D&D 5e SRD · Creature Type
Elemental monsters
17 elemental creatures from the SRD 5.2.1, CR 1/8 through CR 11. Sorted from lowest CR to highest, each with a clickable stat block and tactics for running it as an ally or an adversary.
What Elemental monsters have in common
Creature types have no rules of their own in the SRD, but some rules treat certain types differently.
- Protection from Evil and Good, Magic Circle, and Hallow all ward against Elementals.
- Planar Binding can bind an Elemental to service, and a full-duration Banishment sends it to a plane tied to its type.
Across the 17 elemental stat blocks here, 15 of 17 have Darkvision, 9 of 17 can fly, and all 17 speak or understand at least one language. Most common damage immunities: Poison (12 of 17), Fire (7 of 17). Most common condition immunities: Poisoned (12 of 17), Exhaustion (10 of 17), Petrified (7 of 17).
Challenge ratings in this group: CR 1/8 (1), CR 1/4 (1), CR 1/2 (4), CR 2 (2), CR 5 (6), CR 6 (1), CR 11 (2).
| Name | CR | Size | HP | AC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merfolk Skirmisher | 1/8 | Medium | 11 | 11 |
| Steam Mephit | 1/4 | Small | 17 | 10 |
| Dust Mephit | 1/2 | Small | 17 | 12 |
| Ice Mephit | 1/2 | Small | 21 | 11 |
| Magma Mephit | 1/2 | Small | 18 | 11 |
| Magmin | 1/2 | Small | 13 | 14 |
| Azer Sentinel | 2 | Medium | 39 | 17 |
| Gargoyle | 2 | Medium | 67 | 15 |
| Air Elemental | 5 | Large | 90 | 15 |
| Earth Elemental | 5 | Large | 147 | 17 |
| Fire Elemental | 5 | Large | 93 | 13 |
| Salamander | 5 | Large | 90 | 15 |
| Water Elemental | 5 | Large | 114 | 14 |
| Xorn | 5 | Medium | 84 | 19 |
| Invisible Stalker | 6 | Large | 97 | 14 |
| Djinni | 11 | Large | 218 | 17 |
| Efreeti | 11 | Large | 212 | 17 |
Elemental quick answers
How many Elemental monsters are in the D&D 5e SRD?
17 elemental monsters appear in the SRD 5.2.1, ranging from CR 1/8 to CR 11.
What is the highest-CR Elemental in the SRD?
The highest-CR elemental in the SRD 5.2.1 is the Efreeti at CR 11.
Stat blocks from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 © Wizards of the Coast LLC, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.