Spells

Fifth Edition Fantasy adds 176 cantrips and spells, from cantrips up to 6th level (104 of them new in 1.2.0, listed under New in 1.2.0 in each section). Your class, subclass, race and feats decide which ones you know. See the Classes and Races pages for those.

How casting works

You can rebind every key under Settings > Keyboard & Mouse, in the Fifth Edition Fantasy section below the vanilla keys.

• The ability hotbar (1.2.2). Slot 1 at the bottom of the screen shows the selected spell with its cooldown. Spells are listed by level and then alphabetically. You can also put any spell on its own hotbar slot: open the inventory, press Abilities and drag it onto a slot. A spell on its own slot is skipped by Next/Previous until you take it off the bar.
• Switching spells on and off. On the character sheet's Spells tab, select a spell you know and click Toggle on/off. Spells that are off show (off) after their name, are skipped when you press O and don't appear in the spell HUD. Click the button again to turn a spell back on. This only affects the O/P list, not spells cast with a race ability key.
• Cantrips are free. They never use a spell slot or Eitr. The only limit is their recast cooldown.
• Leveled spells use spell slots (new in 1.1.0). Each cast uses one slot of the spell's level or higher; a higher slot makes the spell 20% stronger per level. Your slots are shown above the ability hotbar and come back on a long rest (sleep in a bed); Warlock pact slots also come back on a short rest (sit by a fire for 60 seconds). How many slots you get depends on your class and level: see the Fifth Edition Rules page. If you have no suitable slot left, you get a message and the spell isn't cast.
• Prepared and known spells. Clerics, Druids, Paladins, Wizards and Runesmiths choose which of their class spells are prepared; Bards, Sorcerers, Rangers and Warlocks know a set number. Manage the list on the Spells tab of the Adventurer's Log (K). Since 1.2.0 casters also know a set number of class cantrips. Race, subclass, feat and class-feature spells are always ready.
• Race, subclass and feat spells can be cast once per long rest without a slot.
• Rituals. Bards, Clerics, Druids and Wizards can cast Find Familiar and Speak with Animals as a 10-second ritual that uses no slot. Hold Shift while casting to use a slot instead.
• Eitr mode. If the server sets SpellSystem = Eitr, the pre-1.1.0 rule applies instead: each leveled spell's first cast after you become Rested is free, and after that it costs Eitr (from Eitr food). A few older spells have their own costs (listed below); all the others cost 8 + 7 per spell level:

• Recast cooldowns. Every cantrip and spell has its own cooldown (listed in the tables below). The cooldown starts on every successful cast. With spell slots, leveled spells only keep a short recast delay. If you try to cast too early, a message shows how many seconds are left.
• Nothing to affect means no cost. Most targeted, area and healing spells check for a valid target first. If they find none, you get a message ("Nothing in range to target.", "Already at full health." and so on) and use no slot (or Eitr) and trigger no cooldown. Projectile spells (Fire Bolt, Fireball and the other bolts) and self-buffs always fire, and always cost, even if they miss.
• No casting while wild shaped. A Druid in Wild Shape can't cast any spell. You get the message "You can't cast spells while wild shaped."
• Scaling with level. Numbers marked * grow by 6% per character level above 1. That is x1.30 at level 6 and x1.66 at level 12. It applies to damage, healing and most durations. The numbers on this page are the level 1 values.
• Timed buffs show up as a normal status icon with a timer.
• Casting animations and effects (1.2.0): every spell plays a Valheim casting animation and uses Valheim-style effects: staff bolts, clouds for Fog Cloud, Darkness, Stinking Cloud and Cloudkill, and a dome for Tiny Hut and Globe of Invulnerability. Setting: CastAnimations in [FEFHud].
• Target indicators (1.2.0): a ring under the creature a targeted spell would hit, and a ring on the ground where an area spell will land. TargetIndicators in [FEFHud]: Combat (default: only with enemies within 30 m), Always or Off.
• Saving throws (1.2.0): spells with a save in the tables make the target roll against your spell save DC instead of an attack roll. Damaging leveled spells deal half damage on a successful save; cantrips deal a quarter (server setting CantripSaveDamage).
• Cantrips known (1.2.0): you know a set number of your class's cantrips; choose them on the Spells tab of the Adventurer's Log (K). See Fifth Edition Rules.

