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Arcane Shielding

Spell

Arcane Shielding

Physical

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.

Arcane Shielding

Tooltip

Decreases the Mana lost per point of damage taken when your Mana Shield spell is active by 33% and increases the resistances granted by your Mage Armor spell by 50%.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is -33.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 50.

What it does

Arcane Shielding is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: -33
Misc value: 27
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 50
Misc value: 3

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.

How to learn

How to learn Arcane Shielding

Learned at
Level 1
From
Mage trainer
Who can learn it
Any Mage

Visit a Mage trainer once you reach level 1 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Mage trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Mage trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Elissa DumasPortal TrainerDarnassus Capital40.6, 82.1
BinkMage TrainerIronforge Capital27.2, 8.3
DinkMage TrainerIronforge Capital27.2, 8.6
Juli StormkettleMage TrainerIronforge Capital26.3, 6.8
Milstaff StormeyePortal TrainerIronforge Capital25.5, 7.1
Nittlebur SparkfizzleMage TrainerIronforge Capital25.9, 6.2
ElsharinMage TrainerStormwind City Capital48.2, 87.2
Jennea CannonMage TrainerStormwind City Capital49.6, 85.8
Larimaine PurduePortal TrainerStormwind City Capital50.4, 86.0
Maginor DumasMaster MageStormwind City Capital49.3, 87.8
5 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Magis SparkmantleMage TrainerDun Morogh47.5, 52.1
Marryk NurribitMage TrainerDun Morogh28.7, 66.4
Khelden BremenMage TrainerElwynn Forest49.7, 39.4
TheocritusMage of Tower AzoraElwynn Forest65.2, 69.7
Zaldimar WefhelltMage TrainerElwynn Forest43.2, 66.2

Horde Mage trainers

TrainerZoneMap
DeinoMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.4, 86.1
EnyoMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.8, 85.7
PephredoMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.4, 85.6
ThuulPortal TrainerOrgrimmar Capital38.7, 85.4
Uthel'nayMage TrainerOrgrimmar Capital39.2, 86.3
Archmage ShymmMage TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.8, 14.5
Birgitte CranstonPortal TrainerThunder Bluff Capital22.5, 16.9
Thurston XaneMage TrainerThunder Bluff Capital25.2, 21.0
Ursyn GhullMage TrainerThunder Bluff Capital25.7, 14.2
Anastasia HartwellMage TrainerUndercity Capital85.1, 10.0
Kaelystia HatebringerMage TrainerUndercity Capital85.0, 14.0
Lexington MortaimPortal TrainerUndercity Capital84.2, 15.6
Pierce ShackletonMage TrainerUndercity Capital85.4, 13.5
4 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Mai'ahMage TrainerDurotar42.5, 69.0
Un'ThuwaMage TrainerDurotar56.3, 75.1
Cain FiresongMage TrainerTirisfal Glades62.0, 52.5
IsabellaMage TrainerTirisfal Glades30.9, 66.1

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

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Arcane InstabilityArcane Instability
Arcane IntellectArcane Intellect
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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Arcane Shielding". This page is record #11252. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#183409effect types: noneA different effect setup
#197868effect 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 sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 1 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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