Monster lists: Savage Worlds Explorer’s Edition

• Alligator / crocodile
• Bear, large
• Bull
• Dire wolf
• Dog / wolf
• Drake
• Dragon
• Elementals
  • Air elemental
  • Earth elemental
  • Fire elemental
  • Water elemental
• Giant worm
• Ghost
• Goblin
• Horse, riding
• Horse, war
• Liche
• Lion
• Mech (sentinel)
• Minotaur
• Mule
• Orc
  • Orc
  • Orc chieftan
• Ogre
• Shark, great wite
• Shark, medium maneater
• Skeleton
• Snake, constrictor
• Snake, venomous
• Spider, giant
• Swarm
• Troll
• Vampire, ancient
• Vampire, young
• Werewolf
• Zombie

Monster lists: Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion

• Arachnaurs
• Assassin
  • Assassin
  • Master assassin
• Bandits
  • Bandit
  • Bandit chief
• Basilisk
• Bargest
• Bee, giant
• Bird of prey
• Boar
• Border elementals
  • Lava border elemental
  • Mud border elemental
  • Sand border elemental
  • Steam border elemental
• Caveman
  • Warrior
  • Chieftan
  • Shaman
• Centaur
• Centipede, giant
• Chimera
• Citizen
• Crab, giant
• Crocotta
• Cyclops
• Demon / devil
  • Black knight
  • Changeling
  • Collector
  • Demonic soldier
  • Imp
  • Lasher
  • Succubus / incubus
• Dire wolf
• Dissolver
• Dragon
• Dragon men
  • Warrior
  • Sorcerer
• Drake
• Dryad
• Dwarf
• Elemental
  • Air elemental
  • Earth elemental
  • Fire elemental
  • Water elemental
• Elephant, war
• Elf
• Fire salamander
• Frost wolf
• Fury
• Gargoyle
  • Natural gargoyle
  • Stone gargoyle
• Ghost blade
• Ghoul
• Giant
  • Common giant
  • Fire giant
  • Frost giant
  • Sea giant
• Glide monkeys
• Goblin
  • Goblin
  • Goblin shaman
• Golden ram
• Golems
  • Corpse golem
  • Glass golem
  • Lava golem
  • Metal golem
  • Stone golem
  • Straw golem
• Grave guardian
• Griffin
• Hag
• Half-folk
• Harpy
• Hellhound
• Hippogriff
• Hobgoblin
• Horse, Elven
• Hydra
• Jabber birds
• Jinni
• Khazok
• Knight
  • Knight
  • Veteran knight
  • Holy / unholy knight
• Knowledge eaters
• Liche
• Lizard men
• Mage
  • Novice mage
  • Veteran mage
  • Archmage
• Mage bane
• Mammoth
  • Frost mammoth
  • Woolly mammoth
• Manticore
• Medusa
• Mercenary
  • Common mercenary
  • Veteran mercenary
  • Mercenary captain
• Mermaid
• Methusaleh tree
• Moss man
• Mummy
  • Guardian mummy
  • Mummy lord
• Naga
  • Guardian naga
  • Corrupt naga
  • Naga, human form
• Naiad
• Nightmare
• Noble
  • Courtier
  • Court jester
  • Noble
• Octopus, giant
• Ogre
• Orc
  • Orc
  • Orc chieftan
  • Orc shaman
• Pegasus
• Phoenix
• Priest
  • Priest of death
  • Priest of healing
  • Priest of war
• Ranger
  • Typical ranger
  • Veteran ranger
• Rat man
• Redcap
• Roc
• Sabre-toothed tiger
• Scorpion, giant
• Scorpion man
• Sea serpent
• Siren bush
• Skeleton
• Sphinx
• Thief
  • Thief
  • Master thief
• Toad, giant
• Town / city watch
  • Watch
  • Veteran watch
  • Watch captain
  • Town / village militia
• Tree man
  • Sapling
  • Mature
• Troll
  • Marsh troll
  • Sea troll
  • Sand troll
• Tyrannosaurus rex
• Unicorn
• Velociraptor
• War tree
• Werebear
• Wight
• Will-o-the-wisp
• Wyvern
• Zombie
• Zombie animals
  • Zombie bear
  • Zombie giant spider

