Taunt

Taunt

What it does

Taunt is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards, a 20 sec cooldown and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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

Duration20 sec

Cooldown20 sec

EffectApply Aura

RangeCombat Range

Spell ID29060

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	5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time	Instant
Cooldown	20 sec
Category cooldown	10 sec
Global cooldown	None
Duration	20 sec
Proc chance	Always
Effect #1	Effect 114 Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2	Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 11

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 #29060. 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; duration: 6 sec; effect types: effect 114, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different owner
#26281	school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Threat; 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; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#37548	duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text	A variant record
#49613	school: Shadow; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text	A variant record
#51774	duration: none; effect types: effect 77	A different effect setup
#51775	duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#52154	duration: none; effect types: Dummy	A different effect setup
#53798	duration: none; effect types: effect 77	A different effect setup
#53799	duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura	A different effect setup
#54794	duration: 3 sec; different tooltip text	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 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

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WoW Forever: what our data shows