Forfar’s first back-to-back league win since September 24 moved them seven points clear at the top of the table and strengthened hopes their slump in form is well and truly behind them.
At times the Loons recaptured the slick passing football that has deserted them in recent weeks.
Yet too often their final ball and accurate delivery of a killer cross was lacking, which meant for a long time the three points were not as comfortable as they ought to have been.
That missing element of their play was not lost on manager Gary Bollan. Delighted with the outcome, he was keen to improve as Forfar get their season back on track.
“It is a good three points and I think another fairly good performance,” he said.
“I think if we had been a wee bit more clinical in the final third and taken a wee bit more care with the final pass it could have been even more comfortable.
“But if someone had said before the match it would be a 2-0 victory, we would have taken it. We are beginning to show we have got that bit of belief back that we didn’t have before Stirling last week.
“Hopefully that is us getting back into the fluent football we were showing before we hit our slump.”
Forfar were denied the opening goal after Berwick keeper Kevin Walker dived full length to Palm away a fierce David Cox drive.
Cox thought he had found his way to goal in the 27th minute, but the assistant’s flag was up for offside after the ball rebounded to him at the back post.
Danny Denholm should have found the target with a header at the back post but it looped over the bar.
Two minutes into stoppage time at the end of the first half the deadlock was finally broken. It was no surprise it was Cox, who had an excellent game and worked incredibly hard, who was responsible, glancing a header into the top corner from a cross by the equally impressive Marc Scott.
Forfar upped the pace and style of their play after the break, but Berwick came close to equalising in the 66th minute when Greg Rutherford forced Grant Adam into a fine save with a back-post header.
Cox could have had a hat-trick. It took another great save by Walker to deny him in the 70th minute before Thomas O’Brien connected with the post from the follow up corner.
With four minutes left, Lewis Milne wrapped things up with a fine goal. He sold the defender a dummy and strode forward to slot a low shot into the bottom corner from 20 yards.