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: MONK
Best Monk Magic Items 5e
Monks require items that enhance unarmed combat, boost Ki DC / recovery, and improve mobility without disrupting unarmored defense. Browse handpicked 5e magic items optimized for your monk magic items 5e loadout, spell DCs, and encounter survivability.
Combat Role:Unarmored Martial & Ki Striker
Priority Ability Scores:Dexterity & Wisdom
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Curated Magic Items for Monks (24 Found)
Common to RareCommonWondrous 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
50 gpRope of Mending
You can cut this 50-foot coil of hempen rope into any number of pieces. When you hold the pieces together and speak the command word, the pieces instantly mend into an unbroken 50-foot rope.
CommonWondrous Item
80 gpHorn of Silent Alarm
This horn has 4 charges. When blown, only a single designated creature of your choice within 600 feet hears its shrill alarm notes; to everyone else, it produces complete silence.
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 ItemAttunement
450 gpDragonhide Belt +1
While wearing this belt, you gain a +1 bonus to the saving throw DCs of your ki features. Once per day, you can use an action to roll your Martial Arts die and regain ki points equal to the number rolled.
UncommonWondrous Item (Tattoo)Attunement
450 gpEldritch Claw Tattoo
Your unarmed strikes are considered magical with a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls. As a bonus action, you can activate Eldritch Maul for 1 minute, extending reach to 30 ft with an extra 1d6 force damage per hit.
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 Item
400 gpInsignia of Claws
While wearing this jewel-encrusted medallion, your natural weapons and unarmed strikes count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistances, and gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls.
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.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
2500 gpBracers of Defense
While wearing these bracers, you gain a +2 bonus to AC if you are wearing no armor and using no shield. Essential gear for unarmored combatants.
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.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
2800 gpBoots of Speed
While wearing these boots, you can use a bonus action to click the heels together, doubling your walking speed and imposing disadvantage on opportunity attack rolls against you for up to 10 minutes per day.
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.
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.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
3600 gpBelt of Hill Giant Strength
While wearing this belt fashioned from thick giant hide, your Strength score becomes 21. It has no effect if your Strength is already 21 or higher.
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.
RareWondrous ItemAttunement
3200 gpMantle of Spell Resistance
You have advantage on saving throws against spells while you wear this shimmering, twilight-hued cloak.
How to Outfit a Monk with 5e Magic Items
Optimizing your monk 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 Monks
- 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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