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High CR Monsters, Quality and Featured

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Name	CR	Speed	Size	Type	Alignment

High CR Monsters

Name	CR	Speed	Size	Type	Alignment
Abaddon	45	60 ft., fly 120 ft.	Gargantuan	construct	neutral evil
Abaddon's Locusts	32	10 ft., fly 60 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	neutral evil
Abathrael	28	0 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)	Medium	aberration	neutral
Adamantine Obliterator	29	40 ft.	Gargantuan	construct	neutral
Adult Force Dragon	29	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Colossal	dragon	neutral
Adult Force Shadow Dragon	29	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Colossal	dragon	neutral
Adult Mithral Dragon	26	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Huge	dragon	lawful good
Adult Prismatic Dragon	29	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Colossal	dragon	neutral
Aegis	29	50 ft.	Large	construct	neutral
Aelar the Destroyer	38	30 ft.	Medium	humanoid	neutral evil
Ak'Vanezh the Devourer	30	40 ft., swim 80 ft.	Gargantuan	aberration	chaotic evil
Albion (White Dragon Emperor)	45	140 ft., burrow 140 ft., fly 500 ft., climb 140 ft., swim 140 ft.	Colossal	Celestial Dragon	Chaotic neutral
Amphicoelias	30	15 ft.	Gargantuan	beast	unaligned
Anaxim	26	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Medium	construct	lawful neutral
Ancient Blue Inferno Dragon	37	70 ft., fly 140 ft.	Colossal	dragon	lawful good
Ancient Dust Garther	28	80 ft., burrow 80 ft.	Colossal	monstrosity	chaotic neutral
Ancient Mithral Dragon	42	90 ft., climb 90 ft., fly 180 ft.	Colossal	dragon	lawful good
Ancient Prismatic Dragon	36	50 ft., fly 100 ft.	Titanic	dragon	neutral
Angron	29	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Archaon the Everchosen	40	30 ft.	Medium	humanoid	chaotic evil
Argentinosaurus	26	15 ft.	Gargantuan	beast	unaligned
Arioch, Duke of Chaos	30	60 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)	Huge	fiend	chaotic evil
Armor Puppet	-	25 ft.	Medium	construct	unaligned
Armored Knight Ramaha	50	60 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)	Titanic	celestial	lawful evil
Asmodeus, Lord of the Nine Hells	30	30 ft., fly 120 ft. (hover)	Large	fiend	lawful evil
Aspidochelone	30	5 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	neutral
Atropal	30	10 ft., fly 80 ft. (hover)	Huge	undead	lawful evil
Baba Yaga	30	30 ft.	Medium	fiend	chaotic evil
Bahamut	40	30 ft., fly 100 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful good
Beast of Darkness	40	150 ft.	Large	humanoid	chaotic evil
Berserk	30	60 ft., climb 60 ft., swim 60 ft.	Medium	construct	chaotic neutral
Bewilderbeast	43	30 ft., swim 120 ft.	Titanic	dragon	unaligned
Black Carpet	30	20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.	Titanic	ooze	unaligned
Black Dragon Kalameet	28	30 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Blue Inferno Dragon	30	60 ft., fly 120 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful good
Caius Ballad	30	120 ft.	Medium	humanoid	neutral evil
Calamity Ganon	35	80 ft., climb 60 ft., swim 60 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Cherub	32	60 ft., fly 240 ft.	Large	celestial	lawful good
Cloud of Darkness	30	30 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Cole the Necromancer	27	40 ft.	Medium	humanoid	neutral evil
Colossal Titan	45	150 ft.	Titanic	aberration	lawful evil
Cosmic Guardian	30	40 ft., fly 120 ft. (hover)	Medium	humanoid	lawful good
Cronak, The Dragon of Time	60	50 ft., fly 100 ft., swim 50 ft.	Titanic	dragon	neutral
Cthulhu, Rebalanced	80	100 ft., fly 600 ft., swim 150 ft.	Titanic	aberration	neutral evil
Dark Inferno	28	50 ft., fly 80 ft.	Large	fiend	chaotic evil
Dark Inferno χ	33	80 ft., fly 120 ft.	Large	fiend	chaotic evil
Dark Omen Summon		30 ft.	Medium	undead	your alignment
