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Inferno

Spell

Inferno

Shadow

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3 secTower 100

Summons a meteor from the Twisting Nether, causing 200 Fire damage and stunning all enemy targets in the area for 2 sec.

Inferno

Tooltip

Summons a meteor from the Twisting Nether, causing 200 Fire damage and stunning all enemy targets in the area for 2 sec. An Infernal rises from the crater, under the command of the caster for 5 min. Once control is lost, the Infernal must be Subjugated to maintain control. Can only be used outdoors.

How it works

Each cast of Inferno costs 350 Mana.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Inferno is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it summons a creature in a 100 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

SchoolShadow
Cost350 Mana
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast time3 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 89, 66
Radius: 100 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.

Reagents

Sounds

Inferno sounds

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

DeathCoiltargetSoundKit 743

  1. Deathcoiltarget2.2s · ID 568670 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Infernal ImpactSoundKit 7315

  1. Infernalimpactbase3.7s · ID 569601 · 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 62 separate Spell records named "Inferno". This page is record #24670. 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
#19695difficulty rows: 40 Player; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#19698school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#31299effect types: noneA different effect setup
#33679effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34249effect types: noneA different effect setup
#35268effect types: noneA different effect setup
#35283effect types: noneA different effect setup
#37625effect types: noneA different effect setup
#38939effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39346effect types: noneA different effect setup
#39941effect types: noneA different effect setup
#67763used by: Cast by Inferno; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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
Reagents sighted1 reagent 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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