Cure Wounds

Support Healing

Level & School
1st-level abjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

A creature you touch regains a number of Hit Points equal to 2d8 plus your spellcasting ability modifier.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The healing increases by 2d8 for each spell slot level above 1.

Level & School
1st-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

A creature you touch regains a number of hit points equal to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 1st.

Cure Wounds 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The 2014 version heals 1d8 + spellcasting modifier, with each level above 1st adding 1d8. The 2024 version heals 2d8 + spellcasting modifier, with each level above 1st adding 2d8. The spell's school changed from evocation to abjuration.

Spells similar to Cure Wounds

  • Healing Word, 1st-level abjuration

    A 1st-level instant heal available to the same core caster types that serves the same purpose but at range and with different action economy.

  • Goodberry, 1st-level conjuration

    Also a 1st-level option for nature-focused casters that provides small, flexible healing usable at touch and can be spread across the party over time.

  • Prayer of Healing, 2nd-level abjuration

    A slightly stronger party-healing alternative used by the same divine casters that trades immediacy for a larger, multi-target effect.

  • Mass Healing Word, 3rd-level abjuration

    A higher-level version of a quick, ranged heal that scales to affect multiple allies and shares the same brief, instantaneous benefit.

  • Mass Cure Wounds, 5th-level abjuration

    A direct scaling-up of single-target healing into a high-level burst that heals multiple creatures at once and comes from the same school of magic.