Bard Spells

A list of spells that bards can choose from.

Cantrips

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Blade Ward	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Dancing Lights	Evocation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Friends	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Light	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mage Hand	Conjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mending	Transmutation	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook
Message	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Minor Illusion	Illusion	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Prestidigitation	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Thunderclap	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Elemental Evil
True Strike	Divination	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Vicious Mockery	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook

1st Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Animal Friendship	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Bane	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Charm Person	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Color Spray	Illusion	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Command	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Comprehend Languages	Divination	1 Action	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Cure Wounds	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Detect Magic	Divination	1 Action	Yes	Yes	Player's Handbook
Disguise Self	Illusion	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Dissonant Whispers	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Earth Tremor	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Elemental Evil
Faerie Fire	Evocation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Feather Fall	Transmutation	Special	No	No	Player's Handbook
Healing Word	Evocation	1 Bonus Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Heroism	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Identify	Divination	1 Minute	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Illusory Script	Illusion	1 Minute	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Longstrider	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Silent Image	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Sleep	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Speak with Animals	Divination	1 Action	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Tasha's Hideous Laughter	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Thunderwave	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Unseen Servant	Conjuration	1 Action	Yes	No	Player's Handbook

2nd Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Aid	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Animal Messenger	Enchantment	1 Action	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Blindness/Deafness	Necromancy	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Calm Emotions	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Cloud of Daggers	Conjuration	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Crown of Madness	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Detect Thoughts	Divination	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Enhance Ability	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Enlarge/Reduce	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Enthrall	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Heat Metal	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Hold Person	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Invisibility	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Knock	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Lesser Restoration	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Locate Animals or Plants	Divination	1 Action	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Locate Object	Divination	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Magic Mouth	Illusion	1 Minute	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Mirror Image	Illusion	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Phantasmal Force	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Pyrotechnics	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Elemental Evil
See Invisibility	Divination	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Shatter	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Silence	Illusion	1 Action	Yes	Yes	Player's Handbook
Skywrite	Transmutation	1 Action	Yes	Yes	Elemental Evil
Suggestion	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Warding Wind	Evocation	1 Action	No	Yes	Elemental Evil
Zone of Truth	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook

3rd Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Bestow Curse	Necromancy	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Catnap	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Xanathar's Guide To Everything
Clairvoyance	Divination	10 Minutes	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Dispel Magic	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Enemies Abound	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Xanathar's Guide To Everything
Fear	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Feign Death	Necromancy	1 Action	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Glyph of Warding	Abjuration	1 Hour	No	No	Player's Handbook
Hypnotic Pattern	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Intellect Fortress	Abjuration	1 Action	No	Yes	Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
Leomund's Tiny Hut	Evocation	1 Minute	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Major Image	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Mass Healing Word	Evocation	1 Bonus Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Nondetection	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Plant Growth	Transmutation	Special	No	No	Player's Handbook
Sending	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Slow	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Speak with Dead	Necromancy	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Speak with Plants	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Stinking Cloud	Conjuration	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Tongues	Divination	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook

4th Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Charm Monster	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Xanathar's Guide To Everything
Compulsion	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Confusion	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Dimension Door	Conjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Freedom of Movement	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Greater Invisibility	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Hallucinatory Terrain	Illusion	10 Minutes	No	No	Player's Handbook
Locate Creature	Divination	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Polymorph	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook

5th Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Animate Objects	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Awaken	Transmutation	8 Hours	No	No	Player's Handbook
Dominate Person	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Dream	Illusion	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook
Geas	Enchantment	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook
Greater Restoration	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Hold Monster	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Legend Lore	Divination	10 Minutes	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mass Cure Wounds	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mislead	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Modify Memory	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Phantasmal Killer	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Planar Binding	Abjuration	1 Hour	No	No	Player's Handbook
Raise Dead	Necromancy	1 Hour	No	No	Player's Handbook
Rary's Telepathic Bond	Divination	1 Action	Yes	No	Player's Handbook
Scrying	Divination	10 Minutes	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Seeming	Illusion	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Skill Empowerment	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Xanathar's Guide To Everything
Synaptic Static	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Xanathar's Guide To Everything
Teleportation Circle	Conjuration	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook

6th Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Eyebite	Necromancy	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Find the Path	Divination	1 Minute	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Guards and Wards	Abjuration	10 Minutes	No	No	Player's Handbook
Heroes' Feast	Conjuration	10 Minutes	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mass Suggestion	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Otto's Irresistible Dance	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Programmed Illusion	Illusion	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
True Seeing	Divination	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook

7th Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Dream of the Blue Veil	Conjuration	10 minutes	No	No	Tasha's Cauldron of Everything
Etherealness	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Forcecage	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mirage Arcane	Illusion	10 Minutes	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion	Conjuration	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mordenkainen's Sword	Evocation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Prismatic Spray	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Project Image	Illusion	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Regenerate	Transmutation	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook
Resurrection	Necromancy	1 Hour	No	No	Player's Handbook
Symbol	Abjuration	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook
Teleport	Conjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook

8th Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Antipathy/Sympathy	Enchantment	1 Hour	No	No	Player's Handbook
Dominate Monster	Enchantment	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook
Feeblemind	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Glibness	Transmutation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mind Blank	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Power Word Stun	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook

9th Level

Spell	School	Casting Time	Ritual?	Concentration?	Source
Foresight	Divination	1 Minute	No	No	Player's Handbook
Mass Polymorph	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Xanathar's Guide To Everything
Prismatic Wall	Abjuration	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Power Word Heal	Evocation	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Power Word Kill	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Player's Handbook
Psychic Scream	Enchantment	1 Action	No	No	Xanathar's Guide To Everything
True Polymorph	Transmutation	1 Action	No	Yes	Player's Handbook