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Shadow Bolt

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Shadow Bolt

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1 secLonger 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

Each cast of Shadow Bolt costs 90 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 16.7485. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 1 sec cast and a range of 45 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 16.7485).

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
Cost90 Mana
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time1 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 16.7485
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 #29317. 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
#26006effect values: 67.08 (this record: 16.75)Different tuning
#29487cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 17.59 (this record: 16.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29626cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29640used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; cast time: instant; effect values: 0 (this record: 16.75); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29927cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 29.77 (this record: 16.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30055cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 46.51 (this record: 16.75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; cast time: instant; effect values: 12 (this record: 16.75); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#30686cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 21.71 (this record: 16.75)Different tuning
#31618cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 12.66 (this record: 16.75)Different tuning
#31627cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 43.41 (this record: 16.75)Different tuning
#32666cast time: instant; effect values: 221.5 (this record: 16.75)Different tuning
#32860cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: 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 1.60.1.70338, 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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