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Arcane Missiles

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Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castLong Range

Requires Clearcasting

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Requires Clearcasting
Launches waves of Arcane Missiles at the enemy over 2.5 sec, causing a total of Arcane damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Arcane Missiles is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.6 sec, 4 times over the full 2.5 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 0.6 sec, 4 times over the full 2.5 sec.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 100.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33.

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 2.5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.6 sec and applies an aura.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.6 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 0.6 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 100
Misc value: 9
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33

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 Missiles appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Arcane Missiles for Mage (Arcane, Fire, Frost)Talent
  • Arcane Missiles (2 talent definitions no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #5143. 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
#7268used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#15735duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15736used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#15790duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15791used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#22272duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22273used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29955cast time: 1 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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

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
Level data sightedBase level 8 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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