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Eternal Darkness

Spell

Eternal Darkness

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Calls to the void, ushering Faceless Tendrils through to this world over 1 sec.

Eternal Darkness

Tooltip

Calls to the void, ushering Faceless Tendrils through to this world over 1 sec. Each Tendril flays the mind of a target, inflicting 1.67927 Shadow damage every second until defeated.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1.6793 per tick. It applies the infected mechanic. Its area radius is 100 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 30 times over the full 30 sec (50.38 base in total).

What it does

Eternal Darkness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the infected mechanic in a 100 yard radius every 1 sec.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1.6793
Mechanic: Infected
Radius: 100 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Eternal Darkness". This page is record #201172. 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
#120394cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120406school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#201153journal encounter: Mindflayer Kaahrj; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1.68); different tooltip textA different caster
#227179duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#307048journal encounter: Carapace of N'Zoth; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Power Burn; different tooltip textA different caster
#307533duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#307540cast time: 10 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 140, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307547used by: Cast by Eternal Darkness; duration: 11 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#307808duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307809used by: Cast by Eternal Darkness; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#428266journal encounter: The Darkness; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1.68); different tooltip textA different caster
#428267used by: Cast by Eternal Darkness; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts

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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