Dancing Lights 5e spell

Evocation cantrip (concentration) · 2024 version below

Casting time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (A bit of phosphorus or wychwood, or a glowworm)
Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 minute
School: Evocation
Level: Cantrip

You create up to four torch-sized lights within range, making them appear as torches, lanterns, or glowing orbs that hover in the air for the duration. You can also combine the four lights into one glowing vaguely humanoid form of Medium size. Whichever form you choose, each light sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius.

As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the lights up to 60 feet to a new spot within range. A light must be within 20 feet of another light created by this spell, and a light winks out if it exceeds the spell's range.

Classes that can cast Dancing Lights

Class	First available	Spellcasting ability
Bard spells	1st level (cantrip)	Charisma
Sorcerer spells	1st level (cantrip)	Charisma
Wizard spells	1st level (cantrip)	Intelligence

Dancing Lights in the 2024 rules

The 2024 Player’s Handbook revised many spells, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new text. What changed from the 2014 version above:

Its school changed from Evocation to Illusion.

Casting time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (a bit of phosphorus)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
School: Illusion
Level: Cantrip
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
Tags: concentration

You create up to four torch-size lights within range, making them appear as torches, lanterns, or glowing orbs that hover for the duration. Alternatively, you combine the four lights into one glowing Medium form that is vaguely humanlike. Whichever form you choose, each light sheds Dim Light in a 10foot radius.

As a Bonus Action, you can move the lights up to 60 feet to a space within range. A light must be within 20 feet of another light created by this spell, and a light vanishes if it exceeds the spell's range.

2024 version from the SRD 5.2. Most tables settle on one edition, so check which one yours uses.

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