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Sleep

Spell

Sleep

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

When struck by a melee attacker, that attacker has a 5% chance of being put to sleep for 10 sec.

Sleep

Tooltip

When struck by a melee attacker, that attacker has a 5% chance of being put to sleep for 10 sec. Only affects enemies level 50 and below.

How it works

Its aura has a 5% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Sleep.

What it does

Sleep is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Sleep (record #9159).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chance5%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Sleep

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 57 separate Spell records named "Sleep". This page is record #9160. 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
#700subtext: Rank 1; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#1090subtext: Rank 2; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#8399cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#9159used by: Cast by Sleep; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#12098cast time: 1 sec; duration: 20 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15970cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20663duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20669cast time: 1.3 sec; duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20989duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24004school: Nature; duration: 10 secA variant record
#24664duration: 6 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#24778used by: Cast by Dream Fog; school: Nature; duration: 5 secA helper record another spell casts

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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