CR 9 Monsters
130 D&D 5e monsters at challenge rating 9. Build encounters by totalling XP from this CR bucket against your party's adventuring-day budget — see the 2024 DMG's encounter rules for the new tighter formula.
Abjurer Wizard HumanoidAbominable Yeti MonstrosityAbominable Yeti* MonstrosityAl-Aeshma ElementalAlchemical Golem ConstructAlnaar Fiend (Demon)Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling Dragon (Gem)Ammut CelestialAnimated Offal OozeAnzu MonstrosityArcane Scavenger ConstructAsh Phoenix UndeadAurora Horribilis AberrationBlood-Starved Vampire UndeadBone Devil Fiend (Devil)Bone Devil (Polearm Variant) Fiend (Devil)Bone Devil (Summoner Variant) Fiend (Devil)Bonecage Constrictor UndeadBrazen Gorgon ConstructBrazen Gorgon* ConstructBrine Hag FeyBukavac MonstrosityCairnwight UndeadCeratops MonstrosityChampion HumanoidChaos Creeper PlantClay Golem ConstructClockwork Scorpion ConstructCloud Giant GiantCoastline Reaper MonstrosityDancing Lady PlantDarakhul Captain UndeadDarakhul High Priestess UndeadDeep Drake DragonDesert Giant GiantDevilbound Gnomish Prince HumanoidDimensional Shambler AberrationDrow House Captain HumanoidEater of Dust (Yakat-shi) AberrationEvoker Wizard HumanoidFire Giant GiantFire Giant Red Fist GiantFlame-Scourged Scion AberrationFlind FiendFrost Salamander ElementalFulad-Zereh Fiend (Demon)Fulminar ElementalGarmvvolf MonstrosityGem Jelly OozeGhostwalk Spider MonstrosityGlabrezu Fiend (Demon)Glabrezu (summoner variant) Fiend (Demon)Gray Slaad AberrationGray Slaad (control gem variant) AberrationGray Slaad* AberrationGulper Behemoth MonstrosityHaunt UndeadHellfire Giant GiantHierophant Lich UndeadHorakh MonstrosityHuli Jing FeyHydroloth FiendIncandescent One CelestialInfested Duelist HumanoidJinmenju PlantKeelbreaker Crab MonstrosityKhargi FiendKiona the Dread Lord UndeadKirikari MonstrosityKobold War Machine ConstructKrake Spawn MonstrosityKülmking UndeadLightning Hulk ElementalLonely Sorrowsworn MonstrosityLotus Golem ConstructMalakbel Fiend (Demon)Mantik, Barbed King of the Manticores MonstrosityMonarch Skeleton UndeadMurgrik AberrationMyrmex Speaker ElementalMytholabe ConstructNecromancer Wizard HumanoidNharyth AberrationNycaloth FiendNycaloth (summoner variant) FiendNycaloth* FiendOasis Keeper MonstrosityOozasis OozePelagic Blush Worm MonstrosityPine Doom PlantPlague Spirit FeyPsychophant HumanoidReef Drake DragonRighteous Sentinel ConstructRot Troll GiantSasori Fukurōwashi FeyShadar-kai Gloom Weaver HumanoidShadow Fey Ambassador HumanoidShadow River Lord UndeadShriekbat MonstrosityShukankor AberrationSinoper Ooze OozeSlayer Rakshasa FiendSpider Drake DragonStar-Nosed Diopsid AberrationStargazer MonstrosityStone Giant of Evil Earth GiantThin Giant GiantThornheart Guardian ConstructTreant PlantTreant Sapling PlantTruant Devourer UndeadUlitharid AberrationUrsan Archon CelestialUshabti ConstructValochera PlantVine Troll Skeleton PlantWarmth Thief FeyWickerman ConstructWood Hag FeyWraith Bear UndeadYek Alpha Fiend (Demon)Young Amethyst Dragon Dragon (Gem)Young Blue Dragon Dragon (Chromatic)Young Flame Dragon DragonYoung Sapphire Dragon Dragon (Gem)Young Sea Dragon DragonYoung Silver Dragon Dragon (Metallic)Young Void Dragon DragonYoung Wasteland Dragon Dragon