# [Cockatrice](Rules\Source\bestiary\monstrosity/cockatrice-xmm.md) *Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 75. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)* Cockatrices often try to claim eye-catching structures—such as ruins and secluded farms—as roosts. ## Cockatrices *Accursed Avians with the Power to Petrify* - **Habitat.** Grassland - **Treasure.** None Cockatrices combine the features of irate roosters and starving reptiles. They petrify those they bite, their slightest peck turning their prey to stone. ```statblock "name": "Cockatrice (XMM)" "size": "Small" "type": "monstrosity" "alignment": "Unaligned" "ac": !!int "11" "hp": !!int "22" "hit_dice": "5d6 + 5" "modifier": !!int "1" "stats": - !!int "6" - !!int "12" - !!int "12" - !!int "2" - !!int "13" - !!int "5" "speed": "20 ft., fly 40 ft." "condition_immunities": "[petrified](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Petrified)" "senses": "[Darkvision](/Rules/Source/senses.md#Darkvision) 60 ft., passive Perception\ \ 11" "languages": "" "cr": "1/2" "actions": - "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +3, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 3 (1d4 + 1) Piercing damage.\ \ If the target is a creature, it is subjected to the following effect. *Constitution\ \ Saving Throw:* DC 11. *1St Failure:* The target has the [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained)\ \ condition. The target repeats the save at the end of its next turn if it is\ \ still [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained), ending the effect\ \ on itself on a success. *2Nd Failure:* The target has the [Petrified](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Petrified)\ \ condition, instead of the [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained)\ \ condition, for 24 hours." "name": "Petrifying Bite" "source": - "XMM" "image": "/Rules/Source/bestiary/monstrosity/token/cockatrice-xmm.webp" ``` ^statblock ## Environment grassland