Sharpened Claws, a WoW Forever Druid talent, in words
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Sharpened ClawsA Feral Combat Druid talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Feral Combat tree (level 20), 2 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Feral Combat row 3, column 3, now column 4, was 3 ranks, now 2). Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 3 Nov hotfixes on the Druid trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
Sharpened Claws opens at level 20, after 10 points in Feral Combat.
Changed from ClassicRow 3 of 7 in the Feral Combat tree, column 4.
Lv 20the earliest level
2ranks, passive
60%of Druid builds take it
What it does Feral Combat row 3
- Sharpened Claws2 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Feral Combat Talents (level 20).Rank 1: Increases your critical strike chance while in Bear Form, Dire Bear Form, or Cat Form by 3%.Rank 2: Increases your critical strike chance while in Bear Form, Dire Bear Form, or Cat Form by 6%.Changed from Classic (was Feral Combat row 3, column 3, now column 4, was 3 ranks, now 2). Classic rank 1: Increases your critical strike chance while in Bear, Dire Bear or Cat Form by 2%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your critical strike chance while in Bear, Dire Bear or Cat Form by 2%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your critical strike chance while in Bear Form, Dire Bear Form, or Cat Form by 3%.
- Alsowas Feral Combat row 3, column 3, now column 4; was 3 ranks, now 2.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 60% of Druid buildsTaken in 60% of the 21,235 Druid builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Oct 30 hotfixes to build 70685.
- 2% of Balance buildsTaken in 2% of the 3,890 builds that lead in Balance.
- 99% of Feral Combat buildsTaken in 99% of the 12,299 builds that lead in Feral Combat, its own tree.
- 10% of Restoration buildsTaken in 10% of the 5,046 builds that lead in Restoration.
- How it is countedEach build counts once, the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-11-05.
Around it in the Feral Combat tree
- Unlocks
Blood Frenzy: it needs Sharpened Claws at max rank. - Same row (10 points in Feral Combat, level 20)
Shredding Attacks, 
Savage Fury, 
Feral Charge. - Row above (level 15)
Feral Swiftness, 
Feral Instinct, 
Brutal Impact, 
Thick Hide. - Row below (level 25)
Predatory Strikes, 
Lacerate, 
Predatory Discipline, Blood Frenzy. - Gone from Classic Feral CombatFeral Aggression, Faerie Fire (Feral).
Every Feral Combat talent 20
Ferocity
FurorFeral SwiftnessFeral InstinctBrutal ImpactThick HideShredding AttacksSavage FuryFeral ChargeSharpened ClawsPredatory StrikesLaceratePredatory DisciplineBlood Frenzy
Leader of the Pack
Natural Instinct
Rend and Tear
Natural Reaction
Primal Bite
Shifting Powernewchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.
The Feral Combat talents as a list row by row
- Ferocityrow 1
- Furorrow 1
- Feral Swiftnessrow 2
- Feral Instinctrow 2
- Brutal Impactrow 2
- Thick Hiderow 2
- Shredding Attacksrow 3
- Savage Furyrow 3
- Feral Chargerow 3
- Sharpened Clawsrow 3
- Predatory Strikesrow 4
- Laceraterow 4
- Predatory Disciplinerow 4
- Blood Frenzyrow 4
- Leader of the Packrow 5
- Natural Instinctrow 5
- Rend and Tearrow 6
- Natural Reactionrow 6
- Primal Biterow 7
- Shifting Powerrow 7
The other two trees
Balance talents
Restoration talentsFrom the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 Nov server hotfixes on the Druid trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Sharpened Claws in the Druid calculator.