Opening

Opening

What it does

Opening is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it opens a lock.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast timeInstant

EffectOpen Lock

RangeInteract Range

Taught byGENERIC (DND)

Spell ID6247

Datamined from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	5 yards (Interact Range)
Cast time	Instant
Effect #1	Open Lock (33) Value: 1000 Misc value: 10

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

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Where it comes from

Where is this spell used?

Opening appears in: 1 skill line.

Skill lines

GENERIC (DND), learned automaticallySkill line

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

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 330 separate Spell records named "Opening". This page is record #6247. 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
#3365	cast time: 5 sec	A variant record
#3366	cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000)	Different tuning
#6249	cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000)	Different tuning
#6477	cast time: 5 sec	A variant record
#6478	cast time: 5 sec	A variant record
#6658	cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000)	Different tuning
#8917	cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 1000); different tooltip text	Different tuning
#21248	cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000)	Different tuning
#21288	cast time: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1000)	Different tuning
#21651	cast time: 10 sec	A variant record
#24390	duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy	A different effect setup
#24391	used by: Cast by Opening; effect types: Dummy	A 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.

Other versions

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70338, 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