Druid 2024
Druids belong to ancient orders that call on the forces of nature. Harnessing the magic of animals, plants, and the four elements, Druids heal, transform into animals, and wield elemental destruction.
Revering nature above all, individual Druids gain their magic from nature, a nature deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles.
Druids are concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant and animal life and with the need for people to live in harmony with nature. Druids often guard sacred sites or watch over regions of unspoiled nature, but when a significant danger arises, Druids take a more active role as adventurers who combat the threat.
| Core Druid Traits | |
|---|---|
| Primery Ability | Wisdom |
| Hit Dice Die | D8 per Druid level |
| Saving Throws Proficiencies | Intelligence and Wisdom |
| Skill Proficiencies | Choose 2: Animal Handling, Arcana, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival |
| Weapons Proficiencies | Simple weapons |
| Tools Proficiencies | Herbalism Kit |
| Armor Training | Light armor and Shields |
| Starting Equipment | Choose A or B: (A) Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer’s Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP |
Becoming a Druid...
As a Level 1 Druid
- Gain all the traits in the Core Druid Traits table.
- Gain the Druid’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Druid Features table.
As a Multiclass Druid
- Gain the following traits from the Core Druid Traits table: Hit Point Die and training with Light armor and Shields.
- Gain the Druid’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Druid Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots.
Druid Class Features
| Prof. | Wild | Prepared | - Spell Slots per Spell Level - | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Bonus | Class Features | Shape | Cantrips | Spells | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1 | +2 | Spellcasting, Druidic, Primal Order | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | +2 | Wild Shape, Wild Companion | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | +2 | Druid Subclass | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | +2 | Ability Score Improvement | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | +3 | Wild Resurgence | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | +3 | Subclass Feature | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | +3 | Elemental Fury | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | +3 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | +4 | - | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | +4 | Subclass Feature | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | +4 | - | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 12 | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 13 | +5 | - | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 14 | +5 | Subclass Feature | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 15 | +5 | Improved Elemental Fury | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 16 | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 17 | +6 | - | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | +6 | Beast Spells | 4 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | +6 | Epic Boon | 4 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | +6 | Archdruid | 4 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
As a Druid, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified Druid levels. These features are listed in the Druid Features table.
Level 1: Spellcasting
You have learned to cast spells through studying the mystical forces of nature. See the Player’s Handbook for the rules on spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules with Druid spells.
Cantrips. You know two cantrips of your choice from the Druid spell list. Druidcraft and Produce Flame are recommended.
Whenever you gain a Druid level, you can replace one of your cantrips with another cantrip of your choice from the Druid spell list.
When you reach Druid levels 4 and 10, you learn another cantrip of your choice from the Druid spell list, as shown in the Cantrips column of the Druid Features table.
Spell Slots. The Druid Features table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest.
Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are available for you to cast with this feature. To start, choose four level 1 spells from the Druid spell list. Animal Friendship, Cure Wounds, Faerie Fire, and Thunderwave are recommended.
The number of spells on your list increases as you gain Druid levels, as shown in the Prepared Spells column of the Druid Features table. Whenever that number increases, choose additional spells from the Druid spell list until the number of spells on your list matches the number on the table. The chosen spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For example, if you’re a level 3 Druid, your list of prepared spells can include six spells of levels 1 and 2 in any combination.
If another Druid feature gives spells that you always have prepared, those spells don’t count against the number of spells on the list you prepare with this feature, but those spells otherwise count as Druid spells for you.
Changing Your Prepared Spells. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change your list of prepared spells, replacing any of the spells there with other Druid spells for which you have spell slots.
Spellcasting Ability. Wisdom is your Spellcasting Ability for your Druid spells.
Spellcasting Focus. You can use a Druidic Focus as a Spellcasting Focus for your Druid spells.
Level 1: Druidic
You know Druidic, the secret language of Druids. While learning this ancient tongue, you also unlocked the magic of speaking to animals; you always have the Speak with Animals spell prepared.
You can use Druidic to leave hidden messages. You and others who know Druidic automatically spot such a message. Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
Level 1: Primal Order
You have dedicated yourself to one of the following sacred roles of your choice.
