Greater Restoration

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Support

Greater Restoration is a Support spell. Support spells strengthen, protect, or buff allies.

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healing

Greater Restoration is a Healing spell. Healing spells restore hit points and bring characters back to life.

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 that restores a creature by lifting exhaustion, curses, conditions, and drained abilities.

2024 Rules
Level & School
5th-level abjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (diamond dust worth 100+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

You touch a creature and magically remove one of the following effects from it:

  • 1 Exhaustion level

  • The Charmed or Petrified condition

  • A curse, including the target's Attunement to a cursed magic item

  • Any reduction to one of the target's ability scores

  • Any reduction to the target's Hit Point maximum.

2014 Rules
Level & School
5th-level abjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (diamond dust worth at least 100 gp, which the spell consumes)
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid

You imbue a creature you touch with positive energy to undo a debilitating effect. You can reduce the target's exhaustion level by one, or end one of the following effects on the target:

  • One effect that charmed or petrified the target

  • One curse, including the target's attunement to a cursed magic item

  • Any reduction to one of the target's ability scores

  • One effect reducing the target's hit point maximum

Greater Restoration 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Now also available to Paladins and Rangers.

Greater Restoration popularity

Greater Restoration is a commonly chosen level 5 spell. Choosing it adds an established option to your spellbook.

Spells similar to Greater Restoration

  • Lesser Restoration 2nd-level abjuration

    It is the lower-level counterpart that also cures harmful conditions with the same touch range and overlapping class list.

  • Remove Curse 3rd-level abjuration

    It specifically targets curses and shares the same thematic purpose of lifting long-term magical burdens from a creature.

  • Heal 6th-level abjuration

    Although higher level, it instantaneously restores massive HP and ends several debilitating effects, making it a similar emergency restorative option.

  • Regenerate 7th-level transmutation

    It’s a longer-duration restorative spell that repairs severe physical harm and mitigates lasting penalties to a creature’s bodily function.

  • Dispel Magic 3rd-level abjuration

    While broader and not limited to touch, it removes ongoing magical effects and is often used to eliminate magical reductions or curses that Greater Restoration would target.