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WoW Forever Marksmanship Hunter Guide

Talent-tree windows over a grassy village scene
Talent-tree windows over a grassy village scene. Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: Battlegrounds, Builds, and Beyond in This Week's WoW Weekly.
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Class card art: pandaren with axe (modern World of Warcraft art, not a Forever screenshot). Image © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Source: World of Warcraft official Classes page (modern WoW art).

Tooltips: Wowhead Forever DB, exact matches only (build 70532, 28 Oct).

Marksmanship tree, beta client (ForeverDiff, build 1.60.1.70532). Rank text for changed and unchanged talents: Wowhead Forever tooltip.

Points at 60: 51 [Unconfirmed]; evidence on the class talents page.

Marksmanship talents

Talent Row ×Max Forever: max-rank text
Hawk Eye 1 3 △ Changed
Improved Concussive Shot 1 5 –
Lethal Attacks 1 5 △ Changed
Improved Stings 2 3 ✦ New: "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 2 5 △ Changed
Careful Aim 2 5 ✦ New: "Increases your Attack Power by 100% of your Intellect."
Rapid Killing 3 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 3 5 △ Changed
Lone Wolf 3 1 ✦ New: "You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet."
Trueshot Aura 4 1 ✦ New: "Increases the Ranged Attack Power of party or raid members within 45 yds by 30."
Mortal Shots 4 5 △ Changed Needs Careful Aim.
Improved Serpent Sting 4 5 –
Rapid Recuperation 5 2 ✦ New: "Afflicting a target with Serpent Sting allows 50% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting for 15 sec, increased to 100% when Rapid Killing is consumed." Needs Rapid Killing.
Barrage 5 3 △ Changed
Scatter Shot 5 1 –
Ranged Weapon Specialization 6 5 –
Sniper Shot 7 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." Needs Trueshot Aura.
Official WoW Forever image: three player characters in armour posing
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Recommended build

Level 60 build: Not yet published, updated at launch. Try the talent calculator.

See also: Hunter talents · Best race

Fan site. Beta (cap 30) until launch Thu 5 Nov 2026, 10:00 AEDT; numbers may change. [Unconfirmed] = not yet confirmed.

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Sources
  • ForeverDiff — Hunter talent calculator (client data, build 1.60.1.70532)
  • Blizzard — WoW Forever Beta Development Notes (Updated October 26)
  • Wowhead — Level 30 Beast Mastery Hunter (11 Oct)
  • ForeverDiff — Racials