Magician. You know one extra cantrip from the Druid spell list. In addition, your mystical connection to nature gives you a bonus to your Intelligence (Arcana or Nature) checks. The bonus equals your Wisdom modifier (minimum bonus of +1).
Warden. Trained for battle, you gain proficiency with Martial weapons and training with Medium Armor.
Level 2: Wild Shape
The power of nature allows you to assume the form of an animal. As a Bonus Action, you shape-shift into a Beast form that you have learned for this feature (see “Known Forms” below). You stay in that form for a number of hours equal to half your Druid level or until you use Wild Shape again, have the Incapacitated condition, or die. You can also leave the form early as a Bonus Action.
Number of Uses. You can use Wild Shape twice. You regain one expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.
You gain additional uses when you reach certain Druid levels, as shown in the Wild Shape column of the Druid Feature table.
Known Forms. You know four Beast forms for this feature, chosen from among Beast stat blocks that have a maximum Challenge Rating of 1/4 and that lack a Fly Speed. The Rat, Riding Horse, Spider, and Wolf are recommanded. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace one of your known forms with another eligible form.
When you reach certain Druid levels, your number of known forms and the maximum Challenge Rating for those forms increases, as shown in the Beast Shapes table. In addition, starting at level 8, you can adopt a form that has a Fly Speed.
When choosing known forms, you may look in the Monster Manual or elsewhere for eligible Beasts if the Dungeon Master permits you to do so.
Best Shapes
| Druid Level | Known Forms | Max CR | Fly Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 1/4 | No |
| 4 | 6 | 1/2 | No |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | Yes |
Rules While Shape-Shifted. While in a form, you retain your personality, memories, and ability to speak, and the following rules apply:
Temporary Hit Points. When you assume a Wild Shape form, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Druid level.
Game Statistics. Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the Beast's stat block, but you retain your creature type; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; class features; languages; and feats. You also retain your skill and saving throw proficiencies and use your Proficiency Bonus for them, in addition to gaining the proficiencies of the creature. If a skill or saving thow modifier in the Beast'stat block is higher than yours, use the one in the stat block.
No Spellcasting. You can’t cast spells, but shape-shifting doesn’t break your Concentration or otherwise interfere with a spell you’ve already cast.
Objects. Your ability to handle objects is determined by the form’s limbs rather than your own. In addition, you choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the DM decides whether it's practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment based on the creature’s size and shape. Your equipment doesn’t change size or shape to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can’t wear must either fall to the ground or merge with the form. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect while you're in that form.
Level 2: Wild Companion
You can summon a nature spirit that assumes an animal form to aid you. As a Magic action, you can expend a spell slot or a use of Wild Shape to cast the Find Familiar spell without material components.
When you cast the spell in this way, the familiar is a Fey, and it disappears when you finish a Long Rest.
Level 3: Druid Subclass
You gain a Druid subclass of your choice. The Circle of the Land, the Circle of the Moon, the Circle of the Sea, and the Circle of the Stars subclasses are detailed after this class’s description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you special abilities at certain Druid levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Druid level and lower.
Level 4: Ability Score Improvement
You gain the Ability Score Improvement feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Druid levels 8, 12, and 16.
Level 5: Wild Resurgence
Once on each of your turns, if you have no uses of Wild Shape left, you can give yourself one use by expending a spell slot (no action required).
In addition, you can expend one use of Wild Shape (no action required) to give yourself a level 1 spell slot, and you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
Level 7: Elemental Fury
The might of the elements flows through you. You gain one of the following options of your choice.
Potent Spellcasting. You add your Wisdom modifier to the damage you deal with any Druid cantrip.
Primal Strike. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with an attack roll using a weapon or a Beast form’s attack in Wild Shape, you can cause the target to take an extra 1d8 Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage (choose when you hit).
Level 15: Improved Elemental Fury
The option you chose for Elemental Fury grows more powerful, as detailed below.
Potent Spellcasting. When you cast a Druid cantrip with a range of 10 feet or greater, the spell’s range increases by 300 feet.
Primal Strike. The extra damage of your Primal Strike increases to 2d8.
Level 18: Beast Spells
While using Wild Shape, you can cast spells in Beast form, except for any spell that has a Material component with a cost specified or that consumes its Material component.
Level 19: Epic Boon
You gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. Boon of Dimensionnal Travel is recommended.
