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Poison Cloud

Spell

Poison Cloud

Nature

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1 secSelf Only

Inflicts 50 Nature damage to nearby enemies every 5 sec.

Poison Cloud

Tooltip

Inflicts 50 Nature damage to nearby enemies every 5 sec. for 45 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 4. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 50 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 8 yards. It ticks every 5 sec, 9 times over the full 45 sec (450 base in total).

What it does

Poison Cloud is a Nature spell with a 1 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 45 sec. When cast it applies an aura in an 8 yard radius every 5 sec.

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 time1 sec
Duration45 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 4
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 50
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 8 yards
Period: every 5 sec

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

Poison Cloud sounds

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

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Hell Rot (Bestow Disease)SoundKit 1501

  1. Bestowdiseaseimpact4.0s · ID 568208 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Poison Cloud". This page is record #3815. 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
#11790cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 14 (this record: 50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#12766cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Summon, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#23861cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#24840cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#25198cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#28240school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 75 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#30916effect types: noneA different effect setup
#37469effect types: noneA different effect setup
#49548effect types: noneA different effect setup
#50542effect types: noneA different effect setup
#56867effect types: noneA different effect setup
#57061effect 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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