Produce Flame

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Damage

Produce Flame is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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 spell that lets you hurl a flickering flame with a
Magic action

Produce Flame is a Action Economy spell. Action Economy spells grant you more choices on future turns.

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, shedding light while striking foes from afar.

2024 Rules
Level & School
Conjuration cantrip
Casting Time
Bonus action
Range
Self
Components
V, S
Duration
10 minutes
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).

2014 Rules
Level & School
Conjuration cantrip
Casting Time
Action
Range
Self
Components
V, S
Duration
10 minutes
Classes
Druid

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.

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

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

You can now keep hurling the flame on later turns without the spell ending, and it can hit objects too. The flame’s light radius doubles to 20 feet bright/20 feet dim, its range to attack becomes 60 feet, and it no longer emits heat or ignites anything.

Produce Flame popularity

Produce Flame is one of the rarest cantrips in the game. Choosing it will set you apart from all other casters.

Spells similar to Produce Flame

  • Fire Bolt Evocation cantrip

    A basic, long-range fire cantrip that uses a ranged spell attack and serves the same damage role as this spell.

  • Flame Blade 2nd-level evocation

    Both create a magical flame you carry and use later to deal damage, and they appear on a druid's spell list with a sustained duration.

  • Spiritual Weapon 2nd-level evocation

    It conjures a persistent attackable object that you use on subsequent turns, mirroring the create-now/use-later action economy of the target spell.

  • Flaming Sphere 2nd-level conjuration

    This conjures a lasting, mobile fire effect that you command to damage foes over time, sharing the sustained-fire and action-economy feel.

  • Thorn Whip Transmutation cantrip

    A druid cantrip that combines a themed melee/ranged effect with battlefield interaction, making it a common alternative for druids seeking a damage cantrip.