Unseen Servant

A
handy helper

Unseen Servant is a spell.

See all spells →
 that performs chores, fetches items, and serves drinks at your command, acting with
bonus action orders

Unseen Servant is a Action Economy spell. Action Economy spells grant you more choices on future turns.

See all Action Economy spells →
.

2024 Rules
Level & School
1st-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action or Ritual
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S, M (a bit of string and of wood)
Duration
1 hour
Classes
Bard, Warlock, Wizard
Source
Player's Handbook (2024)

This spell creates an Invisible, mindless, shapeless, Medium force that performs simple tasks at your command until the spell ends. The servant springs into existence in an unoccupied space on the ground within range. It has AC 10, 1 Hit Point, and a Strength of 2, and it can't attack. If it drops to 0 Hit Points, the spell ends.

Once on each of your turns as a Bonus Action, you can mentally command the servant to move up to 15 feet and interact with an object. The servant can perform simple tasks that a human could do, such as fetching things, cleaning, mending, folding clothes, lighting fires, serving food, and pouring drinks. Once you give the command, the servant performs the task to the best of its ability until it completes the task, then waits for your next command.

If you command the servant to perform a task that would move it more than 60 feet away from you, the spell ends.

2014 Rules
Level & School
1st-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action or Ritual
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S, M (a piece of string and a bit of wood)
Duration
1 hour
Classes
Bard, Warlock, Wizard
Source
Player's Handbook (2014)

This spell creates an invisible, mindless, shapeless, Medium force that performs simple tasks at your command until the spell ends. The servant springs into existence in an unoccupied space on the ground within range. It has AC 10, 1 hit point, and a Strength of 2, and it can't attack. If it drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends.

Once on each of your turns as a bonus action, you can mentally command the servant to move up to 15 feet and interact with an object. The servant can perform simple tasks that a human servant could do, such as fetching things, cleaning, mending, folding clothes, lighting fires, serving food, and pouring wine. Once you give the command, the servant performs the task to the best of its ability until it completes the task, then waits for your next command.

If you command the servant to perform a task that would move it more than 60 feet away from you, the spell ends.

Unseen Servant 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Effectively the same spell. The 2024 version is reworded but functions identically.

Unseen Servant popularity

How popular is Unseen Servant? It is a commonly found spell in the game, but is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may be situational for many spellbooks.

Read about how this popularity data is calculated.

Spells similar to Unseen Servant

Unseen Servant is featured in