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Produce Flame 5e spell

Conjuration cantrip · 2024 version below

Casting time
1 action
Range
Self
Components
V, S
Duration
10 minutes
School
Conjuration
Level
Cantrip
Attack
Ranged spell attack
Damage type
Fire

A flickering flame appears in your hand. The flame remains there for the duration and harms neither you nor your equipment. The flame sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. The spell ends if you dismiss it as an action or if you cast it again.

You can also attack with the flame, although doing so ends the spell. When you cast this spell, or as an action on a later turn, you can hurl the flame at a creature within 30 feet of you. Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 fire damage.

This spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

Produce Flame damage by character level

Character levelDamageAverage
1st+1d8 fire4.5
5th+2d8 fire9
11th+3d8 fire13.5
17th+4d8 fire18

Averages are the dice’s expected total. Roll any row in the dice roller.

Classes that can cast Produce Flame

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Druid spells1st level (cantrip)Wisdom

Produce Flame 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:

Casting time
Bonus Action
Range
Self
Components
V, S
Duration
10 minutes
School
Conjuration
Level
Cantrip
Classes
Druid

A flickering flame appears in your hand and remains there for the duration. While there, the flame emits no heat and ignites nothing, and it sheds Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 20 feet. The spell ends if you cast it again.

Until the spell ends, you can take a Magic action to hurl fire at a creature or an object within 60 feet of you. Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Fire damage.

Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).

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

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