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Shadow Oil

Spell

Shadow Oil

Physical

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3 secSelf Only

When applied to a melee weapon it gives a 15% chance of casting Shadowbolt III at the opponent when it hits.

Shadow Oil

Tooltip

When applied to a melee weapon it gives a 15% chance of casting Shadowbolt III at the opponent when it hits. Lasts 30 minutes.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Enchant Item (Temporary) (effect type 54).

What it does

Shadow Oil is a spell with a 3 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies a temporary item enchantment.

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Enchant Item (Temporary) (54)
Misc value: 25

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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Shadow Oil". This page is record #3594. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#3449used by: Alchemy; effect types: Create ItemA different owner

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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