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Eternal Darkness

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Eternal Darkness

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3 secSelf Only

The Darkness releases waves of pure shadow every 1 sec for 4 sec.

Eternal Darkness

Tooltip

The Darkness releases waves of pure shadow every 1 sec for 4 sec. Each wave inflicts 8 Shadow damage to all players and reduces the Candlelight's heat.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec. It triggers Eternal Darkness.

What it does

Eternal Darkness is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Eternal Darkness (record #428267).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Eternal Darkness

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?

Eternal Darkness appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Eternal Darkness". This page is record #428266. 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
#201153journal encounter: Mindflayer Kaahrj; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 sec; different tooltip textA different caster
#201172cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1.68 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#227179cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307048journal encounter: Carapace of N'Zoth; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Power Burn; different tooltip textA different caster
#307533cast time: instant; duration: 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; cast time: instant; duration: 11 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#307808cast time: instant; duration: 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
#428267used by: Cast by Eternal Darkness; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#428276cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#428283school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Power Burn; 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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