# Shocking Grasp *cantrip, Evocation* - **Casting time:** 1 Action - **Range:** Touch - **Components:** V, S - **Duration:** Instantaneous Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes `dice:1d8|noform|noparens|avg` (`1d8`) Lightning damage, and it can't make [Opportunity Attacks](/Rules/Source/actions.md#Opportunity%20Attack) until the start of its next turn. **Cantrip Upgrade.** The damage increases by `dice:1d8|noform|noparens|avg` (`1d8`) when you reach levels 5 (`dice:2d8|noform|noparens|avg` (`2d8`)), 11 (`dice:3d8|noform|noparens|avg` (`3d8`)), and 17 (`dice:4d8|noform|noparens|avg` (`4d8`)). **Classes**: [Artificer](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-artificer.md); [Bard (College of Lore)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-college-of-lore-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Druid (Circle of the Land, Temperate Land)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-circle-of-the-land-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Fighter (Eldritch Knight)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-eldritch-knight-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Rogue (Arcane Trickster)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-arcane-trickster-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Sorcerer](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-sorcerer.md); [Wizard (Evoker)](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-evoker-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Wizard](/Rules/Source/lists/list-spells-classes-wizard.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 316. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)*