Mortal Shots, a Marksmanship Hunter talent in WoW Forever

Mortal Shots is a passive talent in row 4 of the Marksmanship tree. It needs 15 points in Marksmanship, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Mortal Shots

5 ranks

Requires 15 points in Marksmanship
Requires Careful Aim at 5/5

Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 6%.

Every rank of Mortal Shots

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 6%.
Rank 2	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 12%.
Rank 3	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 18%.
Rank 4	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 24%.
Rank 5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 30%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Marksmanship tree

Needs

Careful Aim at 5/5

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

Trueshot Aura

Row above (row 3)

Row below (row 5)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Mortal Shots.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Increases your ranged weapon critical strike damage bonus by 6%.

WoW Forever

Increases the critical strike damage bonus on all ranged abilities by 6%.

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All Marksmanship talents

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.