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Arcane Explosion

Spell

Arcane Explosion

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 253 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards.

Arcane Explosion

Tooltip

Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 253 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Explosion costs 390 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 253. It scales with 0.143 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Arcane Explosion is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 253) in a 10 yard radius.

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
Cost390 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 253
Spell power coefficient: 0.143
Radius: 10 yards

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 Explosion sounds

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

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

ArcaneExplosionSoundKit 6539

  1. Arcaneexplosion3.0s · ID 568678 · 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 106 separate Spell records named "Arcane Explosion". This page is record #22460. 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
#15453cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 1678.08 (this record: 253); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19712cast time: 0.5 sec; effect values: 800 (this record: 253); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#21073cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 333.28 (this record: 253); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22271effect values: 1005.68 (this record: 253); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22938used by: Cast by Arcane Explosion Proc; cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 333.28 (this record: 253); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#23413effect values: 259 (this record: 253)Different tuning
#25679effect values: 1000 (this record: 253); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26192cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 2520.05 (this record: 253); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26643used by: Cast by Frenzy; effect values: 5040.09 (this record: 253); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27989effect values: 550 (this record: 253); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#28450cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 0.1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29106effect 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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