Greater Restoration

Level 5 Abjuration spell available to Bards, Clerics, and Druids. Touch someone and they are no longer Charmed, Petrified, Stunned, or Cursed. It is the big-brother version of Lesser Restoration, and the only spell that fixes Petrification.

Spell description: Touch a creature and negate any Charm, Petrification, Stun, or Curse.

Spell properties

• Range: Melee: 1.5m (5ft)
• Conditions applied: Removes Charmed, Petrified, Stunned, and Cursed conditions from the target.
• Cost: Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Greater Restoration at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Greater Restoration

• Bard, Cleric, Druid at Class level 9
• Life Domain Clerics (Domain spell) and Circle of the Land Druids (Coast or Grassland) at Class level 9

When to cast Greater Restoration

Cast it when someone in the party is Stunned or Petrified and you cannot afford to wait. Stunned is the worst common condition in the game and this is the clean fix. Petrified is worse and this is one of two fixes, the other being Basilisk Oil.

Charm and Curse are the other two. If a party member gets Dominated by an enemy, this brings them back on your side, which is the difference between a rough fight and a wipe.

It is a touch spell, so the caster has to walk over. In a fight where someone is Stunned in the middle of the enemy, that is a real cost. Plan your positioning around who can reach whom.

Out of combat it is quality of life. Petrified statues, cursed allies, and the odd quest state all get resolved with one cast. Keep it prepared once you have Level 5 slots; it is not a spell you cast often, but when you need it nothing else will do.