# Silence *2nd-level, Illusion (ritual)* - **Casting time:** 1 Action unless cast as a ritual - **Range:** 120 feet - **Components:** V, S - **Duration:** Concentration, up to 10 minutes For the duration, no sound can be created within or pass through a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point you choose within range. Any creature or object entirely inside the Sphere has [Immunity](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/variant-rules/immunity-xphb.md) to Thunder damage, and creatures have the [Deafened](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Deafened) condition while entirely inside it. Casting a spell that includes a Verbal component is impossible there. **Classes**: [Cleric](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-cleric.md); [Bard (College of Lore)](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-bard-xphb-college-of-lore-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Bard](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-bard.md); [Ranger](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-ranger.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 316. Available in the Free Rules (2024)*