast on the route and teachers of new ranks for your pet. Don't go into Southshore (Alliance) - there are guards.
Razor Arrow for a bow or Solid Shot for a gun - 7.5 DPS against 3.5 for the old ones, about 284 a stack. Get 5–6 stacks: it's the cheapest damage boost at 25. Heavy Brown Bag ≈ 2 is here too - 10 slots.
Wild Hog Shank (from 25) - meat for your pet. Stable - Theodore Mont Claire .Merciless Axe ≈ 32 (from 26), 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: 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 - Arcane Shot on cooldown as before.War Stomp, a step back and 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 or Solid Shot, 5–6 stacks. Planning to teach your pet new ranks or swap it (step)? Leave yours in the stable now: Theodore Mont Claire .
South first: gray bears and creepers on the way - tongues and ichor, Elixir of Suffering[22]. New in Forever: Deathstalker Masoj by Dun Garok - turn in ?Scout Support[25], accept !Valuable Vantages[25]. The first peak for a 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
The wolf's only attack skill is Bite; the cat also has 
Claw. According to Petopia, Giant Moss Creeper (found all over Hillsbrad) knows Bite (rank 4; your pet has to be level 24), and Gray Bear knows Claw (rank 3: for a cat or a bear). With your own pet in the stable (step), tame one of these beasts and fight with it until the chat says “You have learned…”. Once you've learned it, abandon it and tame the next teacher, and keep the last one with you until the Mill (step): don't go to Durnholde without a pet. On the way - Elder Gray Bear (25–26) : a bear is the sturdiest pet and hits three targets at once (in a dungeon keep it on one). Exactly where Deathstalker Masoj stands is still being pinned down in the beta data - follow the quest marker. South of the vantage point, in Dun Garok itself , there are level 28–30 dwarves, and the riflemen shoot from range: approach the vantage point from the north and don't go down.
Durnholde Keep : 10 Syndicate Rogues and 10 Syndicate Watchmen - WANTED: Syndicate Personnel[22]; 5 Vials of Innocent Blood from the shadow mages - Blood of Innocents[23]; Jailor Eston and Jailor Marlgen - the keys to the cells holding Tog'thar and Drull (The Rescue[22]); on the way back to the Mill - the second vantage point (Valuable Vantages[25]).
Drops from: Vial of Innocent Blood - Syndicate Shadow Mage
The Syndicate stand close together - pull them one at a time with a shot from the edge. The shadow mages cast from range: shoot and step around a corner - they'll come right up to your pet. Two came at you? The second one gets Freezing Trap at your feet; three - add War Stomp too.
Tarren Mill:
The Rescue[22]: the only reward a hunter might want is 
Recipe: Big Bear Steak, if you're leveling Cooking; otherwise 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)? Abandon the teacher and take yours out - Theodore Mont Claire, then 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, 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: nothing on the route before 30 attacks faster. These cats roam the hills between the 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:
Elixir of Pain[24]: take 
Stomping Boots from the rewards - 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 but not elite: level 26 hunters with a pet have killed him solo. He spawns in different spots in the eastern part of the mine. The miners stand in clumps and respawn fast: pull them one at a time and drag them toward the exit. Leave Foreman Bonds (level 30) alone - according to players, he calls two helpers. Start with full mana: your pet holds Miner Hackett, and the second miner gets Freezing Trap at your feet. He's 3–4 levels above you: you miss him more, he dodges and parries more often, and the fight is long. Keep Mend Pet ready, and if he gets to you - War Stomp and a step back. The miners are Hillsbrad residents too: their skulls count for Souvenirs of Death[25]. Can't do it at all? Drop Dangerous![28]: the route doesn't come back here.
Tarren Mill: High Executor Darthalia - turn in ?Battle of Hillsbrad[25] and ?Dangerous![28]; Deathguard Samsa - turn in ?Souvenirs of Death[25].
Dangerous![28]: take Bow of Plunder from the rewards: 11.4 DPS, +2 Agility and +2 Stamina, 2 DPS more than Heavy Recurve Bow. Sticking with the gun? It's still worth more than the other rewards: sell it. Leave the rest of the Battle of Hillsbrad (Battle of Hillsbrad[26] and on) for 30+.
South to Deathstalker Masoj near Dun Garok: turn in ?Valuable Vantages[25].
A hunter needs neither reward: 
Weathered Deathstalker's Blade is a sword, the other one is for a caster. Weathered Deathstalker's Blade sells for more.
