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Explosion

Spell

Explosion

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Instantly kills all units in the explosion.

Explosion

Tooltip

Instantly kills all units in the explosion.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Instakill (effect type 1). Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Explosion is a spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it kills the target outright in a 30 yard radius.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Instakill (1)
Radius: 30 yards

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 210 separate Spell records named "Explosion". This page is record #12159. 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
#5255effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#12158no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#13259effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, DummyA different effect setup
#20038school: Fire; effect types: Instakill, effect 86A different effect setup
#20476difficulty rows: Event; used by: Cast by Living Bomb; school: Fire; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#27745school: Fire; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#29949school: Fire; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30934school: Fire; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#30953school: Fire; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, School DamageA different effect setup
#33862used by: Cast by Mortar; school: Fire; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#34539school: Fire; duration: 11 sec; effect types: Summon Object, School DamageA different effect setup
#34674effect types: Dummy; 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 1.60.1.70338, 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 sighted1 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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