D&D 5e SRD · Challenge Rating

CR 6 monsters

11 monsters at Challenge Rating 6, worth 2,300 XP (25,300 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 6 monsters

Challenge Rating summarizes the threat a monster poses to a group of four player characters. The SRD's rough guideline: a single CR 6 monster is a low-difficulty fight for four level 6 characters. By the XP Budget per Character table alone, one of these monsters on its own (2,300 XP) lands between the Low and High budgets of four characters at level 5; above that, it falls under the Low budget and works better with minions or a second monster.

Creature types at this CR: Dragon (3), Monstrosity (3), Humanoid (2), Beast (1), Elemental (1), Fiend (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
Chimera Monstrosity Large 114 14
Drider Monstrosity Large 123 19
Invisible Stalker Elemental Large 97 14
Mage Humanoid (Wizard) Medium 81 15
Mammoth Beast Huge 126 13
Medusa Monstrosity Medium 127 15
Pirate Captain Humanoid Medium 84 17
Vrock Fiend (Demon) Large 152 15
Wyvern Dragon Large 127 14
Young Brass Dragon Dragon (Metallic) Large 110 17
Young White Dragon Dragon (Chromatic) Large 123 17

CR 6 quick answers

How many CR 6 monsters are in the D&D 5e SRD?

11 CR 6 monsters appear in the SRD 5.2.1: Chimera, Drider, Invisible Stalker, Mage, Mammoth, and others.

How much XP is a CR 6 monster worth?

A CR 6 monster is worth 2,300 XP, with a Proficiency Bonus of +3.

Stat blocks from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 © Wizards of the Coast LLC, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.