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. Didn't take the keep quests? Dalar Dawnweaver gives Arugal Must Die[27] there, and High Executor Hadrec gives Deathstalkers in Shadowfang[25]. Then run the keep, turn in at the Sepulcher and fly back to Undercity.
Undercity: went to Shadowfang and still have The Book of Ur[26] in your log? The Apothecarium, Keeper Bel'dugur : turn it in. Arrows - Abigail Sawyer , bullets - Nicholas Atwood , if you didn't buy them in Tarren Mill. Sell wool and hides at the auction house: training at 24 and 26 in Orgrimmar costs about 5.
Undercity has no hunter trainer - you'll learn your level 24 and 26 skills in Orgrimmar (step).
The zeppelin tower near Brill has two zeppelins. Zapetta sends you to Orgrimmar - that's yours. Hin Denburg sends you to Grom'gol (Stranglethorn Vale) - not that one.
Not sure? Talk to the zeppelin master: he'll tell you where his zeppelin goes.
Level 24 and 26 skills, the Ashenvale Hunt, Sun Rock Retreat, the Charred Vale
The zeppelin lands by Orgrimmar - the hunter trainer is close: level 24 and 26 skills, 
Rapid Fire among them. Then Thunder Bluff and Sun Rock Retreat: the chains from there lead to Ashenvale and Thousand Needles - so first the mountains, then the forest.
Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 4), 14 each. Razor Arrow - Jin'sora , Solid Shot - Kaja : 4–5 stacks for the whole loop. Sun Rock Retreat only has Sharp Arrow and Heavy Shot, and the next ones are at Burkrum in Splintertree Post.Sturdy Recurve ≈ 195 (from 27) - 13 DPS and +4 Stamina. Have Bow of Plunder or not 27 yet? Don't spend the 2 gold: in 2–3 levels you'll get Cliffrunner's Aim (step), and at 30 - Dense Shortbow. Sticking with the gun? Kaja only sells the next one, BKP 42 "Ultra" (13.8 DPS), from 31.
Track Hidden shows stealthed players on your minimap.The zeppelin lands by Orgrimmar. Valley of Honor, Ormak Grimshot : 24 - Beast Lore, Raptor Strike (rank 4) and Track Hidden; 26 - Rapid Fire, Immolation Trap (rank 2), Serpent Sting (rank 4) and 
Track Elementals; all 7368 each. Skipped 22? The level 22 skills too (list). Then Doras: fly to Thunder Bluff.
The big one is Rapid Fire: +40% ranged and melee attack speed for 15 seconds, 5-minute cooldown. It's your button for elites, bad pulls and quest bosses. Short on money? The important ones first (about 221): Rapid Fire, Serpent Sting and Immolation Trap; Beast Lore, Track Hidden and Track Elementals later. Took the Improved Tracking talent? Then you need Track Elementals right away: there are fire elementals in the Charred Vale (step).
Thunder Bluff:
The Flying Machine Airport[23] and Pigments for Paints[26] are done in Stonetalon, The Sacred Flame[25] in Ashenvale; you'll turn them in right here at 29 (step). The Ashenvale Hunt[20] is turned in in Ashenvale (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 - kill them first; if one comes up close, War Stomp interrupts her cast. The rare elite Sorrow Wing (27) flies around here - she drains health.
The Charred Vale in the southwest:
Drops from: Incendrites - Rogue Flame Spirit, Burning Ravager, Burning Destroyer · Glittering Sunstone - Bloodfury Harpy, Bloodfury Roguefeather, Bloodfury Slayer and others
Elementals are neither beasts nor humanoids: Serpent Sting works on them, but Scare Beast doesn't. Some of the harpies finish off your pet when its health is low - keep Mend Pet ready. The rare elite Sister Riven (28) - go around her. With the Improved Tracking talent, turn on Track Elementals by the elementals.
Sun Rock Retreat:
New Life[25]: both rewards are mail and cloth, to sell. Arachnophobia[21] still in your log? Besseleth is now doable solo - , turn it in right here.
Windshear Crag, the Venture Co. airport : place the sprayer - The Flying Machine Airport[23].
Talondeep Path → Ashenvale.
Didn't visit western Ashenvale at 22? Not far from the tunnel exit is Va'xug Firefure : he has Never Coming Back[22] and A Void Path[22], new Forever quests.
Splintertree Post, Thistlefur, Zoram'gar
Splintertree Post is a big Horde quest hub. The eastern loop first, then Zoram'gar and, if you have a group, Blackfathom Deeps. You'll also finish The Sacred Flame[25] from Thunder Bluff here.
