Continual Flame

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Utility

Continual Flame is a Utility spell. Utility spells solve problems outside of combat or provide unique situational advantages.

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 spell that gives an object a steady, heatless flame for lasting light that can’t be quenched.

2024 Rules
Level & School
2nd-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (ruby dust worth 50+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration
Until dispelled
Classes
Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Wizard
Source
Player's Handbook (2024)

A flame springs from an object that you touch. The effect casts Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 20 feet. It looks like a regular flame, but it creates no heat and consumes no fuel. The flame can be covered or hidden but not smothered or quenched.

2014 Rules
Level & School
2nd-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (ruby dust worth 50 gp, which the spell consumes)
Duration
Until dispelled
Classes
Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Wizard
Source
Player's Handbook (2014)

A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an object that you touch. The effect looks like a regular flame, but it creates no heat and doesn't use oxygen. A continual flame can be covered or hidden but not smothered or quenched.

Continual Flame 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

It now explicitly sheds Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim Light for another 20 feet. The old version only said it was torch-bright. Also, it now says the flame consumes no fuel instead of no oxygen.

How popular is Continual Flame in 5e?

Continual Flame is the #39 most popular level 2 spell (of 96) and the #36 most picked level 2 Wizard spell (of 70).

Among level 2 spells, Continual Flame ranks just below Warding Bond and just above Crown of Madness in popularity.

Read about how this popularity data is calculated.

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