# 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 `1d8` Lightning damage, and it can't make [Opportunity Attacks](/3-Mechanics/CLI/actions.md#Opportunity%20Attack) until the start of its next turn. **Cantrip Upgrade.** The damage increases by `1d8` when you reach levels 5 (`2d8`), 11 (`3d8`), and 17 (`4d8`). **Classes**: [Bard (College of Lore)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-college-of-lore-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Druid (Circle of the Land, Temperate Land)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-circle-of-the-land-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Fighter (Eldritch Knight)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-eldritch-knight-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Rogue (Arcane Trickster)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-arcane-trickster-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Sorcerer](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-sorcerer.md); [Wizard (Evoker)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-evoker-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Wizard](/3-Mechanics/CLI/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)*