Razor Arrow, Solid Shot and quivers; Qeeju - the stable; Innkeeper Kaylisk - Wild Hog Shank for your pet.Wool Cloth and your first 
Silk Cloth: for bandages or the auction house. Wolf and bear hides - Medium Hide: for a leatherworker or the auction house.Freezing Trap at your feet will hold up the chase.Splintertree Post: Vhulgra - flight path; Innkeeper Kaylisk - set your hearthstone in Splintertree.
Splintertree:
Want the wolf Ghostpaw Alpha, or to learn ranks from it and the bears (step)? Leave your pet in the stable now: Qeeju ; you'll pick it up when you're back at Splintertree (step).
The eastern loop:
Drops from: Satyr Horns - Xavian Rogue, Xavian Betrayer, Xavian Felsworn and others
Pull the guards one at a time. Both came at you? Your pet holds one, the second gets Freezing Trap at your feet; if it's really bad - Rapid Fire and War Stomp. On the same loop you'll find Ghostpaw Alpha (27–28) - a wolf that according to Petopia attacks every 1.3 seconds and knows Bite (rank 4); its 
Furious Howl gives melee attack power to the group. Nearby - Elder Ashenvale Bear (25–26) : knows Claw (rank 4) - for a cat or a bear.
The south and Mystral Lake:
The rare Eck'alom (27) stuns for 15 seconds - leave him alone. Ursangous is a bear: before the fight - Hunter's Mark, and once the bear is on your pet - Rapid Fire.
Splintertree Post:
Torek's Assault[24]: a hunter needs neither reward - a sword and a caster staff; 
Polished Walking Staff 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].
Je'neu of the Earthen Ring[27]: take 
Deftkin Belt from the rewards: leather, +4 Agility, +3 Stamina and +12 attack power. No Zoram'gar flight path? It's about 8–10 minutes on foot (an estimate), with Aspect of the Cheetah on the whole way; give Astranaar a wide berth: the Alliance guards will attack.
Thistlefur Village : Thistlefur Avengers and Shamans - Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24]; 8 Troll Charms in the cave - Troll Charm[24]; Ruul Snowhoof - accept !Freedom to Ruul[24] and escort him (Freedom to Ruul[24]).
Before the escort, clear the path to the village exit - you'll be attacked on the way. Kill the shamans first. From 28 you have 
Frost Trap for crowds like this: drop the trap at your feet, and the mobs around you are slowed by 60%.
Zoram'gar: Karang Amakkar - turn in ?Between a Rock and a Thistlefur[24], accept !King of the Foulweald[26]; Mitsuwa - turn in ?Troll Charm[24]. Hearthstone → Splintertree Post.
West of Splintertree, the Foulweald, Greenpaw Village : plant the banner at the totem and fight off the furbolg waves, Chief Murgut comes last - King of the Foulweald[26]. Back at Splintertree: Yama Snowhoof - turn in ?Freedom to Ruul[24].
The furbolgs come in twos and threes: your pet holds one, Multi-Shot on all of them, the one that reaches you gets Freezing Trap at your feet - and after that you don't need Multi-Shot until you've finished the rest: it would wake the frozen one. If it's really bad - Rapid Fire and War Stomp. Start with full health and mana.
Fly to Zoram'gar, Karang Amakkar: turn in ?King of the Foulweald[26], take 
Boorguard Tunic from the rewards.
Boorguard Tunic is a leather chest with +7 Agility and +6 Stamina: the best armor quest reward for a hunter before 30.
Blackfathom Deeps with a group (through the ruins on the Zoram Strand ). Before you go: Je'neu Sancrea - accept !The Essence of Aku'Mai[22] and !Amongst the Ruins[27]. Inside: 20 Sapphires of Aku'Mai - The Essence of Aku'Mai[22]; Damp Note starts !Allegiance to the Old Gods[22]; 
Fathom Core - Amongst the Ruins[27]; Baron Aquanis drops 
Strange Water Globe, which starts !Baron Aquanis[30]; Argent Guard Thaelrid - accept !Blackfathom Villainy[27]: Twilight Lord Kelris drops the head (Blackfathom Villainy[27]).
Half the dungeon is underwater: watch your breath bar, and fight in the water only by the air bubbles. The tank interrupts the naga priestesses and oracles; if one comes up close to you - War Stomp. Learned Bows? The bosses drop 
Naga Heartpiercer and the new 
Fallenroot Longbow: roll Need 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].
Baron Aquanis[30]: Boorguard Tunic is better than any chest piece from here, and 
Outlaw Sabre sells for the most.
