# Continual Flame > [!info] Spell Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Level** | 2nd | > | **School** | [[Evocation]] | > | **Casting Time** | 1 Action | > | **Range** | Touch | > | **Components** | V, S, M *(ruby dust worth 50 gp, consumed)* | > | **Duration** | Until dispelled | > | **Classes** | Cleric, Druid, Wizard, Artificer | --- ## Description A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an object that you touch. The effect looks like a regular flame, but it creates no heat and doesn't use oxygen. A continual flame can be covered or hidden but not smothered or quenched. --- ## At Higher Levels This spell does not have an upcast effect.