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Caustic Tar

Spell

Caustic Tar

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Deals nature damage to nearby targets.

Caustic Tar

Tooltip

Deals nature damage to nearby targets.

How it works

Caustic Tar is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 6.8146.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 164, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Rising Speed.
  3. Effect 3 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Caustic Tar.

What it does

Caustic Tar is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 6.8146). It also casts Rising Speed and Caustic Tar (record #120778).

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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 6.8146
Effect #2Effect 164
Trigger spell: Rising Speed
Effect #3Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Caustic Tar

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?

Caustic Tar 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 3 separate Spell records named "Caustic Tar". This page is record #120269. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#120778used by: Cast by Caustic Tar; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#128359effect values: 5, 0, 0 (this record: 6.81, 0, 0)Different tuning

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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