Monster Vault (2010)
A boxed set that includes a book with a revised and streamlined core listing of monsters for the Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition game, published in 2010 as part of the Essentials line. The book features an introduction on pages 4–11, the monster descriptions on pages 12–295, an appendix of animals on pages 296-304, a glossary on pages 305-312, and a list of the monsters in the book ranked by level on pages 313-319.
ISBN 978-0-7869-5631-9
| Creature | Page | Other Appearances | Variants | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | 12-15 | Monster Manual (2008) | Angel of protection, angel of battle, angel of valor veteran, angel of vengeance | Varies but generally humanoid forms with wings |
| Archon | 16-19 | Monster Manual (2008) | Earth archon, fire archon, ice archon, water archon | Varies but generally humanoid forms made up from an element |
| Basilisk | 20-23 | Monster Manual (2008) | Mesmeric-eye basilisk, venom-eye basilisk, wilt-eye basilisk, basilisk, abyssal basilisk | Large six (sometimes eight)-legged lizard |
| Beholder | 24-27 | Monster Manual (2008) | Beholder gauth, beholder, beholder eye tyrant | Resembles a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and lots of smaller eyestalks on top with deadly magical powers |
| Bulette | 28-31 | Monster Manual (2008) | Young bulette, bulette, dire bulette | Large armored mole-like creature |
| Carrion Crawler | 32-35 | Monster Manual (2008) | Carrion crawler scuttler, carrion crawler, carrion crawler putrefier, enormous carrion crawler | Large yellow and green worm-like aberration |
| Cyclops | 36-39 | Monster Manual (2008) | Cyclops crusher, cyclops guard, cyclops rambler, cyclops hewer | Single eyed giants |
| Death Knight | 40-43 | Monster Manual (2008) | Death knight, death knight blackguard | |
| Demon | 44-49 | Monster Manual (2008) | Dretch lackey, babau, vrock, abyssal eviscerator, hezrou, marilith, balor | Varies |
| Devil | 50-55 | Monster Manual (2008) | Imp, succubus, chain devil (kyton), legion devil hellguard, legion devil veteran, ice devil (gelugon), pit fiend | Varies |
| Displacer Beast | 56-59 | Monster Manual (2008) | Displacer beast, savage displacer beast, displacer beast pack lord | Resembles six-legged black puma with a pair of black tentacles sprouting from its shoulders |
| Doppelganger | 60-63 | Monster Manual (2008) | Doppelganger sneak, doppelganger infiltrator, doppelganger master assassin | Humanoids able to change shape |
| Dragon | 64-79 | Monster Manual (2008) | Fledgling white dragon, young white dragon, young black dragon, young green dragon, young blue dragon, young red dragon, deathbringer dracolich, elder white dragon, elder black dragon, elder green dragon, elder blue dragon, elder red dragon, dracolich doomlord | Resembles a reptile-like winged creatures with magical or unusual abilities |
| Dragonborn | 80-81 | Monster Manual (2008) | Dragonborn mercenary, dragonborn soldier | Normal size humanoids with dragon features |
| Drake | 82-85 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Guard drake, spitting drake, pseudodragon, bloodseeker drake, rage drake, ambush drake | Varies |
| Drider | 86-89 | Monster Manual (2008) | Drider, drider shadowspinner, drider fanglord | Drows which have been transformed from the waist down so they have the lower body of a spider |
| Dryad | 90-93 | Monster Manual (2008) | Dryad recluse, dryad hunter, dryad witch, bough dryad | Resembles humanoids with tree-like features |
| Duergar | 94-99 | Duergar scout, duergar guard, duergar thug, duergar raid leader, duergar infernal consort, devil-bred duergar, duergar underlord | Dwarves corrupted by devil patrons | |
| Dwarf | 100-101 | Monster Manual (2008) | Dwarf warrior, dwarf clan guard | Small size humanoids |
| Efreet | 102-105 | Monster Manual (2008) | Efreet fireblade, efreet cinderlord, efreet flamestrider | Giants with reddish skin and horns and body part flesh and flame |
| Elemental | 106-109 | Lesser air elemental, lesser earth elemental, lesser fire elemental, lesser water elemental | Varies but composed of one of the four classical elementals of air, earth, fire, or water | |
