Improved Tracking

Improved Tracking (Monster Slaying in Classic Era), a Hunter Survival ability, was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 differs from Classic Era. Pick any rank to compare its tooltip with Classic Era.

Granted by the Hunter talent Improved Tracking. This is the spell it teaches; the talent's own change is on its page.

Spell · Physical · Rank 1 changed

Improved Tracking tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

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Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Monster Slaying

Rank 1 · Physical school

Increases all damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by 1% and increases critical damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by an additional 1%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Changed: Improved Tracking

Changed: Physical school

Changed: While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
description	Increases all damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by $s1% and increases critical damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by an additional $s2%.	While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by $m1%.
durationIndex	21	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 168, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 19, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 547, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 19, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 5, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 12, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]
name	Monster Slaying	Improved Tracking
subtext	Rank 1	none

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Spell · Physical · Rank 2 unchanged

Monster Slaying (Rank 2) tooltip, the same in Classic Era and WoW Forever

The same tooltip in both clients: every line the Forever client ships matches Classic Era.

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Forever Oct 22, 2026 (same as Classic Era Oct 27, 2026)

Monster Slaying

Rank 2 · Physical school

Increases all damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by 2% and increases critical damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by an additional 2%.

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Spell · Physical · Rank 3 unchanged

Monster Slaying (Rank 3) tooltip, the same in Classic Era and WoW Forever

The same tooltip in both clients: every line the Forever client ships matches Classic Era.

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Rank 1 Rank 2 Rank 3

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Forever Oct 22, 2026 (same as Classic Era Oct 27, 2026)

Monster Slaying

Rank 3 · Physical school

Increases all damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by 3% and increases critical damage caused against Beasts, Giants and Dragonkin targets by an additional 3%.

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What changed for Improved Tracking in WoW Forever

• Rank 1 changed effect values changed, tooltip text changed, renamed from Monster Slaying, rank text Rank 1 to none
• Rank 2 unchanged unchanged, the same tooltip as Classic Era
• Rank 3 unchanged unchanged, the same tooltip as Classic Era

Improved Tracking changes between Forever builds

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