Damage types used on this page

• True damage is untyped damage that ignores resistances.
• Spirit damage mainly hurts undead.
• Slowed means the target moves at 40% of its normal speed for 5 s.
• Paralyzed means the target can't move and is staggered over and over.

Who learns what

A spell is known if any of these grants it, from the character level shown:

Your class's spell list. The level depends on the spell's level and your class:

Your race. The level is listed with each spell below.

Your subclass. The level is listed with each spell. A subclass spell is never available before the subclass itself unlocks.

A feat. Feat spells are available from level 1:

• Magic Initiate grants Fire Bolt, Blade Guard and Magic Missile.
• Shadow-Blessed grants Invisibility and Hex.
• Fey-Blessed grants Misty Step.
• Far Caster grants Eldritch Blast.

A few racial spells are cast with a race ability key and don't appear in the O/P list:

If your class also grants one of these spells, it shows up in your O/P list as well.

The character sheet's Spells tab lists every spell. Your known spells are shown in green. Click a spell to see its full description and cooldown, whether you know it, and if not, what level and source would unlock it.

Cantrips

Cantrips use no slot and no Eitr.

• Acid Splash: a projectile (about 28 m) that deals 12* poison to the creature it hits and to every other enemy within 2.5 m of it.
• Blade Guard: halves all incoming damage for 10 s*.
• Chill Touch: a ghostly-hand projectile (about 31 m) that deals 16* true + 6* spirit damage.
• Dancing Lights: a glowing wisp orbits you for 60 s and lights the area around you.
• Druidcraft: works on everything within 10 m of you. Every fire lights (with one log's worth of fuel); cast it again within 20 seconds to put them all out (1.2.8). Picked plants become harvestable again. You're also told the current weather.
• Eldritch Blast: a projectile (about 27 m) that deals 20* blunt damage, with a heavy knockback and stagger.
• Fire Bolt: a projectile (about 33 m) that deals 20* fire damage.
• Rime Touch: hits the creature you're aiming at, up to 18 m away, for 14* frost damage, and slows it. If nothing is there, it costs nothing.
• Mending: fully repairs every item you have equipped. If nothing needs repairing, it costs nothing.
• Minor Illusion: a toggle. Cast once for a cosmetic glow on yourself, and again to turn it off. It has no gameplay effect.
• Shape Soil: raises a small mound (1.75 m radius, about 1 m high) where you're looking, up to 6 m away. Hold Block (right mouse / LB) while casting to dig a pit instead; this works while flying. Crouching also digs. It doesn't work inside a ward's area.
• Poison Spray: a short projectile (about 10 m) that deals 10* poison damage and applies the Poisoned status.
• Prestidigitation: a toggle. Cast once for a cosmetic glow on yourself, and again to turn it off. It has no gameplay effect.
• Produce Flame: a projectile (about 31 m) that deals 18* fire damage.
• Ray of Frost: a projectile (about 27 m) that deals 15* frost damage and slows the target.
• Sacred Flame: radiant flame hits the creature you're aiming at, up to 20 m away, for 10* fire + 5* true + 6* spirit damage.
• Shillelagh: for 60 s*, your weapon hits deal +10* blunt damage.
• Shocking Grasp: touch range (3.5 m). Deals 24* lightning damage, with a small shove and a stagger.
• Bramble Lash: a projectile (about 23 m) that deals 12* pierce damage and yanks the target toward you.
• Death Knell: hits the creature you're aiming at, up to 18 m away. It deals 16* true damage, or 24* if the target is already wounded, plus spirit damage equal to 40% of that.
• Radiant Burst: every enemy within 5 m of you takes 14* fire damage.
• Wild Claws (the SRD stand-in for Primal Savagery): your hands become claws and rake every enemy in a short cone in front of you (3.5 m) for 18* poison + 8* slash damage, with a shove and a stagger.

New in 1.2.0

Damage and healing from these spells scale with your level.

