# Create or Destroy Water
*1st-level, Transmutation*
- **Casting time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** 30 feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (a mix of water and sand)
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
You do one of the following:
- **Create Water.** You create up to 10 gallons of clean water within range in an open container. Alternatively, the water falls as rain in a 30-foot [Cube](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/cube-area-of-effect-xphb.md) within range, extinguishing exposed flames there.
- **Destroy Water.** You destroy up to 10 gallons of water in an open container within range. Alternatively, you destroy fog in a 30-foot [Cube](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/cube-area-of-effect-xphb.md) within range.
**Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot.** You create or destroy 10 additional gallons of water, or the size of the [Cube](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/cube-area-of-effect-xphb.md) increases by 5 feet, for each spell slot level above 1.
**Classes**: [Bard (College of Lore)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-college-of-lore-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Bard](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-bard.md); [Cleric](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-cleric.md); [Druid](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-druid.md); [Sorcerer (Divine Soul, Good)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-divine-soul-xge.md "subclass=XGE;class=XPHB"); [Warlock (The Fathomless)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-the-fathomless-tce.md "subclass=TCE;class=XPHB")
*Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 258. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)*