The Monster List by Planes of Origin
The Prime Material,
Transitive Planes,
Inner Planes,
Outer Planes (standard and Realms cosmologies),
and Other Planes.
The Material Plane, also called the Prime Material, includes Abeir–Toril and all other campaign settings. Unless otherwise indicated, all creatures are assumed to be native to the Material Plane.
- The Prime Material Plane
- Monsters found on the Prime Material include
aarakocra,
aasimar,
aballin,
abeil queen,
abeil soldier,
abeil vassal,
aboleth,
abomination,
adamanine horror,
air genasi,
alaghi,
all–consuming hunger,
allip,
allosaurus,
amethyst dragon,
amphisbaena,
androsphinx,
ankheg,
ankylosaurus,
annihilator,
annis,
giant ant,
ape,
dire ape,
legendary ape,
aquatic elf,
arachnoid creature,
aranea,
arctic dwarf,
asabi,
ash rat,
asperi,
assassin vine,
athach,
avolakia,
baboon,
badger,
dire badger,
baleen whale,
banedead,
baneguard,
banelar naga,
banshee,
baphitaur,
basilisk,
bat,
dire bat,
bat swarm,
battle horror,
dire bear,
beast of Xvim,
giant bee,
beguiler,
behir,
Halruaan behir,
beholder,
bheur hag,
bison,
black bear,
legendary black bear,
black dragon,
black pudding,
black unicorn,
blightspawned,
blink dog,
blood ape,
blooded one,
blue dragon,
bluespawn stoneglider,
boar,
dire boar,
boggle,
bogun,
giant bombardier beetle,
bonebat,
bone naga,
bone ooze,
brass dragon,
brass golem,
braxat,
bronze dragon,
bronze serpent,
broodguard,
brown bear,
legendary brown bear,
brown dragon,
bugbear,
bulette,
bullywug,
cachalot whale,
camel,
carrion crawler,
cat,
catoblepas,
cavvekan,
half–celestial,
centaur,
centipede,
centipede swarm,
ceratosaur,
chameleon creature,
chaos roc,
cheetah,
chimera,
chitine,
choker,
choldrith,
chosen one,
chuul,
clay golem,
cloaked ape,
cloaker,
cloaker lord,
cloud giant,
cloud ray,
cockatrice,
giant cockroach,
constrictor snake,
legendary constrictor snake,
giant constrictor snake,
copper dragon,
corollax,
corpse gatherer,
corpse tearer,
couatl,
crawling claw,
crested felldrake,
crimson death,
criosphinx,
crocodile,
giant crocodile,
crossroads guardian,
cryptoclidus,
crypt spawn,
crystal dragon,
curst,
cyclops,
darkenbeast,
darkmantle,
dark naga,
darktentacles,
dark tree,
deathbringer,
deathcoils,
deathfang,
death kiss,
death tyrant,
deep dragon,
deepdwarf,
deep halfling,
deepspawn,
deinonychus,
Dekanter goblin,
delver,
derro,
desmodu,
destrachan,
diamond golem,
digester,
direguard,
displacer beast,
dog,
riding dog,
donkey,
doppelganger,
greater doppelganger,
dracolich,
draegloth,
half–dragon,
dragonflesh golem,
dragonkin,
dragonne,
dragon turtle,
dread,
dread guard,
dread linnorm,
dread warrior,
dread wraith,
drider,
drow,
dryad,
duergar,
dung snake,
durzagon,
eagle,
legendary eagle,
giant eagle,
earth genasi,
effigy,
elasmosaurus,
elder brain,
electrum horror,
elephant,
dire elephant,
half–elf,
dire elk,
emerald dragon,
emerald golem,
ethereal filcher,
ettercap,
ettin,
eyeball,
faerzress–infused creature,
famine spirit,
fang dragon,
fell troll,
fey'ri,
half–fiend,
fiendwurm,
fihyr,
great fihyr,
firbolg,
giant fire beetle,
fire genasi,
fire giant,
firenewt,
flameskull,
flesh golem,
flesh jelly,
flying snake,
fog giant,
fomorian,
forest giant,
forest gnome,
forest sloth,
foulwing,
frost giant,
frost salamander,
frost worm,
gambol,
gargoyle,
gauth,
gelatinous cube,
ghast,
ghaunadan,
ghost,
ghoul,
gibbering mouther,
gibberling,
girallon,
glacier snake,
gloura,
gnoll,
goblin,
gold dragon,
gold dwarf,
gold horror,
gorgon,
gorynych,
gouger,
gravecrawler,
gravorg,
gray elf,
gray linnorm,
gray ooze,
gray render,
greenbound creature,
green dragon,
green hag,
greenvise,
