Bard Spell List

Key

C - Concentration
R - Ritual Spell
(C) - Expensive Component
(C*) - Expensive Component Consumed

Cantrips

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Blade Ward Abjuration Action Self V, S C, up to 1 minute
Dancing Lights Illusion Action 120 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Friends Enchantment Action 10 feet S, M C, up to 1 minute
Light Evocation Action Touch V, M 1 hour
Mage Hand Conjuration Action 30 feet V, S 1 minute
Mending Transmutation 1 minute Touch V, S, M Instantaneous
Message Transmutation Action 120 feet S, M 1 round
Minor Illusion Illusion Action 30 feet S, M 1 minute
Prestidigitation Transmutation Action 10 feet V, S Up to 1 hour
Starry Wisp Evocation Action 60 feet V, S Instantaneous
Thunderclap Evocation Action Self S Instantaneous
True Strike Divination Action Self S, M Instantaneous
Vicious Mockery Enchantment Action 60 feet V Instantaneous

1st Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Animal Friendship Enchantment Action 30 feet V, S, M 24 hours
Bane Enchantment Action 30 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Charm Person Enchantment Action 30 feet V, S 1 hour
Color Spray Illusion Action Self V, S, M Instantaneous
Command Enchantment Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Comprehend Languages Divination Action or R Self V, S, M 1 hour
Cure Wounds Abjuration Action Touch V, S Instantaneous
Detect Magic Divination Action or R Self V, S C, up to 10 minutes
Disguise Self Illusion Action Self V, S 1 hour
Dissonant Whispers Enchantment Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Faerie Fire Evocation Action 60 feet V C, up to 1 minute
Feather Fall Transmutation Reaction(*) 60 feet V, M 1 minute
Healing Word Abjuration Bonus Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Heroism Enchantment Action Touch V, S C, up to 1 minute
Identify Divination 1 minute or R Touch V, S, M(C) Instantaneous
Illusory Script Illusion 1 minute or R Touch S, M(C*) 10 days
Longstrider Transmutation Action Touch V, S, M 1 hour
Silent Image Illusion Action 60 feet V, S, M C, up to 10 minutes
Sleep Enchantment Action 60 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Speak with Animals Divination Action or R Self V, S 10 minutes
Tasha's Hideous Laughter Enchantment Action 30 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Thunderwave Evocation Action Self V, S Instantaneous
Unseen Servant Conjuration Action or R 60 feet V, S, M 1 hour

2nd Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Aid Abjuration Action 30 feet V, S, M 8 hours
Animal Messenger Enchantment Action or R 30 feet V, S, M 24 Hours
Blindness/Deafness Transmutation Action 120 feet V 1 minute
Calm Emotions Enchantment Action 60 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Cloud Of Daggers Conjuration Action 60 feet V, S, M(C) C, up to 1 minute
Crown Of Madness Enchantment Action 120 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Detect Thoughts Divination Action Self V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Enhance Ability Transmutation Action Touch V, S, M C, up to 1 hour
Enlarge/Reduce Transmutation Action 30 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Enthrall Enchantment Action 60 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Heat Metal Transmutation Action 60 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Hold Person Enchantment Action 60 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Invisibility Illusion Action Touch V, S, M C, up to 1 hour
Knock Transmutation Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Lesser Restoration Abjuration Bonus Action Touch V, S Instantaneous
Locate Animals or Plants Divination Action or R Self V, S, M Instantaneous
Locate Object Divination Action Self V, S, M C, up to 10 minutes
Magic Mouth Illusion 1 minute or R 30 feet V, S, M(C*) Until dispelled
Mirror Image Illusion Action Self V, S 1 minute
Phantasmal Force Illusion Action 60 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
See Invisibility Divination Action Self V, S, M 1 hour
Shatter Evocation Action 60 feet V, S, M Instantaneous
Silence Illusion Action or R 120 feet V, S C, up to 10 minutes
Suggestion Enchantment Action 30 feet V, M C, up to 8 hours
Zone of Truth Enchantment Action 60 feet V, S 10 minutes

3rd Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Bestow Curse Necromancy Action Touch V, S C, up to 1 minute
Clairvoyance Divination 10 minutes 1 mile V, S, M(C) C, up to 10 minutes
Dispel Magic Abjuration Action 120 feet V, S Instantaneous
Fear Illusion Action Self V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Feign Death Necromancy Action or R Touch V, S, M 1 hour
Glyph of Warding Abjuration 1 hour Touch V, S, M(C*) Until dispelled or triggered
Hypnotic Pattern Illusion Action 120 feet S, M C, up to 1 minute
Leomund's Tiny Hut Evocation 1 minute or R Self V, S, M 8 hours
Major Image Illusion Action 120 feet V, S, M C, up to 10 minutes
Mass Healing Word Abjuration Bonus Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Nondetection Abjuration Action Touch V, S, M(C*) 8 hours
Plant Growth Transmutation Action (Overgrowth) or 8 hours (Enrichment) 150 feet V, S Instantaneous
Sending Divination Action Unlimited V, S, M Instantaneous
Slow Transmutation Action 120 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Speak with Dead Necromancy Action 10 feet V, S, M 10 minutes
Speak with Plants Transmutation Action Self V, S 10 minutes
Stinking Cloud Conjuration Action 90 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Tongues Divination Action Touch V, M 1 hour

