# Speak with Animals *1st-level, Divination (ritual)*  - **Casting time:** 1 Action unless cast as a ritual - **Range:** Self - **Components:** V, S - **Duration:** 10 minutes For the duration, you can comprehend and verbally communicate with Beasts, and you can use any of the [Influence](/3-Mechanics/CLI/actions.md#Influence) action's skill options with them. Most Beasts have little to say about topics that don't pertain to survival or companionship, but at minimum, a Beast can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever it has perceived within the past day. **Classes**: [Barbarian (Path of the Wild Heart)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-path-of-the-wild-heart-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Bard (College of Lore)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-college-of-lore-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Bard](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-bard.md); [Druid](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-druid.md); [Paladin (Oath of the Ancients)](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-oath-of-the-ancients-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Ranger](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-ranger.md); [Warlock](/3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-warlock.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 318. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)*