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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Summon Skeleton

Spell

Summon Skeleton

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Summons 1 Skeletons to accompany the caster until dismissed.

Summon Skeleton

Tooltip

Summons 1 Skeletons to accompany the caster until dismissed.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon Pet (effect type 56). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Summon Skeleton is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it summons a pet.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Summon Pet (56)
Value: 1
Misc value: 6412

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 35 separate Spell records named "Summon Skeleton". This page is record #8853. 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
#261school: Frost; duration: 500 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#17204cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17490duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20464duration: 4 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29223duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon, SummonA different effect setup
#33984used by: Cast by Raise Dead Template; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#40270school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#41074used by: Cast by Raise Dead; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#41174effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#41948school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#41949school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#41950school: Shadow; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA 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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