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Volatile Infection

Spell

Volatile Infection

Nature

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2 sec3 min cooldownCombat Range

Infects an enemy for 3 min., causing it to inflict 4.05635 Nature damage to its nearby allies every 15 sec.

Volatile Infection

Tooltip

Infects an enemy for 3 min., causing it to inflict 4.05635 Nature damage to its nearby allies every 15 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 3.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. Its base value is 1 per tick. It ticks every 15 sec, 12 times over the full 3 min (12 base in total). It triggers Volatile Infection.

What it does

Volatile Infection is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 5 yards, a 3 min cooldown and effects that last 3 min. When cast it applies an aura every 15 sec. It also casts Volatile Infection (record #3587).

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
Cooldown3 min
Global cooldownNone
Duration3 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Value: 1
Period: every 15 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 #3586. 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; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#3585used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#3587used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#18149duration: 30 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#24929used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#43586cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#43587used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#56785cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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