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Frost Arrow

Spell

Frost Arrow

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

Chance to strike your target with a Frost Arrow for Frost damage.

Frost Arrow

Tooltip

Chance to strike your target with a Frost Arrow for Frost damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Frost Arrow.

What it does

Frost Arrow is a Frost spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Frost Arrow (record #29502).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Frost Arrow

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Frost Arrow". This page is record #29501. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#29502used by: Cast by Frost Arrow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#35964effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35965used by: Cast by Frost Arrow; duration: 4 sec; effect values: -60 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#38942duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38952duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44639cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#47059cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56095duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59897effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#84465duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, 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

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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