Druidcraft

A
Utility

Druidcraft is a Utility spell. Utility spells solve problems outside of combat or provide unique situational advantages.

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 spell that offers
weather clues

Druidcraft is a Information spell. Information spells provide ways to transmit, perceive, detect, or reveal hidden or unknown information.

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, sparks tiny nature signs, blooms plants, and quietly lights or snuffs flames.

2024 Rules
Level & School
Transmutation cantrip
Casting Time
Action
Range
30 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Druid

Weather Sensor. You create a Tiny, harmless sensory effect that predicts what the weather will be at your location for the next 24 hours. The effect might manifest as a golden orb for clear skies, a cloud for rain, falling snowflakes for snow, and so on. This effect persists for 1 round.

Bloom. You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf bud bloom.

Sensory Effect. You create a harmless sensory effect, such as falling leaves, spectral dancing fairies, a gentle breeze, the sound of an animal, or the faint odor of skunk. The effect must fit in a 5-foot Cube.

Fire Play. You light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a campfire.

2014 Rules
Level & School
Transmutation cantrip
Casting Time
Action
Range
30 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Druid

Whispering to the spirits of nature, you create one of the following effects within range:

  • You create a tiny, harmless sensory effect that predicts what the weather will be at your location for the next 24 hours. The effect might manifest as a golden orb for clear skies, a cloud for rain, falling snowflakes for snow, and so on. This effect persists for 1 round.

  • You instantly make a flower blossom, a seed pod open, or a leaf bud bloom.

  • You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as falling leaves, a puff of wind, the sound of a small animal, or the faint odor of skunk. The effect must fit in a 5-foot cube.

  • You instantly light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.

Druidcraft 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The only mechanical change is that Fire Play can now snuff out a campfire without it needing to be small. The rest is just wording changes.

Druidcraft popularity

Druidcraft is a seldom chosen cantrip. Choosing it adds a unique option to your spellbook.

Spells similar to Druidcraft

  • Prestidigitation Transmutation cantrip

    It’s the closest match in function and flavor—a low-level trickster cantrip that creates small sensory effects, cleans, soils, or lights snuffs small flames.

  • Thaumaturgy Transmutation cantrip

    This cantrip also creates brief, dramatic sensory or environmental effects at range and shares the same utility/ritual-free role for a divine caster.

  • Minor Illusion Illusion cantrip

    Although more narrowly illusion-focused, it likewise produces harmless sensory effects sized to a small area for creative utility and distraction.

  • Elementalism Transmutation cantrip

    A druid/transmutation cantrip that offers small elemental or environmental effects, making it a similar nature-flavored utility option.

  • Light Evocation cantrip

    It’s a simple utility cantrip that provides visible illumination and overlaps with Druidcraft’s ability to light or snuff small flames.