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Unearthed Arcana: Artificer

Playtest Material

This character class is presented for playtesting and to

spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in

draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by

full game development. This class is not officially part of

the game. For these reasons, it is not legal in D&D

Adventurers League events.

Masters of unlocking magic in everyday objects,

artificers are supreme inventors. They see magic

as a complex system waiting to be decoded and

controlled. Artificers use tools to channel arcane

power, crafting temporary and permanent

magical objects. To cast a spell, an artificer could

use alchemist’s supplies to create a potent elixir,

calligrapher’s supplies to inscribe a sigil of

power on an ally’s armor, or tinker’s tools to

craft a temporary charm. The magic of artificers

is tied to their tools and their talents.

Arcane Science

In the world of Eberron, arcane magic has been

harnessed as a form of science and deployed

throughout society. Artificers reflect this

development. Their knowledge of magical

devices, and their ability to infuse mundane

items with magical energy, allows the grand

magical projects of Eberron to continue running.

During the Last War, artificers were marshaled

on a massive scale. Many lives were saved

because of the inventions of brave artificers, but

also countless lives were lost because of the

mass destruction that artificers’ creations

unleashed.

Seekers of New Lore

Nothing excites an artificer quite like uncovering

a new metal or discovering a source of elemental

energy. In artificer circles, new inventions and

strange discoveries create the most excitement.

Artificers who wish to make a mark must find

something fresh, rather than uncover someone

else’s work.

This drive for novelty pushes artificers to

become adventurers. Eberron’s main travel

routes and populated regions have long since

been explored. Thus, artificers take to the edge

of civilization in hopes of making the next great

discovery in arcane research.

Creating an Artificer

When creating an artificer character, think about

your character’s background and drive for

adventure. Does the character have a rival? What

is the character’s relationship with the artisan or

artificer who taught the basics of the craft? Talk

to your DM about the role played by artificers in

the campaign, and what sort of organizations

and NPCs you might have ties to.

Quick Build

You can make an artificer quickly by following

these suggestions. First, put your highest ability

score in Intelligence, followed by Constitution or

Dexterity. Second, choose the guild artisan

background.

Artificers in Other Worlds

Eberron is the world most associated with artificers, yet

the class can be found throughout the multiverse. In the

Forgotten Realms, for example, the island of Lantan is

home to many artificers, and in the world of

Dragonlance, tinker gnomes are often members of this

class. The strange technologies in the Barrier Peaks of

the World of Greyhawk have inspired some folk to walk

the path of the artificer, and in Mystara, various nations

employ artificers to keep airships and other wondrous

devices operational. In the City of Sigil, artificers share

discoveries from throughout the cosmos, and one in

particular—the gnome inventor named Vi—runs a

multiverse-spanning business from there. In the worldcity

Ravnica, the Izzet League trains numerous artificers,

the destructiveness of whom is unparalleled in other

worlds, except by the tinker gnomes of Krynn.

Class Features

As an artificer, you gain the following class

features.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d8 per artificer level

Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution

modifier

Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your

Constitution modifier per artificer level after

1st

Proficiencies

Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields

Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows,

heavy crossbows

Tools: Thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools, one type of

artisan’s tools of your choice

Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence

Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History,

Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception,

Sleight of Hand

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in

addition to the equipment granted by your

background:

• any two simple weapons

• a light crossbow and 20 bolts

• (a) studded leather armor or (b) scale mail

• thieves’ tools and a dungeoneer’s pack

If you forgo this starting equipment, as well as

the items offered by your background, you start

with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your equipment.

Optional Rule: Firearm Proficiency

The creation and operation of gunpowder weapons

have been discovered in various corners of the D&D

multiverse. If your Dungeon Master uses the rules on

firearms in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (p. 267) and

your artificer has been exposed to the operation of such

weapons, your artificer is proficient with them.

Magical Tinkering

At 1st level, you learn how to invest a spark of

magic in objects that would otherwise be

mundane. To use this ability, you must have

thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools, or other artisan’s

tools in hand. You then touch a Tiny nonmagical

object as an action and give it one of the

following magical properties of your choice:

• The object sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius

and dim light for an additional 5 feet.

• Whenever tapped by a creature, the object

emits a recorded message that can be heard up

to 10 feet away. You utter the message when

you bestow this property on the object, and

the recording can be no more than 6 seconds

long.

• The object continuously emits your choice of

an odor or a nonverbal sound (wind, waves,

The Artificer

Level

Proficiency

Bonus Features

Infusions

Known

Infused

Items

Cantrips

Known

—Spell Slots per Spell Level—

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

1st +2 Magical Tinkering, Spellcasting — — 2 2 — — — —

2nd +2 Infuse Item 3 2 2 2 — — — —

3rd +2 Artificer Specialist, Tool

Expertise

3 2 2 3 — — — —

4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 2 2 3 — — — —

5th +3 Arcane Armament 4 2 2 4 2 — — —

6th +3 Artificer Specialist feature 4 3 2 4 2 — — —

7th +3 — 5 3 2 4 3 — — —

8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 5 3 2 4 3 — — —

9th +4 — 5 3 2 4 3 2 — —

10th +4 The Right Cantrip for the Job 5 3 3 4 3 2 — —

11th +4 — 6 4 3 4 3 3 — —

12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 6 4 3 4 3 3 — —

13th +5 — 6 4 3 4 3 3 1 —

14th +5 Artificer Specialist feature 6 4 4 4 3 3 1 —

15th +5 — 7 4 4 4 3 3 2 —

16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 7 5 4 4 3 3 2 —

17th +6 — 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 1

18th +6 Spell-Storing Item 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 1

19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 2

20th +6 Soul of Artifice 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 2

chirping, or the like). The chosen phenomenon

is perceivable up to 10 feet away.

• A static visual effect appears on one of the

object’s surfaces. This effect can be a picture,

up to 25 words of text, lines and shapes, or a

mixture of these elements, as you like.

The chosen property lasts indefinitely. As an

action, you can touch the object and end the

property early.

You can give the magic of this feature to

multiple objects, touching one object each time

you use the feature, and a single object can bear

only one of the properties at a time. The

maximum number of objects you can affect with

the feature at one time is equal to your

Intelligence modifier (minimum of one object). If

you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest

property immediately ends, and then the new

property applies.

Spellcasting

You have studied the workings of magic, how to

channel it through objects, and how to awaken it

within them. As a result, you have gained a

limited ability to cast spells. To observers, you

don’t appear to be casting spells in a

conventional way; you look as if you’re

producing wonders through various items.

Tools Required

You produce your artificer spell effects through

your tools. You must have a spellcasting focus—

specifically thieves’ tools or some kind of

artisan’s tool—in hand when you cast any spell

with this Spellcasting feature. You must be

proficient with the tool to use it in this way. See

chapter 5, “Equipment,” in the Player’s Handbook

for descriptions of these tools.

After you gain the Infuse Item feature at 2nd

level, you can also use any item bearing one of

your infusions as a spellcasting focus.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your

choice from the artificer spell list below. At

higher levels, you learn additional artificer

cantrips of your choice, as shown in the Cantrips

Known column of the Artificer table.

When you gain a level in this class, you can

replace one of the artificer cantrips you know

with another cantrip from the artificer spell list.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Artificer table shows how many spell slots

you have to cast your artificer spells. To cast one

of your artificer spells of 1st level or higher, you

must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher.

You regain all expended spell slots when you

finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of artificer spells that are

available for you to cast, choosing from the

artificer spell list. When you do so, choose a

number of artificer spells equal to your

Intelligence modifier + half your artificer level,

rounded down (minimum of one spell). The

spells must be of a level for which you have spell

slots.

For example, if you are a 5th-level artificer,

you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell

slots. With an Intelligence of 14, your list of

prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or

2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the

1st-level spell cure wounds, you can cast it using

a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell

doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared

spells.

You can change your list of prepared spells

when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list

of artificer spells requires time spent in tinkering

with your spellcasting focuses: at least 1 minute

per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your

artificer spells; your understanding of the theory

behind magic allows you to wield these spells

with superior skill. You use your Intelligence

whenever an artificer spell refers to your

spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your

Intelligence modifier when setting the saving

throw DC for an artificer spell you cast and when

making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your

Intelligence modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your

Intelligence modifier

Ritual Casting

You can cast an artificer spell as a ritual if that

spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell

prepared.

Artificer Spell List

Here’s the list of spells you consult when you

learn an artificer spell. The list is organized by

spell level, not character level. If a spell can be

cast as a ritual, the ritual tag appears after the

spell’s name.

These spells are from the Player’s Handbook. If

a spell’s name is followed by an asterisk, the

spell is instead from Xanathar’s Guide to

Everything.

Cantrips (0 Level)

acid splash

create bonfire*

dancing lights

fire bolt

frostbite*

guidance

light

mage hand

magic stone*

mending

message

poison spray

prestidigitation

ray of frost

resistance

shocking grasp

spare the dying

thorn whip

thunderclap*

1st Level

absorb elements*

alarm (ritual)

arcane weapon (see the end of the document)

catapult*

cure wounds

detect magic (ritual)

disguise self

expeditious retreat

faerie fire

false life

feather fall

grease

identify (ritual)

jump

longstrider

sanctuary

shield of faith

snare*

2nd Level

aid

alter self

arcane lock

blur

continual flame

darkvision

enhance ability

enlarge/reduce

heat metal

invisibility

lesser restoration

levitate

magic mouth (ritual)

magic weapon

protection from poison

pyrotechnics*

rope trick

see invisibility

skywrite* (ritual)

spider climb

3rd Level

blink

catnap*

dispel magic

elemental weapon

flame arrows*

fly

gaseous form

glyph of warding

haste

protection from energy

revivify

tiny servant*

water breathing (ritual)

water walk (ritual)

4th Level

arcane eye

elemental bane*

fabricate

freedom of movement

Leomund’s secret chest

Mordenkainen’s faithful hound

Mordenkainen’s private sanctum

Otiluke’s resilient sphere

stone shape

stoneskin

vitriolic sphere*

5th Level

animate objects

Bigby’s hand

creation

greater restoration

skill empowerment*

transmute rock*

wall of stone

The Magic of Artifice

As an artificer, you use tools when you cast your spells.

When describing your spellcasting, think about how

you’re using a tool to perform the spell effect. If you

cast cure wounds using alchemist’s supplies, you could

be quickly producing a salve. If you cast it using tinker’s

tools, you might have a miniature mechanical spider

that binds wounds. When you cast poison spray, you

could fling foul chemicals or use a wand that spits

venom. The effect of the spell is the same as for a

spellcaster of any other class, but your method of

spellcasting is special.

The same principle applies when you prepare your

spells. As an artificer, you don’t study a spellbook or

pray to prepare your spells. Instead, you work with your

tools and create the specialized items you’ll use to

produce your effects. If you replace cure wounds with

shocking grasp, you might be breaking down the device

you used to heal and creating an offensive item in its

place—perhaps a gauntlet that lets you channel a surge

of energy.

Such details don’t limit you in any way or provide you

with any benefit. You don’t have to justify how you’re

using tools to cast a spell. But describing your

spellcasting creatively is a fun way to distinguish

yourself from other spellcasters.

