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Starshards

Spell

Starshards

Arcane

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Priest

Instant cast30 sec cooldownMedium Range

Rains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 1068 Arcane damage over 6 sec.

Starshards

Tooltip

Rains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 1068 Arcane damage over 6 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Starshards costs 245 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 178 per tick. It scales with 0.167 times spell power. It ticks every 1 sec, 6 times over the full 6 sec (1068 base in total).

What it does

Starshards is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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

SchoolArcane
Cost245 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 178
Spell power coefficient: 0.167
Period: every 1 sec

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

Starshards sounds

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

PrecastMagicLowSoundKit 3136

  1. Precastmagelow3.0s · ID 568938 · 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.

How to learn

How to learn Starshards

Learned at
Level 42 (Rank 5)
From
Priest trainer
Who can learn it
Night Elf Priests

Visit a Priest trainer once you reach level 42 and buy it from the trainer's list. Only Night Elf characters can learn it: the client's skill row for it is race-gated. Every Priest trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Priest trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Astarii StarseekerPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital38.3, 81.0
JandriaPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital37.9, 82.7
LariiaPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital40.3, 88.7
Priestess AlatheaPriest TrainerDarnassus Capital39.5, 81.2
Braenna FlintcragPriest TrainerIronforge Capital24.4, 9.2
High Priest RohanPriest TrainerIronforge Capital24.7, 8.2
Theodrus FrostbeardPriest TrainerIronforge Capital24.1, 8.4
Toldren DeepironPriest TrainerIronforge Capital25.2, 10.8
Brother BenjaminPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital52.3, 47.6
Brother JoshuaPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital49.5, 45.2
High Priestess LaurenaPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital49.5, 44.6
Nara MeiderosPriest TrainerStormwind City Capital35.7, 63.2
6 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Branstock KhalderPriest TrainerDun Morogh28.6, 66.4
Maxan AnvolPriest TrainerDun Morogh47.3, 52.2
Priestess AnettaPriest TrainerElwynn Forest49.8, 39.5
Priestess JosettaPriest TrainerElwynn Forest43.3, 65.7
Laurna MorninglightPriest TrainerTeldrassil55.6, 56.7
ShandaPriest TrainerTeldrassil59.2, 40.4

Trainer level and race gate: the WoW Forever beta client's trainer and skill rows. Trainer positions: the Classic world data the beta is built on, placed on the map with the beta client's own map tables. The beta can still move an NPC.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Starshards". This page is record #19303. 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
#22822effect values: 3 (this record: 178)Different tuning
#22823effect values: 5 (this record: 178)Different tuning
#27636effect values: 500 (this record: 178)Different tuning
#184876effect types: noneA different effect setup
#241193effect 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
Level data sightedBase level 42 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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