Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.0.5)
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft The War Within (11.0.5).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Beast Mastery Hunter gear and best in slot.
Best in Slot Gear Guide for Beast Mastery Hunter
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Beast Mastery Hunter for The War Within Season 1. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Beast Mastery Hunter, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.
For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.
BiS Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter
The War Within Season 1 Overall BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within Season 1 from all sources, including Raiding, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault, and Crafted.
Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if I feel there is a significant difference for Raiding and Mythic+, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list and thus, despite me not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.
| Slot | Item | Source/Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon (Raiding) |  Splintershot Silkbow (639) |
Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Weapon (Mythic+) |  Shade-Touched Silencer (639) |
Nexus Princess Ky'veza (626) in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Helm |  Lightless Scavenger's Skull (639) |
Silken Court/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Neck |  Sureki Zealot's Insignia (639) |
Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Shoulder |  Lightless Scavenger's Taxidermy (639) |
Rasha'nan/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Cloak |  Wings of Shattered Sorrow (639) |
Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Chest |  Lightless Scavenger's Tunic (639) |
Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Bracers |  Glyph-Etched Vambraces —  Dawnthread Lining (636) |
Crafted — Leatherworking |
| Gloves |  Glyph-Etched Gauntlets — Dawnthread Lining (636) |
Crafted — Leatherworking |
| Belt |  Lost Watcher's Remains (639) |
The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Legs |  Lightless Scavenger's Stalkings (639) |
Nexus Princess Ky'veza/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Boots |  Lightless Scavenger's Footpads (639) |
Matrix Catalyst any 639 Boots. |
| Ring #1 |  Seal of the Poisoned Pact (639) |
Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Ring #2 |  Devout Zealot's Ring (639) |
The Dawnbreaker (626), or Great Vault |
| Trinket #1 |  Skardyn's Grace (639) |
Grim Batol (626), or Great Vault |
| Trinket #2 (All-Rounder) |  Ara-Kara Sacbrood (639) |
Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (626), or Great Vault |
| Trinket #2 (Pure Single-Target) |  Mad Queen's Mandate (639) |
Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
Nerub-ar Palace Raid Gear BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within Season 1 from the Nerub-ar Palace Raid.
Note that this BiS List is for items from the Raid. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.
Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if I feel there is a significant difference for Raiding and Mythic+, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list and thus, despite me not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.
| Slot | Item | Source/Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon (Raiding) | Splintershot Silkbow (639) |
Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Weapon (Mythic+) | Shade-Touched Silencer (639) |
Nexus Princess Ky'veza (626) in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia (639) |
Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Shoulder |  Whispering Voidlight Spaulders (639) |
Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow (639) |
Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Chest | Lightless Scavenger's Tunic (639) |
Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Bracers |  Ky'veza's Covert Clasps (639) |
Nexus Princess Ky'veza in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Gloves |  Lightless Scavenger's Mitts (639) |
Sikran/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Belt | Lost Watcher's Remains (639) |
The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Legs | Lightless Scavenger's Stalkings (639) |
Nexus Princess Ky'veza/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Boots | Lightless Scavenger's Footpads (639) |
Matrix Catalyst any 639 Boots. |
| Ring #1 | Seal of the Poisoned Pact (639) |
Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Ring #2 |  Key to the Unseeming (639) |
The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Trinket #1 |  Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg (639) |
Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace |
| Trinket #2 | Mad Queen's Mandate (639) |
Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
The War Within Season 1 Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter from The War Within Season 1 Mythic+.
Note that this BiS List is for items from Mythic+. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is the list you can chase when you want to improve your gear by farming Mythic+ dungeons.
Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, sometimes two if I feel there is a significant difference for Raiding and Mythic+, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list and thus, despite me not thinking you should really care much about it, it is here for your perusal.
| Slot | Item | Source/Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon |  Recurved Hull Impaler (639) |
The Dawnbreaker (626), or Great Vault |
| Helm | Lightless Scavenger's Skull (639) |
Silken Court/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Neck |  'Emergency Stop' Keychain (639) |
The Stonevault (626), or Great Vault |
| Shoulder |  Wintersnap Shoulderguards (639) |
Mists of Tirna Scithe (626), or Great Vault |
| Cloak |  Anvilhide Cape (639) |
The Stonevault (626), or Great Vault |
| Chest | Lightless Scavenger's Tunic (639) |
Broodtwister Ovi'nax/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Bracers |  Penumbral Rimeguards (639) |
City of Threads (626), or Great Vault |
| Gloves | Lightless Scavenger's Mitts (639) |
Sikran/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Belt |  Anchor Chain Girdle (639) |
Siege of Boralus (626), or Great Vault |
| Legs | Lightless Scavenger's Stalkings (639) |
Nexus Princess Ky'veza/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
| Boots |  Red Scale Boots (639) |
Grim Batol (626), or Great Vault |
| Ring #1 (Mythic+) |  Band of the Ancient Dredger (639) |
Siege of Boralus (626), or Great Vault |
| Ring #2 (Raiding) | Devout Zealot's Ring (639) |
The Dawnbreaker (626), or Great Vault |
| Ring #2 (Mythic+) |  Seal of the City Watch (639) |
Siege of Boralus (626), or Great Vault |
| Trinket #1 | Skardyn's Grace (639) |
Grim Batol (626), or Great Vault |
| Trinket #2 | Ara-Kara Sacbrood (639) |
Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (626), or Great Vault |
Best Trinkets for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within Season 1
Raiding Trinket Tier List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This Trinket Tier List is single-target biased, as this tends to be the most important aspect of Raiding. When Trinkets are equal on single-target, I will "break the tie" by looking into which Trinket performs better in AoE/mixed scenarios.
