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Tar Trap

Spell

Tar Trap

Physical

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Instant castLong Range

Place a tar trap that creates an oil slick

Tar Trap

Tooltip

Place a tar trap that creates an oil slick

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Tar Trap is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 min
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 33781

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 11 separate Spell records named "Tar Trap". This page is record #454592. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#135299school: Nature; duration: 39 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#187698used by: Talent: Hunter; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#187699used by: Cast by Tar Trap; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#187700duration: 30 sec; effect values: 10 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#256678duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256679used by: Cast by Tar Trap; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#256682duration: 30 sec; effect values: 10 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#256688school: Nature; duration: 39 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#454591cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, effect 164A different effect setup
#454593duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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.

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