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Dungeons & Dragons 5e Spells
There are 9 classes in Dungeons & Dragons that can cast spells: Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock and Wizard. Other classes may also have access to certain spells under certain conditions. Spells can be filtered by:
Information about spells was collected in the following books:
Acquisition's Incorporated / Elemental Evil Player's Companion / Explorer's Guide to Wildemount / Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica / Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden / Lost Laboratory of Kwalish / Players Handbook / Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide / Tasha's Cauldron of Everything / Xanathars Guide To Everything
All spells that do damage in D&D 5th Edition
The next list shows all spells that do damage, and the damage done by each one.
L | Spell Name | Spell Save | Damage | Damage Type | Damage Increases at Higher Level | Upcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Acid Splash | Dexterity | 1d6 | Acid | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Booming Blade | ✗ | 1d8 | Thunder | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Chill Touch | ✗ | 1d8 | Necrotic | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Create Bonfire | Dexterity | 1d8 | Fire | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Eldritch Blast | ✗ | 1d10 | Force | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Fire Bolt | ✗ | 1d10 | Fire | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Frostbite | Constitution | 1d6 | Cold | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Green-Flame Blade | ✗ | 1d8 | Fire | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Infestation | Constitution | 1d6 | Poison | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Lightning Lure | Strength | 1d8 | Lightning | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Magic Stone | ✗ | 1d6+SAM | Bludgeoning | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Mind Sliver | Intelligence | 1d6 | Psychic | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Poison Spray | Constitution | 1d12 | Poison | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Primal Savagery | ✗ | 1d10 | Acid | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Produce Flame | ✗ | 1d8 | Fire | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Ray of Frost | ✗ | 1d8 | Cold | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Sacred Flame | Dexterity | 1d8 | Radiant | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Sapping Sting | Constitution | 1d4 | Necrotic | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Shillelagh | ✗ | 1d8+SAM | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 0 | Shocking Grasp | ✗ | 1d8 | Lightning | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Sword Burst | Dexterity | 1d6 | Force | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Thorn Whip | ✗ | 1d6 | Piercing | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Thunderclap | Constitution | 1d6 | Thunder | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Toll the Dead | Wisdom | 1d8 / 1d12 | Necrotic | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Vicious Mockery | Wisdom | 1d4 | Psychic | ✓ | ✗ |
| 0 | Word of Radiance | Constitution | 1d6 | Radiant | ✓ | ✗ |
| 1 | Absorb Elements | ✗ | 1d6 | Variable | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Armor of Agathys | ✗ | 5 | Cold | ✗ | Amount/Amount |
| 1 | Arms of Hadar | Strength | 2d6 | Necrotic | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Burning Hands | Dexterity | 3d6 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Catapult | Dexterity | 3d8 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | Other |
| 1 | Chaos Bolt | ✗ | 2d8+1d6 | Variable | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Chromatic Orb | ✗ | 3d8 | Variable | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Dissonant Whispers | Wisdom | 3d6 | Psychic | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Divine Favor | Charisma | 1d4 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 1 | Earth Tremor | Dexterity | 1d6 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Ensnaring Strike | Strength | 1d6 | Piercing | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Frost Fingers | Constitution | 2d8 | Cold | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Guiding Bolt | ✗ | 4d6 | Radiant | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Hail of Thorns | Dexterity | 1d10 | Piercing | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Hellish Rebuke | Dexterity | 3d10 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Hex | ✗ | 1d6 | Necrotic | ✗ | Duration |
| 1 | Hunter's Mark | ✗ | 1d6 | Variable | ✗ | Duration |
| 1 | Ice Knife | Dexterity | 1d10 / 2d6 | Cold, Piercing | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Inflict Wounds | ✗ | 3d10 | Necrotic | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Jim's Magic Missile | ✗ | 2d4 | Force | ✗ | Number |
| 1 | Magic Missile | ✗ | 1d4+1 (x3) | Force | ✗ | Number |
