Summary
- DnD spells are divided into eight schools of magic, building the flavor for each class.
- The 2024 Player's Handbook features almost 400 spells, including both returning spells and new additions.
- Hunter's mark is emphasized in the 2024 Handbook as a central feature for the Ranger class.
Spells are the bread and butter of any magic in building a DnD character, as the 2024 Player's Handbook features a huge variety of spells to choose from.
DnD spells are divided into eight different schools of magic, each of which alters the bounds of reality in a different way. All magical classes have their own spell lists, which draw from across schools of magic to build the appropriate flavor for each class. The 2024 Player's Handbook contains almost 400 spells in total, with most of them returning from previous material alongside a small selection of completely new spell additions.

D&D: Every Character Background In The 2024 Player's Handbook
Character backgrounds are more important than ever in the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Player's Handbook, and there's a large selection to choose from.
8 Abjuration Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Blade Ward |
0 |
Concentration |
|
Resistance |
0 |
Concentration |
|
Alarm |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Armor of Agathys |
1 |
||
Cure Wounds |
1 |
||
Healing Word |
1 |
||
Mage Armor |
1 |
||
Protection from Evil and Good |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Sanctuary |
1 |
||
Shield |
1 |
||
Shield of Faith |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Aid |
2 |
||
Arcane Lock |
2 |
||
Arcane Vigor |
2 |
||
Lesser Restoration |
2 |
||
without Trace |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Prayer of Healing |
2 |
||
Protection from Poison |
2 |
||
Warding Bond |
2 |
||
Aura of Vitality |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Beacon of Hope |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Counterspell |
3 |
||
Dispel Magic |
3 |
||
Glyph of Warding |
3 |
||
Magic Circle |
3 |
||
Mass Healing Word |
3 |
||
Nondetection |
3 |
||
Protection from Energy |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Remove Curse |
3 |
||
Aura of Life |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Aura of Purity |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Banishment |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Death Ward |
4 |
||
Freedom of Movement |
4 |
||
Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum |
4 |
||
Antilife Shell |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Circle of Power |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Dispel Evil and Good |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Greater Restoration |
5 |
||
Hallow |
5 |
||
Mass Cure Wounds |
5 |
||
Planar Binding |
5 |
||
Contingency |
6 |
||
Forbiddance |
6 |
Ritual |
|
Globe of Invulnerability |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Guards and Wards |
6 |
||
Heal |
6 |
||
Symbol |
7 |
||
Antimagic Field |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Holy Aura |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Mind Blank |
8 |
||
Imprisonment |
9 |
||
Mass Heal |
9 |
||
Prismatic Wall |
9 |
7 Conjuration Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Mage Hand |
0 |
||
Produce Flame |
0 |
||
Arms of Hadar |
1 |
||
Ensnaring Strike |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Entangle |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Find Familiar |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Fog Cloud |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Goodberry |
1 |
||
Grease |
1 |
||
Hail of Thorns |
1 |
||
Ice Knife |
1 |
||
Tenser's Floating Disk |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Unseen Servant |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Cloud of Daggers |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Find Steed |
2 |
||
Flaming Sphere |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Misty Step |
2 |
||
Summon Beast |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Web |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Call Lightning |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Conjure Animals |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Conjure Barrage |
3 |
||
Create Food and Water |
3 |
||
Hunger of Hadar |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Sleet Storm |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Spirit Guardians |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Stinking Cloud |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Summon Fey |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Conjure Minor Elementals |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Conjure Woodland Beings |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Dimension Door |
4 |
||
Evard's Black Tentacles |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Giant Insect |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Grasping Vine |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Guardian of Faith |
4 |
||
Leomund's Secret Chest |
4 |
||
Mordenkainen's Faithful Hound |
4 |
||
Summon Aberration |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Summon Construct |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Summon Elemental |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Banishing Smite |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Cloudkill |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Conjure Elemental |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Conjure Volley |
5 |
||
Insect Plague |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Steel Wind Strike |
5 |
||
Summon Celestial |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Summon Dragon |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Teleportation Circle |
5 |
||
Tree Stride |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Arcane Gate |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Conjure Fey |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Drawmij's Instant Summons |
6 |
Ritual |
|
Heroes' Feast |
6 |
||
Planar Ally |
6 |
||
Summon Fiend |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Tasha's Bubbling Cauldron |
6 |
||
Transport via Plants |
6 |
||
Wall of Thorns |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Word of Recall |
6 |
||
Conjure Celestial |
7 |
Concentration |
|
Etherealness |
7 |
||
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion |
7 |
||
Plane Shift |
7 |
||
Teleport |
7 |
||
Demiplane |
8 |
||
Incendiary CLoud |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Maze |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Tsunami |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Gate |
9 |
Concentration |
|
Storm of Vengeance |
9 |
Concentration |
|
Wish |
9 |

