Challenge rating 3 monsters
27 SRD monsters at CR 3. Each is worth 700 XP and has a +2 proficiency bonus; on average they have AC 14.1 and 59 hit points.
How hard is one CR 3 monster?
With the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), a single CR 3 monster fits each difficulty for a party of four from:
| Difficulty | Party level |
|---|---|
| Low | 4th level and up |
| Moderate | 3rd level and up |
| High | 2nd level and up |
More monsters add up: the budget counts every monster’s XP. Mix and match in the encounter calculator.
All CR 3 monsters
| Monster | Type | Size | AC | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankylosaurus 2024 | Beast | Huge | 15 | 68 |
| Basilisk | Monstrosity | Medium | 15 | 52 |
| Bearded Devil | Fiend (devil) | Medium | 13 | 52 |
| Blue Dragon Wyrmling | Dragon | Medium | 17 | 52 |
| Bugbear Stalker 2024 | Fey | Medium | 15 | 65 |
| Doppelganger | Monstrosity (shapechanger) | Medium | 14 | 52 |
| Giant Scorpion | Beast | Large | 15 | 52 |
| Gold Dragon Wyrmling | Dragon | Medium | 17 | 60 |
| Green Hag | Fey | Medium | 17 | 82 |
| Hell Hound | Fiend | Medium | 15 | 45 |
| Hobgoblin Captain 2024 | Fey | Medium | 17 | 58 |
| Killer Whale | Beast | Huge | 12 | 90 |
| Knight | Humanoid (any race) | Medium | 18 | 52 |
| Manticore | Monstrosity | Large | 14 | 68 |
| Minotaur | Monstrosity | Large | 14 | 76 |
| Mummy | Undead | Medium | 11 | 58 |
| Nightmare | Fiend | Large | 13 | 68 |
| Owlbear | Monstrosity | Large | 13 | 59 |
| Phase Spider | Monstrosity | Large | 13 | 32 |
| Swarm of Crawling Claws 2024 | Swarm of tiny undead | Medium | 12 | 49 |
| Vampire Familiar 2024 | Humanoid | Medium or small | 15 | 65 |
| Veteran | Humanoid (any race) | Medium | 17 | 58 |
| Werewolf, Human Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 11 | 58 |
| Werewolf, Hybrid Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 12 | 58 |
| Werewolf, Wolf Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 12 | 58 |
| Wight | Undead | Medium | 14 | 45 |
| Winter Wolf | Monstrosity | Large | 13 | 75 |