Survival Hunter Leveling Guide from 1 to 70 — The War Within Pre-Patch

When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Ring or Necklace with a slightly lower item level, but 2 secondary stats on it instead of 1.

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You unlock the Talent Trees at Level 10. Below is the recommended Leveling path when starting from Level 70. It should also be the tree you work towards as you level from 10-80.

1. Use Harpoon to close gaps to enemies quickly.
2. On AoE, Use Fury of the Eagle on cooldown.
3. On AoE, Use Butchery on cooldown.
4. Use Explosive Shot on cooldown.
5. Use Kill Shot on cooldown.
6. Use Wildfire Bomb on cooldown.
7. Spam Raptor Strike.
8. Spam Arcane Shot.
9. Use Steady Shot as a filler.

All pets do the same damage, but they vary in their utility and special abilities. For Leveling, the best pet is any Ferocity-type pet, as they heal themselves whenever they do damage, allowing you to make larger pulls.

Ferocity pets also come with Primal Rage which is a Bloodlust effect. This should be used as often as possible when you are fighting for over thirty seconds.

You can find a list of all the Pets and the abilities they bring on our Spell Summary Page.

Congratulations on reaching Level 80! Now that you have hit Level 80, we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to learn how to play at max level.