Investigating

Investigating

What it does

Investigating is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. 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 facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast timeInstant

DurationInfinite

EffectApply Aura

RangeShort/Long Range

Spell ID473022

Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	40 yards (Short/Long Range)
Cast time	Instant
Duration	Infinite
Effect #1	Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 236 Value: 2
Effect #2	Dummy (3)

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.

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The game client stores 84 separate Spell records named "Investigating". This page is record #473022. 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
#406433	cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#410344	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#411050	used by: Cast by Test Spell 1 [DNT]; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A helper record another spell casts
#412937	cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 90, Dummy	A different effect setup
#432246	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 203; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#433617	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 61; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#435847	cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#451809	cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#456209	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell	A different effect setup
#459727	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#469021	cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#473269	school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 61, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text	A 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.

What it does

Spell facts

Spell Details

Multiple client spell records exist