Create Bonfire

A
Damage

Create Bonfire is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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 spell that conjures a burning patch to
shape the battlefield

Create Bonfire is a Battlefield Shaping spell. Battlefield Shaping spells alter terrain, create obstacles, introduce hazards, and affect enemy positioning.

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 and force foes into a
save-or-suck

Create Bonfire is a Save or Suck spell. Save or Suck spells fall entirely flat if the target succeeds on a saving throw.

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 hazard.

2014 Rules
Level & School
Conjuration cantrip
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, 1 minute
Classes
Artificer, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Source
Xanathar's Guide to Everything

You create a bonfire on ground that you can see within range. Until the spell ends, the magic bonfire fills a 5-foot cube. Any creature in the bonfire's space when you cast the spell must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d8 fire damage. A creature must also make the saving throw when it moves into the bonfire's space for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there.

The bonfire ignites flammable objects in its area that aren't being worn or carried.

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

Create Bonfire 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Create Bonfire is currently only available in the 2014 edition.

How popular is Create Bonfire in 5e?

Create Bonfire is the #38 most popular cantrip (of 49) and the #27 most picked Wizard cantrip (of 32).

Among cantrips, Create Bonfire ranks just below Shape Water and just above Control Flames in popularity.

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