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Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — 12.0.5

Last Updated: May 19, 2026 - 2:32 PM (today)
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On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Beast Mastery Hunter, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft Patch 12.0.5.

1.

You should use a Indecipherable Eversong Diamond Icon Indecipherable Eversong Diamond in one socket, and Flawless Deadly Amethyst Icon Flawless Deadly Amethyst in every other socket. While there are other options for both your Thalassian gem as well as rare gems, these two will provide you with the highest DPS gains in all content types.

Icy Veins - Not satisfied with standard recommendations? Jump to these two guides to find out more about what your stats do, and how to fully optimize them.
Beast Mastery Hunter - Not satisfied with standard recommendations? Jump to these two guides to find out more about what your stats do, and how to fully optimize them.
Optimizations
Stats and Simulations
Not satisfied with standard recommendations? Jump to these two guides to find out more about what your stats do, and how to fully optimize them.
2.

Best Enchants and Weapon Augments

Slot Enchant
Helm
  • Enchant Helm - Empowered Rune of Avoidance Icon Enchant Helm - Empowered Rune of Avoidance
Shoulders
  • Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace Icon Enchant Shoulders - Amirdrassil's Grace
Chest
  • Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul Icon Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul
Legs
  • Forest Hunter's Armor Kit Icon Forest Hunter's Armor Kit
Feet
  • Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity Icon Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity
Ring
  • Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle Icon Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle
Weapon
  • Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei Icon Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei
  • Thalassian Phoenix Oil Icon Thalassian Phoenix Oil
Icy Veins - Before applying gems and enchants to your equipment, make sure to check whether
there might be an easy-to-get item that is better than the one you're currently wearing!
Beast Mastery Hunter - Before applying gems and enchants to your equipment, make sure to check whether
there might be an easy-to-get item that is better than the one you're currently wearing!
Gear Information
Best in Slot Gear and Where to Get It
Before applying gems and enchants to your equipment, make sure to check whether there might be an easy-to-get item that is better than the one you're currently wearing!
3.

Optimal Consumables

You can consume a number of temporary items to increase your power in dungeons and raids. Below is a comprehensive overview of everything you want to use!

3.1.

Flask

The best flask is generally going to be Flask of the Magisters Icon Flask of the Magisters. That said, it is best to think of Flasks as just another piece of gear that is easily swappable, and depending on your exact gear situation, any of the 4 secondary stat flasks can be optimal. To really minmax on this point, you would need to simulate it.

3.2.

Potions

There are two DPS Potions worth considering. Choose wisely, and be honest with yourself!

  • Light's Potential Icon Light's Potential is a safe option, offering a lot of Primary Stat for 30 sec, to be synced with your cooldowns.
  • Draught of Rampant Abandon Icon Draught of Rampant Abandon is a high-risk, high-reward option. It offers ~12% more stats than an ordinary Potion, but it will force you to move as it constantly spawns void zones beneath your feet. Standing in these will silence you, easily eliminating the DPS gain from the extra Agility, but if this is managed properly and doing so is not going to cause you to mess up your rotation due to focusing on your feet, it is technically the better Potion. This Potion is a 0.5% - 1% DPS increase when utilized perfectly.

Make sure to carry Silvermoon Health Potion Icon Silvermoon Health Potion as well. It has a 5-minute cooldown and heals most of your health; use it as a last resort, preferring your personal defensives wherever possible.

3.3.

Food Buff

The best Food you can eat is from a Harandar Celebration Icon Harandar Celebration or Silvermoon Parade Icon Silvermoon Parade feast. The best non-feast food is Hearty Royal Roast Icon Hearty Royal Roast. The "Hearty" part is important, as this food persists through death, and I highly recommend grabbing Cooking to easily make your own Hearty Food, as it cannot be straightforwardly purchased on the Auction House.

3.4.

Augment Rune

The best Augment Rune in Midnight is Void-Touched Augment Rune Icon Void-Touched Augment Rune, but it might be very expensive to use on every pull or every dungeon, so use them sparingly unless your wallet is deep.

Icy Veins - While you can simply buy all these items from the Auction House, you may want to
craft them yourself and sell the leftovers instead with our Icy Veins Profession Guides!
Professions
Create and Craft Your Own Consumables
While you can simply buy all these items from the Auction House, you may want to craft them yourself and sell the leftovers instead with our Icy Veins Profession Guides!
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4.

Changelog

  • 23 Apr. 2026: Updated Ring Enchant.
  • 20 Apr. 2026: Reviewed for Patch 12.0.5.
  • 16 Mar. 2026: Updated for Midnight Season 1.
  • 26 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight 12.0.1.
  • 10 Feb. 2026: Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
  • 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
  • 05 Oct. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
  • 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
  • 09 May 2025: Updated Corruption Enchants section.
  • 21 Apr. 2025: Added Corruption Enchants information.
  • 25 Mar. 2025: Updated for March 25 Updates.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
  • 30 Oct. 2024: Updated for October 29 Hotfixes.
  • 22 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 30 Aug. 2024: Preliminary update pass in preparation for Season 1.
  • 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 22 May 2023: Updated the recommended Leg Enchant, as it was found that the Lambent Armor Kit does not provide Stamina as it was assumed.
  • 13 May 2023: Updated the recommended food and Leg enchant.
  • 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 23 Mar. 2023: Yet another update to the recommended Gemstones based on a slew of hotfixes.
  • 23 Mar. 2023: Updated the recommended Gemstones after sim updates, and the discovery of a new, powerful combination.
  • 21 Mar. 2023: Updated the Onyx Annulet Information in light of the March 21st buff.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 22 Feb. 2023: Updated and clarified optimal Gems and Enchants.
  • 20 Feb. 2023: Added information about a DPS-increasing Glyph for Beast Mastery Hunters.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 04 Jan. 2023: Updated the recommended Phial.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Updated the recommendation and description of the optimal Flasks/Phials.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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