Hunter pets in WoW Forever: families and abilities

How your pet learns abilities

As in Classic, your pet doesn't learn on its own as it levels: abilities are learned by taming beasts that already know them.

1. 1Tame a beast that knows the ability (and rank) you want and fight with it until a yellow message appears: now you know it.
2. 2Go back to your pet and teach it with Beast Training, spending training points.
3. 3Points come from your pet's level and loyalty: feed it to keep it happy. The general stuff (Growl, resistances, Great Stamina) is sold by the pet trainer.

Full guide: how your pet learns abilities

Which pet will you tame?

Which beasts you can tame

Classic Era's tameable beasts, family by family, with how they look. Many share a model: they are grouped by look here, which is what you choose when you tame.

Search a beast by name

Bat20Bear43Bird of Prey11Boar33Carrion Bird37Cat81Core Hound5Crab25Crocolisk25Gorilla18Hyena28Raptor42Scorpid34Spider85Tallstrider13Turtle27Wind Serpent27Wolf78

Bat · 14 looks · 20 beasts

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  Blood Seeker · Dark Screecher · Kraul Bat

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  Greater Kraul Bat · Rabid Shrike Bat · Shrike Bat

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  Bloodseeker Bat · Frenzied Bloodseeker Bat

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  Vampiric Duskbat · Vile Bat

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  Blind Hunter

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  Duskbat

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  Greater Duskbat

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  Mangy Duskbat

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  Monstrous Plaguebat

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  Noxious Plaguebat

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  Plaguebat

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  Ressan the Needler

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  Zotl

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  [UNUSED] Hidden Bloodseeker

The fox is new in Forever and isn't in Blizzard's database yet: it will arrive when they open it for Forever. Names and images: Blizzard's official game database (Classic Era). Forever may add or remove beasts, and the API doesn't say where each one lives. Images load from Blizzard's servers.

What changes from Classic

All 19 families

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  FoxNew

  Eats: Meat

  • Trickster's DanceNew1 rank

    Increases your pet's chance to Dodge by 50% and decreases the time between your pet's attacks by 30% for 12 sec.

    10 Focus · 3 min cooldown

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • BiteNew8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

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  Bat

  Eats: Fungus · Fruit

  • Dive2 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Sonic BlastNew5 ranks

    Emits a piercing shriek, inflicting 84 Nature damage and increasing the casting time of all spells by 30% for 20 sec.

    80 Focus · 1 min cooldown

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  Bear

  Eats: Meat · Fish · Cheese · Bread · Fungus · Fruit

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Claw8 ranks

    Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.

    25 Focus

  • SwipeNew5 ranks

    Swipe 3 nearby enemies, inflicting 21 damage.

    20 Focus · 5 sec cooldown

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  Bird of Prey

  Eats: Meat

  • Dive3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Claw8 ranks

    Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.

    25 Focus

  • Mine!New5 ranks

    Grabs an enemy's weapon with its talons, causing 44 damage and disarming them for 3 sec.

    20 Focus · 90 sec cooldown

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  Boar

  Eats: Meat · Fish · Cheese · Bread · Fungus · Fruit

  • Dash3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Charge6 ranks

    Charges an enemy, immobilizes it for 1 sec, and adds 490 melee attack power to the boar's next attack.

    35 Focus · 25 sec cooldown

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  Carrion Bird

  Eats: Meat · Fish

  • Dive3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Claw8 ranks

    Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.

    25 Focus

  • Demoralizing ScreechNew4 ranks

    Blasts a single enemy for 33 damage and lowers the melee attack power of all enemies in melee range by 198 for 30 sec.

    20 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

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  Cat

  Eats: Meat · Fish

  • Dash3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Prowl3 ranks

    Puts your pet in stealth mode, but slows its movement speed by 40%. The first attack from stealth receives a 50% bonus to damage. Lasts until cancelled.

    40 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Claw8 ranks

    Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.

    25 Focus

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  Core Hound

  Eats: Meat

  • Lava Breath2 ranks

    Breathes molten lava at 2 nearby enemies, instantly dealing 106 Fire damage and reducing the target's casting speed by 25% for 10 sec.

    50 Focus

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

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  Crab

  Eats: Fish · Bread · Fungus · Fruit

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Claw8 ranks

    Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.

    25 Focus

  • PinchNew5 ranks

    Pinches an enemy's legs for 95 damage and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.

    50 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

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  Crocolisk

  Eats: Meat · Fish

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • DismemberNew5 ranks

    Viciously bites enemy appendages for 54 damage and reduces the effectiveness of any healing by 25% for 6 sec.

    35 Focus · 15 sec cooldown

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  Gorilla

  Eats: Fungus · Fruit

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Thunderstomp4 ranks

    Shakes the ground with thundering force, doing 132 Nature damage to all enemies within 8 yds.

    60 Focus · 1 min cooldown

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  Hyena

  Eats: Meat · Fruit

  • Dash3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Tendon RipNew5 ranks

    Tears at an enemy's legs for 60 damage over 9 sec and reduces movement speed by 50% for 9 sec.

    25 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

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  Raptor

  Eats: Meat

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Claw8 ranks

    Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.

    25 Focus

  • Savage RendNew5 ranks

    Slash an enemy with razor talons, causing the target to Bleed for 156 damage over 18 sec.

    50 Focus · 1 min cooldown

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  Scorpid

  Eats: Meat

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Claw8 ranks

    Claw the enemy, causing 51 damage.

    25 Focus

  • Scorpid Poison4 ranks

    Inflicts 25 Nature damage over 10 sec. Effect can stack up to 5 times on a single target.

    30 Focus · 4 sec cooldown

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  Spider

  Eats: Meat

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • WebNew5 ranks

    Entangles an enemy in a corrosive web, immobilizing them and dealing 52 Nature damage over 4 sec.

    20 Focus · 40 sec cooldown

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  Tallstrider

  Eats: Cheese · Fungus · Fruit

  • Dash3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Dust CloudNew5 ranks

    Your tallstrider kicks up an abrasive cloud of dust, reducing the target's Armor by 505 for 30 sec.

    10 Focus

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  Turtle

  Eats: Fish · Fungus · Fruit · Raw Fish

  • Shell Shield1 rank

    Reduces all damage your pet takes by 50% and increases the time between your pet's attacks by 60%, but deals more damage with each attack. Lasts 12 sec.

    10 Focus · 3 min cooldown

  • DashNew3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

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  Wind Serpent

  Eats: Fish · Cheese · Bread

  • Dive3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Lightning Breath6 ranks

    Breathes lightning, instantly dealing 92 Nature damage to a single target.

    50 Focus

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  Wolf

  Eats: Meat

  • Dash3 ranks

    Increases movement speed by 80% for 15 sec.

    20 Focus · 30 sec cooldown

  • Bite8 ranks

    Bite the enemy, causing 90 damage.

    35 Focus · 10 sec cooldown

  • Furious Howl4 ranks

    The wolf howls, increasing the melee attack power of all party or raid members within 15 yards by 82. Lasts 1 min.

    60 Focus · 30 sec cooldown