Artificer

Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

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The Artificers of Eberron are responsible for many amazing inventions, but none more miraculous than the Warforged

A Magical Crafter and an Inventor of Wonders

Core Artificer Traits

Primary Ability	Intelligence
Hit Point Die	D8 per Artificer level
Saving Throw Proficiencies	Constitution and Intelligence
Skill Proficiencies	Choose 2: Arcana, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, or Sleight of Hand
Weapon Proficiencies	Simple weapons
Tool Proficiencies	Thieves’ Tools, Tinker’s Tools, and one type of Artisan’s Tools of your choice
Armor Training	Light and Medium armor and Shields
Starting Equipment	Choose A or B: (A) Studded Leather Armor, Dagger, Thieves’ Tools, Tinker’s Tools, Dungeoneer’s Pack, and 16 GP; or (B) 150 GP

Masters of invention, Artificers use ingenuity and magic to unlock extraordinary capabilities in objects. They see magic as a complex system waiting to be decoded and then harnessed in their spells and inventions.

Becoming an Artificer…

As a Level 1 Character

• Gain all the traits in the Core Artificer Traits table.
• Gain the Artificer’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Artificer Features table.

As a Multiclass Character

• Gain the following traits from the Core Artificer Traits table: Hit Point Die, proficiency with Tinker’s Tools, proficiency in one skill of your choice from the Artificer’s skill list, and training with Light and Medium armor and Shields.
• Gain the Artificer’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Artificer Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots, adding half your Artificer levels (round up).

Artificer Class Features

As an Artificer, you gain the following class features when you reach the specified Artificer levels. These features are listed on the Artificer Features table.

Artificer Features

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Class Features	Plans Known	Magic Items	Cantrips	Prepared Spells	—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
							1	2	3	4	5
1	+2	Spellcasting, Tinker's Magic	—	—	2	2	2	—	—	—	—
2	+2	Replicate Magic Item	4	2	2	3	2	—	—	—	—
3	+2	Artificer Subclass	4	2	2	4	3	—	—	—	—
4	+2	Ability Score Improvement	4	2	2	5	3	—	—	—	—
5	+3	Subclass feature	4	2	2	6	4	2	—	—	—
6	+3	Magic Item Tinker	5	3	2	6	4	2	—	—	—
7	+3	Flash of Genius	5	3	2	7	4	3	—	—	—
8	+3	Ability Score Improvement	5	3	2	7	4	3	—	—	—
9	+4	Subclass feature	5	3	2	9	4	3	2	—	—
10	+4	Magic Item Adept	6	4	3	9	4	3	2	—	—
11	+4	Spell‑Storing Item	6	4	3	10	4	3	3	—	—
12	+4	Ability Score Improvement	6	4	3	10	4	3	3	—	—
13	+5	—	6	4	3	11	4	3	3	1	—
14	+5	Advanced Artifice	7	5	4	11	4	3	3	1	—
15	+5	Subclass feature	7	5	4	12	4	3	3	2	—
16	+5	Ability Score Improvement	7	5	4	12	4	3	3	2	—
17	+6	—	7	5	4	14	4	3	3	3	1
18	+6	Magic Item Master	8	6	4	14	4	3	3	3	1
19	+6	Epic Boon	8	6	4	15	4	3	3	3	2
20	+6	Soul of Artifice	8	6	4	15	4	3	3	3	2

Level 1: Spellcasting

You have learned how to channel magical energy through objects. See Spellcasting for the rules on spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules with Artificer spells, which appear in the Artificer Spell List later in the class’s description.

Tools Required. You produce your Artificer spells through tools. You can use Thieves’ Tools, Tinker’s Tools, or another kind of Artisan’s Tools with which you have proficiency as a Spellcasting Focus, and you must have one of those focuses in hand when you cast an Artificer spell (meaning the spell has an M component when you cast it).

Cantrips. You know two Artificer cantrips of your choice. Acid Splash and Prestidigitation are recommended.

Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace one of your cantrips from this feature with another Artificer cantrip of your choice.

When you reach Artificer levels 10 and 14, you learn another Artificer cantrip of your choice, as shown in the Cantrips column of the Artificer Features table.

Spell Slots. The Artificer 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 two level 1 Artificer Spells. Cure Wounds and Grease are recommended.

The number of spells on your list increases as you gain Artificer levels, as shown in the Prepared Spells column of the Artificer Features table. Whenever that number increases, choose additional Artificer spells 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 5 Artificer, your list of prepared spells can include six Artificer spells of levels 1 and 2 in any combination.