Monster lists: Savage Beasts

• Acolyte
  • Acolyte
  • Cultist
• Aliens
  • Damned Children
  • Grays
  • Men in Black
  • Nordics
  • UFOs
• Antelope
• Apes
  • Albino
  • Mutant
• Bandit
• Basilisk
• Bats
  • Normal
  • Giant
  • Vampire
• Beetles, Giant
  • Fire
  • Oil
  • Tiger
• Berserker
• Blobs
  • Black
  • Cavern Crawler
  • Blobs: Giant
• Boar
• Bugbear
• Camel
• Cat, Great
• Cave Locust
• Centaur
• Centipede, Giant
• Chimera
• Cockatrice
• Corrosive Slime
• Crab, Giant
• Crawling Eye
• Crawling Hand
• Cyclops
• Demons & Devils
  • The Damned
  • Dukes of Hell
  • Hellhound
  • Masters of the Pit
  • Succubus/Incubus
  • Torture Lords
• Dinosaurs
  • Deinonychus
  • Pteranodon
  • T-Rex
  • Triceratops
• Djinii
• Doppleganger
• Dragons
  • Elder
  • Forest
  • Ice
  • Sky
  • Swamp
• Dryad
• Efreeti
• Elementals
  • Air
  • Earth
  • Fire
  • Water
• Elephant
• Ent
• Ferret, Giant
• Fish, Giant
  • Catfish
  • Piranha
  • Rockfish
  • Sturgeon
• Gargoyle
• Ghoul
• Ghroll
• Giants
  • Cloud
  • Fire
  • Frost
  • Hill
  • Stone
  • Storm
• Gnoll
• Golems
  • Amber
  • Bone
  • Bronze
  • Clay
  • Flesh
  • Wood
• Gorgon
• Great Worm
• Griffon
• Hag
• Harpy
• Hawks
  • Giant
  • Normal
• Hippogriff
• Hobgoblin
  • Hobgoblin
  • Leader
• Hydra
• Invisible Devourer
• Killer Bees, Giant
• Killer Mold
• Killers
  • Bogeyman
  • Dreamstalker
  • Serial Killer
  • Slasher
  • The Ripper
• Kobold
• Leech, Giant
• Living Statues
  • Crystal
  • Iron
  • Stone
• Lizardmen
• Lizards, Giant
  • Chameleon
  • Draco
  • Gecko
  • Tuatara
• Manticore
• Mastodon
• Medusa
• Mermen
• Mosquitos, Giant
• Mummies
  • Greater
  • Lesser
  • Mummy Lord
• Neanderthal
• Night Mare
• Pegasus
• Pixie
• Rats, Giant
• Rhinoceros
• Rock Baboon
• Rocs
  • Adult
  • Giant
  • Young
• Rust Eater
• Salamanders
  • Fire
  • Ice
• Scavenger Worm
• Scorpion, Giant
• Screaming Fungus
• Sea Serpents
  • Adult
  • Giant
  • Young
• Shadow
• Shadow Cat
• Shadow Hound
• Snakes, Giant
  • Constrictor
  • Venomous
• Spectre
• Spiders, Giant
  • Brown Recluse
  • Black Widow
  • Tarantula
  • Trapdoor
• Squid, Giant (Kraken)
• Stalker
• Swamp Monster
• Toad, Giant
• Troglodyte
• Unicorn
• Werebear
• Werehog
• Wererat
• Weretiger
• Wight
• Wolf-Man
• Zombie
  • Rage
  • Raimis
  • Romeros
• Zombie Lord

