Locate Animals or Plants
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 2nd-level divination
- Casting Time
- Action or Ritual
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M (fur from a bloodhound)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Druid, Ranger
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
Describe or name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant. You learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 2nd-level divination
- Casting Time
- Action or Ritual
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M (a bit of fur from a bloodhound)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Druid, Ranger
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
Describe or name a specific kind of beast or plant. Concentrating on the voice of nature in your surroundings, you learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.
Locate Animals or Plants 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Locate Animals or Plants popularity
How popular is Locate Animals or Plants? It is a commonly found spell in the game, and is often chosen over other options when available. This spell is a reliable addition to any spellbook.
- Top 50% of all 5e spells
- Bottom 50% picked level 2 Bard spell
- Bottom 50% of all level 2 spells
- Bottom 50% picked level 2 Druid spell
- Bottom 25% picked level 2 Ranger spell
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Spells similar to Locate Animals or Plants
Commune with Nature 5th-level divination
Both are ritual divinations used by druids and rangers to gather information about the surrounding natural environment.
Players prefer Commune with Nature over Locate Animals or Plants
Beast Sense 2nd-level divination
Both help a character obtain information through the natural world, though this spell does so by observing through an animal.
Players prefer Beast Sense over Locate Animals or Plants
Speak with Animals 1st-level divination
The shared bard, druid, and ranger lists and focus on learning about animals make this a close practical alternative.
Players prefer Speak with Animals over Locate Animals or Plants
Speak with Plants 3rd-level transmutation
It similarly gathers information tied specifically to plants and is available to the same nature-oriented classes.
Players prefer Speak with Plants over Locate Animals or Plants
Locate Object 2nd-level divination
It is the same-level divination that pinpoints the direction and distance to the nearest example of a specified thing.
Players prefer Locate Animals or Plants over Locate Object
Locate Creature 4th-level divination
This spell uses nearly identical tracking magic, but searches for a creature rather than a chosen animal or plant.
Players prefer Locate Animals or Plants over Locate Creature