WoW Forever Hunter builds, the most popular from 39,018 planned here

18,645 of the 39,018 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here (48%) lead in Survival, 10,321 in Marksmanship and 10,052 in Beast Mastery. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Survival has 53%, Marksmanship 25% and Beast Mastery 22%, the split the Hunter calculator's spec bar shows. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Survival. 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 7 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Survival 48%
• Marksmanship 26%
• Beast Mastery 26%

WoW Forever Survival Hunter build

18,645 of the 39,018 Hunter builds with 41 or more points (48%) lead in Survival; the most used is 5/11/35 (#1), going to Lacerating Strikes. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Marksmanship Hunter build

10,321 of the 39,018 Hunter builds with 41 or more points (26%) lead in Marksmanship; the most used is 5/41/5 (#2), going to Sniper Shot. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Beast Mastery Hunter build

10,052 of the 39,018 Hunter builds with 41 or more points (26%) lead in Beast Mastery; the most used is 31/20/0 (#4), going to Bestial Wrath. Open it in the calculator.

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, Survivalist build: in melee and without a pet

   #1 by what people did with it Beast Mastery 5 / Marksmanship 11 / Survival 35 7% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 302 · saved 389 · opened 4,179 · across 181 close builds 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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   Marksmanship Hunter 5/41/5: without a pet

   #2 by what people did with it Beast Mastery 5 / Marksmanship 41 / Survival 5 2.1% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 68 · saved 251 · opened 1,174 · across 80 close builds 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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   Survival Hunter 5/11/35, Entrapment build: in melee and without a pet

   #3 by what people did with it Beast Mastery 5 / Marksmanship 11 / Survival 35 1.7% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 81 · saved 113 · opened 1,019 · across 121 close builds 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

   #4 by what people did with it Beast Mastery 31 / Marksmanship 20 / Survival 0 1.2% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 23 · saved 109 · opened 716 · across 43 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 9 more.
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   Survival Hunter 5/15/31: in melee and without a pet

   #5 by what people did with it Beast Mastery 5 / Marksmanship 15 / Survival 31 1.1% of every Hunter share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 55 · saved 43 · opened 698 · across 68 close builds Takes Resourcefulness 2/2, Expose Prey 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 8 more. Lone Wolf: "You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet."
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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 39,018 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here, Sep 13 to Oct 7, 2026, ranked by what people did with each family in that window: 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 (3,242 shares, 5,681 saves, 60,896 link opens since 13 Sep).

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.

Hunter talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Lethal Attacks 85% (Marksmanship), Deadly Aspects 76% (Beast Mastery), Careful Aim 75% (Marksmanship), Surefooted 65% (Survival), Improved Tracking 54% (Survival). Least taken: Improved Mend Pet 7% (Beast Mastery), Improved Arcane Shot 8% (Marksmanship), Spirit Bond 9% (Beast Mastery), Improved Aspect of the Monkey 14% (Beast Mastery), Improved Concussive Shot 15% (Marksmanship). Share of Hunter builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent.

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 6 Oct 2026, counted once per visitor per day on builds somebody made, shared or saved here (303 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).

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   Level 30 Survival Hunter build, 21 points

   Beast Mastery 0 / Marksmanship 0 / Survival 21 6.9% of the level 30 Hunter builds in the window · 21 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 Beast Mastery Hunter build, 21 points

   Beast Mastery 21 / Marksmanship 0 / Survival 0 5.6% of the level 30 Hunter builds in the window · 17 people-days · across 8 close builds Maxes Deadly Aspects, Focused Fire, Bestial Swiftness, Unleashed Fury, Summon Hawk, Intimidation.
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No Marksmanship 21-point build has reached the floor yet (122 people-days in the window).

Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Survival 0/0/21, from 36,252 Survival orders; Beast Mastery 21/0/0, from 22,004. Recorded 18 Sep to 6 Oct 2026; the Hunter leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Hunter spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

18,645 of the 39,018 Hunter builds with 41 or more points planned here (48%) lead in Survival, 10,321 in Marksmanship and 10,052 in Beast Mastery, counted Sep 13 to Oct 7, 2026. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Survival has 53%, Marksmanship 25% and Beast Mastery 22%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build also leads in Survival. 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?

Survival 0/0/21: 6.9% of the 303 level 30 Hunter builds counted between 1 and 6 Oct 2026 (21 people-days), maxing Improved Tracking, Savage Strikes, Clever Traps, Surefooted, Predator's Edge and Strider Kick.

What is the most popular Hunter build at level 60?

Survival Hunter 5/11/35, Survivalist build, ranked first by what people did with each build, Sep 13 to Oct 7, 2026 (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 7% of every Hunter share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 302, saved 389, opened 4,179).

Which Hunter talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Lethal Attacks (85%), Deadly Aspects (76%) and Careful Aim (75%). Least taken: Improved Mend Pet (7%), Improved Arcane Shot (8%) and Spirit Bond (9%). The percentages are the share of Hunter builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, weighted by what people did with each build.

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

Not one counted for that purpose: this site's counter records the points in each build, not what the build is for. The beta runs from 17 September 2026 to 21 October 2026 with characters capped at level 30 (21 points), and the game launches 4 November 2026, so the level 60 builds above are plans made while no beta character can reach 60.

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 7 Oct 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.