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Spell

Sleep

Shadow

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1.3 secMedium Range

Puts nearby enemies to sleep for up to 10 sec.

Sleep

Tooltip

Puts nearby enemies to sleep for up to 10 sec. Any damage caused will awaken them.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Sleep is a Shadow spell with a 1.3 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 30 yard radius. 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.3 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 sec
MechanicAsleep
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Radius: 30 yards

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 #20669. 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
#9160cast time: instant; duration: none; different tooltip textA variant record
#12098cast time: 1 sec; duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15970cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20663cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#20989difficulty rows: Heroic; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#24004school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24664cast time: instant; duration: 6 secA variant record
#24778used by: Cast by Dream Fog; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 5 secA helper record another spell casts
#31292cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31298cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#31541duration: 5 secA variant record
#31548school: Nature; cast time: instantA 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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