green warder,
grell,
grick,
griffon,
grig,
grimalkin,
grimlock,
grizzly mastodon,
groundling,
guard bat,
guardian naga,
gulguthydra,
gynosphinx,
hagspawn,
hairy spider,
halfblood,
hammerer,
Faerûnian ha–naga,
harpy,
hawk,
dire hawk,
helmed horror,
hieracosphinx,
high elf,
hill dwarf,
hill giant,
hippogriff,
hobgoblin,
holy guardian,
homonculus,
hook horror,
horned felldrake,
dire horse,
heavy horse,
legendary horse,
light horse,
hound,
human,
hunting bat,
hybsil,
hyena,
ibis,
ibrandlin,
ice troll,
illithid,
half–illithid,
ineffable horror,
iridescent naga,
iron golem,
ixitxachitl,
ixzan,
jaculi,
jahi,
janni,
jermlaine,
juggernaut,
juju zombie,
julajimus,
kapoacinth,
kir–lanan,
kobold,
kopru,
kraken,
krathbairn,
krenshar,
kuo–toa,
kuo–toa leviathan,
lacedon,
lamia,
lammasu,
leechwalker,
leopard,
leucrotta,
leviathan,
lich,
lightfoot halfling,
lion,
dire lion,
lith,
lizard,
lizardfolk,
lizard king,
locathah,
locust swarm,
loxo,
lurker,
lynx,
mageslayer,
giant maggot,
The Magister,
malenti,
manta ray,
manticore,
mantimera,
maur,
meazel,
medusa,
megaraptor,
mercury dragon,
merfolk,
merrow,
metalmaster,
mimic,
mineral warrior,
minotaur,
mist dragon,
mlarraun,
mohrg,
monitor lizard,
monkey,
mountain dwarf,
mountain giant,
muckdweller,
mule,
mummy,
mummy lord,
mur–zhagul,
nagahydra,
nifern,
night hunter,
nixie,
nymph,
nyth,
ocean giant,
ochre jelly,
octopus,
giant octopus,
ogre,
ogre mage,
orc,
half–orc,
orca,
orglash,
osquip,
otyugh,
owl,
giant owl,
owlbear,
pack lizard,
pegasus,
peryton,
phaerimm,
phaerlin giant,
phaerlock,
phantom fungus,
phase spider,
phasm,
pixie,
platinum horror,
polar bear,
legendary polar bear,
pony,
porpoise,
portal drake,
giant praying mantis,
pseudodragon,
pterafolk,
pteranadon,
pulverizer,
pureblood,
purple worm,
quaggoth,
quetzalcoatlus,
rakshasa,
rat,
dire rat,
rat swarm,
rattelyr dragon,
raven,
red dragon,
redspawn birther,
reed snake,
remorhaz,
revenant,
rhinoceros,
riding lizard,
roc,
rock gnome,
roper,
rothé,
ruby golem,
rust monster,
sahuagin,
salamander,
sapphire dragon,
sarrukh,
satyr,
scalamagdrion,
scorpion,
scrag,
sea cat,
sea hag,
seismosaurus,
serpentflesh golem,
sewerm,
shadow,
shadow dragon,
shadow–walker,
shalarin,
shambling mound,
shark,
dire shark,
legendary shark,
sharn,
shield dwarf,
shield guardian,
shocker lizard,
shrieker,
shrieking hag,
silver dragon,
sinister,
siv,
skeleton,
skum,
dire snake,
song dragon,
spectator,
spectral creature,
spectral mage,
spectral panther,
spectre,
spider,
spider eater,
spider swarm,
spinosaurus,
spiritfolk,
spirit naga,
spitting crawler,
spitting felldrake,
squid,
giant squid,
giant stag beetle,
stained glass golem,
starsnake,
steeder,
steel dragon,
stegosaurus,
stinger,
stingtail,
stirge,
stone giant,
stone golem,
storm giant,
giant strider,
sun giant,
giant sun spider,
svirfneblin,
sword spider,
taer,
tainted one,
tallfellow halfling,
tall mouther,
tanarukk,
tarrasque,
tasloi,
telthor,
tendriculos,
Thayan golem,
thomil,
thri–kreen,
tiefling,
tiger,
dire tiger,
legendary tiger,
toad,
dire toad,
tomb tapper,
topaz dragon,
treant,
tree python,
tren,
tressym,
triceratops,
troglodyte,
troll,
twig blight,
two–headed adder,
tyrannosaurus,
tyrantfog zombie,
umber hulk,
unicorn,
urdunnir,
uthraki,
vampire,
vampire spawn,
vampiric ixitxachitl,
giant velvet worm,
violet fungus,
viper,
legendary viper,
volodni,
war bat,
heavy warhorse,
light warhorse,
war pony,
giant wasp,
water genasi,
water naga,
weasel,
dire weasel,
wemic,
werebat,
dire werebat,
black werebear,
dire black werebear,
brown werebear,
dire brown werebear,
polar werebear,
dire polar werebear,
wereboar,
