Classes

LEVELING GUIDE

WoW Forever Feral Combat · Damage Druid Leveling Guide

Feral damage levels on and until at 20. Both scale with spell power, so grab some early. and scale with your weapon's DPS, so once you shift, your weapon is always the most important upgrade.

Recommended talents

Level 20 · Feral Combat · Damage6/5/0

Recommended professions

  • Leatherworking
    Craft the Agility and Strength Brawler's leather line (, , , and more). Its adds rested experience at camp.
  • Skinning
    Gathers your own Leatherworking materials, and (critical strike chance) — the best camp bonus for Feral damage — is easy to get and craft.

ROUTELevel-by-level route

  1. 5

    Levels 1–5

    One target at a time with Wrath

    • Up to 20, most of your kills come from . It scales well with spell power, so early spell power gear and consumables go a long way.
    • Keep up and top yourself off with between fights.
    • Pick up Skinning and Leatherworking right away. Cooking, First Aid and Fishing don't use your two profession slots, so level them too.

    Gear to pick up

    New abilities

  2. 9

    Levels 6–9

    Keep Thorns up

    • is very strong for leveling, so keep it up at all times. It locks in your spell power when cast, so apply it with your spell power gear and consumables on.
    • At 8, hold enemies at range with while you cast .
    • Craft with Leatherworking.

    Gear to pick up

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (6) · (8)

  3. 12

    Levels 10–12

    Bear Form and Ferocity

    • The level 10 class quest gives . Tanking as a bear makes it much easier to get into dungeon groups.
    • Start your talents with to lower the Rage and Energy cost of , and .
    • damage scales with your weapon's DPS. Don't miss a chance to upgrade it.
    • At 12, craft with Leatherworking. Switch your food to .

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 10–123/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (10) · (10) · (10)

  4. 16

    Levels 13–16

    First dungeons

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 13–145/5
    • Lv 15–162/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (14) · (14) · (14) · (16) · (16)

    Dungeons for this range

  5. 19

    Levels 17–19

    Collecting the Fang set

    • Wailing Caverns opens at 17. The Fang set (, , , , ) has good stats, and wearing all of it turns into a serpent.
    • Also pick up from the Wailing Caverns quest, plus and .

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 17–195/5

    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (18) · (18) · (18) · (18)

    Dungeons for this range

  6. 20

    Level 20

    Cat Form

    • The level 20 class quest gives . You only have and to attack with, so it's mostly auto attacking while Energy refills and hoping for procs.
    • Your last point goes into for more range and hit chance on Balance attacks like . This build doesn't go deep into the Feral tree, trading movement utility for damage.
    • Craft and with Leatherworking.

    Gear to pick up

    Talents

    • Lv 201/2
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    New abilities

    Rank upgrades

    (20) · (20) · (20)

ROTATIONHow to fight

  1. 1Before 20: keep up and kill with from range.
  2. 2Cat: at 4–5 combo points on a target that will live at least 6 seconds, use .
  3. 3Otherwise, .
  4. 4Tanking a dungeon in : keep up, on one target, on several.

GEARLevel-20 target gear

Dungeon drops, quest rewards and crafted items worth chasing at level 20 for this spec, by slot, best stats for the spec first.

Head

Neck

  • BestQuest
    Quest “Friend of the Library”

Shoulder

Back

Chest

Wrist

Hands

Waist

Legs

Feet

Finger

Two-Hand

One-Hand

CLASS QUESTSClass quests

  • Level 10 — Bear Form

    Learned from a class quest; the name differs by race.

  • Level 14 — Cure Poison

    Learned from a class quest; the name differs by race.

  • Level 16 — Aquatic Form

    Learned from a class quest; the name differs by race.

  • Level 20 — Cat Form

    Everything happens in Moonglade. A statue outside the cave grants you the ability to prowl; sneak inside and pick up 3 idols without being seen by the patrols.

CAMPINGCamping

  • The best camp bonus for Feral damage is (critical strike chance), easy to get and craft with Skinning.
  • Fishing's (8% stats) and Blacksmithing's (Strength, grows with your level) are also good.