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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

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Instant castSelf Only

Chance to strike your ranged target with a Shadow Bolt for Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Chance to strike your ranged target with a Shadow Bolt for Shadow damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Shadow Bolt.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Shadow Bolt (record #29640).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Shadow Bolt

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #29626. 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
#26006cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29317cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29487cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29640used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29927cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30055cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#30686cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31618cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31627cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32666effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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
Listed asShadowbolt
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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