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Arcane Missiles

Spell

Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castMedium Range

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Missiles costs 235 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Arcane Missiles is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec. It triggers Arcane Missiles.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Arcane Missiles (record #15736).

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
Cost235 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Arcane Missiles
Effect #2Effect 77
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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 Missiles sounds

The sounds the game plays when Arcane Missiles 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

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 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #15735. 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
#5143subtext: Rank 1; used by: Talent: Mage; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#7268subtext: Rank 1; used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#15736used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#15790effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#15791used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#22272no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#22273used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29955effect types: noneA different effect setup
#29956used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#31742effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31743used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#31751duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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 sighted3 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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