The evocation school of magic included spells that manipulated energy or tapped an unseen source of power in order to produce a desired end. In effect, they created something out of nothing. Many of these spells produced spectacular effects, and evocation spells could deal large amounts of damage. Many iconic offensive spells such as magic missile, lightning bolt and fireball were of the evocation school.
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Booming Blade |
1 Action |
Self (5-foot radius) |
1 round |
S, M |
Dancing Lights |
1 Action |
120 Feet |
Concentration up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Eldritch Blast |
1 Action |
120 Feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Fire Bolt |
1 Action |
120 Feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Frostbite |
1 Action |
60 Feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Green-Flame Blade |
1 Action |
Self (5-foot radius) |
Instantaneous |
S, M |
Hand of Radiance (UA) |
1 Action |
5 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Light |
1 Action |
Touch |
1 hour |
V, M |
Lightning Lure |
1 Action |
Self (15-foot radius) |
Instantaneous |
V |
Ray of Frost |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Sacred Flame |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Shocking Grasp |
1 Action |
Touch |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Thunderclap |
1 Action |
Self (5-foot radius) |
Instantaneous |
S |
Word of Radiance |
1 Action |
5 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, M |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Acid Stream (UA) |
1 Action |
Self (30-foot line) |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Burning Hands |
1 Action |
Self (15-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Ceremony |
1 Action R |
Touch |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Chaos Bolt |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Chromatic Orb |
1 Action |
90 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Cure Wounds |
1 Action |
Touch |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Divine Favor |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S |
Earth Tremor |
1 Action |
Self (10-foot radius) |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Faerie Fire |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Frost Fingers |
1 Action |
Self (15-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Guiding Bolt |
1 Action |
120 feet |
1 round |
V, S |
Healing Word |
1 Bonus Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V |
Hellish Rebuke |
1 Reaction |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Jim's Magic Missile |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Magic Missile |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Searing Smite |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Tasha's Caustic Brew |
1 Action |
Self (30-foot line) |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Thunderous Smite |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Thunderwave |
1 Action |
Self (15-foot cube) |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Witch Bolt |
1 Action |
30 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Wrathful Smite |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Aganazzar's Scorcher |
1 Action |
30 Feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Branding Smite |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Continual Flame |
1 Action |
Touch |
Until dispelled |
V, S, M |
Darkness |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, M |
Flame Blade |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Gust of Wind |
1 Action |
Self (60-foot line) |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Icingdeath's Frost (UA) |
1 Action |
Self (15-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
S, M |
Melf's Acid Arrow |
1 Action |
90 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Moonbeam |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Prayer of Healing |
10 Minutes |
Touch |
Instantaneous |
V |
Rime's Binding Ice |
1 Action |
Self (30-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
S, M |
Scorching Ray |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Shatter |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Snilloc's Snowball Storm |
1 Action |
90 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Spiritual Weapon |
1 Bonus Action |
60 feet |
1 minute |
V, S |
Warding Wind |
1 Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Aura of Vitality |
1 Action |
Self (30-foot radius) |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Blinding Smite |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Crusader's Mantle |
1 Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Daylight |
1 Action |
60 feet |
1 hour |
V, S |
Fireball |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Leomund's Tiny Hut |
1 Minute R |
Self (10-foot radius hemisphere) |
8 hours |
V, S, M |
Lightning Bolt |
1 Action |
Self (100-foot line) |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Mass Healing Word |
1 Bonus Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V |
Melf's Minute Meteors |
Self |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Psionic Blast (UA) |
1 Action |
Self (30-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
V |
Pulse Wave |
1 Action |
Self (30-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Sending |
1 Action |
Unlimited |
1 round |
V, S, M |
Wall of Sand |
1 Action |
90 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Wall of Water |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Wind Wall |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Fire Shield |
1 Action |
Self |
10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Gravity Sinkhole |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Ice Storm |
1 Action |
300 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Otiluke's Resilient Sphere |
1 Action |
30 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Sickening Radiance |
1 Action |
120 Feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S |
Staggering Smite |
1 Bonus Action |
Self |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Storm Sphere |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S |
Vitriolic Sphere |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Wall of Fire |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Widogast's Web of Fire (HB) |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Bigby's Hand |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Cone of Cold |
1 Action |
Self (60-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Dawn |
1 Action |
60 Feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Destructive Wave |
1 Action |
Self (30-foot radius) |
Instantaneous |
V |
Flame Strike |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Hallow |
24 Hours |
Touch |
Until dispelled |
V, S, M |
Holy Weapon |
1 Bonus Action |
Touch |
Concentration, up to 1 hour |
V, S |
Immolation |
1 Action |
90 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V |
Maelstrom |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Mass Cure Wounds |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Wall of Force |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Wall Of Light |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Wall of Stone |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Wrath Of Nature |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Blade Barrier |
1 Action |
90 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S |
Chain Lightning |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Contingency |
10 Minutes |
Self |
10 days |
V, S, M |
Gravity Fissure |
1 Action |
Self (100-foot line) |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Heal |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Otiluke's Freezing Sphere |
1 Action |
300 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Sunbeam |
1 Action |
Self (60-foot line) |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Wall of Ice |
1 Action |
120 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, S, M |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Delayed Blast Fireball |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Divine Word |
1 Bonus Action |
30 feet |
Instantaneous |
V |
Fire Storm |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Forcecage |
1 Action |
100 feet |
1 hour |
V, S, M |
Mordenkainen's Sword |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Prismatic Spray |
1 Action |
Self (60-foot cone) |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Whirlwind |
1 Action |
300 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, M |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Dark Star |
1 Action |
150 Feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Earthquake |
1 Action |
500 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |
Maddening Darkness |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Concentration, up to 10 minutes |
V, M |
Sunburst |
1 Action |
150 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S, M |
Telepathy |
1 Action |
Unlimited |
24 hours |
V, S, M |
Spell Name |
Casting Time |
Range |
Duration |
Components |
Mass Heal |
1 Action |
60 feet |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Meteor Swarm |
1 Action |
1 mile |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Power Word: Heal |
1 Action |
Touch |
Instantaneous |
V, S |
Ravenous Void |
1 Action |
1,000 feet |
Concentration, up to 1 minute |
V, S, M |