Arcane Missiles, a Mage ability in WoW Forever

Arcane Missiles is a Mage ability in the Arcane tab of the WoW Forever spellbook. It has 8 ranks. Its first rank is learned at level 8 and its last at level 56. Its spell school is Arcane.

Against Classic: Changed

Ranks and levels of Arcane Missiles

Ranks of Arcane Missiles
Level	Rank	Tooltip	Text
8	Rank 1	85 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 24 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.
16	Rank 2	140 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 35 Arcane damage each second for 4 sec.
24	Rank 3	235 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 48 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
32	Rank 4	320 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 68 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
40	Rank 5	410 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 97 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
48	Rank 6	500 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 133 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
56	Rank 7	595 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 174 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
56	Rank 8	655 Mana30 yd range Channeled	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 209 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec. From a tome, a quest or a drop, not the class trainer

Text and numbers are the beta client's tooltip at level 60 with no gear, unless a rank says otherwise.

Arcane Missiles compared with Classic

All 8 ranks changed since Classic.

How each rank of Arcane Missiles compares with Classic
Rank	Change	Classic tooltip	Classic text
Rank 1	Changed	scales with 13.2% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 25 Arcane damage each second for 3 sec.
Rank 2	Changed	scales with 20.4% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 37 Arcane damage each second for 4 sec.
Rank 3	Changed	scales with 24% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 58 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
Rank 4	Changed	scales with 24% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 85 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
Rank 5	Changed	scales with 24% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 117 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
Rank 6	Changed	scales with 24% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 154 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
Rank 7	Changed	scales with 24% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 195 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.
Rank 8	Changed	scales with 24% of spell power (per tick)	Launches Arcane Missiles at the enemy, causing 230 Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

Talents that change Arcane Missiles

These Mage talents name Arcane Missiles in their rank text.

Improved ChannelingArcane, row 1
Missile BarrageArcane, row 4

More for the Mage

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Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.