# [Purple Worm](Rules\Source\bestiary\monstrosity/purple-worm-xmm.md) *Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 250. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)* ## Purple Worm *What Gnaws the Roots of the World* - **Habitat.** Desert, Underdark - **Treasure.** None Titanic purple worms burrow through the earth and sand. Ever ravenous, they devour smaller creatures and ravage entire communities in their aimless burrowing. > [!quote] A quote from Morrikan d'Kundarak > > Purple worms alone are bad enough, but the blasted monsters have a knack for unearthing things that are even worse! ```statblock "name": "Purple Worm (XMM)" "size": "Gargantuan" "type": "monstrosity" "alignment": "Unaligned" "ac": !!int "18" "hp": !!int "247" "hit_dice": "15d20 + 90" "modifier": !!int "3" "stats": - !!int "28" - !!int "7" - !!int "22" - !!int "1" - !!int "8" - !!int "4" "speed": "50 ft., burrow 50 ft." "saves": - "constitution": !!int "11" - "wisdom": !!int "4" "senses": "[Blindsight](/Rules/Source/senses.md#Blindsight) 30 ft., Tremorsense 60\ \ ft., passive Perception 9" "languages": "" "cr": "15" "traits": - "desc": "The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its [Burrow Speed](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/burrow-speed-xphb.md)\ \ and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake." "name": "Tunneler" "actions": - "desc": "The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack." "name": "Multiattack" - "desc": "*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](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Grappled)\ \ condition (escape DC 19), and it has the [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained)\ \ condition until the grapple ends." "name": "Bite" - "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +14, reach 10 ft. *Hit:* 16 (2d6 + 9) Piercing damage\ \ plus 35 (10d6) Poison damage." "name": "Tail Stinger" "bonus_actions": - "desc": "*Strength Saving Throw:* DC 19, one Large or smaller creature [Grappled](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Grappled)\ \ by the worm (it can have up to three creatures swallowed at a time). *Failure:*\ \ The target is swallowed by the worm, and the [Grappled](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Grappled)\ \ condition ends. A swallowed creature has the [Blinded](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Blinded)\ \ and [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained) conditions, has [Total\ \ Cover](/Rules/Source/variant-rules/cover-xphb.md) against attacks and other\ \ effects outside the worm, and takes 17 (5d6) Acid damage at the start of each\ \ of the worm's turns.\n\nIf the worm takes 30 damage or more on a single turn\ \ from a creature inside it, the worm must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving\ \ throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, each\ \ of which falls in a space within 5 feet of the worm and has the [Prone](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Prone)\ \ condition. If the worm dies, any swallowed creature no longer has the [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained)\ \ condition and can escape from the corpse using 20 feet of movement, exiting\ \ [Prone](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Prone)." "name": "Swallow" "source": - "XMM" "image": "/Rules/Source/bestiary/monstrosity/token/purple-worm-xmm.webp" ``` ^statblock ## Environment desert, underdark