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Forked Lightning

Spell

Forked Lightning

Nature

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2 secMedium Range

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Forked Lightning

Tooltip

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

How it works

Each cast of Forked Lightning costs 150 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 584.697. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Forked Lightning is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 584.697) in a 30 yard radius.

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

SchoolNature
Cost150 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 584.697
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 30 yards

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

Forked Lightning sounds

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

Lightning Bolt ImpactSoundKit 1506

  1. Lightningbolt Impact 011.7s · ID 569544 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Lightningbolt Impact 021.8s · ID 568188 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Lightningbolt Impact 031.9s · ID 569513 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Lightningbolt Impact 042.2s · ID 568529 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

LifeDrainLoopSoundKit 3087

  1. Lifedrainloop4.9s · ID 569031 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

10.0 Magic Lightning Cast Electriczapsizzle 01SoundKit 196641

  1. 10.0 Magic Lightning Cast Electriczapsizzle 012.3s · ID 4544016 · spells/lightning
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. 10.0 Magic Lightning Cast Electriczapsizzle 022.7s · ID 4544018 · spells/lightning
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. 10.0 Magic Lightning Cast Electriczapsizzle 032.5s · ID 4544020 · spells/lightning
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. 10.0 Magic Lightning Cast Electriczapsizzle 042.2s · ID 4544022 · spells/lightning
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

10.0 Magic Lightning State Electriczapsizzlemedium Loop 01SoundKit 200864

  1. 10.0 Magic Lightning State Electriczapsizzlemedium Loop 016.0s · ID 4552645 · spells/lightning
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. 10.0 Magic Lightning State Electriczapsizzlemedium Loop 026.0s · ID 4552647 · spells/lightning
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. 10.0 Magic Lightning State Electriczapsizzlemedium Loop 036.0s · ID 4552649 · spells/lightning
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. 10.0 Magic Lightning State Electriczapsizzlemedium Loop 046.0s · ID 4552651 · spells/lightning
    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 28 separate Spell records named "Forked Lightning". This page is record #12549. 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
#8435subtext: Rank 1; effect values: 5 (this record: 584.7); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#20299effect values: 760.11 (this record: 584.7)Different tuning
#22945cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 600 (this record: 584.7); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#24682subtext: Rank 1; cast time: instant; effect values: 1250 (this record: 584.7); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#25034effect values: 1250 (this record: 584.7)Different tuning
#38145effect types: noneA different effect setup
#40088effect types: noneA different effect setup
#46150effect types: noneA different effect setup
#53167effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59152effect types: noneA different effect setup
#63541effect types: noneA different effect setup
#73546effect 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

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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