Taunt

Taunt

What it does

Taunt is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and a 5 sec cooldown. When cast it changes threat.

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

SchoolShadow

Cast timeInstant

Cooldown5 sec

EffectThreat

ClassWarlock

RangeCombat Range

Spell ID26281

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

Spell Details

School	Shadow
Range	5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time	Instant
Cooldown	5 sec
Global cooldown	1.5 sec
GCD category	Category id 133
Effect #1	Threat (63) Value: 1000

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 58 separate Spell records named "Taunt". This page is record #26281. 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
#355	used by: Warrior; school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different owner
#29060	school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#37017	school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#37486	used by: Cast by Shoot; school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#37548	school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#49613	duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#51774	school: Physical; effect types: effect 77	A different effect setup
#51775	school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#52154	school: Physical; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#53798	school: Physical; effect types: effect 77	A different effect setup
#53799	school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#54794	school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A 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.

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

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Multiple client spell records exist

WoW Forever: what our data shows