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Dark Sacrifice

Spell

Dark Sacrifice

Shadow

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Priest

Instant cast10 min cooldownSelf Only

Cannibalize 400 of your own Health over 15 sec to gain.

Dark Sacrifice

Tooltip

Cannibalize 400 of your own Health over 15 sec to gain.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Dark Sacrifice is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 80 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (400 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 24. Its base value is 80 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (400 base in total).

What it does

Dark Sacrifice is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 10 min cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 80
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 24
Value: 80
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

Dark Sacrifice sounds

The sounds the game plays when Dark Sacrifice 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

Burning Spirit ImpactSoundKit 1422

  1. Burningspirit2.6s · ID 568735 · 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.

How to learn

How to learn Dark Sacrifice

Learned at
Level 20 (Rank 1)
From
Priest trainer
Who can learn it
Undead Priests

Visit a Priest trainer once you reach level 20 and buy it from the trainer's list. Only Undead characters can learn it: the client's skill row for it is race-gated. Every Priest trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Horde Priest trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Ur'kyoPriest TrainerOrgrimmar Capital35.6, 87.8
X'yeraPriest TrainerOrgrimmar Capital36.0, 87.7
ZayusHigh PriestOrgrimmar Capital35.7, 86.9
Father CobbPriest TrainerThunder Bluff Capital25.6, 20.7
Malakai CrossPriest TrainerThunder Bluff Capital24.6, 22.6
Miles WelshPriest TrainerThunder Bluff Capital25.3, 15.3
AelthalystePriest TrainerUndercity Capital49.3, 17.1
Father LankesterPriest TrainerUndercity Capital49.1, 14.6
Father LazarusPriest TrainerUndercity Capital47.6, 18.9
4 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Ken'jaiPriest TrainerDurotar42.4, 68.8
Tai'jinPriest TrainerDurotar54.3, 42.9
Dark Cleric BerylPriest TrainerTirisfal Glades61.6, 52.2
Dark Cleric DuestenPriest TrainerTirisfal Glades31.1, 66.0

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.

Related

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HomunculiHomunculi
Improved FadeImproved Fade
Improved Mind BlastImproved Mind Blast
Improved Psychic ScreamImproved Psychic Scream

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Dark Sacrifice". This page is record #1277324. 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
#150913effect types: noneA different effect setup
#195069effect 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
New in the beta dataYes - no match for this spell id in the Classic Era baseline we hold
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 20 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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