Summon Skeleton

What it does

Summon Skeleton is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 5 min. When cast it summons a creature in a 1 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 timeInstant

Duration5 min

EffectSummon

RangeVision Range (AOI)

Spell ID29223

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	100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time	Instant
Duration	5 min
Effect #1	Summon (28) Value: 2 Misc value: 16983, 64 Radius: 1 yards
Effect #2	Summon (28) Value: 1.5 Misc value: 16981, 64 Radius: 1 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 #29223. 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
#8853	duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon Pet; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#17204	cast time: 2 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#17490	duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#20464	duration: 4 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#33984	used by: Cast by Raise Dead Template; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#40270	school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: Summon	A different effect setup
#41074	used by: Cast by Raise Dead; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#41174	duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#41948	school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: Summon	A different effect setup
#41949	school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: Summon	A different effect setup
#41950	school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: Summon	A different effect setup
#49432	used by: Cast by Skeleton Summon Cue; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon	A helper record another spell casts

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 sighted2 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