Identify

  • Level & School
    1st-level divination
  • Casting Time
    1 minute or Ritual
  • Range
    Touch
  • Components
    V, S, M (a pearl worth 100+ GP)
  • Duration
    Instantaneous
  • Classes
    Bard, Wizard

You touch an object throughout the spell's casting. If the object is a magic item or some other magical object, you learn its properties and how to use them, whether it requires Attunement, and how many charges it has, if any. You learn whether any ongoing spells are affecting the item and what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn that spell's name.

If you instead touch a creature throughout the casting, you learn which ongoing spells, if any, are currently affecting it.

Identify 5e 2024 vs. 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version allows casting as a ritual, whereas the 2014 version does not. The 2024 version clarifies "ongoing spells" affecting the item, while the 2014 version states "spells" affecting it. The 2024 version specifies learning the spell's name if created by a spell; the 2014 version states "which spell created it."