| 1 | Magnify Gravity | Constitution | 2d8 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 1 | Ray of Sickness | Constitution | 2d8 | Poison | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Searing Smite | Constitution | 1d6 / 1d6 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Tasha's Caustic Brew | Dexterity | 2d4 | Acid | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Thunderous Smite | Strength | 2d6 | Thunder | ✗ | ✗ |
| 1 | Thunderwave | Constitution | 2d8 | Thunder | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Witch Bolt | ✗ | 1d12 | Lightning | ✗ | Dice |
| 1 | Wrathful Smite | Wisdom | 1d6 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 1 | Zephyr Strike | ✗ | 1d8 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 2 | Aganazzar's Scorcher | Dexterity | 3d8 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Branding Smite | ✗ | 2d6 | Radiant | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Cloud of Daggers | ✗ | 4d4 | Slashing | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Cordon of Arrows | Dexterity | 1d6 | Piercing | ✗ | Number |
| 2 | Dragon's Breath | Dexterity | 3d6 | Variable | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Dust Devil | Strength | 1d8 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Flame Blade | ✗ | 3d6 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Flaming Sphere | Dexterity | 2d6 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Heat Metal | ✗ | 2d8 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Maximilian's Earthen Grasp | Strength | 2d6 / 2d6 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 2 | Melf's Acid Arrow | ✗ | 4d4 / 2d4 | Acid | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Mind Spike | Wisdom | 3d8 | Psychic | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Moonbeam | Constitution | 2d10 | Radiant | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Phantasmal Force | Intelligence | 1d6 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 2 | Scorching Ray | ✗ | 2d6 (x3) | Fire | ✗ | Number |
| 2 | Shadow Blade | ✗ | 2d8 | Psychic | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Shatter | Constitution | 3d8 | Thunder | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Snilloc's Snowball Swarm | Dexterity | 3d6 | Cold | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Spiritual Weapon | ✗ | 1d8+SAM | Force | ✗ | Dice |
| 2 | Tasha's Mind Whip | Intelligence | 3d6 | Psychic | ✗ | Targets |
| 3 | Blinding Smite | Constitution | 3d8 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 3 | Call Lightning | Dexterity | 3d10 | Lightning | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Crusader's Mantle | ✗ | 1d4 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 3 | Elemental Weapon | ✗ | 1d4 | Variable | ✗ | Amount/Dice |
| 3 | Erupting Earth | Dexterity | 3d12 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Fireball | Dexterity | 8d6 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Flame Arrows | ✗ | 1d6 | Fire | ✗ | Number |
| 3 | Glyph of Warding | Dexterity | 5d8 | Variable | ✗ | Spell Level/Dice |
| 3 | Hunger of Hadar | Dexterity | 2d6 / 2d6 | Acid, Cold | ✗ | ✗ |
| 3 | Life Transference | ✗ | 4d8 | Necrotic | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Lightning Arrow | Dexterity | 4d8 / 2d8 | Lightning | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Lightning Bolt | Dexterity | 8d6 | Lightning | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Melf's Minute Meteors | Dexterity | 2d6 | Fire | ✗ | Number |
| 3 | Pulse Wave | Constitution | 6d6 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 3 | Spirit Guardians | Wisdom | 3d8 | Variable | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Spirit Shroud | ✗ | 1d8 | Variable | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Thunder Step | Constitution | 3d10 | Thunder | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Tidal Wave | Dexterity | 4d8 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 3 | Vampiric Touch | ✗ | 3d6 | Necrotic | ✗ | Dice |
| 3 | Wind Wall | Strength | 3d8 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Blight | Constitution | 8d8 | Necrotic | ✗ | Dice |
| 4 | Control Water | Strength | 2d8 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Elemental Bane | Constitution | 2d6 | Variable | ✗ | Targets |
| 4 | Evard's Black Tentacles | Dexterity | 3d6 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Fire Shield | ✗ | 2d8 | Variable | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Gravity Sinkhole | Constitution | 5d10 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Guardian of Faith | Dexterity | 20 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Ice Storm | Dexterity | 2d8+4d6 | Bludgeoning, Cold | ✗ | Dice |
| 4 | Mordenkainen's Faithful Hound | ✗ | 4d8 | Piercing | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Phantasmal Killer | Wisdom | 4d10 | Psychic | ✗ | Dice |
| 4 | Shadow of Moil | ✗ | 2d8 | Necrotic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Sickening Radiance | Constitution | 4d10 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Staggering Smite | Wisdom | 4d6 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Storm Sphere | Strength | 2d6 / 4d6 | Bludgeoning, Lightning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 4 | Vitriolic Sphere | Dexterity | 10d4 / 5d4 | Acid | ✗ | Dice |
