Spell

Dread Bolt

Shadow

2 sec1 sec cooldownLong Range

Hurls a ball of void energy at the target, inflicting 125 Shadow damage.

Dread Bolt

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 125.

What it does

Dread Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and a 1 sec cooldown. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 125).

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

School	Shadow
Range	40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time	2 sec
Cooldown	1 sec
Global cooldown	None
Effect #1	Weapon % Damage (31) Value: 125

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.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Dread Bolt". This page is record #252476. 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
#266460	journal encounter: Gorak Tul; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A different caster
#288966	used by: Cast by Dread Bolt; school: Physical, Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165, Dummy	A helper record another spell casts
#288970	school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#289972	difficulty rows: Heroic; used by: Cast by Dread Bolt; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#289973	school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#1307184	journal encounter: The Coiled Altar; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A 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.

Dread Bolt

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Dread Bolt

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Multiple client spell records exist

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