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Target Dummy

Spell

Target Dummy

Physical

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Instant castVery Short Range

Drops a target dummy on the ground that attracts nearby monsters to attack it.

Target Dummy

Tooltip

Drops a target dummy on the ground that attracts nearby monsters to attack it. Lasts for 15 seconds or until killed.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Target Dummy is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it summons a creature.

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

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range10 yards (Very Short Range)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 2673, 61

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

Target Dummy sounds

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

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

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

PrecastMagicLowSoundKit 3136

  1. Precastmagelow3.0s · ID 568938 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

ShadowPetPrecastSoundKit 6554

  1. Shadowprecasthigh8.0s · ID 569148 · 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

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Target Dummy". This page is record #4071. 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
#3932used by: Engineering; cast time: 8 sec; duration: none; effect types: Create ItemA different owner
#154490effect types: noneA different effect setup
#298784effect 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

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