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Smelting

Spell

Smelting

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Allows the miner to turn ore into metal bars.

Smelting

Tooltip

Allows the miner to turn ore into metal bars. This skill requires a forge.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Trade Skill (effect type 47).

What it does

Smelting is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it has a Trade Skill effect.

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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Trade Skill (47)

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

Smelting sounds

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

HerbalismSearchSoundKit 1142

  1. Herbalismsearcha2.2s · ID 569824 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Herbalismsearchb2.2s · ID 569825 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Herbalismsearchc2.7s · ID 569797 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  4. Herbalismsearchd2.1s · ID 569818 · spells/tradeskills
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

TradeSkill - SmeltSoundKit 1166

  1. Cookingprepareb4.4s · ID 569795 · spells/tradeskills
    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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Smelting appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

  • Mining, learned on reaching the required level or rankSkill line

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

More Mining spells

Find MineralsFind Minerals
LodestoneLodestone
MiningMining
Molten FoundryMolten Foundry
Rock GardenRock Garden
Smelt AzerothiumSmelt Azerothium
Smelt BronzeSmelt Bronze
Smelt CopperSmelt Copper
Smelt Dark IronSmelt Dark Iron
Smelt ElementiumSmelt Elementium
Smelt GoldSmelt Gold
Smelt Heavy ThoriumSmelt Heavy Thorium

Every Mining spell

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Smelting". This page is record #2656. 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
#61422effect types: noneA different effect setup
#88424effect types: noneA different effect setup
#312692effect types: noneA different effect setup
#332413effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1253079effect 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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