Unseen Servant

A
handy helper

Unseen Servant is a spell.

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 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.

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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

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

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

The 2024 and 2014 versions are exactly the same.

Unseen Servant popularity

Unseen Servant is a commonly chosen level 1 spell. Choosing it adds an established option to your spellbook.

Spells similar to Unseen Servant

  • Find Familiar 1st-level conjuration

    Both create a summoned, nonhostile companion that performs tasks and provides ongoing utility rather than direct damage.

  • Mage Hand Conjuration cantrip

    Like the servant, this spell manipulates objects at a distance to extend your action economy and interact with the environment.

  • Tenser's Floating Disk 1st-level conjuration

    Each produces a simple, persistent magical effect that carries or handles items to make mundane tasks easier for the caster.

  • Deryan's Helpful Homunculi 2nd-level conjuration

    This one also grants multiple little helpers that persist for hours and relieve the caster of routine chores and tasks.

  • Phantom Steed 3rd-level illusion

    Both summon a functional, noncombat magical creature via a ritual to serve practical needs (movement or labor) over an extended time.

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