D&D 5e SRD · Challenge Rating
CR 1/2 monsters
27 monsters at Challenge Rating 1/2, worth 100 XP (2,700 XP combined). Click into any of them to roll attacks, damage, and saves straight from the stat block, and read how to run each one as an ally or an adversary.
Building encounters with CR 1/2 monsters
Challenge Rating summarizes the threat a monster poses to a group of four player characters. On its own, one of these monsters (100 XP) stays under the Low budget of four level 1 characters (200 XP), so they work best in groups or as support for a bigger threat. A moderate encounter for four level 1 characters has a 300 XP budget, room for up to 3 of them.
Creature types at this CR: Beast (8), Elemental (4), Fey (3), Fiend (2), Humanoid (2), Monstrosity (2), Undead (2), Aberration (1), Giant (1), Ooze (1), Swarm of Tiny Beasts (1). If a monster has a feature that lower-level characters can't easily overcome, the SRD suggests not using it against characters whose level is lower than its CR.
| Name | Type | Size | HP | AC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ape | Beast | Medium | 19 | 12 |
| Black Bear | Beast | Medium | 19 | 11 |
| Cockatrice | Monstrosity | Small | 22 | 11 |
| Crocodile | Beast | Large | 13 | 12 |
| Darkmantle | Aberration | Small | 22 | 11 |
| Dust Mephit | Elemental | Small | 17 | 12 |
| Giant Goat | Beast | Large | 19 | 11 |
| Giant Seahorse | Beast | Large | 16 | 14 |
| Giant Wasp | Beast | Medium | 22 | 13 |
| Gnoll Warrior | Fiend | Medium | 27 | 15 |
| Gray Ooze | Ooze | Medium | 22 | 9 |
| Hobgoblin Warrior | Fey (Goblinoid) | Medium | 11 | 18 |
| Ice Mephit | Elemental | Small | 21 | 11 |
| Magma Mephit | Elemental | Small | 18 | 11 |
| Magmin | Elemental | Small | 13 | 14 |
| Reef Shark | Beast | Medium | 22 | 12 |
| Rust Monster | Monstrosity | Medium | 33 | 14 |
| Sahuagin Warrior | Fiend | Medium | 22 | 12 |
| Satyr | Fey | Medium | 31 | 13 |
| Scout | Humanoid | Medium | 16 | 13 |
| Shadow | Undead | Medium | 27 | 12 |
| Swarm of Insects | Swarm of Tiny Beasts | Medium | 19 | 11 |
| Tough | Humanoid | Medium | 32 | 12 |
| Troll Limb | Giant | Small | 14 | 13 |
| Warhorse | Beast | Large | 19 | 11 |
| Warhorse Skeleton | Undead | Large | 22 | 13 |
| Worg | Fey | Large | 26 | 13 |
CR 1/2 quick answers
How many CR 1/2 monsters are in the D&D 5e SRD?
27 CR 1/2 monsters appear in the SRD 5.2.1: Ape, Black Bear, Cockatrice, Crocodile, Darkmantle, and others.
How much XP is a CR 1/2 monster worth?
A CR 1/2 monster is worth 100 XP, with a Proficiency Bonus of +2.
Stat blocks from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 © Wizards of the Coast LLC, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.