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PhysicalTooltip
Creates a dust cloud that will obscure creatures inside of it.
What it does
Dust Cloud is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.
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
EffectCreate Area Effect
RangeVision Range (AOI)
Spell ID268706Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Where is this spell used?
Dust Cloud appears in: 1 spell that casts it.
Spells that cast it
- Dust CloudTriggers this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Spell Details
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | 100 yards (Vision Range (AOI)) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Duration | Infinite |
| Effect #1 | Create Area Effect (179) Misc value: 11935 |
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 42 separate Spell records named "Dust Cloud". This page is record #268706. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #200113 | duration: none; effect types: Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #256333 | effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #256334 | duration: 30 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #256336 | duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #256359 | cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #256365 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #256366 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #260792 | effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #267045 | effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #268705 | used by: Cast by Spawn; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 226, Trigger Missile | A helper record another spell casts |
| #333201 | duration: none; effect types: Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #333258 | duration: none; effect types: Dummy | 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.