Infuse Item

At 2nd level, you gain the ability to imbue

mundane items with certain magical infusions.

The magic items you create with this feature are

effectively prototypes of permanent items.

Infusions Known

When you gain this feature, pick two artificer

When you gain this feature, pick three artificer

infusions to learn, choosing from the “Artificer

Infusions” section at the end of the class’s

description. You learn additional infusions of

your choice when you reach certain levels in this

class, as shown in the Infusions Known column

of the Artificer table.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can

replace one of the artificer infusions you learned

with a new one.

Infusing an Item

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a

nonmagical object and imbue it with one of your

artificer infusions, turning it into a magic item.

An infusion works on only certain kinds of

objects, as specified in the infusion’s description.

If the item requires attunement, you can attune

yourself to it the instant you infuse the item, or

you can forgo attunement so that someone else

can attune to the item. If you decide to attune to

the item later, you must do so using the normal

process for attunement (see “Attunement” in the

Dungeon Master’s Guide, page 136).

Your infusion remains in an item indefinitely,

but when you die, the infusion vanishes after a

number of days have passed equal to your

Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1 day). The

infusion also vanishes if you give up your

knowledge of the infusion for another one.

You can infuse more than one nonmagical

object at the end of a long rest; the maximum

number of objects appears in the Infused Items

column of the Artificer table. You must touch

each of the objects, and each of your infusions

can be in only one object at a time. If you try to

exceed your maximum number of infusions, the

oldest infusion immediately ends, and then the

new infusion applies.

Artificer Specialist

At 3rd level, you choose the type of specialist you

are: Alchemist or Artillerist, each of which is

are: Alchemist, Archivist, Artillerist, or Battle

detailed at the end of the class’s description.

Smith, each of which is detailed at the end of the

Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and

class’s description. Your choice grants you

again at 6th and 14th level.

features at 3rd level and again at 6th and 14th

level.

Variant: Crafting

An artificer subclass makes you more efficient at

crafting certain items. The feature you get from your

subclass works whether you’re using the crafting rules in

the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, or

Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.

Tool Expertise

Starting at 3rd level, your proficiency bonus is

doubled for any ability check you make that uses

your proficiency with a tool.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th

level, you can increase one ability score of your

choice by 2, or you can increase two ability

scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t

increase an ability score above 20 using this

feature.

Arcane Armament

Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, rather

than once, whenever you take the Attack action

on your turn, but one of the attacks must be

made with a magic weapon, the magic of which

you use to propel the attack.

The Right Cantrip for the Job

At 10th level, you gain the ability to make sure

you have the right magical tool for a job.

Whenever you finish a short or long rest, you can

replace one of the artificer cantrips you know

with another cantrip from the artificer spell list.

Spell-Storing Item

When you reach 18th level, you learn how to

store a spell in an object for repeated use.

Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch

one simple or martial weapon or an item that

you can use as a spellcasting focus and store a

spell in it, choosing one 1st- or 2nd-level spell

from the artificer spell list that requires 1 action

to cast (you don’t need to have the spell

prepared). With the object in hand, a creature

can take an action to produce the spell’s effect

from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier.

The spell stays in the object until it has been

used a number of times equal to twice your

Intelligence modifier (minimum of twice) or

until you use this feature again.

Soul of Artifice

At 20th level, your understanding of magic items

is unmatched, allowing you to mingle your soul

with items linked to you. You can attune to up to

six magic items at once. In addition, you gain a

+1 bonus to all saving throws per magic item you

are currently attuned to.

Artificer Specialists

Artificers pursue a variety of disciplines. Here

Artificers pursue many disciplines. Here are

are two specialist options you can choose from

specialist options you can choose from at 3rd

at 3rd level: the Alchemist and the Artillerist.

level.

Alchemist

An Alchemist is an expert at combining exotic

reagents to produce mystical effects. Among

artificers, members of this subclass are the

greatest healers, as well as the ones most adept

at wielding dangerous chemicals.

Tools of the Trade

By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,

you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.

Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with

alchemist’s supplies and the herbalism kit,

assuming you don’t already have them. You also

gain alchemist’s supplies and an herbalism kit

for free—the result of tinkering you’ve done as

you’ve prepared for this specialization.

Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the potion

category, it takes you a quarter of the normal

time, and it costs you half as much of the usual

gold.

Alchemist Spells

Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain

spells prepared after you reach particular levels

in this class, as shown in the Alchemist Spells

table. These spells count as artificer spells for

you, but they don’t count against the number of

artificer spells you prepare.

Alchemist Spells

Artificer Level Spell

3rd purify food and drink, ray of sickness

5th Melf’s acid arrow, web

9th create food and water, stinking cloud

13th blight, death ward

17th cloudkill, raise dead

Alchemical Homunculus

At 3rd level, you learn ancient methods for

magically creating a special homunculus that is

formed by alchemical substances.

Whenever you finish a long rest and your

alchemist’s supplies are with you, you can form

this homunculus in an unoccupied space within

5 feet of you. If you already have a homunculus

from this feature, the first one immediately dies.

The homunculus is friendly to you and your

companions, and it obeys your commands. See

this creature’s game statistics in the Alchemical

Homunculus stat block. You determine the

homunculus’s appearance, which includes wings

and bits of alchemical equipment. Some

alchemists prefer mechanical-looking birds,

whereas others like winged vials or miniature

cauldrons.

In combat, the homunculus shares your

initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately

after yours. The only action it takes on its turn is

the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action

on your turn to command it to take one of the

actions in its stat block or to take the Dash,

Disengage, or Help action.

If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6

hit points. If it has died within the last hour, you

can use your alchemist’s supplies as an action to

revive it, provided you are within 5 feet of it and

you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The

homunculus returns to life with all its hit points

restored.

Alchemical Homunculus

Tiny construct, neutral

Armor Class 13 (natural armor)

Hit Points equal to five times your level in this class +

your Intelligence modifier

Speed 20 ft., fly 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

4 (−3) 15 (+2) 11 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 7 (−2)

Skills Perception +4, Stealth +4

Damage Immunities acid, poison

Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10

Languages understands the languages you speak

Might of the Master. The following numbers increase

by 1 when your proficiency bonus increases by 1: the

homunculus’s skill bonuses and the bonuses to hit and

damage of its Acidic Spittle.

Actions (Require Your Bonus Action)

Acidic Spittle. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range

30 ft., one target you can see. Hit: 1d6 + 2 acid damage.

Alchemical Salve (3/Day). The homunculus produces a

salve and touches one creature you designate. The

target receives one of the following magical benefits of

your choice:

Buoyancy. The target gains a flying speed of 10 feet for

10 minutes.

Inspiration. The target feels giddy and effective, gaining

advantage on certain ability checks in the next hour.

The target chooses the checks before or after rolling.

The magic runs out after the target has used it on a

number of checks equal to your Intelligence modifier

(minimum of 1).

Resilience. The target gains a number of temporary hit

points equal to 2d6 + your Intelligence modifier.

Alchemical Mastery

At 6th level, your command of magical chemicals

has become masterful, enhancing the healing

and damage you create through them. When you

cast a spell using your alchemist’s supplies as the

spellcasting focus, you gain a bonus to one roll of

the spell. That roll must restore hit points or be a

damage roll that deals acid or poison damage,

and the bonus equals your Intelligence modifier

(minimum of +1).

In addition, you can cast lesser restoration

without expending a spell slot, provided you use

alchemist’s supplies as the spellcasting focus.

You can do so a number of times per day equal to

your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once).

Chemical Savant

By 14th level, you have been exposed to so many

chemicals and unlocked their secrets that they

pose little risk to you, and you can use them to

quickly end certain ailments. You gain resistance

to acid damage and poison damage, and you are

now immune to the poisoned condition.

In addition, you can cast greater restoration

once without expending a spell slot and without

providing the material component, provided you

use alchemist’s supplies as the spellcasting focus.

You regain the ability to do so when you finish a

long rest.

Artillerist

Archivist

An Artillerist specializes in using magic to create

What are the best ways to store vast amounts of

explosions and defensive positions, as well as

information? That question has occupied

magic-infused sidearms—especially wands—

chroniclers and librarians for centuries. Scrolls

that can be used on the battlefield. Artillerists

and books were the finest information-storing

were valued by all the armies of the Last War.

methods for a long time, but the first Archivists

imagined something greater: storing information

in a real or an artificial mind. What library could

match a mental archive capable of accessing

information in seconds? As they work towards

this goal, Archivists have become masters of

storing knowledge and creating artificial

intelligences fueled by magic. These techniques

have yet to be perfected and institutionalized,

and of all artificers, archivists are on the cutting

edge of arcane science.

Tools of the Trade

By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,

you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.

Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with

smith’s tools and woodcarver’s tools, assuming

calligrapher’s supplies and the forgery kit,

you don’t already have them. You also gain those

assuming you don’t already have them. You also

tools for free—the result of tinkering you’ve

gain calligrapher’s supplies and a forgery kit for

done as you’ve prepared for this specialization.

free—the result of tinkering you’ve done as

In addition, you gain the ability to use rods,

you’ve prepared for this specialization.

staffs, and wands as spellcasting focuses for your

Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the scroll

artificer spells. You also gain a nonmagical,

wooden wand for free, which you’ve carved in

your spare time.

Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the wand

category, it takes you a quarter of the normal

time, and it costs you half as much of the usual

gold.

Artillerist Spells

Archivist Spells

Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain

spells prepared after you reach particular levels

in this class, as shown in the Alchemist Spells

in this class, a

table. These spells count as artificer spells for

you, but they don’t count against the number of

artificer spells you prepare.

Artillerist Spells

Artificer Level Spell

3rd shield, thunderwave

5th scorching ray, shatter

9th fireball, wind wall

13th ice storm, wall of fire

17th cone of cold, wall of force

Arcane Turret

At 3rd level, you learn how to create a magical

turret. With your smith’s tools in hand, you can

take an action to magically summon a Medium

turret in an unoccupied space on a horizontal

surface within 5 feet of you.

