List of beastmaster actions

Actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Smash Axe	BST	1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 160.
Capture	BST	1	Ability	Instant	2.5s	10y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Target cannot be incapacitated by this attack. Additional Effect: Marks target with Interest Captured Duration: 120s Interest Captured Effect: Forges a pact with the targeted beast should you succeed in their subdual Success is determined upon defeating targets under the effect of Interest Captured. An entry in the Master's Bestiary will be added upon successful subdual, allowing the beast to be summoned as a familiar. Success rate is inversely proportional to the target's HP at the time of execution. Furthermore, success rate increases if the target is a lower level than you. Ineffective against targets whose level is higher than your own.
First Battlehorn	BST	1	Ability	1s	90s	0y 0y	Summons your [beast] to fight at your side. During combat, recast timer cooldown will begin once your familiar has retreated. Retreat outside of combat will not affect recast timer. Additional Effect: Grants One with Nature Additional Effect: Resets Tempered Release recast timer Additional Effect: Resets Borrow recast timer
Gauge	BST	1	Ability	Instant	3s	30y 0y	Investigates a targeted beast's probability of Capture. Can be executed while mounted, but only when grounded.
Axeblade Bite	BST	2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 260. Combo Action: Smash Axe Combo Potency: 500 Combo Bonus: Increases TP Gauge by 13
Avalanche Axe	BST	4	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. Potency increases up to 1,000 as TP nears maximum. All TP will be expended upon execution. Minimum TP Gauge Cost: 100 Instinctual Affinity: Rampant Additional Effect: Grants Rampant Heart Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing a Rampant skill while under the effect of Volant Heart will complete a Sunstrider intentional combo, dealing greater additional damage. Instinctual skills do not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Parting Blow	BST	6	Ability	Instant	10s	25y 8y	Orders your familiar to execute Aetheric Burst. Aetheric Burst Effect: Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 1,000 Lingering Vantage Potency: 1,500 Familiar retreats from combat upon execution. Additional Effect: Increases Familiar TP Gauge by 24 Can only be executed while in combat.
Mistral Axe	BST	8	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. Potency increases up to 1,000 as TP nears maximum. All TP will be expended upon execution. Minimum TP Gauge Cost: 100 Instinctual Affinity: Durant Additional Effect: Grants Durant Heart Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing a Durant skill while under the effect of Rampant Heart will complete a Moonstalker intentional combo, dealing greater additional damage. Instinctual skills do not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Trick	BST	8	Ability	Instant	3s	30y 0y	Orders your familiar to execute an instinctual skill. Minimum TP Gauge Cost: 100 Additional Effect: Grants Volant Heart, Rampant Heart, Durant Heart, or Eldritch Heart Duration: 7s Effects granted by this action may be paired with beastmaster instinctual skills to create combos.
Second Battlehorn	BST	10	Ability	1s	90s	0y 0y	Summons your [beast] to fight at your side. During combat, recast timer cooldown will begin once your familiar has retreated. Retreat outside of combat will not affect recast timer. Additional Effect: Grants One with Nature Additional Effect: Resets Tempered Release recast timer Additional Effect: Resets Borrow recast timer
Shieldsplitter	BST	12	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 280. Combo Action: Axeblade Bite Combo Potency: 600 Combo Bonus: Increases TP Gauge by 15
Spinning Axe	BST	14	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. Potency increases up to 1,000 as TP nears maximum. All TP will be expended upon execution. Minimum TP Gauge Cost: 100 Instinctual Affinity: Eldritch Additional Effect: Grants Eldritch Heart Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing an Eldritch skill while under the effect of Durant Heart will complete a Sunstrider intentional combo, dealing greater additional damage. Instinctual skills do not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Gale Axe	BST	16	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. Potency increases up to 1,000 as TP nears maximum. All TP will be expended upon execution. Minimum TP Gauge Cost: 100 Instinctual Affinity: Volant Additional Effect: Grants Volant Heart Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing a Volant skill while under the effect of Eldritch Heart will complete a Moonstalker intentional combo, dealing greater additional damage. Instinctual skills do not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Tempered Release	BST	18	Ability	Instant	30s	0y 0y	Orders your familiar to execute a controlled ability. Additional Effect: Grants Lingering Vantage Duration: 60s Can only be executed while in combat and under the effect of One with Nature.
