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Healing Wave

Spell

Healing Wave

Nature

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Shaman

3 secLong Range

Heals a friendly target for 256.

Healing Wave

Tooltip

Heals a friendly target for 256.

How it works

Each cast of Healing Wave costs 155 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Heal (effect type 10). Its base value is 256. It scales with 0.857 times spell power.

What it does

Healing Wave is a Nature spell with a 3 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it heals (base value 256).

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
Cost155 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Heal (10)
Value: 256
Spell power coefficient: 0.857

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

Healing Wave sounds

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

SPELL_Nature_PreCastHigh_LoopSoundKit 27

  1. Precastnaturemagichigh4.1s · ID 568291 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Restoration ImpactSoundKit 1482

  1. Restorationimpact2.4s · ID 568917 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Nature_CastSoundKit 2561

  1. Naturecast0.7s · ID 569767 · 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 Healing Wave

Learned at
Level 18 (Rank 4)
From
Shaman trainer
Who can learn it
Any Shaman

Visit a Shaman trainer once you reach level 18 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Shaman trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Horde Shaman trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Kardris DreamseekerShaman TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.8, 36.4
Sagorne CreststriderShaman TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.7, 35.9
Sian'tsuShaman TrainerOrgrimmar Capital37.8, 36.5
Beram SkychaserShaman TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.0, 18.8
Siln SkychaserShaman TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.8, 21.1
Tigor SkychaserShaman TrainerThunder Bluff Capital23.6, 18.8
5 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
ShikrikShaman TrainerDurotar42.4, 69.0
SwartShaman TrainerDurotar54.4, 42.6
Narm SkychaserShaman TrainerMulgore47.4, 62.5
HarommShaman TrainerSwamp of Sorrows48.2, 57.9
Meela DawnstriderShaman TrainerThe Barrens28.5, 66.4

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 Restoration spells

Ancestral FortitudeAncestral Fortitude
Ancestral HealingAncestral Healing
Ancestral SpiritAncestral Spirit
Chain HealChain Heal
Cure DiseaseCure Disease
Cure PoisonCure Poison
Disease Cleansing TotemDisease Cleansing Totem
Earth ShieldEarth Shield
Healing FocusHealing Focus
Healing GraceHealing Grace
Healing RainHealing Rain
Healing Stream TotemHealing Stream Totem

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 73 separate Spell records named "Healing Wave". This page is record #913. 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
#11986effect values: 1502.67 (this record: 256); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#12491effect values: 2256.93 (this record: 256); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#12492effect values: 3011.19 (this record: 256); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15982effect values: 4385.23 (this record: 256); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26097effect values: 510 (this record: 256); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38330effect types: noneA different effect setup
#43548effect types: noneA different effect setup
#48700effect types: noneA different effect setup
#51586effect types: noneA different effect setup
#52868effect types: noneA different effect setup
#55597effect types: noneA different effect setup
#57785effect 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 18 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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