# Identify Illness *(Identify)* > [!info] Spell Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Level** | 1st | > | **School** | [[Divination]] | > | **Casting Time** | 1 Minute | > | **Range** | Touch | > | **Components** | V, S, M *(a pearl worth at least 100 gp and fresh herbs, such as white willow bark, turmeric, ginger, etc. worth at least 1 sp total)* | > | **Duration** | Instantaneous | > | **Ritual** | ✅ Yes | > | **Classes** | Bard, Cleric, Paladin, Wizard | --- ## Description You choose one creature that you can see within 10 feet of you. Upon pointing a holy symbol or spell components at the creature, you learn if an illness or multiple illnesses affect it, if any. You learn the name of the illness or illnesses affecting it as well but you don't learn how to cure them. --- ## At Higher Levels This spell does not have an upcast effect.