monster

Tarrasque

CR 30

Gargantuan Monstrosity (titan), Unaligned

Reveal Stat Block

Armor Class

Hit Points

697 (34d20 + 340)

Speed

60 ft., burrow 40 ft., climb 60 ft.

str

+10

dex

con

+10

int

-4

wis

cha

Traits

Legendary Resistance (6/Day).If the tarrasque fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance.The tarrasque has Advantage|XPHB on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Reflective Carapace.If the tarrasque is targeted by a Magic Missile|XPHB spell or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, roll 1d6. On a 1-5, the tarrasque is unaffected. On a 6, the tarrasque is unaffected and reflects the spell, turning the caster into the target.

Siege Monster.The tarrasque deals double damage to objects and structures.

Actions

Multiattack.The tarrasque makes one Bite attack and three other attacks, using Claw or Tail in any combination.

Bite.m 19, reach 15 ft. ({@damage 4d12 + 10) Piercing damage, and the target has the Grappled|XPHB condition (escape 20). Until the grapple ends, the target has the Restrained|XPHB condition and can't teleport.

Claw.m 19, reach 15 ft. ({@damage 4d8 + 10) Slashing damage.

Tail.m 19, reach 30 ft. ({@damage 3d8 + 10) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it has the Prone|XPHB condition.

Thunderous Bellow 5.con 27, each creature and each object that isn't being worn or carried in a 150-foot Cone [Area of Effect]|XPHB|Cone. 78 ( Half damage only.

Legendary Actions.The creature can take 3 legendary actions...

Onslaught.The tarrasque moves up to half its Speed|XPHB, and it makes one Claw or Tail attack.

World-Shaking Movement.The tarrasque moves up to its Speed|XPHB. At the end of this movement, the tarrasque creates an instantaneous shock wave in a 60-foot Emanation [Area of Effect]|XPHB|Emanation originating from itself. Creatures in that area lose Concentration|XPHB and, if Medium or smaller, have the Prone|XPHB condition. The tarrasque can't take this action again until the start of its next turn.

Tarrasque

The Shape of Calamity

Among the most devastating creatures in existence, the tarrasque is an engine of catastrophe and a ruiner of nations. A terror of massive size and overwhelming might, this primeval destroyer survives from the earliest epochs of the Material Plane, when it served as a weapon of immortal forces. Since then, the tarrasque has slumbered in secret, rising every few ages to usher in eras of destruction.

The tarrasque is a bipedal, prehistoric Monstrosity that stands over seventy feet tall. Bristling with horns and spikes, its spiny carapace deflects harm and can reflect magical attacks.

The tarrasque is a creature of tireless rage. It lashes out at any creature that catches its attention, thrashing with claws and its mighty tail while swallowing smaller beings whole. It seems to take instinctual offense at the works of lesser beings, venting its rage at buildings, bridges, ships, and monuments. The larger a structure or foe is, the greater the tarrasque's wrath.

It is a mystery what—if anything—calms the tarrasque, but eventually it returns to its slumber, leaving the world irrevocably changed. While the tarrasque might be halted by incredible opposition, its threat can never be wiped from the multiverse. Whenever the tarrasque is defeated, another tarrasque awakes somewhere else on the Material Plane.

Few things survive the tarrasque's rampages, and reports of the monster's devastation are often contradictory, incomplete, or beyond belief. In cases where it leaves no survivors, its calamities might initially be blamed on evil dragons or magical disasters, but the tarrasque frequently leaves behind some unmistakable indication of its passage. Roll on or choose a result from the Tarrasque Evidence table to inspire what marks the monster's rampages.