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Explosion

Spell

Explosion

Fire

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Instant castSelf Only

Fire spell.

Explosion

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 40. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Explosion is a Fire spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 40) in a 5 yard radius.

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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 40
Radius: 5 yards

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

Explosion sounds

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

Molten Blast ImpactSoundKit 1507

  1. Moltenblastimpact2.3s · ID 569559 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Fireballimpacta2.0s · ID 568461 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Fireballimpactb2.0s · ID 568429 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Fireballimpactc2.0s · ID 569449 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

DynamiteExplodeSoundKit 4100

  1. Dynamiteexplode2.2s · ID 569406 · 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 210 separate Spell records named "Explosion". This page is record #27745. 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
#20038effect types: Instakill, effect 86A different effect setup
#20476difficulty rows: 40 Player, 20 Player; used by: Cast by Living Bomb; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA per-difficulty version
#29949effect types: noneA different effect setup
#30934effect types: noneA different effect setup
#30953effect types: noneA different effect setup
#33862used by: Cast by Mortar; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#34539effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34674effect types: noneA different effect setup
#35470effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39691effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39696effect types: noneA different effect setup
#40785effect 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 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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