Pet abilities

This article is about hunter pet abilities. For warlock minion abilities, see Minion abilities. For pet abilities and talents on Classic servers, see Pet abilities (Classic).

A hunter pet can have different abilities, depending on its pet specialization. Each specialization is generally focused around a specific role. Cunning has high utility and is good in PvP. Ferocity is focused on DPS and is good in dungeons and raids. Tenacity is focused on pet survival and threat generation; good for soloing.

Each pet family—or beast type—has a special ability; some have a bonus ability. Some pet families are only usable by Beast Mastery hunters and have an exotic ability.

Damaging pet abilities scale with the pet's melee attack power or bonus spell damage. Physical abilities generally gain bonus damage equal to 7% of the pet's melee attack power, while spell abilities generally gain bonus damage equal to 1/3 of the pet's bonus spell damage. See the attack power coefficient article for further details.

General abilities

Universal abilities

Ability	Focus	Range	Cooldown	Description
[Avoidance]	Passive	n/a	n/a	Reduces the damage your pet takes from area of effect attacks by an additional 80%. Reduces the range at which enemies detect your pet.
[Dash]	0	n/a	20 sec	Increases your pet's movement speed by 80% for 10 sec.
[Growl]	0	30	8 sec	Your pet growls at the target, generating threat, taunting the target to attack the pet.

Basic attacks

These abilities are also known as focus dumps because they are often used to expend excess focus while more efficient or useful abilities are on cooldown. Each pet has one. The differences between these are cosmetic; they are effectively the same.

Ability	Used by	Focus	Range	Description
[Bite]	Basilisk, Bat, Beetle, Blood Beast, Boar, Camel, Carapid, Carrion Bird, Chimaera, Core Hound, Crocolisk, Devilsaur, Direhorn, Dragonhawk, Feathermane, Fox, Hound, Hydra, Hyena, Lizard, Mechanical, Pterrordax, Ravager, Ray, Riverbeast, Serpent, Shale Beast, Spider, Stone Hound, Turtle, Warp Stalker, Water Strider, Wind Serpent, Wolf, Worm	25	5 yd	Bite the enemy, causing X damage. Deals 100% more damage and costs 100% more Focus when your pet has 50 or more Focus.
[Claw]	Aqiri, Bear, Bird of Prey, Cat, Crab, Lesser Dragonkin, Raptor, Rodent, Scorpid, Spirit Beast, Tallstrider	25	5 yd	Claw the enemy, causing X damage. Deals 100% more damage and costs 100% more Focus when your pet has 50 or more Focus.
[Smack]	Clefthoof, Courser, Gorilla, Gruffhorn, Mammoth, Monkey, Moth, Oxen, Scalehide, Sporebat, Stag, Toad, Wasp, Waterfowl	25	5 yd	Smack the enemy, causing X damage. Deals 100% more damage and costs 100% more Focus when your pet has 50 or more Focus.

Pet specialization abilities

Cunning abilities

Ability	Focus	Range	Cooldown	Description
[Master's Call]	0	40 yd	45 sec	Your pet removes all root and movement impairing effects from itself and a friendly target, and grants immunity to all such effects for 4 sec.
[Pathfinding]	Passive	n/a	n/a	You and your pet gain 8% increased movement speed.

Ferocity abilities

Ability	Focus	Range	Cooldown	Description
[Predator's Thirst]	Passive	n/a	n/a	You and your pet gain 10% Leech.
[Primal Rage]	0	n/a	6 min	Increases haste by 30% for all party and raid members for 40 sec. Allies receiving this effect will become Sated and unable to benefit from Primal Rage or similar effects again for 10 min.

Tenacity abilities

Ability	Focus	Range	Cooldown	Description
[Endurance Training]	Passive	n/a	n/a	You and your pet gain 5% increased maximum health.
[Fortitude of the Bear]	0	n/a	2 min	Increase the maximum health of you and your pet by 20% for 10 sec.

