Raise Dead

Raise Dead

What it does

Raise Dead is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 5 min. When cast it summons a creature.

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

SchoolShadow

Cast timeInstant

Duration5 min

EffectSummon

RangeSelf Only

Spell ID17477

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	Shadow
Range	Self Only
Cast time	Instant
Duration	5 min
Proc chance	Always
Effect #1	Summon (28) Value: 1 Spell power coefficient: 1 Misc value: 11197, 61

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.

Downloads

Icon 64px JPG
precastshadowmagiclow (Precast Shadow Low) MP3 · 156 KB
precastshadowmagiclow (Precast Shadow Low) OGG · 32 KB
shadowcast (SPELL_Shadow_Cast) MP3 · 19 KB
shadowcast (SPELL_Shadow_Cast) OGG · 9 KB
shadowward (ShadowWard) MP3 · 74 KB
shadowward (ShadowWard) OGG · 24 KB
Background JPG · 910 KB

Sounds

Raise Dead sounds

The sounds the game plays when Raise Dead 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

Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
MP3 iPhone Discord Original

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
MP3 iPhone Discord Original

ShadowWardSoundKit 3219

Shadowward3.3s · ID 569668 · spells
MP3 iPhone Discord Original

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.

The game client stores 69 separate Spell records named "Raise Dead". This page is record #17477. 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
#17473	cast time: 1 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#17475	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#17476	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#17478	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#17479	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#17480	no compared field differs	A duplicate client record
#28353	school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon, Dummy; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#31617	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#31624	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#31625	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#34011	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#34012	effect types: none	A 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.

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