Fly from Zoram'gar to Thunder Bluff.
Skipped Blackfathom? Fly right after the Foulweald.
Turn-ins and the trainer at 28 · a new Forever camp on Skywatcher Plateau
Turn-ins of the Stonetalon and Ashenvale quests, the trainer at 28 - and something new in Forever: in northwestern Mulgore, above Thunder Bluff, an Earthen Ring camp on Skywatcher Plateau. Three level 30 quests worth ~2.5 thousand experience each, level 27–29 mobs - spiders, which means beasts.
Razor Arrow, Hogor Thunderhoof - Solid Shot. Sturdy Recurve (13 DPS) - only if you still have Heavy Recurve Bow and 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). Have Bow of Plunder? Don't buy it.Thunder Bluff:
Blackfathom Villainy[27]: take Cultist's Armguards from the rewards: leather, +7 Stamina and +10 attack power - stronger than Spare Part Bindings.
Level 28, Hunter Rise, Holt Thunderhorn : Frost Trap, Aimed Shot (rank 2), Arcane Shot (rank 4), Aspect of the Hawk (rank 3) and Mend Pet (rank 3), 8421 each.
Frost Trap is set in combat at your feet: for 30 seconds everything around is slowed by 60%. With it, a pack of three or four mobs won't reach you while your pet holds one, and Multi-Shot hits them all at once. Training at 28 costs about 420. Not 28 yet? You'll learn them at 30 (step).
Skywatcher Plateau northwest of Thunder Bluff : Muln Earthfury - accept !Defending the Dead[30], and if you have a group, !The Broodmother[31] too; Yorn Grimtotem - accept !Stronger than Steel[30]; Mazu'kon - accept !Talkin' bout Toxins, Mon[30].
Thunder Bluff has two elevators - on the southwest and northeast sides. The plateau is northwest of the bluff: take either one down and go around the bluff (which elevator is closer hasn't been checked yet).
Gloomrise at the northern edge of Mulgore : Gloomrise Hatchling and Gloomrise Soldier - Defending the Dead[30]; Gloomrise Spinner - 3 strands of Crystalline Silk, Stronger than Steel[30]; Gnawed Corpse - 5 Gloomrise Toxin Samples with the Toxin 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]: the reward is 
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] only opens up once you've turned in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21]: didn't do it at 20? Accept and turn in Blood Shards of Agamaggan[21] first (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. Let your pet hold him up close while you shoot with full mana; caught in Frost Nova? Keep shooting, you're at range anyway. If he gets to you, War Stomp interrupts his cast.
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 from the rewards. The last boss, Charlga Razorflank, drops the heart - A Vengeful Fate[34], if you took it.
Monkey Ring - +5 Agility and +5 Spirit. The packs here are big: from 28 you have Frost Trap - trap at your feet, and the mobs that run at the healer get slowed. The geomancers and Charlga Razorflank heal themselves - the tank interrupts them. The rare Blind Hunter sometimes drops 
Nightstalker Bow - 17 DPS, stronger than any bow on the route (you need the Bows skill).
Camp Taurajo:
Weapons of Choice[24]: the reward is 
Demolition Hammer, a two-handed mace: hunters don't use maces, sell it.
Freewind Post, the Galak centaurs, the sacred flame and Rau Cliffrunner's bow
This is where you finish level 30. For a hunter there's also a bow here: Cliffrunner's Aim from The Sacred Flame[29]. The rest of Thousand Needles is already part of 30+.
Razor Arrow, Solid Shot and quivers; from 30 - Dense Shortbow ≈ 258, 14.2 DPS. Stable - Awenasa .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:
The Sacred Flame[29]: take Cliffrunner's Aim from the rewards: 12 DPS, +2 Agility and +2 Intellect, a bit stronger than Bow of Plunder. Have Sturdy Recurve, or sticking with the gun? Sell the bow. 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 at 30 the trainer teaches a hunter's main survival button - 
Feign Death. 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). Took A Vengeful Fate[34] and already have the heart? 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; melee Survival also wants Counterattack (rank 2), 76. A Vengeful Fate[34]: a hunter doesn't need the rewards - take whichever sells for more.
Pet trainer Hesuwa Thunderhorn : Great Stamina and Natural Armor (rank 5), Growl (rank 4) - 16 each. Then the Beast Training window - spend the training points.
On the beta a pet sometimes “forgets” a skill after the stable or logging out: check the pet bar. Don't reset all its skills at the pet trainer - according to testers, the fast attack goes with them.
