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Arcane Explosion

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Arcane Explosion

Arcane

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0.5 secSelf Only

Sends out a blast wave of magic, inflicting 12.8469 Arcane damage to nearby enemies.

Arcane Explosion

Tooltip

Sends out a blast wave of magic, inflicting 12.8469 Arcane damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Arcane Explosion is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 12.8469. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 45 yards.

What it does

Arcane Explosion is an Arcane spell with a 0.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 0.1 sec. When cast it applies an aura and deals Arcane damage (base value 12.8469) in a 45 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 time0.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration0.1 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 12.8469
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 45 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 #28450. 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
#23413cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#25679cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26192cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26643used by: Cast by Frenzy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27989cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29106cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29973cast time: 10 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30096cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30266cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32614cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33237cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33623cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect 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 sighted2 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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