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Nightfall

Spell

Nightfall

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Pulls a fragment of a Nightmare-corrupted star from the sky, creating an area of nightmare corruption that inflicts 14.9352 Shadow damage to anyone in the area.

Nightfall

Tooltip

Pulls a fragment of a Nightmare-corrupted star from the sky, creating an area of nightmare corruption that inflicts 14.9352 Shadow damage to anyone in the area.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Nightfall.

What it does

Nightfall is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Nightfall (record #198402).

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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Nightfall

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?

Nightfall appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 19 separate Spell records named "Nightfall". This page is record #198401. 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
#198400effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198402used by: Cast by Nightfall; duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198408school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198432used by: Cast by Nightfall; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198464duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212464different tooltip textA variant record
#213782effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213784used by: Cast by Nightfall; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#213785used by: Cast by Nightfall; school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#213786used by: Cast by Nightfall; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#213833school: Shadow; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248813subtext: PvP Talent; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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