Locate Animals or Plants
Level 2 · Divination
- Ritual
Carried by bard, druid, and ranger, Locate Animals or Plants operates at the 2nd level of the divination school. Cast time: Action. Range Self, components V/S/M, duration instantaneous. Material: fur from a bloodhound. Marked ritual. Effect: Describe or name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant.
Stat Block
- Level
- 2
- School
- Divination
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range / Area
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Ritual
- Yes
- Concentration
- No
- Classes
- Bard, Druid, Ranger
- Material
- fur from a bloodhound
Description
Describe or name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant. You learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.
5e (2014) vs 2024 changes
This spell has both a 5e (2014) and 2024 Player's Handbook version. Doungim shows the current 2024 stat block above. Differences between editions typically affect components, range, or scaling — check both source books for the table.
Doungim Lore
School Fit
Divination is the quiet school. Its spells rarely deal damage and rarely move things. They reveal, identify, foresee. Locate Animals or Plants is Divination because the spell answers a question the caster could not otherwise reach. 2nd-level slots become common enough that Locate Animals or Plants can be cast in two or three encounters per long rest.
Class Fit
- Bard: Bards take Locate Animals or Plants as one of their fixed picks; the trade-off is that swapping it later requires a level-up spell-swap or a downtime retraining session.
- Druid: Land Druids gain bonus circle spells by terrain; if Locate Animals or Plants is already on the chosen terrain list, save the manual prep slot for something else.
- Ranger: Rangers know a fixed list. Locate Animals or Plants stays on the sheet for years once taken, so the pick is a long-term build decision.
Related Spells
Frequently Asked Questions about Locate Animals or Plants
- What level spell is Locate Animals or Plants?
- Locate Animals or Plants is a level 2 spell from the Divination school. The classes that can prepare it: Bard, Druid, Ranger.
- What is the range of Locate Animals or Plants?
- Locate Animals or Plants is self-target only — the caster is the target of the spell, not another creature.
- What components and casting time does Locate Animals or Plants need?
- For Locate Animals or Plants: the spell uses V, S, M components; on top of that, Material component: fur from a bloodhound; Locate Animals or Plants can be cast as a ritual: an extra 10 minutes of casting time, no spell slot consumed.