Hearthstone → Freewind Post. Shooting a bow and 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+. Sticking with the gun? Kaja in Orgrimmar sells BKP 42 "Ultra" (13.8 DPS), but only from 31.
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.War Stomp: up to 5 mobs nearby are stunned for 2 seconds, and the tank has time to pick them up. A mob runs at your healer while the tank is busy: Distracting Shot (12) pulls it onto you - your pet will meet it.No group - don't take a single quest from here. For a hunter: Oggleflint sometimes drops 
Barbaric Crossbow, but only Archibald in Undercity teaches Crossbows.
Crescent Staff: +7 Agility, Stamina and IntellectGlowing Shard drops from Mutanus the Devourer. Turn it in to Falla Sagewind near the Crossroads, then Arch Druid Hamuul RunetotemAnsekhwa in Thunder Bluff teaches Staves. Lord Serpentis drops Venomstrike - a 12.1 DPS bow; Hanashi and Sayoc in Orgrimmar teach Bows.
Unending Torment[21] and Crest of Lordaeron[22] start inside. 6 bosses in any order. Rewards for a hunter: Light's Justice[22] - Spare Part Bindings (leather, +3 Agility and +3 Stamina), A Frightened Request[22] - Edward's Knife, a dagger with +2 Agility. The run itself - at 24 (step).
By our estimate, the three quests give about 20 thousand experience in Forever - more than half a level. The run itself - at 23–24 (step). Slavering Worg roams inside - a wolf that testers tame for its fast attack. Kill the worgen casters first: hunters have no interrupts.
Damp Note and Strange Water Globe; the globe drops from Baron AquanisFor a hunter, the Blackfathom bosses drop Naga Heartpiercer and the new rare Fallenroot Longbow, if you've learned Bows; Blackfathom Villainy[27] rewards Cultist's Armguards (+10 attack power). The run itself - at 28 (step).
Monkey RingThe rare Blind Hunter sometimes drops Nightstalker Bow: 17 DPS, you need the Bows skill. The run - step.
There's no flight path in the Wetlands: the Horde walks there from Tarren Mill or Hammerfall across Thandol Span. For a hunter, 
Golemsight Long Gun drops there - a gun with 16.6 DPS and +6 Agility.
The main quest Into The Scarlet Monastery is offered from level 33.
What to learn, what to tame and what to shoot with - up to level 30
Aimed Shot is taught by the trainer from 20 (it used to be a talent), but it's weaker than in Classic: a 2-second cast, 6-second cooldown. Multi-Shot now has a 0.5-second cast, the same cooldown, and the two share it. Traps can be set in combat too, but only at your feet, 30-second cooldown; you can have one fire trap and one frost trap out at the same time. Since October 15, Auto Shot only fires if you've been standing still for half a second: take a step and the shot is slightly delayed. Arcane Shot is 10–54% stronger (rank 1 gains the most), Hunter's Mark 30% stronger, and rank 1 Serpent Sting is half as strong. Bullets and arrows are still used up, the ammo pouch and quiver give +10% ranged attack speed, and your gun doesn't fire within 8 yards.How to level. Until 10 - shoot from max range: Arcane Shot first, Serpent Sting on a long fight, Concussive Shot and a step back, up close - Raptor Strike. From 10 - your pet: send it in, wait 1–2 seconds while it builds threat, and shoot. In combat always Aspect of the Hawk, from 20 on the road - Aspect of the Cheetah. Mana is the bottleneck: Serpent Sting and Hunter's Mark only on mobs that will live longer than 3–4 shots. A second mob: your pet holds the first, and for the second you have Concussive Shot, Scare Beast (if it's a beast) and from 20 Freezing Trap at your feet. A mob at your feet - War Stomp or Wing Clip, then step 8 yards away.
Hunter trainers on the tauren route: Lanka Farshot in Camp Narache (only up to level 6), Yaw Sharpmane in Bloodhoof Village, and on Hunter Rise in Thunder Bluff - Holt Thunderhorn , Kary Thunderhorn and Urek Thunderhorn ; in Orgrimmar - Ormak Grimshot in the Valley of Honor. The Barrens, Stonetalon, Undercity, Silverpine, Hillsbrad, Ashenvale and Thousand Needles have no hunter trainers, and the only pet trainers on the route are in Bloodhoof Village (Reban Freerunner ), Thunder Bluff (Hesuwa Thunderhorn ) and Orgrimmar (Xao'tsu ). That's why the route passes a trainer on its own: Narache until 6, Bloodhoof at 8 and 10, Thunder Bluff at 11–12, Orgrimmar at 13, Thunder Bluff at 16 and 20, then Orgrimmar and Thunder Bluff. 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 didn't take Improved Tracking) - about 12.
