Here are the best creature types in D&D!

9Arch-hag

If youve heard of Baba Yaga, then youve heard of an Arch-hag before, congratulations!

Or… probably not.

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In fact, this is a creature you probably wish youd never heard of.

As such, testing them and trying to kill these deadly angels is not recommended.

It’s a team game.

An orc and an elf fight side-by-side with a dragonborne monk in Dungeons & Dragons.

The Elemental Cataclysm is, genuinely, an incredibly dangerous adversary because how do you fight natural disasters?

This deadly monster easily consumes cities and annihilates everything in its wake.

Some are incredibly loyal to their creators, while others seek to escape whatever house they belong to.

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Yes, but is that completely avoidable in every single campaign?

No, probably not.

Because no DM has ever had things go 100 percent the way they expected.

Dungeons & Dragons, Colossus by Maxime Minard, Ancient Lich by Viko Menezes, Empyreans by Nestor Ossandon Leal

Colossus by Maxime Minard / Ancient Lich by Viko Menezes / Empyreans by Nestor Ossandon Leal

1Tarrasque

Challenge Rating 30

Theres nothing quite like the world-ending threat that is the Tarrasque.

Either way, the Tarrasque is, by far, the most dangerous monster in the 2025 Monster Manual.

Dungeons & Dragons art of An Ancient Lich and her attendants by Viko Menezes.

Ancient Lich by Viko Menezes

Dungeons & Dragons art of Arch-hags gathered around a cauldron by Dario Jelusic.

Arch-hags by Dario Jelusic

Dungeons & Dragons art of A Solar aiming a bow by Carlo Arellano.

Solar by Carlo Arellano

Dungeons & Dragons art of An Elemental Cataclysm destroying a town by Johan Grenier.

Elemental Cataclysm by Johan Grenier

Dungeons & Dragons art of Blob of Annihilation with a massive skull inside by Mathias Kollros.

Blob of Annihilation by Mathias Kollros

Dungeons & Dragons art of Two Empyreans wielding their weapons by Nestor Ossandon Leal

Empyreans by Nestor Ossandon Leal

Dungeons & Dragons art of A Kraken destroying a ship by Richard Luong.

Kraken by Richard Luong

Dungeons & Dragons art of an Ancient Red Dragon looking over a crowd in Dungeons & Dragons by Joshua Raphael.

Ancient Red Dragon by Joshua Raphael

Dungeons & Dragons art of a Colossus looking forward, covered in moss by Maxime Minard.

Colossus by Maxime Minard

Dungeons & Dragons art of A Tarrasque terrorizing a city by Chris Rahn.

Tarrasque by Chris Rahn

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