Magic Items

Magic items are gleaned from the hoards of conquered monsters or discovered in long-lost vaults. Such items grant capabilities a character could rarely have otherwise, or they complement their owner’s capabilities in wondrous ways.

Rarity	Character Level	Value
Common	1st or higher	50–100 gp
Uncommon	1st or higher	101–500 gp
Rare	5th or higher	501–5,000 gp
Very rare	11th or higher	5,001–50,000 gp
Legendary	17th or higher	50,001+ gp

Rarity

Each magic item has a rarity: common, uncommon, rare, very rare, or legendary. Common magic items, such as a potion of healing, are the most plentiful. Some legendary items, such as the apparatus of Kwalish, are unique. The game assumes that the secrets of creating the most powerful items arose centuries ago and were then gradually lost as a result of wars, cataclysms, and mishaps. Even uncommon items can’t be easily created. Thus, many magic items are well-preserved antiquities.

Rarity provides a rough measure of an item’s power relative to other magic items. Each rarity corresponds to character level, as shown in the Magic Item Rarity table. A character doesn’t typically find a rare magic item, for example, until around 5th level. That said, rarity shouldn’t get in the way of your campaign’s story. If you want a ring of invisibility to fall into the hands of a 1st-level character, so be it. No doubt a great story will arise from that event.

If your campaign allows for trade in magic items, rarity can also help you set prices for them. As the DM, you determine the value of an individual magic item based on its rarity. Suggested values are provided in the Magic Item Rarity table. The value of a consumable item, such as a potion or scroll, is typically half the value of a permanent item of the same rarity.

Minor Items, Common

Item	Type	Attune?
Armor of gleaming	Armor	No
Bead of nourishment	Wondrous item	No
Bead of refreshment	Wondrous item	No
Boots of false tracks	Wondrous item	No
Candle of the deep	Wondrous item	No
Cast-off armor	Armor	No
Charlatan’s die	Wondrous item	Yes
Cloak of billowing	Wondrous item	No
Cloak of many fashions	Wondrous item	No
Clockwork amulet	Wondrous item	No
Clothes of mending	Wondrous item	No
Dark shard amulet	Wondrous item	Yes (warlock)
Dread helm	Wondrous item	No
Ear horn of hearing	Wondrous item	No
Enduring spellbook	Wondrous item	No
Ersatz eye	Wondrous item	Yes
Hat of vermin	Wondrous item	No
Hat of wizardry	Wondrous item	Yes (wizard)
Heward’s handy spice pouch	Wondrous item	No
Horn of silent alarm	Wondrous item	No
Instrument of illusions	Wondrous item	Yes
Instrument of scribing	Wondrous item	Yes
Lock of trickery	Wondrous item	No
Moon-touched sword	Weapon	No
Mystery key	Wondrous item	No
Orb of direction	Wondrous item	No
Orb of time	Wondrous item	No
Perfume of bewitching	Wondrous item	No
Pipe of smoke monsters	Wondrous item	No
Pole of angling	Wondrous item	No
Pole of collapsing	Wondrous item	No
Pot of awakening	Wondrous item	No
Potion of climbing	Potion	No
Potion of healing	Potion	No
Rope of mending	Wondrous item	No
Ruby of the war mage	Wondrous item	Yes (spellcaster)
Shield of expression	Armor	No
Smoldering armor	Armor	No
Spell scroll (cantrip)	Scroll	No
Spell scroll (1st level)	Scroll	No
Staff of adornment	Staff	No
Staff of birdcalls	Staff	No
Staff of flowers	Staff	No
Talking doll	Wondrous item	Yes
Tankard of sobriety	Wondrous item	No
Unbreakable arrow	Weapon	No
Veteran’s cane	Wondrous item	No
Walloping ammunition	Weapon	No
Wand of conducting	Wand	No
Wand of pyrotechnics	Wand	No
Wand of scowls	Wand	No
Wand of smiles	Wand	No