1st-level spells

• Bless: for 60 s*, you and every player within 12 m of you deal +15% damage with all hits.
• Burning Hands: a 7 m cone of flame in front of you. Everything in it takes 26* fire damage.
• Charm Person: the creature you're aiming at, up to 15 m away, becomes friendly to players for 60 s*.
• Cure Wounds: heals the player you're facing within 6 m, or yourself if no one is there, for 30* HP. If the target is already at full health, it costs nothing.
• Expeditious Retreat: for 20 s*, you get +40% move speed and all your stamina costs are 30% lower.
• Faerie Fire: outlines every creature within 15 m in front of you (up to 45 degrees to either side) in light for 30 s. Every damage resistance they have drops by one tier, so they take more damage. Outlined creatures can't hide. If nothing is in front of you, it costs nothing.
• Feather Fall: you take no fall damage for 60 s*.
• Goodberry: gives you 4 Goodberries. This amount doesn't scale with level. Eating one heals 20 HP and doesn't use a food slot. The effect has a 10 s cooldown before another one helps. They stack to 10.
• Guiding Bolt: a projectile (about 44 m) that deals 16* fire + 16* spirit damage and outlines the target in light.
• Healing Word: heals the player you're facing within 20 m, or yourself, for 18* HP. If the target is already at full health, it costs nothing.
• Hex: curses the creature you're aiming at, up to 20 m away, for 60 s*. All your hits against it deal +20% damage.
• Ice Knife: a projectile (about 38 m) that deals 16* pierce damage, then bursts for 12* frost damage to every enemy within 3 m of the target.
• Jump: for 60 s*, your jumps go about three times as high and much farther. A boosted jump causes no fall damage, and your stamina costs are 20% lower.
• Longstrider: +10% move speed for 10 minutes*.
• Mage Armor: all incoming damage is reduced by 25% for 5 minutes*.
• Magic Missile: 3 darts of force, rising to 4 at level 5 and 5 at level 9. The darts are aimed at up to 3 enemies within 25 m in front of you, spread across them, and each deals 9* true damage. If no enemy is found, it costs nothing.
• Shield: all incoming damage is reduced by 70% for 8 s. School of Warding wizards get 16 s. Shield replaces Blur while both are active; it doesn't stack with it.
• Speak with Animals: every non-player creature within 12 m becomes friendly to players for 20 s*.
• Thunder Strike: your next weapon hit within 30 s deals +20* blunt damage and hurls the target back with a heavy stagger.
• Thunderwave: every enemy within 5 m of you takes 22* blunt damage and is knocked back hard.

New in 1.2.0

Damage and healing from these spells scale with your level.

2nd-level spells

• Aid: for 10 minutes, you and every player within 15 m of you get +20 max health. It also heals you for 20 HP when you cast it.
• Blur: all incoming damage is reduced by 35% for 30 s*.
• Enlarge/Reduce: P makes you larger (1.35x size) and Shift+P makes you smaller (0.55x size). The change lasts until you cast the spell again, which returns you to normal size for free. For a Fairy, carry weight becomes 1.2x normal while enlarged and 0.5x while reduced (a Fairy's usual carry weight is 0.75x). It doesn't affect flight.
• Hold Person: paralyzes the creature you're aiming at, up to 18 m away, for 6 s*. It doesn't work on bosses. Trying it on one costs nothing.
• Invisibility: for 60 s*, you turn invisible and monsters ignore you. It breaks the moment you damage anything.
• Lesser Restoration: removes afflictions from the player you're facing within 6 m, or from yourself: poison, burning, frost, wet, smoked, tarred, spirit and lightning effects, plus this mod's slow and paralysis. If there's nothing to cure, it costs nothing.
• Misty Step: you teleport 8 m* in the direction you're looking, stopping just short of walls and other obstacles.
• Moonbeam: a 3 m beam of moonlight appears where you're looking, up to 18 m away, for 10 s*. Every second, each enemy inside takes 7* true + 4* spirit damage.
• Pass without Trace: for 60 s* creatures notice you from 30% closer.
• Scorching Ray: fires 3 fire rays in a slight spread, about 43 m each. Each ray deals 16* fire damage.
• Shatter: a thunderous burst where you're looking, up to 20 m away. Every enemy within 4 m of it takes 32* blunt damage and is staggered.
• Spiritual Weapon: for 30 s*, a spectral weapon strikes the nearest enemy within 10 m of you every 2 s, for 10* true + 5* spirit damage.

New in 1.2.0

Damage and healing from these spells scale with your level.

3rd-level spells

• Call Lightning: for 30 s*, lightning strikes the nearest enemy within 20 m of you every 3 s, for 30* lightning damage.
• Fireball: a projectile (about 54 m). When it hits a creature, it deals 10 fire damage and explodes. Every enemy within 6 m of the explosion takes 45* fire damage.
• Fly: for 60 s*, you can fly with the flight key (F). Heavy armor still keeps you on the ground.
• Haste: for 30 s*, you get +50% move speed and all your stamina costs are 30% lower.
• Lightning Bolt: a 30 m line of lightning in front of you. Everything in it takes 45* lightning damage.
• Mass Healing Word: you and every player within 20 m heal 25* HP. If no one nearby is hurt, it costs nothing.
• Spirit Guardians: for 30 s*, every 2 s, each enemy within 5 m of you takes 8* true + 5* spirit damage and is slowed.