Note that the Trinkets are compared at their highest possible Item Level, which is only 626 for Delve Trinkets. Not only that, but 639 Mythic+ Trinkets are only obtainable via the Great Vault — Not a very reliable source. At equal iLvls, the picture may be very different and that is why you should sim yourself.
A "Tier" as defined by this list is around 0.5% DPS, meaning that S-Tier Trinkets are around 0.5% better than A-Tier Trinkets, and so on.
S-Tier
- Skardyn's Grace — Our undisputed BiS Trinket numbers-wise, and also enhances our burst.
- Mad Queen's Mandate — A little better than Sacbrood for single-target, but far less versatile for AoE.
- Ara-Kara Sacbrood
A-Tier
- Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg
Quickwick Candlestick — A Delve Trinket that is a decent alternative to Skardyn's Grace.
Void Reaper's Contract — More single-target oriented than the other Trinkets in this Tier.
B-Tier
Concoction: Kiss of Death
Dead-Eye Spyglass — Because this Trinket marks targets, it is problematic on "stop-start" situations such as Mythic+, which is why it is lower-ranked than on single-target.
Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife
Sikran's Endless Arsenal
C-Tier
Treacherous Transmitter — A Raid Trinket that is a decent alternative to Skardyn's Grace.
Spelunker's Waning Candle
Harvester's Edict
Bottled Flayedwing Toxin
Twin Fang Instruments
D-Tier
Mistcaller Ocarina — Not great for yourself, but when its effect is multiplied onto all of your hopefully powerful allies, it is a solid Trinket.
Imperfect Ascendancy Serum
Abyssal Trap
Everburning Lantern
Scroll of Momentum
Mythic+ Trinket Tier List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This Trinket Tier List is AoE-biased for Mythic+, as this tends to be the most important aspect of Mythic+.
Note that the Trinkets are compared at their highest possible Item Level, which is only 626 for Delve Trinkets. Not only that, but 639 Mythic+ Trinkets are only obtainable via the Great Vault — Not a very reliable source. At equal iLvls, the picture may be very different and that is why you should sim yourself.
A "Tier" as defined by this list is around 0.5% DPS, meaning that S-Tier Trinkets are around 0.5% better than A-Tier Trinkets, and so on.
S-Tier
- Skardyn's Grace — Our undisputed BiS Trinket numbers-wise, and also enhances our burst.
- Ara-Kara Sacbrood
A-Tier
- Quickwick Candlestick — A Delve Trinket that is a decent alternative to Skardyn's Grace.
- Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg
- Mad Queen's Mandate — Extremely good for single-target burst and priority target damage, but weak for AoE.
- Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
B-Tier
- Concoction: Kiss of Death
- Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife
- Treacherous Transmitter — A Raid Trinket that is a decent alternative to Skardyn's Grace.
- Dead-Eye Spyglass — Because this Trinket marks targets, it is problematic on "stop-start" situations such as Mythic+, which is why it is lower-ranked than on single-target.
- Void Reaper's Contract — More single-target oriented than the other Trinkets in this Tier.
- Sikran's Endless Arsenal
C-Tier
- Spelunker's Waning Candle
- Mistcaller Ocarina — Not great for yourself, but when its effect is multiplied onto all of your hopefully powerful allies, it is a solid Trinket.
- Twin Fang Instruments
- Bottled Flayedwing Toxin
- Harvester's Edict
D-Tier
- Imperfect Ascendancy Serum
- Abyssal Trap
- Everburning Lantern
- Scroll of Momentum
"Simming" Yourself as a Beast Mastery Hunter
Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.
While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!
If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.
Best Crafted Items for Beast Mastery Hunter
You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Haste/Mastery is generally a safe "overall" choice. If you know that you are primarily interested in Raiding, go for Haste/Crit instead.
