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Volatile Infection

Spell

Volatile Infection

Nature

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2 secCombat Range

Infects an enemy for 30 sec., causing it to inflict 4.40219 Nature damage to its nearby allies every 5 sec.

Volatile Infection

Tooltip

Infects an enemy for 30 sec., causing it to inflict 4.40219 Nature damage to its nearby allies every 5 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 3.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 5 sec, 6 times over the full 30 sec. It triggers Volatile Infection.

What it does

Volatile Infection is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 5 sec. It also casts Volatile Infection (record #18150).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 5 sec
Trigger spell: Volatile Infection

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 18 separate Spell records named "Volatile Infection". This page is record #18149. 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
#3584duration: 2 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#3585used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#3586duration: 3 min; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#3587used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#18150used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#24928cast time: instant; duration: 2 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#24929used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#43586cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#43587used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#56785cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#56786used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#59228cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record

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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