| Lvl | What to tame | Type | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Prairie Wolf Alpha, 9–10 | wolf, attacks every 1.4 s | northern Mulgore | our pick: on the way to the mine (step) |
| 10 | The Rake, 10, rare | cat, attacks every 1.2 s | northern Mulgore , walks in a circle | if you run into it, tame it: the fastest until 23 |
| 10 | Flatland Prowler, 9 | cat | northern Mulgore | if you want a cat and the rare one isn't around |
| 12–13 | Savannah Huntress, 11–12 | cat, attacks every 1.5 s | 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 | a fast cat of your level: step |
| 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 | |
| 18–22 | Thunderhawk Hatchling (18–20), Thunderhawk Cloudscraper (20–22) | wind serpent | near Camp Taurajo | strikes with lightning from 20 yards |
| 22 | Mist Howler, 22, rare | wolf | western Ashenvale , roams | if you run into it |
| 25 | Starving Mountain Lion, 23–24 | cat, attacks every 1.2 s | the hills between Tarren Mill and the fields | one of the fastest before 30 (according to Petopia) |
| 25 | Elder Gray Bear, 25–26 | bear, sturdy | the road to Dun Garok | hits three targets; for careful players |
| 27–28 | Ghostpaw Alpha, 27–28 | wolf, attacks every 1.3 s | eastern Ashenvale | knows Bite (rank 4); melee attack power for the group |
| 29–30 | Needles Cougar, 27–28 | cat, attacks every 1.2 s | Thousand Needles | on the way in Thousand Needles |
| 29–30 | Elder Cloud Serpent, 27–29 | wind serpent | Thousand Needles | strikes with lightning from 20 yards |
Tame Beast (step). Then Training the Beast[10]: turned in at Thunder Bluff, Holt Thunderhorn - the reward is Beast Training (step).Track Beasts shows beasts on the minimap - that makes rare ones easier to find.Feed Pet and food in your bags. You can only feed out of combat.Tough Jerky, from 5 - Haunch of Meat, from 15 - Mutton Chop, from 25 - Wild Hog Shank. Bloodhoof Village doesn't sell meat: until Thunder Bluff, feed your wolf what you had in your bag from the start. For a tallstrider - Shiny Red Apple: Nan Mistrunner in Thunder Bluff.Feed Pet over a piece and the tooltip will tell you.Revive Pet (10 seconds and all your mana) only after the fight; feed it after reviving.Claw or Bite (cats have both), Growl and its own ability: wolf - Furious Howl, cat - 
Prowl (from 30), wind serpent - Lightning Breath, boar - 
Charge, scorpid - 
Scorpid Poison. New in Forever: raptors get a bleed, bears a three-target strike, spiders a web, crabs a slow, crocolisks -25% healing on the target for 6 seconds, hyenas a slow with a bleed, tallstriders an armor reduction on the target.Claw and Bite are learned as in Classic: tame a beast that knows the rank you need, fight with it until the chat says “You have learned…”, then bring back your own pet and teach it with training points (Beast Training). Put your own pet in the stable meanwhile. On October 1 Blizzard adjusted the ranks of some beasts, so the classic “who teaches what” tables may not match: from 24, check with Beast Lore.Growl, Great Stamina and Natural Armor. Pet trainers: Reban Freerunner , Hesuwa Thunderhorn , Xao'tsu . New ranks at 10, 12, 18, 24 and 30, from 10 to 16.Beast Lore): Bite (rank 2) - Oasis Snapjaw in the Barrens (step); Bite (rank 3) - Deepmoss Creeper in Stonetalon; Claw (rank 3) - Gray Bear and Bite (rank 4) - Giant Moss Creeper in Hillsbrad; Bite - also Ghostpaw Alpha, and Claw (rank 4) - Elder Ashenvale Bear in Ashenvale. A pet can take rank 3 from level 16, rank 4 from level 24.Growl on autocast and turn Cower off (right-click its icon on the pet bar): it drops your pet's threat, and the mob runs at you. In a group, turn Growl off.Light Shot (+1.5 DPS) → Heavy Shot from 10 (+3.5) → Solid