All 10 Dragon Types In D&D's 2025 Monster Manual

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Dragons are the most iconic monsters in , with many unique types offering many challenges and awe-inspiring moments for any campaign. With the 2025 Monster Manual's release, each base chromatic and metallic dragon type has been updated. With new stat blocks, the titular creatures of the game retain what keeps them interesting while also gaining new abilities to make them more menacing than ever.

For the 2025 Monster Manual, dragons fall into two categories — Metallic or Chromatic. Chromatic dragons are your typical monstrous creatures of folklore, huge and prideful creatures who hoard treasures, dominate villages, and decimate any who stand in their way. On the other hand, Metallic dragons can be passive or benevolent, with some having motivations outside sheer lust for treasure and battle.

The amphibious Green Dragon returns among its Chromatic kin, using manipulation and schemes to get what it wants. These dragons have always been masters at deception, disguising themselves and using servants to accomplish their self-indulgent goals. Lurking in the wilderness of ancient lands, older Green Dragons are patient and observant, sometimes waiting for decades before enacting their master plan.

Dungeons & Dragons' new Monster Manual provides revamped statblocks that increase the threat and excitement for many classic monsters.

In the 2025 Monster Manual's new content, Green Dragons receive a much-needed update to their skills, gaining new abilities. While always the masters of Constitution, Green Dragons have usually only had their Poison Breath, which doesn't make them as threatening at higher levels of play. Now, the larger versions of this dragon type gain new magic and Legendary Actions to synergize with its tricky nature.

Green Dragons get a Noxious Miasma, an alternate form of Breath that consumes a Legendary Action, that can deal Poison damage and reduce a target Armor Class (AC). While the Green Dragon can't use this again until the start of its next turn, this