Rulebook featuring "high magic" options, including a host of new spells.
September 16th
2026
Wizards of the Coast has announced Arcana Unleashed, a new Dungeons & Dragons rulebook featuring "high magic" options, including a host of new spells. Today at GAMA Expo, Wizards of the Coast announced the new book alongside a companion adventure book focused on a new wizards war in Thay. Arcana Unleashed will offer new high-magic character creation options, including the Conjurer and Enchanter wizard subclasses, as well as new feats, new spells, and a new magic item system that allows items to grow in power alongside character leveling. Arcana Unleashed will be released in September 2026.
New spells confirmed for the book includes Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting (a 8th Level Necromancy spell that saps moisture from anything inside a 30-foot cube), Aura of Evasion (a 7th Level Abjuration spell that creates an aura that grants all allies within it advantage of Dexterity spells and reduces damage from effects that require Dexterity saving throws by half on a failure and negates all damage on a success) and Battle Familiar (a 2nd Level Transmutation spell that either a beefs up an existing familiar or creates a new one.) Backgrounds found in the book include the Cosmic Dawn Experimenter and the Covenant of the Grave Recruit. New feats include the Arcane Undertaker feat, the Arcane Eloquence feat, and the Transmuted Anatomy feat.
The Arcane Subclasses Unearthed Arcana released in 2025 revealed a likely list of the subclasses we'll see in this book. That playtest included subclasses for the Cleric (Arcana Domain), Fighter (Arcane Archer), Warlock (Hexblade Patron), and Wizard (Conjurer, Enchanter, Necromancer, and Transmuter) and new subclasses for the Monk (Tattooed Warrior) and Sorcerer (Ancestral Sorcery).
New spells confirmed for the book includes Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting (a 8th Level Necromancy spell that saps moisture from anything inside a 30-foot cube), Aura of Evasion (a 7th Level Abjuration spell that creates an aura that grants all allies within it advantage of Dexterity spells and reduces damage from effects that require Dexterity saving throws by half on a failure and negates all damage on a success) and Battle Familiar (a 2nd Level Transmutation spell that either a beefs up an existing familiar or creates a new one.) Backgrounds found in the book include the Cosmic Dawn Experimenter and the Covenant of the Grave Recruit. New feats include the Arcane Undertaker feat, the Arcane Eloquence feat, and the Transmuted Anatomy feat.
The Arcane Subclasses Unearthed Arcana released in 2025 revealed a likely list of the subclasses we'll see in this book. That playtest included subclasses for the Cleric (Arcana Domain), Fighter (Arcane Archer), Warlock (Hexblade Patron), and Wizard (Conjurer, Enchanter, Necromancer, and Transmuter) and new subclasses for the Monk (Tattooed Warrior) and Sorcerer (Ancestral Sorcery).
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After the last scream of the Season of Horror echoes out into the void, we turn the page to the Season of Magic—a celebration of spellcraft, wonder, and ceaseless drive for power.
To kick off the magic, you’ll be able to add new tools to your table in August with D&D Reference Cards, built to keep key information close at hand when the action heats up.
Then, arriving as a source of inspiration for all lovers of magic and the arcane, Arcana Unleashed and the adventure book Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall will debut in September.
To kick off the magic, you’ll be able to add new tools to your table in August with D&D Reference Cards, built to keep key information close at hand when the action heats up.
Then, arriving as a source of inspiration for all lovers of magic and the arcane, Arcana Unleashed and the adventure book Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall will debut in September.
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