Level 20: Archdruid
The vitality of nature constantly blooms within you, granting you the following benefits.
Evergreen Wild Shape. Whenever you roll Initiative and have no uses of Wild Shape left, you regain one expended use of it.
Nature Magician. You can convert uses of Wild Shape into a spell slot (no action required). Choose a number of your unexpended uses of Wild Shape and convert them into a single spell slot, with each use contributing 2 spell levels. For example, if you convert two uses of Wild Shape, you produce a level 4 spell slot. Once you use this benefit, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
Longevity. The primal magic that you wield causes you to age more slowly. For every ten years that pass, your body ages only one year.
Druid Subclasses
A Druid subclass is a specialization that grants you special abilities at certain Druid levels, as specified in the subclass. Druids form loose associations, which they call circles. This section presents the Circle of the Land, the Circle of the Moon, and the Circle of the Sea subclasses.
Circle of the Land
The Circle of the Land comprises mystics and sages who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites. These Druids meet within sacred circles of trees or standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest members preside as the chief priests of their communities.
Level 3: Circle of the Land Spells
Whenever you finish a Long Rest, choose one type of land: arid, polar, temperate, or tropical. Consult the table below that corresponds to the chosen type; you have the spells listed for your Druid level and lower prepared.
Arid Land
| Druid Level | Circle Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Blur, Burning Hands, Fire Bolt |
| 5 | Fireball |
| 7 | Blight |
| 9 | Wall of Stone |
Polar Land
| Druid Level | Circle Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Fog Cloud, Hold Person, Ray of Frost |
| 5 | Sleet Storm |
| 7 | Ice Storm |
| 9 | Cone of Cold |
Temperate Land
| Druid Level | Circle Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Misty Step, Shocking Grasp, Sleep |
| 5 | Lightning Bolt |
| 7 | Freedom of Movement |
| 9 | Tree Stride |
Tropical Land
| Druid Level | Circle Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Acid Splash, Ray of Sickness, Web |
| 5 | Stinking Cloud |
| 7 | Polymorph |
| 9 | Insect Plague |
Level 3: Land’s Aid
As a Magic action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape and choose a point within 60 feet of yourself. Vitality-giving flowers and life-draining thorns appear for a moment in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on that point. Each creature of your choice in the Sphere must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC, taking 2d6 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. One creature of your choice in that area regains 2d6 Hit Points.
The damage and healing increase by 1d6 when you reach Druid levels 10 (3d6) and 14 (4d6).
Level 6: Natural Recovery
You can cast one of the level 1+ spells that you have prepared from your Circle Spells feature without expending a spell slot, and you must finish a Long Rest before you do so again.
In addition, when you finish a Short Rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your Druid level (round up), and none of them can be level 6+. For example, if you’re a level 6 Druid, you can recover up to three levels’ worth of spell slots. You can recover a level 3 spell slot, a level 2 and a level 1 spell slot, or three level 1 spell slots. Once you recover spell slots with this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
Level 10: Nature's Ward
You are immune to the Poisoned condition, and you have Resistance to a damage type associated with your current land choice in the Circle Spells feature, as shown in the Nature’s Ward table.
Nature's Ward
| Land Type | Resistance |
|---|---|
| Arid | Fire |
| Polar | Cold |
| Temperate | Lightning |
| Tropical | Poison |
Level 14: Nature's Sanctuary
As a Magic action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape and cause spectral trees and vines to appear in a 15-foot Cube on the ground within 120 feet of yourself. They last there for 1 minute or until you have the Incapacitated condition or die. You and your allies have Half Cover while in that area, and your allies gain the current Resistance of your Nature’s Ward while there.
As a Bonus Action, you can move the Cube up to 60 feet to ground within 120 feet of yourself.
Circle of the Moon
This is the Circle of the Moon according to the information WotC released so far, not yet the official 2024 version.
Druids of the Circle of the Moon draw on the magic of the moon to transform themselves and to guard the wilds. Their order gathers under the full moon to share news and perform rituals. They wander the deepest parts of the wilderness, where they might go for weeks before crossing paths with another person, let alone another Druid.