dire wereboar,
werecat,
werecrocodile,
dire werecrocodile,
werelion,
dire werelion,
wererat,
dire wererat,
wereserpent,
wereshark,
dire wereshark,
weretiger,
dire weretiger,
werewolf,
dire werewolf,
werewolf lord,
giant whip scorpion,
whipsnake,
giant whip spider,
white dragon,
wight,
wild dwarf,
wild elf,
will–o'–wisp,
winged viper,
winter wolf,
wolf,
dire wolf,
legendary wolf,
wolverine,
dire wolverine,
wood elf,
worg,
wraith,
wyste,
wyvern,
yrthak,
and zombie.
There are only three planes in this group, including
The Astral Plane,
The Ethereal Plane,
and The Plane of Shadow.
- The Astral Plane
- Monsters found in the Astral Plane include
devourer
and githyanki.
- The Ethereal Plane
- Monsters found in the Ethereal Plane include
devourer,
ethereal doppelganger,
ethereal marauder,
ethereal slayer,
ether scarab,
nilshai,
and xill.
- The Plane of Shadow
- Monsters found in the Plane of Shadow include
nightcrawler,
nighthaunt,
nightwalker,
nightwing,
shade,
and shadow mastiff.
Four sets of planes make up the Inner Planes.
The Energy Planes (not an official name), including
Positive
and Negative.
The Elemental Planes include
Air,
Earth,
Fire,
and Water.
The Para–Elemental Planes are found where the Elemental Planes collide and mingle with each other and include
Ice,
Magma,
Ooze,
and Smoke.
The Quasi–Elemental Planes are composed of interactions between the Elemental Planes and the Energy Planes and include
Ash,
Dust,
Lightning,
Mineral,
Radiance,
Salt,
Steam,
and Vacuum.
- The Elemental Plane of Air
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Air include
air elemental,
primal air elemental,
air mephit,
air weird,
arrowhawk,
belker,
breathdrinker,
djinni,
noble djinni,
ice mephit,
ice paraelemental,
ice serpent,
immoth,
lightning mephit,
lightning quasielemental,
smoke mephit,
smoke paraelemental,
void mephit,
and void quasielemental.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Ash
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Ash include
ash mephit,
ash quasielemental,
efreeti,
noble efreeti,
fire elemental,
fire mephit,
fire weird,
and xeg–yi.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Dust
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Dust include
dao,
noble dao,
dust mephit,
dust quasielemental,
earth elemental,
earth mephit,
earth weird,
and xeg–yi.
- The Elemental Plane of Earth
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Earth include
dao,
noble dao,
dune stalker,
dust mephit,
dust quasielemental,
earth elemental,
primal earth elemental,
earth glider,
earth mephit,
earth weird,
galeb duhr,
magma mephit,
magma paraelemental,
mineral mephit,
mineral quasielemental,
ooze mephit,
ooze paraelemental,
stone flyer,
thoqqua,
and xorn.
- The Elemental Plane of Fire
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Fire include
ash mephit,
ash quasielemental,
azer,
efreeti,
noble efreeti,
fire bat,
fire elemental,
primal fire elemental,
fire mephit,
fire weird,
magma mephit,
magma paraelemental,
magmin,
radiance mephit,
radiance quasielemental,
rast,
smoke mephit,
smoke paraelemental,
and thoqqua.
- The Para–Elemental Plane of Ice
- Monsters found in The Para–Elemental Plane of Ice include
air elemental,
air mephit,
air weird,
djinni,
noble djinni,
ice mephit,
ice paraelemental,
immoth,
marid,
noble marid,
water elemental,
water mephit,
and water weird.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Lightning
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Lightning include
air elemental,
air mephit,
air weird,
djinni,
noble djinni,
lightning mephit,
lightning quasielemental,
and xag–ya.
