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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.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 654.861. It scales with 0.2 times spell power.

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 654.861).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 654.861
Spell power coefficient: 0.2

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.

Magic CastSoundKit 1641

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

MissileHolyLoopSoundKit 3012

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

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Arcane Missiles appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #15791. 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; effect values: 24 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#15735duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15736effect values: 327.43 (this record: 654.86); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15790duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22272duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22273effect values: 1309.72 (this record: 654.86)Different tuning
#29955effect types: noneA different effect setup
#29956effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31742effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31743effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31751effect 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 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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