WoW Forever Hunter builds, the most popular from 2,693 planned here

1,127 of the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here (42%) lead in Survival, 883 in Beast Mastery and 683 in Marksmanship. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Survival has 40%, Beast Mastery 36% and Marksmanship 24%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build leads in Beast Mastery instead. 43.9% of the Hunter leveling orders people recorded lead in Survival. Every build below opens in the Hunter calculator, and the Hunter leveling order shows the order people place these points in. These are full 51-point level 60 builds, planned ahead of launch on 4 November 2026.

Counted on 1 Nov 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Survival 42%
• Beast Mastery 33%
• Marksmanship 25%

WoW Forever Survival Hunter build

1,127 of the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points (42%) lead in Survival; the most used is 5/11/35 (#1), going to Lacerating Strikes. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Survival builds take.

WoW Forever Beast Mastery Hunter build

883 of the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points (33%) lead in Beast Mastery; the most used is 31/20/0 (#2), going to Bestial Wrath. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Beast Mastery builds take.

WoW Forever Marksmanship Hunter build

683 of the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points (25%) lead in Marksmanship; the most used is 5/41/5 (#3), going to Sniper Shot. Open it in the calculator, or see the talents Marksmanship builds take.

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The 5 most popular level 60 Hunter builds, all 51 points Beast Mastery / Marksmanship / Survival points

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   Survival Hunter 5/11/35: in melee and without a pet

   #1 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Beast Mastery 5 / Marksmanship 11 / Survival 35 6.3% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 339 · saved 482 · opened 5,699 · across 41 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Resourcefulness 2/2, Expose Prey 2/2, Survivalist's Discipline 2/2, Strider Kick, Lightning Reflexes 5/5 and Lacerating Strikes. Maxes Deadly Aspects, Lethal Attacks, Careful Aim, Lone Wolf, Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes and 10 more. Lone Wolf: "You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet."
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   Beast Mastery / Marksmanship Hunter 31/20/0, Improved Mend Pet build

   #2 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Beast Mastery 31 / Marksmanship 20 / Survival 0 0.2% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 1 · saved 2 · opened 172 · across 2 close builds Takes Intimidation, Bestial Discipline 2/2, Frenzy 3/5 and Bestial Wrath. Maxes Deadly Aspects, Focused Fire, Improved Revive Pet, Bestial Swiftness, Unleashed Fury, Improved Mend Pet and 9 more.
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   Marksmanship Hunter 5/41/5: without a pet

   #3 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Beast Mastery 5 / Marksmanship 41 / Survival 5 2.2% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 85 · saved 310 · opened 1,885 · across 20 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Rapid Recuperation 2/2, Barrage 3/3, Ranged Weapon Specialization 5/5 and Sniper Shot. Maxes Deadly Aspects, Hawk Eye, Lethal Attacks, Improved Stings, Efficiency, Careful Aim and 9 more. Lone Wolf: "You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet."
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   Beast Mastery / Marksmanship Hunter 31/20/0, Efficiency build

   #4 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Beast Mastery 31 / Marksmanship 20 / Survival 0 1.5% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 42 · saved 137 · opened 1,317 · across 16 close builds · tagged PvE Takes Intimidation, Bestial Discipline 2/2, Frenzy 5/5 and Bestial Wrath. Maxes Deadly Aspects, Focused Fire, Improved Revive Pet, Bestial Swiftness, Unleashed Fury, Ferocity and 9 more.
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   Beast Mastery / Marksmanship Hunter 31/20/0, Hawk Eye build

   #5 by what people did with it since the Oct 30 hotfixes Beast Mastery 31 / Marksmanship 20 / Survival 0 0.5% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 19 · saved 48 · opened 424 · across 30 close builds Takes Intimidation, Bestial Discipline 2/2, Frenzy 5/5 and Bestial Wrath. Maxes Deadly Aspects, Focused Fire, Improved Revive Pet, Bestial Swiftness, Unleashed Fury, Ferocity and 10 more.
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Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member. The rows and the spec split come from the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685, ranked by what people did with each family since then: a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. The shared, saved and opened counts run from 13 Sep, before the beta: a row's share is its family's shares, saves and link opens over every Hunter build's (4,264 shares, 8,419 saves, 90,120 link opens since 13 Sep), so a row can hold a larger share than one ranked above it.

