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D&D Encounter Difficulty Calculator
5e encounter XP budget for Easy / Medium / Hard / Deadly based on party size and level. Multiplier-adjusted.
Updated April 2026
Party & encounter setup
Encounter multiplier: ×2.0 (applied because groups of monsters punch harder than their raw XP suggests).
XP budget by difficulty
| Tier | Raw XP budget | Adjusted (÷2.0) |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | 1,000 | 500 |
| Medium | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Hard | 3,000 | 1,500 |
| Deadly | 4,400 | 2,200 |
Check your encounter
Adjusted encounter XP: 3,000Deadly
The DMG assumes 6–8 medium/hard encounters per adventuring day. A single Deadly fight can still be survivable — Deadly doesn’t mean “TPK,” it means “at least one PC might drop.”
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What it does
The DMG XP-threshold table made usable. Enter party config + monster XP, see which tier the fight lands in.
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- Enter party size and average level.
- Enter monster count + total XP.
- Read the encounter tier.
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