2x Dawnthread Lining is equal to 
P.0.W. x2 + 
Writhing Armor Banding for single-target in the end-game,
but the Weapon has significant drawbacks in Mythic+ since its 
Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension takes 80 seconds to stack up to full power,
only to drop shortly after combat ends. Dawnthread Lining is also ever so slightly better for Mythic+ due to higher uptimes.
Please note that double- Dawnthread Lining has a tendency to not work outside of combat in some scenarios. If you have two of them
equipped, but are only getting Crit from one of them, try to intentionally drop below 80% HP and then heal yourself back up. this WeakAura can help alert you when it is not working so you can fix it.
But, 639 iLvl Weapons are not super accessible, and P.0.W. x2 is going to be significantly better until you get one of those, which could be a good reason to Craft one for its early power boost.
The sections below describe, in detail, the best endgame options for Raiding and Mythic+, but keep the above in mind.
Best Embellishments and Crafting Order for Beast Mastery Hunter
Note that the Darkmoon Sigils and Dawnthread Lining are extremely close to each other in any case, often within 0.5%. You really cannot go wrong with either — except for running Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension in Mythic+, which is actually bad.
Best Crafts for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within
- P.0.W. x2 with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension — Not strictly our endgame BiS, but extremely close to it, and very accessible.
- Glyph-Etched Gauntlets with Writhing Armor Banding — Doubles the effect of the Ascension on our
Weapon, and fixes a core problem of Beast Mastery gearing — there are no end-game Gloves that do not have Versatility, our worst stat!
This is why we choose Gloves as our second Crafting slot.
- If you have obtained a 639 Mythic Weapon elsewhere, you can now craft Glyph-Etched Vambraces with
Dawnthread Lining and swap your Gloves to Dawnthread Lining as well.
- Glyph-Etched Gauntlets with Dawnthread Lining — We pick this Embellishment because it will have
far better uptimes in Mythic+ than in Raiding, and because the Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension we pick for Raiding will not get time to
stack up in Mythic+.
- Glyph-Etched Vambraces/
Consecrated Cloak with Dawnthread Lining —
Same Embellishment, different slot. Both of these slots are similar in terms of DPS, but we do have a special Cloak available from
Nerub-ar Palace in Wings of Shattered Sorrow which has reasonable defensive value, so the Bracers are generally your best bet.
Note that P.0.W. x2 can be a really good early Craft in the Season, even if it is not endgame BiS for Mythic+. It is best to
sim your Crafting Options using Raidbots Top Gear with this Pastebin. There is no one-size-fits-
all-answer, as many factors influence this. When are you Crafting? What other Weapons are available? Will you get a Weapon in your next
Great Vault? Will Sikran or Nexus Princess Ky'veza drop their Weapon in the next raid? All of these and other
factors influence your choice, but the weapon is worth strongly considering. Note that we pick 
Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity for Mythic+ as it does not have the build-up time of Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.
Next, chase Item Level where needed, preferring Weapon > Helm/Chest/Legs (though these are likely occupied by tier) > Boots/Belt > Rings/Necks > Cloaks.
Best Gear Crest Upgrades for Beast Mastery Hunter
You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as
Gilded Harbinger Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item
level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.
When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.
Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.
We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.
Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.
- Weapons
- Trinkets
- Helm/Chest/Legs
- Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
- Rings and Necks
- Cloaks and Bracers
Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.
Season 1 Tier Set for Beast Mastery Hunter
The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Lightless Scavenger moniker. Unique DPS bonuses are unlocked when wearing 2, and 4 pieces from the set:
-
Hunter Beast Mastery Season 1 2pc — 
Barbed Shot further
increases your pet's attack speed by 5%. In other words, increases
Frenzy's pet attack speed contribution to 35%, up from 30%, per
stack. This basically means +15% attack speed most of the time.
-
Hunter Beast Mastery Season 1 4pc — Your pet's attacks have a 10%
chance to increase all pet damage you deal by 10% for 10 sec. This will
basically have ~100% uptime, so this translates to about 10% pet damage, which is quite strong.
The Tier Set Bonus is absolutely mandatory for competitive play, and you should prioritize obtaining it. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.
The Tier Set is, by its pet-boosting nature, slightly stronger for 
Pack Leader than it is for 
Dark Ranger, but this does not change our decision-making in the Hero Talents department.
You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Gloves, due to their Versatility. Check out the BiS List for more information.
Changelog
- 30 Oct. 2024: Updated for October 29 Hotfixes.
- 22 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 24 Sep. 2024: Updated a BiS Ring.
- 13 Sep. 2024: Added note about double-Dawnthread Lining not working and how to fix it.
- 10 Sep. 2024: Streamlined Crafting recommendations, split them by Raiding and Mythic+, and reformatted. Removed Disclaimer. Fixed some BiS List discrepancies.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 30 Aug. 2024: Preliminary update pass in preparation for Season 1.27 Aug. 2024: Added a note about Crafted gear to the Pre-Season BiS List.
- 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
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