Third Battlehorn	BST	20	Ability	1s	90s	0y 0y	Summons your [beast] to fight at your side. During combat, recast timer cooldown will begin once your familiar has retreated. Retreat outside of combat will not affect recast timer. Additional Effect: Grants One with Nature Additional Effect: Resets Tempered Release recast timer Additional Effect: Resets Borrow recast timer
Beast Mode	BST	22	Ability	Instant	2.5s	0y 0y	Upon using Borrow, changes to an action dependent on Kinship. Beast Kinship Effect: Action reduces physical vulnerability Vile Kinship Effect: Action increases block rate Cloud Kinship Effect: Action bolsters movement Seed Kinship Effect: Action inflicts poison and weakening effects Wave Kinship Effect: Action deals ranged magic damage to a single target Scale Kinship Effect: Action absorbs magic damage Soul Kinship Effect: Action delivers an attack that interrupts a single target Ash Kinship Effect: Action removes a detrimental effect
Borrow	BST	22	Ability	Instant	30s	0y 0y	Borrows aether from your summoned familiar to gain Kinship according to its classification. Beastkin Familiar Effect: Grants Beast Kinship Vilekin Familiar Effect: Grants Vile Kinship Cloudkin Familiar Effect: Grants Cloud Kinship Seedkin Familiar Effect: Grants Seed Kinship Wavekin Familiar Effect: Grants Wave Kinship Scalekin Familiar Effect: Grants Scale Kinship Soulkin Familiar Effect: Grants Soul Kinship Ashkin Familiar Effect: Grants Ash Kinship Changes Beast Mode into an action according to your familiar's classification. Duration: 90s Expiration timer is halted while your familiar is summoned. Additional Effect: Grants Lingering Vantage Duration: 60s Can only be executed while under the effect of One with Nature.
Shield Charge	BST	24	Ability	Instant	60s	20y 6y	Rushes forward and delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 300 Maximum Charges: 3 Cannot be executed while bound.
Rally	BST	28	Ability	Instant	90s	0y 0y	Spends all stacks of Mastered Instinct to increase TP Gauge. Standard TP Gauge Increase: 40 Each stack of Mastered Instinct increases TP Gauge by 70. Can only be executed while in combat.
Rallying Cheer	BST	40	Ability	Instant	90s	0y 0y	Spends all stacks of Natural Instinct to increase Familiar TP Gauge. Standard Familiar TP Gauge Increase: 30 Each stack of Natural Instinct increases Familiar TP Gauge by 70. Can only be executed while in combat.
Brutal Rage	BST	50	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	25y 6y	Rushes forward and delivers an attack with a potency of 1,200 to target and all enemies nearby it. All TP will be expended upon execution. TP Gauge Cost: 250 Instinctual Affinity: Sunstrider Additional Effect: Grants Sunstrider Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing a Sunstrider skill while under the effect of Moonstalker will complete the infinitive combo Universality, dealing greater additional damage. Cannot be executed while bound. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Avalanche Axe changes to Brutal Rage when requirements for execution are met.
Hawkish Talons	BST	50	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	25y 6y	Rushes forward and delivers an attack with a potency of 1,200 to target and all enemies nearby it. All TP will be expended upon execution. TP Gauge Cost: 250 Instinctual Affinity: Moonstalker Additional Effect: Grants Moonstalker Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing a Moonstalker skill while under the effect of Sunstrider will complete the infinitive combo Universality, dealing greater additional damage. Cannot be executed while bound. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Mistral Axe changes to Hawkish Talons when requirements for execution are met.
Risen Fall	BST	50	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	25y 6y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 1,200 to target and all enemies nearby it. All TP will be expended upon execution. TP Gauge Cost: 250 Instinctual Affinity: Sunstrider Additional Effect: Grants Sunstrider Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing a Sunstrider skill while under the effect of Moonstalker will complete the infinitive combo Universality, dealing greater additional damage. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Spinning Axe changes to Risen Fall when requirements for execution are met.
Calamity	BST	50	Weaponskill	Instant	5s	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 1,200 to all enemies in a straight line. All TP will be expended upon execution. TP Gauge Cost: 250 Instinctual Affinity: Moonstalker Additional Effect: Grants Moonstalker Duration: 7s Instinctual skills may be executed sequentially to deal additional damage, which is determined by the skill that completes the combo. Executing a Moonstalker skill while under the effect of Sunstrider will complete the infinitive combo Universality, dealing greater additional damage. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Gale Axe changes to Calamity when requirements for execution are met.