Minor Items, Uncommon

Item	Type	Attune?
Alchemy jug	Wondrous item	No
Ammunition, +1	Weapon	No
Bag of holding	Wondrous item	No
Cap of water breathing	Wondrous item	No
Cloak of the manta ray	Wondrous item	No
Decanter of endless water	Wondrous item	No
Driftglobe	Wondrous item	No
Dust of disappearance	Wondrous item	No
Dust of dryness	Wondrous item	No
Dust of sneezing and choking	Wondrous item	No
Elemental gem	Wondrous item	No
Eyes of minute seeing	Wondrous item	No
Goggles of night	Wondrous item	No
Helm of comprehending languages	Wondrous item	No
Immovable rod	Rod	No
Keoghtom’s ointment	Wondrous item	No
Lantern of revealing	Wondrous item	No
Mariner’s armor	Armor	No
Mithral armor	Armor	No
Oil of slipperiness	Potion	No
Periapt of health	Wondrous item	No
Philter of love	Potion	No
Potion of animal friendship	Potion	No
Potion of fire breath	Potion	No
Potion of healing, greater	Potion	No
Potion of growth	Potion	No
Potion of hill giant strength	Potion	No
Potion of poison	Potion	No
Potion of resistance	Potion	No
Potion of water breathing	Potion	No
Ring of swimming	Ring	No
Robe of useful items	Wondrous item	No
Rope of climbing	Wondrous item	No
Saddle of the cavalier	Wondrous item	No
Sending stones	Wondrous item	No
Spell scroll (2nd level)	Scroll	No
Spell scroll (3rd level)	Scroll	No
Wand of magic detection	Wand	No
Wand of secrets	Wand	No

Minor Items, Rare

Item	Type	Attune?
Ammunition, +2	Weapon	No
Bag of beans	Wondrous item	No
Bead of force	Wondrous item	No
Chime of opening	Wondrous item	No
Elixir of health	Potion	No
Folding boat	Wondrous item	No
Heward’s handy haversack	Wondrous item	No
Horseshoes of speed	Wondrous item	No
Necklace of fireballs	Wondrous item	No
Oil of etherealness	Potion	No
Portable hole	Wondrous item	No
Potion of clairvoyance	Potion	No
Potion of diminution	Potion	No
Potion of fire giant strength	Potion	No
Potion of frost giant strength	Potion	No
Potion of gaseous form	Potion	No
Potion of heroism	Potion	No
Potion of invulnerability	Potion	No
Potion of mind reading	Potion	No
Potion of stone giant strength	Potion	No
Potion of healing, superior	Potion	No
Quaal’s feather token	Wondrous item	No
Scroll of protection	Scroll	No
Spell scroll (4th level)	Scroll	No
Spell scroll (5th level)	Scroll	No

Minor Items, Very Rare

Item	Type	Attune?
Ammunition, +3	Weapon	No
Arrow of slaying	Weapon	No
Bag of devouring	Wondrous item	No
Horseshoes of a zephyr	Wondrous item	No
Nolzur’s marvelous pigments	Wondrous item	No
Oil of sharpness	Potion	No
Potion of cloud giant strength	Potion	No
Potion of flying	Potion	No
Potion of invisibility	Potion	No
Potion of longevity	Potion	No
Potion of speed	Potion	No
Potion of healing, supreme	Potion	No
Potion of vitality	Potion	No
Spell scroll (6th level)	Scroll	No
Spell scroll (7th level)	Scroll	No
Spell scroll (8th level)	Scroll	No

Minor Items, Legendary

Item	Type	Attune?
Potion of storm giant strength	Potion	No
Sovereign glue	Wondrous item	No
Spell scroll (9th level)	Scroll	No
Universal solvent	Wondrous item	No