D&D: One 2024 Player's Handbook Spell Change Finally Ends A Decade Of Debates
There's always been an answer out there, but putting it in the book for the first time could settle a lot of arguments about how to play.
6 Divination Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Guidance |
0 |
Concentration |
|
True Strike |
0 |
||
Comprehend Languages |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Detect Evil and Good |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Detect Magic |
1 |
Concentration |
Ritual |
Detect Poison and Disease |
1 |
Concentration |
Ritual |
Hunter's Mark |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Identify |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Speak with Animals |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Augury |
2 |
Ritual |
|
Beast Sense |
2 |
Concentration |
Ritual |
Detect Thoughts |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Find Traps |
2 |
||
Locate Animals or Plants |
2 |
Ritual |
|
Locate Object |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Mind Spike |
2 |
Concentration |
|
See Invisibility |
2 |
||
Clairvoyance |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Sending |
3 |
||
Tongues |
3 |
||
Arcane Eye |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Divination |
4 |
Ritual |
|
Locate Creature |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Commune |
5 |
Ritual |
|
Commune with Nature |
5 |
Ritual |
|
Other Plane |
5 |
Ritual |
|
Legend Lore |
5 |
||
Rary's Telepathic Bond |
5 |
Ritual |
|
Scrying |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Find the Path |
6 |
Concentration |
|
True Seeing |
6 |
||
Telepathy |
8 |
||
Foresight |
9 |
Hunter's mark takes on a new emphasis as a central feature of the Ranger toolkit in the 2024 Player's Handbook.
5 Enchantment Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Friends |
0 |
Concentration |
|
Mind Sliver |
0 |
||
Minor Illusion |
0 |
||
Vicious Mockery |
0 |
||
Animal Friendship |
1 |
||
Bane |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Bless |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Charm Person |
1 |
||
Command |
1 |
||
Compelled Duel |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Dissonant Whispers |
1 |
||
Heroism |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Hex |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Sleep |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Tasha's Hideous Laughter |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Animal Messenger |
2 |
Ritual |
|
Calm Emotions |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Crown of Madness |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Enthrall |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Hold Person |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Suggestion |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Zone of Truth |
2 |
||
Charm Monster |
4 |
||
Compulsion |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Confusion |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Dominate Beast |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Staggering Smite |
4 |
||
Dominate Person |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Geas |
5 |
||
Hold Monster |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Modify Memory |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Synaptic Static |
5 |
||
Yolande's Regal Presence |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Mass Suggestion |
6 |
||
Otto's Irresistible Dance |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Power Word Fortify |
7 |
||
Antipathy/Sympathy |
8 |
||
Befuddlement |
8 |
||
Dominate Monster |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Glibness |
8 |
||
Power Word Stun |
8 |
||
Power Word Heal |
9 |
||
Power Word Kill |
9 |

D&D: Every Feat In The 2024 Player's Handbook
Feats are a fun way to spice up characters in Dungeons & Dragons, and the 2024 Player's Handbook offers a lot of options across several categories.
4 Evocation Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Acid Splash |
0 |
||
Eldritch Blast |
0 |
||
Fire Bolt |
0 |
||
Light |
0 |
||
Ray of Frost |
0 |
||
Sacred Flame |
0 |
||
Shocking Grasp |
0 |
||
Sorcerous Burst |
0 |
||
Starry Wisp |
0 |
||
Thunderclap |
0 |
||
Word of Radiance |
0 |
||
Burning Hands |
1 |
||
Chromatic Orb |
1 |
||
Divine Smite |
1 |
||
Faerie Fire |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Guiding Bolt |
1 |
||
Hellish Rebuke |
1 |
||
Magic Missile |
1 |
||
Searing Smite |
1 |
||
Thunderous Smite |
1 |
||
Thunderwave |
1 |
||
Witch Bolt |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Continual Flame |
2 |
||
Darkness |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Flame Blade |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Gust of Wind |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Melf's Acid Arrow |
2 |
||
Moonbeam |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Scorching Ray |
2 |
||
Shatter |
2 |
||
Spiritual Weapon |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Blinding Smite |
3 |
||
Crusader's Mantle |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Daylight |
3 |
||
Fireball |
3 |
||
Leomund's Tiny Hut |
3 |
Ritual |
|
Lightning Bolt |
3 |
||
Wind Wall |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Fire Shield |
4 |
||
Fount of Moonlight |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Ice Storm |
4 |
||
Otiluke's Resilient Sphere |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Vitriolic Sphere |
4 |
||
Wall of Fire |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Bigby's Hand |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Cone of Cold |
5 |
||
Destructive Wave |
5 |
||
Flame Strike |
5 |
||
Jallarzi's Storm of Radiance |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Wall of Force |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Wall of Stone |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Blade Barrier |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Chain Lightning |
6 |
||
Otiluke's Freezing Sphere |
6 |
||
Sunbeam |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Wall of Ice |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Delayed Blast Fireball |
7 |
Concentration |
|
Divine Word |
7 |
||
Fire Storm |
7 |
||
Forcecage |
7 |
||
Mordenkainen's Sword |
7 |
Concentration |
|
Prismatic Spray |
7 |
||
Sunburst |
8 |
||
Meteor Swarm |
9 |
3 Illusion Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Dancing Lights |
0 |
Concentration |
|
Color Spray |
1 |
||
Disguise Self |
1 |
||
Illusory Script |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Silent Image |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Blur |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Invisibility |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Magic Mouth |
2 |
Ritual |
|
Mirror Image |
2 |
||
Nystul's Magic Aura |
2 |
||
Phantasmal Force |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Silence |
2 |
Concentration |
Ritual |
Fear |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Hypnotic Pattern |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Major Image |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Phantom Steed |
3 |
Ritual |
|
Greater Invisiblity |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Hallucinatory Terrain |
4 |
||
Phantasmal Killer |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Creation |
5 |
||
Dream |
5 |
||
Mislead |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Seeming |
5 |
||
Programmed Illusion |
6 |
||
Mirage Arcane |
7 |
||
Project Image |
7 |
Concentration |
|
Simulacrum |
7 |
||
Weird |
9 |
Concentration |

