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Petrification

Spell

Petrification

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

You turn to stone, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 1 min, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells.

Petrification

Tooltip

You turn to stone, protecting you from all physical attacks and spells for 1 min, but during that time you cannot attack, move or cast spells. You can only have the effect of one flask at a time.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Petrification is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 39.
  3. Effect 3 is Sanctuary (effect type 79).

What it does

Petrification is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura and has a Sanctuary 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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 min
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 39
Misc value: 127
Effect #3Sanctuary (79)

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.

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Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Petrification". This page is record #17624. 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
#39933effect types: noneA different effect setup
#84591effect types: noneA different effect setup
#125090effect types: noneA different effect setup
#125092used by: Cast by Petrification; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#162892journal encounter: Tectus; effect types: noneA different caster
#163809effect types: noneA different effect setup
#164897used by: Cast by Petrifying Breath; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#210136used by: Cast by Petrification; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#210137effect types: noneA different effect setup
#240888effect types: noneA different effect setup
#240895effect types: noneA different effect setup
#240903effect 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 sighted3 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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