| Elf | 110-117 | Monster Manual (2008) | Elf archer, elf scout, elf hunter, elf noble guard, eladrin bow mage, eladrin fey knight, eladrin twilight incanter, eladrin battle dancer, drow stalker, drow venomblade, drow arachnomancer | Slender humanoids with pointed ears |
| Ettin | 118-121 | Monster Manual (2008) | Ettin thug, ettin wrath chanter, ettin hunter, ettin marauder | Two-headed giants |
| Gargoyle | 122-125 | Monster Manual (2008) | Gargoyle rake, gargoyle, gargoyle rock hunter, nabassu gargoyle, rocktempest gargoyle | Resemble grotesque stone statues |
| Ghoul | 126-129 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Ghoul, ravenous ghoul, abyssal ghoul, abyssal ghoul devourer, abyssal ghoul hungerer | Undead decomposed corpses that hunger for flesh |
| Giant | 130-137 | Monster Manual (2008) | Hill giant, hill giant hunter, hill giant earth shaman, earth titan, frost giant, frost giant marauder, frost titan, fire giant flamecrusher, fire giant, fire giant forgecaller, fire titan | Large to huge humanoids |
| Githyanki | 138-141 | Monster Manual (2008) | Githyanki warrior, githyanki mindslicer, githyanki raider, githyanki legionary | Tall and gaunt humanoids with almost skeletal features |
| Gnoll | 142-147 | Monster Manual (2008) | Gnoll huntmaster, deathpledged gnoll, gnoll blood caller, fang of Yeenoghu, gnoll gorger, demon-eye gnoll, gnoll far fang, gnoll pack lord, gnoll demon spawn | Hyena-like humanoids |
| Gnome | 148-151 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Gnome spy, gnome illusionist, gnome assassin, gnome entropist | Small and slender humanoids |
| Goblin | 152-159 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Goblin sniper, goblin beast rider, goblin cutthroat, goblin hex hurler, hobgoblin beast master, hobgoblin battle guard, hobgoblin spear soldier, hobgoblin warmonger, hobgoblin commander, bugbear thug, bugbear backstabber | Varies |
| Golem | 160-163 | Monster Manual (2008) | Flesh golem, stone golem, iron golem | Varies |
| Hag | 164-167 | Monster Manual (2008) | Bog hag, green hag, night hag | Resemble wretched old women |
| Halfling | 168-169 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Halfling thief, halfling trickster | Small humanoids |
| Human | 170-173 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Human goon, common bandit, town guard, human thug, human transmuter, human duelist | |
| Hydra | 174-177 | Monster Manual (2008) | Hydra, flamekiss hydra, venom-maw hydra | Large snake-like creatures with multiple heads |
| Kobold | 178-181 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Kobold tunneler, kobold slinger, kobold quickblade, kobold dragonshield | Small reptilian humanoids |
| Lich | 182-185 | Monster Manual (2008) | Lich necromancer, lich remnant, lich soulreaver | Undead spellcasters |
| Lizardfolk | 186-191 | Monster Manual (2008) | Poisonscale needler, poisonscale brawler, greenscale raider (level 3 soldier), greenscale trapper, greenscale raider (level 4 skirmisher), greenscale bog mystic, blackscale crusher | Reptilian humanoids |
| Lycanthrope | 192-195 | Monster Manual (2008) | Scurrying wererat, frenzied werewolf | Shapechanger humanoids |
| Manticore | 196-199 | Monster Manual (2008) | Manticore striker, manticore impaler, manticore spike hurler, manticore sky hunter | Large magical beasts with the body of a lion, dragon wings, and a somewhat humanoid head |
| Medusa | 200-203 | Monster Manual (2008) | Medusa bodyguard (male), medusa venom arrow (female), medusa spirit charmer (female) | Scaly skinned humanoids with powerful gaze |
| Mind Flayer | 204-207 | Monster Manual (2008) | Mind flayer thrall master, mind flayer unseen, concordant mind flayer | Humanoid aberrations with psionic powers and octopus-like heads |
| Minotaur | 208-211 | Monster Manual (2008) | Minotaur soldier, minotaur charger, minotaur magus, demonic savage minotaur | Bull-like humanoids |
| Mummy | 212-215 | Monster Manual (2008) | Shambling mummy, moldering mummy, mummy tomb guardian, royal mummy | |
| Ogre | 216-219 | Monster Manual (2008) | Ogre, ogre hunter, ogre mercenary, ogre juggernaut, arena-trained ogre | Brutish and dull-witted humanoids |