Monster lists: AD&D 1st Edition Monster Manual

• Aerial servant
• Anhkheg
• Ant, giant
• Ape
  • Gorilla
  • Carnivorous ape
• Axe beak
• Baboon
• Badger
• Baluchitherium
• Barracuda
• Basilisk
• Bear
  • Black bear
  • Brown bear
  • Cave bear
• Beaver, giant
• Beetle, giant
  • Bombardier beetle
  • Boring beetle
  • Fire beetle
  • Rhinoceros beetle
  • Stag beetle
  • Water beetle
• Beholder
• Black pudding
• Blink dog
• Boar
  • Wild boar
  • Giant boar
  • Warthog
• Brain mole
• Brownie
• Buffalo
• Bugbear
• Bulette
• Bull
• Camel, wild
• Carrion crawler
• Catoblepas
• Cattle, wild
• Centaur
• Centipede, giant
• Cerebral parasite
• Chimera
• Cockatrice
• Couatl
• Crab, giant
• Crayfish, giant
• Crocodile
  • Crocodile
  • Giant crocodile
• Demon
  • Demogorgon (Prince of Demons)
  • Juiblex (The Faceless Lord)
  • Manes (Sub-Demon)
  • Orcus (Prince of the Undead)
  • Succubus
  • Type I (Vrock)
  • Type II (Hezrou)
  • Type III (Glabrezu)
  • Type IV (Nalfeshnee, etc.)
  • Type V (Marilith, etc.)
  • Type VI (Balor, etc.)
  • Yeenoghu (Demon Lord of Gnolls)
• Devil
  • Asmodeus (Arch-devil)
  • Baalzebul (Arch-devil)
  • Barbed (Lesser devil)
  • Bone (Lesser devil)
  • Dispater (Arch-devil)
  • Erinyes (Lesser devil)
  • Geryon (Arch-devil)
  • Horned (Malebranche) (Greater devil)
  • Ice (Greater devil)
  • Lemure
  • Pit Fiend (Greater devil)
• Dinosaur
  • Anatosaurus (trachodon)
  • Akylosaurus
  • Antrodemus (allosaurus)
  • Apatosaurus (brontosaurus)
  • Archelon ischyras
  • Braciosaurus
  • Camarasaurus
  • Ceratosaurus
  • Cetiosaurus
  • Dinichtys
  • Diplodocus
  • Elasmosaurus
  • Gorgosaurus
  • Iguanadon
  • Lambeosaurus
  • Megalosaurus
  • Monoclonius
  • Mososaurus
  • Paleoscincus
  • Pentaceratops
  • Plateosaurus
  • Plesiosaurus
  • Pteranadon
  • Stegosaurus
  • Styracosaurus
  • Teratosaurus
  • Triceratops
  • Tyrannosaurus rex
• Displacer beast
• Djinni
• Dog
  • War dog
  • Wild dog
• Dolphin
• Doppleganger
• Dragon
  • Black Dragon (Draco Causticus Sputem)
  • Blue Dragon (Draco Electricus)
  • Brass Dragon (Draco Impudentus Gallus)
  • Bronze Dragon (Draco Gerus Bronzo)
  • Chromatic Dragon (Tiamat)
  • Copper Dragon (Draco Comes Stabuli)
  • Gold Dragon (Draco Orientalus Sino Dux)
  • Green Dragon (Draco Chlorinous Nauseous Respiratorus)
  • Platinum Dragon (Bahamut)
  • Red Dragon (Draco Conglagratia Horriblus)
  • Silver Dragon (Draco Nobilis Argentum)
  • White Dragon (Draco Rigidus Frigidus)
• Dragonne
• Dragon turtle
• Dryad
• Dwarf
• Eagle, giant
• Ear seeker
• Eel
  • Electric eel
  • Giant eel
  • Weed eel
• Efreet
• Elemental
  • Air elemental
  • Earth elemental
  • Fire elemental
  • Water elemental
• Elephant
  • African elephant
  • Asiatic elephant
• Elf
• Ettin
• Eye, floating
• Eye of the deep
• Flightless bird
• Frog, giant
  • Giant frog
  • Killer frog
  • Poisonous frog
• Fungi, violet
• Gar, giant
• Gargoyle
• Gas spore
• Gelatinous cube
• Ghast
• Ghost
• Ghoul
• Giant
  • Cloud giant
  • Fire giant
  • Frost giant
  • Hill giant
  • Stone giant
  • Storm giant
• Gnoll
• Gnome
• Goat, giant
• Goblins
• Golem
  • Clay golem
  • Flesh golem
  • Iron golem
  • Stone golem
• Gorgon
• Gray ooze
• Green slime
• Griffon
• Groaning spirit (Banshee)
• Halfling
• Harpy
• Hell hound
• Herd animal
• Hippocampus
• Hippogriff
• Hippopotamus
• Hobgoblin
• Homunculus
• Horse
  • Draft horse
  • Heavy horse
  • Light horse
  • Medium horse
  • Pony
  • Wild horse
• Hydra
• Hyena
  • Hyena
  • Giant hyena (hyaenodon)
• Imp
• Intellect devourer
• Invisible stalker
• Irish deer
• Ixitxachitl
• Jackal
• Jackalwere
• Jaguar
• Ki-rin
• Kobold
• Lamia
• Lammasu
• Lamprey
  • Lamprey
  • Giant lamprey
• Larva
• Leech, giant
• Leopard