The turret is a magical object that occupies its

space and that has crablike legs. It has an AC of

18 and a number of hit points equal to five times

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Unearthed Arcana: Artificer
Playtest Material
This character class is presented for playtesting and to
spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in
draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by
full game development. This class is not officially part of
the game. For these reasons, it is not legal in D&D
Adventurers League events.
Masters of unlocking magic in everyday objects,
artificers are supreme inventors. They see magic
as a complex system waiting to be decoded and
controlled. Artificers use tools to channel arcane
power, crafting temporary and permanent
magical objects. To cast a spell, an artificer could
use alchemist’s supplies to create a potent elixir,
calligrapher’s supplies to inscribe a sigil of
power on an ally’s armor, or tinker’s tools to
craft a temporary charm. The magic of artificers
is tied to their tools and their talents.
Arcane Science
In the world of Eberron, arcane magic has been
harnessed as a form of science and deployed
throughout society. Artificers reflect this
development. Their knowledge of magical
devices, and their ability to infuse mundane
items with magical energy, allows the grand
magical projects of Eberron to continue running.
During the Last War, artificers were marshaled
on a massive scale. Many lives were saved
because of the inventions of brave artificers, but
also countless lives were lost because of the
mass destruction that artificers’ creations
unleashed.
Seekers of New Lore
Nothing excites an artificer quite like uncovering
a new metal or discovering a source of elemental
energy. In artificer circles, new inventions and
strange discoveries create the most excitement.
Artificers who wish to make a mark must find
something fresh, rather than uncover someone
else’s work.
This drive for novelty pushes artificers to
become adventurers. Eberron’s main travel
routes and populated regions have long since
been explored. Thus, artificers take to the edge
of civilization in hopes of making the next great
discovery in arcane research.
Creating an Artificer
When creating an artificer character, think about
your character’s background and drive for
adventure. Does the character have a rival? What
is the character’s relationship with the artisan or
artificer who taught the basics of the craft? Talk
to your DM about the role played by artificers in
the campaign, and what sort of organizations
and NPCs you might have ties to.
Quick Build
You can make an artificer quickly by following
these suggestions. First, put your highest ability
score in Intelligence, followed by Constitution or
Dexterity. Second, choose the guild artisan
background.
Artificers in Other Worlds
Eberron is the world most associated with artificers, yet
the class can be found throughout the multiverse. In the
Forgotten Realms, for example, the island of Lantan is
home to many artificers, and in the world of
Dragonlance, tinker gnomes are often members of this
class. The strange technologies in the Barrier Peaks of
the World of Greyhawk have inspired some folk to walk
the path of the artificer, and in Mystara, various nations
employ artificers to keep airships and other wondrous
devices operational. In the City of Sigil, artificers share
discoveries from throughout the cosmos, and one in
particular—the gnome inventor named Vi—runs a
multiverse-spanning business from there. In the worldcity
Ravnica, the Izzet League trains numerous artificers,
the destructiveness of whom is unparalleled in other
worlds, except by the tinker gnomes of Krynn.
Class Features
As an artificer, you gain the following class
features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per artificer level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution
modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your
Constitution modifier per artificer level after
1st
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Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows,
heavy crossbows
Tools: Thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools, one type of
artisan’s tools of your choice
Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History,
Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception,
Sleight of Hand
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in
addition to the equipment granted by your
background:
• any two simple weapons
• a light crossbow and 20 bolts
• (a) studded leather armor or (b) scale mail
• thieves’ tools and a dungeoneer’s pack
If you forgo this starting equipment, as well as
the items offered by your background, you start
with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your equipment.
Optional Rule: Firearm Proficiency
The creation and operation of gunpowder weapons
have been discovered in various corners of the D&D
multiverse. If your Dungeon Master uses the rules on
firearms in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (p. 267) and
your artificer has been exposed to the operation of such
weapons, your artificer is proficient with them.
Magical Tinkering
At 1st level, you learn how to invest a spark of
magic in objects that would otherwise be
mundane. To use this ability, you must have
thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools, or other artisan’s
tools in hand. You then touch a Tiny nonmagical
object as an action and give it one of the
following magical properties of your choice:
• The object sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius
and dim light for an additional 5 feet.
• Whenever tapped by a creature, the object
emits a recorded message that can be heard up
to 10 feet away. You utter the message when
you bestow this property on the object, and
the recording can be no more than 6 seconds
long.
• The object continuously emits your choice of
an odor or a nonverbal sound (wind, waves,
The Artificer
Level
Proficiency
Bonus Features
Infusions
Known
Infused
Items
Cantrips
Known
—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st +2 Magical Tinkering, Spellcasting — — 2 2 — — — —
2nd +2 Infuse Item 3 2 2 2 — — — —
3rd +2 Artificer Specialist, Tool
Expertise
3 2 2 3 — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 2 2 3 — — — —
5th +3 Arcane Armament 4 2 2 4 2 — — —
6th +3 Artificer Specialist feature 4 3 2 4 2 — — —
7th +3 — 5 3 2 4 3 — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 5 3 2 4 3 — — —
9th +4 — 5 3 2 4 3 2 — —
10th +4 The Right Cantrip for the Job 5 3 3 4 3 2 — —
11th +4 — 6 4 3 4 3 3 — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 6 4 3 4 3 3 — —
13th +5 — 6 4 3 4 3 3 1 —
14th +5 Artificer Specialist feature 6 4 4 4 3 3 1 —
15th +5 — 7 4 4 4 3 3 2 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 7 5 4 4 3 3 2 —
17th +6 — 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 1
18th +6 Spell-Storing Item 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Soul of Artifice 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
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chirping, or the like). The chosen phenomenon
is perceivable up to 10 feet away.
• A static visual effect appears on one of the
object’s surfaces. This effect can be a picture,
up to 25 words of text, lines and shapes, or a
mixture of these elements, as you like.
The chosen property lasts indefinitely. As an
action, you can touch the object and end the
property early.
You can give the magic of this feature to
multiple objects, touching one object each time
you use the feature, and a single object can bear
only one of the properties at a time. The
maximum number of objects you can affect with
the feature at one time is equal to your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of one object). If
you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest
property immediately ends, and then the new
property applies.
Spellcasting
You have studied the workings of magic, how to
channel it through objects, and how to awaken it
within them. As a result, you have gained a
limited ability to cast spells. To observers, you
don’t appear to be casting spells in a
conventional way; you look as if you’re
producing wonders through various items.
Tools Required
You produce your artificer spell effects through
your tools. You must have a spellcasting focus—
specifically thieves’ tools or some kind of
artisan’s tool—in hand when you cast any spell
with this Spellcasting feature. You must be
proficient with the tool to use it in this way. See
chapter 5, “Equipment,” in the Player’s Handbook
for descriptions of these tools.
After you gain the Infuse Item feature at 2nd
level, you can also use any item bearing one of
your infusions as a spellcasting focus.
Cantrips
At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your
choice from the artificer spell list below. At
higher levels, you learn additional artificer
cantrips of your choice, as shown in the Cantrips
Known column of the Artificer table.
When you gain a level in this class, you can
replace one of the artificer cantrips you know
with another cantrip from the artificer spell list.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Artificer table shows how many spell slots
you have to cast your artificer spells. To cast one
of your artificer spells of 1st level or higher, you
must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher.
You regain all expended spell slots when you
finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of artificer spells that are
available for you to cast, choosing from the
artificer spell list. When you do so, choose a
number of artificer spells equal to your
Intelligence modifier + half your artificer level,
rounded down (minimum of one spell). The
spells must be of a level for which you have spell
slots.
For example, if you are a 5th-level artificer,
you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell
slots. With an Intelligence of 14, your list of
prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or
2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the
1st-level spell cure wounds, you can cast it using
a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared
spells.
You can change your list of prepared spells
when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list
of artificer spells requires time spent in tinkering
with your spellcasting focuses: at least 1 minute
per spell level for each spell on your list.
Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your
artificer spells; your understanding of the theory
behind magic allows you to wield these spells
with superior skill. You use your Intelligence
whenever an artificer spell refers to your
spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your
Intelligence modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for an artificer spell you cast and when
making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast an artificer spell as a ritual if that
spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell
prepared.
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Artificer Spell List
Here’s the list of spells you consult when you
learn an artificer spell. The list is organized by
spell level, not character level. If a spell can be
cast as a ritual, the ritual tag appears after the
spell’s name.
Cantrips (0 Level)
acid splash
dancing lights
fire bolt
guidance
light
mage hand
mending
message
poison spray
prestidigitation
ray of frost
resistance
shocking grasp
spare the dying
thorn whip
1st Level
alarm (ritual)
arcane weapon (see the end of the document)
cure wounds
detect magic (ritual)
disguise self
expeditious retreat
false life
grease
identify (ritual)
jump
longstrider
sanctuary
shield of faith
2nd Level
aid
alter self
arcane lock
blur
continual flame
darkvision
enhance ability
enlarge/reduce
heat metal
invisibility
lesser restoration
levitate
magic mouth (ritual)
magic weapon
protection from poison
rope trick
see invisibility
spider climb
3rd Level
blink
dispel magic
elemental weapon
fly
gaseous form
glyph of warding
haste
protection from energy
revivify
water breathing (ritual)
water walk (ritual)
4th Level
arcane eye
fabricate
freedom of movement
Leomund’s secret chest
Mordenkainen’s faithful hound
Mordenkainen’s private sanctum
Otiluke’s resilient sphere
stone shape
stoneskin
5th Level
animate objects
Bigby’s hand
creation
greater restoration
wall of stone
The Magic of Artifice
As an artificer, you use tools when you cast your spells.
When describing your spellcasting, think about how
you’re using a tool to perform the spell effect. If you
cast cure wounds using alchemist’s supplies, you could
be quickly producing a salve. If you cast it using tinker’s
tools, you might have a miniature mechanical spider
that binds wounds. When you cast poison spray, you
could fling foul chemicals or use a wand that spits
venom. The effect of the spell is the same as for a
spellcaster of any other class, but your method of
spellcasting is special.
The same principle applies when you prepare your
spells. As an artificer, you don’t study a spellbook or
pray to prepare your spells. Instead, you work with your
tools and create the specialized items you’ll use to
produce your effects. If you replace cure wounds with
shocking grasp, you might be breaking down the device
you used to heal and creating an offensive item in its
place—perhaps a gauntlet that lets you channel a surge
of energy.
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Such details don’t limit you in any way or provide you
with any benefit. You don’t have to justify how you’re
using tools to cast a spell. But describing your
spellcasting creatively is a fun way to distinguish
yourself from other spellcasters.
Infuse Item
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to imbue
mundane items with certain magical infusions.
The magic items you create with this feature are
effectively prototypes of permanent items.
Infusions Known
When you gain this feature, pick two artificer
infusions to learn, choosing from the “Artificer
Infusions” section at the end of the class’s
description. You learn additional infusions of
your choice when you reach certain levels in this
class, as shown in the Infusions Known column
of the Artificer table.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can
replace one of the artificer infusions you learned
with a new one.
Infusing an Item
Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a
nonmagical object and imbue it with one of your
artificer infusions, turning it into a magic item.
An infusion works on only certain kinds of
objects, as specified in the infusion’s description.
If the item requires attunement, you can attune
yourself to it the instant you infuse the item, or
you can forgo attunement so that someone else
can attune to the item. If you decide to attune to
the item later, you must do so using the normal
process for attunement (see “Attunement” in the
Dungeon Master’s Guide, page 136).
Your infusion remains in an item indefinitely,
but when you die, the infusion vanishes after a
number of days have passed equal to your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1 day). The
infusion also vanishes if you give up your
knowledge of the infusion for another one.
You can infuse more than one nonmagical
object at the end of a long rest; the maximum
number of objects appears in the Infused Items
column of the Artificer table. You must touch
each of the objects, and each of your infusions
can be in only one object at a time. If you try to
exceed your maximum number of infusions, the
oldest infusion immediately ends, and then the
new infusion applies.
Artificer Specialist
At 3rd level, you choose the type of specialist you
are: Alchemist or Artillerist, each of which is
detailed at the end of the class’s description.
Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and
again at 6th and 14th level.
Variant: Crafting
An artificer subclass makes you more efficient at
crafting certain items. The feature you get from your
subclass works whether you’re using the crafting rules in
the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, or
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.
Tool Expertise
Starting at 3rd level, your proficiency bonus is
doubled for any ability check you make that uses
your proficiency with a tool.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th
level, you can increase one ability score of your
choice by 2, or you can increase two ability
scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t
increase an ability score above 20 using this
feature.
Arcane Armament
Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, rather
than once, whenever you take the Attack action
on your turn, but one of the attacks must be
made with a magic weapon, the magic of which
you use to propel the attack.
The Right Cantrip for the Job
At 10th level, you gain the ability to make sure
you have the right magical tool for a job.
Whenever you finish a short or long rest, you can
replace one of the artificer cantrips you know
with another cantrip from the artificer spell list.
Spell-Storing Item
When you reach 18th level, you learn how to
store a spell in an object for repeated use.
Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch
one simple or martial weapon or an item that
you can use as a spellcasting focus and store a
spell in it, choosing one 1st- or 2nd-level spell
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from the artificer spell list that requires 1 action
to cast (you don’t need to have the spell
prepared). With the object in hand, a creature
can take an action to produce the spell’s effect
from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier.
The spell stays in the object until it has been
used a number of times equal to twice your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of twice) or
until you use this feature again.
Soul of Artifice
At 20th level, your understanding of magic items
