Explosion

Explosion shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era, but behind it the client changed effect data the tooltip never prints, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 60 to 0; spellLevel 60 to 0). The client does not say what that changes in play. 100 yd range, instant cast.

Explosion tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Explosion

Fire school

100 yd range · Instant

Requires level 60

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Explosion

Fire school

100 yd range · Instant

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Both tooltips read the same. The client changed only data behind them: effects, spellLevel (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
baseLevel	60	0
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 385, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 87, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 429, "chainAmplitude": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 2, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "pointsPerResource": 0, "radiusYards": 8, "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0.2004662 } ]
spellLevel	60	0

Explosion changes between Forever builds

Same tooltip as Classic Era in every Forever build since Sep 16, 2026

What triggers Explosion

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Explosion

Did Explosion change in WoW Forever?

Not on the tooltip. Explosion shows the same tooltip in WoW Forever as in Classic Era; behind it the client changed effect data the tooltip never prints, and moved internal columns the tooltip does not show (baseLevel 60 to 0; spellLevel 60 to 0).

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value