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Poison Cloud

Spell

Poison Cloud

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

A poison cloud appears which grows in area over 75 sec.

Poison Cloud

Tooltip

A poison cloud appears which grows in area over 75 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Poison Cloud is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 75 sec. 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration75 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 16363, 64

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Poison Cloud". This page is record #28240. 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
#3815school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#11790school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12766school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 45 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#23861school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24840school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25198school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30916duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37469school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#49548school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#50542school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56867school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57061school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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

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
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

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