Davy Jones	27	40 ft., swim 60 ft.	Medium	monstrosity	neutral evil
Demigod of Light	26	60 ft., fly 150 ft.	Large	humanoid	lawful good
Demise	30	120 ft.	Large	fiend	chaotic evil
Demizen Vampire Lord	50	80 ft., fly 300 ft. (hover)	Medium	undead	lawful evil
Demon Tide	30	140 ft., fly 140 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Dialga	30	60 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful good
Dire Tarrasque	33	40 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	unaligned
Dispater	30	40 ft.	Medium	fiend	lawful evil
User:Dnd guy	28	35 ft. -1ft per gnome to a min of 5 ft	varies	monstrosity	chaotic neutral
Doom Flumph	30	30 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)	Medium	aberration	lawful evil
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames	30	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	neutral evil
Dread Wraith, Variant	26	0 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover)	Large	undead	chaotic evil
Dreadlord Flesh Homunculus	45	30 ft.	Colossal	construct	chaotic evil
Dustflier	27	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Echidna	26	40 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	lawful evil
Eikalesh	27	50 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	chaotic evil
Elder Chroma Dragon	50	80 ft., fly 160 ft.	Colossal	dragon	chaotic evil
Elder Dust Garther	34	120 ft., burrow 100 ft.	Titanic	monstrosity	chaotic neutral
Eternatus	30	40 ft., fly 40 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	neutral
Fire Elemental Queen, Erven Phi	29	50 ft., fly 30 ft.	Gargantuan	elemental	neutral good
Fortitudo	26	50 ft., fly 150 ft.	Gargantuan	celestial	lawful good
Founder Amethyst Nightmare Dimension	30	50 ft., climb 25 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover)	Large	fiend (shapechanger)	any evil alignment
Founding Titan	30	45 ft.	Titanic	aberration	alignment depends on user
Fulgrim	29	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
God Hand	50	30 ft., fly 80 ft.	Medium	celestial	lawful evil
Godly Construct of the Astral Plains	36	40 ft.	Gargantuan	construct	lawful neutral
Golden Lynel of Hyrule	28	70 ft.	Large	giant	chaotic evil
Great Wyrm Black Dragon	32	40 ft., fly 150 ft., swim 40 ft.	Titanic	dragon	chaotic evil
Great Wyrm Blue Dragon	33	40 ft., burrow 60 ft., fly 150 ft.	Titanic	dragon	lawful evil
Great Wyrm Brown Dragon	33	50 ft., burrow 50 ft., fly 150 ft.	Titanic	dragon	chaotic evil
Great Wyrm Force Dragon	41	60 ft., fly 120 ft.	Titanic	dragon	neutral
Great Wyrm Gold Dragon	45	80 ft., burrow 120 ft., fly 280 ft., swim 120 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful good
Great Wyrm Green Dragon	33	40 ft., fly 150 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful evil
Great Wyrm Mithral Dragon	50	180 ft., climb 180 ft., fly 360 ft.	Titanic	dragon	lawful good
Great Wyrm Prismatic Dragon	41	60 ft., fly 120 ft.	Titanic	dragon	neutral
Great Wyrm Red Dragon	39	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 150 ft.	Colossal	dragon	chaotic evil
Great Wyrm White Dragon	32	40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 150 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Groudon	27	40 ft., burrow 40 ft.	Gargantuan	elemental	neutral
Gyarados	28	0 ft., fly 45 ft., swim 45 ft.	Huge	elemental	chaotic neutral
Hafgufa	49	25 ft., swim 120 ft.	Titanic	monstrosity	any neutral alignment
Horseman of Conquest		30 ft.	Medium	fiend	neutral evil
Hulking Jester	28	60 ft.	Large	fiend	chaotic evil
Hundun	30	60 ft., burrow 40 ft., climb 60 ft., fly 120 ft.	Medium	aberration	chaotic neutral
Hydra God	50	60 ft., swim 80 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	chaotic evil
Ialdabaoth	30	60 ft., burrow 60 ft., fly 200 ft., swim 200 ft.	Gargantuan	celestial	lawful evil
Iggwilv, the Witch Queen	30	60 ft. (30 ft. without boots of swiftness), fly 60 ft.	Medium	humanoid	chaotic evil