is unmatched, allowing you to mingle your soul
with items linked to you. You can attune to up to
six magic items at once. In addition, you gain a
+1 bonus to all saving throws per magic item you
are currently attuned to.
Artificer Specialists
Artificers pursue a variety of disciplines. Here
are two specialist options you can choose from
at 3rd level: the Alchemist and the Artillerist.
Alchemist
An Alchemist is an expert at combining exotic
reagents to produce mystical effects. Among
artificers, members of this subclass are the
greatest healers, as well as the ones most adept
at wielding dangerous chemicals.
Tools of the Trade
By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,
you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.
Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with
alchemist’s supplies and the herbalism kit,
assuming you don’t already have them. You also
gain alchemist’s supplies and an herbalism kit
for free—the result of tinkering you’ve done as
you’ve prepared for this specialization.
Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the potion
category, it takes you a quarter of the normal
time, and it costs you half as much of the usual
gold.
Alchemist Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain
spells prepared after you reach particular levels
in this class, as shown in the Alchemist Spells
table. These spells count as artificer spells for
you, but they don’t count against the number of
artificer spells you prepare.
Alchemist Spells
Artificer Level Spell
3rd purify food and drink, ray of sickness
5th Melf’s acid arrow, web
9th create food and water, stinking cloud
13th blight, death ward
17th cloudkill, raise dead
Alchemical Homunculus
At 3rd level, you learn ancient methods for
magically creating a special homunculus that is
formed by alchemical substances.
Whenever you finish a long rest and your
alchemist’s supplies are with you, you can form
this homunculus in an unoccupied space within
5 feet of you. If you already have a homunculus
from this feature, the first one immediately dies.
The homunculus is friendly to you and your
companions, and it obeys your commands. See
this creature’s game statistics in the Alchemical
Homunculus stat block. You determine the
homunculus’s appearance, which includes wings
and bits of alchemical equipment. Some
alchemists prefer mechanical-looking birds,
whereas others like winged vials or miniature
cauldrons.
In combat, the homunculus shares your
initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately
after yours. The only action it takes on its turn is
the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action
on your turn to command it to take one of the
actions in its stat block or to take the Dash,
Disengage, or Help action.
If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6
hit points. If it has died within the last hour, you
can use your alchemist’s supplies as an action to
revive it, provided you are within 5 feet of it and
you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The
homunculus returns to life with all its hit points
restored.
Alchemical Homunculus
Tiny construct, neutral
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points equal to five times your level in this class +
your Intelligence modifier
Speed 20 ft., fly 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
4 (−3) 15 (+2) 11 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 7 (−2)
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +4
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Damage Immunities acid, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands the languages you speak
Might of the Master. The following numbers increase
by 1 when your proficiency bonus increases by 1: the
homunculus’s skill bonuses and the bonuses to hit and
damage of its Acidic Spittle.
Actions (Require Your Bonus Action)
Acidic Spittle. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
30 ft., one target you can see. Hit: 1d6 + 2 acid damage.
Alchemical Salve (3/Day). The homunculus produces a
salve and touches one creature you designate. The
target receives one of the following magical benefits of
your choice:
Buoyancy. The target gains a flying speed of 10 feet for
10 minutes.
Inspiration. The target feels giddy and effective, gaining
advantage on certain ability checks in the next hour.
The target chooses the checks before or after rolling.
The magic runs out after the target has used it on a
number of checks equal to your Intelligence modifier
(minimum of 1).
Resilience. The target gains a number of temporary hit
points equal to 2d6 + your Intelligence modifier.
Alchemical Mastery
At 6th level, your command of magical chemicals
has become masterful, enhancing the healing
and damage you create through them. When you
cast a spell using your alchemist’s supplies as the
spellcasting focus, you gain a bonus to one roll of
the spell. That roll must restore hit points or be a
damage roll that deals acid or poison damage,
and the bonus equals your Intelligence modifier
(minimum of +1).
In addition, you can cast lesser restoration
without expending a spell slot, provided you use
alchemist’s supplies as the spellcasting focus.
You can do so a number of times per day equal to
your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once).
Chemical Savant
By 14th level, you have been exposed to so many
chemicals and unlocked their secrets that they
pose little risk to you, and you can use them to
quickly end certain ailments. You gain resistance
to acid damage and poison damage, and you are
now immune to the poisoned condition.
In addition, you can cast greater restoration
once without expending a spell slot and without
providing the material component, provided you
use alchemist’s supplies as the spellcasting focus.
You regain the ability to do so when you finish a
long rest.
Artillerist
An Artillerist specializes in using magic to create
explosions and defensive positions, as well as
magic-infused sidearms—especially wands—
that can be used on the battlefield. Artillerists
were valued by all the armies of the Last War.
Tools of the Trade
By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,
you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.
Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with
smith’s tools and woodcarver’s tools, assuming
you don’t already have them. You also gain those
tools for free—the result of tinkering you’ve
done as you’ve prepared for this specialization.
In addition, you gain the ability to use rods,
staffs, and wands as spellcasting focuses for your
artificer spells. You also gain a nonmagical,
wooden wand for free, which you’ve carved in
your spare time.
Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the wand
category, it takes you a quarter of the normal
time, and it costs you half as much of the usual
gold.
Artillerist Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain
spells prepared after you reach particular levels
in this class, as shown in the Alchemist Spells
table. These spells count as artificer spells for
you, but they don’t count against the number of
artificer spells you prepare.
Artillerist Spells
Artificer Level Spell
3rd shield, thunderwave
5th scorching ray, shatter
9th fireball, wind wall
13th ice storm, wall of fire
17th cone of cold, wall of force
Arcane Turret
At 3rd level, you learn how to create a magical
turret. With your smith’s tools in hand, you can
take an action to magically summon a Medium
turret in an unoccupied space on a horizontal
surface within 5 feet of you.
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The turret is a magical object that occupies its
space and that has crablike legs. It has an AC of
18 and a number of hit points equal to five times
your artificer level. It is immune to poison
damage, psychic damage, and all conditions. If it
is forced to make an ability check or a saving
throw, treat all its ability scores as 10 (+0). If the
mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6 hit
points. It disappears if it is reduced to 0 hit
points or after 10 minutes. You can dismiss it
early as an action.
When you summon the turret, you decide
which type it is, choosing from the options on
the Arcane Turrets table. On each of your turns,
you can take a bonus action to cause the turret to
activate if you are within 60 feet of it. As part of
the same action, you can direct the turret to walk
or climb up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space.
You can summon a turret once for free and
must finish a long rest before doing so again. You
can also summon the turret by expending a spell
slot of 1st level or higher. If you summon a
second turret, the first turret disappears.
As an action, you can command your turret to
detonate if you are within 60 feet of it. Doing so
destroys the turret and forces each creature
within 10 feet of it to make a Dexterity saving
throw against your spell save DC, taking 3d6
force damage on a failed save or half as much
damage on a successful one.
Arcane Turrets
Turret Activation
Flamethrower The turret exhales fire in an
adjacent 15-foot cone that you
designate. Each creature in that
area must make a Dexterity saving
throw against your spell save DC,
taking 1d8 fire damage on a failed
save or half as much damage on a
successful one. The fire ignites any
flammable objects in the area that
aren’t being worn or carried.
Force Ballista Make a ranged spell attack,
originating from the turret, at one
creature or object within 120 feet
of it. On a hit, the target takes 2d8
force damage, and if the target is a
creature, it is pushed up to 5 feet
away from the turret.
Defender The turret emits a burst of positive
energy that grants itself and each
creature of your choice within 10
feet of it a number of temporary hit
points equal to 1d8 + your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of
+1).
Wand Prototype
By 6th level, you now regularly experiment with
channeling different types of magic through
wands. Whenever you finish a long rest and your
woodcarver’s tools are with you, you can touch a
nonmagical, wooden wand and turn it into a
magic item. When you do so, you invest it with
one artificer cantrip of your choice—even one
you don’t know—that has a casting time of 1
action. As an action, you can cause the magic
wand to produce the cantrip, using your
spellcasting ability modifier (other creatures are
unable to use the wand’s magic). The wand loses
this magic when you finish your next long rest.
Any damage roll you make for a cantrip in the
wand gains a bonus equal to your Intelligence
modifier (minimum of +1).
When you reach 14th level in this class, you
can invest the wand with two cantrips at the end
of a long rest.
Fortified Position
Starting at 14th level, you’re a master at
conjuring a well-defended emplacement. You
and your allies have half cover while within 10
feet of a turret you create with Arcane Turret, as
a result of a shimmering field of magical
protection that the turret emits.
You can also now summon a second turret for
free and must finish a long rest before doing so
again. If you summon the second turret while the
first is still present, the first one doesn’t
disappear, and each turret can be of a different
type (if you summon a third turret, the first
turret vanishes). Moreover, you can use one
bonus action to activate both turrets.
Artificer Infusions
Artificers have invented numerous magical
infusions that rapidly create magic items. To the
untrained, artificers seem like wonderworkers,
accomplishing in hours what others need weeks
to complete.
The description of each infusion tells you the
type of item that can receive it. The description
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also tells you if the resulting magic item requires
attunement.
Some infusions specify a minimum artificer
level. You can’t learn such an infusion until you
are at least that level.
Unless an infusion’s description says
otherwise, you can’t learn the infusion more
than once.
Boots of the Winding Path
Prerequisite: 4th-level artificer
Item: A pair of boots (requires attunement)
While wearing these boots, a creature can
teleport up to 15 feet as a bonus action to an
unoccupied space the creature can see. The
creature must have occupied that space at some
point during the current turn.
Enhanced Defense
Item: A suit of armor or a shield
A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while
wearing (armor) or wielding (shield) the infused
item.
The bonus increases to +2 when you reach
12th level in this class.
Enhanced Weapon
Item: A simple or martial weapon
This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with it.
The bonus increases to +2 when you reach
12th level in this class.
Many-Handed Pouch
Prerequisite: 4th-level artificer
Item: 2–5 pouches
The infused pouches all share one
interdimensional space of the same capacity as a
single pouch. Thus, reaching into any of the
pouches allows access to the same storage space.
A pouch operates as long as it is within 100 miles
of another one of the pouches; the pouch is
otherwise empty and won’t accept any contents.
If this infusion ends, the items stored in the
shared space move into one of the pouches,
determined at random. The rest of the pouches
become empty.
Radiant Weapon
Prerequisite: 8th-level artificer
Item: A simple or martial weapon (requires
attunement)
This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with it. While holding it,
the wielder can take a bonus action to cause it to
shed bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light
for an additional 30 feet. The wielder can
extinguish the light as a bonus action.
As a reaction immediately after being hit by a
melee attack, the wielder can cause the attacker
to be blinded until the end of the attacker’s next
turn, unless the attacker succeeds on a
Constitution saving throw against your spell
save DC. Once used, this reaction can’t be used
again until the wielder finishes a short or long
rest.
Replicate Magic Item
Prerequisite: See below
Using this infusion, you replicate a particular
magic item. You can learn this infusion multiple
times; each time you do so, choose a different
magic item that you can make with it, picking
from the Replicable Magic Items tables below. If
a table has a level in its title, you must be of at
least that level in this class to choose an item
from the table.
In the tables, an item’s entry tells you whether
the item requires attunement. See the item’s
description in the Dungeon Master’s Guide for
more information about it, including the type of
object required for its making.
Replicable Magic Items
Magic Item Attunement
Alchemy jug No
Bag of holding No
Cap of water breathing No
Cloak of the manta ray No
Goggles of night No
Lantern of revealing No
Rope of climbing No
Sending stones No
Wand of magic detection No
Wand of secrets No
Replicable Magic Items (12th-Level Artificer)
Magic Item Attunement
Boots of elvenkind No
Boots of striding and springing Yes
Boots of the winterlands Yes
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Bracers of archery Yes
Brooch of shielding Yes
Cloak of elvenkind Yes
Cloak of protection Yes
Eyes of charming Yes
Eyes of the eagle Yes
Gauntlets of ogre power Yes
Gloves of missile snaring Yes
Gloves of swimming and climbing Yes
Gloves of thievery No
Hat of disguise Yes
Headband of intellect Yes
Helm of telepathy Yes
Medallion of thoughts Yes
Periapt of wound closure Yes
Pipes of haunting No
Pipes of the sewers Yes
Quiver of Ehlonna No
Ring of jumping Yes
Ring of mind shielding Yes
Ring of water walking No
Slippers of spider climbing Yes
Winged boots Yes
Replicable Magic Items (16th-Level Artificer)
Item Attunement
Amulet of health Yes
Belt of hill giant strength Yes
Boots of levitation Yes
Boots of speed Yes
Bracers of defense Yes
Cloak of the bat Yes
Dimensional shackles No
Gem of seeing Yes
Horn of blasting No
Ring of free action Yes
Ring of protection Yes
Ring of the ram Yes
Resistant Armor
Prerequisite: 8th-level artificer
Item: A suit of armor (requires attunement)
While wearing this armor, a creature has
resistance to one of the following damage types,
which you choose when you infuse the item:
acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison,
psychic, radiant, or thunder.
Returning Weapon
Item: A simple or martial weapon with the thrown
property
This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with it, and it returns to
the wielder’s hand immediately after it is used to
make a ranged attack.
New Spell
The artificer spell list contains a new spell:
arcane weapon.
Arcane Weapon
1st-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You channel arcane energy into one simple or
martial weapon you’re holding, and choose one
damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or
thunder. Until the spell ends, you deal an extra
1d6 damage of the chosen type to any target you
hit with the weapon. If the weapon isn’t magical,
it becomes a magic weapon for the spell’s
duration.
As a bonus action, you can change the damage
type, choosing from the options above.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can
maintain your concentration on the spell for up
to 8 hours.
Optional Rule: Multiclassing
If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing in
the Player’s Handbook (p. 163), here’s what you need to
know if you choose artificer as one of your classes.
Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass character, you
must have at least an Intelligence score of 13 to take a
level in this class.
Proficiencies Gained. If artificer isn’t your initial class,
here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your
first level as an artificer: light armor, medium armor,
shields, thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools.
Extra Attack. The Arcane Armament feature doesn’t
give you an additional attack if you also have the Extra
Attack feature.
Spell Slots. Add half your levels (rounded down) in the
artificer class to the appropriate levels from other
classes to determine your available spell slots.

