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Unstable Core

Spell

Unstable Core

Arcane

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The Unstable Core releases a burst of arcane energy every 1.5 sec, inflicting 10 Arcane damage to a random player and leaving an Unstable Rift at their location.

Unstable Core

Tooltip

The Unstable Core releases a burst of arcane energy every 1.5 sec, inflicting 10 Arcane damage to a random player and leaving an Unstable Rift at their location.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Unstable Core.

What it does

Unstable Core is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Unstable Core (record #1231252).

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 #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Unstable Core

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 13 separate Spell records named "Unstable Core". This page is record #1231251. 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
#97735school: Fire; effect types: effect 165, School DamageA different effect setup
#360334school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#360452used by: Cast by Unstable Core; school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#360453school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#360458journal encounter: Vigilant Guardian; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#362214school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#362216used by: Cast by Gravitational Collapse; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#369404used by: Cast by Unstable Core; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1230601school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1231244school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1231250used by: Cast by Unstable Core; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#1231252used by: Cast by Unstable Core; duration: 1 min; effect types: School Damage, Create Area Effect, Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts

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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