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Locate Animals or Plants 5e spell

2nd-level divination (ritual) · 2024 version below

Casting time
1 action (ritual)
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (A bit of fur from a bloodhound)
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Divination
Level
2

Describe or name a specific kind of beast or plant. Concentrating on the voice of nature in your surroundings, you learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.

Classes that can cast Locate Animals or Plants

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Bard spells3rd character levelCharisma
Druid spells3rd character levelWisdom
Ranger spells5th character levelWisdom

Locate Animals or Plants in the 2024 rules

The 2024 Player’s Handbook revised many spells, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new text. What changed from the 2014 version above:

Same level, casting time, range, components, duration and dice; the text is reworded for the 2024 rules glossary.

Casting time
Action or Ritual
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (fur from a bloodhound)
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Divination
Level
2
Classes
Bard, Druid, Ranger
Tags
ritual

Describe or name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant. You learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.

2024 version from the SRD 5.2. Most tables settle on one edition, so check which one yours uses.

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