Mending

A
Utility

Mending is a Utility spell. Utility spells solve problems outside of combat or provide unique situational advantages.

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 spell that repairs a broken object or torn fabric, leaving no trace of the damage.

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

The 2024 version can no longer physically repair a construct. It still repairs magic items, but constructs were removed from the objects it can mend.

Mending popularity

Mending is a commonly chosen cantrip. Choosing it adds an established option to your spellbook.

Spells similar to 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.