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WoW Forever · Classic+, live since Nov 4, 2026 · client build 1.60.1.70532
Penance

Spell

Penance

Holy

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Priest

Instant castLong Range

Dealing 42 Holy damage every 1 sec.

Penance

Tooltip

Dealing 42 Holy damage every 1 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 42. It scales with 0.19 times spell power.

What it does

Penance is a Holy spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Holy damage (base value 42).

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

SchoolHoly
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 42
Spell power coefficient: 0.19

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

Penance sounds

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

Magic CastSoundKit 1641

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

Priest_Pennance_MissileLoopSoundKit 12987

  1. Priest Pennance Missileloop7.0s · ID 569421 · 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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 61 separate Spell records named "Penance". This page is record #402284. 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
#281469effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284578journal encounter: Champion of the Light; effect types: noneA different caster
#284588effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284593effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284594used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#284595effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284596used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#286440used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#286441effect types: noneA different effect setup
#286461effect types: noneA different effect setup
#315418used by: Cast by Penance; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#315419effect 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 30 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

Comments

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