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Dark Rune

Spell

Dark Rune

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Restores at the cost of life.

Dark Rune

Tooltip

Restores at the cost of life.

How it works

Dark Rune is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Energize (effect type 30).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2).

What it does

Dark Rune is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it restores a resource and deals Shadow damage.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Energize (30)
Effect #2School Damage (2)

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Dark Rune". This page is record #27869. 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
#49718used by: Cast by Rune Fist; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#88887effect types: Dummy, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#88888used by: Cast by Dark Rune; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#216379used by: Cast by Purifying; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Spawn, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#1249550school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1249558school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1249562school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1249565school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1249566school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1249594school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1249609journal encounter: Midnight Falls; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#1273133school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 15 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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