Regenerate
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 7th-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- 1 minute
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (a prayer wheel)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Bard, Cleric, Druid
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
A creature you touch regains 4d8 + 15 Hit Points. For the duration, the target regains 1 Hit Point at the start of each of its turns, and any severed body parts regrow after 2 minutes.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 7th-level transmutation
- Casting Time
- 1 minute
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (a prayer wheel and holy water)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Bard, Cleric, Druid
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
You touch a creature and stimulate its natural healing ability. The target regains 4d8 + 15 hit points. For the duration of the spell, the target regains 1 hit point at the start of each of its turns (10 hit points each minute).
The target's severed body members (fingers, legs, tails, and so on), if any, are restored after 2 minutes. If you have the severed part and hold it to the stump, the spell instantaneously causes the limb to knit to the stump.
Regenerate 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Regenerate popularity
How popular is Regenerate? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, but is often chosen over other options when available. This spell could be a valuable addition for spellbooks.
- #1 picked level 7 Druid spell
- #2 picked level 7 Bard spell
- #2 picked level 7 Cleric spell
- Top 25% of all level 7 spells
- Bottom 50% of all 5e spells
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
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Power Word Heal 9th-level enchantment
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Heal 6th-level abjuration
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Mass Cure Wounds 5th-level abjuration
The spells overlap as major restorative tools available to bard, cleric, and druid characters.
Players prefer Regenerate over Mass Cure Wounds
Greater Restoration 5th-level abjuration
Both are touch-based recovery spells used to reverse severe physical or magical afflictions.
Players prefer Regenerate over Greater Restoration
Tether Essence 7th-level necromancy
It shares Regenerate's 7th-level healing focus and can sustain allies over a longer duration.
Players prefer Regenerate over Tether Essence
Simbul's Synostodweomer 7th-level transmutation
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