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Updraft

Spell

Updraft

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Strikes enemies in a cone in front of the caster, knocking them back.

Updraft

Tooltip

Strikes enemies in a cone in front of the caster, knocking them back.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 250. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Updraft is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 30 yard radius.

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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Knock Back (98)
Value: 250
Misc value: 25
Radius: 30 yards

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 27 separate Spell records named "Updraft". This page is record #25060. 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
#160007subtext: Exotic Ability; used by: Pet - Feathermane; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#200203school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#200232school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#200257school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#256404school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#275881school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#308199school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#332436school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: effect 138, Apply Aura, Dummy, effect 90; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#332437school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#332519school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#345305school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#347421school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: effect 138, Apply Aura, Dummy, effect 90; 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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