Major Items, Uncommon

Item	Type	Attune?
Adamantine armor	Armor	No
Amulet of proof against detection and location	Wondrous item	Yes
Bag of tricks	Wondrous item	No
Boots of elvenkind	Wondrous item	No
Boots of striding and springing	Wondrous item	Yes
Boots of the winterlands	Wondrous item	Yes
Bracers of archery	Wondrous item	Yes
Brooch of shielding	Wondrous item	Yes
Broom of flying	Wondrous item	No
Circlet of blasting	Wondrous item	No
Cloak of elvenkind	Wondrous item	Yes
Cloak of protection	Wondrous item	Yes
Deck of illusions	Wondrous item	No
Eversmoking bottle	Wondrous item	No
Eyes of charming	Wondrous item	Yes
Eyes of the eagle	Wondrous item	Yes
Figurine of wondrous power (silver raven)	Wondrous item	No
Gauntlets of ogre power	Wondrous item	Yes
Gem of brightness	Wondrous item	No
Gloves of missile snaring	Wondrous item	Yes
Gloves of swimming and climbing	Wondrous item	Yes
Gloves of thievery	Wondrous item	No
Hat of disguise	Wondrous item	Yes
Headband of intellect	Wondrous item	Yes
Helm of telepathy	Wondrous item	Yes
Instrument of the bards (Doss lute)	Wondrous item	Yes (bard)
Instrument of the bards (Fochlucan bandore)	Wondrous item	Yes (bard)
Instrument of the bards (Mac-Fuirmidh cittern)	Wondrous item	Yes (bard)
Javelin of lightning	Weapon	No
Medallion of thoughts	Wondrous item	Yes
Necklace of adaptation	Wondrous item	Yes
Pearl of power	Wondrous item	Yes (spellcaster)
Periapt of wound closure	Wondrous item	Yes
Pipes of haunting	Wondrous item	No
Pipes of the sewers	Wondrous item	Yes
Quiver of Ehlonna	Wondrous item	No
Ring of jumping	Ring	Yes
Ring of mind shielding	Ring	Yes
Ring of warmth	Ring	Yes
Ring of water walking	Ring	No
Rod of the pact keeper, +1	Rod	Yes (warlock)
Sentinel shield	Armor	No
Shield, +1	Armor	No
Slippers of spider climbing	Wondrous item	Yes
Staff of the adder	Staff	Yes (cleric, druid, or warlock)
Staff of the python	Staff	Yes (cleric, druid, or warlock)
Stone of good luck (luckstone)	Wondrous item	Yes
Sword of vengeance	Weapon	Yes
Trident of fish command	Weapon	Yes
Wand of magic missiles	Wand	No
Wand of the war mage, +1	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Wand of web	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Weapon of warning	Weapon	Yes
Weapon, +1	Weapon	No
Wind fan	Wondrous item	No
Winged boots	Wondrous item	Yes