Changeable as the moon, a Druid of this circle might prowl as a great cat one night, soar over the treetops as an eagle the next day, and crash through the undergrowth as a bear to drive off a trespassing monster. The wild is in the Druid’s blood.
Level 3: Circle Forms
You have learned ancient techniques that allow you to channel lunar magic when you assume a Wild Shape form, granting you the following benefits:
Challenge Rating. The maximum Challenge Rating for the form equals your Druid level divided by 3 (round down).
Armor Class. Your AC equals 13 plus your Wisdom modifier or the Beast AC (whichever one is higher), until you leave the form.
Temporary Hit Points. You gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to three times your Druid level.
Level 3: Circle of the Moon Spells
Your connection to this circle ensures that you always have certain spells ready. When you reach a Druid level specified in the Circle of the Moon Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.
In addition, you can cast the spells from this feature while you are in Wild Shape form.
Circle of the Moon Spells
| Druid Level | Prepared Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Cure Wounds, Moonbeam, Starry Wisp |
| 5 | Conjure Animals |
| 7 | Fount of Moonlight |
| 9 | Mass Cure Wounds |
Level 6: Improved Circle Forms
While in a Wild Shape form, you gain the following benefits:
Lunar Radiance. Each of your attacks in a Wild Shape form can deal its normal damage type or Radiant damage. You make this choice each time you hit with those attacks.
Increased Toughness. You can add your Wisdom modifier to your Constitution saving throws.
Level 10: Moonlight Step
You magically transport yourself, reappearing amid a burst of moonlight. As a Bonus Action, you teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see, and you have Advantage on the next attack roll you make before the end of this turn.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. You can also regain uses by expending a spell slot of level 2 or higher for each use you want to restore (no action required).
Level 14: Lunar Form
The power of the moon suffuses you, granting you the following benefits:
Improved Lunar Radiance. Each of your attacks in a Wild Shape form deals an extra 1d10 Radiant damage on a hit.
Shared Moonlight. Whenever you use Moonlight Step, you can also teleport one willing creature. That creature must be within 10 feet of you, and you teleport it to an unoccupied space you can see within 10 feet of your destination space.
Circle of the Sea
This is the Circle of the Sea according to the information WotC released so far, not yet the official 2024 version.
Druids of the Circle of the Sea draw on the tempestuous natural forces of the world’s oceans and storms. Some view themselves as embodiments of nature’s wrath, seeking vengeance against those who despoil the natural world. Others seek mystical unity with nature by attuning themselves to the ebb and flow of the tides, following the rush of currents and waves, and listening to the inscrutable whispers and roars of the winds.
Level 3: Circle of the Sea Spells
Your connection to this circle ensures that you always have certain spells ready. When you reach a Druid level specified in the Circle of the Sea Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.
Circle of the Sea Spells
| Druid Level | Prepared Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Fog Cloud, Gust of Wind, Ray of Frost, Shatter, Thunderwave |
| 5 | Lightning Bolt, Water Breathing |
| 7 | Control Water, Ice Storm |
| 9 | Conjure Elemental, Hold Monster |
Level 3: Wrath of the Sea
As a Bonus Action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape to manifest an aura that takes the form of ocean spray that surrounds you. The aura lasts for 10 minutes. It ends early if you have the Incapacitated condition, dismiss it (no action required), or manifest the aura again.
At the end of each of your turns, you can choose another creature you can see within 10 feet of yourself. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against your Spell Save DC or take Thunder damage and, if the creature is Large or smaller, be pushed up to 15 feet away from you. To determine this damage, roll a number of d6s equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of one die).
Level 6: Aquatic Affinity
Your Wrath of the Sea emanation increased to 10 feet.
In addition, you gain a Swim Speed equal to your Speed.
Level 10: Stormborn
Your Wrath of the Sea confers two more benefits while active:
Flight. You gain a Fly Speed equal to your Speed.
Resistance. You have resistance to Cold, Lighting, and Thunder damage.
Level 14: Oceanic Gift
Whenever you use Wrath of the Sea, you can manifest the aura around one willing creature within 60 feet of you rather than manifesting it around yourself. The creature gains all the benefits of the aura and uses your Spell Save DC and Wisdom modifier for it.
In addition, you can manifest the aura around both the other creature and yourself if you expend two uses of your Wild Shape, instead of one, when manifesting the aura.