Family-specific abilities

Family	Special Ability	Exotic Ability	Bonus Ability	Basic Attack	Notes
Basilisk	[Petrifying Gaze]			[Bite]
Bat	[Sonic Screech]			[Bite]
Bear	[Thick Fur]		[Rest]	[Claw]
Beetle	[Harden Carapace]			[Bite]
Bird of Prey	[Talon Rend]		[Trick]	[Claw]
Blood Beast	[Blood Bolt]			[Bite]
Boar	[Bristle]			[Bite]
Camel	[Hardy]			[Bite]
Carrion Bird	[Bloody Screech]			[Bite]
Cat	[Catlike Reflexes]		[Prowl]	[Claw]
Clefthoof	[Thick Hide]	[Blood of the Rhino]		[Smack]
Courser	[Fleethoof]			[Smack]
Crab	[Pin]			[Claw]
Crocolisk	[Ankle Crack]			[Bite]
Direhorn	[Gore]			[Bite]
Dragonhawk	[Dragon's Guile]			[Bite]
Feathermane	[Feather Flurry]		[Updraft]	[Bite]
Fox	[Agile Reflexes]		[Play]	[Bite]
Gorilla	[Silverback]			[Smack]
Gruffhorn	[Gruff]			[Smack]
Hound	[Lock Jaw]			[Bite]
Hydra	[Acid Bite]			[Bite]
Hyena	[Infected Bite]			[Bite]
Lesser Dragonkin	[Shimmering Scales]			[Claw]
Lizard	[Grievous Bite]			[Bite]
Mammoth	[Trample]			[Smack]
Mechanical	[Defense Matrix]			[Bite]
Monkey	[Primal Agility]			[Smack]
Moth	[Serenity Dust]			[Smack]
Oxen	[Niuzao's Fortitude]			[Smack]
Raptor	[Savage Rend]			[Claw]
Ravager	[Ravage]			[Bite]
Ray	[Nether Energy]			[Bite]
Riverbeast	[Gruesome Bite]			[Bite]
Rodent	[Gnaw]		[Rest]	[Claw]
Scalehide	[Scale Shield]			[Smack]
Scorpid	[Deadly Sting]			[Claw]
Serpent	[Serpent's Swiftness]			[Bite]
Shale Beast	[Solid Shell]	[Shimmering Shale]		[Bite]
Spider	[Web Spray]			[Bite]
Spirit Beast	[Spirit Pulse]	[Spirit Mend]	[Spirit Walk]	[Claw]
Sporebat	[Spore Cloud]			[Smack]
Stag	[Nature's Grace]			[Smack]
Stone Hound	[Stone Armor]	[Eternal Guardian]		[Bite]
Tallstrider	[Dust Cloud]			[Claw]
Toad	[Swarm of Flies]			[Smack]
Turtle	[Shell Shield]			[Bite]
Warp Stalker	[Warp Time]			[Bite]
Wasp	[Toxic Sting]			[Smack]
Waterfowl	[Oiled Feathers]		[Trick]	[Smack]
Water Strider	[Soothing Waters]	[Surface Trot]		[Bite]
Wind Serpent	[Winged Agility]			[Bite]
Wolf	[Furious Bite]			[Bite]
Worm	[Acid Spit]	[Burrow Attack]		[Bite]

Exotic family-specific abilities

Family	Pet ID	Type	Basic Attack	Exotic Ability	Special Ability	Bonus Ability	Notes
Aqir	41	Cunning	[Claw]	[Dune Strider]	[Tendon Rip]		Added in Wrath of the Lich King Renamed from Silithid in Shadowlands
Carapid	292	Tenacity	[Bite]	[Calcified Carapace]	[Bulwark]		Added in BfA Renamed from Krolusk in Shadowlands
Chimera	38	Ferocity	[Bite]	[Froststorm Breath]	[Frost Breath]		Added in Wrath of the Lich King
Core Hound	45	Ferocity	[Bite]	[Molten Hide]	[Obsidian Skin]		Added in Wrath of the Lich King
Devilsaur	39	Ferocity	[Bite]	[Feast]	[Monstrous Bite]		Added in Wrath of the Lich King
Pterrordax	290	Cunning	[Bite]	[Updraft]	[Ancient Hide]		Added in BfA

Patch changes

This section contains information that needs to be cleaned up.

Originally, there were 6 basic pet abilities: Bite, Claw, Cower, Growl, Dash and Dive.

• v1.8.0 added eight more
• v1.9.0 added 3 more.
• v2.1.0 added 2 more.
• v3.0.2 removed all previous skills and replaced it with a pet talent system.
• v5.0.4 removed pet talent system and replaced it with pet specialization system.
• v7.0.3 removed pet raid buffs.

See also

Wowhead 

Petopia