A Guide to Resources for Hunters

This guide to Warcraft hunter resources maps out the places seasoned hunters go when they need tools or information. It lists places where you can meet, socialize, and trade information with other hunters. Links to good sources for add-ons, profession leveling guides, item databases, and general WoW news sources are also included. All of these sites are free to use.

Forums

• Arena Junkies Hunter Forum PvP-focused advice, videos, and suggestions.

• Elitist Jerks Hunter Forum The EJ hunter forum is “a WoW discussion forum targeted towards topics regarding high-end raiding and analysis of game mechanics.” World-first hunter solos are also reported here. EJ is serious about maintaining a high signal/noise ratio and it is advised to make oneself familiar with their rules before posting on the forum.

• MMO Champion Hunter Forum The MMO-C hunter forum is a friendly place to ask questions about hunter tactics for boss encounters, gear optimization, and other general hunter topics. Hunter updates and changes are usually reported and discussed here within minutes.

• MoP Hunter Guide from Rogerbrown on the Method guild forums.

• Official WoW Forums
  • The official WoW hunter forums are frequented by a wide variety of hunters from beginners to experts, with discussions from both  PvE and PvP perspectives.
    • European Hunter Forum at Battlenet
    • US Hunter Forum at Battlenet
  • If you experience what seems to be a bug, the official Bug Report Forum is the place to search for previous reports and to file new bug reports.

• Skillcapped Hunter Forum Hunter PvP discussion.

Tools

• Talent Calculators
  • Mists of Pandaria Hunter Talent Calculator at Battlenet
  • Mists of Pandaria Hunter Talent Calculator at Wowhead

• Zeherah’s Hunter DPS Analyzer at Femaledwarf.com
  • Mists of Pandaria Version
  • Discussion forum thread at EJ

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• WoW Reforge. Online reforge calculator and optimizer.
  • WoW Reforge Tool
  • WoW Reforge Discussion Forum

• World of Logs
  • World of Logs In-depth World of Warcraft log analysis
  • World of Logs Discussion forum

• Raidbots
  • DPS Bot DPS Bot attempts to determine and display how various World of Warcraft classes and specs compare against each other. It does this by crunching data from World of Logs.
  • Epeen Bot See your parses compared against the world.
  • Compare Bot CompareBot can take any details page from World of Logs and compare it against any other.

• SimulationCraftfor Hunters. SimulationCraft is a tool to explore combat mechanics in World of Warcraft.
  • SimC Overview
  • SimC Starter’s Guide
  • Hunter T14 Heroic Profile Results
  • SimC Forum thread at Elitist Jerks

• Petopia
  
  • Petopia Guide A complete Guide to Hunter Pets in the World of Warcraft
  • Petopia Forum Discussions and information about every aspect of hunter pets.

Blogs, Podcasts, Facebook, and YouTube Channels

The hunter blogs and channels listed below have been around for a while and post quality hunter content on a regular basis. They represent a broad spectrum of hunter play-styles and interests.

