✨ Locate Creature
Spells
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Description

Describe or name a creature that is familiar to you. You sense the direction to the creature's location, as long as that creature is within 1,000 feet of you. If the creature is moving, you know the direction of its movement.

The spell can locate a specific creature known to you, or the nearest creature of a specific kind (such as a human or a unicorn), so long as you have seen such a creature up close--within 30 feet--at least once. If the creature you described or named is in a different form, such as being under the effects of a polymorph spell, this spell doesn't locate the creature.

This spell can't locate a creature if running water at least 10 feet wide blocks a direct path between you and the creature.

Properties

Casting_time
1 action
Classes
  • Bard
  • Cleric
  • Druid
  • Paladin
  • Ranger
  • Wizard
Components
  • V
  • S
  • M
Concentration
Yes
Duration
Up to 1 hour
Level
4
Material
A bit of fur from a bloodhound.
Range
Self
Ritual
No
School
Divination
Subclasses
Land
Updated_at
2026-04-01T20:35:39.217Z
Raw JSON data
{
  "casting_time": "1 action",
  "classes": [
    {
      "index": "bard",
      "name": "Bard",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/bard"
    },
    {
      "index": "cleric",
      "name": "Cleric",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/cleric"
    },
    {
      "index": "druid",
      "name": "Druid",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/druid"
    },
    {
      "index": "paladin",
      "name": "Paladin",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/paladin"
    },
    {
      "index": "ranger",
      "name": "Ranger",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/ranger"
    },
    {
      "index": "wizard",
      "name": "Wizard",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/wizard"
    }
  ],
  "components": [
    "V",
    "S",
    "M"
  ],
  "concentration": true,
  "desc": [
    "Describe or name a creature that is familiar to you. You sense the direction to the creature's location, as long as that creature is within 1,000 feet of you. If the creature is moving, you know the direction of its movement.",
    "The spell can locate a specific creature known to you, or the nearest creature of a specific kind (such as a human or a unicorn), so long as you have seen such a creature up close--within 30 feet--at least once. If the creature you described or named is in a different form, such as being under the effects of a polymorph spell, this spell doesn't locate the creature.",
    "This spell can't locate a creature if running water at least 10 feet wide blocks a direct path between you and the creature."
  ],
  "duration": "Up to 1 hour",
  "higher_level": [],
  "index": "locate-creature",
  "level": 4,
  "material": "A bit of fur from a bloodhound.",
  "name": "Locate Creature",
  "range": "Self",
  "ritual": false,
  "school": {
    "index": "divination",
    "name": "Divination",
    "url": "/api/2014/magic-schools/divination"
  },
  "subclasses": [
    {
      "index": "land",
      "name": "Land",
      "url": "/api/2014/subclasses/land"
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2026-04-01T20:35:39.217Z",
  "url": "/api/2014/spells/locate-creature"
}