Quick answer: Hunters in WoW Forever have 50 talents across Beast Mastery (16), Marksmanship (16) and Survival (18). Points start at level 10, and each new row costs 5 more points in that tree.
How Hunter talents work in WoW Forever
You get your first talent point at level 10 and one more every level after that. By level 60, you have 51 points to spend. Each tree has seven rows. The first row is open from your first point, and every row after it asks for 5 more points spent in that same tree.
- Row 1: open from the first point
- Row 2: 5 points in the tree
- Row 3: 10 points
- Row 4: 15 points
- Row 5: 20 points
- Row 6: 25 points
- Row 7: 30 points
A tree’s gold-medal talents each cost one point and become available at points 11, 16, 21, and 31. The talents at 11, 21, and 31 keep the familiar layout. WoW Forever adds a gold medal at point 16, bringing each Hunter tree’s total to four.
To respec, go to a class trainer in any of the major cities. That same visit also resets your Legacy talents. If you’d rather not keep switching, Dual Specialization unlocks at level 40 and lets you keep two talent setups.
Beast Mastery talents
Beast Mastery has 16 talents, and almost all of them are about your pet. Endurance Training adds 15 percent Health and Armor to your pets over five ranks. Focused Fire adds 2 percent damage for both you and your pet while the pet is out. Deadly Aspects ties attack speed procs to Aspect of the Hawk and Aspect of the Beast, and Improved Aspect of the Monkey passes half of the Dodge bonus on to your pet.
Bestial Swiftness earns the first gold medal, increasing your pets’ speed by 30 percent. The next talent, Summon Hawk, calls a hawk to dive on your target and attack it for 18 seconds. You may keep up to two hawks active, and Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot. Intimidation causes your pet’s next successful attack to stun its target for 3 seconds, gives that attack 100 percent more critical strike chance, and generates high threat. The final talent is Bestial Wrath, available at the 31st point. For 18 seconds, it enrages your pet and increases its damage by 50 percent; nothing can stop the pet during this effect unless it dies.
| Talent | Ranks | Unlocks at | Effect at max rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadly Aspects | 5 | Row 1 (0 points) | While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. |
| Endurance Training | 5 | Row 1 (0 points) | Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 15%. |
| Focused Fire | 2 | Row 2 (5 points) | Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active. |
| Improved Aspect of the Monkey | 3 | Row 2 (5 points) | Increases the Dodge bonus of your Aspect of the Monkey by 6%. Additionally, your pet gains 50% of the effect of your Aspect of the Monkey ability. |
| Improved Revive Pet | 2 | Row 2 (5 points) | Revive Pet's casting time is reduced by 6 sec, mana cost is reduced by 40%, and increases the health your pet returns with by an additional 30%. |
| Pathfinding | 2 | Row 3 (10 points) | Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%. |
| Bestial Swiftness | 1 | Row 3 (10 points) | Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%. |
| Unleashed Fury | 5 | Row 3 (10 points) | Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 15%. |
| Improved Mend Pet | 2 | Row 4 (15 points) | Gives your Mend Pet spell a 50% chance of cleansing 1 Curse, Disease, Magic, or Poison effect from your pet each time it heals and reduces the Mana cost by 20%. |
| Ferocity | 5 | Row 4 (15 points) | Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 10%. |
| Summon Hawk | 1 | Row 4 (15 points) | Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing Physical damage and continuing its assault for 18 sec. Only 2 hawks can be active at once. Summon Hawk shares its cooldown with Arcane Shot. |
| Spirit Bond | 2 | Row 5 (20 points) | While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1% of total health every 5 sec. |
| Intimidation Requires Bestial Swiftness, Bestial Wrath | 1 | Row 5 (20 points) | Command your pet to Stun the target for 3 sec on its next successful attack, which also gains 100% increased critical strike chance. Generates high threat. |
| Bestial Discipline | 2 | Row 5 (20 points) | Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 20% and allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
| Frenzy Requires Ferocity | 5 | Row 6 (25 points) | Gives your pet a 100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike. |
| Bestial Wrath Requires Intimidation | 1 | Row 7 (30 points) | Send your pet into a rage causing 50% additional damage for 18 sec. While enraged, the beast does not feel pity or remorse or fear and it cannot be stopped unless killed. |
Marksmanship talents
Marksmanship also has 16 talents, and it focuses on your own ranged attacks. Hawk Eye adds 6 yards to your ranged weapon range. Lethal Attacks raises your critical strike chance by 5 percent. Improved Concussive Shot gives that shot a 20 percent chance to stun for 3 seconds. Improved Stings buffs all three stings: Serpent Sting deals more damage, Viper Sting’s cooldown drops by 6 seconds, and Scorpid Sting lasts 45 seconds longer.
Lone Wolf is the first gold medal and allows you to fight without a pet. With no pet active, all your attacks deal 20 percent more damage. Trueshot Aura grants 20 Ranged Attack Power to party or raid members within 45 yards. Scatter Shot fires at close range, dealing 50 percent weapon damage and disorienting the target for 4 seconds. Any damage ends the disorient, and firing the shot stops your attack. The final gold medal is Sniper Shot, which fires from long range and deals ranged damage with an additional 320. For 10 seconds, your next three shots also gain 10 yards of range.
