Passwall
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a pinch of sesame seeds)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
A passage appears at a point that you can see on a wooden, plaster, or stone surface (such as a wall, ceiling, or floor) within range and lasts for the duration. You choose the opening's dimensions: up to 5 feet wide, 8 feet tall, and 20 feet deep. The passage creates no instability in a structure surrounding it.
When the opening disappears, any creatures or objects still in the passage created by the spell are safely ejected to an unoccupied space nearest to the surface on which you cast the spell.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a pinch of sesame seeds)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
A passage appears at a point of your choice that you can see on a wooden, plaster, or stone surface (such as a wall, a ceiling, or a floor) within range, and lasts for the duration. You choose the opening's dimensions: up to 5 feet wide, 8 feet tall, and 20 feet deep. The passage creates no instability in a structure surrounding it.
When the opening disappears, any creatures or objects still in the passage created by the spell are safely ejected to an unoccupied space nearest to the surface on which you cast the spell.
Passwall 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Passwall popularity
How popular is Passwall? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, and is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may fill a specific niche for a spellbook.
- Bottom 50% picked level 5 Wizard spell
- Bottom 25% of all level 5 spells
- Bottom 25% of all 5e spells
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
Spells similar to Passwall
Arcane Gate 6th-level conjuration
Both provide a temporary route through otherwise impassable terrain and are useful for moving multiple creatures.
Players prefer Arcane Gate over Passwall
Wall of Stone 5th-level evocation
This wizard spell also changes the physical battlefield with a lasting stone structure, though it creates a barrier rather than an opening.
Players prefer Wall of Stone over Passwall
Stone Shape 4th-level transmutation
Both are Transmutation spells that reshape stone to create or alter a passage through a solid surface.
Players prefer Stone Shape over Passwall
Move Earth 6th-level transmutation
It offers large-scale manipulation of terrain for exploration and tactical repositioning, with a similar wizard spell list overlap.
Players prefer Passwall over Move Earth
Transmute Rock 5th-level transmutation
The same school and level connect them, and both directly manipulate solid stone to change how an area can be traversed.
Players prefer Passwall over Transmute Rock
Mold Earth Transmutation cantrip
Although much weaker and limited to earth, it is another Transmutation effect used to reshape terrain and create practical routes.
Players prefer Passwall over Mold Earth