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Water Breathing

Spell

Water Breathing

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Allows underwater breathing.

Water Breathing

Tooltip

Allows underwater breathing.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 82.

What it does

Water Breathing is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 82

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 12 separate Spell records named "Water Breathing". This page is record #11789. 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
#7178subtext: Rank 1; duration: 30 min; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#40621duration: 30 min; effect types: Area Aura (Party); different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44235subtext: Rank 1; duration: 3 min; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#45328cast time: 1 sec; duration: 20 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#48719duration: 10 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#51244duration: none; different tooltip textA variant record
#52909cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 30 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#234495school: PhysicalA variant record
#275854school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#447304school: Physical; effect values: -2 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#452540school: PhysicalA 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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