WoW Forever — Hunter Plan

Overview Setup

Night Elf Hunter on the Alliance Normal (PvE) ruleset. Hunters level fast and gather well solo, so this character goes first and turns the launch-week herb and ore price spike into gold for the whole account.

Forever facts that shape this plan

• Level cap stays 60 permanently; no flying, no level scaling.
• No WoW Token and no paid boost.
• Legacy points are earned account-wide. The Hunter's level milestones speed up every character after it.
• Crafted food grants stats plus a small XP bonus.
• Auction house is the retail-style one (likely a commodity market for herbs and ore).
• Bank is about 96 slots; a fifth bag slot takes a reagent bag.

Pre-launch to-dos Checklist

• Install addons (see Addons & resources); pick the Forever file on CurseForge
• Read Icy Veins' Forever Hunter guide once it covers launch talents
• Set up keybinds and practice on a retail character
• October 27 – November 3: reserve names for every roster character on the Normal ruleset
• Launch day: create the Hunter first
• Launch day: train Herbalism right away; train Mining in Darkshore (Teldrassil has little or no ore in Classic)
• Launch week: check herb and ore prices before selling; sell hard during the first 10 days
• Turn on GatherWise Databank so every node you gather is recorded from day one

Race Tier list

Night Elf is the best Alliance Hunter race after the October 26 beta changes. On a Normal ruleset, raid damage matters more than PvP escapes, which widens its lead.

Sources: Warcraft Tavern (Oct 26 changes), Icy Veins (Oct 15 changes). Racials changed three times in five weeks; recheck at launch.

Character: Night Elf Hunter Build

Beast Mastery: the pet tanks, you shoot. Spell levels below are Classic's and approximate; check them against the trainer and Naowh Forever's training planner.

Talents

Beast Mastery first: pet damage, pet survivability, and faster travel. Later aim for Bestial Wrath and pet-focused capstones.

Training plan (Classic levels, approximate)

Keybinds (15 keys)

Pull macro (pet attacks with your first shot)

#showtooltip Arcane Shot
/petattack
/cast Arcane Shot

Rotations

• 1–10: Auto Shot, Serpent Sting, Arcane Shot; Raptor Strike if the mob reaches you.
• 10–20: send the pet first, let it build threat, then Hunter's Mark → Serpent Sting → Arcane Shot → Auto Shot. Mend Pet between fights.
• 20–30: same, plus Concussive Shot on runners, Aspect of the Cheetah between quests, Freezing Trap for a second mob.
• 30–40: Multi-Shot on pulls of two or three; Feign Death to drop extra mobs.
• 40–60: Bestial Wrath (if talented) and Elune's Light on tough fights; keep Serpent Sting up; Volley for packs.

Pets Beast Mastery

Taming opens with a class quest around level 10. Pet families and abilities are Classic's; Forever may change them.

• Tame a pet at or near your level; train new ranks of its abilities as you find them.
• In Classic, pets needed feeding (meat, fish, bread or fruit depending on family). Check whether Forever keeps this.
• Mend Pet between fights saves bandages and downtime.

Leveling route Zones

Normal (PvE) ruleset: world PvP only happens when both players opt in, so take the fastest zones, not the safest. Zone ranges are Classic-based; Forever's new quests may shift them, so follow RestedXP or Journey where they differ.

Leveling habits

• Run each dungeon once, with its quests; Forever cut dungeon mob XP and raised dungeon quest XP.
• Eat crafted food for the XP bonus; log out in inns for rested XP; use campfires and the Cozy Sleeping Bag.
• Launch week is crowded: group up for kill quests instead of competing for the same mobs.
• Pick every herb and ore node on your route; detour only for nodes in sight.

Priorities for levels 1–40 Order of operations

XP and gathering together: pick every node on your quest route, and sell while prices are high.

