Hunter Traits

Hunter Trait Sets

All Hunter Traits cost 11 25 to slot.

Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
True Shot	Your Penetrating Shot pierces more deeply through your enemy's armour, ignoring more of the armour's damage reduction.	20	Strike enemies with Penetrating Shot 1000 times
Hail of Arrows	You have a greater chance of landing Critical Hits with your Rain of Arrows, and the Critical Hits do more damage.	10	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows 500 times
Barbed Fury	Wounds caused by your Barbed Arrow bleed more profusely.	1	Strike enemies with Barbed Arrow 750 times
Swift and True	Your Swift Bow inflicts greater damage to your enemies.	1	Strike enemies with Swift Bow 1000 times
Deadly Precision	When you land a Critical Hit with a ranged attack, your Focus increases by 1.	20	Land critical hits with your bow skills 500 times
The Quality of Mercy	This increases the critical damage multiplier of Merciful Shot from 2x to 2.5x.	40	Achieve 150 critical hits with Merciful Shot
Critical Eye	This increases the critical chance of all of your ranged attacks.	50	Achieve 1000 ctitical hits with your bow
Shot through the Heart	This increases the critical chance of Heart Seeker, and is one of the many reasons why hunters are so feared by the fell creatures of Middle-earth.	50	Strike with Heart Seeker 100 times

Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
Sturdy Traps	It is more difficult for enemies to break free of your traps.	1	Use Set Trap or Set Snare 350 times
Combat Traps	Your set trap may now be used in combat.	10	Use Set Trap or Set Snare 100 times
Strong Intimidation	Your fear skills last longer.	40	Strike with Bard's Arrow or Cry of the Predator 350 times
Graceful Draw	Your Endurance Stance further reduces the Power cost and threat generation of your ranged skills.	30	Strike enemies with your Bow skills 6000 times
Deep Concentration	Your Intent Concentration also restores some Power, in addition to its normal effects.	20	Use Intent Concentration 150 times
Heightened Senses	Your exceptional senses allow you to track creatures over a greater distance, even if they are using Stealth, and to more easily detect creatures using Stealth.	10	Use Tracking skills 500 times
Heart of the Bard	This enables you to reset Heart Seeker on a critical from Bard's Arrow. This skill does not stack with any other on critical effects	50	Strike with Heart Seeker 50 times
Stealthy Shot	Beneath Notice lasts 10 seconds longer and draws even less attention from your enemies.	30	Use Beneath Notice 150 times

Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
Enduring Precision	Your focus increases by 1 every 10 seconds while you are in a Precision Stance.	30	Complete the quest A Hunter's Charge
Fast Draw	You are able to release your Barbed Arrow and Swift Bow more quickly.	15	Complete the quest The Hunter's Path
Swift Recovery	Your Needful Haste and Intent Concentration recover more quickly.	30	Use Needful Haste 125 times
Strong Draw	The Focus cost for your Penetrating Shot is reduced by 1.	10	Use Penetrating Shot 600 times
Arrow Storm	The Focus cost for your Rain of Arrows is reduced by 1.	20	Strike enemies with Rain of Arrows 600 times
Resolute Aim	This trait prevents setback on bow inductions while using Needful Haste. This has no effect on Press Onward.	40	Use Needful Haste 200 times
Bow and Blade	This enables your dual wield melee skills to have an additional strike.	30	Strike foes with your melee skills 2500 times
Rapid Recovery	All of your melee skills recover more quickly than before.	1	Strike enemies with Swift Stroke 500 times

All Legendary Traits cost 101 25 to slot.

Name	Description	Level	Deed/Quest
Bard's Arrow	You attack with the skill of Bard the Bowman himself, driving fear into your enemies.	50	Find pages of A Shot in the Dark
Press Onward	When the need is great, you can move on with little rest, restoring your Power and Morale.	50	Find pages of The Way of the Hunter
Rain of Thorns	You rain 5 thorn-arrows down upon your enemies, allowing you to root multiple targets.	50	Find pages of The Furthest Charge
Bow of the Righteous	The righteousness of your cause allows you to recover Power with each successful ranged attack.	50	Complete the class quest A Lesson from Legolas
Cool Burn	You understand how to keep cool under instance challenge, this trait enables you to push longer while using the Burn Hot skill, as well as use it more often.	n/a	Complete the epic quest Vol. II Book 6 Chap.9 The Mirror of Galadriel
Improved Fleet Stance	This drops all the aim requirements for Fleet Stance. It also raises your attack speed.	n/a	Read the book The Jolly Hunter (requires Kindred standing with Iron Garrison Guards)
Explosive Arrow	Your distracting shot will daze an opponent for thirty seconds with a shorter cooldown.	58	Complete the class quest Set the Trap