Seed of Corruption
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- For the Emerald Nightmare quest item, see
[Seed of Corruption].
| Seed of Corruption | |
|---|---|
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| Properties | |
| Class | Warlock |
| School | Shadow |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
| Talents | |
| Talent required |
 [Agony] |
| Other information | |
| Improvements |
 [Cull the Weak],  [Death's Embrace],  [Potent Soul Shards],  [Seeds of Destruction], [Sow the Seeds],  [Through the Felvine] |
| Related debuff | |
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Seed of Corruption is an Affliction warlock Shadow-based spell that deals area of effect direct damage after the target receives a specific amount of damage.
Patch changes
Hotfix (2026-05-05): Damage increased by 10%. - Patch 12.0.0 (2026-01-20): Damage increased by 330% and is reduced beyond 8 targets.
Hotfix (2023-12-19): Damage increased by 10%. - Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Cast time has been reduced to 2 seconds (was 2.5 seconds).
- Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 5%.
- Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Affliction talent (was a level 27 Affliction ability).
Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Damage increased by 25%. - Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09): Now properly deals damage and applies
[Corruption] if the Warlock is crowd-controlled when the seed detonates. - Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 27 (was 38).
Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Seed of Corruption damage reduced by 20%. - Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10):
- Damage is now 215% (was 138%).
- Now costs 1 Soul Shard (was 4.5% mana).
- Hotfix (2016-09-28): Seed of Corruption will now properly detonate and spread if the target dies while still affected.
- Hotfix (2016-09-23): Seed of Corruption damage increased by 15%.
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer deals damage over time. Detonation now deals 75.8% more damage and applies Corruption to all affected targets. Now requires 217.5% more damage to be detonated. Now learned at level 38 (was 21).
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
- Now learned at level 21 (was 60) by Affliction only.
- Seed of Corruption and Soulburn: Seed of Corruption can no longer both apply to the same target.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Explosion radius has been reduced to 10 yards, down from 15. - Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Seed of Corruption will now stack with Corruption, as well as [Soulburn: Seed of Corruption]. Damage required to set off the explosion will now only be counted by the casting Warlock. Now learned at level 60 (was 72).
Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 20%. - Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been increased to be more comparable to other area-of-effect abilities.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 72 (was 70).
Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Seed of Corruption detonation will now obey line of sight. - Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): Dead targets will no longer be erroneously counted toward the damage cap on this spell.
- Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): This spell will now interact properly with town guards when bystanders are hit by its detonation in a duel.
- Patch 2.0.7 (2007-02-13): Seed of Corruption cannot proc off of its own damage. It used to go off when another seed exploded. Now it doesn't react to other seeds.
[Shadowfury] and 
[Rain of Fire] work to proc them though. - Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Added.
Other versions
BC Classic
Seed of Corruption 
- Seed of Corruption
- Level 70 Affliction warlock ability
- 30 yd range
- 882 Mana
- 2 sec cast
- Imbeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 1044 Shadow damage over 18 sec. When the target takes 1044 total damage or dies, the seed will inflict 1110 to 1290 Shadow damage to all other enemies within 15 yards of the target. Only one Corruption spell per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Properties Class Warlock School Shadow Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 70 Improvements 
[Contagion], 
[Shadow Embrace]Related debuff - Magic
- Seed of Corruption
- Causes 174 Shadow damage every 3 sec. After taking 1044 total damage or dying, Seed of Corruption deals 1110 to 1290 Shadow damage to the caster's enemies within 15 yards, excluding the target.
- Duration: 18 seconds
Wrath Classic
Seed of Corruption - Seed of Corruption (3 ranks)
- Level 70 Affliction warlock ability
- 30 yd range
- 34% of base mana
- 2 sec cast
- Imbeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 1044 Shadow damage over 18 sec. When the target takes 1044 total damage or dies, the seed will inflict 1110 to 1290 Shadow damage to all enemies within 15 yards of the target. Only one Corruption spell per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Properties Class Warlock School Shadow Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 70 Improvements [Contagion], [Improved Corruption], 
[Siphon Life]Related debuff - Magic
- Seed of Corruption
- Causes 174 Shadow damage every 3 sec. After taking 1044 total damage or dying, Seed of Corruption deals 1110 to 1290 Shadow damage to the caster's enemies within 15 yards.
- Duration: 18 seconds
Cataclysm Classic
Seed of Corruption - Seed of Corruption
- Level 72 Affliction warlock ability
- 35 yd range
- 34% of base mana
- 2 sec cast
- Imbeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 1746 Shadow damage over 18 sec. When the target takes 2033 total damage or dies, the seed will inflict 737 Shadow damage to all enemies within 15 yards of the target. Only one Corruption spell per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Soulburn: Your Seed of Corruption detonation effect will afflict Corruption on all enemy targets. The Soul Shard will be refunded if the detonation is successful.
Properties Class Warlock School Shadow Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 72 Improvements 
[Everlasting Affliction]Related debuff - Magic
- Seed of Corruption
- Causes 291 Shadow damage every 3 sec. After taking 2033 total damage or dying, Seed of Corruption deals 737 Shadow damage to the caster's enemies within 15 yards.
- Duration: 18 seconds
MoP Classic
Seed of Corruption - Seed of Corruption
- Level 60 Affliction warlock ability
- 35 yd range
- 6% of base mana
- 2 sec cast
- Embeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 1346 Shadow damage over 18 sec.
When the target takes 1346 total damage from the caster or dies, the seed will inflict 972 Shadow damage to all enemies within 10 yards of the target.
Soulburn:
Your Seed of Corruption detonation effect will afflict Corruption on all enemy targets.
Properties Class Warlock School Shadow Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 60 Related debuff - Magic
- Seed of Corruption
- Causes 224 Shadow damage every 3 sec. After taking 1346 damage from the caster or dying, Seed of Corruption deals 972 Shadow damage to the caster's enemies within 10 yards.
- Duration: 18 seconds
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