Creaturecache.wdb

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Creaturecache.wdb is the WDB file containing most of the information on NPCs downloaded from the servers. Its signature is BOMW (Warcraft MOB Database).

Structure

Rows in light grey correspond to removed or replaced columns in the WDB file. - XML Structure (OpenWDB-compliant).

Name	Type	Description	Notes
id	integer	Id of the row	Header
length	integer	Row length	Header
nameVal	string	Name of the item	N/A
name2Val	string	Empty	Empty since 2.4 PTR. Used to be identical to nameVal, probably designed at first for localization
name3Val	string	Empty	See name2Val
name4Val	string	Empty	See name2Val
npcTagVal	string	Tag of the NPC, as seen in-game	N/A
dep1Val	string	Unknown since 7561	N/A
dep2Flag	integer	unknown	BitMask?
typeId	integer	NPC type	N/A
familyId	integer	NPC family	N/A
difficultyId	integer	Elite status	N/A
dep3Id	integer	Unknown	N/A
display1Id	integer	Display id for the NPC	N/A
display2Id	integer	Display id for the NPC	Only if the NPC has additional models
display3Id	integer	Display id for the NPC	Only if the NPC has additional models
display4Id	integer	Display id for the NPC	Only if the NPC has additional models
depFloat1Amt	float	Unknown	N/A
depFloat2Amt	float	Unknown	N/A
bossUnkFlag	short	Unknown byte, maybe for World Bosses	N/A