| Ooze | 220-223 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Ochre jelly, green slime, gelatinous cube, black pudding, black pudding spawn | Amorphous creatures that dwell in dungeons |
| Orc | 224-229 | Monster Manual (2008) | Battletested orc, orc savage, orc archer, orc reaver, orc rampager, orc pummeler, orc storm shaman | Savage humanoids that revel in combat |
| Otyugh | 230-233 | Monster Manual (2008) | Otyugh, charnel otyugh, neo-otyugh | Tentacled creatures that live in piles of waste |
| Owlbear | 234-237 | Monster Manual (2008) | Young owlbear, owlbear, trained owlbear, wind-claw owlbear, winterclaw owlbear | A creature with the front half of an owl and the back half of a bear |
| Purple Worm | 238-241 | Monster Manual (2008) | Adult purple worm, purple worm tunneler | Enormous armored "worms" that burrow through the ground |
| Rakshasa | 242-245 | Monster Manual (2008) | Rakshasa warrior, rakshasa archer, rakshasa mage | Feline humanoids that can alter their appearance |
| Roper | 246-249 | Monster Manual (2008) | Impaling roper, cave roper, crag roper | A creature that roughly resembles a stalagmite when at rest. |
| Rust Monster | 250-253 | Rust monster, gluttonous rust monster, young rust monster swarm | ||
| Skeleton | 254-257 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Decrepit skeleton, blazing skeleton, skeletal legionary, skeletal tomb guardian | Reanimated bones that serve their creator. |
| Stirge | 258-261 | Monster Manual (2008) | Stirge, stirge suckerling, death husk stirge, dire stirge, stirge suckerling swarm | Bat-like creatures that feed on blood. |
| Tiefling | 262-263 | Monster Manual (2008) | Tiefling fury, tiefling occultist | Humans that made a pact with infernal creatures. |
| Treant | 264-267 | Monster Manual (2008) | Bramblewood treant, treant, treant grove guardian, blackroot treant | Animated tree with roughly humanoid features. Blackroot treants are undead creatures that appear wilted and dying. |
| Troglodyte | 268-271 | Monster Manual (2008) | Troglodyte mauler, troglodyte grunt, troglodyte thrasher, troglodyte impaler | Reptilian humanoids that leave beneath the earth. |
| Troll | 272-275 | Monster Manual (2008) | Troll, battle troll, bladerager troll, ghost troll render | Ugly, brutish humanoids that will eat anything that moves. |
| Umber Hulk | 276-279 | Monster Manual (2008) | Umber hulk, umber hulk tunneler, umber hulk bewilderer, deep hulk | Insect-like creatures that burrow through the earth. |
| Vampire | 280-283 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Elder vampire spawn, vampire night witch, master vampire | Humanoid undead that feed on the blood of others. |
| Wraith | 284-287 | Monster Manual (2008) | Wraith, mad wraith, wraith figment, sovereign wraith | Undead creatures that feed on souls and spawn more wraiths from their victims. |
| Yuan-Ti | 288-291 | Monster Manual (2008) | Yuan-ti malison stalker, yuan-ti malison sharp-eye, yuan-ti abomination, yuan-ti malison chanter | Evil, snake-like humanoids that live in jungles. Snaketongues are cultists who believe the yuan-ti are emissaries of the god Zehir. |
| Zombie | 292-295 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Grasping zombie, hulking zombie, flesh-crazed zombie, zombie shambler | Undead creatures animated from the corpses of the deceased. |
| Bear | 296 | Monster Manual (2008) | Bear, dire bear | |
| Crocodile | 297 | Monster Manual (2008) | Crocodile | |
| Horse | 297 | Monster Manual (2008) | Horse | |
| Hyena | 298 | Monster Manual (2008) | War hyena | |
| Rat | 298-299 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Dire rat, scurrying rat swarm | |
| Shark | 299 | Adventurer's Vault (2008) | Shark | |
| Snake | 300-301 | Monster Manual (2008) | Spitting cobra, deathrattle viper, crushgrip constrictor, snake swarm | |
| Spider | 301-303 | Keep on the Shadowfell (2008), Monster Manual (2008) | Spider swarm, deathjump spider, doomspinner spider, cave spider | |
| Wolf | 304 | Monster Manual (2008) | Gray wolf, dire wolf |
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