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The Blood Lantern

Spell

The Blood Lantern

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

The lantern emanates to all players within 4 yards.

The Blood Lantern

Tooltip

The lantern emanates to all players within 4 yards. Carrying the lantern extends this light to 14 yards.

Allowing the lantern to be hit by Descent or Deadly Descent will shatter it, releasing.

How it works

The Blood Lantern is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 293. Its base value is 4.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 14 per tick. It ticks every 6 sec.

What it does

The Blood Lantern is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 6 sec.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 293
Value: 4
Misc value: 1875
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 14
Period: every 6 sec

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

The Blood Lantern appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "The Blood Lantern". This page is record #341684. 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
#341490duration: 4 sec; effect types: Spawn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#341690effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#343303cast time: 2 sec; duration: 16 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#344124effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#344126effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#345307effect types: Apply AuraA 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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