Tempered Release

The effects of this action depend on which beast is currently summoned. Due to the large number of actions, please see here for a complete list.

Trick

The effects of this action depend on which beast is currently summoned. Due to the large number of actions, please see here for a complete list.

Borrow

Using Borrow, learned at level 22, changes Beast Mode to one of eight different actions, depending on which beast class the player has currently summoned.

Action	Requires	Type	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Beastskin	Beastkin	Ability	Instant	90s	0y 0y	Reduces physical damage taken by 25% and increases critical hit rate by 5%. Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Beast Kinship. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Beastskin when requirements for execution are met.
Vileskin	Vilekin	Ability	Instant	90s	0y 0y	Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects and increases block rate to 100%. Increases TP Gauge by 12 for each block. Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Vile Kinship. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Vileskin when requirements for execution are met.
Cloud Skim	Cloudkin	Ability	Instant	3s	10y 0y	Move quickly in the selected direction. Increases evasion by 5%. Duration: 60s Can only be executed while under the effect of Cloud Kinship. Cannot be executed while bound. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Cloud Skim when requirements for execution are met.
Seedsower	Seedkin	Ability	Instant	90s	0y 6y	Afflicts nearby enemies with Seeds Sown. Seeds Sown Effect: Reduces damage dealt by 10% and inflicts toxins that cause damage over time Potency: 25 Duration: 60s Can only be executed while under the effect of Seed Kinship. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Seedsower when requirements for execution are met.
Quelling Wave	Wavekin	Spell	Instant	2.5s	30y 0y	Deals water damage with a potency of 350. Additional Effect: Increases TP Gauge by 10 Additional Effect: Removes one beneficial status from target, thereby increasing TP Gauge by 50 Can only be executed while under the effect of Wave Kinship. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Quelling Wave when requirements for execution are met.
Scaleskin	Scalekin	Ability	Instant	90s	0y 0y	Creates a barrier around self that absorbs magic damage totaling 8% of maximum HP. Duration: 15s Increases TP Gauge by 85 when barrier is completely absorbed. Can only be executed while under the effect of Scale Kinship. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Scaleskin when requirements for execution are met.
Soul Crush	Soulkin	Ability	Instant	30s	3y 0y	Delivers a close-quarter attack with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Interrupts the use of a target's action Potency increases to 1,000 and TP Gauge increases by 100 upon interruption. Can only be executed while under the effect of Soul Kinship. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Soul Crush when requirements for execution are met.
Scouring Ash	Ashkin	Ability	Instant	60s	30y 0y	Removes a single detrimental effect from self or targeted party member. Recovers 10% of maximum HP and increases TP Gauge by 100 upon removal. Can only be executed while under the effect of Ash Kinship. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Beast Mode changes to Scouring Ash when requirements for execution are met.

Instinctual, Intentional, and Infinitive Combos

Using certain sequences of actions with a colored affinity (detailed here) with 7 seconds of each other can result in a "combo" attack, dealing instant additional damage to the target. These actions are executed automatically and do not have tooltip descriptions.

Name	Sequence	Damage Multiplier
Instinctual Combo: Durant	Blue > Any non-yellow	1.2x
Instinctual Combo: Eldritch	Yellow > Any non-green	1.2x
Instinctual Combo: Rampant	Red > Any non-blue	1.2x
Instinctual Combo: Volant	Green > Any non-red	1.2x
Intentional Combo: Moonstalker	Red > Blue Yellow > Green	1.5x
Intentional Combo: Sunstrider	Green > Red Blue > Yellow	1.5x
Infinitive Combo: Universality	Black (Moonstalker) action when white (Sunstrider) buff is active White (Sunstrider) action when black (Moonstalker) buff is active	2.0x

Crucible duty actions

The following are duty actions that are only available in the Crucible of the Unbroken.

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Challenge	BST	30	Ability	Instant	15s	25y 0y	Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list and increasing enmity generation. Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Nullifies familiar's Cover
Snarl	BST	30	Ability	Instant	15s	25y 0y	Orders your familiar to use Threaten, placing it at the top of a target's enmity list and increasing its enmity generation. Additional Effect: Takes all damage intended for the beastmaster Duration: 45s

Shared pet actions

The following are shared actions used to control a pet behavior.

Action	Description
Away	Order pet to leave the battlefield.
Heel	Order pet to follow behind you.
Place	Order pet to move to a specific location.
Stay	Order pet to remain where it is.
Guard	Order pet to refrain from attacking until you attack or are attacked.
Steady	Order pet to refrain from attacking until ordered to do so.