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Arcane Explosion

Spell

Arcane Explosion

Arcane

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Instant castSelf Only

Sends out a blast wave of magic, inflicting 16.769 Arcane damage to nearby enemies.

Arcane Explosion

Tooltip

Sends out a blast wave of magic, inflicting 16.769 Arcane damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 16.769. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Arcane Explosion is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 16.769) in a 30 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
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 16.769
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 30 yards

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 106 separate Spell records named "Arcane Explosion". This page is record #25679. 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
#22271effect values: 8 (this record: 16.77); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22460effect values: 253 (this record: 16.77); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22938used by: Cast by Arcane Explosion Proc; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#23413effect values: 3.99 (this record: 16.77)Different tuning
#26192cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 1121.5 (this record: 16.77); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26643used by: Cast by Frenzy; effect values: 746.5 (this record: 16.77); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27989effect values: 3.14 (this record: 16.77); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#28450cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 0.1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29106effect values: 147 (this record: 16.77); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29973cast time: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30096cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 5.14 (this record: 16.77); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30266effect values: 4.85 (this record: 16.77); 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

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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