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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ancient Lich by Viko Menezes
Arch-hags by Dario Jelusic
Solar by Carlo Arellano
Elemental Cataclysm by Johan Grenier
Blob of Annihilation by Mathias Kollros
Empyreans by Nestor Ossandon Leal
Kraken by Richard Luong
Ancient Red Dragon by Joshua Raphael
Colossus by Maxime Minard
Tarrasque by Chris Rahn