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Sleep

Spell

Sleep

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Puts nearby enemies to sleep for up to 6 sec.

Sleep

Tooltip

Puts nearby enemies to sleep for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken them.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Sleep is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 100 yard radius.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Radius: 100 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 #24664. 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
#15970cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20663duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20669cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 10 secA variant record
#20989difficulty rows: Heroic; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#24004school: Nature; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24778used by: Cast by Dream Fog; school: Nature; duration: 5 secA helper record another spell casts
#31292different tooltip textA variant record
#31298duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31541cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 5 secA variant record
#31548school: Nature; duration: 10 secA variant record
#34801school: Nature; different tooltip textA variant record
#36402duration: 3 sec; 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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