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Dark Star

Spell

Dark Star

HolyNatureShadowArcane

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A star materializes from the Twisting Nether, pulling players towards its center for 5 sec.

Dark Star

Tooltip

A star materializes from the Twisting Nether, pulling players towards its center for 5 sec.

Upon emergence, players within the are as ripple outward. Inflicts 1.2 Cosmic damage to all players every 1 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1.2. Its area radius is 300 yards.

What it does

Dark Star is a Holy, Nature, Shadow and Arcane spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Holy, Nature, Shadow and Arcane damage (base value 1.2) 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

SchoolHoly, Nature, Shadow, Arcane
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1.2
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?

Dark Star appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 22 separate Spell records named "Dark Star". This page is record #1225452. 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
#397632subtext: Offensive; school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397633subtext: Offensive; school: Shadow; effect values: 0 (this record: 1.2); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397634subtext: Offensive; school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397635subtext: Offensive; school: Shadow; effect values: 0 (this record: 1.2); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#397636subtext: Offensive; school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#1225405school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1225453school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1225473school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1226659school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1226660school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1248134school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1248137journal encounter: Nexus-King Salhadaar; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different caster

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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