• 35 Yards Out Where the view is always better.
• ALT: ernative One woman :: ManyPixels :: Since 2005.
• Aspect of the Murloc mrgglmrglrmrgllllglgl.
• Braindeadly Rank 1 hunter arena with a humorous twist.
• CaribaLd The hunter soloist.
• Durendil Solotages avec Durendil de Hyjal.
• Hunter DPS Dungeoneer Home of Kheldul.
• Hunters Rhok From the mind of Phyllixia.
• Hunting Party Podcast All hunters, all the time. The podcast airs live every Saturday at 1pm central time. Shows are also available on YouTube.
• Huntsman’s Lodge Proudly serving Warcraft hunters since 2008.
• Jade’s Forest Herein you can find various articles dedicated to hunter theorycraft, raid experience, random musings and so forth.
• Kalliope’s Pantheon of Pets The random musings of a casual World of Warcraft hunter who randomly raids and PvPs.
• Kripparrian Live to play – play to win – as much as possible – as hardcore as possible.
• Marks365 Hunter Strategy for the rest of us.
• Mushan, Etc. Azerothian miscellany.
• OutDPS! Standing in void zones since 2008.
• Quel’s Hunting Corner It’s where they put me when we aren’t raiding!
• Rapid Fire. A World of Warcraft blog about hunters, pets and achievements.
• Scattered Shots Weekly hunter column at WoW Insider.
• Steevnash Narrated hunter video guides.
• The Brew Hall A blog dedicated to World of Warcraft, hunters, and other musings.
• The Grumpy Elf Being grumpy is my business and business is good.
• The Wild Hunt She stands at the yard of the Warrior’s Terrace, bow in hand and a full quiver at her back.
• Tosan Tribe WoW hunter arena videos from Rykinia.
• Warcraft Hunters Union A gathering place for WoW hunters who have paid their dues. Frostheim maintains many hunter guides here.
• World of Lae A hunter blog. Home of Laeleiweyn’s Hunterstalker.
• Zumio Hunter PvP video guides and humorous content based in the World of Warcraft.

Addons

Add-ons, mods, and hunter UI pacs are available for download from these sources.

• Curse Addons for World of Warcraft
• WoW Interface Addons for World of Warcraft

Professions

• El’s Extreme Anglin’ World of Warcraft Fishing Guides. El also now has an Inscription guide.
• Crafter’s Tome World of Warcraft Tradeskills Compendium.
• WoW Professions Profession leveling guides.

General Warcraft News Sites

• Wowhead News
• MMO Champion

General References

• Battlenet World of Warcraft News, Game Guide, Information and Services

• Icy Veins Raid guides, event guides, hunter class guides
  
  • Beast Mastery Hunter Guide
  • Marksmanship Hunter Guide
  • Survival Hunter Guide

• Wowhead Database. Look up any item, quest, spell, or NPC that has an in-game tooltip.
• WoWpedia World of Warcraft encyclopedia.
• WoWWiki World of Warcraft universe guide.

WoW Hunters Hall Guides

WHH pulls together information from many online resources (including those listed above) to create compilations, compendiums, and lists. These guides are updated regularly with new information as it becomes available.

• Mists of Pandaria Mists of Pandaria Hunter Guides Lists all of the MoP hunter guides for hunters preparing for the Mists of Pandaria expansion. All of the guides are updated as new builds are deployed and new information becomes available. Includes all of the new gear for both PvE and PvP, enchants, gems, scopes and weapon chains, glyphs, abilities, talents, specializations, and pets.

• PvP Hunter PvP Guides Includes beginner’s guides, guides to using advanced skills, macros and keybindings, dueling guides, arena and tournament videos, and information on PvP in Mists of Pandaria

• Soloing Hunter Soloing Guides and Videos Includes a general section on hunter and pet specs as well as guides for soloing just about every boss ever soloed by a hunter, organized by expansion.

• Theorycrafting Index of Elitist Jerks Hunter Forum Posts All of the EJ hunter forum posts that have been recapped at WHH are organized here by topic for fast reference.

• Raiding Mogu’shan Vaults: Strategy Guides and Videos for Hunters Hunter strategies and hunter PoV videos for all of the Mogu’shan Vaults encounters in both normal and heroic modes.

• Pets Index of Petopia Forum Posts All of the Petopia forum posts that have been summarized at WHH are organized here by subject for quick reference.

• Transmog Hunter Transmogrification Guides & Resources A compilation of information and articles on hunter transmogrification drawn from many sources.

• Beginners Hunter Beginner’s Guides If you’re new to huntering this is the place to start.

• Macros Hunter Macro Guides Basic information and links to lists of hunter macros.

• Blogging How to Start a WoW Blog A 4-part series on how to start your own blog. Includes tips on software, hosting, writing, promotion, and monetizing.

Artwork is from the Hunter Class Art  and Fan Art Galleries at Battlenet. The header image is from the Hunter Class Guide at Battlenet.