As a Hunter, the three most important stats to you are Agility (or Attack
Power), Stamina, and Intellect. Not that there’s anything wrong with Spirit
and Strength, but Hunters don’t get enough Spirit to make any significant
difference in their mana regeneration, and since melee damage benefits from
Agility anyway, that makes Strength a useless stat for you.
On the way to level 60, you’ll need lots of Agility to fuel your attacks.
Normally, I would call out Attack Power as an alternative to Agility but
because of the poor variety of Attack Power gear at lower levels, your best bet
is Agility. The most common source of this would be greens with animal prefixes
like “Of The Monkey.” Of course, that’s just a matter of luck, though you can
always check the Auction House. If you have Leatherworking, you can craft some
of your own gear rather than resort to auctions.
Also, never overlook the importance of Stamina and Intellect. Even with Mail
armor, having good Health is important to your survivability, and although you
have Auto-Shot, as a mana user, Intellect affects you just as much as a caster.
Once you reach level 60, there will be a wider variety of gear for you to
obtain from instances. You will begin to see more Attack Power gear in addition
to Agility gear. Most armor sets specifically tailored to Hunters have a mix of
both. Outland’s quests and instances are also an excellent source of such gear.
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Uncommon Armor
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Uncommons will probably end up becoming your greatest source for Agility as
you make your way to 60. Most of the Uncommons are eight to nine pieces
categorized into a naming series such as “Mercurial Breastplate of” and
“Mercurial Gauntlets of,” but there are several Uncommons that don’t belong in
any series and have preset bonuses. Listed below are the names of each series
that comes with suffixes. Since there are so many pieces of armor per series,
I’ll only list the Chest pieces.
LEATHER CHEST ARMOR LV.REQ
Grizzly Jerkin 71 11
Bard’s Tunic 76 14
Lupine Vest 78 15
Feral Harness 81 17
Bandit Jerkin 82 18
Scouting Tunic 86 20
Rigid Tunic 87 21
Superior Tunic 90 23
Wrangler’s Wraps 92 24
Dervish Tunic 94 25
Robust Tunic 95 26
Pathfinder Vest 97 27
Scaled Leather Tunic 98 28
Cutthroat’s Vest 100 29
Infiltrator Armor 102 30
Headhunter’s Armor 103 31
Ghostwalker Rags 105 32
Archer’s Jerkin 106 33
Sentinel’s Breastplate 110 35
Trickster’s Vest 113 36
Nocturnal Tunic 115 37
Huntsman’s Armor 117 38
MAIL CHEST ARMOR LV.REQ
Brigade Breastplate 248 40
Ancient Chestpiece 254 41
Bonelink Armor 258 42
Champion’s Armor 263 43
Warmonger’s Chestpiece 273 45
Gryphon Mail Breastplate 278 46
Formidable Chestpiece 283 47
Lord’s Breastplate 288 48
Crusader’s Armor 298 50
Ironhide Breastplate 303 51
Merciless Surcoat 307 52
Ornate Breastplate 313 53
Engraved Breastplate 322 55
Impenetrable Breastplate 327 56
Magnificent Breastplate 332 57
Mercurial Breastplate 342 59
Masterwork Breastplate 347 60
Triumphant Chestplate 347 60
You’ll be weaning yourself off Uncommon gear once you hit level 60. A Master-
work Breastplate of the Monkey is never as good as a Beaststalker’s Breastplate
or an Ogre Forged Hauberk, though once you reach Outland, the Uncommons there
are phenomenal.
Also, you will run into moments in which you’ll find a piece of armor that’s
higher in level than what you’re already wearing but doesn’t have the bonuses
you need as a Hunter. Since your pet is taking most of the damage anyway, you
can afford to not wear a new piece of armor that offers higher Armor but no
Agility. Of course, you’ll eventually find an improvement to what you already
have but you don’t have to jump from “Brigade Breastplate of the Monkey” to
“Ancient Chestpiece of the Boar”.
