Cruelty, a Fury Warrior talent in WoW Forever
Cruelty is a passive talent in row 1 of the Fury tree. It needs no points in Fury, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Cruelty
5 ranks
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.
Every rank of Cruelty
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%. |
| Rank 2 | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 2%. |
| Rank 3 | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3%. |
| Rank 4 | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 4%. |
| Rank 5 | Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Fury tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- Row above
- None: this is the first row
- Row below (row 2)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Cruelty.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.
Rank 1 text
Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%.
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All Fury talents
- Booming Voice
- Cruelty
- Lingering Rage
- Unbridled Wrath
- Furious Precision
- Piercing Howl
- Blood Craze
- Dual Wield Specialization
- Raging Blows
- Enrage
- Improved Execute
- Improved Berserker Rage
- Death Wish
- Improved Intercept
- Flurry
- Gore Drinker
- Bloodthirst
The other Warrior trees: Arms and Protection. Everything that changed for the Warrior 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.