Opening

What it does

Opening is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards.

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

RangeVision Range (AOI)

Spell ID24391

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

Where is this spell used?

Opening appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

OpeningTriggers this spell

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

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time	Instant
Effect #1	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 #24391. 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; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#6477	used by: GENERIC (DND); cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Open Lock	A different owner
#6478	used by: GENERIC (DND); cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Open Lock	A different owner
#6658	cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#8917	cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Open Lock; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#21248	cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#21288	cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#21651	used by: GENERIC (DND); cast time: 8 sec; effect types: Open Lock	A different owner
#24390	duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy	A different effect setup
#26868	cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Open Lock	A different effect setup
#39220	cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Open Lock, effect 61; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#39264	cast time: 5 sec; 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 sighted1 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