Challenge rating 4 monsters
19 SRD monsters at CR 4. Each is worth 1,100 XP and has a +2 proficiency bonus; on average they have AC 12.7 and 88 hit points.
How hard is one CR 4 monster?
With the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), a single CR 4 monster fits each difficulty for a party of four from:
| Difficulty | Party level |
|---|---|
| Low | 5th level and up |
| Moderate | 4th level and up |
| High | 3rd level and up |
More monsters add up: the budget counts every monster’s XP. Mix and match in the encounter calculator.
All CR 4 monsters
| Monster | Type | Size | AC | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archelon 2024 | Beast | Huge | 17 | 90 |
| Black Pudding | Ooze | Large | 7 | 85 |
| Chuul | Aberration | Large | 16 | 93 |
| Couatl | Celestial | Medium | 19 | 97 |
| Elephant | Beast | Huge | 12 | 76 |
| Ettin | Giant | Large | 12 | 85 |
| Ghost | Undead | Medium | 11 | 45 |
| Guard Captain 2024 | Humanoid | Medium or small | 18 | 75 |
| Hippopotamus 2024 | Beast | Large | 14 | 82 |
| Lamia | Monstrosity | Large | 13 | 97 |
| Red Dragon Wyrmling | Dragon | Medium | 17 | 75 |
| Succubus/Incubus | Fiend (shapechanger) | Medium | 15 | 66 |
| Tough Boss 2024 | Humanoid | Medium or small | 16 | 82 |
| Wereboar, Boar Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 11 | 78 |
| Wereboar, Human Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 10 | 78 |
| Wereboar, Hybrid Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 11 | 78 |
| Weretiger, Human Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 12 | 120 |
| Weretiger, Hybrid Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 12 | 120 |
| Weretiger, Tiger Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 12 | 120 |