creature

Contains individual creature spawn data. Spawn of a creature is an instance of the creature object in the world.

Structure

Field	Type	Attributes	Key	Null	Default	Extra	Comment
guid	int	unsigned	PRI	NO		auto_increment	Global Unique Identifier
id	int	unsigned	MUL	NO	0		Creature Identifier
map	smallint	unsigned	MUL	NO	0		Map Identifier
zoneId	smallint	unsigned		NO	0		Zone Identifier
areaId	smallint	unsigned		NO	0		Area Identifier
spawnMask	tinyint	unsigned		NO	1
phaseMask	int	unsigned		NO	1
modelid	int	unsigned		NO	0
equipment_id	tinyint	signed		NO	0
position_x	float			NO	0
position_y	float			NO	0
position_z	float			NO	0
orientation	float			NO	0
spawntimesecs	int	unsigned		NO	120
wander_distance	float			NO	0
currentwaypoint	int	unsigned		NO	0
curhealth	int	unsigned		NO	1
curmana	int	unsigned		NO	0
MovementType	tinyint	unsigned		NO	0
npcflag	int	unsigned		NO	0
unit_flags	int	unsigned		NO	0
dynamicflags	int	unsigned		NO	0
ScriptName	char(64)			YES	''
StringId	varchar(64)			YES	NULL
VerifiedBuild	int	signed		YES	0

 

Description of fields

guid

A unique identifier given to each creature to distinguish one creature from another.

Two creatures can NOT have same GUID.

 

id

The entry of the template that is used when instantiating this creature.
 

map

The Map ID of the position of the creature.
 

zoneId

calculated by the core if Calculate.Creature.Zone.Area.Data is enabled
 

areaId

calculated by the core if Calculate.Creature.Zone.Area.Data is enabled
 

spawnMask

Controls under which difficulties the creature is spawned.
enum SpawnMask

Value	Flag	Continent	Dungeon	Raid	Comment
0	0x00	no	no	no
1	0x01	yes	5N	10N	and all maps without spawn modes
2	0x02	no	5H	25N
4	0x04	no	no	10H
8	0x08	no	no	25H
3	0x03				all dungeon modes and all normal raid modes
12	0x0C				all heroic raid modes
15	0x0F				all raid modes

 

phaseMask

This is a bitmask field that describes all the phases that a creature will appear in.

SPELL_AURA_PHASE (261) determines the phase you can see. For example, if you had this aura, you would be able to see creatures in phase 2. If you wanted the creature to be visible in both phase 1 and phase 2, you would set the phaseMask to 3.

 

modelid

The model ID associated with this creature. Note that two creatures that use the same template can have different models. See creature_model_info for more information on model-specific characteristics.

Note: This can be left at 0 and a random model from its assigned models in creature_template will be assigned by the core.

 

equipment_id

The ID as defined within creature_equip_template corresponding to the CreatureID.

• equipment_id = -1: A random equipment set chosen for creature_equip_template.CreatureID.
• equipment_id = 0: No equipment defined.
• equipment_id > 0: creature_equip_template.ID
   

position_x

The X position of the creature.
 

position_y

The Y position of the creature.
 

position_z

The Z position of the creature.
 

orientation

The orientation of the creature.

Position	Radian	Decimal
North	0 / 2π	6.28319
West	0.5π	1.57080
South	π	3.14159
East	1.5π	4.71239

 

spawntimesecs

The respawn time of the creature in seconds.
 

wander_distance

The maximum distance that the creature should spawn from its spawn point. Also controls how far away the creature can walk from its spawn point if its MovementType = 1.
 

currentwaypoint

The current waypoint number that the creature is on, if any. (see waypoint_data.point)
 

curhealth

The current health that the creature has.
This column is used only if RegenHealth is disabled.
 

curmana

The current mana that the creature has.
 

MovementType

The movement type associated with this creature. Usually the same as creature_template.MovementType but can be different.

Note: A creature.MovementType record will override a creature_template.MovementType record.

 

npcflag

Same as creature_template.npcflag

Note: A creature.npcflag record will override a creature_template.npcflag record.

 

unit_flags

Same as creature_template.unit_flags

Note: A creature.unit_flags record will override a creature_template.unit_flags record.

 

dynamicflags

Same as creature_template.dynamicflags

Note: A creature.dynamicflags record will override a creature_template.dynamicflags record.

 

ScriptName

The ScriptName for when scripting it in the core.
This might also be 'SmartTrigger'. It will than use SmartAI.
 

StringId

- no description -
 

VerifiedBuild

This field is used by the TrinityDB Team to determine whether a template has been verified from WDB files.

If value is 0 then it has not been parsed yet.

If value is above 0 then it has been parsed with WDB files from that specific client build.

If value is -1 then it is just a place holder until proper data are found on WDBs.

If value is -Client Build then it was parsed with WDB files from that specific client build and manually edited later for some special necessity.