Shot from 25 (+7.5). Arrows, if you switched to a bow (step), go the same way: Sharp Arrow (+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 - Kayren Soothallow in Tarren Mill sells both kinds (step).Small Ammo Pouch (6 slots), you have from the start - don't sell it. Small Shot Pouch (8 slots) gives the same speed, just more room; leatherworkers make the 8-slot Small Leather Ammo Pouch. An ammo pouch only holds bullets and a quiver only holds arrows: if you switch to a bow, you need a quiver. Jin'sora in Orgrimmar: Medium Quiver (10 slots, from 10).Old Blunderbuss (1.5 DPS) → Ornate Blunderbuss from 4 (3.0) - Kennah Hawkseye in Bloodhoof Village → Skorn's Rifle (from The Demon Scarred Cloak[12], 5.0 and +1 Agility, step) or Hunter's Boomstick from 9 (5.0) - Hogor Thunderhoof in Thunder Bluff → Large Bore Blunderbuss from 16 (7.4) - same vendor (step) → BKP 2700 "Enforcer" from 21 (9.6) - Hogor Thunderhoof or Kaja in Orgrimmar.Bow of Plunder (11.4, from Dangerous![28] in Hillsbrad, step), Sturdy Recurve (13.0, from 27) - Kuna Thunderhorn in Thunder Bluff; Cliffrunner's Aim (12.0, from The Sacred Flame[29] in Thousand Needles); Dense Shortbow (14.2, from 30) - Starn . There are no guns stronger than BKP 2700 "Enforcer" until 31: the next one, BKP 42 "Ultra" (13.8), is only sold by Kaja from 31. So, by our estimate, Bows are worth learning at 22 in Orgrimmar - Hanashi or Sayoc (step): Heavy Recurve Bow will do to start with (9.2, almost as good as BKP 2700 "Enforcer"), and the skill is easy to level on the road from Undercity to the Sepulcher (step).Old Blunderbuss and Worn Axe.Stone Tomahawk (from Rite of Strength[4]), Compact Fighting Knife (from Supervisor Fizsprocket[12], +1 Agility), Pointed Axe (from Centaur Bracers[14], +1 Agility), Harpy Skinner (from Serena Bloodfeather[20], +3 Agility), with a group - Crescent Staff (from Leaders of the Fang[22], +7 Agility, Stamina and Intellect). Ansekhwa in Thunder Bluff teaches Staves, Hanashi and Sayoc in Orgrimmar teach Two-Handed Axes. Hunters can't use maces at all.Mend Pet - when your pet is below half health and the mob is still alive.War Stomp - a 2-second stun on everything nearby, step 8 yards away and shoot again; Wing Clip and a step back; from 16 - Immolation Trap at your feet, from 20 - Freezing Trap at your feet (a 10-second freeze, damage breaks it); Disengage lowers your threat, and the mob goes to your pet.War Stomp and Concussive Shot, from 26 - Rapid Fire, from 30 - Feign Death: mobs lose you, and your pet keeps fighting.Endurance: +5% health and +2% critical strike damage - a tauren survives a mistake that would kill another hunter, and crits hit a bit harder.Aspect of the Cheetah - only on the road: getting hit dazes you - a 4-second slow. See an enemy, switch to Aspect of the Hawk right away.Mend Pet. Vira Younghoof in Bloodhoof Village, Pand Stonebinder in Thunder Bluff. In Forever First Aid also makes healing potions.Tame Beast (step); Training the Beast[10] - Beast Training, turned in at Thunder Bluff (step). The capital trainers give the The Hunter's Path[10] breadcrumb, but you don't need it: the first taming quest is offered without it.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
Small Leather Ammo Pouch. The second option is Mining + Engineering: an engineer makes his own guns, so it's the path for anyone who doesn't switch to a bow (step). Skinning + Mining makes the most money for the mount at 40. You get a little income even without Herbalism: 
Cultivation grows a copy of an herb next to you, and the tauren picks it himself.Pelt Collecting for Beginners (Skinning), 
Mining for Dummies (Mining) or 
Wild Harvest (Herbalism). Readable from level 3.Skinning Knife.
