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Explosion

Spell

Explosion

Fire

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Fire spell.

Explosion

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Instakill (effect type 1). It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 45 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 86, which the datamine does not name. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Explosion is a Fire spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it kills the target outright in a 45 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

SchoolFire
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Instakill (1)
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 45 yards
Effect #2Effect 86
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 15
Radius: 100 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 #20038. 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
#5255school: Physical; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#12158school: Physical; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12159school: Physical; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#13259school: Physical; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, DummyA different effect setup
#20476difficulty rows: Event; used by: Cast by Living Bomb; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#27745effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#29949effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30934effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#30953duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, School DamageA different effect setup
#33862used by: Cast by Mortar; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#34539duration: 11 sec; effect types: Summon Object, School DamageA different effect setup
#34674school: Physical; effect 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 sighted4 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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