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Arcane Explosion

Spell

Arcane Explosion

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Causes an explosion of magic around the caster, dealing (61.8% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to all enemies.

Arcane Explosion

Tooltip

Causes an explosion of magic around the caster, dealing (61.8% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to all enemies.

Generates 1 Arcane Charge if any targets are hit.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Arcane Explosion is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 1.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 0.6176 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Arcane Explosion is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it restores a resource (base value 1) and deals Arcane damage in a 10 yard radius.

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
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Energize (30)
Value: 1
Misc value: 16
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 0.6176
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #3Energize (30)
Value: 1
Misc value: 16

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?

Arcane Explosion appears in: 1 talent and 1 skill line.

Talents

  • Arcane Explosion (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

Skill lines

  • Mage (Mage), 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 106 separate Spell records named "Arcane Explosion". This page is record #1449. 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
#9433subtext: Rank 4; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#11975cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#13745cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15253cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15453cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19712cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21073cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22271effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22460effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22938used by: Cast by Arcane Explosion Proc; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#23413effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#25679effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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 14 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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