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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

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Warlock

2 secLong Range

Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy, causing (174.1% of Spell Power) Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy, causing (174.1% of Spell Power) Shadow damage.

Generates 1 Soul Shard.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 1.741 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage.

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

SchoolShadow
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 1.741

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Bolt appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • Warlock (Warlock), learned automaticallySkill line

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #686. 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
#7617cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#7619cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#9613cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 8 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#12471cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12739cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 30 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#13440used by: Cast by Grimclaw; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#13480cast time: 2.2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#14106cast time: 2.2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#14122cast time: 2.2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15232cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15472cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15537cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 746.5 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 1 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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