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.Skorn's Rifle (from The Demon Scarred Cloak[12]) hits as hard as Hunter's Boomstick.Only what matters for this route
Tame Beast right away, and Training the Beast[10] gives Beast Training. Horde hunters have no other class quests until 50.Quilboar Toothpick is a caster dagger).Claw or Bite and Growl.Aimed Shot - from the trainer at 20, 2-second cast, 6-second cooldown; Multi-Shot - 0.5-second cast, and they share the cooldown. Traps - in combat, at your feet, 30-second cooldown. Disengage drops twice as much threat and no longer takes you out of combat.Arcane Shot +10–54% (rank 1 gains the most), Hunter's Mark +30%, Serpent Sting weaker by 21–50% depending on rank. Aspect of the Beast at 30 gives +50 melee attack power, and Rapid Fire speeds up melee too.Summon Hawk, Lone Wolf, Focused Fire, Careful Aim, Rapid Killing, Strider Kick; the Survival tree is now about melee.War Stomp - since October 15 the cooldown is shorter: 1.5 minutes instead of 2; still the same 2-second stun on up to 5 enemies within 8 yards. For a hunter it's a way out of the “dead zone” and the only way to interrupt a spell.Endurance - +5% health and +2% critical strike damage and healing (since October 15; it used to be +1% hit).Plainsrunning (new): while you run, your speed grows by 1% every 5 seconds, up to +30%; damage and stopping reduce the bonus, and stepping in place no longer keeps it up. It doesn't stack with Aspect of the Cheetah. On a mount - another +3%, and that stacks with other mounted speed bonuses.Cultivation is now a button: grow a copy of an herb next to you and pick it without Herbalism, once per herb.Concussive Shot, your pet, Wing Clip and a step back; from 20 - Freezing Trap at your feet. War Stomp - 2 seconds on everyone nearby: interrupt a spell or get back to range. Aspect of the Cheetah in a contested zone only if nobody's around.The hearthstone, dangerous mobs, what not to forget
| Lvl | Key points | Don't miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1–6 | Etched Note[1]; the Pelt Collecting for Beginners book from A Humble Task[2] | Bullets - 3–4 stacks, Kawnie Softbreeze |
| 4–8 | Ornate Blunderbuss - Kennah Hawkseye in Bloodhoof Village | Grace of An'she and Mu'sha[4] - timed, the reward is a bag |
| 10 | Three taming quests - Yaw Sharpmane : the reward is Tame Beast; your own pet by the mine | Heavy Shot - from 10 |
| 10 | Skorn's Rifle (The Demon Scarred Cloak[12]) and Compact Fighting Knife (Supervisor Fizsprocket[12]) | The cloak drops from the rare wolf Ghost Howl |
| 11 | Thunder Bluff: Training the Beast[10] - Beast Training; pet meat - Kaga Mistrunner | Didn't get Skorn's Rifle? Hunter's Boomstick |
| 12–13 | Mend Pet and Wing Clip; Orgrimmar: the flight path and five new quests | Hearthstone - at the Crossroads |
| 16 | Thunder Bluff: Immolation Trap; Large Bore Blunderbuss | Apothecary Zamah[15] is timed |
| 16–17 | The fast cat Savannah Patriarch - optional | Put your old pet in the stable first |
| 19–20 | Harpy Skinner (Serena Bloodfeather[20]) | The Elder Crone[18] and Kaya's Alive[18] - you'll turn them in at 20–22 |
| 20 | Thunder Bluff: Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, Aspect of the Cheetah, Freezing Trap | Aspect of the Cheetah - only on the road |
| 20–21 | The southern Barrens: an Agility buff (Agamaggan's Agility[20]); the wind serpent Thunderhawk Cloudscraper - optional | Bullets for the loop - at the Crossroads: per the game files, Taurajo doesn't sell them |
| 22 | Orgrimmar: level 22 skills, the Bows skill, Heavy Recurve Bow and Medium Quiver | Don't want a bow? BKP 2700 "Enforcer" |
| 22 | Undercity: hearthstone | Undercity has no hunter trainer |
| 25 | Razor Arrow or Solid Shot; the cat Starving Mountain Lion and new ranks for your pet | Dangerous![28] - the best quest bow until 29 |
| 26–27 | Orgrimmar: Rapid Fire; Thunder Bluff: Sturdy Recurve - optional | Trouble in the Deeps[22] - take it even without a group |
| 28 | Frost Trap | Hearthstone - at Splintertree Post |
| 29–30 | Cliffrunner's Aim (The Sacred Flame[29]) | Hearthstone - at Freewind Post |
| 30 | Feign Death | Set aside about 4 gold for the level 30 skills |
Revive Pet - all your mana), and from 11 there's also “Resurrection Sickness” and −25% durability.War Stomp interrupts a cast next to you.War Stomp or Wing Clip - and a step back.Aspect of the Cheetah still on: a hit dazes you, and the mob catches up.Hunter's Boomstick when Skorn's Rifle is already waiting in the quests: they do the same damage.Serpent Sting and Hunter's Mark on mobs that die in 3 shots - a waste of mana.Multi-Shot on sheeped mobs and Growl left on for your pet - that's how hunters once got the nickname “huntards”.
Beast Mastery 21
Marksmanship 0
Survival 0
