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Volatile Infection

Spell

Volatile Infection

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Nature spell.

Volatile Infection

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 3.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1000. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Volatile Infection is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 1000) in a 10 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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1000
Radius: 10 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.

Sounds

Volatile Infection sounds

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

RendTargetSoundKit 3134

  1. Rendtarget0.7s · ID 568003 · 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Volatile Infection appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Volatile Infection". This page is record #24929. 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
#3584cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#3585effect values: 45 (this record: 1000)Different tuning
#3586cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#3587effect values: 90 (this record: 1000)Different tuning
#18149cast time: 2 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18150effect values: 9 (this record: 1000)Different tuning
#24928duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43586effect types: noneA different effect setup
#43587effect types: noneA different effect setup
#56785effect types: noneA different effect setup
#56786effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59228effect 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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