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Freezing Trap

Spell

Freezing Trap

Frost

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Hunter

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Hurls a frost trap to the target location that incapacitates the first enemy that approaches for 1 min.

Freezing Trap

Tooltip

Hurls a frost trap to the target location that incapacitates the first enemy that approaches for 1 min. Damage may break the effect. Limit 1. Trap will exist for 1 min.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 308.

What it does

Freezing Trap is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the frozen 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

SchoolFrost
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 min
MechanicFrozen
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 308
Misc value: 7

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 50 separate Spell records named "Freezing Trap". This page is record #3355. 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
#27753subtext: Rank 3; effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#31933duration: until cancelled; effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32419effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37368effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41085duration: until cancelled; effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43414effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43415subtext: Rank 3; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43447effect types: Summon Object; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43448duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44136effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55040effect types: effect 104; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55041duration: 8 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 20 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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