Opening

What it does

Opening is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec. It also casts Opening (record #24391).

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 facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast timeInstant

Duration6 sec

EffectApply Aura

RangeMedium Range

Spell ID24390

Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time	Instant
Duration	6 sec
Effect #1	Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 23 Spell power coefficient: 1 Period: every 2 sec Trigger spell: Opening
Effect #2	Dummy (3) Spell power coefficient: 1 Radius: 100 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 330 separate Spell records named "Opening". This page is record #24390. 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
#6249	cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#6477	used by: GENERIC (DND); cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different owner
#6478	used by: GENERIC (DND); cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different owner
#6658	cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#8917	cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#21248	cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#21288	cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#21651	used by: GENERIC (DND); cast time: 8 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different owner
#24391	used by: Cast by Opening; duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A helper record another spell casts
#26868	cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#39220	cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock, effect 61; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#39264	cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Open Lock, effect 61; 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.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70338, read from the beta game data we hold

Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too

Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4