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Desperate Prayer

Spell

Desperate Prayer

Holy

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Priest

Instant cast10 min cooldownSelf Only

Instantly heals the caster for 149.

Desperate Prayer

Tooltip

Instantly heals the caster for 149.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Heal (effect type 10). Its base value is 149. It scales with 0.429 times spell power.

What it does

Desperate Prayer is a Holy spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 10 min cooldown. When cast it heals (base value 149).

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

SchoolHoly
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Heal (10)
Value: 149
Spell power coefficient: 0.429

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

Desperate Prayer sounds

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

Lay on HandsSoundKit 1431

  1. Layonhands Low Chest3.1s · ID 568145 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Holy CastSoundKit 2562

  1. Holycast0.9s · ID 569763 · 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 Desperate Prayer

Learned at
Level 10 (Rank 1)
From
Priest trainer
Who can learn it
Dwarf Priests

Visit a Priest trainer once you reach level 10 and buy it from the trainer's list. Only Dwarf 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.

Alliance Priest trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Astarii StarseekerPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital38.3, 81.0
JandriaPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital37.9, 82.7
LariiaPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital40.3, 88.7
Priestess AlatheaPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital39.5, 81.2
Braenna FlintcragPriest TrainerIronforge Capital24.4, 9.2
High Priest RohanPriest TrainerIronforge Capital24.7, 8.2
Theodrus FrostbeardPriest TrainerIronforge Capital24.1, 8.4
Toldren DeepironPriest TrainerIronforge Capital25.2, 10.8
Brother BenjaminPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital52.3, 47.6
Brother JoshuaPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital49.5, 45.2
High Priestess LaurenaPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital49.5, 44.6
Nara MeiderosPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital35.7, 63.2
6 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Branstock KhalderPriest TrainerDun Morogh28.6, 66.4
Maxan AnvolPriest TrainerDun Morogh47.3, 52.2
Priestess AnettaPriest TrainerElwynn Forest49.8, 39.5
Priestess JosettaPriest TrainerElwynn Forest43.3, 65.7
Laurna MorninglightPriest TrainerTeldrassil55.6, 56.7
ShandaPriest TrainerTeldrassil59.2, 40.4

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

More Holy spells

Abolish DiseaseAbolish Disease
Binding HealBinding Heal
Blessed RecoveryBlessed Recovery
ChastiseChastise
Circle of HealingCircle of Healing
Cure DiseaseCure Disease
Desperate PrayerDesperate Prayer
Divine FuryDivine Fury
Divine GraceDivine Grace
Fear WardFear Ward
Flash HealFlash Heal

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Desperate Prayer". This page is record #13908. 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
#19236subtext: Rank 2; used by: Talent: Priest; effect values: 276 (this record: 149)A different rank or variant
#290109effect 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 10 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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