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Burning Tar

Spell

Burning Tar

Fire

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Instant castMedium Range

Fire spell.

Burning Tar

How it works

Burning Tar is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8 per tick. It scales with 0.1 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 7 times over the full 21 sec (56 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 24. It scales with 0.3 times spell power.

What it does

Burning Tar is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 21 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec and deals Fire damage (base value 24).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFire
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration21 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8
Spell power coefficient: 0.1
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 24
Spell power coefficient: 0.3

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Burning Tar sounds

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

ImmolateSoundKit 38

  1. Immolate2.4s · ID 569153 · 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?

Burning Tar 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 14 separate Spell records named "Burning Tar". This page is record #14797. 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
#14796duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#62290used by: Cast by Blaze; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#111736effect types: noneA different effect setup
#254932effect types: noneA different effect setup
#254933effect types: noneA different effect setup
#254934effect types: noneA different effect setup
#254944effect types: noneA different effect setup
#256640effect types: noneA different effect setup
#256641effect types: noneA different effect setup
#256660effect types: noneA different effect setup
#256663effect types: noneA different effect setup
#358947journal encounter: Timecap'n Hooktail; effect types: noneA different caster

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 1.60.1.70338, 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

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

Comments

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