Create or Destroy Water
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 1st-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a mix of water and sand)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Cleric, Druid
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
You do one of the following:
- Create Water. You create up to 10 gallons of clean water within range in an open container. Alternatively, the water falls as rain in a 30-foot Cube within range, extinguishing exposed flames there.
- Destroy Water. You destroy up to 10 gallons of water in an open container within range. Alternatively, you destroy fog in a 30-foot Cube within range.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You create or destroy 10 additional gallons of water, or the size of the Cube increases by 5 feet, for each spell slot level above 1.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 1st-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a drop of water if creating water or a few grains of sand if destroying it)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Cleric, Druid
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
You either create or destroy water.
Create Water. You create up to 10 gallons of clean water within range in an open container. Alternatively, the water falls as rain in a 30-foot cube within range, extinguishing exposed flames in the area.
Destroy Water. You destroy up to 10 gallons of water in an open container within range. Alternatively, you destroy fog in a 30-foot cube within range.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you create or destroy 10 additional gallons of water, or the size of the cube increases by 5 feet, for each slot level above 1st.
Create or Destroy Water 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Create or Destroy Water popularity
How popular is Create or Destroy Water? It is a commonly found spell in the game, but is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may be situational for many spellbooks.
- Top 25% of all 5e spells
- Bottom 50% of all level 1 spells
- Bottom 50% picked level 1 Druid spell
- Bottom 25% picked level 1 Cleric spell
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
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