# Locate Animals or Plants
*2nd-level, Divination (ritual)*
- **Casting time:** 1 Action unless cast as a ritual
- **Range:** Self
- **Components:** V, S, M (fur from a bloodhound)
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
Describe or name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant. You learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.
**Classes**: [Bard (College of Lore)](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-bard-xphb-college-of-lore-xphb.md "subclass=XPHB;class=XPHB"); [Bard](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-bard.md); [Ranger](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-ranger.md); [Druid](3-Mechanics/CLI/lists/list-spells-classes-druid.md)
*Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 292. Available in the Free Rules (2024)*