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Hellfire

Spell

Hellfire

Fire

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Engulfs the surrounding area in hellfire, causing (40% of Spell Power) Fire damage to yourself, and (40% of Spell Power) Fire damage to all nearby enemies every 1 sec.

Hellfire

Tooltip

Engulfs the surrounding area in hellfire, causing (40% of Spell Power) Fire damage to yourself, and (40% of Spell Power) Fire damage to all nearby enemies every 1 sec.

You may move while channeling Hellfire.

Costs 4 Soul Shard Fragments per sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 0.4 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Hellfire is a Fire spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Fire damage in a 10 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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 0.4
Radius: 10 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Hellfire appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 38 separate Spell records named "Hellfire". This page is record #5857. 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
#1949duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30859duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34659cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34660effect values: 15 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37428effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39131duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39132effect values: 27.91 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#40717duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40718effect values: 5.58 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#42270duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#43438duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#43465effect values: 1.13 (this record: 0)Different tuning

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
Listed asHellfire Effect
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 30 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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