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Bear Form

Spell

Bear Form

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Shapeshifts into a bear for 10 sec., increasing armor and hit points, as well as allowing the use of various bear abilities.

Bear Form

Tooltip

Shapeshifts into a bear for 10 sec., increasing armor and hit points, as well as allowing the use of various bear abilities.

How it works

Bear Form is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 36.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -50. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Bear Form is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it 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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 36
Misc value: 14, 2
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -50
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 1

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 39 separate Spell records named "Bear Form". This page is record #27543. 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
#5487used by: Druid; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#7090duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#17057used by: Druid; school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Energize, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#18309duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19030duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#19179school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Learn Spell, Learn Spell, Learn SpellA different effect setup
#31792duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#32357duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#48368duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0, 110 (this record: 0, -50)Different tuning
#74504duration: 5 min; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#83093school: Physical; effect types: Summon, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#99114duration: 5 min; effect types: Dummy, Apply AuraA 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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