| Talent | Ranks | Unlocks at | Effect at max rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawk Eye | 3 | Row 1 (0 points) | Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 6 yards. |
| Improved Concussive Shot | 5 | Row 1 (0 points) | Gives your Concussive Shot a 20% chance to stun the target for 3 sec. |
| Lethal Attacks | 5 | Row 1 (0 points) | Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 5%. |
| Improved Stings | 3 | Row 2 (5 points) | Increases the damage of your Serpent Sting ability by 20%, reduces the cooldown of your Viper Sting ability by 6 sec, and increases the duration of your Scorpid Sting ability by 45 sec. |
| Efficiency | 5 | Row 2 (5 points) | Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%. |
| Careful Aim | 5 | Row 2 (5 points) | Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect. |
| Rapid Killing | 2 | Row 3 (10 points) | Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 2 min. In addition, when you kill a non-trivial enemy or it dies while afflicted by your Serpent Sting, you gain Rapid Killing, increasing the damage of your next Shot ability within 20 sec by 20%. |
| Improved Arcane Shot | 5 | Row 3 (10 points) | Reduces the cooldown of your Arcane Shot by 1.5 sec. Does not affect the cooldown of abilities which share a cooldown with Arcane Shot. |
| Lone Wolf | 1 | Row 3 (10 points) | You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet. |
| Trueshot Aura | 1 | Row 4 (15 points) | Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 20. |
| Mortal Shots Requires Careful Aim | 5 | Row 4 (15 points) | Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 30%. |
| Rapid Recuperation Requires Rapid Killing | 2 | Row 5 (20 points) | Afflicting a target with Serpent Sting allows 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 15 sec, increased to 100% when Rapid Killing is consumed. |
| Barrage | 3 | Row 5 (20 points) | Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 15%. |
| Scatter Shot | 1 | Row 5 (20 points) | A short-range shot that deals 50% weapon damage and disorients the target for 4 sec. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Turns off your attack when used. |
| Ranged Weapon Specialization | 5 | Row 6 (25 points) | Increases the damage you deal with ranged weapons by 5%. |
| Sniper Shot Requires Trueshot Aura | 1 | Row 7 (30 points) | A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 320 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec. |
Survival talents
Survival is the largest tree with 18 talents, and it adds melee and defensive tools. Deflection raises your Parry chance by 5 percent. Savage Strikes gives your melee abilities 4 percent more critical strike chance. Entrapment roots every target caught in your traps for 5 seconds. Improved Tracking adds 5 percent damage against whatever creature type you’re tracking, which covers Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids and Undead.
Deterrence is the first gold medal. Activate it to get 25 percent more Dodge and Parry chance for 10 seconds. Counterattack becomes usable after you parry. It deals 50 percent weapon damage plus 26, immobilizes the target for 5 seconds, and can’t be blocked, dodged or parried. Strider Kick deals 100 percent melee weapon damage and makes you 30 percent faster for 3 seconds. The 31st-point talent is Lacerating Strikes. It makes Mongoose Bite also apply a Bleed that deals 40 percent of the Mongoose Bite damage over 21 seconds.
| Talent | Ranks | Unlocks at | Effect at max rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improved Tracking | 5 | Row 1 (0 points) | While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%. |
| Deflection | 5 | Row 1 (0 points) | Increases your Parry chance by 5%. |
| Entrapment | 5 | Row 2 (5 points) | When your traps are triggered, all affected targets are Entrapped, preventing them from moving for 5 sec. |
| Savage Strikes | 2 | Row 2 (5 points) | Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 4%. |
| Survivalist | 5 | Row 2 (5 points) | Increases your total Health by 10%. |
| Improved Wing Clip | 3 | Row 2 (5 points) | Gives your Wing Clip ability a 20% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec. |
| Clever Traps | 2 | Row 3 (10 points) | Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%. |
| Surefooted | 3 | Row 3 (10 points) | Increases your hit chance by 3% and reduces the duration of movement impairing effects on you by 30%. |
| Deterrence | 1 | Row 3 (10 points) | When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec. |
| Survival Tactics | 2 | Row 4 (15 points) | Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 10%. |
| Predator's Edge | 5 | Row 4 (15 points) | Increases your melee ability critical strike damage by 30% and your Off Hand weapon damage by 50%. |
| Counterattack Requires Deterrence | 1 | Row 4 (15 points) | A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 26 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried. |
| Resourcefulness | 2 | Row 5 (20 points) | Reduces the Mana cost of your Trap and melee abilities by 60%, and grants your melee and ranged ability Critical Strikes a 100% chance to allow 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec. |
| Expose Prey | 2 | Row 5 (20 points) | Grants your melee and ranged attacks against enemies afflicted by Hunter's Mark a 10% chance to allow an activation of Mongoose Bite. Lasts 10 sec. |
| Survivalist's Discipline | 2 | Row 5 (20 points) | Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 40%. |
| Strider Kick | 1 | Row 5 (20 points) | A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec. |
| Lightning Reflexes | 5 | Row 6 (25 points) | Increases your Agility by 15%. |
| Lacerating Strikes Requires Expose Prey | 1 | Row 7 (30 points) | Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec |
The Hunter’s role and talents removed or made baseline
In WoW Forever, you can now use traps in combat, but you can still place them only where you’re standing. Hunters have a wide set of Aspects and attacks for solving problems, but they can’t Stun or Interrupt. The three trees let you lean harder into ranged combat or your pet, drop the pet entirely, or add skills that let you move between ranged and melee.
Several older talents are gone from the trees. Some are now abilities every Hunter has, and others were folded into a single talent:
- Improved Eyes of the Beast and Aim Shot are baseline; Improved Hunter’s Mark is too.
- Thick Hide is now part of Endurance Training.
- Wyvern Sting, Killer Instinct and Improved Feign Death are combined into Resourcefulness.
- Monster Slaying and Humanoid Slaying are combined into Improved Tracking.
