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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