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Sacred Arbiter, a Retribution Paladin talent in WoW Forever

Sacred Arbiter is a passive talent in row 4 of the Retribution tree. It needs 15 points in Retribution, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.

Sacred Arbiter

1 rank

  • Requires 15 points in Retribution

Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.

Every rank of Sacred Arbiter

RankText
Rank 1Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.

Where it sits in the Retribution tree

DeflectionBenedictionImproved JudgementHoly ConduitConvictionVindicationSanctified JudgementSeal of CommandPursuit of JusticeEye for an EyeSacred ArbiterTwo-Handed Weapon SpecializationVengeanceRepentanceChampion of the LightInstrument of LawTwist of Light
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
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 Sacred Arbiter.

Compared with Classic Era

Sacred Arbiter has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.

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All Retribution talents

  1. Deflection
  2. Benediction
  3. Improved Judgement
  4. Holy Conduit
  5. Conviction
  6. Vindication
  7. Sanctified Judgement
  8. Seal of Command
  9. Pursuit of Justice
  10. Eye for an Eye
  11. Sacred Arbiter
  12. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization
  13. Vengeance
  14. Repentance
  15. Champion of the Light
  16. Instrument of Law
  17. Twist of Light

The other Paladin trees: Holy and Protection. Everything that changed for the Paladin 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.