Illithasque	30	40 ft.	Gargantuan	aberration	lawful evil
Incarnate Bastion	—	40 ft.	Medium	construct	unaligned
Iron Guard	26	50 ft.	Large	construct	neutral
Jurresh'Keel the Fallen	30	50 ft., fly 75 ft.	Large	fiend	lawful evil
Khazzax the Everchanging	30	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 120 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Knight Valiant	34	40 ft.	Gargantuan	construct	chaotic good
Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō (Soul Society Supplement)		30 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity (Zanpakuto)	unaligned
Kyogre	27	0 ft., swim 60 ft.	Gargantuan	elemental	neutral
Kyurem	28	60 ft.	Large	dragon	neutral good
Lady Illugas, Scourge of Pain	30	30 ft., fly 90 ft.	Medium	undead	chaotic neutral
Leviathan	26	20 ft., swim 50 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic neutral
Lich Wraith	26	0 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover)	Medium	undead	chaotic evil
Lion Turtle	30	30 ft., swim 60 ft.	Colossal	monstrosity	lawful good
Living City	50	120 ft.	Titanic	construct	unaligned
Living Dimension	38	0 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)	Colossal	aberration	neutral
Lolth, Goddess of Spiders	30	60 ft., climb 60 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Lucian Grace	40	60 ft., climb 60 ft., swim 50 ft.	Medium	humanoid	neutral evil
Ma Yuan	28	60 ft., swim 60 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Magnus the Red	29	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Mary Sue	30	120 ft., climb 100 ft., swim 100 ft.	Medium	humanoid	neutral good
Mega Tarrasque	30	50 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	unaligned
Mega Tarrasque;Second form	42	60 ft.	Colossal+	monstrosity	chaotic evil
Megademon	36	120 ft.	Colossal	fiend	chaotic evil
Megoi Mountain Master	35	40 ft., climb 40 ft.	Large	monstrosity	neutral
Megoi Super Heavy Elite	27	40 ft., climb 20 ft.	Large	monstrosity	neutral
Mephistopheles, Archduke of Cania	27	40 ft., fly 100 ft.	Large	fiend	lawful evil
Meta-gaming Pigeon	27	15 ft., fly 50 ft.	Tiny	monstrosity	chaotic neutral
Metatron	27	50 ft., fly 150 ft.	Huge	celestial	lawful good
Mighty Godling	30	100 ft.	Medium	humanoid	any alignment
Mine Monster	31	60 ft., fly 60 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	chaotic neutral
Mortarion	30	40 ft., fly 120 ft.	Large	fiend	neutral evil
Mount Spirit		60 ft. (fast only), 40 ft. (tough only), 30 ft. (versatile only), climb 40 ft. (versatile only)	Medium or Large	beast	unaligned
Mt. Nomad	26	5 ft., swim 60 ft.	Gargantuan	elemental	neutral evil
Mythic Dust Garther	40	160 ft., burrow 125 ft.	Titanic	monstrosity	chaotic neutral
Mythic Tarrasque	40	60 ft.	Titanic	monstrosity	chaotic evil
Mythic Wyrm Force Dragon	50	80 ft., fly 120 ft.	Titanic	dragon	neutral
Necromass	30	45 ft.	Gargantuan	undead	chaotic evil
Neo Tarrasque	30	40 ft.	Gargantuan	monstrosity	unaligned
Neutron Lich	33	30 ft.	Large	undead	chaotic neutral
Neutronium Golem, Lesser	28	10 ft., fly 600 ft. (hover)	Small	construct	lawful neutral
Nidhogg, the Gnawing Doom	28	40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Nihilator, Lord of The Undead	50	60 ft., fly 40 ft.	Medium	undead	lawful evil
Nirdes the Glutton	30	30 ft.	Gargantuan	ooze	chaotic evil
Nirnogzahar (5e Equipment)		30 ft.	Medium	construct	lawful evil
Olivia Constantine	40	240 ft.	Medium	humanoid	chaotic neutral
Omega	27	40 ft., climb 40 ft.	Huge	construct	unaligned
Omega, Variant	27	30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	construct	lawful evil
Origami Golem	—	25 ft. or 35 ft. (Attack Mode)	Medium	construct	unaligned
Palkia	30	30 ft., fly 60 ft., swim 60 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic neutral
Phlurorh	50	60 ft., climb 60 ft., fly 120 ft.	Titanic	dragon	chaotic neutral
Polyhedron		30 ft., fly 30 ft.	Medium	construct	chaotic neutral
