True Seeing 5e spell

6th-level divination · 2024 version below

Casting time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (An ointment for the eyes that costs 25 gp; is made from mushroom powder, saffron, and fat; and is consumed by the spell)
Duration: 1 hour
School: Divination
Level: 6

This spell gives the willing creature you touch the ability to see things as they actually are. For the duration, the creature has truesight, notices secret doors hidden by magic, and can see into the Ethereal Plane, all out to a range of 120 feet.

Classes that can cast True Seeing

Class	First available	Spellcasting ability
Bard spells	11th character level	Charisma
Cleric spells	11th character level	Wisdom
Sorcerer spells	11th character level	Charisma
Warlock spells	11th character level	Charisma
Wizard spells	11th character level	Intelligence

True Seeing 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
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (mushroom powder worth 25+, GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 1 hour
School: Divination
Level: 6
Classes: Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

For the duration, the willing creature you touch has Truesight with a range of 120 feet.

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

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