Summon Skeleton

What it does

Summon Skeleton is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 1 min. When cast it summons a creature.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell facts

SchoolPhysical

Cast timeInstant

Duration1 min

EffectSummon

RangeSelf Only

Spell ID17490

Datamined from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

Spell Details

School	Physical
Range	Self Only
Cast time	Instant
Duration	1 min
Effect #1	Summon (28) Value: 1 Misc value: 11200, 6698

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70338. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Downloads

Icon 64px JPG
taunt (Taunt) MP3 · 48 KB
taunt (Taunt) OGG · 18 KB
petcall (PetCall) MP3 · 16 KB
petcall (PetCall) OGG · 10 KB
Background JPG · 54 KB

Sounds

Summon Skeleton sounds

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

TauntSoundKit 3216

Taunt2.1s · ID 568268 · spells
MP3 iPhone Discord Original

PetCallSoundKit 3980

Petcall0.6s · ID 569673 · spells
MP3 iPhone Discord Original

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.

Where it comes from

Items that grant this spell

The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Summon Skeleton". This page is record #17490. 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
#261	school: Frost; duration: 5 min; effect values: 3 (this record: 1)	Different tuning
#8853	duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon Pet; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#17204	cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip text	A variant record
#20464	duration: 4 min; effect values: 3 (this record: 1); different tooltip text	Different tuning
#29223	duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon, Summon	A different effect setup
#33984	used by: Cast by Raise Dead Template; effect types: none	A helper record another spell casts
#40270	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#41074	used by: Cast by Raise Dead; effect types: none	A helper record another spell casts
#41174	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#41948	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#41949	effect types: none	A different effect setup
#41950	effect types: none	A 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.

Other versions

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70338, 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