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Dread Bolt

Spell

Dread Bolt

Shadow

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Malacrass shoots a bolt of shadow, inflicting 25 Shadow damage to his primary target.

Dread Bolt

Tooltip

Malacrass shoots a bolt of shadow, inflicting 25 Shadow damage to his primary target.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25.

What it does

Dread Bolt is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 200 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 25).

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 #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25

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?

Dread Bolt appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

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 "Dread Bolt". This page is record #1307184. 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
#252476cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266460journal encounter: Gorak Tul; cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 13.47 (this record: 25); different tooltip textA different caster
#288966used by: Cast by Dread Bolt; school: Physical, Shadow; effect types: effect 165, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#288970school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#289972difficulty rows: Heroic; used by: Cast by Dread Bolt; school: Nature; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#289973school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; 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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