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Poison

Spell

Poison

Nature

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Instant castMedium Range

Poison your target for Nature damage every 2 sec for 20 sec.

Poison

Tooltip

Poison your target for Nature damage every 2 sec for 20 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 4.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. It ticks every 2 sec, 10 times over the full 20 sec.

What it does

Poison is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

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

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 4
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Period: every 2 sec

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 55 separate Spell records named "Poison". This page is record #17330. 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
#13299school: Physical; duration: none; effect values: 1 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#13518duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#16400duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#16401duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#17183duration: 15 sec; effect values: 24 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17292duration: 30 sec; effect values: 8 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17511used by: Cast by Ichor Spitter; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#18077duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#18197duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#18203used by: Cast by Venomspitter; duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#18208duration: 25 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#19448duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, 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
Listed asHanging Thread
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

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