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Scorched Earth

Spell

Scorched Earth

Fire

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The scorched ground inflicts 10 Fire damage to players within the flames every 1 sec.

Scorched Earth

Tooltip

The scorched ground inflicts 10 Fire damage to players within the flames every 1 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Area Aura (Party) (effect type 35). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 10 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Scorched Earth is a Fire spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura to the party every 1 sec and 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

SchoolFire
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Area Aura (Party) (35)
Aura type id 3
Value: 10
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1631, 5

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Scorched Earth appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 47 separate Spell records named "Scorched Earth". This page is record #372820. 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
#294904used by: Cast by Scorched Earth; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#295664school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#296375used by: Cast by Scorched Earth; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Summon, Trigger SpellA helper record another spell casts
#370468effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#372825duration: 2 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#373139used by: Cast by Burnout; duration: 2 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#373152duration: 2 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#402401subtext: Offensive; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#402431subtext: Offensive; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#402437subtext: Offensive; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#402444subtext: Offensive; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#405887school: Nature; effect types: Apply Aura, 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.

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