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Sleep

Spell

Sleep

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Puts an enemy to sleep for up to 10 sec.

Sleep

Tooltip

Puts an enemy to sleep for up to 10 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only one target can be asleep at a time.

How it works

Each cast of Sleep costs 90 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.

What it does

Sleep is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the asleep mechanic.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 sec
MechanicAsleep
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12

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 57 separate Spell records named "Sleep". This page is record #20663. 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
#9160duration: none; different tooltip textA variant record
#12098cast time: 1 sec; duration: 20 secA variant record
#15970cast time: 1 secA variant record
#20669cast time: 1.3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20989difficulty rows: Heroic; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#24004school: Nature; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24664duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24778used by: Cast by Dream Fog; school: Nature; duration: 5 secA helper record another spell casts
#31292duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31298different tooltip textA variant record
#31541cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31548school: Nature; different tooltip textA variant record

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 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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