D&D 5e SRD · Challenge Rating
CR 3 monsters
25 monsters at Challenge Rating 3, worth 700 XP (17,500 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 3 monsters
Challenge Rating summarizes the threat a monster poses to a group of four player characters. The SRD's rough guideline: a single CR 3 monster is a low-difficulty fight for four level 3 characters. By the XP Budget per Character table alone, one of these monsters on its own (700 XP) lands between the Low and High budgets of four characters at level 2 to 3; above that, it falls under the Low budget and works better with minions or a second monster.
Creature types at this CR: Monstrosity (8), Beast (3), Fey (3), Fiend (3), Humanoid (3), Dragon (2), Undead (2), Swarm of Tiny Undead (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankylosaurus | Beast (Dinosaur) | Huge | 68 | 15 |
| Basilisk | Monstrosity | Medium | 52 | 15 |
| Bearded Devil | Fiend (Devil) | Medium | 58 | 13 |
| Blue Dragon Wyrmling | Dragon (Chromatic) | Medium | 65 | 17 |
| Bugbear Stalker | Fey (Goblinoid) | Medium | 65 | 15 |
| Doppelganger | Monstrosity | Medium | 52 | 14 |
| Giant Scorpion | Beast | Large | 52 | 15 |
| Gold Dragon Wyrmling | Dragon (Metallic) | Medium | 60 | 17 |
| Green Hag | Fey | Medium | 82 | 17 |
| Hell Hound | Fiend | Medium | 58 | 15 |
| Hobgoblin Captain | Fey (Goblinoid) | Medium | 58 | 17 |
| Killer Whale | Beast | Huge | 90 | 12 |
| Knight | Humanoid | Medium | 52 | 18 |
| Manticore | Monstrosity | Large | 68 | 14 |
| Minotaur of Baphomet | Monstrosity | Large | 85 | 14 |
| Mummy | Undead | Medium | 58 | 11 |
| Nightmare | Fiend | Large | 68 | 13 |
| Owlbear | Monstrosity | Large | 59 | 13 |
| Phase Spider | Monstrosity | Large | 45 | 14 |
| Swarm of Crawling Claws | Swarm of Tiny Undead | Medium | 49 | 12 |
| Vampire Familiar | Humanoid | Medium | 65 | 15 |
| Warrior Veteran | Humanoid | Medium | 65 | 17 |
| Werewolf | Monstrosity (Lycanthrope) | Medium | 71 | 15 |
| Wight | Undead | Medium | 82 | 14 |
| Winter Wolf | Monstrosity | Large | 75 | 13 |
CR 3 quick answers
How many CR 3 monsters are in the D&D 5e SRD?
25 CR 3 monsters appear in the SRD 5.2.1: Ankylosaurus, Basilisk, Bearded Devil, Blue Dragon Wyrmling, Bugbear Stalker, and others.
How much XP is a CR 3 monster worth?
A CR 3 monster is worth 700 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.