Since 13 Sep, 82,209 Hunter builds were made, shared, saved or opened here and 43,659 of them have all 51 points, those today's trees no longer allow included; this list counts the 2,693 with 41 or more points that today's trees allow, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.

This is a count of what people plan on this site, not a tier list. When a beta build moves, adds, removes or renames a Hunter talent or changes what it needs first, the count starts again from the day after that build and shows once 1,000 builds with 41 or more points are made on the new trees, as it did after the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.

Hunter talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Lethal Attacks 89% (Marksmanship), Careful Aim 79% (Marksmanship), Deadly Aspects 70% (Beast Mastery), Surefooted 58% (Survival), Improved Tracking 49% (Survival). Least taken: Improved Arcane Shot 8% (Marksmanship), Improved Mend Pet 11% (Beast Mastery), Pathfinding 12% (Beast Mastery), Spirit Bond 13% (Beast Mastery), Improved Concussive Shot 16% (Marksmanship). Share of Hunter builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent, each build counted once.

Hunter builds at level 30, the beta cap 21 points

The beta cap rose to level 30 on 1 Oct, so 21 points. These are the 21-point Hunter builds people set at level 30 most often between 1 and 16 Oct 2026, counted once per visitor per day on builds somebody made, shared or saved here (412 in all; builds within four points count as one, and a family is shown once it has five or more people-days and its most-made build was made, shared or saved by at least two people on one day and three people-days in all).

1. 1

   Level 30 Beast Mastery Hunter build, 21 points

   Beast Mastery 21 / Marksmanship 0 / Survival 0 5.8% of the level 30 Hunter builds in the window · 24 people-days · across 8 close builds Maxes Deadly Aspects, Focused Fire, Bestial Swiftness, Unleashed Fury, Summon Hawk, Intimidation.
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   Level 30 Survival Hunter build, 21 points

   Beast Mastery 0 / Marksmanship 0 / Survival 21 5.6% of the level 30 Hunter builds in the window · 23 people-days · across 6 close builds Maxes Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes, Clever Traps, Surefooted, Predator's Edge, Strider Kick.
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   Level 30 Marksmanship Hunter build, 21 points

   Beast Mastery 0 / Marksmanship 21 / Survival 0 1.9% of the level 30 Hunter builds in the window · 8 people-days · across 5 close builds Maxes Lethal Attacks, Careful Aim, Rapid Killing, Trueshot Aura, Mortal Shots.
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Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Survival 0/0/21, from 46,823 Survival orders. Recorded 18 Sep to 16 Oct 2026; the Hunter leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Hunter spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

1,127 of the 2,693 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here (42%) lead in Survival, 883 in Beast Mastery and 683 in Marksmanship, counted since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Survival has 40%, Beast Mastery 36% and Marksmanship 24%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build leads in Beast Mastery instead. 43.9% of the Hunter leveling orders people recorded lead in Survival.

What is the most popular Hunter build at level 30, the beta cap?

Beast Mastery 21/0/0: 5.8% of the 412 level 30 Hunter builds counted between 1 and 16 Oct 2026 (24 people-days), maxing Deadly Aspects, Focused Fire, Bestial Swiftness, Unleashed Fury, Summon Hawk and Intimidation.

What is the most popular Hunter build at level 60?

Survival Hunter 5/11/35, ranked first by what people did with each build since the Oct 30 hotfixes (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 6.3% of every Hunter share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 339, saved 482, opened 5,699).

Which Hunter talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Lethal Attacks (89%), Careful Aim (79%) and Deadly Aspects (70%). Least taken: Improved Arcane Shot (8%), Improved Mend Pet (11%) and Pathfinding (12%). The percentages are the share of Hunter builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, each build counted once.

Is there a Hunter raid, dungeon or PvP build in WoW Forever yet?

The builds people tagged most for each, when they saved or shared them in the calculator. PvE: Survival Hunter 5/11/35, 16 tags. A build is listed once it has 3 tags for the same thing; these are tags from players, not a ranking of how strong a build is.

Is this a Hunter tier list?

No. The builds are ranked by what people did with them on this site (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed), not by how strong they are.

Where do these Hunter build numbers come from?

From this site's own counter, which keeps counts only and no identities: every Hunter build planned in the calculator, and how often each was shared, saved or opened by link. Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member, and every spec gets at least one row. The list is rebuilt a few times a day, last on 1 Nov 2026.

Also for Hunters: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Hunter calculator. The most popular builds of every class.