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Nightmare Bolt

Spell

Nightmare Bolt

Shadow

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1.5 secExtended Range

Launches a bolt of Nightmare energy, inflicting 25.2026 Shadow damage.

Nightmare Bolt

Tooltip

Launches a bolt of Nightmare energy, inflicting 25.2026 Shadow damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25.2026.

What it does

Nightmare Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 50 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 25.2026).

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

SchoolShadow
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25.2026

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?

Nightmare Bolt appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Shade of Xavius in Darkheart Thicket
    Journal section: Shade of Xavius
    Encounter creatures: Shade of Xavius
    The journal lists this ability for some difficulties only.Dungeon boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Nightmare Bolt". This page is record #212834. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#74578effect values: 0.94 (this record: 25.2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#189984school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#200185effect types: School Damage, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204808difficulty rows: Heroic; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA per-difficulty version
#206920journal encounter: Xavius; cast time: 0.8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different caster
#222110cast time: 0.8 sec; effect values: 33.59 (this record: 25.2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#225899cast time: 0.8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#247009cast time: 0.8 sec; effect values: 111.95 (this record: 25.2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#425873cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 12 (this record: 25.2)Different tuning

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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