Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (DnD or D&D) is a fantasy tabletop RPG originally developed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974. Today the game is published by Wizards of the Coast. The publication of D&D is considered to be the origin of modern RPGs.
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. The spells can be also sorted by damage or effect. 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 | ✗ | ✗ |
