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Fear

Spell

Fear

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for up to 6 sec.

Fear

Tooltip

Strikes fear in an enemy, causing it to flee in terror for up to 6 sec. Only 1 target can be feared at a time.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. Its area radius is 45 yards.

What it does

Fear is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 45 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the fleeing mechanic.

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 timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
MechanicFleeing
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Radius: 45 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 84 separate Spell records named "Fear". This page is record #30002. 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
#26580duration: 8 secA variant record
#26661duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#27641cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#27990cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29168used by: Cast by Fear; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29321duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30530different tooltip textA variant record
#30584duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30615used by: Cast by Brined Shell; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#31358duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31970cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#32241effect types: Apply Aura, 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 1.60.1.70374, 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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