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Challenge rating 1/2 monsters

34 SRD monsters at CR 1/2. Each is worth 100 XP and has a +2 proficiency bonus; on average they have AC 12.4 and 20 hit points.

How hard is one CR 1/2 monster?

With the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), a single CR 1/2 monster fits each difficulty for a party of four from:

DifficultyParty level
Low1st level and up
Moderate1st level and up
High1st level and up

More monsters add up: the budget counts every monster’s XP. Mix and match in the encounter calculator.

All CR 1/2 monsters

MonsterTypeSizeACHP
ApeBeastMedium1219
Black BearBeastMedium1119
CockatriceMonstrositySmall1127
CrocodileBeastLarge1219
DarkmantleMonstrositySmall1122
Deep Gnome (Svirfneblin)Humanoid (gnome)Small1516
Dust MephitElementalSmall1217
Giant GoatBeastLarge1119
Giant Sea HorseBeastLarge1316
Giant WaspBeastMedium1213
GnollHumanoid (gnoll)Medium1522
Gray OozeOozeMedium822
HobgoblinHumanoid (goblinoid)Medium1811
Ice MephitElementalSmall1121
LizardfolkHumanoid (lizardfolk)Medium1522
Magma MephitElementalSmall1122
MagminElementalSmall149
OrcHumanoid (orc)Medium1315
Reef SharkBeastMedium1222
Rust MonsterMonstrosityMedium1427
SahuaginHumanoid (sahuagin)Medium1222
SatyrFeyMedium1431
ScoutHumanoid (any race)Medium1316
ShadowUndeadMedium1216
Swarm of BeetlesSwarm of Tiny beastsMedium1222
Swarm of CentipedesSwarm of Tiny beastsMedium1222
Swarm of InsectsSwarm of Tiny beastsMedium1222
Swarm of SpidersSwarm of Tiny beastsMedium1222
Swarm of WaspsSwarm of Tiny beastsMedium1222
ThugHumanoid (any race)Medium1132
Troll Limb 2024GiantSmall1314
WarhorseBeastLarge1119
Warhorse SkeletonUndeadLarge1322
WorgMonstrosityLarge1326

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