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Explosive Trap

Spell

Explosive Trap

Fire

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Hurls a fire trap to the target location that explodes when an enemy approaches, causing (54.1% of Attack Power) Fire damage and burning all enemies for (54.1% of Attack Power) additional Fire damage...

Explosive Trap

Tooltip

Hurls a fire trap to the target location that explodes when an enemy approaches, causing (54.1% of Attack Power) Fire damage and burning all enemies for (54.1% of Attack Power) additional Fire damage over 10 sec. Trap will exist for 1 min.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Explosive Trap is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it has a Create Area Effect 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

SchoolFire
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 min
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 1613

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?

Explosive Trap appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 22 separate Spell records named "Explosive Trap". This page is record #13813. 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
#13812duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#43444effect types: Summon Object; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80596duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon Object; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#128953cast time: 1 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon Object; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140794school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140795duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140798duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176734school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176739school: Physical; duration: 30 secA variant record
#176745duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176748school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#176749duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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 sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 34 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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