Eldritch Knight

Kind

Subclass

Hit points at level 1

10 + Constitution modifier

Hit die

d10

Primary ability

Strength

Spellcasting ability

Intelligence

You are a warrior of spell and sword, weaving incantations that supplement your extensive martial expertise.

Level progression

What this subclass adds at each Fighter level, from the game's progression table: what you get, what you choose.

1. Level 3
   Gains a spell

   Weapon Bond

   Learn 2 spells

   Acid Splash, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Bone Chill, Fire Bolt, Poison Spray, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Blade Ward, Friends, Dancing Lights, Light, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Toll the Dead, True Strike

   Learn 2 spells

   Burning Hands, Chromatic Orb, Magic Missile, Mage Armour, Protection from Evil and Good, Shield, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +2 1st-level spell slots

2. Level 4
   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Chromatic Orb, Magic Missile, Mage Armour, Protection from Evil and Good, Shield, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 1st-level spell slot

3. Level 5
   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

4. Level 6
   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

5. Level 7
   War Magic

   You have honed your body and magic for war. After you cast a cantrip, you can make a weapon attack using a bonus action.

   Learn 2 spells

   Melf's Acid Arrow, Arcane Lock, Darkness, Gust of Wind, Scorching Ray, Shatter, Burning Hands, Chromatic Orb, Mage Armour, Protection from Evil and Good, Shield, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 1st-level spell slot · +2 2nd-level spell slots

6. Level 8
   Learn 1 spell

   Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

7. Level 9
   Learn 1 spell

   Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

8. Level 10
   Eldritch Strike

   When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, it has Disadvantage on its next Saving Throw against a spell you cast before the end of your next turn.

   Learn 1 spell

   Acid Splash, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Bone Chill, Fire Bolt, Poison Spray, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Blade Ward, Friends, Dancing Lights, Light, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Toll the Dead, True Strike

   Learn 1 spell

   Melf's Acid Arrow, Arcane Lock, Darkness, Gust of Wind, Scorching Ray, Shatter, Burning Hands, Chromatic Orb, Mage Armour, Protection from Evil and Good, Shield, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Learn 1 spell

   Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 2nd-level spell slot

9. Level 11
   Learn 1 spell

   Melf's Acid Arrow, Arcane Lock, Darkness, Gust of Wind, Scorching Ray, Shatter, Burning Hands, Chromatic Orb, Mage Armour, Protection from Evil and Good, Shield, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Learn 1 spell

   Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

10. Level 12
    Learn 1 spell

    Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

Spell slots by level

Running totals of the slots each level adds in the progression table, for a single-class character.

Spells 65

Always known or prepared

• Weapon Bond · Action, level 3

Can pick

• Acid Splash · Cantrip, from level 3
• Blade Ward · Cantrip, from level 3
• Bone Chill · Cantrip, from level 3
• Bursting Sinew · Cantrip, from level 3
• Dancing Lights · Cantrip, from level 3
• Fire Bolt · Cantrip, from level 3
• Friends · Cantrip, from level 3
• Light · Cantrip, from level 3
• Mage Hand · Cantrip, from level 3
• Minor Illusion · Cantrip, from level 3
• Poison Spray · Cantrip, from level 3
• Ray of Frost · Cantrip, from level 3
• Shocking Grasp · Cantrip, from level 3
• Toll the Dead · Cantrip, from level 3
• True Strike · Cantrip, from level 3
• Burning Hands · Level 1, from level 3
• Charm Person · Level 1, from level 3
• Chromatic Orb · Level 1, from level 3
• Colour Spray · Level 1, from level 3
• Disguise Self · Level 1, from level 3
• Enhance Leap · Level 1, from level 3
• Expeditious Retreat · Level 1, from level 3
• False Life · Level 1, from level 3
• Feather Fall · Level 1, from level 3
• Find Familiar · Level 1, from level 3
• Fog Cloud · Level 1, from level 3
• Grease · Level 1, from level 3
• Ice Knife · Level 1, from level 3
• Longstrider · Level 1, from level 3
• Mage Armour · Level 1, from level 3
• Magic Missile · Level 1, from level 3
• Protection from Evil and Good · Level 1, from level 3
• Ray of Sickness · Level 1, from level 3
• Shield · Level 1, from level 3
• Sleep · Level 1, from level 3
• Tasha's Hideous Laughter · Level 1, from level 3
• Thunderwave · Level 1, from level 3
• Witch Bolt · Level 1, from level 3
• Arcane Lock · Level 2, from level 7
• Blindness · Level 2, from level 8
• Blur · Level 2, from level 8
• Cloud of Daggers · Level 2, from level 8
• Crown of Madness · Level 2, from level 8
• Darkness · Level 2, from level 7
• Darkvision · Level 2, from level 8
• Detect Thoughts · Level 2, from level 8
• Enlarge/Reduce · Level 2, from level 8
• Flaming Sphere · Level 2, from level 8
• Gust of Wind · Level 2, from level 7
• Hold Person · Level 2, from level 8
• Invisibility · Level 2, from level 8
• Knock · Level 2, from level 8
• Magic Weapon · Level 2, from level 8
• Melf's Acid Arrow · Level 2, from level 7
• Mirror Image · Level 2, from level 8
• Misty Step · Level 2, from level 8
• Phantasmal Force · Level 2, from level 8
• Ray of Enfeeblement · Level 2, from level 8
• Scorching Ray · Level 2, from level 7
• See Invisibility · Level 2, from level 8
• Shadow Blade · Level 2, from level 8
• Shatter · Level 2, from level 7
• Web · Level 2, from level 8
• Booming Blade · Action, from level 3