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Unearthed Arcana: Artificer
Playtest Material
This character class is presented for playtesting and to
spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in
draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by
full game development. This class is not officially part of
the game. For these reasons, it is not legal in D&D
Adventurers League events.
Masters of unlocking magic in everyday objects,
artificers are supreme inventors. They see magic
as a complex system waiting to be decoded and
controlled. Artificers use tools to channel arcane
power, crafting temporary and permanent
magical objects. To cast a spell, an artificer could
use alchemist’s supplies to create a potent elixir,
calligrapher’s supplies to inscribe a sigil of
power on an ally’s armor, or tinker’s tools to
craft a temporary charm. The magic of artificers
is tied to their tools and their talents.
Arcane Science
In the world of Eberron, arcane magic has been
harnessed as a form of science and deployed
throughout society. Artificers reflect this
development. Their knowledge of magical
devices, and their ability to infuse mundane
items with magical energy, allows the grand
magical projects of Eberron to continue running.
During the Last War, artificers were marshaled
on a massive scale. Many lives were saved
because of the inventions of brave artificers, but
also countless lives were lost because of the
mass destruction that artificers’ creations
unleashed.
Seekers of New Lore
Nothing excites an artificer quite like uncovering
a new metal or discovering a source of elemental
energy. In artificer circles, new inventions and
strange discoveries create the most excitement.
Artificers who wish to make a mark must find
something fresh, rather than uncover someone
else’s work.
This drive for novelty pushes artificers to
become adventurers. Eberron’s main travel
routes and populated regions have long since
been explored. Thus, artificers take to the edge
of civilization in hopes of making the next great
discovery in arcane research.
Creating an Artificer
When creating an artificer character, think about
your character’s background and drive for
adventure. Does the character have a rival? What
is the character’s relationship with the artisan or
artificer who taught the basics of the craft? Talk
to your DM about the role played by artificers in
the campaign, and what sort of organizations
and NPCs you might have ties to.
Quick Build
You can make an artificer quickly by following
these suggestions. First, put your highest ability
score in Intelligence, followed by Constitution or
Dexterity. Second, choose the guild artisan
background.
Artificers in Other Worlds
Eberron is the world most associated with artificers, yet
the class can be found throughout the multiverse. In the
Forgotten Realms, for example, the island of Lantan is
home to many artificers, and in the world of
Dragonlance, tinker gnomes are often members of this
class. The strange technologies in the Barrier Peaks of
the World of Greyhawk have inspired some folk to walk
the path of the artificer, and in Mystara, various nations
employ artificers to keep airships and other wondrous
devices operational. In the City of Sigil, artificers share
discoveries from throughout the cosmos, and one in
particular—the gnome inventor named Vi—runs a
multiverse-spanning business from there. In the worldcity
Ravnica, the Izzet League trains numerous artificers,
the destructiveness of whom is unparalleled in other
worlds, except by the tinker gnomes of Krynn.
Class Features
As an artificer, you gain the following class
features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per artificer level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution
modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your
Constitution modifier per artificer level after
1st
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Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields
Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows,
heavy crossbows
Tools: Thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools, one type of
artisan’s tools of your choice
Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History,
Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception,
Sleight of Hand
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in
addition to the equipment granted by your
background:
• any two simple weapons
• a light crossbow and 20 bolts
• (a) studded leather armor or (b) scale mail
• thieves’ tools and a dungeoneer’s pack
If you forgo this starting equipment, as well as
the items offered by your background, you start
with 5d4 × 10 gp to buy your equipment.
Optional Rule: Firearm Proficiency
The creation and operation of gunpowder weapons
have been discovered in various corners of the D&D
multiverse. If your Dungeon Master uses the rules on
firearms in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (p. 267) and
your artificer has been exposed to the operation of such
weapons, your artificer is proficient with them.
Magical Tinkering
At 1st level, you learn how to invest a spark of
magic in objects that would otherwise be
mundane. To use this ability, you must have
thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools, or other artisan’s
tools in hand. You then touch a Tiny nonmagical
object as an action and give it one of the
following magical properties of your choice:
• The object sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius
and dim light for an additional 5 feet.
• Whenever tapped by a creature, the object
emits a recorded message that can be heard up
to 10 feet away. You utter the message when
you bestow this property on the object, and
the recording can be no more than 6 seconds
long.
• The object continuously emits your choice of
an odor or a nonverbal sound (wind, waves,
The Artificer
Level
Proficiency
Bonus Features
Infusions
Known
Infused
Items
Cantrips
Known
—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1st +2 Magical Tinkering, Spellcasting — — 2 2 — — — —
2nd +2 Infuse Item 3 2 2 2 — — — —
3rd +2 Artificer Specialist, Tool
Expertise
3 2 2 3 — — — —
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 2 2 3 — — — —
5th +3 Arcane Armament 4 2 2 4 2 — — —
6th +3 Artificer Specialist feature 4 3 2 4 2 — — —
7th +3 — 5 3 2 4 3 — — —
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 5 3 2 4 3 — — —
9th +4 — 5 3 2 4 3 2 — —
10th +4 The Right Cantrip for the Job 5 3 3 4 3 2 — —
11th +4 — 6 4 3 4 3 3 — —
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 6 4 3 4 3 3 — —
13th +5 — 6 4 3 4 3 3 1 —
14th +5 Artificer Specialist feature 6 4 4 4 3 3 1 —
15th +5 — 7 4 4 4 3 3 2 —
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 7 5 4 4 3 3 2 —
17th +6 — 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 1
18th +6 Spell-Storing Item 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
20th +6 Soul of Artifice 8 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
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chirping, or the like). The chosen phenomenon
is perceivable up to 10 feet away.
• A static visual effect appears on one of the
object’s surfaces. This effect can be a picture,
up to 25 words of text, lines and shapes, or a
mixture of these elements, as you like.
The chosen property lasts indefinitely. As an
action, you can touch the object and end the
property early.
You can give the magic of this feature to
multiple objects, touching one object each time
you use the feature, and a single object can bear
only one of the properties at a time. The
maximum number of objects you can affect with
the feature at one time is equal to your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of one object). If
you try to exceed your maximum, the oldest
property immediately ends, and then the new
property applies.
Spellcasting
You have studied the workings of magic, how to
channel it through objects, and how to awaken it
within them. As a result, you have gained a
limited ability to cast spells. To observers, you
don’t appear to be casting spells in a
conventional way; you look as if you’re
producing wonders through various items.
Tools Required
You produce your artificer spell effects through
your tools. You must have a spellcasting focus—
specifically thieves’ tools or some kind of
artisan’s tool—in hand when you cast any spell
with this Spellcasting feature. You must be
proficient with the tool to use it in this way. See
chapter 5, “Equipment,” in the Player’s Handbook
for descriptions of these tools.
After you gain the Infuse Item feature at 2nd
level, you can also use any item bearing one of
your infusions as a spellcasting focus.
Cantrips
At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your
choice from the artificer spell list below. At
higher levels, you learn additional artificer
cantrips of your choice, as shown in the Cantrips
Known column of the Artificer table.
When you gain a level in this class, you can
replace one of the artificer cantrips you know
with another cantrip from the artificer spell list.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The Artificer table shows how many spell slots
you have to cast your artificer spells. To cast one
of your artificer spells of 1st level or higher, you
must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher.
You regain all expended spell slots when you
finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of artificer spells that are
available for you to cast, choosing from the
artificer spell list. When you do so, choose a
number of artificer spells equal to your
Intelligence modifier + half your artificer level,
rounded down (minimum of one spell). The
spells must be of a level for which you have spell
slots.
For example, if you are a 5th-level artificer,
you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell
slots. With an Intelligence of 14, your list of
prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or
2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the
1st-level spell cure wounds, you can cast it using
a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell
doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared
spells.
You can change your list of prepared spells
when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list
of artificer spells requires time spent in tinkering
with your spellcasting focuses: at least 1 minute
per spell level for each spell on your list.
Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your
artificer spells; your understanding of the theory
behind magic allows you to wield these spells
with superior skill. You use your Intelligence
whenever an artificer spell refers to your
spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your
Intelligence modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for an artificer spell you cast and when
making an attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your
Intelligence modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast an artificer spell as a ritual if that
spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell
prepared.
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Artificer Spell List
Here’s the list of spells you consult when you
learn an artificer spell. The list is organized by
spell level, not character level. If a spell can be
cast as a ritual, the ritual tag appears after the
spell’s name.
These spells are from the Player’s Handbook. If
a spell’s name is followed by an asterisk, the
spell is instead from Xanathar’s Guide to
Everything.
Cantrips (0 Level)
acid splash
create bonfire*
dancing lights
fire bolt
frostbite*
guidance
light
mage hand
magic stone*
mending
message
poison spray
prestidigitation
ray of frost
resistance
shocking grasp
spare the dying
thorn whip
thunderclap*
1st Level
absorb elements*
alarm (ritual)
arcane weapon (see the end of the document)
catapult*
cure wounds
detect magic (ritual)
disguise self
expeditious retreat
faerie fire
false life
feather fall
grease
identify (ritual)
jump
longstrider
sanctuary
snare*
2nd Level
aid
alter self
arcane lock
blur
continual flame
darkvision
enhance ability
enlarge/reduce
heat metal
invisibility
lesser restoration
levitate
magic mouth (ritual)
magic weapon
protection from poison
pyrotechnics*
rope trick
see invisibility
skywrite* (ritual)
spider climb
3rd Level
blink
catnap*
dispel magic
elemental weapon
flame arrows*
fly
gaseous form
glyph of warding
haste
protection from energy
revivify
tiny servant*
water breathing (ritual)
water walk (ritual)
4th Level
arcane eye
elemental bane*
fabricate
freedom of movement
Leomund’s secret chest
Mordenkainen’s faithful hound
Mordenkainen’s private sanctum
Otiluke’s resilient sphere
stone shape
stoneskin
vitriolic sphere*
5th Level
animate objects
Bigby’s hand
creation
greater restoration
skill empowerment*
