All of the 1st Ed Spell Ingredients

A couple years back while doing some in depth research into the tome of 1st ed. AD&D I decided there was a very important table missing: Spell Ingredients. Dozens of spells throughout the Player's Handbook using Material Components, and the only way to know which spell uses what is to read through each spell, and search for the component listed in the description.

That works fine for the player, who just needs to know what ingredient they need for each spell, but what about the Dungeon Master? If you want to set up a functioning magic shop in game, you might want to know the ingredients that your players will need.

So for that very purpose here is a list of all the spell ingredients you could need, divided by Vegetable, Animal, Mineral, Artifact and Macabre.

Vegetable

Usually cheap and plentiful, here is every ingredient that contains plant matter:

Acaia Gum
Acorns
Animal Bait, Vegetable
Basil
Burrs
Camphor Tree Resin
Carrot
Carrot, Dried
Casting Mater, Vegetable
Catnip
Corn, Cob
Corn Extract, Powdered
Corn, Kernels
Flour, White
Flower Petals
Garlic
Green Plants
Holly Berries
Humus
Leaves, Oak
Leaves, Holly
Leaves, Mistletoe
Leaves, Shamrock
Leaves, Stinging Nettles
Leeks
Licorice Root
Licorice Root, Shavings
Mandrake Root
Marigold Flowers
Nut Shells
Oil
Oil, Sweet
Peach Pit
Pinecones
Pink Orchid Essence
Poppy Dust
Rare Mushroom
Rare Mushroom Powder
Rose Petals
Saffron
Savory
Seeds, Legume
Seeds, Sesame
Short Reeds
Skunk Cabbage Leaves
Split Dried Peas
Sprig of Evergreen
Straw
Sugar
Tree Bark
Tree Bark, Chips
Tree Bark, Oak
Twigs
Vinegar
Wine
Wood
Wood, Oak
Wood, Small Pieces
Wytchwood

Animal

Vegans be warned, here are all the spell ingredients using animal products:

Animal Bait, Meat
Animal Horn
Bat Guano
Caterpillar Cocoon
Cord of Animal Sinew
Crickets, Live
Digestive Fluid, Giant Slug
Down
Dung
Dung, Scrappings from Bottom of Pile
Dung, Strong Animal
Eggshell
Eyelashes
Fat
Fat, Animal
Fat, Pig
Fat, Solidified Milk
Feathers, White
Feathers, Owl
Feathers Steeped in Wine, Owl
Firefly
Fire Fly, Live
Fur
Fur, Bat
Grasshopper Legs
Hair
Honey
Honeycomb
Ivory
Ivory, Strips
Miniature Carp, Live
Pearl
Peals, Black
Pearls, Black, Crushed
Pearls, Crushed
Rotten Eggs
Scales, Snake
Shell, Tortoise
Shell, Turtle
Skin, Snake
Spider Web
Spiders, Live
Tongue, Snake

Mineral

From simple rocks to diamonds and Luckstone, here's a list of every rock you need to cast your spells:

Agate
Alum
Amber
Amber, Powdered
Bitumen
Black Opal
Black Opal, Powdered
Brass
Brass Dust
Bronze
Bronze, Small Disc
Carbon
Carbon, Powdered
Casting Matter, Mineral
Chalk
Charcoal
Citrine
Citrine, Powdered
Clay
Coal
Copper
Copper, Short Piece
Crystals, Clear
Crystals, Large
Crystals, Rock
Crystals, Sheet
Crystals, Mercuric-Nitric Acid
Crystals, Yellow
Diamond
Diamond, Crushed
Diamond Dust
Diamond, Powdered
Dirt
Dirt, Graveyard
Dust
Emerald
Emerald, Powdered
Flint
Gems
Gems, Large
Gold
Gold Dust
Granite Blocks
Iron
Iron Filings
Iron, Powdered
Iron Pyrite
Iron Sheet
Lime
Lime, Powdered
Loam
Lodestone
Luckstone
Luckstone, Powdered
Magnets
Mercury
Mica
Mineral Prisms
Mineral Spheres
Mud
Phosphorus
Pitch
Quartz
Quartz, Smoky
Rocks
Sand
Salt
Salts, Alkaline
Salts, Bromine
Saltpetre
Sapphire
Sapphire, Powdered
Silver
Silver, Powdered
Soot
Steel
Steel, Small Piece
Stones
Sulphur
Talc
Talc Powder
Topaz
Topaz, Powdered
White Sapphire
White Sapphire, Sheet

Artifact
For every item that is crafted, dyed, or cut, here is every ingredient created by mortal hands:

Bags, Small
Bars, Iron
Bars, Iron Tiny
Bar, Metal
Bars, Magnetised Iron
Beads, Crystal
Beads, Glass
Beads, Prayer
Blade, Iron
Brazier
Brazier, Brass
Bucket, Miniature
Candles, Black
Candles, Small
Chest, Mastercrafted
Chest, Miniature Replica
Circlet, Jade
Clay Model, Ziggurat
Coloured Sand Powder, Blue
Coloured Sand Powder, Red
Coloured Sand Powder, Yellow
Cone, Crystal
Cone, Glass
Crescent, Animal Horn
Divination Counters
Doll, of the Caster
Drum, Small
Eye Ointment
Fleece
Glass
Glass, Sheet
Glass, Yellow Tinted
Gloves
Gloves, Leather
Gloves, Snake Skin
Gold Wire
Holy Symbol
Holy Water
Horn, Silver and Small
Ice, Block
Incense
Ink
Ink, Alchemists Lead Based
Ink, Cheap
Ink, Fine
Ink, Powdered Rubies and Daemon Ichor
Ink, Squid
Jug, of Water
Knotted String
Lampblack
Leather
Leather Loops, Small
Mirror, Silver
Oaken Club
Parchment
Plaque, Ivory
Potion, Heroism
Rings, Copper and Zinc, Welded together in a line
Rod, Carved Ivory
Rod, Crystal
Rod, Crystal, Filled with a Phosphorescent Material
Rod, Forked Metal
Rod, Glass
Rod, Iron and Small
Rod, Metal
Rod, Silver and Small
Rope, 5ft.-30ft. Long
Shovel, Miniature
Silk
Silk, Multi-Coloured
Snow , Ball
Statue, Black Canine
Statue, Ivory Canine
Statue, Ivory, of Caster
Sticks, Gem Inlaid
Sticks, Charcoal
String
Sword, Platinum with Copper-Zinc grip and Pommel
Thread
Vellum Sheet
Vermilion
Vial, Dust
Vial, Water
Warhammer
Wax
Whistle, Silver

Macabre

There are some things that shop keeps don't keep out on their store shelves. Here is a list of all the Macabre items you could need.

Blood
Blood, Black Dragon
Blood, Humanoid
Blood, Umber Hulk
Bones
Bones, Humanoid
Bones, Dragon
Heart, Humanoid
Heart, Hen
Human Flesh
Humanoid Pineal Gland, Powdered
Sacrificial Animal, Live
Undead Remains

And there you have it, that is every ingredient from the 1st ed Player's Handbook. If you think I missed somehting or disagree with where I put something in the lsits, let me know in the comments!

I hope you can use this in you 1st ed games, and that it makes your magic shops more realistic.


Written by: Andrew Gregory