This bard spell list includes optional spells available from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. For the bard spell list without optional spells, see Core Bard Spell List
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Blade Ward Abjuration 1 Action Self 1 round V, S
Dancing Lights Evocation 1 Action 120 feet Concentration up to 1 minute V, S, M
Friends Enchantment 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 1 minute S, M
Light Evocation 1 Action Touch 1 hour V, M
Mage Hand Conjuration 1 Action 30 feet 1 minute V, S
Mending Transmutation 1 Minute Touch Instantaneous V, S, M
Message Transmutation 1 Action 120 feet 1 round V, S, M
Minor Illusion Illusion 1 Action 30 feet 1 minute S, M
Prestidigitation Transmutation 1 Action 10 feet Up to 1 hour V, S
Thunderclap Evocation 1 Action Self (5-foot radius) Instantaneous S
True Strike Divination 1 Action 30 feet Concentration up to 1 round S
Vicious Mockery Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Animal Friendship Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet 24 hours V, S, M
Bane Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Charm Person Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet 1 hour V, S
Color Spray Illusion 1 Action Self (15-foot cone) 1 round V, S, M
Command Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet 1 round V
Comprehend Languages Divination 1 Action R Self 1 hour V, S, M
Cure Wounds Evocation 1 Action Touch Instantaneous V, S
Detect Magic Divination 1 Action R Self Concentration, up to 10 minutes V, S
Disguise Self Illusion 1 Action Self 1 hour V, S
Dissonant Whispers Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V
Distort Value Illusion 1 Minute Touch 8 hours V
Earth Tremor Evocation 1 Action Self (10-foot radius) Instantaneous V, S
Faerie Fire Evocation 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V
Feather Fall Transmutation 1 Reaction 60 feet 1 minute V, M
Guiding Hand (UA) Divination 1 Minute R 5 feet Concentration, up to 8 hours V, S
Healing Word Evocation 1 Bonus Action 60 feet Instantaneous V
Heroism Enchantment 1 Action Touch Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Identify Divination 1 Minute R Touch Instantaneous V, S, M
Illusory Script Illusion 1 Minute R Touch 10 days S, M
Longstrider Transmutation 1 Action Touch 1 hour V, S, M
Puppet (UA) Enchantment 1 Action 120 feet Instantaneous V
Sense Emotion (UA) Divination 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Silent Image Illusion 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 10 minutes V, S, M
Silvery Barbs Enchantment 1 Reaction 60 feet Instantaneous V
Sleep Enchantment 1 Action 90 feet 1 minute V, S, M
Speak with Animals Divination 1 Action R Self 10 minutes V, S
Sudden Awakening (UA) Enchantment 1 Bonus Action 10 feet Instantaneous V
Tasha's Hideous Laughter Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Thunderwave Evocation 1 Action Self (15-foot cube) Instantaneous V, S
Unearthly Chorus (UA) Illusion 1 Action Self (30-foot radius) Concentration, up to 10 minutes V
Unseen Servant Conjuration 1 Action R 60 feet 1 hour V, S, M
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Aid Abjuration 1 Action 30 Feet 8 hours V, S, M
Animal Messenger Enchantment 1 Action R 30 Feet 24 hours V, S, M
Blindness/Deafness Necromancy 1 Action 30 Feet 1 minute V
Borrowed Knowledge Divination 1 Action Self 1 hour V, S, M
Calm Emotions Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Cloud of Daggers Conjuration 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Crown of Madness Enchantment 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Detect Thoughts Divination 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Enhance Ability Transmutation 1 Action Touch Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S, M
Enlarge/Reduce Transmutation 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Enthrall Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet 1 minute V, S
Gift of Gab Enchantment Reaction Self Instantaneous V, S, M
Heat Metal Transmutation 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Hold Person Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Invisibility Illusion 1 Action Touch Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S, M
Kinetic Jaunt Transmutation 1 Bonus Action Self Concentration, up to 1 minute S
Knock Transmutation 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V
Lesser Restoration Abjuration 1 Action Touch Instantaneous V, S
Locate Animals or Plants Divination 1 Action R Self Instantaneous V, S, M
Locate Object Divination 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 10 minutes V, S, M
Magic Mouth Illusion 1 Minute R 30 feet Until dispelled V, S, M
Mirror Image Illusion 1 Action Self 1 minute V, S
Nathair's Mischief Illusion 1 Action 60ft Concentration, up to 1 minute S, M
Nathair's Mischief (UA) Illusion 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute S, M
Phantasmal Force Illusion 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Pyrotechnics Transmutation 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V, S
See Invisibility Divination 1 Action Self 1 hour V, S, M
Shatter Evocation 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V, S, M
Silence Illusion 1 Action R 120 feet Concentration, up to 10 minutes V, S
Skywrite Transmutation 1 Action R Sight Concentration, up to 1 day V, S
Spray Of Cards Conjuration 1 Action Self (15-foot cone) Instantaneous V, S, M
Spray of Cards (UA) Conjuration 1 Action 15-foot cone Instantaneous V, S, M
Suggestion Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 8 hours V, M
Warding Wind Evocation 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 10 minutes V
Zone of Truth Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet 10 minutes V, S
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Antagonize Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Instantaneous V, S, M
Antagonize (UA) Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Instantaneous V, S, M
Bestow Curse Necromancy 1 Action Touch Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Catnap Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet 10 minutes S, M
Clairvoyance Divination 10 Minutes 1 mile Concentration, up to 10 minutes V, S, M
Dispel Magic Abjuration 1 Action 120 feet Instantaneous V, S
