Hunter Pet Training: Points, Books and Stables

◆Step one: taming

Taming unlocks through a level 10 quest chain, walked through in the taming the beast guide. After that, pick your beast: families are compared in the hunter pets reference, and wild beast behaviour in the Azeroth fauna section.

Where abilities come from

There are two sources, and this is the part people miss:

1. The beast trainer in a capital sells books for core abilities and their ranks: Growl, Bite, Claw, Dash and so on. Look near the hunter trainers; landmarks are in the Orgrimmar guide and the Ironforge guide.
2. Other tamed beasts — some abilities are never sold. To give your pet a rare ability you tame a wild animal that already has it, learn the rank from that animal, then go back to your own pet. The full list is in the pet abilities reference.

◆Training points

Points accumulate as the beast levels and are spent on abilities. They are always short, so prioritise:

A misallocated pet can be retrained, but it is smarter to budget points for your role from the start. Builds and the pet's role are covered in the hunter talent builds and the beast mastery build guide.

◆Happiness and loyalty

• Happiness has three states. A happy beast hits roughly a quarter harder than a content one; an unhappy beast loses a big share of its damage and eventually walks away. The fix is proper food — see the cooking guide.
• Loyalty grows with time and combat, raising the training point pool and the beast's resilience.
• Diet varies by family: meat, fish or bread. Fish is easy to supply through fishing.

◆Stable masters

A stable master in major cities holds two spare beasts alongside your active one. That lets you carry, say, a tanky bear and a fast cat for different jobs; a stabled pet does not lose loyalty. Getting there quickly is covered in the flight paths guide and the travel guide.

Related: class trainers, weapon masters, skill training costs, mail proficiency.

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