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Shadow Bolt Volley

Spell

Shadow Bolt Volley

Shadow

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Instant castMedium Range

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Shadow Bolt Volley

Tooltip

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 750. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Shadow Bolt Volley is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 750) in a 100 yard radius.

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

SchoolShadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 750
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 100 yards

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

Shadow Bolt Volley sounds

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

DeathCoiltargetSoundKit 743

  1. Deathcoiltarget2.2s · ID 568670 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

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

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

MissileShadowLoopSoundKit 3015

  1. Shadowmissileloop4.0s · ID 569778 · spells/missile
    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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Bolt Volley appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 94 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt Volley". This page is record #21341. 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
#17228effect values: 877.05 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#20741effect values: 1754.09 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#22665cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 1754.09 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#22878effect values: 438.52 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#25586effect values: 1500 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#27382duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27383used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt Volley; effect values: 877.05 (this record: 750)A helper record another spell casts
#27646effect values: 700 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#27831cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 5846.97 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#28407effect values: 2000 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#28448cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 1315.57 (this record: 750)Different tuning
#28599effect values: 1750 (this record: 750)Different tuning

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 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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