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Nightfall

Spell

Nightfall

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Your damaging spells have a chance to pull a nightmare star from the sky, creating a pool of corruption that deals Shadow damage to all enemies in the area over 10 sec.

Nightfall

Tooltip

Your damaging spells have a chance to pull a nightmare star from the sky, creating a pool of corruption that deals Shadow damage to all enemies in the area over 10 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Nightfall.

What it does

Nightfall is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Nightfall (record #213784).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Nightfall

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 19 separate Spell records named "Nightfall". This page is record #213782. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#198400effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198401journal encounter: Archdruid Glaidalis; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different caster
#198402used by: Cast by Nightfall; duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198408school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198432used by: Cast by Nightfall; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198464duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212464effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213784used by: Cast by Nightfall; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#213785used by: Cast by Nightfall; school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#213786used by: Cast by Nightfall; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#213833school: Shadow; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248813subtext: PvP Talent; effect values: 100 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different rank or variant

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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