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Snowball

Spell

Snowball

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

Throw me!

Snowball

Tooltip

Throw me!

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

What it does

Snowball is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Dummy (3)

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

Snowball sounds

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

Ice CastSoundKit 2559

  1. Icecast0.8s · ID 569765 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Throw ItemSoundKit 7140

  1. Mwooshlarge10.5s · ID 567936 · item/weapons/weaponswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  2. Mwooshlarge20.4s · ID 567943 · item/weapons/weaponswings
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal
  3. Mwooshlarge30.2s · ID 567941 · item/weapons/weaponswings
    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.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Snowball". This page is record #21343. 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
#21167duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25677effect types: Knock Back, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#42447effect types: noneA different effect setup
#44858used by: Cast by Snowball Spray; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#65516effect types: noneA different effect setup
#84118effect types: noneA different effect setup
#121291effect types: noneA different effect setup
#382993effect types: noneA different effect setup
#385189effect types: noneA different effect setup
#396678used by: Cast by Snowball; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#396682effect types: noneA different effect setup
#396686effect 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 1.60.1.70532, 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

Comments

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