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Nightfall

Spell

Nightfall

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Pulls a nightmare corrupted star from the sky, creating an area of nightmare corruption that inflicts 14.9352 Shadow damage to anyone in the area and summoning 3 Nightmare Abominations.

Nightfall

Tooltip

Pulls a nightmare corrupted star from the sky, creating an area of nightmare corruption that inflicts 14.9352 Shadow damage to anyone in the area and summoning 3 Nightmare Abominations.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Nightfall is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it summons a creature.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 102962, 1761

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 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 19 separate Spell records named "Nightfall". This page is record #198432. 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
#198400duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198401journal encounter: Archdruid Glaidalis; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different caster
#198402duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198408school: Shadow; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#198464duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212464duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213782duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213784duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213785school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213786school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213833school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248813subtext: PvP Talent; duration: none; 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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