Every Hunter talent in WoW Forever

WoW Forever gives the Hunter 50 talents: 16 in Beast Mastery, 16 in Marksmanship and 18 in Survival. Set against Classic Era: 15 new, 24 changed, 3 moved and 8 the same.

Each talent below shows its row, the earliest level you can take it at, its rank count and its text at max rank. Open a talent for every rank and the full comparison with Classic.

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Beast Mastery talents

Talent	Row, earliest level	Ranks	Since Classic	Text at max rank
Deadly Aspects	Row 1, level 10	5	Changed	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	Row 1, level 10	5	Changed	Increases the Health and Armor of your pets by 15%.
Focused Fire	Row 2, level 15	2	New	Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 2% while your pet is active.
Improved Aspect of the Monkey	Row 2, level 15	3	Changed	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.
Pathfinding	Row 2, level 15	2	Moved	Increases the speed bonus of your Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack by 6%.
Improved Revive Pet	Row 2, level 15	2	Same	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%.
Bestial Swiftness	Row 3, level 20	1	Changed	Increases the movement speed of your pets by 30%.
Unleashed Fury	Row 3, level 20	5	Changed	Increases the damage done by your pets and hawks by 15%.
Improved Mend Pet	Row 4, level 25	2	Changed	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	Row 4, level 25	5	Changed	Increases the critical strike chance of your pets and hawks by 10%.
Summon Hawk	Row 4, level 25	1	New	Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy, dealing 32 plus 5% of your Ranged Attack Power 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	Row 5, level 30	2	Changed	While your pet is active, you and your pet will regenerate 1% of total health every 5 sec.
Intimidation	Row 5, level 30	1	Changed	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	Row 5, level 30	2	Changed	Increases the Focus regeneration of your pets by 20% and allows 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Frenzy	Row 6, level 35	5	Same	Gives your pet a 100% chance to gain a 30% attack speed increase for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike.
Bestial Wrath	Row 7, level 40	1	Same	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

Talent	Row, earliest level	Ranks	Since Classic	Text at max rank
Hawk Eye	Row 1, level 10	3	Moved	Increases the range of your ranged weapons by 6 yards.
Improved Concussive Shot	Row 1, level 10	5	Same	Gives your Concussive Shot a 20% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
Lethal Attacks	Row 1, level 10	5	Changed	Increases your critical strike chance with all attacks by 5%.
Improved Stings	Row 2, level 15	3	Changed	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	Row 2, level 15	5	Changed	Reduces the Mana cost of your Shots, Stings, and melee abilities by 15%.
Careful Aim	Row 2, level 15	5	New	Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect.
Rapid Killing	Row 3, level 20	2	New	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	Row 3, level 20	5	Changed	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	Row 3, level 20	1	New	You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.
Trueshot Aura	Row 4, level 25	1	Changed	Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party members within 45 yds by 30.
Mortal Shots	Row 4, level 25	5	Changed	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 30%.
Rapid Recuperation	Row 5, level 30	2	New	Hitting a target with your Serpent Sting ability grants you 50% and consuming Rapid Killing grants you 100% of your Mana regeneration while casting for the next 15 sec.
Barrage	Row 5, level 30	3	Changed	Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 10%.
Scatter Shot	Row 5, level 30	1	Moved	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	Row 6, level 35	5	Same	Increases the damage you deal with ranged weapons by 5%.
Sniper Shot	Row 7, level 40	1	New	A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next 3 Shots by 10 yards for 10 sec.

Survival talents

Talent	Row, earliest level	Ranks	Since Classic	Text at max rank
Improved Tracking	Row 1, level 10	5	New	While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the tracked creature type is increased by 5%.
Deflection	Row 1, level 10	5	Same	Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
Entrapment	Row 2, level 15	5	Changed	When your traps are triggered, all affected targets are Entrapped, preventing them from moving for 5 sec.
Savage Strikes	Row 2, level 15	2	Changed	Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 4%.
Survivalist	Row 2, level 15	5	Changed	Increases your total Health by 10%.
Improved Wing Clip	Row 2, level 15	3	Changed	Gives your Wing Clip ability a 20% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.
Clever Traps	Row 3, level 20	2	Same	Increases the duration of Freezing and Frost trap effects by 30% and the damage of Immolation and Explosive trap effects by 30%.
Surefooted	Row 3, level 20	3	Changed	Increases your hit chance by 3% and reduces the duration of movement impairing effects on you by 30%.
Deterrence	Row 3, level 20	1	Same	When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec.
Survival Tactics	Row 4, level 25	2	New	Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 10%.
Predator's Edge	Row 4, level 25	5	New	Increases your melee critical strike damage by 30% and your Off Hand weapon damage by 50%.
Counterattack	Row 4, level 25	1	Changed	A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
Resourcefulness	Row 5, level 30	2	New	Reduces the mana cost of your Trap abilities and melee abilities by 60%. In addition, your critical strikes have a 60% chance to allow 50% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting for 30 sec.
Expose Prey	Row 5, level 30	2	New	Your attacks against targets with Hunter's Mark have a 10% chance to activate your Mongoose Bite for 10 sec.
Survivalist's Discipline	Row 5, level 30	2	New	Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 40%.
Strider Kick	Row 5, level 30	1	New	A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for 3 sec.
Lightning Reflexes	Row 6, level 35	5	Changed	Increases your Agility by 10%.
Lacerating Strikes	Row 7, level 40	1	New	Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the damage done by Mongoose Bite over 21 sec

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.