Summon Skeleton

What it does

Summon Skeleton is a spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it summons a creature in a 5 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 facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast time2 sec

Duration30 sec

EffectSummon

RangeSelf Only

Spell ID17204

Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	Self Only
Cast time	2 sec
Duration	30 sec
Effect #1	Summon (28) Value: 1 Spell power coefficient: 1 Misc value: 6412, 1761 Radius: 5 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.

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The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Summon Skeleton". This page is record #17204. 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
#261	school: Frost; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect values: 3 (this record: 1)	Different tuning
#8853	cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon Pet; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#17490	cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; different tooltip text	A variant record
#20464	cast time: instant; duration: 4 min; effect values: 3 (this record: 1)	Different tuning
#29223	cast time: instant; duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon, Summon	A different effect setup
#33984	used by: Cast by Raise Dead Template; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#40270	school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 10 min	A variant record
#41074	used by: Cast by Raise Dead; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#41174	cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip text	Different tuning
#41948	school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 10 min	A variant record
#41949	school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 10 min	A variant record
#41950	school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 10 min	A 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.

Other versions

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 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