✨ Cone of Cold
Spells
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Description

A blast of cold air erupts from your hands. Each creature in a 60-foot cone must make a constitution saving throw. A creature takes 8d8 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

A creature killed by this spell becomes a frozen statue until it thaws.

At Higher Levels

When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 5th.

Properties

Casting_time
1 action
Classes
  • Sorcerer
  • Wizard
Components
  • V
  • S
  • M
Concentration
No
Duration
Instantaneous
Level
5
Material
A small crystal or glass cone.
Range
Self
Ritual
No
School
Evocation
Subclasses
Land
Updated_at
2026-04-01T20:35:39.217Z
Raw JSON data
{
  "area_of_effect": {
    "size": 60,
    "type": "cone"
  },
  "casting_time": "1 action",
  "classes": [
    {
      "index": "sorcerer",
      "name": "Sorcerer",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/sorcerer"
    },
    {
      "index": "wizard",
      "name": "Wizard",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/wizard"
    }
  ],
  "components": [
    "V",
    "S",
    "M"
  ],
  "concentration": false,
  "damage": {
    "damage_at_slot_level": {
      "5": "8d8",
      "6": "9d8",
      "7": "10d8",
      "8": "11d8",
      "9": "12d8"
    },
    "damage_type": {
      "index": "cold",
      "name": "Cold",
      "url": "/api/2014/damage-types/cold"
    }
  },
  "dc": {
    "dc_success": "half",
    "dc_type": {
      "index": "con",
      "name": "CON",
      "url": "/api/2014/ability-scores/con"
    },
    "desc": "A creature killed by this spell becomes a frozen statue until it thaws."
  },
  "desc": [
    "A blast of cold air erupts from your hands. Each creature in a 60-foot cone must make a constitution saving throw. A creature takes 8d8 cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.",
    "A creature killed by this spell becomes a frozen statue until it thaws."
  ],
  "duration": "Instantaneous",
  "higher_level": [
    "When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 5th."
  ],
  "index": "cone-of-cold",
  "level": 5,
  "material": "A small crystal or glass cone.",
  "name": "Cone of Cold",
  "range": "Self",
  "ritual": false,
  "school": {
    "index": "evocation",
    "name": "Evocation",
    "url": "/api/2014/magic-schools/evocation"
  },
  "subclasses": [
    {
      "index": "land",
      "name": "Land",
      "url": "/api/2014/subclasses/land"
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2026-04-01T20:35:39.217Z",
  "url": "/api/2014/spells/cone-of-cold"
}