# Spider Climb *2nd-level, Transmutation* - **Casting time:** 1 action - **Range:** Touch - **Components:** V, S, a drop of bitumen and a spider - **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 hour Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch gains the ability to move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and along ceilings, while leaving its hands free. The target also gains a [Climb Speed](climb-speed-xphb.md) equal to its [Speed](speed-xphb.md). **Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot.** You can target one additional creature for each spell slot level about 2. **Classes**: [Bard](list-spells-classes-bard.md); [Sorcerer](list-spells-classes-sorcerer.md); [Sorcerer](list-spells-classes-sorcerer.md); [Warlock](list-spells-classes-warlock.md); [Warlock](list-spells-classes-warlock.md); [Wizard](list-spells-classes-wizard.md); [Wizard](list-spells-classes-wizard.md); [Rogue (Arcane Trickster)](list-spells-classes-rogue-xphb-arcane-trickster-xphb.md); [Bard (College of Lore)](list-spells-classes-bard-xphb-college-of-lore-xphb.md); [Fighter (Eldritch Knight)](list-spells-classes-fighter-xphb-eldritch-knight-xphb.md) *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 318. Available in the Free Rules (2024)*