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Curse of Agony

Spell

Curse of Agony

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castMedium Range

Curses nearby enemies with agony, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec.

Curse of Agony

Tooltip

Curses nearby enemies with agony, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec. for 30 sec. Only one curse per warlock can be active on any one target.

How it works

Each cast of Curse of Agony costs 50 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 2. 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 298.196 per tick. Its area radius is 45 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 10 times over the full 30 sec (2981.96 base in total).

What it does

Curse of Agony is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 45 yard radius every 3 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
Cost50 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 2
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 298.196
Radius: 45 yards
Period: every 3 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

Curse of Agony sounds

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

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

CurseOFSoundKit 5694

  1. Curse3.9s · ID 569079 · 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 20 separate Spell records named "Curse of Agony". This page is record #18671. 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
#14868effect values: 99.4 (this record: 298.2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#14875effect values: 198.8 (this record: 298.2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17771effect values: 198.8 (this record: 298.2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#18266duration: 15 sec; effect values: 99.4 (this record: 298.2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29930effect types: noneA different effect setup
#32418effect types: noneA different effect setup
#37334effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39672effect types: noneA different effect setup
#46190effect types: noneA different effect setup
#65814effect types: noneA different effect setup
#69404effect types: noneA different effect setup
#70391effect 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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