Bard Spell List
This bard spell list includes optional spells available from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. For the bard spell list without optional spells, see Core Bard Spell List
R - Ritual Spell
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Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Blade Ward
Abjuration
1 Action
Self
1 round
V, S
Dancing Lights
Evocation
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Friends
Enchantment
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 1 minute
S, M
Light
Evocation
1 Action
Touch
1 hour
V, M
Mage Hand
Conjuration
1 Action
30 feet
1 minute
V, S
Mending
Transmutation
1 Minute
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Message
Transmutation
1 Action
120 feet
1 round
V, S, M
Minor Illusion
Illusion
1 Action
30 feet
1 minute
S, M
Prestidigitation
Transmutation
1 Action
10 feet
Up to 1 hour
V, S
Thunderclap
Evocation
1 Action
Self (5-foot radius)
Instantaneous
S
True Strike
Divination
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration up to 1 round
S
Vicious Mockery
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Animal Friendship
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
24 hours
V, S, M
Bane
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Charm Person
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
1 hour
V, S
Color Spray
Illusion
1 Action
Self (15-foot cone)
1 round
V, S, M
Command
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
1 round
V
Comprehend Languages
Divination
1 Action R
Self
1 hour
V, S, M
Cure Wounds
Evocation
1 Action
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S
Detect Magic
Divination
1 Action R
Self
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V, S
Disguise Self
Illusion
1 Action
Self
1 hour
V, S
Dissonant Whispers
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V
Distort Value
Illusion
1 Minute
Touch
8 hours
V
Earth Tremor
Evocation
1 Action
Self (10-foot radius)
Instantaneous
V, S
Faerie Fire
Evocation
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V
Feather Fall
Transmutation
1 Reaction
60 feet
1 minute
V, M
Guiding Hand (UA)
Divination
1 Minute R
5 feet
Concentration, up to 8 hours
V, S
Healing Word
Evocation
1 Bonus Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V
Heroism
Enchantment
1 Action
Touch
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Identify
Divination
1 Minute R
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Illusory Script
Illusion
1 Minute R
Touch
10 days
S, M
Longstrider
Transmutation
1 Action
Touch
1 hour
V, S, M
Puppet (UA)
Enchantment
1 Action
120 feet
Instantaneous
V
Sense Emotion (UA)
Divination
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Silent Image
Illusion
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V, S, M
Silvery Barbs
Enchantment
1 Reaction
60 feet
Instantaneous
V
Sleep
Enchantment
1 Action
90 feet
1 minute
V, S, M
Speak with Animals
Divination
1 Action R
Self
10 minutes
V, S
Sudden Awakening (UA)
Enchantment
1 Bonus Action
10 feet
Instantaneous
V
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Thunderwave
Evocation
1 Action
Self (15-foot cube)
Instantaneous
V, S
Unearthly Chorus (UA)
Illusion
1 Action
Self (30-foot radius)
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V
Unseen Servant
Conjuration
1 Action R
60 feet
1 hour
V, S, M
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Aid
Abjuration
1 Action
30 Feet
8 hours
V, S, M
Animal Messenger
Enchantment
1 Action R
30 Feet
24 hours
V, S, M
Blindness/Deafness
Necromancy
1 Action
30 Feet
1 minute
V
Borrowed Knowledge
Divination
1 Action
Self
1 hour
V, S, M
Calm Emotions
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Cloud of Daggers
Conjuration
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Crown of Madness
Enchantment
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Detect Thoughts
Divination
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Enhance Ability
Transmutation
1 Action
Touch
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S, M
Enlarge/Reduce
Transmutation
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Enthrall
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
1 minute
V, S
Gift of Gab
Enchantment
Reaction
Self
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Heat Metal
Transmutation
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Hold Person
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Invisibility
Illusion
1 Action
Touch
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S, M
Kinetic Jaunt
Transmutation
1 Bonus Action
Self
Concentration, up to 1 minute
S
Knock
Transmutation
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V
Lesser Restoration
Abjuration
1 Action
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S
Locate Animals or Plants
Divination
1 Action R
Self
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Locate Object
Divination
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V, S, M
Magic Mouth
Illusion
1 Minute R
30 feet
Until dispelled
V, S, M
Mirror Image
Illusion
1 Action
Self
1 minute
V, S
Nathair's Mischief
Illusion
1 Action
60ft
Concentration, up to 1 minute
S, M
Nathair's Mischief (UA)
Illusion
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
S, M
Phantasmal Force
Illusion
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Pyrotechnics
Transmutation
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V, S
See Invisibility
Divination
1 Action
Self
1 hour
V, S, M
Shatter
Evocation
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Silence
Illusion
1 Action R
120 feet
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V, S
Skywrite
Transmutation
1 Action R
Sight
Concentration, up to 1 day
V, S
Spray Of Cards
Conjuration
1 Action
Self (15-foot cone)
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Spray of Cards (UA)
Conjuration
1 Action
15-foot cone
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Suggestion
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 8 hours
V, M
Warding Wind
Evocation
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V
Zone of Truth
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
10 minutes
V, S
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Antagonize
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Antagonize (UA)
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Bestow Curse
Necromancy
1 Action
Touch
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Catnap
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
10 minutes
S, M
Clairvoyance
Divination
10 Minutes
1 mile
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V, S, M