For those who are curious, the suffixes offer the following:
STANDARD BONUSES
Of the Monkey +Agility, +Stamina
Of the Tiger +Agility, +Strength
Of the Wolf +Agility, +Spirit
Of the Falcon +Agility, +Intellect
Of the Eagle +Intellect, +Stamina
Of the Gorilla +Intellect, +Strength
Of the Bear +Strength, +Stamina
Of the Whale +Spirit, +Stamina
Of the Boar +Spirit, +Strength
Of the Owl +Spirit, +Intellect
EXPANSION BONUSES
Of the Ancestor +Strength, +Crit, +Stamina
Of the Battle +Strength, +Stamina, +Crit
Of the Champion +Strength, +Stamina, +Defense
Of the Beast +Strength, +Agility, +Stamina
Of the Soldier +Stamina, +Strength, +Crit
Of the Hierophant +Stamina, +Spirit, +Healing
Of the Physician +Stamina, +Intellect, +Healing
Of the Sorcerer +Stamina, +Intellect, +Spell Damage
Of the Elder +Stamina, +Intellect, +Mana Tick
Of the Bandit +Agility, +Stamina, +Attack Power
Of the Hunter +Attack Power, +Agility, +Intellect
Of the Invoker +Intellect, +Spell Damage, +Spell Crit
Of the Prophet +Intellect, +Spirit, +Healing
Of the Crusader +Spell Damage, +Intellect, +Defense
Of the Vision +Spell Damage, +Intellect, +Stamina
The Standard suffixes are pretty simple; you get an even mix of two stats. The
Expansion suffixes, on the other hand, are a little more complex. The spread is
between three stats instead of two, and some suffixes affect the same three
stats, but in differing amounts of each.
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Rare Armor
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Of course, Rare armor beats Uncommon on any day of the week. Whereas Uncommon
armor is adequate for soloing, what you really want to aim for is blue-lettered
weapons and armor, which are commonly found in 5-man dungeons. They are
superior to Uncommon equipment of the same level, and usually have a balanced
set of varied stats and bonuses. They will also last you for several levels
before coming across a replacement. Rare items are usually not terribly
difficult to obtain, so long as the players in your group are competent.
Rare Bind-on-Equip items can also be found in the wild, but the chances of a
mob dropping an item that you may want are so low that you shouldn’t expect
yourself to find such items. If you have some extra cash, you could try the
Auction House, but oftentimes, you’re just better off getting a group together
for a dungeon.
The most ideal Rare armor for a Hunter will have Agility, Stamina, Intellect,
and Attack Power. Some pieces of armor may even include Hit Rating, Crit
Rating, and Mana Tick. A lot of that stuff is pretty hard to come by before
level 60, but you’ll find some excellent gear in Outland.
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Ranged Weapons
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As you progress, you’ll run across different kinds of Guns, Bows, and Cross-
bows. Guns and Bows are more or less similar to one another in terms of damage
and speed but Crossbows tend to have slower attack speeds, favoring high base
damage instead. Many of these weapons will have suffixes or some kind of bonus
on them.
An Asterisk (*) after the Level Requirement indicates additional stats that
aren’t listed here.
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| UNCOMMON GUNS | BASE | SPEED | DPS | LV.REQ |
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| Rough Boomstick | 10-19 | 2.30 | 6.3 | 5 |
| Compact Shotgun | 11-21 | 2.00 | 8.0 | 8 |
| Hunter’s Muzzle Loader | 13-25 | 1.80 | 10.6 | 14 |
| Deadly Blunderbuss | 21-31 | 2.60 | 11.5 | 16 |
| Lovingly Crafted Boomstick | 16-31 | 1.80 | 13.1 | 19 |
| Silver-Plated Shotgun | 27-50 | 2.70 | 15.3 | 21 |