- The Para–Elemental Plane of Magma
- Monsters found in The Para–Elemental Plane of Magma include
dao,
noble dao,
earth elemental,
earth mephit,
earth weird,
efreeti,
noble efreeti,
fire elemental,
fire mephit,
fire weird,
magma mephit,
and magma paraelemental.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Mineral
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Mineral include
dao,
noble dao,
earth elemental,
earth mephit,
earth weird,
mineral mephit,
mineral quasielemental,
and xag–ya.
- The Negative Energy Plane
- Monsters found in The Negative Energy Plane include
ash mephit,
ash quasielemental,
dust mephit,
dust quasielemental,
salt mephit,
salt quasielemental,
void mephit,
void quasielemental,
and xeg–yi.
- The Para–Elemental Plane of Ooze
- Monsters found in The Para–Elemental Plane of Ooze include
dao,
noble dao,
earth elemental,
earth mephit,
earth weird,
marid,
noble marid,
ooze mephit,
ooze paraelemental,
water elemental,
water mephit,
and water weird.
- The Positive Energy Plane
- Monsters found in The Positive Energy Plane include
glimmerskin,
lightning mephit,
lightning quasielemental,
mineral mephit,
mineral quasielemental,
radiance mephit,
radiance quasielemental,
ravid,
steam mephit,
steam quasielemental,
and xag–ya.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Radiance
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Radiance include
efreeti,
noble efreeti,
fire elemental,
fire mephit,
fire weird,
radiance mephit,
radiance quasielemental,
and xag–ya.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Salt
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Salt include
marid,
noble marid,
salt mephit,
salt quasielemental,
water elemental,
water mephit,
water weird,
and xeg–yi.
- The Para–Elemental Plane of Smoke
- Monsters found in The Para–Elemental Plane of Smoke include
air elemental,
air mephit,
air weird,
djinni,
noble djinni,
efreeti,
noble efreeti,
fire elemental,
fire mephit,
fire weird,
smoke mephit,
and smoke paraelemental.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Steam
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Steam include
marid,
noble marid,
steam mephit,
steam quasielemental,
water elemental,
water mephit,
water weird,
and xag–ya.
- The Quasi–Elemental Plane of Vacuum
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Vacuum include
air elemental,
air mephit,
air weird,
djinni,
noble djinni,
void mephit,
void quasielemental,
and xeg–yi.
- The Elemental Plane of Water
- Monsters found in The Elemental Plane of Water include
ice mephit,
ice paraelemental,
immoth,
marid,
noble marid,
ooze mephit,
ooze paraelemental,
salt mephit,
salt quasielemental,
steam mephit,
steam quasielemental,
tojanida,
water elemental,
primal water elemental,
water mephit,
and water weird.
In the common cosmology, there are seventeen Outer Planes described in five generalities.
The Upper Planes are those with at least a slight bias toward Good alignments, including
Arborea,
Arcadia,
Beastlands,
Bytopia,
Elysium,
Mount Celestia,
and Ysgard.
The Lower Planes are those with at least a slight bias toward Evil alignments, including
The Abyss,
Acheron,
Baator,
Carceri,
Gehenna,
Hades,
and Pandemonium.
The Planes of Law are those with at least a slight bias toward Lawful alignments, including
Acheron,
Arcadia,
Baator,
Bytopia,
Gehenna,
Mechanus,
and Mount Celestia.
The Planes of Chaos are those with at least a slight bias toward Chaotic alignments, including
The Abyss,
Arborea,
Beastlands,
Carceri,
Limbo,
Pandemonium,
and Ysgard.
Finally, there is one plane which has no bias toward anything... Outlands.
In the Realms cosmology, there are twenty–one Outer Planes which are all connected to a neutral ground known as Cynosure. These planes include
The Abyss,
Arvandor,
The Barrens of Doom and Despair,
Brightwater,
The Demonweb Pits,
Dragon Eyrie,
Dwarfhome,
Dweomerheart,
The Fugue Plane,
Fury's Heart,
The Gates of the Moon,
The Golden Hills,
The Green Fields,
Hammergrim,
Heliopolis,
The House of Knowledge,
The House of Nature,
The House of the Triad,
The Nine Hells,
Nishrek,
The Supreme Throne,
and Warrior's Rest.