transmute rock*
wall of stone
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The Magic of Artifice
As an artificer, you use tools when you cast your spells.
When describing your spellcasting, think about how
you’re using a tool to perform the spell effect. If you
cast cure wounds using alchemist’s supplies, you could
be quickly producing a salve. If you cast it using tinker’s
tools, you might have a miniature mechanical spider
that binds wounds. When you cast poison spray, you
could fling foul chemicals or use a wand that spits
venom. The effect of the spell is the same as for a
spellcaster of any other class, but your method of
spellcasting is special.
The same principle applies when you prepare your
spells. As an artificer, you don’t study a spellbook or
pray to prepare your spells. Instead, you work with your
tools and create the specialized items you’ll use to
produce your effects. If you replace cure wounds with
shocking grasp, you might be breaking down the device
you used to heal and creating an offensive item in its
place—perhaps a gauntlet that lets you channel a surge
of energy.
Such details don’t limit you in any way or provide you
with any benefit. You don’t have to justify how you’re
using tools to cast a spell. But describing your
spellcasting creatively is a fun way to distinguish
yourself from other spellcasters.
Infuse Item
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to imbue
mundane items with certain magical infusions.
The magic items you create with this feature are
effectively prototypes of permanent items.
Infusions Known
When you gain this feature, pick three artificer
infusions to learn, choosing from the “Artificer
Infusions” section at the end of the class’s
description. You learn additional infusions of
your choice when you reach certain levels in this
class, as shown in the Infusions Known column
of the Artificer table.
Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can
replace one of the artificer infusions you learned
with a new one.
Infusing an Item
Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a
nonmagical object and imbue it with one of your
artificer infusions, turning it into a magic item.
An infusion works on only certain kinds of
objects, as specified in the infusion’s description.
If the item requires attunement, you can attune
yourself to it the instant you infuse the item, or
you can forgo attunement so that someone else
can attune to the item. If you decide to attune to
the item later, you must do so using the normal
process for attunement (see “Attunement” in the
Dungeon Master’s Guide, page 136).
Your infusion remains in an item indefinitely,
but when you die, the infusion vanishes after a
number of days have passed equal to your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1 day). The
infusion also vanishes if you give up your
knowledge of the infusion for another one.
You can infuse more than one nonmagical
object at the end of a long rest; the maximum
number of objects appears in the Infused Items
column of the Artificer table. You must touch
each of the objects, and each of your infusions
can be in only one object at a time. If you try to
exceed your maximum number of infusions, the
oldest infusion immediately ends, and then the
new infusion applies.
Artificer Specialist
At 3rd level, you choose the type of specialist you
are: Alchemist, Archivist, Artillerist, or Battle
Smith, each of which is detailed at the end of the
class’s description. Your choice grants you
features at 3rd level and again at 6th and 14th
level.
Variant: Crafting
An artificer subclass makes you more efficient at
crafting certain items. The feature you get from your
subclass works whether you’re using the crafting rules in
the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, or
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything.
Tool Expertise
Starting at 3rd level, your proficiency bonus is
doubled for any ability check you make that uses
your proficiency with a tool.
Ability Score Improvement
When you reach 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th
level, you can increase one ability score of your
choice by 2, or you can increase two ability
scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can’t
increase an ability score above 20 using this
feature.
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Arcane Armament
Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, rather
than once, whenever you take the Attack action
on your turn, but one of the attacks must be
made with a magic weapon, the magic of which
you use to propel the attack.
The Right Cantrip for the Job
At 10th level, you gain the ability to make sure
you have the right magical tool for a job.
Whenever you finish a short or long rest, you can
replace one of the artificer cantrips you know
with another cantrip from the artificer spell list.
Spell-Storing Item
When you reach 18th level, you learn how to
store a spell in an object for repeated use.
Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch
one simple or martial weapon or an item that
you can use as a spellcasting focus and store a
spell in it, choosing one 1st- or 2nd-level spell
from the artificer spell list that requires 1 action
to cast (you don’t need to have the spell
prepared). With the object in hand, a creature
can take an action to produce the spell’s effect
from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier.
The spell stays in the object until it has been
used a number of times equal to twice your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of twice) or
until you use this feature again.
Soul of Artifice
At 20th level, your understanding of magic items
is unmatched, allowing you to mingle your soul
with items linked to you. You can attune to up to
six magic items at once. In addition, you gain a
+1 bonus to all saving throws per magic item you
are currently attuned to.
Artificer Specialists
Artificers pursue many disciplines. Here are
specialist options you can choose from at 3rd
level.
Alchemist
An Alchemist is an expert at combining exotic
reagents to produce mystical effects. Among
artificers, members of this subclass are the
greatest healers, as well as the ones most adept
at wielding dangerous chemicals.
Tools of the Trade
By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,
you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.
Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with
alchemist’s supplies and the herbalism kit,
assuming you don’t already have them. You also
gain alchemist’s supplies and an herbalism kit
for free—the result of tinkering you’ve done as
you’ve prepared for this specialization.
Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the potion
category, it takes you a quarter of the normal
time, and it costs you half as much of the usual
gold.
Alchemist Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain
spells prepared after you reach particular levels
in this class, as shown in the Alchemist Spells
table. These spells count as artificer spells for
you, but they don’t count against the number of
artificer spells you prepare.
Alchemist Spells
Artificer Level Spell
3rd purify food and drink, ray of sickness
5th Melf’s acid arrow, web
9th create food and water, stinking cloud
13th blight, death ward
17th cloudkill, raise dead
Alchemical Homunculus
At 3rd level, you learn ancient methods for
magically creating a special homunculus that is
formed by alchemical substances.
Whenever you finish a long rest and your
alchemist’s supplies are with you, you can form
this homunculus in an unoccupied space within
5 feet of you. If you already have a homunculus
from this feature, the first one immediately dies.
The homunculus is friendly to you and your
companions, and it obeys your commands. See
this creature’s game statistics in the Alchemical
Homunculus stat block. You determine the
homunculus’s appearance, which includes wings
and bits of alchemical equipment. Some
alchemists prefer mechanical-looking birds,
whereas others like winged vials or miniature
cauldrons.
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In combat, the homunculus shares your
initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately
after yours. The only action it takes on its turn is
the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action
on your turn to command it to take one of the
actions in its stat block or to take the Dash,
Disengage, or Help action.
If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6
hit points. If it has died within the last hour, you
can use your alchemist’s supplies as an action to
revive it, provided you are within 5 feet of it and
you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The
homunculus returns to life with all its hit points
restored.
Alchemical Homunculus
Tiny construct, neutral
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points equal to five times your level in this class +
your Intelligence modifier
Speed 20 ft., fly 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
4 (−3) 15 (+2) 11 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 7 (−2)
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +4
Damage Immunities acid, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands the languages you speak
Might of the Master. The following numbers increase
by 1 when your proficiency bonus increases by 1: the
homunculus’s skill bonuses and the bonuses to hit and
damage of its Acidic Spittle.
Actions (Require Your Bonus Action)
Acidic Spittle. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
30 ft., one target you can see. Hit: 1d6 + 2 acid damage.
Alchemical Salve (3/Day). The homunculus produces a
salve and touches one creature you designate. The
target receives one of the following magical benefits of
your choice:
Buoyancy. The target gains a flying speed of 10 feet for
10 minutes.
Inspiration. The target feels giddy and effective, gaining
advantage on certain ability checks in the next hour.
The target chooses the checks before or after rolling.
The magic runs out after the target has used it on a
number of checks equal to your Intelligence modifier
(minimum of 1).
Resilience. The target gains a number of temporary hit
points equal to 2d6 + your Intelligence modifier.
Alchemical Mastery
At 6th level, your command of magical chemicals
has become masterful, enhancing the healing
and damage you create through them. When you
cast a spell using your alchemist’s supplies as the
spellcasting focus, you gain a bonus to one roll of
the spell. That roll must restore hit points or be a
damage roll that deals acid or poison damage,
and the bonus equals your Intelligence modifier
(minimum of +1).
In addition, you can cast lesser restoration
without expending a spell slot, provided you use
alchemist’s supplies as the spellcasting focus.
You can do so a number of times per day equal to
your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once).
Chemical Savant
By 14th level, you have been exposed to so many
chemicals and unlocked their secrets that they
pose little risk to you, and you can use them to
quickly end certain ailments. You gain resistance
to acid damage and poison damage, and you are
now immune to the poisoned condition.
In addition, you can cast greater restoration
once without expending a spell slot and without
providing the material component, provided you
use alchemist’s supplies as the spellcasting focus.
You regain the ability to do so when you finish a
long rest.
Archivist
What are the best ways to store vast amounts of
information? That question has occupied
chroniclers and librarians for centuries. Scrolls
and books were the finest information-storing
methods for a long time, but the first Archivists
imagined something greater: storing information
in a real or an artificial mind. What library could
match a mental archive capable of accessing
information in seconds? As they work towards
this goal, Archivists have become masters of
storing knowledge and creating artificial
intelligences fueled by magic. These techniques
have yet to be perfected and institutionalized,
and of all artificers, archivists are on the cutting
edge of arcane science.
Tools of the Trade
By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,
you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.
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Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with
calligrapher’s supplies and the forgery kit,
assuming you don’t already have them. You also
gain calligrapher’s supplies and a forgery kit for
free—the result of tinkering you’ve done as
you’ve prepared for this specialization.
Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the scroll
category, it takes you a quarter of the normal
time, and it costs you half as much of the usual
gold.