1. Gather everything from level 1. Launch-week prices are the best the herbs and ore will ever see.
2. Pet at 10: keep it near your level.
3. Ranged weapon upgrades from quests and dungeons; your bow or gun matters most.
4. Flight paths: grab every Alliance flight path you pass.
5. Gold: mount fund milestones (20% at 30, 50% at 35, 100% at 40). The mount speeds up gathering more than anything else.
6. Legacy milestones: class milestones at 25 and 45; these points carry over to the Shaman.

Switching to the Shaman Level 40

At 40, with the mount bought, switch to the Shaman as your main and finish the Hunter on the side.

• Before switching: mail the Shaman gold for training and bags, and send cloth to the Rogue.
• Legacy perks: spend the Shaman's points on Well Rested and leveling-speed perks.
• After switching: log the Hunter for gathering runs when prices are high; the mount makes a lap of a zone quick.
• Time math: about 150 hours per character to 60. Hunter to 40 lands around late November or early December at 15–20 hours a week.

Levels 40–60 plan On the side

• Zones: Riverglades, Tanaris, Feralas, Hinterlands, Un'Goro, Felwood, Winterspring, Plaguelands, Burning Steppes, Hyjal.
• Gathering: Iron, Mithril and Thorium ore; high-level herbs for the Druid's flasks.
• Raids open December 9: flask herbs and ore for consumables are in demand from then; sell into it whatever your level.

Professions Economy

Double gathering needs no starting gold and turns every quest route into income. Sell hard in launch week, hold extra through the crash, and keep ore for Engineering.

• Smelting is part of Mining. Bars sometimes sell above the ore that made them; compare both before selling.
• Tracking both: in Classic you could only track herbs or minerals at once. Forever's modern client may allow both; if not, use a macro to swap.
• Cooking: yes, for the food XP bonus. First Aid: yes, Healing Potions and bandages.

Engineering switch For PvP later

When herb prices crash and the Druid can supply herbs, drop Herbalism and learn Engineering. Mining feeds it directly.

• Dropping a profession erases all its skill. Herbalism would start from 1 if you ever want it back on the Hunter.
• Engineering is expensive to level. In Classic it used large amounts of copper, iron, mithril, thorium and stone. Bank ore and stone before the switch instead of selling all of it.
• Why it's worth it: scopes and better ammo for the Hunter, and in Classic many PvP items (nets, grenades, target dummies, Gnomish and Goblin gear) could only be used by Engineers. Check which ones Forever keeps.
• Battlegrounds mix players from all rulesets, so Engineering PvP gear still matters on Normal.

Gold priorities Spending order

1. Core spell ranks every trainer visit; skip situational tracking.
2. Ammo and pet food: a constant drain. Buy ammo in bulk from vendors.
3. Bags: herb and mining bags early; free quest bags first.
4. Mount fund from level 30; the mount is your biggest gathering speed boost.
5. Send surplus gold to the Shaman before you switch.

Bags & ammo Storage

In Classic, the quiver or ammo pouch took one of your bag slots. Plan around one fewer regular bag.

Gold-making Economy

Simple pricing rules

• Baseline: watch an item a few days; note its usual low. Launch-week prices are not normal, but they're when you sell.
• Sell: list near the usual price; if the market is far below normal, hold in the bank.
• Speed beats margin: gold that sells today funds the mount and the Shaman sooner.
• Commodity market: cheapest units sell first. Check how many units sit below your price before listing.
• GoldAdvisor: run scans from the bank alt and follow its sell list.

Account roster Four characters

See the master plan roster for the full flow. Friends playing a Hunter: Herbalism + Alchemy is the better pair if you don't have an Alchemist on your account.

Addons & resources Tooling

Open questions to verify at launch Unresolved

• Can you track herbs and minerals at the same time?
• Does Teldrassil have any ore nodes in Forever?
• Riding cost at 40
• Pet feeding: still in?
• Does the quiver still take a bag slot?
• Does the reagent bag hold herbs and ore?
• Which Engineering PvP items require Engineering to use
• Hunter spell training levels and talent tree