Can an elemental be resurrected in 5e

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In 3e True Resurrection spell explicitly notes that it allowed the resurrection of an elemental, while lesser resurrection methods are unable to do so.

In 5e these lines are missing from the True Resurrection description.
What does this mean for the ability to resurrect elementals? Can you or can you not use True Resurrection to bring a dead elemental back to life in 5e?

Best Answer

YES.

As long as the setting / campaign deems them as having souls.

In the case of True Resurrection the text is:

You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. If the creature's soul is free and willing, the creature is restored to life with all its hit points.

Elementals are creatures, so there isn't a mechanical problem there. However depending on the setting you could run into issues of certain creatures having "souls" and being "free and willing". That is more setting / campaign dependent than 5e dependent though.

There are specific creatures and campaigns which define individuals as "soulless' and thus ineligible for returning to life.

But there is not a default rule stating which creature types have souls and which do not.