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Chaos Bolt

Spell

Chaos Bolt

FireNatureFrostShadowArcane

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Warlock

2.5 sec12 sec cooldownMedium Range

Sends a bolt of chaotic fire at the enemy, dealing to Chaos damage.

Chaos Bolt

Tooltip

Sends a bolt of chaotic fire at the enemy, dealing to Chaos damage. Chaos Bolt always hits, cannot be resisted, and its knowledge causes all your Fire spells to pierce through absorption effects. Chaos Bolt gains a high chance to be resisted when used against monsters 4 or more levels above your level.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 592. It scales with 0.714 times spell power.

What it does

Chaos Bolt is a Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow and Arcane spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 12 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow and Arcane damage (base value 592).

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

SchoolFire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Cooldown12 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 592
Spell power coefficient: 0.714

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

Chaos Bolt sounds

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

SPELL_Fire_PreCastLow_LoopSoundKit 702

  1. Precastfirelow5.1s · ID 569045 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Fire_CastSoundKit 1484

  1. Firecast0.8s · ID 569764 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Molten Blast ImpactSoundKit 1507

  1. Moltenblastimpact2.3s · ID 569559 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Fireballimpacta2.0s · ID 568461 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Fireballimpactb2.0s · ID 568429 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Fireballimpactc2.0s · ID 569449 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

ChaosBoltLoopSoundKit 12993

  1. Chaosboltmissile22.0s · ID 568508 · 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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 43 separate Spell records named "Chaos Bolt". This page is record #403629. 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
#215279used by: Warlock; effect types: noneA different owner
#215409effect types: noneA different effect setup
#216095effect types: noneA different effect setup
#230852effect types: noneA different effect setup
#235951effect types: noneA different effect setup
#243300effect types: noneA different effect setup
#295420effect types: noneA different effect setup
#394244effect types: noneA different effect setup
#394246effect types: noneA different effect setup
#418558effect types: noneA different effect setup
#434589effect types: noneA different effect setup
#474375journal encounter: Lithiel Cinderfury; 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 1.60.1.70532, 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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