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Ritual of Doom

Spell

Ritual of Doom

Shadow

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Warlock

10 sec60 min cooldownMedium Range

Begins a ritual that sacrifices a random participant to summon a doomguard.

Ritual of Doom

Tooltip

Begins a ritual that sacrifices a random participant to summon a doomguard. The doomguard must be immediately subjugated or it will attack the ritual participants. Requires the caster and 4 additional party members to complete the ritual. In order to participate, all players must right-click the portal and not move until the ritual is complete.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon Object (effect type 50). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Ritual of Doom is a Shadow spell with a 10 sec cast, a range of 30 yards, a 1 hr cooldown and effects that last 1 min. When cast it summons an object in a 5 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 time10 sec
Cooldown1 hr
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration1 min
Effect #1Summon Object (50)
Value: 1
Misc value: 177193
Radius: 5 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.

Reagents

Sounds

Ritual of Doom sounds

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

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

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

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

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

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 Ritual of Doom

Learned at
Level 60
From
Warlock trainer
Who can learn it
Any Warlock

Visit a Warlock trainer once you reach level 60 and buy it from the trainer's list. Every Warlock trainer teaches the same list; capital cities are the easiest to reach.

Alliance Warlock trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Alexander CalderWarlock TrainerIronforge Capital50.1, 7.5
BriarthornWarlock TrainerIronforge Capital50.3, 5.7
ThistleheartWarlock TrainerIronforge Capital51.1, 6.6
Demisette CloyceWarlock TrainerStormwind City Capital39.2, 85.0
SandahlWarlock TrainerStormwind City Capital39.7, 85.7
Ursula DelineWarlock TrainerStormwind City Capital39.9, 84.2
4 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Alamar GrimmWarlock TrainerDun Morogh28.6, 66.1
Gimrizz ShadowcogWarlock TrainerDun Morogh47.3, 53.7
Drusilla La SalleWarlock TrainerElwynn Forest49.9, 42.6
Maximillian CroweWarlock TrainerElwynn Forest44.4, 66.2

Horde Warlock trainers

TrainerZoneMap
Grol'darWarlock TrainerOrgrimmar Capital48.0, 45.9
MirketWarlock TrainerOrgrimmar Capital48.6, 47.0
ZevrostWarlock TrainerOrgrimmar Capital48.5, 45.4
Kaal SoulreaperWarlock TrainerUndercity Capital86.2, 15.9
Luther PickmanWarlock TrainerUndercity Capital86.4, 15.3
Richard KerwinWarlock TrainerUndercity Capital88.9, 15.9
5 more in starting zones and towns
TrainerZoneMap
Dhugru GorelustWarlock TrainerDurotar54.4, 41.2
NartokWarlock TrainerDurotar40.7, 68.5
KartoshWarlock TrainerSwamp of Sorrows48.7, 55.6
MaximillionWarlock TrainerTirisfal Glades30.9, 66.3
Rupert BochWarlock TrainerTirisfal Glades61.6, 52.4

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.

Items that grant this spell

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Ritual of Doom". This page is record #18540. 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
#223922used by: Cast by Ritual of Doom; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#224235effect types: noneA different effect setup
#224677effect types: noneA different effect setup
#227892effect types: noneA different effect setup
#342601used by: Warlock; effect types: noneA different owner
#342607effect types: noneA different effect setup
#342609effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1223521effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1224070used by: Cast by Ritual of Doom; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#1273004effect 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
Reagents sighted1 reagent rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 60 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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