Archivist Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain
spells prepared after you reach particular levels
in this class, as shown in the Archivist Spells
table. These spells count as artificer spells for
you, but they don’t count against the number of
artificer spells you prepare.
Archivist Spells
Artificer Level Spell
3rd comprehend languages,
dissonant whispers
5th detect thoughts, locate object
9th hypnotic pattern, tongues
13th locate creature, phantasmal killer
17th legend lore, modify memory
Artificial Mind
At 3rd level, you discover how to awaken a mind
inside an object. Whenever you finish a long rest
and your calligrapher’s supplies are with you,
you can magically rouse a keen mind within a
Tiny, nonmagical object on which you write
mystical symbols. The object is a magic item
while the mind is inside it, and you can use it as a
spellcasting focus. If you already have an
artificial mind from this feature, the first one
immediately dissipates.
The magic item has the following properties.
Telepathic Advisor. The artificial mind
telepathically supplies you with advice and
information about certain topics: while the item
is on your person, you have proficiency in two
skills of your choice; the item’s main material
determines which skills you can choose from, as
shown on the Artificial Mind table in the Skill
Proficiencies column, for the nature of the object
affects the mind’s knowledge.
Manifest Mind. As a bonus action while the
item is on your person, you can cause the mind
to manifest as a Tiny spectral presence, hovering
in an unoccupied space of your choice within 60
feet of you. This presence is intangible and
invulnerable, and it sheds dim light in a 10-foot
radius. You determine its appearance; the
Artificial Mind table offers suggested
appearances based on the object’s main material.
While manifested, the spectral mind can hear
and see, and it has darkvision with a range of 60
feet. As an action, you can hear and see using the
mind’s senses, instead of your own, until your
concentration ends (as if concentrating on a
spell).
As a bonus action, you can cause the spectral
mind to hover up to 30 feet to an unoccupied
space that you or it can see. It can pass through
creatures but not objects. The spectral mind
stops manifesting if it is ever more than 300 feet
away from its magic item or if you dismiss it as a
bonus action.
When you cast an artificer spell on your turn,
you can cast it as if you were in the spectral
mind’s space, instead of your own, using its
senses. You can do so a number of times per day
equal to your Intelligence modifier (at least
once), and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest.
Information Overload. As an action while the
item is on your person, you can try to magically
overload the thoughts of one creature you or the
mind can see that is within 5 feet of the
manifested mind, channeling a jumble of
information from the artificial mind. Unless the
target succeeds on an Intelligence saving throw
against your spell save DC, the target takes 1d8
psychic damage, and the next attack roll against
it before the end of your next turn has
advantage, since it is temporarily too distracted
to defend itself well. The damage increases by
Artificial Mind
Main Material Skill Proficiencies Suggested Appearance
Animal {parchment, leather,
bone}
Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine,
Perception, Survival
A beast or a humanoid visage with antlers
Mineral {glass, stone, metal} Deception, Intimidation, Performance,
Persuasion
A robotic or golem-like face
Plant {paper, wood} Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature,
Religion
A bespectacled visage or a treant
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1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level
(3d8), and 17th level (4d8) in this class.
Whenever you deal damage with this feature,
you can expend a spell slot to deal extra damage
to the target. The extra damage is 2d8 for a 1stlevel
spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level
higher than first.
Mind Network
At 6th level, you’ve learned how to use your
artifices to access minds, both to communicate
and to harm.
Magical Telephony. While you have your
Artificial Mind item on your person, you can
communicate telepathically with anyone
carrying an item bearing one of your artificer
infusions, as the mind transmits your thoughts to
each other. That person can also communicate
telepathically with you as long as they have the
item. This two-way communication can even
cross planar boundaries.
Psychic Damage. When you make a psychic
damage roll for an artificer spell or for
Information Overload, you gain a bonus to the
damage roll equal to your Intelligence modifier
(minimum bonus of +1).
Pure Information
At 14th level, your Artificial Mind is able to
receive and transmit more information than ever
before.
Mind Overload. When you expend a spell slot
to increase the damage of Information Overload,
the target must succeed on an Intelligence saving
throw against your spell save DC or be stunned
until the end of your next turn.
Infoportation. As an action while your
Artificial Mind magic item is on your person, you
cause the mind to turn you into pure
information, teleporting you to the unoccupied
space nearest to the spectral mind or to an item
bearing one of your artificer infusions, where
you physically reappear.
You can teleport in this way once for free and
must finish a long rest before doing so again. You
can also use this special ability by expending a
spell slot of 2nd level or higher.
The First Warforged Minds
Warforged were originally created by House Cannith to
fight as subservient beings, having limited selfawareness.
The development of the autonomous
warforged consciousness has been presented as an
accidental breakthrough. However, rumors abound that
it was the work of pioneering archivist Aaren d’Cannith,
who planted the seed of autonomy in the warforged
mind. This fact is now difficult to verify, for the
development team’s records were destroyed and Aaren
d’Cannith disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Many believe that Aaren is still determined to help the
warforged evolve and that he might be working with the
sinister Lord of Blades.
Artillerist
An Artillerist specializes in using magic to create
explosions and defensive positions, as well as
magic-infused sidearms—especially wands—
that can be used on the battlefield. Artillerists
were valued by all the armies of the Last War.
Tools of the Trade
By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,
you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.
Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with
smith’s tools and woodcarver’s tools, assuming
you don’t already have them. You also gain those
tools for free—the result of tinkering you’ve
done as you’ve prepared for this specialization.
In addition, you gain the ability to use rods,
staffs, and wands as spellcasting focuses for your
artificer spells. You also gain a nonmagical,
wooden wand for free, which you’ve carved in
your spare time.
Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the wand
category, it takes you a quarter of the normal
time, and it costs you half as much of the usual
gold.
Artillerist Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain
spells prepared after you reach particular levels
in this class, as shown in the Artillerist Spells
table. These spells count as artificer spells for
you, but they don’t count against the number of
artificer spells you prepare.
Artillerist Spells
Artificer Level Spell
3rd shield, thunderwave
5th scorching ray, shatter
9th fireball, wind wall
13th ice storm, wall of fire
17th cone of cold, wall of force
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Arcane Turret
At 3rd level, you learn how to create a magical
turret. With your smith’s tools in hand, you can
take an action to magically summon a Medium
turret in an unoccupied space on a horizontal
surface within 5 feet of you.
The turret is a magical object that occupies its
space and that has crablike legs. It has an AC of
18 and a number of hit points equal to five times
your artificer level. It is immune to poison
damage, psychic damage, and all conditions. If it
is forced to make an ability check or a saving
throw, treat all its ability scores as 10 (+0). If the
mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6 hit
points. It disappears if it is reduced to 0 hit
points or after 10 minutes. You can dismiss it
early as an action.
When you summon the turret, you decide
which type it is, choosing from the options on
the Arcane Turrets table. On each of your turns,
you can take a bonus action to cause the turret to
activate if you are within 60 feet of it. As part of
the same action, you can direct the turret to walk
or climb up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space.
You can summon a turret once for free and
must finish a long rest before doing so again. You
can also summon the turret by expending a spell
slot of 1st level or higher. If you summon a
second turret, the first turret disappears.
As an action, you can command your turret to
detonate if you are within 60 feet of it. Doing so
destroys the turret and forces each creature
within 10 feet of it to make a Dexterity saving
throw against your spell save DC, taking 3d6
force damage on a failed save or half as much
damage on a successful one.
Arcane Turrets
Turret Activation
Flamethrower The turret exhales fire in an
adjacent 15-foot cone that you
designate. Each creature in that
area must make a Dexterity saving
throw against your spell save DC,
taking 1d8 fire damage on a failed
save or half as much damage on a
successful one. The fire ignites any
flammable objects in the area that
aren’t being worn or carried.
Force Ballista Make a ranged spell attack,
originating from the turret, at one
creature or object within 120 feet
of it. On a hit, the target takes 2d8
force damage, and if the target is a
creature, it is pushed up to 5 feet
away from the turret.
Defender The turret emits a burst of positive
energy that grants itself and each
creature of your choice within 10
feet of it a number of temporary hit
points equal to 1d8 + your
Intelligence modifier (minimum of
+1).
Wand Prototype
By 6th level, you now regularly experiment with
channeling different types of magic through
wands. Whenever you finish a long rest and your
woodcarver’s tools are with you, you can touch a
nonmagical, wooden wand and turn it into a
magic item. When you do so, you invest it with
one artificer cantrip of your choice—even one
you don’t know—that has a casting time of 1
action. As an action, you can cause the magic
wand to produce the cantrip, using your
spellcasting ability modifier (other creatures are
unable to use the wand’s magic). The wand loses
this magic when you finish your next long rest.
Any damage roll you make for a cantrip in the
wand gains a bonus equal to your Intelligence
modifier (minimum of +1).
When you reach 14th level in this class, you
can invest the wand with two cantrips at the end
of a long rest.
Fortified Position
Starting at 14th level, you’re a master at
conjuring a well-defended emplacement. You
and your allies have half cover while within 10
feet of a turret you create with Arcane Turret, as
a result of a shimmering field of magical
protection that the turret emits.
You can also now summon a second turret for
free and must finish a long rest before doing so
again. If you summon the second turret while the
first is still present, the first one doesn’t
disappear, and each turret can be of a different
type (if you summon a third turret, the first
turret vanishes). Moreover, you can use one
bonus action to activate both turrets.
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Battle Smith
Armies require protection, and someone has to
put things back together if defenses fail. A
combination of protector and medic, a Battle
Smith is an expert at defending others and
repairing both materiel and personnel. To aid in
their work, Battle Smiths are usually
accompanied by an iron defender, a protective
companion of their own creation. Many soldiers
tell stories of nearly dying before being saved by
a Battle Smith and an iron defender.
Battle Smiths played a key role in House
Cannith’s work on battle constructs and the
original warforged, and after the Last War, these
artificers led efforts to aid those who were
injured in the war’s horrific battles.
Tools of the Trade
By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level,
you’re deeply familiar with employing its tools.
Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with
leatherworker’s tools and smith’s tools,
assuming you don’t already have them. You also
gain leatherworker’s tools and smith’s tools for
free—the result of tinkering you’ve done as
you’ve prepared for this specialization.
Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the armor
category, it takes you a quarter of the normal
time, and it costs you half as much of the usual
gold.
Battle Smith Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain
spells prepared after you reach particular levels
in this class, as shown in the Battle Smith Spells
table. These spells count as artificer spells for
you, but they don’t count against the number of
artificer spells you prepare.
Battle Smith Spells
Artificer Level Spell
3rd heroism, searing smite
5th branding smite, warding bond
9th aura of vitality, blinding smite
13th aura of purity, staggering smite
17th banishing smite, mass cure wounds
Battle Ready
When you reach 3rd level, your combat training
and your experiments with magic and have paid
off in two ways:
• You gain proficiency with martial weapons.
• When you attack with a magic weapon, you
can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of
Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and
damage rolls.
Iron Defender
By 3rd level, the tinkering in your free time has
borne you a faithful companion, an iron
defender. This metallic creature resembles a
hound, a cougar, a bear, or another four-legged
creature of your choice. It is friendly to you and
your companions, and it obeys your commands.
See this creature’s game statistics in the iron
defender stat block.
In combat, the iron defender shares your
initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately
after yours. It can move and use its reaction on
its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is
the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action
on your turn to command it to take one of the
actions in its stat block or the Dash, Disengage,
or Help action.
If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6
hit points. If it has died within the last hour, you
can use your smith’s tools as an action to revive
it, provided you are within 5 feet of it and you
expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The iron
defender returns to life after 1 minute with all its
hit points restored.
At the end of a long rest, you can create a new
iron defender if you have your smith’s tools with
you. If you already have an iron defender from
this feature, the first one immediately perishes.
Iron Defender
Medium construct, neutral
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points equal to five times your level in this class +
your Intelligence modifier + the iron defender’s
Constitution modifier
Speed 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
14 (+2) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 4 (−4) 10 (+0) 6 (−2)
Skills Perception +4
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands the languages you speak
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Might of the Master. The following numbers increase
by 1 when your proficiency bonus increases by 1: the
iron defender’s skill bonuses, the bonuses to hit and
damage of its bite, and the number of hit points
restored by its Repair action.
Vigilant. The iron defender can’t be surprised.
Actions (Requires Your Bonus Action)
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target you can see. Hit: 1d8 + 2 piercing damage.
Repair (3/Day). The magical mechanisms inside the iron
defender restore 2d8 + 2 hit points to itself or to one
construct or object within 5 feet of it.
Reaction
Defensive Pounce. The iron defender imposes
disadvantage on the attack roll of one creature it can
see that is within 5 feet of it, provided the attack roll is
against a creature other than the iron defender.
Arcane Jolt
At 6th level, you learn new ways to channel
arcane energy through your weapon attacks and
your iron defender.
First, your iron defender’s bite attack is now
considered magical for the purposes of
bypassing resistances and immunities, thanks to
enhancements you’ve made to the creature in
your free time.
Second, when you or your iron defender hits a
target with a magic weapon attack, you can
channel magical energy through the strike to
create one of the following effects:
• The target takes an extra 2d4 force damage.
• Choose one creature or object you can see
within 30 feet of the target. Healing energy
flows into the chosen recipient, restoring 2d4
hit points to it.
You can channel this magical energy a number of
times equal to your Intelligence modifier
(minimum of once), but you can do so no more
than once on a turn. You regain all expended
uses of this feature when you finish a long rest.
Improved Defender
At 14th level, your Arcane Jolt and iron defender
become more powerful:
• The extra damage and the healing of your
Arcane Jolt both increase to 4d4.
• Whenever your iron defender uses its
Defensive Pounce, the attacker takes force
damage equal to 1d4 + your Intelligence
modifier.
Artificer Infusions
Artificers have invented numerous magical
infusions that rapidly create magic items. To the
untrained, artificers seem like wonderworkers,
accomplishing in hours what others need weeks
to complete.
The description of each infusion tells you the
type of item that can receive it. The description
also tells you if the resulting magic item requires
attunement.
Some infusions specify a minimum artificer
level. You can’t learn such an infusion until you
are at least that level.
Unless an infusion’s description says
otherwise, you can’t learn the infusion more
than once.
Boots of the Winding Path
Prerequisite: 4th-level artificer
Item: A pair of boots (requires attunement)
While wearing these boots, a creature can
teleport up to 15 feet as a bonus action to an
unoccupied space the creature can see. The
creature must have occupied that space at some
point during the current turn.
Enhanced Defense
Item: A suit of armor or a shield
A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while
wearing (armor) or wielding (shield) the infused
item.
The bonus increases to +2 when you reach
12th level in this class.
Enhanced Wand
Item: A wand (requires attunement)
While holding this wand, a creature gains a +1
bonus to spell attack rolls. In addition, the
creature ignores half cover when making a spell
attack.
The bonus increases to +2 when you reach
12th level in this class.
Enhanced Weapon
Item: A simple or martial weapon
This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with it.
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The bonus increases to +2 when you reach
12th level in this class.
Many-Handed Pouch
Prerequisite: 4th-level artificer
Item: 2–5 pouches
The infused pouches all share one
interdimensional space of the same capacity as a
single pouch. Thus, reaching into any of the
pouches allows access to the same storage space.
A pouch operates as long as it is within 100 miles
of another one of the pouches; the pouch is
otherwise empty and won’t accept any contents.
If this infusion ends, the items stored in the
shared space move into one of the pouches,
determined at random. The rest of the pouches
become empty.
Radiant Weapon
Prerequisite: 8th-level artificer
Item: A simple or martial weapon (requires
attunement)
This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with it. While holding it,
the wielder can take a bonus action to cause it to
shed bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light
for an additional 30 feet. The wielder can
extinguish the light as a bonus action.
As a reaction immediately after being hit by a
melee attack, the wielder can cause the attacker
to be blinded until the end of the attacker’s next
turn, unless the attacker succeeds on a
Constitution saving throw against your spell
save DC. Once used, this reaction can’t be used
again until the wielder finishes a short or long
rest.
Repeating Shot
Item: A simple or martial weapon with the
ammunition property (requires attunement)
This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with it when it’s used to
make a ranged attack, and it ignores the loading
property if it has it.
The weapon requires no ammunition; it
magically produces one piece of ammunition
each time you make a ranged attack with it,
unless you manually load it. The ammunition
produced by the weapon vanishes the instant
after the it hits or misses a target.
Replicate Magic Item
Prerequisite: See below
Using this infusion, you replicate a particular
magic item. You can learn this infusion multiple
times; each time you do so, choose a different
magic item that you can make with it, picking
from the Replicable Magic Items tables below. If
a table has a level in its title, you must be of at
least that level in this class to choose an item
from the table.
In the tables, an item’s entry tells you whether
the item requires attunement. See the item’s
description in the Dungeon Master’s Guide for
more information about it, including the type of
object required for its making.
Replicable Magic Items
Magic Item Attunement
Alchemy jug No
Bag of holding No
Cap of water breathing No
Cloak of the manta ray No
Goggles of night No
Lantern of revealing No
Rope of climbing No
Sending stones No
Wand of magic detection No
Wand of secrets No
Replicable Magic Items (12th-Level Artificer)
Magic Item Attunement
Boots of elvenkind No
Boots of striding and springing Yes
Boots of the winterlands Yes
Bracers of archery Yes
Brooch of shielding Yes
Cloak of elvenkind Yes
Cloak of protection Yes
Eyes of charming Yes
Eyes of the eagle Yes
Gauntlets of ogre power Yes
Gloves of missile snaring Yes
Gloves of swimming and climbing Yes
Gloves of thievery No
Hat of disguise Yes
Headband of intellect Yes
Helm of telepathy Yes
Medallion of thoughts Yes
Periapt of wound closure Yes
Pipes of haunting No
Pipes of the sewers Yes
Quiver of Ehlonna No
Ring of jumping Yes
Ring of mind shielding Yes
Ring of water walking No
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Slippers of spider climbing Yes
Winged boots Yes
Replicable Magic Items (16th-Level Artificer)
Item Attunement
Amulet of health Yes
Belt of hill giant strength Yes
Boots of levitation Yes
Boots of speed Yes
Bracers of defense Yes
Cloak of the bat Yes
Dimensional shackles No
Gem of seeing Yes
Horn of blasting No
Ring of free action Yes
Ring of protection Yes
Ring of the ram Yes
Repulsion Shield
Prerequisite: 8th-level artificer
Item: A shield (requires attunement)
A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while
wielding this shield. While holding it, the wielder
can use a reaction immediately after being hit by
a melee attack to push the attacker up to 15 feet
away. Once used, this reaction can’t be used
again until the wielder finishes a short or long
rest.
Resistant Armor
Prerequisite: 8th-level artificer
Item: A suit of armor (requires attunement)
While wearing this armor, a creature has
resistance to one of the following damage types,
which you choose when you infuse the item:
acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necrotic, poison,
psychic, radiant, or thunder.
Returning Weapon
Item: A simple or martial weapon with the thrown
property
This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack
and damage rolls made with it, and it returns to
the wielder’s hand immediately after it is used to
make a ranged attack.
New Spell
The artificer spell list contains a new spell:
arcane weapon.
Arcane Weapon
1st-level transmutation
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You channel arcane energy into one simple or
martial weapon you’re holding, and choose one
damage type: acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or
thunder. Until the spell ends, you deal an extra
1d6 damage of the chosen type to any target you
hit with the weapon. If the weapon isn’t magical,
it becomes a magic weapon for the spell’s
duration.
As a bonus action, you can change the damage
type, choosing from the options above.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell
using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can
maintain your concentration on the spell for up
to 8 hours.
Optional Rule: Multiclassing
If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing in
the Player’s Handbook (p. 163), here’s what you need to
know if you choose artificer as one of your classes.
Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass character, you
must have at least an Intelligence score of 13 to take a
level in this class.
Proficiencies Gained. If artificer isn’t your initial class,
here are the proficiencies you gain when you take your
first level as an artificer: light armor, medium armor,
shields, thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools.
Extra Attack. The Arcane Armament feature doesn’t
give you an additional attack if you also have the Extra
Attack feature.
Spell Slots. Add half your levels (rounded up) in the
artificer class to the appropriate levels from other
classes to determine your available spell slots.