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Arcane Missiles

Spell

Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castMedium Range

Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 24 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 24 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Missiles costs 85 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Arcane Missiles is built from 2 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, 3 times over the full 3 sec. It triggers Arcane Missile.
  2. Effect 2 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 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Arcane Missile.

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
Cost85 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration3 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Arcane Missile
Effect #2Apply 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.

How to learn

How to learn Arcane Missiles

Learned at
Level 8 (Rank 1)
From
Mage trainer
Who can learn it
Any Mage

Visit a Mage trainer once you reach level 8 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Mage trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Mage trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Elissa DumasPortal TrainerDarnassus Capital40.6, 82.1
BinkMage TrainerIronforge Capital27.2, 8.3
DinkMage TrainerIronforge Capital27.2, 8.6
Juli StormkettleMage TrainerIronforge Capital26.3, 6.8
Milstaff StormeyePortal TrainerIronforge Capital25.5, 7.1
Nittlebur SparkfizzleMage TrainerIronforge Capital25.9, 6.2
ElsharinMage TrainerStormwind City Capital48.2, 87.2
Jennea CannonMage TrainerStormwind City Capital49.6, 85.8
Larimaine PurduePortal TrainerStormwind City Capital50.4, 86.0
Maginor DumasMaster MageStormwind City Capital49.3, 87.8
5 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Magis SparkmantleMage TrainerDun Morogh47.5, 52.1
Marryk NurribitMage TrainerDun Morogh28.7, 66.4
Khelden BremenMage TrainerElwynn Forest49.7, 39.4
TheocritusMage of Tower AzoraElwynn Forest65.2, 69.7
Zaldimar WefhelltMage TrainerElwynn Forest43.2, 66.2

Horde Mage trainers

TrainerZoneMap
DeinoMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.4, 86.1
EnyoMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.8, 85.7
PephredoMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.4, 85.6
ThuulPortal TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.7, 85.4
Uthel'nayMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital39.2, 86.3
Archmage ShymmMage TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.8, 14.5
Birgitte CranstonPortal TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.5, 16.9
Thurston XaneMage TrainerThunder Bluff Capital25.2, 21.0
Ursyn GhullMage TrainerThunder Bluff Capital25.7, 14.2
Anastasia HartwellMage TrainerUndercity Capital85.1, 10.0
Kaelystia HatebringerMage TrainerUndercity Capital85.0, 14.0
Lexington MortaimPortal TrainerUndercity Capital84.2, 15.6
Pierce ShackletonMage TrainerUndercity Capital85.4, 13.5
4 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Mai'ahMage TrainerDurotar42.5, 69.0
Un'ThuwaMage TrainerDurotar56.3, 75.1
Cain FiresongMage TrainerTirisfal Glades62.0, 52.5
IsabellaMage TrainerTirisfal Glades30.9, 66.1

Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Arcane Missiles appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Arcane Missiles for Mage (Arcane, Fire, Frost)Talent
  • Arcane Missiles (2 talent definitions no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Related

More Arcane spells

Amplify MagicAmplify Magic
Arcane BarrageArcane Barrage
Arcane BlastArcane Blast
Arcane BrillianceArcane Brilliance
Arcane ConcentrationArcane Concentration
Arcane ExplosionArcane Explosion
Arcane FocusArcane Focus
Arcane GeometryArcane Geometry
Arcane ImpactArcane Impact
Arcane InstabilityArcane Instability
Arcane IntellectArcane Intellect
Arcane MeditationArcane Meditation

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #5143. 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
#7268used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#15735duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15736used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#15790duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15791used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#22272duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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 sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 8 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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