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Fireball

Spell

Fireball

Fire

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Mage

2 secMedium-Long Range

Hurls a fiery ball that causes 262 Fire damage and an additional 60 damage over 6 sec.

Fireball

Tooltip

Hurls a fiery ball that causes 262 Fire damage and an additional 60 damage over 6 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Fireball costs 45 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 262.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 20 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 3 times over the full 6 sec (60 base in total).

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 35 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 262) and applies an aura every 2 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

SchoolFire
Cost45 Mana
Range35 yards (Medium-Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration6 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 262
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 20
Period: every 2 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

Fireball sounds

The sounds the game plays when Fireball 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

SPELL_Fire_CastSoundKit 1484

  1. Firecast0.8s · ID 569764 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

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

SPELL_Fire_Missile_LoopSoundKit 3011

  1. Firemissileloop4.0s · ID 569777 · spells/missile
    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

Items that grant this spell

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Fireball appears in: 1 spell that casts it and 1 item (listed under Provided by).

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 273 separate Spell records named "Fireball". This page is record #18796. 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
#17290cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18082effect values: 228, 12 (this record: 262, 20)Different tuning
#18199effect values: 98, 6 (this record: 262, 20)Different tuning
#18392cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19391duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19816cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20420cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20678cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20692cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20714duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20793cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20797cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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 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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