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Poison

Spell

Poison

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts Nature damage to nearby enemies every 1 sec.

Poison

Tooltip

Inflicts Nature damage to nearby enemies every 1 sec. for 1 min.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Poison is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 60 times over the full 1 min. It triggers Poison.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Poison 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 every 1 sec. It also casts Poison (record #28241).

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 Details

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 min
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Poison
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Radius: 30 yards

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 55 separate Spell records named "Poison". This page is record #28158. 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
#18208duration: 25 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19448duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21952duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24097duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25605duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25645duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26610used by: Cast by Poison; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#26612effect types: noneA different effect setup
#28241used by: Cast by Poison; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#31747effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34969effect types: noneA different effect setup
#37840effect 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 1.60.1.70338, 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 sighted2 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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