Darkness

2nd-Level Evocation Spell (Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard)

Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, M (bat fur and a piece of coal)
Duration: 10 minutes

For the duration, magical

An area of Darkness is Heavily Obscured. See also Heavily Obscured and Exploration.

spreads from a point within range and fills a 15-foot-radius

A Sphere is an area of effect that extends in straight lines from a point of origin outward in all directions. The effect that creates a Sphere specifies the distance it extends as the radius of the Sphere.

A Sphere's point of origin is included in the Sphere's area of effect.

.

If you have Darkvision, you can see in Dim Light within a specified range as if it were Bright Light and in Darkness within that range as if it were Dim Light. You discern colors in that Darkness only as shades of gray. See also Exploration.

can't see through it, and nonmagical light can't illuminate it.

Alternatively, you cast the spell on an object that isn't being worn or carried, causing the

An area of Darkness is Heavily Obscured. See also Heavily Obscured and Exploration.

to fill a 15-foot

An Emanation is an area of effect that extends in straight lines from a creature or an object in all directions. The effect that creates an Emanation specifies the distance it extends.

An Emanation moves with the creature or object that is its origin unless it is an instantaneous or a stationary effect.

An Emanation's origin (creature or object) isn't included in the area of effect unless its creator decides otherwise.

originating from that object. Covering that object with something opaque, such as a bowl or helm, blocks the

An area of Darkness is Heavily Obscured. See also Heavily Obscured and Exploration.

.

If any of this spell's area overlaps with an area of

Bright Light is normal illumination. See also Exploration.

or

An area with Dim Light is Lightly Obscured. See also Lightly Obscured and Exploration.

created by a spell of level 2 or lower, that other spell is dispelled.

Source: Player's Handbook, p. 260