4th Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Charm Monster Enchantment Action 30 feet V, S 1 hour
Compulsion Enchantment Action 30 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Confusion Enchantment Action 90 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Dimension Door Conjuration Action 500 feet V Instantaneous
Fount of Moonlight Evocation Action Self V, S C, up to 10 minutes
Freedom of Movement Abjuration Action Touch V, S, M 1 hour
Greater Invisibility Illusion Action Touch V, S C, up to 1 minute
Hallucinatory Terrain Illusion 10 minutes 300 feet V, S, M 24 hours
Locate Creature Divination Action Self V, S, M C, up to 1 hour
Phantasmal Killer Illusion Action 120 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Polymorph Transmutation Action 60 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 hour

5th Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Animate Objects Transmutation Action 120 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Awaken Transmutation 8 Hours Touch V, S, M(C*) Instantaneous
Dominate Person Enchantment Action 60 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Dream Illusion 1 minute Special V, S, M 8 hours
Geas Enchantment 1 minute 60 feet V 30 days
Greater Restoration Abjuration Action Touch V, S, M(C*) Instantaneous
Hold Monster Enchantment Action 90 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 minute
Legend Lore Divination 10 minutes Self V, S, M(C*) Instantaneous
Mass Cure Wounds Abjuration Action 60 feet V, S Instantaneous
Mislead Illusion Action Self S C, up to 1 hour
Modify Memory Enchantment Action 30 feet V, S C, up to 1 minute
Planar Binding Abjuration 1 hour 60 feet V, S, M(C*) 24 hours
Raise Dead Necromancy 1 hour Touch V, S, M(C*) Instantaneous
Rary's Telepathic Bond Divination Action or R 30 feet V, S, M 1 hour
Scrying Divination 10 minutes Self V, S, M C, up to 10 minutes
Seeming Illusion Action 30 feet V, S 8 hours
Synaptic Static Enchantment Action 120 feet V, S Instantaneous
Teleportation Circle Conjuration 1 minute 10 feet V, M (C*) 1 round
Yolande's Regal Presence Enchantment Action Self V, S, M C, up to 1 minute

6th Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Eyebite Necromancy Action Self V, S C, up to 1 minute
Find the Path Divination 1 minute Self V, S, M(C*) C, up to 1 day
Guards and Wards Abjuration 1 hour Touch V, S, M 24 hours
Heroes' Feast Conjuration 10 minutes Self V, S, M(C*) Instantaneous
Mass Suggestion Enchantment Action 60 feet V, M 24 hours
Otto's Irresistible Dance Enchantment Action 30 feet V C, up to 1 minute
Programmed Illusion Illusion Action 120 feet V, S, M Until dispelled
True Seeing Divination Action Touch V, S, M(C*) 1 hour

7th Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Etherealness Conjuration Action Self V, S Up to 8 hours
Forcecage Evocation Action 100 feet V, S, M(C*) C, up to 1 hour
Mirage Arcane Illusion 10 minutes Sight V, S 10 days
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion Conjuration 1 minute 300 feet V, S, M 24 hours
Mordenkainen's Sword Evocation Action 90 feet V, S, M(C) C, up to 1 minute
Power Word Fortify Enchantment Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Prismatic Spray Evocation Action Self V, S Instantaneous
Project Image Illusion Action 500 miles V, S, M C, up to 1 day
Regenerate Transmutation 1 minute Touch V, S, M 1 hour
Resurrection Necromancy 1 hour Touch V, S, M(C*) Instantaneous
Symbol Abjuration 1 minute Touch V, S, M(C*) Until dispelled or triggered
Teleport Conjuration Action 10 feet V Instantaneous

8th Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Antipathy/Sympathy Enchantment 1 hour 60 feet V, S, M 10 days
Befuddlement Enchantment Action 150 feet V, S, M Instantanous
Dominate Monster Enchantment Action 60 feet V, S C, up to 1 hour
Glibness Enchantment Action Self V 1 hour
Mind Blank Abjuration Action Touch V, S 24 hours
Power Word Stun Enchantment Action 60 feet V Instantaneous

9th Level

Name School Casting Time Range Components Duration
Foresight Divination 1 minute Touch V, S, M 8 hours
Power Word Heal Enchantment Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Power Word Kill Enchantment Action 60 feet V Instantaneous
Prismatic Wall Abjuration Action 60 feet V, S 10 minutes
True Polymorph Transmutation Action 30 feet V, S, M C, up to 1 hour