# When creating a boss battle, thinking about which bosses pair well with which minions can be a great starting point. You can use the table below to match up minions and bosses in a number of classic adventure environments.

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When creating a boss battle, thinking about which bosses pair well with which minions can be a great starting point. You can use the table below to match up minions and bosses in a number of classic adventure environments.

Boss CR | Boss | Environments | Minions
--- | --- | --- | ---
1 | Goblin boss | Caves, mountains | Goblins, worgs
2 | Bandit captain | Cities, sewers, ruins | Bandits, spies, thugs, berserkers, gladiators
2 | Cult fanatic | Cities, ruins | Cultists, bandits, thugs, dretches
2 | Ettercap | Caves, ruins | Giant spiders
2 | Ghast | Ruins, crypts, cities, sewers | Ghouls, zombies
2 | Gnoll pack lord | Plains, caves, ruins | Gnolls, hyenas
2 | Ogre | Ruins, caves | Orcs, goblins
2 | Sea hag | Coves, swamps, grottos | Giant constrictor snakes, crocodiles
3 | Bugbear chief | Keeps, fortresses, ruins, caves | Bugbears, goblins, worgs
3 | Green hag | Forests, swamps | Bullywugs, giant toads, giant constrictor snakes, imps, quasits
3 | Winter wolf | Frozen mountains, frozen ruins | Dire wolves, ice mephits
4 | Banshee | Ruins, crypts | Specters, skeletons
4 | Bone naga | Ruins, crypts | Skeletons, specters, wights
4 | Ettin | Mountains, ruins, caves | Ogres, orcs
4 | Lamia | Ruins, towers, caves | Jackalweres
4 | Lizard king/queen | Swamps, sunken grottos | Lizardfolk shamans, lizardfolk, monitor lizards
5 | Hill giant | Mountains, ruins, caves | Ogres, orcs, bugbears, goblins, cave bears
5 | Night hag | Ruins, crypts, Lower Planes | Hell hounds, quasits, manes, shadow demons
5 | Sahuagin baron | Coves, grottos, underwater ruins | Sahuagin priestesses, sahuagin, reef sharks, giant octopuses, krakens
5 | Wraith | Ruins, crypts | Flameskulls, specters, wights
6 | Hobgoblin warlord | Ruins, keeps, fortresses | Hobgoblin captains, hobgoblins, bugbears, goblins, worgs
6 | Mage | Towers, cities | Animated armor, imps, acolytes, flesh golems, veterans
6 | Medusa | Ruins, caves | Basilisks, giant constrictor snakes, death dogs
7 | Oni | Ruins, caves, cities | Hobgoblins, orcs
8 | Frost giant | Frozen mountains, frozen ruins | Yetis, young white dragons, polar bears, winter wolves
9 | Fire giant | Volcanoes, caverns | Hell hounds, young red dragons, salamanders, azers, fire mephits
9 | Glabrezu | Lower Planes, ruins, towers | Barlguras, chasmes
10 | Aboleth | Caverns, coves, lakes | Chuuls, cult fanatics, hydras, NPCs (enthralled), sea hags
11 | Efreeti | Ruins, volcanoes, cities, deserts | Fire elementals, salamanders, fire snakes
11 | Horned devil | Lower Planes, ruins, towers | Barbed devils, bearded devils, spined devils
12 | Archmage | Towers, cities | Animated armor, imps, cambions, demons (any), elementals, golems
13 | Adult white dragon | Frozen mountains, frozen ruins | Yetis
13 | Vampire | Ruins, crypts | Vampire spawn, giant bats, dire wolves, specters, wights
14 | Adult black dragon | Swamps, sunken grottos | Giant crocodiles, trolls, bullywugs, lizardfolk, kuo-toa
15 | Adult green dragon | Forests, ruins, caverns | Treants, elves
15 | Mummy lord | Ruins, crypts | Mummies, skeletons, wights, cult fanatics
16 | Adult blue dragon | Deserts, ruins, towers | Air elementals, mages
16 | Marilith | Lower Planes, ruins, towers | Hezrous, vrocks
17 | Adult red dragon | Mountains, volcanoes, ruins, caverns | Fire elementals, kobolds
17 | Death knight | Crypts, ruins, Lower Planes | Wights, wraiths, liches, flameskulls, nightmares, revenants
19 | Balor | Lower planes, ruins | Mariliths, glabrezus, goristros, cambions, cult fanatics
20 | Ancient white dragon | Frozen mountains, frozen ruins | Abominable yetis
20 | Pit fiend | Lower planes, ruins, towers | Horned devils, bone devils, erinyes
21 | Ancient black dragon | Swamps, sunken grottos | Giant crocodiles, trolls, bullywugs, lizardfolk
21 | Lich | Ruins, towers, crypts, caves | Death knights, iron golems, wraiths, mages
22 | Ancient green dragon | Forests, ruins, caverns | Treants, elves
23 | Ancient blue dragon | Deserts, ruins, towers | Air elementals, mages
24 | Ancient red dragon | Mountains, volcanoes, ruins, caverns | Fire giants, fire elementals, kobolds