Dancing Lights

Category: Baldur’s Gate Spells

Dancing Lights is an Evocation Cantrip that is available to most classes in Baldur’s Gate. It is also immediately available as a Cantrip from the Wizard Spell list for High Elves, High Half Elves, Drows, and Drow Half Elves.

Spell description: Create wisps of light that illuminate a 9m radius.

Properties

  • Range: 18m (60ft)
  • Area: 9m radius
  • Duration: 10 turns
  • Concentration
  • Ritual: 0
  • Save: —
  • Cost: Action
  • Recharge: Per action

How to obtain

  • Bard, Sorcerer, and Wizard at Class level 1
  • Eldritch Knight (Fighter) and Arcane Trickster (Rogue) at Class level 3
  • Druid (via Wild Shape: Deep Rothe) at Class level 5
  • High Elf, High Half-Elf, Drow, Drow Half-Elf at Character Level 1
  • Granted by features: Magic Initiate: Bard, Magic Initiate: Sorcerer, Magic Initiate: Wizard
  • Source item: Komira’s Locket

DANCING LIGHTS

Evocation Cantrip

Illuminate a 9m radius.

Range: 18m (60ft)
Action

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Spell properties

Level
Cantrip
School
Evocation
Casting resource
Action
Damage type
—
Range
18m (60ft)
Duration
10 turns
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