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Monster · SRD 5.2.1

Purple Worm

Gargantuan monstrosity, unaligned

Armor Class
18
Hit Points
247 (15d20)
Speed
50 ft., burrow 50 ft.
STR
28 (+9)
DEX
7 (-2)
CON
22 (+6)
INT
1 (-5)
WIS
8 (-1)
CHA
4 (-3)
Senses
blindsight 30 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive perception 9
Challenge
15 (13,000 XP)

Traits

Tunneler. The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its Burrow Speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.

Actions

Multiattack. The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack.

Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +14, reach 10 ft. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 19), and it has the Restrained condition until the grapple ends.

Tail Stinger. Melee Attack Roll: +14, reach 10 ft. Hit: 16 (2d6 + 9) Piercing damage plus 35 (10d6) Poison damage.

Gargantuan monstrosity, unaligned

Special Abilities

Tunneler

The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its Burrow Speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.

Actions

Multiattack

The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack.

Bite

Melee Attack Roll: +14, reach 10 ft. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 19), and it has the Restrained condition until the grapple ends.

Tail Stinger

Melee Attack Roll: +14, reach 10 ft. Hit: 16 (2d6 + 9) Piercing damage plus 35 (10d6) Poison damage.

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This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

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srd-5.2.1 · Version 1.0.0 · Updated Jul 9, 2026