If another Artificer feature gives you spells that you always have prepared, those don’t count against the number of spells you can prepare with this feature, but those spells otherwise count as Artificer 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 Artificer spells for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your Artificer spells.

Level 1: Tinker’s Magic

You know the Mending cantrip.

As a Magic action while holding Tinker’s Tools, you can create one item in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of yourself, choosing the item from the following list:

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Ball Bearings
Basket
Bedroll
Bell
Blanket
Block and Tackle
Bottle, Glass
Bucket
Caltrops
Candle
Crowbar

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Flask
Grappling Hook
Hunting Trap
Jug
Lamp
Manacles
Net
Oil
Paper
Parchment
Pole

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Pouch
Rope
Sack
Shovel
Spikes, Iron
String
Tinderbox
Torch
Vial

The item lasts until you finish a Long Rest, at which point it vanishes.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

Level 2: Replicate Magic Item

You have learned arcane plans that you use to make magic items.

Plans Known. When you gain this feature, choose four plans to learn from the Magic Item Plans (Artificer Level 2+) table. Bag of Holding, Cap of Water Breathing, Sending Stones, and Wand of the War Mage are recommended. Whenever you gain an Artificer level, you can replace one of the plans you know with a new plan for which you qualify.

You learn another plan of your choice when you reach certain Artificer levels, as shown in the Plans Known column of the Artificer Features table. When you choose a plan to learn, you choose it from any Magic Item Plans table for which you qualify; your qualification is based on your Artificer level.

Creating an Item. When you finish a Long Rest, you can create one or two different magic items if you have Tinker’s Tools in hand. Each item is based on one of the plans you know for this feature.

If a created item requires Attunement, you can attune yourself to it the instant you create it. If you decide to attune to the item later, you must do so using the normal process for Attunement.

When you reach certain Artificer levels specified in the Magic Items column of the Artificer Features table, the number of magic items you can create at the end of a Long Rest increases. Each item you create must be based on a different plan you know.

You can’t have more magic items from this feature than the number shown in the Magic Items column of the Artificer Features table for your level. If you try to exceed your maximum number of magic items for this feature, the oldest item vanishes, and then the new item appears.

Duration. A magic item created by this feature functions as the normal magic item, except its magic isn’t permanent; when you die, the magic item vanishes after 1d4 days. If you replace a plan you know with a new plan, any magic item created with the replaced plan immediately vanishes.

If an item that you created with this feature is a container, such as a Bag of Holding, and it vanishes, its contents harmlessly appear in and around its space.

Spellcasting Focus. You can use any Wand or Weapon created by this feature as a Spellcasting Focus in lieu of using a set of Artisan’s Tools.

Crafting More Magic Items

The Replicate Magic Item feature isn’t the only way for an Artificer to make magic items. The Crafting Equipment page provides rules for characters—not just Artificers—who want to make magic items of all sorts. Though many different characters can make magic items, Artificers can do it faster than others; each Artificer subclass improves a character’s speed at making items of a certain category.

Magic Item Plans (Artificer Level 2+)

Magic Item Plan	Attunement
Alchemy Jug	No
Bag of Holding	No
Cap of Water Breathing	No
Common magic item that isn’t a Potion, a Scroll, or cursed*	Varies
Goggles of Night	No
Manifold Tool	Yes
Repeating Shot	Yes
Returning Weapon	No
Rope of Climbing	No
Sending Stones	No
Shield, +1	No
Wand of Magic Detection	No
Wand of Secrets	No
Wand of the War Mage, +1	Yes
Weapon, +1	No
Wraps of Unarmed Power, +1	No

*You can learn this option multiple times and must select a different item each time; each item selected counts as a different plan.

Magic Item Plans (Artificer Level 6+)

Magic Item Plan	Attunement
Armor, +1	No
Boots of Elvenkind	No
Boots of the Winding Path	Yes
Cloak of Elvenkind	Yes
Cloak of the Manta Ray	Yes
Dazzling Weapon	Yes
Eyes of Charming	Yes
Eyes of Minute Seeing	No
Gloves of Thievery	No
Helm of Awareness	No
Lantern of Revealing	No
Mind Sharpener	Yes
Necklace of Adaptation	Yes
Pipes of Haunting	No
Repulsion Shield	No
Ring of Swimming	No
Ring of Water Walking	No
Sentinel Shield	No
Spell-Refueling Ring	Yes
Wand of Magic Missiles	No
Wand of Web	Yes
Weapon of Warning	Yes

Magic Item Plans (Artificer Level 10+)

Magic Item Plan	Attunement
Armor of Resistance	Yes
Dagger of Venom	No
Elven Chain	No
Ring of Feather Falling	Yes
Ring of Jumping	Yes
Ring of Mind Shielding	Yes
Shield, +2	No
Uncommon Wondrous Item that isn’t cursed*	Varies
Wand of the War Mage, +2	Yes
Weapon, +2	No
Wraps of Unarmed Power, +2	No

*You can learn this option multiple times and must select a different item each time; each item selected counts as a different plan.

