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Astral Recall

The shaman's swirling teleport home.

Art: The Heart of Azeroth loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. The Heart of Azeroth, the shaman artifact hall

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How to install it on a phone, Discord, Windows or a stream

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Where you hear it

astralrecall.ogg is the sound of the shaman spell that works as a second hearthstone. Astral Recall has its own cooldown, giving shamans an extra way home. Its shimmer is close to the hearthstone teleport sound. Shamans have had it since the original game. It is a short, magical travel cue.

TriggerPlays when a shaman casts Astral Recall to return to their hearthstone location.

In the game client

Client pathsoundspellsastralrecall.ogg
FileDataID568224
ExpansionClassic
Game versionsRetail, Classic, Forever
Duration3.0s
Sample rate22,050 Hz
ChannelsMono
MP3 size64 KB
M4R size34 KB
OGG size23 KB

Other spells sounds in the client

  • Priest mind shear 4sound/spells/priest_mindshear4.oggFDID 567948
  • Spell commune with fire spirits state loop 01sound/spells/spell_communewithfirespirits_state_loop_01.oggFDID 567949
  • Fearsound/spells/fear.oggFDID 567950
  • Wand fire cast 2sound/spells/wandfirecast2.oggFDID 567951
  • Spell lightning explosion impact 03sound/spells/spell_lightningexplosion_impact_03.oggFDID 567952
  • Inner fire (take B)sound/spells/innerfireb.oggFDID 567953
  • Fx water bolt impact 02sound/spells/fx_waterbolt_impact_02.oggFDID 567954
  • Fx explosion wooden medium 08sound/spells/fx_explosion_woodenmedium_08.oggFDID 567955

Use it as

Notification sound

Over a text, a three-second shimmer registers instantly and is hard to confuse with a stock phone chime.

Discord soundboard

On a soundboard the 3.0-second Astral Recall clip lands and finishes before anyone has to stop talking.

iPhone

  1. Tap iPhone ringtone (.m4r) above and choose Download.
  2. Open the Files app, go to Downloads and open the file.
  3. Tap Share, then Use as Ringtone (iOS 26).
  4. Pick it in Settings, Sounds & Haptics, Ringtone or Text Tone.

Full iPhone steps, including older iOS

Android

  1. Tap Download MP3 above.
  2. Open Settings, Sound & vibration, then Phone ringtone or Default notification sound.
  3. Tap My sounds, then +, and pick the MP3 from Downloads.

Full Android steps, Pixel and Samsung

Discord

  1. Download the OGG or MP3 above.
  2. Open Server Settings, Soundboard, Upload Sound, and pick the file.
  3. Name it and choose an emoji. You need the Manage Expressions permission.

Discord takes clips up to 5.2 seconds and 512 KB; this one fits.

Windows

  1. Windows sound schemes only take WAV files, so convert the MP3 to WAV first (Audacity or any audio converter does it in one export).
  2. Open Settings, System, Sound, More sound settings, then the Sounds tab.
  3. Pick an event such as Notification, click Browse, choose the WAV, then Apply.

OBS alert

  1. Download the MP3 above.
  2. In your alert tool (Streamlabs or StreamElements) set it as the alert sound file.
  3. Or in OBS add a Media Source with the MP3, untick Loop, and fire it with a hotkey.

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