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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 School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 14. Its area radius is 300 yards.

What it does

Contaminate is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 14) in a 300 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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 14
Radius: 300 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Contaminate appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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 #1284258. 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
#182472effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203401school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1284257journal encounter: Entombed Sentinels; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#1294930cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1294931effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1294932duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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