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Cower

Spell

Cower

Physical

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Druid

Instant cast10 sec cooldownCombat Range

Cower, causing no damage but lowering your threat a small amount, making the enemy less likely to attack you.

Cower

Tooltip

Cower, causing no damage but lowering your threat a small amount, making the enemy less likely to attack you.

How it works

Each cast of Cower costs 20 Energy. Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Threat (effect type 63). Its base value is -480.

What it does

Cower is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and a 10 sec cooldown. When cast it changes threat.

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

SchoolPhysical
Cost20 Energy
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Threat (63)
Value: -480

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

Cower sounds

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

TauntSoundKit 3216

  1. Taunt2.1s · ID 568268 · 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 Cower

Learned at
Level 28 (Rank 1)
From
Druid trainer
Who can learn it
Any Druid

Visit a Druid trainer once you reach level 28 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Druid trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Druid trainers

TrainerZoneMap
DenatharionDruid TrainerDarnassus Capital34.8, 7.4
Fylerian NightwingDruid TrainerDarnassus Capital33.5, 8.3
Mathrengyl BearwalkerDruid TrainerDarnassus Capital35.4, 8.4
MaldrynDruid TrainerStormwind City Capital34.4, 65.2
Sheldras MoontreeDruid TrainerStormwind City Capital35.8, 67.4
TheridranDruid TrainerStormwind City Capital36.1, 64.4
3 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Golhine the HoodedDruid TrainerFelwood61.9, 24.5
KalDruid TrainerTeldrassil55.9, 61.6
Mardant StrongoakDruid TrainerTeldrassil58.6, 40.3

Horde Druid trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Kym WildmaneDruid TrainerThunder Bluff Capital77.1, 29.8
Sheal RunetotemDruid TrainerThunder Bluff Capital77.1, 27.0
Turak RunetotemDruid TrainerThunder Bluff Capital76.5, 27.2
3 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Jannos LighthoofDruid TrainerFeralas76.0, 42.3
Gennia RunetotemDruid TrainerMulgore47.5, 63.0
Gart MistrunnerDruid TrainerThe Barrens28.5, 66.4

Neutral Druid trainers

TrainerZoneMap
LoganaarDruid TrainerMoonglade52.5, 40.6

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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 17 separate Spell records named "Cower". This page is record #8998. 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
#83175effect types: noneA different effect setup
#177586used by: Cast by Giant Ogre Head; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#177958effect types: noneA different effect setup
#248724effect types: noneA different effect setup
#250247effect types: noneA different effect setup
#260619effect types: noneA different effect setup
#262090effect types: noneA different effect setup
#265543used by: Cast by Reveal Past; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#292042effect types: noneA different effect setup
#310175effect types: noneA different effect setup
#330722effect types: noneA different effect setup
#365210effect 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
Level data sightedBase level 28 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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