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Arcane Bolt

Spell

Arcane Bolt

Arcane

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1 secLong Range

Hurls a magical bolt at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage.

Arcane Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls a magical bolt at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Bolt costs 90 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 473.605. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Arcane Bolt is an Arcane spell with a 1 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 473.605).

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

SchoolArcane
Cost90 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 473.605
Spell power coefficient: 1

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.

Sounds

Arcane Bolt sounds

The sounds the game plays when Arcane Bolt is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

Magic CastSoundKit 1641

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

MissileHolyLoopSoundKit 3012

  1. Holymissileloop5.0s · ID 569779 · spells/missile
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

PrecastMagicLowSoundKit 3136

  1. Precastmagelow3.0s · ID 568938 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

MAGE_ArcaneMissile_ImpactSoundKit 3333

  1. Arcanemissileimpact1a1.8s · ID 569631 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Arcanemissileimpact1b1.6s · ID 569565 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Arcanemissileimpact1c2.1s · ID 569554 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 88 separate Spell records named "Arcane Bolt". This page is record #15124. 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
#13901effect values: 315.74 (this record: 473.6)Different tuning
#15254effect values: 1262.95 (this record: 473.6)Different tuning
#15451effect values: 1578.68 (this record: 473.6)Different tuning
#20720effect values: 947.21 (this record: 473.6)Different tuning
#20829effect values: 444.37 (this record: 473.6)Different tuning
#25055effect values: 789.34 (this record: 473.6)Different tuning
#31445effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31595effect types: noneA different effect setup
#36712effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38204effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38340effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38823effect types: noneA 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.

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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