--- obsidianUIMode: preview cssclasses: json5e-monster tags: - compendium/src/5e/mm - monster/environment/desert - monster/environment/underdark - monster/size/gargantuan - monster/type/monstrosity aliases: ["Purple Worm"] --- # Purple Worm *Source: SRD / Basic Rules* ```ad-statblock title: Purple Worm ![](compendium/bestiary/monstrosity/token/purple-worm.png#token) *Gargantuan monstrosity, Unaligned* - **Armor Class** 18 (natural armor) - **Hit Points** 247 (`15d20 + 90`) - **Speed** 50 ft., burrow 30 ft. |STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA| |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| |28 (+9)| 7 (-2)|22 (+6)| 1 (-5)| 8 (-1)| 4 (-3)| - **Proficiency Bonus** +5 - **Saving Throws** Constitution +11, Wisdom +4 - **Skills** ⏤ - **Senses** blindsight 30 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 9 - **Languages** — - **Challenge** 15 ## Traits ***Tunneler.*** The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its burrow speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake. ## Actions ***Multiattack.*** The worm makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its stinger. ***Bite.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +14 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. *Hit:* 22 (`3d8 + 9`) piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or be swallowed by the worm. A swallowed creature is [blinded](rules/conditions.md#blinded) and [restrained](rules/conditions.md#restrained), it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the worm, and it takes 21 (`6d6`) acid damage at the start of each of the worm's turns. If 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, which fall [prone](rules/conditions.md#prone) in a space within 10 feet of the worm. If the worm dies, a swallowed creature is no longer [restrained](rules/conditions.md#restrained) by it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting [prone](rules/conditions.md#prone). ***Tail Stinger.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +14 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. *Hit:* 19 (`3d6 + 9`) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 42 (`12d6`) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. ``` ^statblock ## Environment underdark, desert