Arcane Weapon

You manifest a weapon of semi-tangible force from the handle used to cast this spell which takes the form of any melee weapon with which you are proficient. Any time you could make a weapon attack, you may instead make a melee spell attack with this weapon. It has a reach of 5 feet, and may be dismissed or called back to your hand as a bonus action during this spell's duration. Any time this weapon hits a target, it inflicts 2d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier as force damage.

This weapon, once manifested, is treated as having all of the properties of the weapon whose form it takes, and can be used in any way that weapon could normally be used. For example, if you create a weapon that is a double weapon, you will still gain the ability to make an additional attack at reduced damage as a bonus action, however, all damage dealt by this weapon is always force damage. If this weapon is created with the Versatile property, its damage does not change based on whether it is used one or two handed.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, increase the damage it deals by 2 and its duration by 1 hour for each slot level above 3rd.