Fire Bolt
Fire Bolt
PHB
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Evocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You hurl a mote of fire at a creature or object within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 fire damage. A flammable object hit by this spell ignites if it isn't being worn or carried.
This spell's damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
Classes: Artificer, Sorcerer, Wizard
Subclasses: Arcana Cleric, Arcane Trickster Rogue, Eldritch Knight Fighter, Giant Soul (UA) (Fire) Sorcerer
Races: Elf (Eladrin), Elf (High), Elf (High; Aereni), Elf (High; Valenar), Half-Elf (Variant; Moon Elf or Sun Elf Descent), Kobold, Merfolk (Ixalan; Blue), Merfolk (Zendikar; Ula Creed)
Backgrounds: Boros Legionnaire, Gruul Anarch, Rakdos Cultist
Feats: Aberrant Dragonmark, Artificer Initiate, Artificer Initiate, Magic Initiate, Spell Sniper, Strixhaven Initiate
Other Options/Features: Pact of the Tome
Source: PHB, page 242. Available in the SRD and the Basic Rules.
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Spells & Rituals
Fire Bolt
Evocation Cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 ft
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Damage Type: Fire
You hurl a mote of fire at a creature or object within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 fire damage. A flammable object hit by this spell ignites if it isn't being worn or carried.
AT HIGHER LEVELS
This spell's damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
Verbal Component: Incendo Confrigo
Verbal Component (Alternative): With arcane power, I aspire, to shoot forth a bolt of fire.
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard, Rogue, Artificer
Domain: Fire
Tags: Combat, Damage
Source: Player's Handbook [5th Edition] (page 242)
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5th Edition Statistics[1][2]
School
Evocation
Level
Artificer 0
Sorcerer 0
Wizard 0
Type
Cantrip
Fire bolt was an evocation spell that cast a mote of flame at a target.[3]
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Appendix
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Effect
The spell could target any creature or object within a range of 120 feet (37 meters). It was very simple to cast and caused little damage, but it increased in power with the caster's experience.[3]
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Components
The spell required only verbal and somatic components.[3]
Appendix
Appearances
Video Games
Baldur's Gate III
Gallery
Salazon firebolt
The Zhent wizard Salazon armed with a firebolt, as depicted in Baldur's Gate III.
References
Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 207–211, 242. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
Jeremy Crawford, James Wyatt, Keith Baker (November 2019). Eberron: Rising from the Last War. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7869-6692-9.
Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
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