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WoW ForeverWoW Forever beta client 1.60.1.70532 · the official Classic+ · launches November 4, 2026Also on Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Ancestral Knowledge

Spell

Ancestral Knowledge

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Increases your Intellect by 10%.

Ancestral Knowledge

Tooltip

Increases your Intellect by 10%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 137. Its base value is 10. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Ancestral Knowledge is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 137
Value: 10
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 8

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Ancestral Knowledge". This page is record #17485. 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
#237949effect types: noneA different effect setup
#237952used by: Cast by Ancestral Knowledge; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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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