The following lists group all of the monsters into their respective terrains. Note that there can be a certain amount of crossover on these lists, especially between climate bands, similar terrains or a planar terrain and the Material Plane. For example, although behirs are normally encountered in warm deserts, it's certainly possible to encounter one in a temperate desert (but much less likely to find one in a cold desert).
Creatures created by Paizo Publishing are presented first; creatures from 3rd Party Publishers and creatures converted from prior editions are presented second, generally in the last column. In some cases, the number of creatures in a section have necessitated breaking the CR into two sections. Each section is clearly labelled.
Creatures from sources other than a Pathfinder Bestiary include a superscript abbreviation indication its source. Clicking the abbreviation takes you to a page explaining each abbreviation.
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Terrain (Planar)
Outer Planes (Abaddon [NE] | Abyss [CE] | Elysium [CG] | Heaven [LG] | Hell [LE] | Purgatory [N] | Limbo [CN] | The Hive [LN] | Utopia [LN]) Transitive Planes (Astral | Ethereal | Negative | Shadow) Inner Planes (Elemental [Air] | Elemental [Earth] | Elemental [Fire] | Elemental [Time] | Elemental [Water] | Molten Sky | Quasi-Elemental [Acid] | Quasi-Elemental [Electricity] | Quasi-Elemental [Obsidian] | Quasi-Elemental [Vapor]) Terrain (Special)
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Any Terrain
Any Terrain (Cold)
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Gnoph-keh[PA] Golem, Ice |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Any Terrain (Temperate)
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Cyclops Bat Swarm Bat, Dire Lizard Rat Snake, Venomous |
Any Terrain (Warm)
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Army Ants Bat, Dire Bat Swarm Cyclops Giant, Storm Lizard Snake, Venomous Zombie, Giant[PA] |
Aquatic (Any)
Aquatic (Cold)
| Octopus, Blue-Ringed[PA] |
Aquatic (Temperate/Warm)
Coastline
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Crab, Giant Crab Swarm Denizen of Leng Dinosaur, Pteranodon Donkey Rat[PA] Dragon, Metallic (Bronze) Drake, Sea |
Draugr Draugr (Advanced)[PA] Reefclaw Scylla Undine |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Desert (Cold)
| Remorhaz |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Desert (Temperate)
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Bat Lamia Yrthak |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Desert (Warm)
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Bat Behir Camel Death Worm Dust Digger Genie, Janni Gnoll |
Phoenix Sphinx Stymphalides Swarm[PA] |
Forest (Any)
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Dragon, Imperial (Forest) Grimstalker[PA] Treerazer[PA] Weaverworm[PA] Zomok[PA] |
Forest (Cold)
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Calathgar[PA] Drake, Forest Elephant, Mastodon Fey Wolverine[PA] Giant, Taiga Huldra[PA] Jabberwock |
Sard Spider, Tarantula (Giant) Treant Winter Wolf Witchfire Zombie Wolf[PA] |
Forest (Temperate)
Forest (Warm)
Hills (Cold)
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Ettin Ogre Oni, Ogre Mage Weaverworm[PA] |
Hills (Temperate)
Hills (Warm)
Jungle (Warm)
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Skrik Nettle[PA] Tobongo[PA] |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Mountains (Cold)
Mountains (Temperate)
Mountains (Warm)
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Giant, Fire Irlgaunt[PA] Ooze, Magma |
Dragon, Chromatic (Red) Dragon, Primal (Magma) |
Roc Thunderbird |
Ocean/Sea (Cold)
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Aboleth Charda Charybdis Devilfish Dolphin Dragon, Primal (Brine) Draugr Grindylow Hag, Sea Hippocampus |
Kelpie Kraken Locathah Nereid Orca Reefclaw Scylla Sea Serpent |
Shoggoth Skum Triton Turtle[PA] |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Ocean/Sea (Temperate)
Ocean/Sea (Warm)
Plains (Cold)
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Bison Elephant, Mastodon Frost Worm Glacier Toad Giant, Taiga |
Megaloceros Rhinoceros, Woolly Tiger, Dire Winter Wolf |
Plains (Temperate)
Plains (Warm)
Planar (any evil)
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Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (Abaddon - Neutral Evil)
Planar (Abyss - Chaotic Evil)
Planar (Astral)
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Aeon, Pleroma Dragon Horse |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (Elysium - Chaotic Good)
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Angel, Astral Deva Angel, Planetar Angel, Solar |
Azata, Bralani Azata, Brijidine Azata, Ghaele Azata, Lillend Azata, Lyrakien |
Titan, Elysian |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (Ethereal Plane)
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Angel, Monadic Deva Animate Dream Devil, Belier Dragon Horse Hound of Tindalos |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (Heaven - Lawful Good)
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Angel, Astral Deva Angel, Planetar Angel, Solar |
Archon, Hound Archon, Lantern Archon, Shield Archon, Star Archon, Trumpet |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (Hell - Lawful Evil)
Planar (Negative Energy Plane)
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Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (Plane of Air)
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Angel, Monadic Deva Belker Dragon, Primal (Cloud) Dragon Horse |
Genie, Djinni Invisible Stalker |
Mihstu |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (Plane of Earth)
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Angel, Monadic Deva Crysmal |
Genie, Shaitan |
Mudman[PA] Pech Sandman Xorn |
Planar (Plane of Fire)
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Angel, Monadic Deva Azer |
Genie, Efreeti |
Rast Thoqqua |
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Burning Dervish[3PP] Crab, Fire (Greater)[3PP] Crab, Fire (Lesser)[3PP] Fire Whale[3PP] Giant, Smoke[3PP] Oil Shark[3PP] Slag Worm[3PP-TOHC] |
Planar (Plane of Shadow)
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D'ziriak Fetchling Gloomwing |
Nightshade, Nightcrawler Nightshade, Nightskitter Nightshade, Nightwalker Nightshade, Nightwave Nightshade, Nightwing |
Tenebrous Worm |
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Temporal Crawler[3PP] Time Flayer[3PP] |
Planar (Plane of Water)
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Elemental, Water Genie, Marid |
Mephit, Ooze Mephit, Water |
Mudman[PA] |
Planar (Purgatory - Neutral)
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Aeon, Akhana Aeon, Bythos Aeon, Paracletus Aeon, Pleroma Aeon, Theletos |
Soul Eater |
| Quasi-Elemental, Acid[3PP] |
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Mephit, Lightning[3PP] Quasi-Elemental, Lightning[3PP] Tumblespark[3PP] |
| Quasi-Elemental, Obsidian[3PP] |
Planar (Limbo - Chaotic Neutral)
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Conversions & 3rd Party
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Planar (The Hive - Lawful Neutral)
| Formians[3PP] |
Planar (Utopia - Lawful Neutral)
| Axiomite |
Inevitable, Arbiter Inevitable, Kolyarut Inevitable, Lhaksharut Inevitable, Marut Inevitable, Zelekhut |
Rivers/Lakes
Swamp/Marsh (Any)
| Mummy, Bog[PA] |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Swamp/Marsh (Cold)
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Catoblepas Faceless Stalker Linnorm, Tarn Lycanthrope, Weretiger Ooze, Gray |
Tentamort Tiger, Dire Will-o'-Wisp Witchfire |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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Swamp/Marsh (Temperate)
Swamp/Marsh (Warm)
Underground
Urban
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Aasimar Attic Whisperer Cockroach Swarm Doll, Soulbound |
Lycanthrope, Wererat Rat, Dire Revenant Tengu Tiefling Witchwyrd |
Conversions & 3rd Party
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