Magic Item Plans (Artificer Level 14+)

Magic Item Plan	Attunement
Armor, +2	No
Arrow-Catching Shield	Yes
Flame Tongue	Yes
Rare Wondrous Item that isn’t cursed*	No
Ring of Free Action	Yes
Ring of Protection	Yes
Ring of the Ram	Yes

*You can learn this option multiple times and must select a different item each time; each item selected counts as a different plan.

Level 3: Artificer Subclass

You gain an Artificer subclass of your choice. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Artificer levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Artificer level or 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 Artificer levels 8, 12, and 16.

Level 6: Magic Item Tinker

Your Replicate Magic Item feature gains the following options.

Charge Magic Item. As a Bonus Action, you can touch a magic item within 5 feet of yourself that you created with Replicate Magic Item and that uses charges. You expend a level 1+ spell slot and recharge the item. The number of charges the item regains is equal to the level of spell slot expended.

Drain Magic Item. As a Bonus Action, you can touch a magic item within 5 feet of yourself that you created with Replicate Magic Item and cause the item to vanish, converting its magical energy into a spell slot. The slot is level 1 if the item is Common or level 2 if the item is Uncommon or Rare. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest. Any spell slot you create with this feature vanishes when you finish a Long Rest.

Transmute Magic Item. As a Magic action, you can touch one magic item within 5 feet of yourself that you created with Replicate Magic Item and transform it into a different magic item. The resulting item must be based on a magic item plan you know. Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

Level 7: Flash of Genius

When you or a creature you can see within 30 feet of you fails an ability check or a saving throw, you can take a Reaction to add a bonus to the roll, potentially causing it to succeed. The bonus equals your Intelligence modifier (minimum of +1).

You can take this Reaction a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

Level 10: Magic Item Adept

You can now attune to up to four magic items at once.

Level 11: Spell-Storing Item

Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can touch one Simple or Martial weapon or one item that you can use as a Spellcasting Focus, and you store a spell in it, choosing a level 1, 2, or 3 Artificer spell that has a casting time of an action and doesn’t require a Material component that is consumed by the spell (you needn’t have the spell prepared).

While holding the object, a creature can take a Magic action to produce the spell’s effect from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier. If the spell requires Concentration, the creature must concentrate. Once a creature has used the object to produce the spell’s effect, the object can’t be used this way again until the start of the creature’s next turn.

The spell stays in the object until it’s been used a number of times equal to twice your Intelligence modifier (minimum of twice) or until you use this feature again to store a spell in an object.

Level 14: Advanced Artifice

You gain the following benefits.

Magic Item Savant. You can now attune to up to five magic items at once.

Refreshed Genius. When you finish a Short Rest, you regain one expended use of your Flash of Genius feature.

Level 18: Magic Item Master

You can now attune to up to six magic items at once.

Level 19: Epic Boon

You gain an Epic Boon feat or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. Boon of Energy Resistance is recommended.

Level 20: Soul of Artifice

You have developed a mystical connection to your magic items, which you can draw on for aid. You gain the following benefits.

Cheat Death. If you’re reduced to 0 Hit Points but not killed outright, you can disintegrate any number of Uncommon or Rare magic items created by your Replicate Magic Item feature. If you do so, your Hit Points instead change to a number equal to 20 times the number of magic items disintegrated.

Magical Guidance. When you finish a Short Rest, you regain all expended uses of your Flash of Genius if you have Attunement to at least one magic item.

Artificer Spell List

This section presents the Artificer spell list. The spells are organized by spell level and then alphabetized, and each spell’s school of magic is listed. In the Special column, C means the spell requires Concentration, R means it’s a Ritual, and M means it requires a specific Material component. For unofficial spells, see Third Party Artificer Spells.

