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Explode

Spell

Explode

Fire

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Instant cast10 min cooldownSelf Only

Sacrifices the caster's life in order to inflict 3000 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

Explode

Tooltip

Sacrifices the caster's life in order to inflict 3000 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3000. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Instakill (effect type 1).

What it does

Explode is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 10 min cooldown. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 3000) in a 15 yard radius and kills the target outright.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 min
Global cooldownNone
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3000
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Instakill (1)

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Explode sounds

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

SPELL_Fire_PreCastLow_LoopSoundKit 702

  1. Precastfirelow5.1s · ID 569045 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

FireNovaSoundKit 5636

  1. Firenova2.0s · ID 569062 · 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Explode appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 52 separate Spell records named "Explode". This page is record #26059. 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
#7670school: Physical; duration: 2.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#25698duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25699used by: Cast by Explode; effect values: 5000, 0 (this record: 3000, 0)A helper record another spell casts
#28433school: Nature; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30687effect types: noneA different effect setup
#36719effect types: noneA different effect setup
#36722used by: Cast by Explode; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#38830effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38831used by: Cast by Explode; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#47496effect types: noneA different effect setup
#51874effect types: noneA different effect setup
#53024effect 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 1.60.1.70338, 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 sighted2 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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