Spell

Consume Essence

Shadow

2.5 secSelf Only

Consumes the essence of targets, inflicting Shadow damage and gaining damage done.

Consume Essence

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 60 yards.

What it does

Consume Essence is a Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 25) in a 60 yard radius.

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

School	Shadow
Range	Self Only
Cast time	2.5 sec
Dispel type	Dispel type id 1
Effect #1	Weapon % Damage (31) Value: 25 Radius: 60 yards

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.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 28 separate Spell records named "Consume Essence". This page is record #308409. 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
#196877	school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#196882	used by: Cast by Consume Essence; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#245727	cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#267459	difficulty rows: Heroic; journal encounter: Vol'zith the Whisperer; cast time: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 136; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#267809	difficulty rows: Heroic; cast time: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 136; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#283516	cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 134; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#284889	used by: Cast by Consume Essence; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A helper record another spell casts
#284891	effect types: effect 164	A different effect setup
#285427	difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic; journal encounter: Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void; cast time: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 136; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#294665	cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#308418	cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#308428	cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A 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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Consume Essence

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