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Shadow Bolt

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Shadow Bolt

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3 secLong Range

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150

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 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #12471. 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
#9613effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12739effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#13440used by: Cast by Grimclaw; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#13480cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#14106cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#14122cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15232no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#15472effect values: 400 (this record: 150)Different tuning
#15537effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#16409used by: Cast by Runic Darkblade; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#16783used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#16784used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; cast time: 2.2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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 1.60.1.70338, 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 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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