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Consuming Shadows

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Consuming Shadows

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Shadow spell.

Consuming Shadows

How it works

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

What it does

Consuming Shadows is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 12 min. 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

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 min
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 17897

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 29 separate Spell records named "Consuming Shadows". This page is record #307444. 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
#224197duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#304879used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#304880used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect, Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#304882duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Energize, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#304902cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#307435duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#307436used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#307440used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Area Aura (Party)A helper record another spell casts
#307441used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#307442used by: Cast by Consuming Shadows; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#308158journal encounter: Maut; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#308168duration: 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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