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Black Arrow

Spell

Black Arrow

Shadow

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2 secSelf Only

Curses an enemy, inflicting periodic Shadow damage over 1 min.

Black Arrow

Tooltip

Curses an enemy, inflicting periodic Shadow damage over 1 min. If the target dies while afflicted by Black Arrow, 2 Skeletons will be summoned from the target's corpse.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 200 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. It ticks every 5 sec, 12 times over the full 1 min (2400 base in total).

What it does

Black Arrow is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura every 5 sec.

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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Duration1 min
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 200
Spell power coefficient: 1
Period: every 5 sec

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

Black Arrow sounds

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

ShadowStrike_Impact_ChestSoundKit 10136

  1. Shadowstrike Impact Chest1.1s · ID 569471 · 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 30 separate Spell records named "Black Arrow". This page is record #20733. 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
#59712effect types: noneA different effect setup
#64102effect types: noneA different effect setup
#80003effect types: noneA different effect setup
#101404effect types: noneA different effect setup
#145665effect types: noneA different effect setup
#186070used by: Cast by Black Arrow; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#194599effect types: noneA different effect setup
#205763effect types: noneA different effect setup
#214351effect types: noneA different effect setup
#225289effect types: noneA different effect setup
#251142effect types: noneA different effect setup
#264898effect 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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