New in 1.2.0

Damage and healing from these spells scale with your level.

4th-level spells

• Greater Invisibility: works like Invisibility, but lasts 30 s* and doesn't break when you attack.
• Ice Storm: hail pounds a 6 m area where you're looking, up to 25 m away. Every enemy in it takes 20* blunt + 30* frost damage and is slowed.
• Stoneskin: for 60 s*, the blunt, slash and pierce damage you take is halved.

New in 1.2.0

Damage and healing from these spells scale with your level.

5th-level spells

• Cone of Cold: a 12 m cone of freezing air in front of you. Everything in it takes 55* frost damage and is slowed.
• Flame Strike: a column of divine fire where you're looking, up to 25 m away. Every enemy within 4 m of it takes 30* fire + 30* spirit damage and is staggered.
• Mass Cure Wounds: you and every player within 15 m heal 45* HP. If no one nearby is hurt, it costs nothing.

New in 1.2.0

Damage and healing from these spells scale with your level.

6th-level spells

• Chain Lightning: lightning strikes the creature you're aiming at, up to 30 m away, then arcs to up to 3 more enemies within 12 m of it. Each one takes 45* lightning damage.
• Heal: heals the player you're facing within 10 m, or yourself, for 100* HP, and removes poison, burning, frost, wet, smoked, tarred, spirit and lightning effects. If the target is at full health with nothing to cure, it costs nothing.
• Sunbeam: a 30 m beam of sunlight in front of you. Everything in it takes 50* fire damage and is slowed.

New in 1.2.0

Damage and healing from these spells scale with your level.

Things that change spells

• Concentration (since 1.0.7): Bless, Hex, Moonbeam, Spirit Guardians, Call Lightning, Fly, Haste, Blur, Greater Invisibility and Stoneskin need concentration, and so do the new spells whose description says so. Only one can be active at a time. Since 1.2.0 taking damage calls for a Constitution saving throw to keep it (Battle Mage helps).

• Conditions (since 1.0.7, the full 5e list since 1.2.0): Thunderwave, Shatter and Thunder Strike knock enemies Prone on a failed save, Hold Person Paralyzes (attacks against a paralyzed target are critical hits), and many new spells blind, charm, frighten or restrain. See Fifth Edition Rules.

• Dice (since 1.0.7): every hit rolls a d20 behind the scenes. A natural 20 doubles the damage, a natural 1 halves it.

• Produce Flame (since 1.0.7): the first cast holds a flame in your hand that lights the area like a torch for up to 10 minutes. Cast again to throw it.

• Spell scrolls (since 1.0.7): anyone can read a scroll to cast its spell once, with no slot, no Eitr and no class needed. There are 38 since 1.2.0. See the Adventuring and Monsters & Magic Items pages.

• Summoning (1.2.0): Conjure Animals (beasts of CR 2 or lower: eight of CR 1/4, four of CR 1/2, two of CR 1 or one of CR 2; a 5th or 6th-level slot doubles them), Conjure Minor Elementals, Conjure Elemental (one CR 5 elemental that turns hostile for 2 minutes if your concentration breaks) and Planar Binding (bind an elemental, fey, fiend or celestial for a day on a failed CHA save). You pick the creatures from a menu. Summons follow you, fight for you and drop nothing.

• Feats (see the Feats page):

  • Battle Mage: spells cost 20% less Eitr, and you take 15% less damage for 3 s after casting a leveled spell.
  • Far Caster: +20% damage from spells and other magic.
  • Element-Bound: +25% fire, frost and lightning spell damage.
  • Spellshaper: cantrip cooldowns are 30% shorter.
  • Fey-Blessed, Magic Initiate and Shadow-Blessed: grant extra spells.

• Subclasses: School of Evocation and Siegesmith spells deal +25% damage. Draconic Bloodline sorcerers deal +25% fire damage from level 6. School of Warding doubles Shield's duration. Circle of the Land spells cost 30% less Eitr. Chaos Sorcery sorcerers can trigger a random surge when they cast a leveled spell.