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Thorns

Spell

Thorns

Arcane

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

When struck in combat you have a chance to inflict Arcane damage to the attacker.

Thorns

Tooltip

When struck in combat you have a chance to inflict Arcane damage to the attacker.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2).

What it does

Thorns is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage.

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

SchoolArcane
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Thorns appears in: 1 spell that casts it and 1 item (listed under Provided by).

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 29 separate Spell records named "Thorns". This page is record #15438. 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
#467school: Nature; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21335school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21337school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22351school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22696school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25640school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25777school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31271school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33907school: Nature; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34343school: Nature; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34663school: Nature; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35361school: Nature; duration: 10 min; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, 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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