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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

Unstable Core is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 10.
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Unstable Core is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 10) and has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Duration1 min
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 10
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 36551
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 30690

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?

Unstable Core appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 13 separate Spell records named "Unstable Core". This page is record #1231252. 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; duration: none; effect types: effect 165, School DamageA different effect setup
#360334school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360452school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#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
#369404school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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
#1231250duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1231251duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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