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Arcane Missiles

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Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castMedium Range

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Missiles costs 235 Mana.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec. It triggers Arcane Missiles.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Arcane Missiles (record #22273).

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
Cost235 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Arcane Missiles
Effect #2Dummy (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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #22272. 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
#15735no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#15736used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#15790different tooltip textA variant record
#15791used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#22273used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29955cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#29956used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#31742cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#31743used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#31751duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#33031duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#33419no compared field differsA duplicate client record

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 sighted3 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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