diff --git a/assets/voxygen/audio/sfx.ron b/assets/voxygen/audio/sfx.ron
index 9f1c8670a9..9a03cd9ea3 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/audio/sfx.ron
+++ b/assets/voxygen/audio/sfx.ron
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@
             ],
             threshold: 0.5,
         ),
+        Attack(BasicAura, Sceptre): (
+            files: [
+                "voxygen.audio.sfx.abilities.sceptre_aura",
+            ],
+            threshold: 2.5,
+        ),
 
         //
         // Dagger
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/audio/sfx/abilities/sceptre_aura.wav b/assets/voxygen/audio/sfx/abilities/sceptre_aura.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b6745459f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/voxygen/audio/sfx/abilities/sceptre_aura.wav
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d0cf92874c40cf0e4ce7b23a89f838744204fc2147db4eac1f888b649eedede5
+size 441112
diff --git a/common/src/comp/ability.rs b/common/src/comp/ability.rs
index f347eec68b..abf330855e 100644
--- a/common/src/comp/ability.rs
+++ b/common/src/comp/ability.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub enum CharacterAbilityType {
     Shockwave,
     BasicBeam,
     RepeaterRanged,
+    BasicAura,
 }
 
 impl From<&CharacterState> for CharacterAbilityType {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ impl From<&CharacterState> for CharacterAbilityType {
             CharacterState::Shockwave(_) => Self::Shockwave,
             CharacterState::BasicBeam(_) => Self::BasicBeam,
             CharacterState::RepeaterRanged(_) => Self::RepeaterRanged,
+            CharacterState::BasicAura(_) => Self::BasicAura,
             _ => Self::BasicMelee,
         }
     }