# Contingency > [!info] Spell Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Level** | 6th | > | **School** | [[Evocation]] | > | **Casting Time** | 10 Minutes | > | **Range** | Self | > | **Components** | V, S, M *(a statuette of yourself carved from ivory and decorated with gems worth at least 1,500 gp)* | > | **Duration** | 10 days | > | **Classes** | Wizard | --- ## Description Choose a spell of 5th level or lower that you can cast, that has a casting time of 1 action, and that can target you. You cast that spell — called the contingent spell — as part of casting *contingency*, expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn't come into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain circumstance occurs. You describe that circumstance when you cast the two spells. For example, a *contingency* cast with *water breathing* might stipulate that *water breathing* comes into effect when you are engulfed in water or a similar liquid. The contingent spell takes effect immediately after the circumstance is met for the first time, whether or not you want it to, and then *contingency* ends. The contingent spell takes effect only on you, even if it can normally target others. You can use only one *contingency* spell at a time. If you cast this spell again, the effect of another *contingency* spell on you ends. Also, *contingency* ends on you if its material component is ever not on your person. --- ## At Higher Levels This spell does not have an upcast effect.