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Forbidden Knowledge

Spell

Forbidden Knowledge

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Physical spell.

Forbidden Knowledge

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 7 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Forbidden Knowledge is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 7 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Radius: 3 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 22 separate Spell records named "Forbidden Knowledge". This page is record #389840. 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
#300055used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#324113used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Shadow; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#324114school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#355811school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#356029school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#359015duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371352difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Arcane; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#371356used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Arcane; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#371357used by: Cast by Forbidden Knowledge; school: Arcane; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#371358school: Arcane; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#389842school: Arcane; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#394766school: Arcane; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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