Divine Smite

Damage

spell that empowers a holy strike with radiant power, dealing extra harm and burning fiends and undead even harder.

2024 Rules

Level & School: 1st-level evocation
Casting Time: Bonus action, which you take immediately after hitting a target with a melee weapon or an unarmed strike
Range: Self
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Paladin

The target takes an extra 2d8 Radiant damage from the attack. The damage increases by 1d8 if the target is a Fiend or an Undead.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 1.

Divine Smite is a new spell for the 2024 edition.

Divine Smite is a seldom chosen level 1 spell. Choosing it adds a unique option to your spellbook.

Thunderous Smite 1st-level evocation

Both are paladin self-effects that add extra damage to a weapon hit and are chosen to augment a single strike for tactical burst.
Searing Smite 1st-level evocation

This spell likewise boosts a melee attack with extra elemental damage on a hit and is used to turn one strike into a damaging opener.
Wrathful Smite 1st-level necromancy

Like the target, it enhances a weapon attack and adds an extra effect on hit, making it a direct analogue for single-attack amplification.
Blinding Smite 3rd-level evocation

It functions as a strike-focused paladin enhancement that deals extra damage and tacks on a useful secondary effect when you hit.
Shining Smite 2nd-level transmutation

This is another paladin self-buff that converts a hit into extra radiant-focused damage, matching the target's radiant theme and one-attack use.