Farsighted

Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold. — In-game description

Farsighted

Specialization

Marksmanship (trait list)

Tier

Master

Type

Major

Training cost

5 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Farsighted

Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.

 Damage Increase: 10%

 Damage Increase: 5%

 Damage Increase above Threshold: 15%

 Damage Increase above Threshold: 10%

 Range Threshold: 600

— In-game description

Mechanics

• Damage increase only applies to weapon skills. Other skills, like those from Cyclone Bow, are excluded.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 11, 2025	Increased the minimum damage bonus from 5% to 10% and increased the maximum damage bonus from 10% to 15% in WvW only.
June 27, 2023	Increased the minimum damage bonus from 5% to 10% and increased the maximum damage bonus from 10% to 15% in PvE only.
November 29, 2022	Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from properly affecting some skills.
May 11, 2021	Text on many damage-increasing profession traits, runes, and sigils has been clarified to indicate whether they increase outgoing strike damage, condition damage, or all damage, as appropriate.
July 10, 2018	This trait now affects all ranger weapon skills instead of only weapon skills that fire projectiles.
December 12, 2017	Farsighted has been added to the game and replaced Steady Focus.