Digging

Digging

What it does

Digging is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it has a Spawn effect and applies an aura.

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 facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast timeInstant

DurationInfinite

EffectsSpawn, Apply Aura

RangeSelf Only

Spell ID246857

Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	Self Only
Cast time	Instant
Duration	Infinite
Effect #1	Spawn (46)
Effect #2	Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4

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.

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The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Digging". This page is record #246857. 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
#130732	duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#167553	cast time: 1 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#171372	effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#171373	duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#246726	cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#254080	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 61	A different effect setup
#259523	cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#259724	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#266072	cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 86, Open Lock; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#296434	used by: Cast by Cover Spell; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 160	A helper record another spell casts
#363325	cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#370464	cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock; different tooltip text	A 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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Spell Details

Multiple client spell records exist