Creature types

The ten types

Every creature in the game is exactly one of these, and the type is not decoration: it decides what can be cast at the thing, whether a hunter can tame it and whether it can be skinned. Counts are creatures that actually spawn somewhere in the world — 531 of them tameable and 816 skinnable.

Spells that only work on one type

15 of the abilities this site holds refuse every target but a named type or two. The list is read from each spell's own target mask, so it covers the ones nobody remembers as well as Polymorph: the paladin's Exorcism and Holy Wrath are damage spells that simply will not fire at anything living, which makes a paladin a specialist in two of the ten types and an ordinary damage dealer in the other eight.

What a hunter can tame

531 of the 876 beasts in the world carry a pet family, and the family is what a hunter is really choosing — it decides the pet's abilities, not the model. Only beasts can be tamed: a few demons carry a family too, and those are the warlock's own minions.

The rest of the basics

• Elite, rare, rare elite and bossWhat the dragon around a mob's portrait means, and how much harder each rank actually is.
• Schools of magic, and resistanceThe six schools plus physical, what resistance does to a spell, and which creatures are immune.
• Attributes, and what a point is worthStrength, Agility, Stamina, Intellect and Spirit, with the per-class numbers the server itself uses.
• Which weapons each class can useEvery weapon and armour type by class, what you start with, and where the eight weapon masters stand.