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Alter Time

Spell

Alter Time

Arcane

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Mage

Instant cast1 min cooldownSelf Only

Alters the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after.

Alter Time

Tooltip

Alters the fabric of time, returning you to your current location and health when cast a second time, or after. Effect negated by long distance or death.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Alter Time is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Alter Time.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Alter Time is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it summons a creature. It also casts Alter Time (record #342246).

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

SchoolArcane
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 min
Global cooldownNone
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 58542, 3189
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Alter Time
Effect #3Dummy (3)

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?

Alter Time appears in: 2 talents and 1 spell that casts it.

Talents

  • Alter Time for Mage (Arcane, Fire, Frost)Talent
  • Alter Time (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 23 separate Spell records named "Alter Time". This page is record #342245. 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
#342246used by: Cast by Alter Time; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#342247duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#347402school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Spawn, DummyA different effect setup
#348245cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#348432school: none; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#348490school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#361147subtext: Utility; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#371159subtext: Utility; used by: Cast by Alter Time; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397315subtext: Utility; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397316subtext: Utility; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397317subtext: Utility; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397318subtext: Utility; used by: Cast by Alter Time; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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