Arcane Missiles, a WoW Forever Mage ability

In the Arcane tab of the Mage spellbook. Every rank: 30 yd range, Channeled. Arcane school. Scales with 28.6% of spell power (per tick) (Classic 24% of spell power (per tick)).

What Arcane Missiles does, rank by rank 8 ranks

Level	Rank and what it does
8	Rank 1 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 24 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec. 85 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 25 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.
16	Rank 2 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 35 Arcane damage each second for 4 sec. 140 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 37 Arcane damage each second for 4 sec.
24	Rank 3 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 48 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec. 235 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 58 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
32	Rank 4 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 68 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec. 320 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 85 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
40	Rank 5 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 97 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec. 410 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 117 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
48	Rank 6 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 133 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec. 500 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 154 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
56	Rank 7 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 174 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec. 595 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 195 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
56	Rank 8 changed Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 209 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec. 655 Mana. Classic: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 230 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

What changed from Classic

Ranks 1 to 8 changed.

Arcane Missiles on the beta, build by build 1

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  Build 70291, 8 Oct 2026Ranks 1 to 3 text changed. Now: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 24 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec. Was: Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 25 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.

Talents that change Arcane Missiles 2

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  Improved ChannelingArcane row 1 (level 10), 5 ranks. At 5/5: Gives you a 100% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling Arcane Missiles and a 70% chance while casting Arcane Blast.
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  Missile BarrageArcane row 4 (level 25), 1 rank. Gives your Arcane Blast spell a 40% chance, and your Fireball, Frostbolt, and Frostfire Bolt spells a 20% chance to reduce the channeled duration of your next Arcane Missiles spell by 50%, reduce the Mana cost by 100%, and missiles fire every 0.5 sec.

Questions

What level do you get Arcane Missiles in WoW Forever?

Level 8; its 8 ranks come at 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56 and 56 (beta client spellbook, build 70291).

Is Arcane Missiles a talent in WoW Forever?

No. Arcane Missiles is in the Arcane tab of the Mage spellbook, and no Mage talent teaches it. 2 talents change it: Improved Channeling and Missile Barrage.

Did Arcane Missiles change from Classic?

Yes: ranks 1 to 8 changed. Rank 8 now reads "Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 209 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec." where Classic read "Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 230 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec." The beta changed it in build 70291.

What is the cast time of Arcane Missiles?

Channeled at every rank. From the beta client's tooltip, build 70291.

Last checked against beta build 1.60.1.70291 on 8 Oct 2026. Classic's text from the Classic client. Beta rows from the build tracker.

Before it in the Arcane tab: Arcane Intellect. After it: Arcane Power. Every Mage spell by level, every Mage talent and the Mage calculator.