| 4 | Wall of Fire | Dexterity | 5d8 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Banishing Smite | ✗ | 5d10 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Bigby's Hand | ✗ | 4d8 / 2d6+SAM | Bludgeoning, Force | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Cloudkill | Constitution | 5d8 | Poison | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Cone of Cold | Constitution | 8d8 | Cold | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Dawn | Constitution | 4d10 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Destructive Wave | Constitution | 5d6+5d6 | Thunder, Variable | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Enervation | Dexterity | 4d8 | Necrotic | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Flame Strike | Dexterity | 4d6+4d6 | Fire, Radiant | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Holy Weapon | Constitution | 2d8 / 4d8 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Immolation | Dexterity | 8d6 / 4d6 | Fire | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Insect Plague | Constitution | 4d10 | Piercing | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Maelstrom | Strength | 6d6 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Negative Energy Flood | Constitution | 5d12 | Necrotic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Steel Wind Strike | ✗ | 6d10 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Synaptic Static | Intelligence | 8d6 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Transmute Rock | Dexterity | 4d8 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 5 | Wall of Light | Constitution | 4d8 / 4d8 | Radiant | ✗ | Dice |
| 5 | Wrath of Nature | Dexterity | 4d6 / 3d8 | Bludgeoning, Slashing | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Blade Barrier | Dexterity | 6d10 | Slashing | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Bones of the Earth | Dexterity | 6d6 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | Number |
| 6 | Chain Lightning | Dexterity | 10d8 | Lightning | ✗ | Number |
| 6 | Circle of Death | Constitution | 8d6 | Necrotic | ✗ | Dice |
| 6 | Disintegrate | Dexterity | 10d6+40 | Force | ✗ | Dice |
| 6 | Forbiddance | ✗ | 5d10 | Variable | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Gravity Fissure | Constitution | 8d8 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Harm | Constitution | 14d6 | Necrotic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Investiture of Flame | Dexterity | 1d10 / 4d8 | Fire | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Investiture of Ice | Constitution | 4d6 | Cold | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Investiture of Wind | Constitution | 2d10 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Mental Prison | Intelligence | 5d10 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Otiluke's Freezing Sphere | Constitution | 10d6 | Cold | ✗ | Dice |
| 6 | Sunbeam | Constitution | 6d8 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 6 | Wall of Ice | Dexterity | 10d6 / 5d6 | Cold | ✗ | Dice |
| 6 | Wall of Thorns | Dexterity | 7d8 | Piercing, Slashing | ✗ | Dice |
| 7 | Crown of Stars | ✗ | 4d12 | Radiant | ✗ | Number |
| 7 | Delayed Blast Fireball | Dexterity | 12d6 | Fire | ✗ | Dice |
| 7 | Finger of Death | Constitution | 7d8+30 | Necrotic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 7 | Fire Storm | Dexterity | 7d10 | Fire | ✗ | ✗ |
| 7 | Mordenkainen's Sword | ✗ | 3d10 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 7 | Prismatic Spray | Dexterity | 10d6 | Variable | ✗ | ✗ |
| 7 | Symbol | ✗ | 10d10 | Necrotic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 7 | Whirlwind | Dexterity | 10d6 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting | Constitution | 12d8 | Necrotic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Dark Star | Constitution | 8d10 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Earthquake | Dexterity | 5d6 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Feeblemind | Intelligence | 4d6 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Illusory Dragon | Wisdom | 7d6 | Variable | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Incendiary Cloud | Dexterity | 10d8 | Fire | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Maddening Darkness | Wisdom | 8d8 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Sunburst | Constitution | 12d6 | Radiant | ✗ | ✗ |
| 8 | Tsunami | Strength | 6d10 / 5d10 / 4d10 / 3d10 / 2d10 / 1d10 | Bludgeoning | ✗ | ✗ |
| 9 | Blade of Disaster | ✗ | 4d12 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 9 | Meteor Swarm | Dexterity | 20d6+20d6 | Bludgeoning, Fire | ✗ | ✗ |
| 9 | Prismatic Wall | Constitution | 10d6 / 10d6 / 10d6 / 10d6 / 10d6 | Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison | ✗ | ✗ |
| 9 | Psychic Scream | Intelligence | 14d6 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 9 | Ravenous Void | Strength | 5d10 | Force | ✗ | ✗ |
| 9 | Storm of Vengeance | Constitution | 2d6 / 1d6 / 10d6 / 2d6 / 1d6 | Acid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Lightning, Thunder | ✗ | Dice |
| 9 | Time Ravage | Constitution | 10d12 | Necrotic | ✗ | ✗ |
| 9 | Weird | Wisdom | 4d10 | Psychic | ✗ | ✗ |
