Challenge rating 5 monsters
27 SRD monsters at CR 5. Each is worth 1,800 XP and has a +3 proficiency bonus; on average they have AC 14.6 and 102 hit points.
How hard is one CR 5 monster?
With the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), a single CR 5 monster fits each difficulty for a party of four from:
| Difficulty | Party level |
|---|---|
| Low | 5th level and up |
| Moderate | 5th level and up |
| High | 4th level and up |
More monsters add up: the budget counts every monster’s XP. Mix and match in the encounter calculator.
All CR 5 monsters
| Monster | Type | Size | AC | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Elemental | Elemental | Large | 15 | 90 |
| Barbed Devil | Fiend (devil) | Medium | 15 | 110 |
| Bulette | Monstrosity | Large | 17 | 94 |
| Earth Elemental | Elemental | Large | 17 | 126 |
| Fire Elemental | Elemental | Large | 13 | 102 |
| Flesh Golem | Construct | Medium | 9 | 93 |
| Giant Crocodile | Beast | Huge | 14 | 85 |
| Giant Shark | Beast | Huge | 13 | 126 |
| Gladiator | Humanoid (any race) | Medium | 16 | 112 |
| Gorgon | Monstrosity | Large | 19 | 114 |
| Half-Red Dragon Veteran | Humanoid (human) | Medium | 18 | 65 |
| Hill Giant | Giant | Huge | 13 | 105 |
| Night Hag | Fiend | Medium | 17 | 112 |
| Otyugh | Aberration | Large | 14 | 114 |
| Roper | Monstrosity | Large | 20 | 93 |
| Salamander | Elemental | Large | 15 | 90 |
| Shambling Mound | Plant | Large | 15 | 136 |
| Triceratops | Beast | Huge | 13 | 95 |
| Troll | Giant | Large | 15 | 84 |
| Unicorn | Celestial | Large | 12 | 67 |
| Vampire Spawn | Undead | Medium | 15 | 82 |
| Water Elemental | Elemental | Large | 14 | 114 |
| Werebear, Bear Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 11 | 135 |
| Werebear, Human Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 10 | 135 |
| Werebear, Hybrid Form | Humanoid (human, shapechanger) | Medium | 11 | 135 |
| Wraith | Undead | Medium | 13 | 67 |
| Xorn | Elemental | Medium | 19 | 73 |