Skip to content
Mortar

Spell

Mortar

Fire

Advertisement

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Fire spell.

Mortar

How it works

Mortar is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  4. Effect 4 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Mortar is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 7463
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 7464
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 7465
Effect #4Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 7466

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?

Mortar 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 35 separate Spell records named "Mortar". This page is record #216315. 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
#193177school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193927duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193928duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#193929duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#194035cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#194036difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA per-difficulty version
#194037duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216278effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 90A different effect setup
#216279no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#216302duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#216305duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#216317duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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.

Comments

Read player comments on Mortar at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)