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Curse of Recklessness

Spell

Curse of Recklessness

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Increases an enemy's attack power by 45, but reduces its armor by 290 for 2 min.

Curse of Recklessness

Tooltip

Increases an enemy's attack power by 45, but reduces its armor by 290 for 2 min. Cursed enemies will ignore fear effects and refuse to flee from combat. Only one curse per warlock can be active on any one target.

How it works

Each cast of Curse of Recklessness costs 70 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 2.

Curse of Recklessness is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 99. Its base value is 45.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 674. Its base value is -290.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 92.

What it does

Curse of Recklessness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 2 min. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Cost70 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 2
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 99
Value: 45
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 674
Value: -290
Misc value: 1
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 92

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 Recklessness sounds

The sounds the game plays when Curse of Recklessness 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

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 3 separate Spell records named "Curse of Recklessness". This page is record #16231. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#321997effect types: noneA different effect setup
#411714effect 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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