Careful Aim, a Marksmanship Hunter talent in WoW Forever
Careful Aim is a passive talent in row 2 of the Marksmanship tree. It needs 5 points in Marksmanship, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.
Careful Aim
5 ranks
- Requires 5 points in Marksmanship
Increases your Attack Power by 20% of your Intellect.
Every rank of Careful Aim
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases your Attack Power by 20% of your Intellect. |
| Rank 2 | Increases your Attack Power by 40% of your Intellect. |
| Rank 3 | Increases your Attack Power by 60% of your Intellect. |
| Rank 4 | Increases your Attack Power by 80% of your Intellect. |
| Rank 5 | Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Marksmanship tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- That talent needs Careful Aim at 5/5.
- Same row
- Row above (row 1)
- Row below (row 3)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Careful Aim.
Compared with Classic Era
Careful Aim has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.
Open the Hunter talent calculator
All Marksmanship talents
- Hawk Eye
- Improved Concussive Shot
- Lethal Attacks
- Improved Stings
- Efficiency
- Careful Aim
- Rapid Killing
- Improved Arcane Shot
- Lone Wolf
- Trueshot Aura
- Mortal Shots
- Rapid Recuperation
- Barrage
- Scatter Shot
- Ranged Weapon Specialization
- Sniper Shot
The other Hunter trees: Beast Mastery and Survival. Everything that changed for the Hunter since Classic is on the changes page.
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.