Level
Cantrip
Casting Time
1 Minute
Range/Area
Touch
Components
V, S, M *
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Transmutation
Attack/Save
None
Damage/Effect
Utility
This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch, such as a broken chain link, two halves of a broken key, a torn cloak, or a leaking wineskin. As long as the break or tear is no larger than 1 foot in any dimension, you mend it, leaving no trace of the former damage.
This spell can physically repair a magic item, but it can’t restore magic to such an object.
* - (two lodestones)
In the SPECIAL column in the Cleric spell list it does not show "M".
Then when I go into the spell itself it shows "M".
This is true of a number of spells in the special column in spell lists.
Is the special column in the spell list of any use if I have to go into each spell to find out the requirements?
The "M" in the "Special" column on the spell lists doesn't just mean it has any material component; it indicates that it has a specific material component that you have to actually have in order to cast the spell (either because it has a cost listed, or it's consumed by the spell, or both). This is stated in the paragraph above the spell list. The point of this is to highlight spells that you need to actually have the material component for and can't use a spellcasting focus for instead.
While this spell does have a material component, it doesn't have a cost and it isn't consumed, so there's no "M" listed.
Can no longer be used to repair constructs. Only difference.
So basically, where this was incredibly useful for an Artificer with a Defender before, now it is incredibly less so.