Rampage. When the hyena reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on its turn, the hyena can take a bonus action to move up to half its speed and make a bite attack.
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage.
How many giant hyenas for a fight?
A giant hyena is worth 200 XP. Using the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), this is how many giant hyenas 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
1st
1
1
2
2nd
2
3
4
3rd
3
4
8
4th
5
7
10
5th
10
12+
12+
6th
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 giant hyena compares at CR 1
Against the 24 other challenge 1 monsters in the SRD 5.1, the giant hyena has more hit points than 23 of them, which makes it one of the toughest at its CR. See every CR 1 monster.
Statistic
Giant Hyena
CR 1 average
Armor Class
12
12.9
Hit points
45
27
Best attack bonus
+5
+4
Giant Hyena 2024 stat block
The 2024 Monster Manual revised the giant hyena, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new stat block. What changed:
The numbers are the same; the text follows the 2024 rules glossary.
Rampage (1/Day). Immediately after dealing damage to a creature that was already Bloodied, the hyena can move up to half its Speed, and it makes one Bite attack.