| Moonsight Rifle | 19-35 | 1.70 | 15.9 | 24 |
| “Mage-Eye” Blunderbuss | 33-62 | 2.80 | 17.0 | 26 |
| BKP “Sparrow” Smallbore | 21-40 | 1.70 | 17.9 | 28 |
| Explosive Shotgun | 30-56 | 2.10 | 20.5 | 32 |
| Smoothbore Gun | 38-72 | 2.50 | 22.0 | 34 |
| Mithril Blunderbuss | 48-90 | 2.90 | 23.8 | 36* |
| Mithril Heavy-Bore Rifle | 53-99 | 2.90 | 26.2 | 39* |
| Sniper Rifle | 72-85 | 3.00 | 26.2 | 39 |
| Richochet Blunderbuss | 46-87 | 2.30 | 28.9 | 43 |
| Percussion Shotgun | 48-91 | 2.30 | 30.2 | 45 |
| Thorium Rifle | 55-102 | 2.50 | 31.4 | 47* |
| Burnside Rifle | 59-111 | 2.50 | 34.0 | 51 |
| Unsophisticated Hand Cannon | 63-118 | 2.50 | 36.2 | 55* |
| Sharpshooter Harquebus | 56-104 | 2.20 | 36.4 | 55 |
| Lead-Slug Shotgun | 84-156 | 2.70 | 44.4 | 57 |
| Longbeard Rifle | 86-160 | 2.70 | 45.6 | 58 |
| Gnomish Assault Rifle | 88-164 | 2.70 | 46.7 | 59 |
| Croc-Hunter’s Rifle | 90-168 | 2.70 | 47.8 | 60 |
| PC-54 Shotgun | 91-171 | 2.70 | 48.5 | 61 |
| Sawed-Off Shotgun | 93-173 | 2.70 | 49.3 | 62 |
| Fel Iron Musket | 99-185 | 2.80 | 50.7 | 63* |
| Cliffjumper Shotgun | 96-179 | 2.70 | 50.9 | 63 |
| Dragonbreath Musket | 99-184 | 2.70 | 52.4 | 64 |
| Tauren Runed Musket | 102-190 | 2.70 | 54.1 | 65 |
| Sporting Rifle | 104-195 | 2.70 | 55.4 | 66 |
| Nesingwary Longrifle | 107-200 | 2.70 | 56.9 | 67 |
| Sen’jin Longrifle | 110-206 | 2.70 | 58.5 | 68 |
| Game Hunter Musket | 113-211 | 2.70 | 60.0 | 69 |
| Adamantite Rifle | 126-234 | 3.00 | 60.0 | 69* |
| Big-Boar Battle Rifle | 115-215 | 2.70 | 61.1 | 70 |
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| UNCOMMON GUNS | BASE | SPEED | DPS | LV.REQ |
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| Hunting Bow | 8-16 | 2.60 | 4.6 | 6 |
| Heavy Shortbow | 10-20 | 2.50 | 6.0 | 10 |
| Fine Shortbow | 7-14 | 1.70 | 6.2 | 11 |
| Light Bow | 9-18 | 1.70 | 7.9 | 16 |
| Short Ash Bow | 12-23 | 1.90 | 9.2 | 18 |
| Naga Heartpiercer | 13-25 | 1.80 | 10.6 | 21 |
| Precision Bow | 20-37 | 2.60 | 11.0 | 22 |
| Long Battle Bow | 18-34 | 2.20 | 11.8 | 24 |
| Ravenwood Bow | 17-32 | 1.90 | 12.9 | 27 |
| Study Recurve | 20-37 | 2.20 | 13.0 | 27 |
| Archer’s Longbow | 23-44 | 2.60 | 12.9 | 27 |
| Whipwood Recurve Bow | 17-32 | 1.80 | 13.6 | 29 |
| Long Redwood Bow | 28-52 | 2.80 | 14.3 | 30 |
| Dense Shortbow | 19-35 | 1.90 | 14.2 | 30 |
| Trueshot Bow | 24-45 | 1.90 | 18.2 | 36 |
| Crusader Bow | 32-60 | 2.20 | 20.9 | 40 |
| Massive Longbow | 43-80 | 2.80 | 22.0 | 42 |
| Sylvan Shortbow | 32-59 | 2.00 | 22.8 | 44 |
| Harpy Needler | 44-84 | 2.70 | 23.7 | 46 |
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| [All Uncommon Bows above this line are currently out-of-date.] |
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| Siege Bow | 62-117 | 2.80 | 32.0 | 48 |
| Quillfire Bow | 53-100 | 2.30 | 33.3 | 50 |
| Voone’s Twitchbow | 40-76 | 1.60 | 36.2 | 55 |
| Ogre Toothpick Shooter | 80-80 | 2.20 | 36.4 | 55* |
| Blasthorn Bow | 67-125 | 2.60 | 36.9 | 56 |
| Azerothian Longbow | 84-156 | 2.70 | 44.4 | 57 |
| Hawkeye Bow | 45-84 | 1.70 | 37.9 | 58 |
| Ashenvale Longbow | 86-160 | 2.70 | 45.6 | 58 |
| Telaari Longbow | 88-164 | 2.70 | 46.7 | 59 |
| Archstrike Bow | 61-115 | 2.30 | 38.3 | 60 |
| Windtalker Bow | 90-168 | 2.70 | 47.8 | 60 |
| Viper Bow | 91-171 | 2.70 | 48.5 | 61 |
| Razorsong Bow | 93-173 | 2.70 | 49.3 | 62 |
| Thalassian Compound Bow | 96-179 | 2.70 | 50.9 | 63 |
| Expert’s Bow | 99-184 | 2.70 | 52.4 | 64 |
| Talbuk Hunting Bow | 102-190 | 2.70 | 54.1 | 65 |
| Ranger’s Recurved Bow | 104-195 | 2.70 | 55.4 | 66 |
| Rocslayer Longbow | 107-200 | 2.70 | 56.9 | 67 |
| Orc Flatbow | 110-206 | 2.70 | 58.5 | 68 |
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