Spell

Nether Rift

Shadow

4 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Ky'veza tears open a rift to the Twisting Nether, inflicting 348 Shadow damage to players within 5 yards.

Nether Rift

How it works

Nether Rift is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 4 yards.
Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 4 yards.

What it does

Nether Rift is a Shadow spell with a 4 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 4 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

School	Shadow
Range	50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time	4 sec
Duration	6 sec
Effect #1	Create Area Effect (179) Value: 1 Misc value: 32256 Radius: 4 yards
Effect #2	Create Area Effect (179) Misc value: 32238 Radius: 4 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.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Nether Rift". This page is record #463609. 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
#222131	school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#222153	used by: Cast by Nether Rift; school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Dummy, Summon; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#232692	used by: Cast by The Eye of Aman'thul; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 203; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#437620	journal encounter: Nexus-Princess Ky'veza; effect values: 5, 1 (this record: 1, 0); different tooltip text	A different caster
#437839	cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#437960	school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Create Area Effect	A different effect setup
#464259	cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#1245582	school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#1245586	school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#1245591	school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2.8 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#1245594	cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#1245595	cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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.

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Nether Rift

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