Tree Stride
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Classes
- Druid, Ranger
You gain the ability to enter a tree and move from inside it to inside another tree of the same kind within 500 feet. Both trees must be living and at least the same size as you. You must use 5 feet of movement to enter a tree. You instantly know the location of all other trees of the same kind within 500 feet and, as part of the move used to enter the tree, can either pass into one of those trees or step out of the tree you're in. You appear in a spot of your choice within 5 feet of the destination tree, using another 5 feet of movement. If you have no movement left, you appear within 5 feet of the tree you entered.
You can use this transportation ability only once on each of your turns. You must end each turn outside a tree.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Druid, Ranger
You gain the ability to enter a tree and move from inside it to inside another tree of the same kind within 500 feet. Both trees must be living and at least the same size as you. You must use 5 feet of movement to enter a tree. You instantly know the location of all other trees of the same kind within 500 feet and, as part of the move used to enter the tree, can either pass into one of those trees or step out of the tree you're in. You appear in a spot of your choice within 5 feet of the destination tree, using another 5 feet of movement. If you have no movement left, you appear within 5 feet of the tree you entered.
You can use this transportation ability once per round for the duration. You must end each turn outside a tree.
Tree Stride 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Tree Stride popularity
How popular is Tree Stride? 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.
- Top 50% picked level 5 Druid spell
- Bottom 50% picked level 5 Ranger spell
- Bottom 25% of all level 5 spells
- Bottom 25% of all 5e spells
Spells similar to Tree Stride
Misty Step 2nd-level conjuration
It’s a short-range, instant self-teleport in the same school that players pick when they need quick repositioning like Tree Stride provides.
Players prefer Misty Step over Tree Stride
Dimension Door 4th-level conjuration
As a longer-range teleport that moves you (and possibly another creature), it matches Tree Stride’s core role of getting you from one place to another.
Players prefer Dimension Door over Tree Stride
Transport via Plants 6th-level conjuration
It’s a plant-based teleport available to druids that moves you through vegetation much like entering one plant and exiting another.
Players prefer Transport via Plants over Tree Stride
Meld into Stone 3rd-level transmutation
Both let you physically merge with a natural surface to gain movement options and interaction with the environment in noncombat ways.
Players prefer Tree Stride over Meld into Stone
Commune with Nature 5th-level divination
This spell gives broad, nature-focused information to a druid or ranger, mirroring Tree Stride’s knowledge of nearby trees and terrain.
Players prefer Tree Stride over Commune with Nature