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Arcane Orb

Spell

Arcane Orb

Fire

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Creates an orb of volatile Arcane energy that will detonate unless absorbed by a player.

Arcane Orb

Tooltip

Creates an orb of volatile Arcane energy that will detonate unless absorbed by a player. Standing in the orb causes the player to absorb the volatile energies; but the player suffers Arcane damage as long as they do so.
Standing in the orb long enough absorbs the orb entirely.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Arcane Orb is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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

SchoolFire
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 21779

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 Orb appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 66 separate Spell records named "Arcane Orb". This page is record #342144. 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
#298781school: Arcane; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#298782school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#298783journal encounter: Queen AzsharaA different caster
#298786duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#304974no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#342145cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#342147school: Arcane; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#342155school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#343418cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#343419no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#343424school: Arcane; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#343425school: Arcane; 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.

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