Wizard Spell List 5e

The wizard has the biggest spell list in D&D 5e: 218 spells in the 2024 SRD 5.2, made up of 15 cantrips and 203 leveled spells from 1st to 9th level. Wizards copy spells into a spellbook and prepare a set each day, so the whole list stays within reach.

Wizards learn spells by writing them into a spellbook. In both the 2014 and 2024 rules you start with six 1st-level spells in the book, add two more each time you gain a wizard level, and can copy extra spells you find on scrolls or in other books (2 hours and 50 gp per spell level). Each long rest you choose which spells from the book are prepared. The 2014 rules set that number at Intelligence modifier plus wizard level; the 2024 rules use a fixed number from the class table instead. Rituals in your book can be cast as rituals even when they aren't prepared.

At low levels a few spells do most of the work. Shield adds +5 AC as a reaction and keeps a d6-hit-die caster alive. Magic Missile never misses and averages 10.5 force damage, which is how you finish a fleeing goblin. Find Familiar gives you a scout and free Help actions. At 3rd level take Misty Step and Web; at 5th, Fireball (8d6, 28 on average) and Counterspell are the classic pair.

A tip from the table: fill your spellbook with utility rituals like Detect Magic, Identify and Alarm, but don't prepare them. Save your prepared slots for combat and escape spells, and cast the rituals straight from the book when there's time. Roll damage for any of these on the spell damage roller.

Wizard spells by level (218 in the SRD)

Level	Spells	Count
Cantrip	Acid Splash, Chill Touch, Dancing Lights (C), Elementalism, Fire Bolt, Light, Mage Hand, Mending, Message, Minor Illusion, Poison Spray, Prestidigitation, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, True Strike	15
1	Alarm, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Color Spray, Comprehend Languages, Detect Magic (C), Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat (C), False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Floating Disk, Fog Cloud (C), Grease, Hideous Laughter (C), Ice Knife, Identify, Illusory Script, Jump, Longstrider, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Silent Image (C), Sleep (C), Thunderwave, Unseen Servant	30
2	Acid Arrow, Alter Self (C), Arcane Lock, Arcanist's Magic Aura, Augury, Blindness/Deafness, Blur (C), Continual Flame, Darkness (C), Darkvision, Detect Thoughts (C), Dragon's Breath (C), Enhance Ability (C), Enlarge/Reduce (C), Flaming Sphere (C), Gentle Repose, Gust of Wind (C), Hold Person (C), Invisibility (C), Knock, Levitate (C), Locate Object (C), Magic Mouth, Magic Weapon, Mind Spike (C), Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force (C), Ray of Enfeeblement (C), Rope Trick, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shatter, Spider Climb (C), Suggestion (C), Web (C)	36
3	Animate Dead, Bestow Curse (C), Blink, Clairvoyance (C), Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Fear (C), Fireball, Fly (C), Gaseous Form (C), Glyph of Warding, Haste (C), Hypnotic Pattern (C), Lightning Bolt, Magic Circle, Major Image (C), Nondetection, Phantom Steed, Protection from Energy (C), Remove Curse, Sending, Sleet Storm (C), Slow (C), Speak with Dead, Stinking Cloud (C), Tiny Hut, Tongues, Vampiric Touch (C), Water Breathing	29
4	Arcane Eye (C), Banishment (C), Black Tentacles (C), Blight, Charm Monster, Confusion (C), Conjure Minor Elementals (C), Control Water (C), Dimension Door, Divination, Fabricate, Faithful Hound, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility (C), Hallucinatory Terrain, Ice Storm, Locate Creature (C), Phantasmal Killer (C), Polymorph (C), Private Sanctum, Resilient Sphere (C), Secret Chest, Stone Shape, Stoneskin (C), Vitriolic Sphere, Wall of Fire (C)	26
5	Animate Objects (C), Arcane Hand (C), Cloudkill (C), Cone of Cold, Conjure Elemental (C), Contact Other Plane, Creation, Dominate Person (C), Dream, Geas, Hold Monster (C), Legend Lore, Mislead (C), Modify Memory (C), Passwall, Planar Binding, Scrying (C), Seeming, Summon Dragon (C), Telekinesis (C), Telepathic Bond, Teleportation Circle, Wall of Force (C), Wall of Stone (C)	24
6	Chain Lightning, Circle of Death, Contingency, Create Undead, Disintegrate, Eyebite (C), Flesh to Stone (C), Freezing Sphere, Globe of Invulnerability (C), Guards and Wards, Instant Summons, Irresistible Dance (C), Magic Jar, Mass Suggestion, Move Earth (C), Programmed Illusion, Sunbeam (C), True Seeing, Wall of Ice (C)	19
7	Arcane Sword (C), Delayed Blast Fireball (C), Etherealness, Finger of Death, Forcecage (C), Magnificent Mansion, Mirage Arcane, Plane Shift, Prismatic Spray, Project Image (C), Reverse Gravity (C), Sequester, Simulacrum, Symbol, Teleport	15
8	Antimagic Field (C), Antipathy/Sympathy, Befuddlement, Clone, Control Weather (C), Demiplane, Dominate Monster (C), Incendiary Cloud (C), Maze (C), Mind Blank, Power Word Stun, Sunburst	12
9	Astral Projection, Foresight, Gate (C), Imprisonment, Meteor Swarm, Power Word Kill, Prismatic Wall, Shapechange (C), Time Stop, True Polymorph (C), Weird (C), Wish	12

(C) = concentration. Every spell links to its own page with the rules, a 2014 vs 2024 comparison and a dice roller where the spell rolls dice.