Cantrips (Level 0 Artificer Spells)

Name	School	Special	Source
Acid Splash	Evocation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Booming Blade	Evocation	M	Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Create Bonfire	Conjuration	C	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Dancing Lights	Illusion	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Elementalism	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Fire Bolt	Evocation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Frostbite	Evocation	—	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Green-Flame Blade	Evocation	M	Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Guidance	Divination	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Light	Evocation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Lightning Lure	Evocation	—	Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Mage Hand	Conjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Magic Stone	Transmutation	—	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Message	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Poison Spray	Necromancy	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Prestidigitation	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Ray of Frost	Evocation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Resistance	Abjuration	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Shocking Grasp	Evocation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Spare the Dying	Necromancy	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Sword Burst	Conjuration	—	Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Thorn Whip	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Thunderclap	Evocation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
True Strike	Divination	M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e

Level 1 Artificer Spells

Name	School	Special	Source
Absorb Elements	Abjuration	—	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Alarm	Abjuration	R	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Catapult	Transmutation	—	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Cure Wounds	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Detect Magic	Divination	C, R	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Disguise Self	Illusion	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Expeditious Retreat	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Faerie Fire	Evocation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
False Life	Necromancy	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Feather Fall	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Grease	Conjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Identify	Divination	R, M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Jump	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Longstrider	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Purify Food and Drink	Transmutation	R	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Quick Clothier	Transmutation	—	D&D Beyond Drops
Sanctuary	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Snare	Abjuration	M	Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
Tasha’s Caustic Brew	Evocation	C	Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Level 2 Artificer Spells

Name	School	Special	Source
Aid	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Air Bubble	Conjuration	—	Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Alter Self	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Arcane Lock	Abjuration	M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Arcane Vigor	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Blur	Illusion	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Conjure Tools	Conjuration	—	D&D Beyond Drops
Continual Flame	Evocation	M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Darkvision	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Dragon’s Breath	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Dueling Ground	Abjuration	R, M	Arcana Unleashed
Enhance Ability	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Enlarge/Reduce	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Heat Metal	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Homunculus Servant	Conjuration	R, M	Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Invisibility	Illusion	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Kinetic Jaunt	Transmutation	C	Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lesser Restoration	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Levitate	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Magic Mouth	Illusion	R, M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Magic Weapon	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Protection from Poison	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Pyrotechnics	Transmutation	—	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Rope Trick	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
See Invisibility	Divination	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Skywrite	Transmutation	C, R	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Spider Climb	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Tortoise Shell	Abjuration	C	D&D Beyond Drops
Uncertain Footing	Illusion	C	Arcana Unleashed
Vortex Warp	Conjuration	—	Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Web	Conjuration	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e

Level 3 Artificer Spells

Name	School	Special	Source
Ashardalon’s Stride	Transmutation	C	Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons
Blink	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Catnap	Enchantment	—	Arcana Unleashed
Create Food and Water	Conjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Dispel Magic	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Elemental Weapon	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Flame Arrows	Transmutation	C	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Fly	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Glyph of Warding	Abjuration	M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Haste	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Intellect Fortress	Abjuration	C	Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Protection from Energy	Abjuration	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Revivify	Necromancy	M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Tiny Servant	Transmutation	—	Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
Water Breathing	Transmutation	R	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Water Walk	Transmutation	R	Player’s Handbook 5.5e

Level 4 Artificer Spells

Name	School	Special	Source
Arcane Eye	Divination	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Distorted Distance	Illusion	C	Arcana Unleashed
Elemental Bane	Transmutation	C	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Fabricate	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Freedom of Movement	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Leomund’s Secret Chest	Conjuration	M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound	Conjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Mordenkainen’s Private Sanctum	Abjuration	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere	Abjuration	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Stone Shape	Transmutation	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Stoneskin	Transmutation	C, M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Summon Construct	Conjuration	C, M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e

Level 5 Artificer Spells

Name	School	Special	Source
Animate Objects	Transmutation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Bigby’s Hand	Evocation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Circle of Power	Abjuration	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Create Spelljamming Helm	Transmutation	M	Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Creation	Illusion	—	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Greater Restoration	Abjuration	M	Player’s Handbook 5.5e
Skill Empowerment	Transmutation	C	Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
Spirit Lantern	Necromancy	—	Arcana Unleashed
Transmute Rock	Transmutation	—	Elemental Evil Player’s Companion
Wall of Stone	Evocation	C	Player’s Handbook 5.5e

Artificer Subclasses

An Artificer subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Artificer levels, as specified in the subclass.

Official Artificer Subclasses

Name	Source	Edition
Alchemist	Eberron: Forge of the Artificer	5.5e
Armorer	Eberron: Forge of the Artificer	5.5e
Artillerist	Eberron: Forge of the Artificer	5.5e
Battle Smith	Eberron: Forge of the Artificer	5.5e
Cartographer	Eberron: Forge of the Artificer	5.5e
Reanimator	Ravenloft: The Horrors Within	5.5e

Third Party Artificer Subclasses

Name	Source	Publisher	Edition
Forge Adept	Exploring Eberron	Visionary	5.5e
Maverick	Exploring Eberron	Visionary	5.5e