Revivify
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 3rd-level necromancy
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (a diamond worth 300+ GP, which the spell consumes)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That creature revives with 1 Hit Point. This spell can't revive a creature that has died of old age, nor does it restore any missing body parts.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 3rd-level necromancy
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Touch
- Components
- V, S, M (diamonds worth 300 gp, which the spell consumes)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Artificer, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That creature returns to life with 1 hit point. This spell can't return to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing body parts.
Revivify 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
How popular is Revivify in 5e?
Revivify is the #4 most popular level 3 spell (of 80) and the #3 most picked level 3 Druid spell (of 22).
Among level 3 spells, Revivify ranks just below Counterspell and just above Hypnotic Pattern in popularity.
- #87 (of 580) most popular 5e spell
- #4 (of 80) most popular level 3 spell
- #3 (of 22) most picked level 3 Druid spell
- #5 (of 28) most picked level 3 Cleric spell
- #2 (of 11) most picked level 3 Paladin spell
- #4 (of 18) most picked level 3 Ranger spell
- #4 (of 17) most picked level 3 Artificer spell
Read about how this popularity data is calculated and see Revivify visualized with all 5e spells.
Spells similar to Revivify
Clone 8th-level necromancy
Although prepared in advance, Clone provides another way for a creature to return after dying.
Players prefer Clone over Revivify
Resurrection 7th-level necromancy
Both are instantaneous touch spells that bring a deceased creature back, though Resurrection works after a much longer interval.
Players prefer Revivify over Resurrection
Reincarnate 5th-level necromancy
This druid spell also returns a dead creature to life with a touch and no ongoing duration.
Players prefer Revivify over Reincarnate
Raise Dead 5th-level necromancy
Like Revivify, it restores a dead creature to life through a touch-based necromantic spell.
Players prefer Revivify over Raise Dead
True Resurrection 9th-level necromancy
It shares Revivify's necromantic resurrection purpose and touch range while offering a far more powerful restoration.
Players prefer Revivify over True Resurrection
Gentle Repose 2nd-level necromancy
This touch-based necromancy preserves a corpse so resurrection magic remains viable, making it a closely related death-prevention tool.
Players prefer Revivify over Gentle Repose