Challenge rating 0 monsters
29 SRD monsters at CR 0. Each is worth 10 XP (Frog and Sea Horse are worth 0) and has a +2 proficiency bonus; on average they have AC 11.1 and 3 hit points.
How hard is one CR 0 monster?
With the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), a single CR 0 monster fits each difficulty for a party of four from:
| Difficulty | Party level |
|---|---|
| Low | 1st level and up |
| Moderate | 1st level and up |
| High | 1st level and up |
More monsters add up: the budget counts every monster’s XP. Mix and match in the encounter calculator.
All CR 0 monsters
| Monster | Type | Size | AC | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awakened Shrub | Plant | Small | 9 | 10 |
| Baboon | Beast | Small | 12 | 3 |
| Badger | Beast | Tiny | 10 | 3 |
| Bat | Beast | Tiny | 12 | 1 |
| Cat | Beast | Tiny | 12 | 2 |
| Commoner | Humanoid (any race) | Medium | 10 | 4 |
| Crab | Beast | Tiny | 11 | 2 |
| Deer | Beast | Medium | 13 | 4 |
| Eagle | Beast | Small | 12 | 3 |
| Frog | Beast | Tiny | 11 | 1 |
| Giant Fire Beetle | Beast | Small | 13 | 4 |
| Goat | Beast | Medium | 10 | 4 |
| Hawk | Beast | Tiny | 13 | 1 |
| Homunculus | Construct | Tiny | 13 | 5 |
| Hyena | Beast | Medium | 11 | 5 |
| Jackal | Beast | Small | 12 | 3 |
| Lemure | Fiend (devil) | Medium | 7 | 13 |
| Lizard | Beast | Tiny | 10 | 2 |
| Octopus | Beast | Small | 12 | 3 |
| Owl | Beast | Tiny | 11 | 1 |
| Quipper | Beast | Tiny | 13 | 1 |
| Rat | Beast | Tiny | 10 | 1 |
| Raven | Beast | Tiny | 12 | 1 |
| Scorpion | Beast | Tiny | 11 | 1 |
| Sea Horse | Beast | Tiny | 11 | 1 |
| Shrieker | Plant | Medium | 5 | 13 |
| Spider | Beast | Tiny | 12 | 1 |
| Vulture | Beast | Medium | 10 | 5 |
| Weasel | Beast | Tiny | 13 | 1 |