CommonPotion
50 gpPotion of Healing
You regain 2d4 + 2 hit points when you drink this magical red liquid. The potion glimmers faintly when agitated.
🎭 5E CLASS GEAR COMPENDIUM: BARD
Best Bard Magic Items 5e
Bards benefit immensely from arcane instruments that elevate Charisma spell DCs and restore Bardic Inspiration charges. Browse handpicked 5e magic items optimized for your bard magic items 5e loadout, spell DCs, and encounter survivability.
Combat Role:Versatile Support, Controller & Face
Priority Ability Scores:Charisma
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Curated Magic Items for Bards (32 Found)
Common to RareCommonWondrous Item
75 gpCloak of Many Fashions
While wearing this cloak, you can use a bonus action to change the style, color, and apparent quality of the garment. The cloak's weight does not change, and it remains a cloak regardless of appearance.
CommonWondrous Item
100 gpDriftglobe
This small sphere of thick glass weighs 1 pound. If you are within 60 feet of it, you can speak its command word to cause it to cast the Light spell or Daylight spell. It can also hover and follow you within 60 feet.
CommonWondrous Item
60 gpPole of Collapsing
While holding this 10-foot pole, you can use an action to speak a command word, causing it to collapse into a 1-foot-long pocket cylinder. Speaking the command word again instantly expands it back to 10 feet.
CommonWondrous Item
75 gpBoots of False Tracks
While wearing these boots, you can choose for your footsteps to leave the tracks of any humanoid creature of your choice that is roughly your size.
CommonWondrous Item
65 gpHat of Vermin
While holding this hat, you can use an action to expend 1 of its 3 charges to pull a bat, frog, or rat from the hat. The creature is not magically charmed and acts naturally.
CommonWand
90 gpWand of Pyrotechnics
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge to create a harmless, dazzling burst of fireworks and colorful sparks up to 60 feet away.
CommonWeapon (Any Sword)
100 gpMoon-Touched Sword
In darkness, the blade of this magic sword sheds moonlight, creating bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet. Bypasses nonmagical weapon resistances.
CommonWondrous Item
85 gpCleansing Stone
A 1-foot-diameter sphere of smooth limestone. Touching the stone instantly cleans all dirt, grime, blood, and sweat from your garments and body.
UncommonWondrous ItemAttunement
400 gpCloak of Elvenkind
While wearing this cloak with its hood up, Wisdom (Perception) checks made to see you have disadvantage, and you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
UncommonWondrous Item
350 gpBoots of Elvenkind
While you wear these boots, your steps make no sound, regardless of the surface you are walking across. You also have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks that rely on moving silently.
UncommonWondrous Item (Instrument)Attunement
500 gpRhythm Maker's Drum +1
Grants a +1 bonus to bard spell attack rolls and save DCs. You can also use an action to regain one expended use of your Bardic Inspiration once per day.
UncommonWeapon (Any)
400 gpWeapon, +1
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. It emits a faint glow when drawn under moonlight or in battle.
UncommonWondrous Item
400 gpBag of Holding
This bag has an interior space considerably larger than its outside dimensions: roughly 2 feet in diameter at the mouth and 4 feet deep. It holds up to 500 pounds and 64 cubic feet while always weighing 15 pounds.
UncommonWondrous ItemAttunement
500 gpWinged Boots
While you wear these boots, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can fly for up to 4 hours, all at once or in shorter spurts of 1 minute, recharging 2 hours for every 12 hours unused.
UncommonWondrous ItemAttunement
450 gpGauntlets of Ogre Power
Your Strength score is set to 19 while you wear these heavy iron-banded gauntlets. They have no effect on you if your Strength is already 19 or higher.
UncommonWondrous ItemAttunement
450 gpHeadband of Intellect
Your Intelligence score is set to 19 while you wear this silver headband inlaid with small sapphires. It has no effect if your Intelligence is already 19 or higher.
UncommonWand
400 gpWand of Magic Missiles
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more charges to cast the Magic Missile spell from it without requiring spell components.
UncommonWondrous ItemAttunement
400 gpPearl of Power
While this lustrous pearl is on your person, you can use an action to speak its command word and regain one expended spell slot of up to 3rd level once per day.
UncommonWondrous Item
450 gpBroom of Flying
This wooden broom allows you to fly with a speed of 50 feet (or 30 feet carrying up to 400 pounds). It can also be commanded to travel independently up to 1 mile to meet you.
UncommonWondrous ItemAttunement
450 gpCloak of Protection
You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class and all saving throws while wearing this finely woven, enchanted cloak.
RareWeapon (Longsword)Attunement
3500 gpSun Blade
This weapon resembles an ornamental hilt. As a bonus action, a pure blade of radiant energy springs forth. It counts as a finesse weapon dealing 1d8 (or 1d10 versatile) radiant damage with +2 bonus to attack and damage, plus extra 1d8 radiant damage against undead.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
3000 gpCloak of Displacement
While you wear this cloak, it projects an illusion of you a short distance away. Attack rolls against you have disadvantage until you take damage, which disrupts the illusion until the start of your next turn.
RareWeapon (Dagger)
2500 gpDagger of Venom
You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this dagger. As an action, you can cause thick black poison to coat the blade; on the next hit, the target must make a DC 15 Constitution save or take 2d10 poison damage and be poisoned for 1 minute.
RareWeapon (Any Sword)Attunement
3000 gpFlame Tongue
You can use a bonus action to speak this magic sword's command word, causing flames to erupt along the blade. While blazing, it sheds bright light in a 40-foot radius and deals an extra 2d6 fire damage to any target it hits.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
3500 gpAmulet of Health
Your Constitution score is set to 19 while you wear this amulet set with a fiery carnelian. It has no effect if your Constitution is already 19 or higher. Drastically elevates hit points and concentration saves.
RareRingAttunement
2800 gpRing of Protection
You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class and saving throws while wearing this polished silver band.
RareRingAttunement
3800 gpRing of Spell Storing
This ring stores up to 5 levels of spells that any creature can cast into it. While wearing it, you can cast any spell stored in the ring using the original caster's slot level, spell save DC, and spell attack bonus.
RareArmor (Light)
2600 gpGlamoured Studded Leather
While wearing this +1 studded leather armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC (13 + Dex mod). You can also use a bonus action to speak its command word and cause the armor to assume the appearance of normal clothing or other armor.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
3500 gpCube of Force
This tiny cube has 36 charges. Pressing one of its six faces projects an invisible 15-foot cubic barrier of pure force around you that blocks gas, nonliving matter, living matter, or magic spells.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
3200 gpMantle of Spell Resistance
You have advantage on saving throws against spells while you wear this shimmering, twilight-hued cloak.
RareWandAttunement
3400 gpWand of Fireballs
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more charges to cast the Fireball spell (8d6 fire damage, DC 15 Dex save) from it.
How to Outfit a Bard with 5e Magic Items
Optimizing your bard magic items 5e build requires understanding your class's unique resource mechanics, action economy, and spell save DC scaling. Because each character can attune to only three items at once, choosing gear that enhances your primary role without duplicating abilities is critical.
Recommended Item Progression for Bards
- Tier 1 (Levels 1–4): Seek common utility gear and non-attunement consumables that expand versatility outside of combat.
- Tier 2 (Levels 5–10): Prioritize your primary class focus (+1 spell DC / resource recovery) and defensive mobility items like Cloak of Protection or Winged Boots.
- Tier 3 (Levels 11–16): Upgrade to rare tier armaments, spell storing accessories, and stat-setting items like Amulet of Health or Belt of Hill Giant Strength.
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