D&D 5e Encounter Calculator

Encounter Forge

Calculate balanced encounter budgets and generate ready-to-run encounters using official 5e XP threshold math.

Party Configuration

4

4 adventurers

3

Level 3 — Tier 1

Difficulty

Encounter Budget Sheet

4
Characters
3
Avg Level
Medium
Difficulty

XP Thresholds — Full Party

Easy300 XP
Medium← target600 XP
Hard900 XP
Deadly1,600 XP
Target Encounter Budget
600
total XP to spend on monsters

Per-Character XP Thresholds (Level 3)

DifficultyPer CharParty (4)
Easy75300
Medium150600
Hard225900
Deadly4001,600

Encounter Multiplier (DMG p. 82)

1 monster×1
2 monsters×1.5
3–6 monsters×2
7–10 monsters×2.5
11–14 monsters×3
15+ monsters×4

Multiply total monster XP by the multiplier above based on monster count. Compare the adjusted total to your party's threshold to gauge true difficulty.