Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition - Monster Manual - Monster by Challenge Rate

Monsters by Challenge Rating This index organizes the monsters in the Monster Manual by challenge rating.

Challenge 0 (0–10 XP) Awakened shrub Baboon Badger Bat Cat Commoner Crab Crawling claw Deer Eagle Frog Giant fire beetle Goat Hawk Homunculus Hyena Jackal Lemure Lizard Myconid sprout Octopus Owl Quipper Rat Raven Scorpion Sea horse Shrieker Spider Vulture Weasel

Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Bandit Blood hawk Camel Cultist Flumph Flying snake Giant crab Giant rat Giant weasel Guard Kobold Manes Mastiff Merfolk Monodrone Mule Noble Poisonous snake Pony Slaad tadpole

Stirge Tribal warrior Twig blight

Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Aarakocra Acolyte Axe beak Blink dog Boar Bullywug Constrictor snake Draft horse Dretch Drow Duodrone Elk Flying sword Giant badger Giant bat Giant centipede Giant frog Giant lizard Giant owl Giant poisonous snake Giant wolf spider Goblin Grimlock Kenku Kuo-toa Mud mephit Needle blight Panther Pixie Pseudodragon Pteranodon Riding horse Skeleton Smoke mephit Sprite Steam mephit Swarm of bats Swarm of rats Swarm of ravens Troglodyte Violet fungus Winged kobold Wolf Zombie

Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Ape Black bear Cockatrice

Crocodile Darkmantle Deep gnome Dust mephit Gas spore Giant goat Giant sea horse Giant wasp Gnoll Gray ooze Hobgoblin Ice mephit Jackalwere Lizardfolk Magma mephit Magmin Myconid adult Orc Piercer Reef shark Rust monster Sahuagin Satyr Scout Shadow Swarm of insects Thug Tridrone Vine blight Warhorse Warhorse skeleton Worg

Challenge 1 (200 XP) Animated armor Brass dragon wyrmling Brown bear Bugbear Copper dragon wyrmling Death dog Dire wolf Dryad Duergar Faerie dragon (young) Fire snake Ghoul Giant eagle Giant hyena Giant octopus Giant spider Giant toad Giant vulture Goblin boss Half-ogre

Harpy Hippogriff Imp Kuo-toa whip Lion Quadrone Quaggoth spore servant Quasit Scarecrow Specter Spy Swarm of quippers Thri-kreen Tiger Yuan-ti pureblood

Challenge 2 (450 XP) Allosaurus Ankheg Awakened tree Azer Bandit captain Berserker Black dragon wyrmling Bronze dragon wyrmling Carrion crawler Centaur Cult fanatic Druid Ettercap Faerie dragon (old) Gargoyle Gelatinous cube Ghast Giant boar Giant constrictor snake Giant elk Gibbering mouther Githzerai monk Gnoll pack lord Green dragon wyrmling Grick Griffon Hunter shark Intellect devourer Lizardfolk shaman Merrow Mimic Minotaur skeleton Myconid sovereign Nothic Ochre jelly Ogre Ogre zombie

Monsters by Challenge Rating

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Orc Eye of Gruumsh Orog Pegasus Pentadrone Peryton Plesiosaurus Polar bear Poltergeist (specter) Priest Quaggoth Rhinoceros Rug of smothering Saber-toothed tiger Sahuagin priestess Sea hag Silver dragon wyrmling Spined devil Swarm of poisonous snakes Wererat White dragon wyrmling Will-o’-wisp

Challenge 3 (700 XP) Ankylosaurus Basilisk Bearded devil Blue dragon wyrmling Bugbear chief Displacer beast Doppelganger Giant scorpion Githyanki warrior Gold dragon wyrmling Green hag Grell Hell hound Hobgoblin captain Hook horror Killer whale Knight Kuo-toa monitor Manticore Minotaur Mummy Nightmare Owlbear Phase spider Quaggoth thonot Spectator Veteran Water weird Werewolf Wight Winter wolf Yeti Yuan-ti malison

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Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Banshee Black pudding Bone naga Chuul Couatl Elephant Ettin Flameskull Ghost Gnoll fang of Yeenoghu Helmed horror Incubus Lamia Lizard king/queen Orc war chief Red dragon wyrmling Sea hag (in coven) Shadow demon Succubus Wereboar Weretiger

Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Air elemental Barbed devil Barlgura Beholder zombie Bulette Cambion Drow elite warrior Earth elemental Fire elemental Flesh golem Giant crocodile Giant shark Gladiator Gorgon Green hag (in coven) Half-red dragon veteran Hill giant Mezzoloth Night hag Otyugh Red slaad Revenant Roper Sahuagin baron Salamander Shambling mound Triceratops Troll Umber hulk Unicorn Vampire spawn Water elemental

Monsters by Challenge Rating

Werebear Wraith Xorn Young remorhaz

Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Chasme Chimera Cyclops Drider Galeb duhr Githzerai zerth Hobgoblin warlord Invisible stalker Kuo-toa archpriest Mage Mammoth Medusa Vrock Wyvern Young brass dragon Young white dragon

Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Blue slaad Drow mage Giant ape Grick alpha Mind flayer Night hag (in coven) Oni Shield guardian Stone giant Young black dragon Young copper dragon Yuan-ti abomination

Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Assassin Chain devil Cloaker Drow priestess of Lolth Fomorian Frost giant Githyanki knight Green slaad Hezrou Hydra Mind flayer arcanist Spirit naga Tyrannosaurus rex Young bronze dragon Young green dragon

Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Abominable yeti Bone devil Clay golem

Cloud giant Fire giant Glabrezu Gray slaad Nycaloth Treant Young blue dragon Young silver dragon

Challenge 10 (5,900 XP) Aboleth Death slaad Deva Guardian naga Stone golem Yochlol Young gold dragon Young red dragon

Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Behir Dao Djinni Efreeti Gynosphinx Horned devil Marid Remorhaz Roc

Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Arcanaloth Archmage Erinyes

Challenge 13 (10,000 XP) Adult brass dragon Adult white dragon Beholder (not in lair) Nalfeshnee Rakshasa Storm giant Ultroloth Vampire Young red shadow dragon

Challenge 14 (11,500 XP) Adult black dragon Adult copper dragon Beholder (in lair) Death tyrant (not in lair) Ice devil

Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Adult bronze dragon Adult green dragon Death tyrant (in lair) Mummy lord (not in lair)

Purple worm Vampire (spellcaster) Vampire (warrior)

Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Adult blue dragon Adult silver dragon Iron golem Marilith Mummy lord (in lair) Planetar

Challenge 17 (18,000 XP) Adult blue dracolich Adult gold dragon Adult red dragon Androsphinx Death knight Dragon turtle Goristro

Challenge 18 (20,000 XP) Demilich (not in lair)

Challenge 19 (22,000 XP) Balor

Challenge 20 (25,000 XP) Ancient brass dragon Ancient white dragon Demilich (in lair) Pit fiend

Challenge 21 (33,000 XP) Ancient black dragon Ancient copper dragon Lich (not in lair) Solar

Challenge 22 (41,000 XP) Ancient bronze dragon Ancient green dragon Lich (in lair)

Challenge 23 (50,000 XP) Ancient blue dragon Ancient silver dragon Empyrean Kraken

Challenge 24 (62,000 XP) Ancient gold dragon Ancient red dragon

Challenge 30 (155,000 XP) Tarrasque

Monsters by Challenge Rating

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