Cantrips

Acid Splash
Chill Touch
Dancing Lights
Elementalism
Fire Bolt
Light
Mage Hand
Mending
Message
Minor Illusion
Poison Spray
Prestidigitation
Ray of Frost
Shocking Grasp
True Strike

1st-level spells

Alarm
Burning Hands
Charm Person
Chromatic Orb
Color Spray
Comprehend Languages
Detect Magic
Disguise Self
Expeditious Retreat
False Life
Feather Fall
Find Familiar
Floating Disk
Fog Cloud
Grease
Hideous Laughter
Ice Knife
Identify
Illusory Script
Jump
Longstrider
Mage Armor
Magic Missile
Protection from Evil and Good
Ray of Sickness
Shield
Silent Image
Sleep
Thunderwave
Unseen Servant

2nd-level spells

Acid Arrow
Alter Self
Arcane Lock
Arcanist's Magic Aura
Augury
Blindness/Deafness
Blur
Continual Flame
Darkness
Darkvision
Detect Thoughts
Dragon's Breath
Enhance Ability
Enlarge/Reduce
Flaming Sphere
Gentle Repose
Gust of Wind
Hold Person
Invisibility
Knock
Levitate
Locate Object
Magic Mouth
Magic Weapon
Mind Spike
Mirror Image
Misty Step
Phantasmal Force
Ray of Enfeeblement
Rope Trick
Scorching Ray
See Invisibility
Shatter
Spider Climb
Suggestion
Web

3rd-level spells

Animate Dead
Bestow Curse
Blink
Clairvoyance
Counterspell
Dispel Magic
Fear
Fireball
Fly
Gaseous Form
Glyph of Warding
Haste
Hypnotic Pattern
Lightning Bolt
Magic Circle
Major Image
Nondetection
Phantom Steed
Protection from Energy
Remove Curse
Sending
Sleet Storm
Slow
Speak with Dead
Stinking Cloud
Tiny Hut
Tongues
Vampiric Touch
Water Breathing

4th-level spells

Arcane Eye
Banishment
Black Tentacles
Blight
Charm Monster
Confusion
Conjure Minor Elementals
Control Water
Dimension Door
Divination
Fabricate
Faithful Hound
Fire Shield
Greater Invisibility
Hallucinatory Terrain
Ice Storm
Locate Creature
Phantasmal Killer
Polymorph
Private Sanctum
Resilient Sphere
Secret Chest
Stone Shape
Stoneskin
Vitriolic Sphere
Wall of Fire

5th-level spells

Animate Objects
Arcane Hand
Cloudkill
Cone of Cold
Conjure Elemental
Contact Other Plane
Creation
Dominate Person
Dream
Geas
Hold Monster
Legend Lore
Mislead
Modify Memory
Passwall
Planar Binding
Scrying
Seeming
Summon Dragon
Telekinesis
Telepathic Bond
Teleportation Circle
Wall of Force
Wall of Stone

6th-level spells

Chain Lightning
Circle of Death
Contingency
Create Undead
Disintegrate
Eyebite
Flesh to Stone
Freezing Sphere
Globe of Invulnerability
Guards and Wards
Instant Summons
Irresistible Dance
Magic Jar
Mass Suggestion
Move Earth
Programmed Illusion
Sunbeam
True Seeing
Wall of Ice

7th-level spells

Arcane Sword
Delayed Blast Fireball
Etherealness
Finger of Death
Forcecage
Magnificent Mansion
Mirage Arcane
Plane Shift
Prismatic Spray
Project Image
Reverse Gravity
Sequester
Simulacrum
Symbol
Teleport

8th-level spells

Antimagic Field
Antipathy/Sympathy
Befuddlement
Clone
Control Weather
Demiplane
Dominate Monster
Incendiary Cloud
Maze
Mind Blank
Power Word Stun
Sunburst

9th-level spells

Astral Projection
Foresight
Gate
Imprisonment
Meteor Swarm
Power Word Kill
Prismatic Wall
Shapechange
Time Stop
True Polymorph
Weird
Wish

Wizard spell list FAQ

How many spells are on the wizard spell list in 5e?

The 2024 SRD 5.2 lists 218 wizard spells: 15 cantrips and 203 spells of 1st to 9th level. The full 2024 Player's Handbook adds more on top of the SRD.

Can a wizard learn spells from scrolls?

Yes. A wizard can copy a wizard spell from a scroll or another spellbook into their own book if it is a level they can prepare. Copying takes 2 hours and 50 gp per spell level.

What are the best 1st-level wizard spells?

Shield, Magic Missile, Find Familiar and Sleep are the usual top picks. Shield keeps you alive, Magic Missile always hits, Find Familiar scouts for you, and Sleep can end a fight against weak foes.

Do wizards have to prepare ritual spells?

No. A wizard can cast any ritual spell in their spellbook as a ritual without preparing it, in both the 2014 and 2024 rules. Casting it as a ritual adds 10 minutes to the casting time.

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