Major Items, Rare

Item	Type	Attune?
Amulet of health	Wondrous item	Yes
Armor of resistance	Armor	Yes
Armor of vulnerability	Armor	Yes
Armor, +1	Armor	No
Arrow-catching shield	Armor	Yes
Belt of dwarvenkind	Wondrous item	Yes
Belt of hill giant strength	Wondrous item	Yes
Berserker axe	Weapon	Yes
Boots of levitation	Wondrous item	Yes
Boots of speed	Wondrous item	Yes
Bowl of commanding water elementals	Wondrous item	No
Bracers of defense	Wondrous item	Yes
Brazier of commanding fire elementals	Wondrous item	No
Cape of the mountebank	Wondrous item	No
Censer of controlling air elementals	Wondrous item	No
Cloak of displacement	Wondrous item	Yes
Cloak of the bat	Wondrous item	Yes
Cube of force	Wondrous item	Yes
Daern’s instant fortress	Wondrous item	No
Dagger of venom	Weapon	No
Dimensional shackles	Wondrous item	No
Dragon slayer	Weapon	No
Elven chain	Armor	No
Figurine of wondrous power (bronze griffon)	Wondrous item	No
Figurine of wondrous power (ebony fly)	Wondrous item	No
Figurine of wondrous power (golden lions)	Wondrous item	No
Figurine of wondrous power (ivory goats)	Wondrous item	No
Figurine of wondrous power (marble elephant)	Wondrous item	No
Figurine of wondrous power (onyx dog)	Wondrous item	No
Figurine of wondrous power (serpentine owl)	Wondrous item	No
Flame tongue	Weapon	Yes
Gem of seeing	Wondrous item	Yes
Giant slayer	Weapon	No
Glamoured studded leather	Armor	No
Helm of teleportation	Wondrous item	Yes
Horn of blasting	Wondrous item	No
Horn of Valhalla (silver or brass)	Wondrous item	No
Instrument of the bards (Canaith mandolin)	Wondrous item	Yes (bard)
Instrument of the bards (Cli lyre)	Wondrous item	Yes (bard)
Ioun stone (awareness)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (protection)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (reserve)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (sustenance)	Wondrous item	Yes
Iron bands of Bilarro	Wondrous item	No
Mace of disruption	Weapon	Yes
Mace of smiting	Weapon	No
Mace of terror	Weapon	Yes
Mantle of spell resistance	Wondrous item	Yes
Necklace of prayer beads	Wondrous item	Yes (cleric, druid, or paladin)
Periapt of proof against poison	Wondrous item	No
Ring of animal influence	Ring	No
Ring of evasion	Ring	Yes
Ring of feather falling	Ring	Yes
Ring of free action	Ring	Yes
Ring of protection	Ring	Yes
Ring of resistance	Ring	Yes
Ring of spell storing	Ring	Yes
Ring of the ram	Ring	Yes
Ring of X-ray vision	Ring	Yes
Robe of eyes	Wondrous item	Yes
Rod of rulership	Rod	Yes
Rod of the pact keeper, +2	Rod	Yes (warlock)
Rope of entanglement	Wondrous item	No
Shield of missile attraction	Armor	Yes
Shield, +2	Armor	No
Staff of charming	Staff	Yes (bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Staff of healing	Staff	Yes (bard, cleric, or druid)
Staff of swarming insects	Staff	Yes (bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Staff of the woodlands	Staff	Yes (druid)
Staff of withering	Staff	Yes (cleric, druid, or warlock)
Stone of controlling earth elementals	Wondrous item	No
Sun blade	Weapon	Yes
Sword of life stealing	Weapon	Yes
Sword of wounding	Weapon	Yes
Tentacle rod	Rod	Yes
Vicious weapon	Weapon	No
Wand of binding	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Wand of enemy detection	Wand	Yes
Wand of fear	Wand	Yes
Wand of fireballs	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Wand of lightning bolts	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Wand of paralysis	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Wand of the war mage, +2	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Wand of wonder	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Weapon, +2	Weapon	No
Wings of flying	Wondrous item	Yes

