Night Elf Hunter: your first 10 levels

Updated 2026-10-28 · ForeverDB

A gentle start for a Night Elf Hunter in WoW Forever: where your trainer stands in Shadowglen, your spells up to level 10, your class quests, the racials that help and the best professions.

Written for the WoW Forever beta, for your first 10 levels. Where each person stands comes from what players recorded in WoW Forever wherever we have it. Anything else is marked: "Classic data" means the spot comes from the original game and may have moved in Forever.

Right now

Welcome! You're a Night Elf Hunter, and you start in Shadowglen. Here are the three things you need first. Take your time: nothing here is in a rush.

1. You appear at 58.6, 44.8 in Shadowglen.
2. Your first quest: talk to Melithar Staghelm (59.9, 42.5), 105 yards north-east of where you appear.
3. Your Hunter trainer is Ayanna Everstride at 58.7, 40.4, 145 yards north of where you appear (Classic data, may differ in Forever). Walk: 180 yards, 25 sec.
4. Your class quest: Conservator Ilthalaine also has Etched Sigil for you. It sends you to your trainer, and it's free experience.

Tip: If you die, that's fine: everyone does. Click Release Spirit, run back to your body as a ghost, and carry on. Fight one enemy at a time and eat or drink between fights.

Playing a Hunter at first

You shoot from a distance with a bow or a gun, and at level 10 you tame a beast to fight beside you. You use mana for your shots and tricks.

1. Stand back and press Auto Shot. It keeps shooting on its own.
2. If something reaches you, hit it with Raptor Strike.
3. From level 4, open with Serpent Sting for extra damage over time.

Tip: Your shots need ammunition (arrows for a bow, bullets for a gun). Buy plenty at the general goods vendor and keep some spare.

Tip: Your pet comes at level 10 from your class quest. Until then, keep enemies at a distance.

Your spells up to level 10

You start with your level 1 spells. The rest you learn from your trainer, for a few coins, at levels 4, 6, 8, 10. A few come from class quests instead. From the WoW Forever game client:

Where your Hunter trainers are

Walks start from where you appear (the first trainer), the middle of the town (town trainers) or the first town (city trainers).

Class quests

Your racials as a Hunter

• Elune's Light: A burst of critical strikes for a short time. Press it for a hard fight.
• Shadowmeld: Hide in the shadows while you stand still. Handy for letting enemies walk past you.
• Wisp Spirit: When you die, you run back to your body as a fast wisp.

Professions

For a Hunter, the best pair is Leatherworking and Skinning. Leatherworking makes leather armor you can wear, and Skinning takes leather from the beasts you kill anyway, so you never have to buy it.

Tip: Not sure yet? Pick two gathering professions (Herbalism, Mining or Skinning). They make money from the very first herb, vein or beast, and you can swap one for a crafting profession later. Dropping a profession loses its skill, so decide before you've raised it far.

More on this: the best professions for each class.

After level 10

At level 10 you get your first talent point. Our Hunter leveling guide takes you on from there, and the leveling guide shows where to go next. Your first dungeon comes a bit later: see your first dungeon.

Checked against WoW Forever beta build 1.60.1.70658.

Explore next

• Quest guides
• Hunter: Changes · Builds · Gear planner

Read next

• Shadowglen: your first 10 levels
• Night Elf: a guide for new players
• Leveling a Hunter to 30
• Best professions for each class