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Healing Ward

Spell

Healing Ward

Physical

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2 secSelf Only

Summons a ward that lasts 30 sec.

Healing Ward

Tooltip

Summons a ward that lasts 30 sec. and periodically heals allies in an area around it.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 20. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Healing Ward is a spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it summons a creature in a 5 yard radius.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 20
Misc value: 8179, 63
Radius: 5 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 11 separate Spell records named "Healing Ward". This page is record #11899. 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
#4971no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#5605effect values: 5 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#6274effect values: 12 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#31760cast time: instant; effect values: 25 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#42376cast time: instant; effect values: 10000 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#133004school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133005cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#258100used by: Cast by Healing Ward; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#258101school: Nature; cast time: instant; effect types: Summon, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#258102school: Nature; cast time: instant; effect 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 1.60.1.70532, 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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