• Leprechaun
• Leucrotta
• Lich
• Lion
  • Lion
  • Mountain lion
  • Spotted lion
• Lizard
  • Fire lizard
  • Giant lizard
  • Minotaur lizard
  • Subterranean lizard
• Lizard man
• Locathah
• Lurker above
• Lycanthrope
  • Werebear
  • Wereboar
  • Wererat
  • Weretiger
  • Werewolf
• Lynx, giant
• Mammoth
• Manticore
• Masher
• Mastodon
• Medusa
• Men
  • Bandit (brigand)
  • Berserker
  • Buccaneer (pirate)
  • Caveman (tribesman)
  • Dervish (nomad)
  • Merchant
  • Pilgrim
• Merman
• Mimic
• Mind flayer
• Minotaur
• Mold
  • Brown mold
  • Yellow mold
• Morkoth
• Mule
• Mummy
• Naga
  • Guardian naga
  • Spirit naga
  • Water naga
• Neo-otyugh
• Night hag
• Nightmare
• Nixie
• Nymph
• Ochre jelly
• Octopus, giant
• Ogre
• Ogre mage (Japanese ogre)
• Orc
• Otter, giant
• Otyugh
• Owl, giant
• Owlbear
• Pegasus
• Peryton
• Piercer
• Pike, giant
• Pixie
• Porcupine, giant
• Portuguese man-o-war, giant
• Pseudo-dragon
• Purple worm
• Quasit
• Rakshasa
• Ram, giant
• Rat, giant (Sumatran)
• Ray
  • Manta ray
  • Pungi ray
  • Stingray
• Remorhaz
• Rhinoceros
  • Rhinoceros
  • Woolly rhinoceros
• Roc
• Roper
• Rot grub
• Rust monster
• Sahuagin
• Salamander
• Satyr
• Scorpion, giant
• Sea hag
• Sea horse, giant
• Sea lion
• Shadow
• Shambling mound
• Shark
  • Shark
  • Giant shark (megalodon)
• Shedu
• Shrieker
• Skeleton
• Skunk, giant
• Slithering tracker
• Slug, giant
• Snake, giant
  • Amphisbaena
  • Constrictor
  • Poisonous snake
  • Sea snake
  • Spitting snake
• Spectre
• Sphinx
  • Androsphinx
  • Criosphinx
  • Gynosphinx
  • Hieracosphinx
• Spider
  • Giant spider
  • Huge spider
  • Large spider
  • Phase spider
  • Giant water spider
• Sprite
• Squid, giant
• Stag
  • Stag
  • Giant stag
• Stirge
• Strangle weed
• Su-monster
• Sylph
• Thought eater
• Tick, giant
• Tiger
  • Tiger
  • Sabre-tooth tiger (smilodon)
• Titan
• Titanothere
• Toad, giant
  • Giant toad
  • Ice toad
  • Poisonous toad
• Trapper
• Treant
• Triton
• Troglodyte
• Troll
• Turtle, giant
  • Giant sea turtle
  • Giant snapping turtle
• Umber hulk
• Unicorn
• Vampire
• Wasp, giant
• Water weird
• Weasel, giant
• Whale
• Wight
• Will-o-(the)-wisp
• Wind walker
• Wolf
  • Wolf
  • Dire wolf (worg)
  • Winter wolf
• Wolverine
  • Wolverine
  • Giant wolverine
• Wraith
• Wyvern
• Xorn
• Yeti
• Zombie

Monster lists

In the interests of creating more creatures for my Savage Worlds fantasy campaign, and possibly one day compiling an uber-bestiary with monsters from all sources combined, I thought it'd be useful to see how the range of monsters available lines up with that from old Dungeons & Dragons sources (specifically the AD&D 1st edition monster manuals, and the D&D Basic / Expert books).

I've spent a bit of time gathering lists of monsters from a few sources. At the moment for Savage Worlds I'm using SWEX, the Fantasy Companion, and the excellent free monster compendium Savage Beasts. The Fantasy Bestiary and Horror Bestiary Toolkits look like they could provide a few more creatures (though it looks like most of the monsters from the FBT are in the Fantasy Companion).

So far, the monsters from all 3 Savage Worlds sources combined are about equal to the number of creatures in the AD&D Monster Manual. However, there is some overlap between Savage Beasts and the Fantasy Companion, with certain monsters included (with slightly different descriptions) in both. This is to be expected, as the two books came from completely different sources, but it does mean that the number of creatures in the SW list isn't completely accurate. Also, of course, there are a few (not many though) creatures in SWEX and Savage Beasts which aren't suitable for use in a fantasy setting (mechs and UFOs, for instance).