- The Infinite Layers of The Abyss
[moderately chaotic, moderately evil]
- Monsters found in The Abyss include
abyssal maw,
abyssal ravager,
abyssal skulker,
babau,
balor,
bebilith,
bodak,
dretch,
ghour,
glabrezu,
hezrou,
jarilith,
jovoc,
kelvezu,
marilith,
myrlochar,
nalfeshnee,
palrethee,
quasit,
retriever,
succubus,
vrock,
yochlol,
and zovvut.
- The Infernal Battlefield of Acheron
[strongly lawful, slightly evil]
- Monsters found in Acheron include
achaierai,
bladeling,
- The Olympian Glades of Arborea
[moderately chaotic, moderately good]
- Monsters found in Arborea include
astral deva,
bralani,
celestial creature,
ghaele,
planetar,
solar,
and titan.
- The Peaceable Kingdoms of Arcadia
[strongly lawful, slightly good]
- Monsters found in Arcadia include
astral deva,
celestial creature,
planetar,
and solar.
- Arvandor
- The Nine Hells of Baator
[moderately lawful, moderately evil]
- Monsters found in Baator include
advespa,
amnizu,
barbed devil,
bearded devil,
black abishai,
blue abishai,
bone devil,
chain devil,
chain golem,
erinyes,
green abishai,
hellcat,
hellfire wyrm,
hell hound,
horned devil,
ice devil,
imp,
lemure,
malebranche,
Nessian warhound,
pit fiend,
red abishai,
and white abishai.
- The Barrens of Doom and Despair
- The Wilderness of the Beastlands
[slightly chaotic, strongly good]
- Monsters found in the Beastlands include
astral deva,
celestial creature,
planetar,
and solar.
- Brightwater
- The Twin Paradises of Bytopia
[slightly lawful, strongly good]
- Monsters found in Bytopia include
astral deva,
celestial creature,
planetar,
and solar.
- The Tarterian Depths of Carceri
[slightly chaotic, strongly evil]
- Monsters found in Carceri include
vargouille,
- The Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia
[moderately lawful, moderately good]
- Monsters found in Celestia include
astral deva,
celestial creature,
hound archon,
lantern archon,
planetar,
solar,
and trumpet archon.
- The Demonweb Pits
- Dragon Eyrie
- Dwarfhome
- Dweomerheart
- The Blessed Fields of Elysium
[ambivalence toward law/chaos, extremely good]
- Monsters found in Elysium include
astral deva,
avoral,
celestial creature,
cervidal,
leonal,
lupinal,
planetar,
and solar.
- The Fugue Plane
- Fury's Heart
- Monsters found in Fury's Heart include
beast of Malar.
- The Gates of the Moon
- The Bleak Eternity of Gehenna
[slightly lawful, strongly evil]
- Monsters found in Gehenna include
barghest,
greater barghest,
and hellwasp swarm.
- The Golden Hills
- The Green Fields
- The Grey Waste of Hades
[ambivalence toward law/chaos, extremely evil]
- Monsters found in the Grey Waste include
cauchemar,
dune stalker,
night hag,
nightmare,
and yeth hound.
- Hammergrim
- Heliopolis
- The House of Knowledge
- The House of Nature
- The House of the Triad
- The Ever–Changing Chaos of Limbo
[extremely chaotic, ambivalence toward good/evil]
- Monsters found in Limbo include
blue slaad,
chaos beast,
death slaad,
githzerai,
gray slaad,
green slaad,
and red slaad.
- The Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus
[extremely lawful, ambivalence toward good/evil]
- Monsters found in Mechanus include
formian myrmarch,
formian queen,
formian taskmaster,
formian warrior,
formian worker,
kolyarut,
marut,
and zelekhut.
- Nishrek
- Monsters found in Nishrek include
laraken.
- The Concordant Domain of Outlands
[ambivalence toward law/chaos, ambivalence toward good/evil]
- The Windswept Depths of Pandemonium
[strongly chaotic, slightly evil]
- Monsters found in Pandemonium include
howler.
- The Supreme Throne
- Warrior's Rest
- The Heroic Domains of Ysgard
[strongly chaotic, slightly good]
- Monsters found in Ysgard include
astral deva,
celestial creature,
lillend,
planetar,
and solar.
- Unknown
- Monsters found in unknown other planes include
malaugrym
and nishruu.