# How much should NPCs charge for cantrips cast as services to PCs?

I've read through some of the other threads and came across an official (kind of) formula for calculating the cost of spells found in How much should NPCs charge for spells cast as services to PCs?:

$$({Level})^2\times10+({ConsumedMaterials}\times2)+({NonConsumedMaterials}\times0.1)$$

This works great for spells but doesn't help me with the pricing of cantrips. I don't think that people would just be doing them for free.

How should I price cantrips?

• Do you have any specific cantrips in mind? After some browsing and reading up on a bunch of them I don't see many the party could directly benefit from as a service; unless they have a fair share of downtime. – Scrawnoisis Jun 26 '18 at 6:59
• @Scrawnoisis Mending comes to mind – KorvinStarmast Jun 26 '18 at 13:12
• @Scrawnoisis Mostly it would be Mending and Prestidigitation. I can thinks of some very situational uses for Guidance, Resistance and Druidcraft, but I don't think they are likely to come up. Still, mending and cleaning services would be quite common I would think. – Kageno Kouryu Jun 26 '18 at 21:40