Dust of Dryness

Uncommon Wondrous Items

System Reference Document 5.2 (D&D 2024) · Content reviewed 2026-07-11

Dust of Dryness: Uncommon Wondrous Items. Wondrous Item This small packet contains 1d6 + 4 pinches of dust. As a Utilize action, you can sprinkle a pinch of the dust over water, turning up to a 15-foot Cube of water into one marble-sized pellet, which floatsor rests near where the dust was sprinkled. The pellet's…

Rarity
Uncommon
Type
Wondrous Items
Attunement
Not required

Wondrous Item

This small packet contains 1d6 + 4 pinches of dust. As a Utilize action, you can sprinkle a pinch of the dust over water, turning up to a 15-foot Cube of water into one marble-sized pellet, which floatsor rests near where the dust was sprinkled. The pellet's weight is negligible. A creature can take a Utilize action to smash the pellet against a hard surface, causing the pellet to shatter and release the water the dust absorbed. Doing so destroys the pellet and ends its magic.

As a Utilize action, you can sprinkle a pinch of the dust on an Elemental within 5 feet of yourself that is composed mostly of water (such as a Water Elemental). Such a creature exposed to a pinch of the dust makes a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 10d6 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

Common questions

Does Dust of Dryness require attunement?

No. Dust of Dryness works without attunement.

How rare is Dust of Dryness?

Dust of Dryness is a uncommon wondrous item in the 2024 D&D rules.

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