Dispel Magic
Abjuration
1 Action
120 feet
Instantaneous
V, S
Enemies Abound
Enchantment
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Fast Friends
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V
Fear
Illusion
1 Action
Self (30-foot cone)
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Feign Death
Necromancy
1 Action R
Touch
1 hour
V, S, M
Glyph of Warding
Abjuration
1 Hour
Touch
Until dispelled or triggered
V, S, M
House of Cards (UA)
Conjuration
1 Minute
Touch
24 hours
V, S, M
Hypnotic Pattern
Illusion
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
S, M
Intellect Fortress
Abjuration
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V
Leomund's Tiny Hut
Evocation
1 Minute R
Self (10-foot radius hemisphere)
8 hours
V, S, M
Major Image
Illusion
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V, S, M
Mass Healing Word
Evocation
1 Bonus Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V
Motivational Speech
Enchantment
1 hour
60 feet
1 hour
V
Nondetection
Abjuration
1 Action
Touch
8 hours
V, S, M
Plant Growth
Transmutation
1 Action or 8 Hours
150 feet
Instantaneous
V, S
Sending
Evocation
1 Action
Unlimited
1 round
V, S, M
Slow
Transmutation
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Speak with Dead
Necromancy
1 Action
10 feet
10 minutes
V, S, M
Speak with Plants
Transmutation
1 Action
Self (30-foot radius)
10 minutes
V, S
Stinking Cloud
Conjuration
1 Action
90 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Tongues
Divination
1 Action
Touch
1 hour
V, M
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Charm Monster
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
1 hour
V, S
Compulsion
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Confusion
Enchantment
1 Action
90 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Dimension Door
Conjuration
1 Action
500 feet
Instantaneous
V
Ego Whip (UA)
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V
Freedom of Movement
Abjuration
1 Action
Touch
1 hour
V, S, M
Greater Invisibility
Illusion
1 Action
Touch
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Hallucinatory Terrain
Illusion
10 Minutes
300 feet
24 hours
V, S, M
Locate Creature
Divination
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S, M
Phantasmal Killer
Illusion
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Polymorph
Transmutation
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S, M
Raulothim's Psychic Lance
Enchantment
1 Action
120 feet
Instantaneous
V
Raulothim's Psychic Lance (UA)
Enchantment
1 Action
120 feet
Instantaneous
V
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Animate Objects
Transmutation
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Awaken
Transmutation
8 Hours
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Dominate Person
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Dream
Illusion
1 Minute
Special
8 hours
V, S, M
Geas
Enchantment
1 Minute
60 feet
30 days
V
Greater Restoration
Abjuration
1 Action
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Hold Monster
Enchantment
1 Action
90 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Legend Lore
Divination
10 Minutes
Self
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Mass Cure Wounds
Evocation
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V, S
Mislead
Illusion
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 1 hour
S
Modify Memory
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Planar Binding
Abjuration
1 Hour
60 feet
24 hours
V, S, M
Raise Dead
Necromancy
1 Action
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Rary's Telepathic Bond
Divination
1 Action R
30 feet
1 hour
V, S, M
Scrying
Divination
10 Minutes
Self
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
V, S, M
Seeming
Illusion
1 Action
30 feet
8 hours
V, S
Skill Empowerment
Transmutation
1 Action
Touch
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S
Synaptic Static
Enchantment
1 Action
120 feet
Instantaneous
V, S
Teleportation Circle
Conjuration
1 Minute
10 feet
1 round
V, M
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Eyebite
Necromancy
1 Action
Self
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S
Find the Path
Divination
1 Minute
Self
Concentration, up to 1 day
V, S, M
Guards and Wards
Abjuration
10 Minutes
Touch
24 hours
V, S, M
Heroes' Feast
Conjuration
10 Minutes
30 feet
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Mass Suggestion
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
24 hours
V, M
Otto's Irresistible Dance
Enchantment
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V
Programmed Illusion
Illusion
1 Action
120 feet
Until dispelled
V, S, M
True Seeing
Divination
1 Action
Touch
1 hour
V, S, M
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Dream of the Blue Veil
Conjuration
10 minutes
20 feet
6 hours
V, S, M
Etherealness
Transmutation
1 Action
Self
Up to 8 hours
V, S
Forcecage
Evocation
1 Action
100 feet
1 hour
V, S, M
Mirage Arcane
Illusion
10 Minutes
Sight
10 days
V, S
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion
Conjuration
1 Minute
300 feet
24 hours
V, S, M
Mordenkainen's Sword
Evocation
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 minute
V, S, M
Prismatic Spray
Evocation
1 Action
Self (60-foot cone)
Instantaneous
V, S
Project Image
Illusion
1 Action
500 Miles
Concentration, up to 1 day
V, S, M
Regenerate
Transmutation
1 Minute
Touch
1 hour
V, S, M
Resurrection
Necromancy
1 Hour
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Symbol
Abjuration
1 Minute
Touch
Until dispelled or triggered
V, S, M
Teleport
Conjuration
1 Action
10 feet
Instantaneous
V
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Antipathy/Sympathy
Enchantment
1 Hour
60 feet
10 Days
V, S, M
Dominate Monster
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S
Feeblemind
Enchantment
1 Action
150 feet
Instantaneous
V, S, M
Glibness
Transmutation
1 Action
Self
1 hour
V
Mind Blank
Abjuration
1 Action
Touch
24 hours
V, S
Power Word: Stun
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V, S
Spell Name
School
Casting Time
Range
Duration
Components
Foresight
Divination
1 Minute
Touch
8 hours
V, S, M
Mass Polymorph
Transmutation
1 Action
120 feet
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S, M
Power Word: Heal
Evocation
1 Action
Touch
Instantaneous
V, S
Power Word: Kill
Enchantment
1 Action
60 feet
Instantaneous
V
Prismatic Wall
Abjuration
1 Action
60 feet
10 minutes
V, S
Psychic Scream
Enchantment
1 Action
90 feet
Instantaneous
S
True Polymorph
Transmutation
1 Action
30 feet
Concentration, up to 1 hour
V, S, M