Enemies Abound Enchantment 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Fast Friends Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 hour V
Fear Illusion 1 Action Self (30-foot cone) Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Feign Death Necromancy 1 Action R Touch 1 hour V, S, M
Glyph of Warding Abjuration 1 Hour Touch Until dispelled or triggered V, S, M
House of Cards (UA) Conjuration 1 Minute Touch 24 hours V, S, M
Hypnotic Pattern Illusion 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute S, M
Intellect Fortress Abjuration 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 hour V
Leomund's Tiny Hut Evocation 1 Minute R Self (10-foot radius hemisphere) 8 hours V, S, M
Major Image Illusion 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 10 minutes V, S, M
Mass Healing Word Evocation 1 Bonus Action 60 feet Instantaneous V
Motivational Speech Enchantment 1 hour 60 feet 1 hour V
Nondetection Abjuration 1 Action Touch 8 hours V, S, M
Plant Growth Transmutation 1 Action or 8 Hours 150 feet Instantaneous V, S
Sending Evocation 1 Action Unlimited 1 round V, S, M
Slow Transmutation 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Speak with Dead Necromancy 1 Action 10 feet 10 minutes V, S, M
Speak with Plants Transmutation 1 Action Self (30-foot radius) 10 minutes V, S
Stinking Cloud Conjuration 1 Action 90 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Tongues Divination 1 Action Touch 1 hour V, M
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Charm Monster Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet 1 hour V, S
Compulsion Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Confusion Enchantment 1 Action 90 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Dimension Door Conjuration 1 Action 500 feet Instantaneous V
Ego Whip (UA) Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V
Freedom of Movement Abjuration 1 Action Touch 1 hour V, S, M
Greater Invisibility Illusion 1 Action Touch Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Hallucinatory Terrain Illusion 10 Minutes 300 feet 24 hours V, S, M
Locate Creature Divination 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S, M
Phantasmal Killer Illusion 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Polymorph Transmutation 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S, M
Raulothim's Psychic Lance Enchantment 1 Action 120 feet Instantaneous V
Raulothim's Psychic Lance (UA) Enchantment 1 Action 120 feet Instantaneous V
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Animate Objects Transmutation 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Awaken Transmutation 8 Hours Touch Instantaneous V, S, M
Dominate Person Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Dream Illusion 1 Minute Special 8 hours V, S, M
Geas Enchantment 1 Minute 60 feet 30 days V
Greater Restoration Abjuration 1 Action Touch Instantaneous V, S, M
Hold Monster Enchantment 1 Action 90 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Legend Lore Divination 10 Minutes Self Instantaneous V, S, M
Mass Cure Wounds Evocation 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V, S
Mislead Illusion 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 1 hour S
Modify Memory Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Planar Binding Abjuration 1 Hour 60 feet 24 hours V, S, M
Raise Dead Necromancy 1 Action Touch Instantaneous V, S, M
Rary's Telepathic Bond Divination 1 Action R 30 feet 1 hour V, S, M
Scrying Divination 10 Minutes Self Concentration, up to 10 minutes V, S, M
Seeming Illusion 1 Action 30 feet 8 hours V, S
Skill Empowerment Transmutation 1 Action Touch Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S
Synaptic Static Enchantment 1 Action 120 feet Instantaneous V, S
Teleportation Circle Conjuration 1 Minute 10 feet 1 round V, M
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Eyebite Necromancy 1 Action Self Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S
Find the Path Divination 1 Minute Self Concentration, up to 1 day V, S, M
Guards and Wards Abjuration 10 Minutes Touch 24 hours V, S, M
Heroes' Feast Conjuration 10 Minutes 30 feet Instantaneous V, S, M
Mass Suggestion Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet 24 hours V, M
Otto's Irresistible Dance Enchantment 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V
Programmed Illusion Illusion 1 Action 120 feet Until dispelled V, S, M
True Seeing Divination 1 Action Touch 1 hour V, S, M
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Dream of the Blue Veil Conjuration 10 minutes 20 feet 6 hours V, S, M
Etherealness Transmutation 1 Action Self Up to 8 hours V, S
Forcecage Evocation 1 Action 100 feet 1 hour V, S, M
Mirage Arcane Illusion 10 Minutes Sight 10 days V, S
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion Conjuration 1 Minute 300 feet 24 hours V, S, M
Mordenkainen's Sword Evocation 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 minute V, S, M
Prismatic Spray Evocation 1 Action Self (60-foot cone) Instantaneous V, S
Project Image Illusion 1 Action 500 Miles Concentration, up to 1 day V, S, M
Regenerate Transmutation 1 Minute Touch 1 hour V, S, M
Resurrection Necromancy 1 Hour Touch Instantaneous V, S, M
Symbol Abjuration 1 Minute Touch Until dispelled or triggered V, S, M
Teleport Conjuration 1 Action 10 feet Instantaneous V
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Antipathy/Sympathy Enchantment 1 Hour 60 feet 10 Days V, S, M
Dominate Monster Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S
Feeblemind Enchantment 1 Action 150 feet Instantaneous V, S, M
Glibness Transmutation 1 Action Self 1 hour V
Mind Blank Abjuration 1 Action Touch 24 hours V, S
Power Word: Stun Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V, S
Spell Name School Casting Time Range Duration Components
Foresight Divination 1 Minute Touch 8 hours V, S, M
Mass Polymorph Transmutation 1 Action 120 feet Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S, M
Power Word: Heal Evocation 1 Action Touch Instantaneous V, S
Power Word: Kill Enchantment 1 Action 60 feet Instantaneous V
Prismatic Wall Abjuration 1 Action 60 feet 10 minutes V, S
Psychic Scream Enchantment 1 Action 90 feet Instantaneous S
True Polymorph Transmutation 1 Action 30 feet Concentration, up to 1 hour V, S, M

R - Ritual Spell