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Self Destruct

Spell

Self Destruct

Fire

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7 secMedium Range

Fire spell.

Self Destruct

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Self Destruct is a Fire spell with a 7 sec cast and a range of 30 yards.

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

SchoolFire
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time7 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Dummy (3)

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.

Sounds

Self Destruct sounds

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

SPELL_Fire_PreCastLow_LoopSoundKit 702

  1. Precastfirelow5.1s · ID 569045 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

FlamestrikeSoundKit 3077

  1. Flamestrike7.3s · ID 568641 · 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 34 separate Spell records named "Self Destruct". This page is record #9879. 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
#9874cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, DummyA different effect setup
#49025effect types: noneA different effect setup
#65084effect types: noneA different effect setup
#65085used by: Cast by Self Destruct; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#74181effect types: noneA different effect setup
#133048effect types: noneA different effect setup
#133050effect types: noneA different effect setup
#133291effect types: noneA different effect setup
#133931effect types: noneA different effect setup
#134129effect types: noneA different effect setup
#186195effect types: noneA different effect setup
#260330effect 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 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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