Mending
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- Transmutation cantrip
- Casting Time
- 1 minute
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (two lodestones)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch, such as a broken chain link, two halves of a broken key, a torn cloak, or a leaking wineskin. As long as the break or tear is no larger than 1 foot in any dimension, you mend it, leaving no trace of the former damage.
This spell can physically repair a magic item, but it can't restore magic to such an object.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- Transmutation cantrip
- Casting Time
- 1 minute
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (two lodestones)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch, such as a broken chain link, two halves of a broken key, a torn cloak, or a leaking wineskin. As long as the break or tear is no larger than 1 foot in any dimension, you mend it, leaving no trace of the former damage.
This spell can physically repair a magic item or construct, but the spell can't restore magic to such an object.
Mending 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Mending popularity
How popular is Mending? It is one of the most popular spells in the game, but is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may not be the most inspiring but may still be useful.
- Top 5% of all 5e spells
- Top 25% of all cantrips
- Bottom 50% picked Bard cantrip
- Bottom 50% picked Sorcerer cantrip
- Bottom 50% picked Wizard cantrip
- Bottom 50% picked Druid cantrip
- Bottom 25% picked Cleric cantrip
Spells similar to Mending
Druidcraft Transmutation cantrip
Another single-cantrip utility that gives casters a handful of minor, noncombat tricks for practical and flavor uses similar to Mending's mundane repair uses.
Players prefer Druidcraft over Mending
Mage Hand Conjuration cantrip
It manipulates unattended objects at range, making it a comparable go-to spell for handling and adjusting gear when Mending would be used for physical item work.
Players prefer Mage Hand over Mending
Fabricate 4th-level transmutation
A higher-level transmutation that creates or alters objects from raw materials and serves as the thicker, more powerful counterpart to Mending's small repairs.
Players prefer Fabricate over Mending
Prestidigitation Transmutation cantrip
A low-level, widely available utility cantrip used for small, tactile and cosmetic effects that overlaps Mending's everyday problem-solving niche.
Players prefer Prestidigitation over Mending
Stone Shape 4th-level transmutation
A touch-based transmutation that reshapes material objects, matching Mending's theme of altering and repairing physical things on contact.
Players prefer Mending over Stone Shape