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Fall damage is environmental damage inflicted upon a player when he falls from a certain height. Death caused by fall damage causes the same 10% durability loss to equipment as a normal PvE death.

Fall damage no longer causes Stealthed units to lose Stealth.

Damage mitigation

Fall damage can be completely avoided by falling into a body of water (just make sure you land in deep water if you're falling from a very high place; falling far enough will cause you to become submerged, meaning shallow water might not save you). Fall damage can also be mitigated by various items, abilities, and skills. As with all other environmental damage (except fire damage), fall damage cannot be mitigated by regular damage absorption abilities such as Spell holy powerwordshield [Power Word: Shield] and Spell ice lament [Ice Barrier], or the effects of the [Talisman of Arathor], [Defiler's Talisman], and [Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt].

Items

Abilities

  • The Priest level 34 ability Spell holy layonhands [Levitate], among other things, applies an aura that slows fall speed. It requires the reagent cost of a Inv feather 04 [Light Feather] and has a 2 minute duration.
  • The Mage level 12 ability Slow Fall applies an aura that slows fall speed. It requires the reagent cost of a Inv feather 04 [Light Feather] and has a 30 second duration.
  • Mages can also use the level 20 spell Spell arcane blink [Blink] right before impact with the ground to reset fall speed to zero, although it must be timed carefully.
  • The mage spell Spell frost frost [Ice Block] makes the caster immune to falling damage.
  • A Warrior can use the Ability warrior charge [Charge] or Ability warrior victoryrush [Intercept] abilities to complete their fall shortly before landing to avoid taking any falling damage, this of course requires something at the bottom of the fall to charge at and will put the warrior into combat with that target.
  • Paladins' Spell holy divineshield [Divine Shield] makes the paladin immune to all damage, including fall damage. Spell holy sealofprotection [Hand of Protection] works too.
  • A Druid may also be able to use their Ability hunter pet bear [Feral Charge] ability to avoid the falling damage, but this requires careful timing and is thus rarely done: see RAWRbomb for details.
  • In Outland, a druid can instantly switch into flight form during a fall, unless in combat.

Skills

Uses of damage mitigation

Reduced damage from falling opens up several opportunities for players. Among other things, players with enough fall damage mitigation can avoid waiting for lifts in Thunder Bluff, Thousand Needles, Searing Gorge, and Shattrath City.

Damage mitigation is of particular use to Rogues and Druids due to the fact that fall damage breaks Ability stealth [Stealth].

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