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Guiding Light

Spell

Guiding Light

Holy

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Priest

Instant castSelf Only

Penance gains an additional charge.

Guiding Light

Tooltip

Penance gains an additional charge.

How it works

Guiding Light is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 411. Its base value is 1.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 411. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Guiding Light is a Holy spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolHoly
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 411
Value: 1
Misc value: 1230
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 411
Value: 1
Misc value: 1181

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?

Guiding Light appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Guiding Light for Priest (Discipline, Holy, Shadow)
    Hero talent tree: OracleTalent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Guiding Light". This page is record #1248423. 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
#175509school: Shadow; cast time: 5 sec; duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon Object; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#175511school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#175516school: Shadow; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon Object; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#181197cast time: 10 sec; effect types: Teleport, Quest Complete, effect 90; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#181198school: Physical; effect types: Learn Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#293726duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#293727duration: 10 min; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 1, 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#294216used by: Cast by Guiding Light; school: Physical; effect types: effect 137A helper record another spell casts
#294219school: Arcane; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 1, 1)Different tuning
#294371school: Physical; effect types: DummyA 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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