Major Items, Very Rare

Item	Type	Attune?
Amulet of the planes	Wondrous item	Yes
Animated shield	Armor	Yes
Armor, +2	Armor	No
Belt of fire giant strength	Wondrous item	Yes
Belt of giant strength (frost/stone)	Wondrous item	Yes
Candle of invocation	Wondrous item	Yes
Carpet of flying	Wondrous item	No
Cloak of arachnida	Wondrous item	Yes
Crystal ball (very rare)	Wondrous item	Yes
Dancing sword	Weapon	Yes
Demon armor	Armor	Yes
Dragon scale mail	Armor	Yes
Dwarven plate	Armor	No
Dwarven thrower	Weapon	Yes (dwarf)
Efreeti bottle	Wondrous item	No
Figurine of wondrous power (obsidian steed)	Wondrous item	No
Frost brand	Weapon	Yes
Helm of brilliance	Wondrous item	Yes
Horn of Valhalla (bronze)	Wondrous item	No
Instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp)	Wondrous item	Yes (bard)
Ioun stone (absorption)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (agility)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (fortitude)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (insight)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (intellect)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (leadership)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (strength)	Wondrous item	Yes
Manual of bodily health	Wondrous item	No
Manual of gainful exercise	Wondrous item	No
Manual of golems	Wondrous item	No
Manual of quickness of action	Wondrous item	No
Mirror of life trapping	Wondrous item	No
Nine lives stealer	Weapon	Yes
Oathbow	Weapon	Yes
Ring of regeneration	Ring	Yes
Ring of shooting stars	Ring	Yes (outdoors at night)
Ring of telekinesis	Ring	Yes
Robe of scintillating colors	Wondrous item	Yes
Robe of stars	Wondrous item	Yes
Rod of absorption	Rod	Yes
Rod of alertness	Rod	Yes
Rod of security	Rod	No
Rod of the pact keeper, +3	Rod	Yes (warlock)
Scimitar of speed	Weapon	Yes
Shield, +3	Armor	No
Spellguard shield	Armor	Yes
Staff of fire	Staff	Yes (druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Staff of frost	Staff	Yes (druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Staff of power	Staff	Yes (sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Staff of striking	Staff	Yes
Staff of thunder and lightning	Staff	Yes
Sword of sharpness	Weapon	Yes
Tome of clear thought	Wondrous item	No
Tome of leadership and influence	Wondrous item	No
Tome of understanding	Wondrous item	No
Wand of polymorph	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Wand of the war mage, +3	Wand	Yes (spellcaster)
Weapon, +3	Weapon	No

Major Items, Legendary

Item	Type	Attune?
Apparatus of Kwalish	Wondrous item	No
Armor of invulnerability	Armor	Yes
Armor, +3	Armor	No
Belt of cloud giant strength	Wondrous item	Yes
Belt of storm giant strength	Wondrous item	Yes
Cloak of invisibility	Wondrous item	Yes
Crystal ball (legendary)	Wondrous item	Yes
Cubic gate	Wondrous item	No
Deck of many things	Wondrous item	No
Defender	Weapon	Yes
Efreeti chain	Armor	Yes
Hammer of thunderbolts	Weapon	Yes (Giant’s Bane)
Holy avenger	Weapon	Yes (paladin)
Horn of Valhalla (iron)	Wondrous item	No
Instrument of the bards (Ollamh harp)	Wondrous item	Yes (bard)
Ioun stone (greater absorption)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (mastery)	Wondrous item	Yes
Ioun stone (regeneration)	Wondrous item	Yes
Iron flask	Wondrous item	No
Luck blade	Weapon	Yes
Plate armor of etherealness	Armor	Yes
Ring of air elemental command	Ring	Yes
Ring of djinni summoning	Ring	Yes
Ring of earth elemental command	Ring	Yes
Ring of fire elemental command	Ring	Yes
Ring of invisibility	Ring	Yes
Ring of spell turning	Ring	Yes
Ring of three wishes	Ring	No
Ring of water elemental command	Ring	Yes
Robe of the archmagi	Wondrous item	Yes (sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Rod of lordly might	Rod	Yes
Rod of resurrection	Rod	Yes (cleric, druid, or paladin)
Scarab of protection	Wondrous item	Yes
Sphere of annihilation	Wondrous item	No
Staff of the magi	Staff	Yes (sorcerer, warlock, or wizard)
Sword of answering	Weapon	Yes (creature of same alignment as sword)
Talisman of pure good	Wondrous item	Yes (creature of good alignment)
Talisman of the sphere	Wondrous item	Yes
Talisman of ultimate evil	Wondrous item	Yes (creature of evil alignment)
Tome of the stilled tongue	Wondrous item	Yes (wizard)
Vorpal sword	Weapon	Yes
Well of many worlds	Wondrous item	No