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Contaminate

Spell

Contaminate

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

The continually radiates a contaminating essence, inflicting 14 Nature damage to all players every 3 sec.

Contaminate

Tooltip

The continually radiates a contaminating essence, inflicting 14 Nature damage to all players every 3 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 3 sec, 200 times over the full 10 min. It triggers Contaminate.

What it does

Contaminate is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 10 min. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec. It also casts Contaminate (record #1284258).

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 min
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 3 sec
Trigger spell: Contaminate

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?

Contaminate appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Added in patch 12.1.0.

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Contaminate". This page is record #1284257. 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
#182472used by: Cast by Contaminate; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#203401school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#1284258used by: Cast by Contaminate; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1294930cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1294931duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1294932used by: Cast by Contaminate; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 4 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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