Survival Hunter DPS Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Midnight Season 1
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Survival Hunter, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — Midnight Season 1.
If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Classic Survival Hunter Gems, Enchants, and Consumables.
Best Gems, Enchants, Food, and Flasks for Survival Hunter in Midnight 12.0.1
This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Survival Hunter, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
Gems for Survival Hunter in Midnight
Enchants for Survival Hunter
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Consumables for Survival Hunter in Midnight
Flasks
For Survival Hunter, the best flask is generally going to be
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.
Combat Potions
For Survival Hunter, there are two Potions you need to consider.
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 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.
Choose wisely, and be honest with yourself!
Healing Potions
For Survival Hunter, the best potion is
Silvermoon Health Potion. It has a 5-minute cooldown and heals most of
your health, use it as a last resort, preferring your personal defensives
wherever possible.
Foods
For Survival Hunter, the best Food you can eat is from a
Harandar Celebration or
Silvermoon Parade Feast. The best
non-Feast food is
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.
In addition to Foods, it is currently possible to drink Teas like
Sanguithorn Tea for a modest movement speed increase. These can be
consumed and benefitted from alongside food. I think this is unintended, so this
may well be fixed in the future.
Augment Runes
For Survival Hunter, the best Augment Rune in Midnight is
Void-Touched Augment Rune.
Changelog
- 16 Mar. 2026: Updated for Midnight Season 1.
- 04 Mar. 2026: Added information about some old Sharpening/Weightstones from The Burning Crusade that are optimal in Midnight.
- 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.
- 07 Mar. 2025: Updated Weapon Enchant.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 15 Nov. 2024: Updated Weapon Enchant.
- 30 Oct. 2024: Updated for October 29 Hotfixes.
- 22 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 05 Oct. 2024: Expanded on Weapon Enchant choices.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Preliminary update for The War Within 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.
- 12 May 2023: Updated the recommended food and Leg enchant.
- 02 May 2023: Updated the recommended Weapon Rune/Temporary 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.
- 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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