# Command
*1st-level, Enchantment*
- **Casting time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 60 feet
- **Components:** V
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. Choose the command from these options:
- **Approach.** The target moves toward you by the shortest and most direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you.
- **Drop.** The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its turn.
- **Flee.** The target spends its turn moving away from you by the fastest available means.
- **Grovel.** The target has the [Prone](conditions.md#Prone) condition and then ends its turn.
- **Halt.** On its turn, the target doesn't move and takes no action or [Bonus Action](bonus-action-xphb.md).
**Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot.** You can affect one additional creature for each spell slot level above 1.
**Classes**: [Bard](list-spells-classes-bard.md); [Cleric](list-spells-classes-cleric.md); [Cleric](list-spells-classes-cleric.md); [Paladin](list-spells-classes-paladin.md); [Paladin](list-spells-classes-paladin.md); [Bard (College of Glamour)](list-spells-classes-bard-xphb-college-of-glamour-xphb.md); [Bard (College of Lore)](list-spells-classes-bard-xphb-college-of-lore-xphb.md); [Sorcerer (Draconic Sorcery)](list-spells-classes-sorcerer-xphb-draconic-sorcery-xphb.md); [Warlock (Fiend Patron)](list-spells-classes-warlock-xphb-fiend-patron-xphb.md)
*Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 251. Available in the Free Rules (2024)*