Primordial Gleeok	30	60 ft., fly 90 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	neutral evil
Prismasaurus	27	30 ft.	Huge	monstrosity	unaligned
Pseudo-tarrasque	26	60 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	neutral evil
Queen Metroid	26	40 ft.	Gargantuan	aberration	unaligned
Rayquaza	29	10 ft., fly 90 ft.	Gargantuan	elemental	neutral
Sea God	28	30 ft., swim 120 ft.	Colossal	monstrosity	chaotic evil
Sea Serpent, Variant	30	100 ft., burrow 100 ft., swim 200 ft.	Titanic	monstrosity	lawful good
Shaktari	28	40 ft., swim 80 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Shimmering Echo	30	40 ft., swim 50 ft.	Large	fiend	chaotic evil
Shtriga	28	30 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)	Medium	undead	lawful evil
Skeleton Fairy Skeleton	variable	30 ft., 25 ft., or 0 ft.	Small or Medium	undead	unaligned
Slaughterstone Behemoth	29	20 ft.	Huge	construct	unaligned
Sleipnir	28	240 ft., fly 240 ft.	Large	celestial	chaotic good
Sor'ren Setut, The Golden Merchant	??	10,000 ft all modes.	Medium	Monstrosity	Chaotic Good
Stalwart Blade	28	50 ft.	Huge	fiend	chaotic evil
Supreme Calamitas	29	0 ft., fly 100 ft. (hover)	Gargantuan	aberration	chaotic evil
Svÿrleid	29	40 ft., fly 80 ft., swim 40 ft.	Huge	fiend	chaotic evil
Sword Spirit		30 ft., fly 30 ft.	Medium	construct	any alignment
The Allseer	26	0 ft., fly 20 ft. (hover)	Gargantuan	aberration	neutral
The Apostle of the Void: The Benefactor	30	60 ft.	Medium	aberration	chaotic neutral
The Grand Ooze of Urnas: Titan	28	120 ft., climb 60 ft., swim 60 ft.	Gargantuan	ooze	neutral good
The Heart of Darkness	30	0 ft.	Gargantuan	aberration	chaotic evil
The Intellect	28	60 ft., or per object (See Immaterial Form)	Tiny	aberration	neutral
The Mana	30	60 ft., fly 60 ft., swim 60 ft.	Medium	humanoid	lawful good
Tian'Lung	26	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	any lawful alignment
Titan	30	60 ft.	Gargantuan	giant	neutral
Titanosaurus	28	15 ft.	Gargantuan	beast	unaligned
Tornadus Incarnate	30	0 ft., fly 80 ft.	Medium	elemental	neutral
Vampire Lord	26	50 ft., fly 90 ft.	Large	undead	lawful evil
Vecna, the Archlich	26	30 ft.	Medium	undead	neutral evil
Verminoth	30	60 ft., fly 240 ft., swim 60 ft.	Medium	undead	neutral evil
Vexpa (In Lair)	30	30 ft., fly 100 ft.	Gargantuan	fiend	chaotic evil
Walking Castle	35	80 ft.	Colossal	construct	neutral
Warmech	40	300 ft., fly 300 ft. (hover)	Colossal	construct	lawful neutral
Wish Dragon	27	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful neutral
Wither Storm	47	40 ft., 160 ft. fly (hover)	Titanic	aberration	chaotic evil
Wyrm Black Dragon	26	40 ft., fly 120 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Wyrm Blue Dragon	28	40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 120 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful evil
Wyrm Brown Dragon	26	40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 120 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Wyrm Green Dragon	28	40 ft., fly 120 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful evil
Wyrm Red Dragon	32	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 120 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Wyrm White Dragon	27	40 ft., burrow 40 ft., fly 120 ft., swim 40 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Xerneas	26	80 ft.	Huge	fey	neutral
Xixecal	30	50 ft.	Gargantuan	elemental	chaotic evil
Yiazmat	30	40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 80 ft.	Gargantuan	dragon	chaotic evil
Yveltal	26	30 ft., fly 120 ft.	Huge	undead	neutral
Zero Two	30	0 ft., fly 120 ft.	Gargantuan	celestial	chaotic evil
Zeus	250	360 ft., fly 1,440 ft.	Large	celestial	chaotic good
Zombie Boss	40	200 ft.	Titanic	undead	neutral evil
Zygarde (Complete)	30	60 ft., fly 120 ft. (hover)	Gargantuan	dragon	lawful good

Incomplete High CR Monsters

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