The Beast Within
Tree position
In the Beast Mastery Hunter talent tree, The Beast Within sits in the Beast Mastery specialization talents, row 6 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Beast Mastery Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into The Beast Within from Scent of Blood and Thundering Hooves.
Scent of BloodActivating Bestial Wrath grants 1 charges of Barbed Shot.
Thundering HoovesBestial Wrath causes all active pets to Stomp at 200% effectiveness. Stomp damage increased by 30%.
Connected below
The Beast Within leads on to Dire Command and Jagged Wounds.
Dire CommandKill Command has a 20% chance to also summon a Dire Beast to attack your target for 8 sec.
Jagged WoundsAll bleed damage dealt by you and your pets increased by 10%.
Same row
Also on this row: Laceration, Kill Cleave, Training Expert, Thrill of the Hunt, Pack Tactics and Barbed Scales.
LacerationWhen your pet attacks critically strike, they cause their target to bleed for 8% of the damage dealt over 6 sec.
Kill CleaveWhile Beast Cleave is active, Kill Command now also strikes nearby enemies for 20% of damage dealt. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.

Thrill of the Hunt2 ranksBarbed Shot critical strike chance increased by 5%. Cobra Shot critical strike chance increased by 15%.
Pack TacticsBarbed Shot now instantly grants 25 Focus. Passive Focus generation increased by 75%.
Barbed ScalesCasting Cobra Shot reduces the cooldown of Barbed Shot by 2 sec.
Talent trees
The Beast Within is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Hunter: Beast Mastery (DPS), Marksmanship (DPS), Survival (DPS).
The Beast Within Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)