Speak with Animals

Level

Level 1 · Divination

Cost

Action + 1st-level spell slot

Range

Self

Ritual

Yes: can be cast without a spell slot outside combat

Components

Verbal, Somatic

Gain the ability to comprehend and communicate with beasts.

Who can get it

From the game's class, subclass and race progression tables (the level is the class or character level it first becomes available at), feat choices, equipment boosts and scrolls.

Classes 3

• Bard · can pick, from level 1
• Druid · always known, from level 1
• Ranger · can pick, from level 2

Subclasses 4

• Nature Domain (Cleric) · always known, from level 1
• Oath of the Ancients (Paladin) · always known, from level 3
• Wildheart (Barbarian) · always known, from level 3
• Knowledge Domain (Cleric) · always known, from level 6

Races 1

• Forest Gnome · always known, from level 1

Feats 3

• Magic Initiate: Bard · can pick
• Magic Initiate: Druid · can pick
• Ritual Caster · can pick