D&D: Every Class & Subclass In The 2024 Player's Handbook
The 2024 Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook has a strong lineup of classes and subclasses to choose from, even if things have shifted a bit.
2 Necromancy Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Chill Touch |
0 |
||
Poison Spray |
0 |
||
Spare the Dying |
0 |
||
Toll the Dead |
0 |
||
False Life |
1 |
||
Inflict Wounds |
1 |
||
Ray of Sickness |
1 |
||
Wrathful Smite |
1 |
||
Gentle Repose |
2 |
Ritual |
|
Ray of Enfeeblement |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Animate Dead |
3 |
||
Bestow Curse |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Feign Death |
3 |
Ritual |
|
Revivify |
3 |
||
Speak with Dead |
3 |
||
Summon Undead |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Vampiric Touch |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Blight |
4 |
||
Contagion |
5 |
||
Raise Dead |
5 |
||
Reincarnate |
5 |
||
Circle of Death |
6 |
||
Create Undead |
6 |
||
Eyebite |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Harm |
6 |
||
Magic Jar |
6 |
||
Finger of Death |
7 |
||
Resurrection |
7 |
||
Clone |
8 |
||
Astral Projection |
9 |
||
True Resurrection |
9 |
1 Transmutation Spells
Spell |
Level |
Concentration |
Ritual |
---|---|---|---|
Druidcraft |
0 |
||
Elementalism |
0 |
||
Mending |
0 |
||
Message |
0 |
||
Prestidigitation |
0 |
||
Shillelagh |
0 |
||
Thaumaturgy |
0 |
||
Thorn Whip |
0 |
||
Create or Destroy Water |
1 |
||
Divine Favor |
1 |
||
Expeditious Retreat |
1 |
Concentration |
|
Feather Fall |
1 |
||
Jump |
1 |
||
Longstrider |
1 |
||
Purify Food and Drink |
1 |
Ritual |
|
Alter Self |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Barskin |
2 |
||
Blindness/Deafness |
2 |
||
Cordon of Arrows |
2 |
||
Darkvision |
2 |
||
Dragon's Breath |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Enhance Ability |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Enlarge/Reduce |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Heat Metal |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Knock |
2 |
||
Levitate |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Magic Weapon |
2 |
||
Rope Trick |
2 |
||
Shining Smite |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Spider Climb |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Spike Growth |
2 |
Concentration |
|
Blink |
3 |
||
Elemental Weapon |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Fly |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Gaseous Form |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Haste |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Lightning Arrow |
3 |
||
Meld into Stone |
3 |
Ritual |
|
Plant Growth |
3 |
||
Slow |
3 |
Concentration |
|
Speak with Plants |
3 |
||
Water Breathing |
3 |
Ritual |
|
Water Walk |
3 |
Ritual |
|
Control Water |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Fabricate |
4 |
||
Polymorph |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Stone Shape |
4 |
||
Stoneskin |
4 |
Concentration |
|
Animate Objects |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Awaken |
5 |
||
wall |
5 |
||
Swift Quiver |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Telekinesis |
5 |
Concentration |
|
Disintegrate |
6 |
||
Flesh to Stone |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Move Earth |
6 |
Concentration |
|
Wind Walk |
6 |
||
Regenerate |
7 |
||
Reverse Gravity |
7 |
Concentration |
|
Sequester |
7 |
||
Animal Shapes |
8 |
||
Control Weather |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Earthquake |
8 |
Concentration |
|
Shapechange |
9 |
Concentration |
|
Time Stop |
9 |
||
True Polymorph |
9 |
Concentration |

- Franchise
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Original Release Date
- 1974
Dungeons and Dragons is a popular tabletop game originally invented in 1974 by Ernest Gary Gygax and David Arneson. The fantasy role-playing game brings together players for a campaign with various components, including abilities, races, character classes, monsters, and treasures. The game has drastically expanded since the '70s, with numerous updated box sets and expansions.
- Publisher
- TSR Inc., Wizards of the Coast
- Designer
- E. Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson