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Hunter

Your class, through every change.

  1. Source publication dateLatest update Official source
    Beta

    Beta development notes · 2026-10-16

    Buffs2Nerfs9Bugfix3Changes9

    Buffs

    Marksmanship

    Trueshot Aura is now Raid wide.

    Survival

    Updated the tooltip for Predator’s Edge changed to better convey that it only increases the critical strike damage of your abilities.

    Nerfs

    Auto Shot now requires you to stand still for 0.5 seconds before shooting, matching early versions of World of Warcraft.

    Pets · Dismember (Crocolisk): Duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).

    Pets · Mine! (Bird of Prey): Cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).

    Pets · Sonic Blast (Bat): Cooldown increased to 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).

    Pets · Mine! (Bird of Prey): Duration reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).

    Pets · Dismember (Crocolisk): Healing reduction reduced to 25% (was 50%).

    Pets · Dismember (Crocolisk): Cooldown increased to 15 seconds (was 6 seconds).

    Pets · Sonic Blast (Bat): Duration reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds).

    Pets · Sonic Blast (Bat): Cast speed reduction reduced to 30% (was 60%).

    Bugfix

    Fixed an issue where pets were only ever inheriting the player’s Melee Critical Strike chance instead of whichever is higher, melee or ranged.

    Beast Mastery

    Fixed an issue causing the Improved Mend Pet talent to increase the Mana cost of Mend Pet instead of decrease.

    Marksmanship

    Fixed an issue where Sniper Shot was not benefitting from a few Marksmanship talents.

    Changes

    Arrows should now be visible when a character has their bow drawn back.

    The Hunter may now correctly have 1 active Fire Trap and 1 active Ice Trap (was 1 Trap among all types).

    The Hunter’s Fire traps now correctly scale with Attack Power.

    Pets now correctly benefit from Expertise.

    Beast Mastery

    Summon Hawk will now correctly cause the Hawk to spawn at the target the spell was cast on.

    Summon Hawk will now stick your Hawk to the target that it was summoned on.

    Survival

    Resourcefulness now correctly reduces the Mana cost of Strider Kick.

    Strider Kick can now be used while disarmed or while no weapon is equipped in your Main Hand.

    Resourcefulness now correctly activates when landing a critical strike, but it has been changed to only activating on melee and ranged ability critical strikes to prevent spamming.

  2. Source publication date Official source
    Beta

    Beta development notes · 2026-10-08

    Buffs1Nerfs1Bugfix1Changes5

    Buffs

    Beast Mastery

    Unleashed Fury now correctly increases your pet’s damage.

    Nerfs

    Survival

    Improved Wing Clip now has the correct chance to activate and reduced chance to activate if using ranks substantially below your current level.

    Bugfix

    Fixed a bug causing Hunter pets to gain health repeatedly when low health.

    Changes

    Disengage: Threat reduction was intended to be doubled but was missed. Now implemented.

    Marksmanship

    Improved Concussive Shot now has the correct chance to activate.

    Survival

    Entrapment now correctly has diminishing returns.

    Entrapment now correctly only activates on Frost Trap’s initial activation, not periodically.

    Expose Prey now lasts 10 sec (was 5).

  3. Source publication date Official source
    Beta

    Beta development notes · 2026-10-01

    Buffs1Changes4

    Buffs

    Marksmanship

    The 31st talent Sniper Shot now has a 45-yard Range and increases the range of your next 3 shots made within 10 seconds by 10 yards.

    Changes

    Pets: Aggressive Mode has been brought back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book.

    Marksmanship

    Icon for Improved Stings changed to be more Vanilla feeling.

    Survival

    Deflection’s Parry increase changed to 1/2/3/4/5% (Was 2/4/6/8/10%).

    Icon for Predator’s Edge changed to be more Vanilla feeling.

  4. Source publication date Official source
    Beta

    Beta development notes · 2026-09-24

    Nerfs1Bugfix1Changes4

    Nerfs

    Pets: Furious Howl Attack Power bonus reduced 40%.

    Bugfix

    Survival

    Corrected an issue and now Lacerating Strikes can land critical hits.

    Changes

    Sonic Blast ability now properly available to Bat pets.

    Pets: Tame Beast no longer works on Beasts that are higher than the Hunter’s level.

    Marksmanship

    Talenting out of Lone Wolf will no longer cause the Hunter to have -4% damage while their pet is active.

    Survival

    Strider Kick now increases movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.