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
Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger
Source
Player's Handbook (2024)

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
Artificer, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger
Source
Player's Handbook (2014)

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.

How popular is Greater Restoration in 5e?

Greater Restoration is the #4 most popular level 5 spell (of 68) and the #2 most picked level 5 Bard spell (of 21).

Among level 5 spells, Greater Restoration ranks just below Mass Cure Wounds and just above Scrying in popularity.

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