The final ranger attribute is Beast Mastery and again, it improves all skills linked to it. Beast Mastery is the attribute that allows your ranger to charm, control, or affect other animals of the wild. Most skills in this line are intended for strengthening your pet. As of this writing there are three different animal companions to be tamed; the lynx, the moa bird, and the warthog. Each of these animals has slightly different attack abilities but for the most part, are fairly indistinguishable other than their graphics. All three of these pets are used as melee combatants. The pets are great for adding an extra body to the fray. They work well as an added sustained dot attack and as they level, they become much more powerful and useful. Yes, you do have to train and level your pet just as you do any other character in the game and they do start out rarely weak, however, these pets can be quite useful, especially in soloing or in cases where another tank is needed for a battle. The Charm Animal skill must be equipped to first charm your pet and to also bring it into battle. The many other skills found in the Beast Mastery line serve to make your pet either more resilient or more damaging. The skills range from healing and rezzing your pet, to either strengthening your pet’s armor or increasing its damage. While most skills in the Beast Mastery line are for your pets, there are a few other skills that could make this a valuable third or fourth attribute even if you choose not to bring a pet into battle. These include skills such as Primal Echoes, and Energizing Wind, which grant healing and energy bonuses, and Edge of Extinction, which creates an AoE attack upon death of an enemy. Again, this is an attribute that is hard to make a primary focus unless you’re going to let your pet do most of the battle, but it can be a very useful attribute nonetheless.

Expertise is the Ranger's primary attribute. Every rank in Expertise reduces energy costs on any attack skills, preparations, or traps by 5%. At skill rank 12, energy costs are reduced by 60%. It is highly advisable to have a high Expertise rank as it not only increases the power of all its linked skills but also reduces energy cost on other attack skills as well, even from other professions or attributes. A Ranger who focuses on high Expertise will not only experience a lower energy cost on all attack skills but also have access to many defensive and disruptive skills with a few attack skills placed in. To many people only glancing at the expertise line, it may seem rather weak as most skills only aid in defense or lower the enemy’s abilities. Truth be told, Expertise is one of the more important attributes in the game. The disruption skills are key to bringing down some of the tougher enemies, while the defensive skills will keep you alive more often than you may realize. Add in the reduction of energy cost, and this attribute line becomes almost irreplaceable.

Marksmanship is another important attribute to a ranger and most rangers will be found with points not only high in Expertise, but also in Marksmanship. First and foremost, the Marksmanship attribute increases the effectiveness of all skills linked to it. The more points you can drop in Marksmanship, the higher damage your ranger is going to be dishing out. Most skills in Marksmanship pack a lot of punch, and if you’re looking for skills to make you a more effective damage dealer, you need look no further than the Marksmanship line. The skills found here will not only deal extra damage, but allow for quicker shots, slowing and crippling of enemies, as well as additional attacks (in some cases attacking more than one enemy.)

As always, Wilderness Survival affects the power of all linked skills such as preparations, traps and rituals. Wilderness Survival offers more skills than any other attribute the ranger has access to. While Wilderness Survival is a hard attribute to focus a build around, it can really stack with skills from your other attributes and offer nice support. Wilderness Survival is where you’re going to find most if not all of your preparations, traps, and rituals. These skills either add additional damage such as fire or poison to your attacks, allow you to place traps for unsuspecting enemies to run into, or grant your ranger additional survival techniques such as removing poisons or hexes. Wilderness Survival is a great skill to focus as a third or fourth attribute. These skills don’t stand up very well on their own, but pick one or two and they can really improve your other skills or allow even greater flexibility for your ranger.