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Engineering

Spell

Engineering

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Allows an engineer to make basic contraptions.

Engineering

Tooltip

Allows an engineer to make basic contraptions. Requires stone and metal found with the Mining skill.

How it works

Engineering is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Trade Skill (effect type 47).
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 118, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 3. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Engineering is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it has a Trade Skill 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 Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Trade Skill (47)
Effect #2Effect 118
Value: 3
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 202

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?

Engineering appears in: 1 skill line and 1 teaching spell.

Skill lines

Teaching spells

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

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Every Engineering spell

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Engineering". This page is record #4038. 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
#4036effect values: 0, 1 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#4037effect values: 0, 2 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#12656effect values: 0, 4 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#30350effect values: 0, 5 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#49383cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: effect 95A different effect setup
#51306effect values: 0, 6 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#59193effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#82774effect values: 0, 7 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#110403effect values: 0, 8 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#158739effect values: 0, 9 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#195112effect values: 0, 10 (this record: 0, 3)Different tuning
#264475effect types: effect 118; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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