Earth Glide. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the elemental doesn't disturb the material it moves through.
Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures.
Actions
Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.
How many earth elementals for a fight?
An earth elemental is worth 1,800 XP. Using the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), this is how many earth elementals fit each difficulty for a party of four characters of the same level. A dash means even one would be over the budget.
Party level
Low
Moderate
High
4th
—
—
1
5th
1
1
2
6th
1
2
3
7th
1
2
3
8th
2
3
4
9th
2
4
5
10th
3
5
6
11th
4
6
9
12th
4
8
10
13th
5
9
12
14th
6
10
12+
15th
7
12
12+
16th
8
12+
12+
17th
10
12+
12+
18th
11
12+
12+
19th
12
12+
12+
Budgets add up every monster’s XP, so you can swap some for other creatures of the same total. Try other party sizes and mixes in the encounter calculator.
How the earth elemental compares at CR 5
Against the 26 other challenge 5 monsters in the SRD 5.1, the earth elemental has more hit points than 21 of them, which makes it one of the toughest at its CR. See every CR 5 monster.
Statistic
Earth Elemental
CR 5 average
Armor Class
17
14.5
Hit points
126
101
Best attack bonus
+8
+7
Earth Elemental 2024 stat block
The 2024 Monster Manual revised the earth elemental, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new stat block. What changed:
Earth Glide. The elemental can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the elemental doesn’t disturb the material it moves through.
Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures.
Actions
Multiattack. The elemental makes two attacks, using Slam or Rock Launch in any combination.
Rock Launch. Ranged Attack Roll: +8, range 60 ft. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.
