Beast Mastery Hunter
Attacks on the move while your pet does much of the work.
Talents
Copy the build, then in game press N to open Talents, click Import and paste.
Best stats
- 1Mastery
- 2Haste
- 3Crit
- 4Versatility
Mythic+: Mastery > Crit > Versatility > Haste.
Pick gear, gems and enchants with your top stats first. Item level still matters most.
Patch 12.1. Stat source
Consumables
Picks for Beast Mastery in patch 12.1, from the Icy Veins guide.
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Flask
Flask of the Magisters
Mastery. The best flask for Beast Mastery.
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Combat potion
Potion of Recklessness
The strongest potion for this spec. Use it with your big cooldowns. Light's Potential is the simpler pick if your secondary stats are evenly spread.
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Health potion
Concentrated Silvermoon Health Potion
Healing in combat. It doesn't share a cooldown with Healthstones, so you can use both.
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Food
Harandar Celebration
A group feast. On your own, eat Royal Roast instead.
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Augment rune
Void-Touched Augment Rune
Raises your Agility. It's expensive and is lost when you die, so save it for progression.
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Weapon oil
Thalassian Phoenix Oil
Lasts an hour. Reapply it after it wears off.
Enchants
Head
Raises Avoidance, so you take less damage from area attacks.
Shoulders
Raises Avoidance, so you take less damage from area attacks.
Chest
Raises your primary stat.
Legs
Raises Agility or Strength, plus Stamina.
Feet
Raises Avoidance and Stamina.
Both rings
Your critical strikes deal more damage and healing.

Main hand
Your spells and abilities can grant Hash'ey's Might, a boost to a random secondary stat.
Gems

First socket
Raises your primary stat.

Every other socket
Raises Mastery and Critical Strike.
Patch 12.1. Source
Trinkets
Best trinkets for Beast Mastery
SVenomous Abyss raid, boss 8: Ula'tek
SVenomous Abyss raid, boss 8: Ula'tek
AFarmable
Dungeon: Kings' Rest
AUnbinding of Kith'ix raid: Kith'ix
AVenomous Abyss raid, boss 2: Entombed Sentinels
BVenomous Abyss raid, boss 7: The Coiled Altar
BVenomous Abyss raid, boss 3: The Lost Explorers
BFarmable
Dungeon: The Blinding Vale
Grades for Beast Mastery, patch 12.1.5. Trinket source
Playing a Beast Mastery Hunter?
Look up your character to see which of these you're missing and what to upgrade first.
Other Hunter specs: Marksmanship · Survival
Tier ranks from patch 12.1.5, mid-October 2026. See the full tier list.