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Hunter's Mark

Spell

Hunter's Mark

Arcane

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Places the Hunter's Mark on the target, increasing the ranged damage of all attackers against that target.

Hunter's Mark

Tooltip

Places the Hunter's Mark on the target, increasing the ranged damage of all attackers against that target. The target can always be seen and tracked by the Hunter.

Arcane Shot, Chimera Shot, Kill Command, and Explosive Shot automatically apply Hunter's Mark.

Lasts for 5 min.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Hunter's Mark is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 5 min. 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

SchoolArcane
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 min
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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 22 separate Spell records named "Hunter's Mark". This page is record #1130. 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
#31615duration: 20 sec; effect types: effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56303school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#80016duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143882school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#145663used by: Cast by Explosive Shot; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#152771duration: 10 sec; effect values: 200 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#154170duration: 10 sec; effect values: 10 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#163446school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#163447journal encounter: Skylord Tovra; school: Fire; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA different caster
#177114duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#189478school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#189480school: Fire; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 160; 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 sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 6 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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