D&D 5e SRD · Challenge Rating
CR 1/4 monsters
32 monsters at Challenge Rating 1/4, worth 50 XP (1,600 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 1/4 monsters
Challenge Rating summarizes the threat a monster poses to a group of four player characters. On its own, one of these monsters (50 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 6 of them.
Creature types at this CR: Beast (15), Fey (3), Swarm of Tiny Beasts (3), Undead (2), Aberration (1), Celestial (1), Construct (1), Dragon (1), Elemental (1), Fiend (1), Humanoid (1), Monstrosity (1), Plant (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animated Flying Sword | Construct | Small | 14 | 17 |
| Axe Beak | Monstrosity | Large | 19 | 11 |
| Blink Dog | Fey | Medium | 22 | 13 |
| Boar | Beast | Medium | 13 | 11 |
| Constrictor Snake | Beast | Large | 13 | 13 |
| Draft Horse | Beast | Large | 15 | 10 |
| Dretch | Fiend (Demon) | Small | 18 | 11 |
| Elk | Beast | Large | 11 | 10 |
| Giant Badger | Beast | Medium | 15 | 13 |
| Giant Bat | Beast | Large | 22 | 13 |
| Giant Centipede | Beast | Small | 9 | 14 |
| Giant Frog | Beast | Medium | 18 | 11 |
| Giant Lizard | Beast | Large | 19 | 12 |
| Giant Owl | Celestial | Large | 19 | 12 |
| Giant Venomous Snake | Beast | Medium | 11 | 14 |
| Giant Wolf Spider | Beast | Medium | 11 | 13 |
| Goblin Warrior | Fey (Goblinoid) | Small | 10 | 15 |
| Grimlock | Aberration | Medium | 11 | 11 |
| Panther | Beast | Medium | 13 | 13 |
| Priest Acolyte | Humanoid (Cleric) | Medium | 11 | 13 |
| Pseudodragon | Dragon | Tiny | 10 | 14 |
| Pteranodon | Beast (Dinosaur) | Medium | 13 | 13 |
| Riding Horse | Beast | Large | 13 | 11 |
| Skeleton | Undead | Medium | 13 | 14 |
| Sprite | Fey | Tiny | 10 | 15 |
| Steam Mephit | Elemental | Small | 17 | 10 |
| Swarm of Bats | Swarm of Tiny Beasts | Large | 11 | 12 |
| Swarm of Rats | Swarm of Tiny Beasts | Medium | 14 | 10 |
| Swarm of Ravens | Swarm of Tiny Beasts | Medium | 11 | 12 |
| Violet Fungus | Plant | Medium | 18 | 5 |
| Wolf | Beast | Medium | 11 | 12 |
| Zombie | Undead | Medium | 15 | 8 |
CR 1/4 quick answers
How many CR 1/4 monsters are in the D&D 5e SRD?
32 CR 1/4 monsters appear in the SRD 5.2.1: Animated Flying Sword, Axe Beak, Blink Dog, Boar, Constrictor Snake, and others.
How much XP is a CR 1/4 monster worth?
A CR 1/4 monster is worth 50 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.