Speak with Animals

  • Level & School
    1st-level divination
  • Casting Time
    Action or Ritual
  • Range
    Self
  • Components
    V, S
  • Duration
    10 minutes
  • Classes
    Bard, Druid, Ranger, Warlock

For the duration, you can comprehend and verbally communicate with Beasts, and you can use any of the Influence action's skill options with them.

Most Beasts have little to say about topics that don't pertain to survival or companionship, but at minimum, a Beast can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever it has perceived within the past day.

Speak with Animals 5e 2024 vs. 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version allows casting as an action or ritual, adds warlock as a class, and grants the ability to use Influence action's skill options with beasts. The core communication and information-sharing mechanics remain similar; no significant damage, healing, or duration changes.