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Black Arrow

Spell

Black Arrow

Shadow

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Instant castHunter Range

Fires a Black Arrow into the target, slowing the target's movement speed by 70%, causing 150 Shadow damage and draining 150 mana over 30 sec.

Black Arrow

Tooltip

Fires a Black Arrow into the target, slowing the target's movement speed by 70%, causing 150 Shadow damage and draining 150 mana over 30 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Black Arrow is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -70.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 10 per tick. It scales with 0.1 times spell power. It ticks every 2 sec, 15 times over the full 30 sec (150 base in total).
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 64. Its base value is 10 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 15 times over the full 30 sec (150 base in total).

What it does

Black Arrow is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 8-35 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 2 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
Range8-35 yards (Hunter Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -70
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 10
Spell power coefficient: 0.1
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 64
Value: 10
Period: every 2 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.

CrippleSoundKit 2617

  1. Cripple2.0s · ID 569189 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

MissileIceLoopSoundKit 3013

  1. Icemissileloop4.0s · ID 569781 · spells/missile
    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 Black Arrow

Learned at
Level 50 (Rank 1)
From
Hunter trainer
Who can learn it
Any Hunter

Visit a Hunter trainer once you reach level 50 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Hunter trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Hunter trainers

TrainerZoneMap
DorionHunter TrainerDarnassus Capital42.2, 7.3
Jeen'ra NightrunnerHunter TrainerDarnassus Capital39.7, 5.4
JocasteHunter TrainerDarnassus Capital40.4, 8.5
Daera BrightspearHunter TrainerIronforge Capital71.0, 89.8
Olmin BurningbeardHunter TrainerIronforge Capital70.9, 83.6
Regnus ThundergraniteHunter TrainerIronforge Capital69.9, 82.9
Einris BrightspearHunter TrainerStormwind City Capital67.4, 36.3
Thorfin StoneshieldHunter TrainerStormwind City Capital68.0, 36.0
Ulfir IronbeardHunter TrainerStormwind City Capital67.6, 35.8
8 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Alenndaar LapidaarHunter TrainerAshenvale18.0, 59.8
Danlaar NightstrideHunter TrainerAshenvale50.1, 67.9
Grif WildheartHunter TrainerDun Morogh45.8, 53.0
Thorgas GrimsonHunter TrainerDun Morogh29.2, 67.5
KaerbrusHunter TrainerFelwood61.9, 23.6
Dargh TrueaimHunter TrainerLoch Modan82.4, 62.4
Ayanna EverstrideHunter TrainerTeldrassil58.7, 40.4
DazalarHunter TrainerTeldrassil56.7, 59.5

Horde Hunter trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Ormak GrimshotHunter TrainerOrgrimmar Capital66.0, 18.5
Sian'durHunter TrainerOrgrimmar Capital68.0, 17.8
Xor'juulHunter TrainerOrgrimmar Capital67.2, 20.2
Holt ThunderhornHunter TrainerThunder Bluff Capital57.3, 89.8
Kary ThunderhornHunter TrainerThunder Bluff Capital58.5, 88.3
Urek ThunderhornHunter TrainerThunder Bluff Capital59.1, 86.9
6 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Jen'shanHunter TrainerDurotar42.8, 69.3
ThotarHunter TrainerDurotar51.8, 43.5
Yaw SharpmaneHunter TrainerMulgore46.9, 59.6
KraggHunter TrainerStranglethorn Vale31.2, 28.7
OgrommHunter TrainerSwamp of Sorrows47.3, 53.4
Lanka FarshotHunter TrainerThe Barrens28.1, 66.3

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.

Related

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 30 separate Spell records named "Black Arrow". This page is record #3674. 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
#20733cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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

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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