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Darkness

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Darkness

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Shadow spell.

Darkness

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 203, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 32. Its area radius is 200 yards. It triggers Darkness.

What it does

Darkness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 200 yards. It also casts Darkness (record #339511).

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
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 203
Value: 32
Radius: 200 yards
Trigger spell: Darkness

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 53 separate Spell records named "Darkness". This page is record #340334. 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
#307807school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#309906duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#311657used by: Cast by Combat Phase Aura Two; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#312160school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#320420subtext: Rank 2; school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#336254school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#339511used by: Cast by Darkness; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#347403school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#348426school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360163school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Power Burn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360167school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#361628subtext: Utility; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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