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Sacrifice

Spell

Sacrifice

Shadow

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Instant cast1 min cooldownAnywhere - Unlimited

Sacrifices a portion of the Voidwalker's health, giving its master a shield that will absorb damage for 30 sec.

Sacrifice

Tooltip

Sacrifices a portion of the Voidwalker's health, giving its master a shield that will absorb damage for 30 sec. While the shield holds, spellcasting will not be interrupted by damage.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Sacrifice is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 25.

What it does

Sacrifice is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range, a 1 min cooldown and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 min
Global cooldownNone
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Misc value: 127
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 25

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 43 separate Spell records named "Sacrifice". This page is record #7812. 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
#1050school: Holy; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, School DamageA different effect setup
#22651cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30115cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33587school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#34661cast time: 1 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#101348duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140271school: Physical; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157916school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#157917school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, InstakillA different effect setup
#157924school: Physical; duration: 5 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#158133school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Summon, InstakillA different effect setup
#175430cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, 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 sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 16 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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