Wild Shape Forms by Level (2024 and 2014 Rules)

2024 rules · 5.5e

Every druid can use Wild Shape from level 2. The highest CR rises at levels 4 and 8, and flying forms open up at level 8. Circle of the Moon goes further from level 3: its highest CR is your level divided by 3, rounded down, whenever that’s higher.

Wild Shape by level, 2024 rules
Level	Highest CR	Moon	Movement	Uses	Known forms	Forms	Moon forms
2	CR 1/4	—	No flying	2	4	39	—
3	CR 1/4	CR 1	No flying	2	4	39	54
4	CR 1/2	CR 1	No flying	2	6	46	54
5	CR 1/2	CR 1	No flying	2	6	46	54
6	CR 1/2	CR 2	No flying	3	6	46	62
7	CR 1/2	CR 2	No flying	3	6	46	62
8	CR 1	CR 2	Any	3	8	64	72
9	CR 1	CR 3	Any	3	8	64	75
10	CR 1	CR 3	Any	3	8	64	75
11	CR 1	CR 3	Any	3	8	64	75
12	CR 1	CR 4	Any	3	8	64	78
13	CR 1	CR 4	Any	3	8	64	78
14	CR 1	CR 4	Any	3	8	64	78
15	CR 1	CR 5	Any	3	8	64	81
16	CR 1	CR 5	Any	3	8	64	81
17	CR 1	CR 5	Any	4	8	64	81
18	CR 1	CR 6	Any	4	8	64	82
19	CR 1	CR 6	Any	4	8	64	82
20	CR 1	CR 6	Any	4	8	64	82

New forms at each level, any Circle

Level 2: Baboon, Badger, Cat, Crab, Deer, Frog, Giant Fire Beetle, Goat, Hyena, Jackal, Lizard, Octopus, Piranha, Rat, Scorpion, Seahorse, Spider, Weasel, Camel, Giant Crab, Giant Rat, Giant Weasel, Mastiff, Mule, Pony, Venomous Snake, Boar, Constrictor Snake, Draft Horse, Elk, Giant Badger, Giant Centipede, Giant Frog, Giant Lizard, Giant Venomous Snake, Giant Wolf Spider, Panther, Riding Horse, Wolf
Level 4: Ape, Black Bear, Crocodile, Giant Goat, Giant Seahorse, Reef Shark, Warhorse
Level 8: Bat, Eagle, Hawk, Owl, Raven, Vulture, Blood Hawk, Giant Bat, Pteranodon, Giant Wasp, Brown Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Hyena, Giant Octopus, Giant Spider, Giant Toad, Lion, Tiger

New forms at each level, Circle of the Moon

Level 2: Baboon, Badger, Cat, Crab, Deer, Frog, Giant Fire Beetle, Goat, Hyena, Jackal, Lizard, Octopus, Piranha, Rat, Scorpion, Seahorse, Spider, Weasel, Camel, Giant Crab, Giant Rat, Giant Weasel, Mastiff, Mule, Pony, Venomous Snake, Boar, Constrictor Snake, Draft Horse, Elk, Giant Badger, Giant Centipede, Giant Frog, Giant Lizard, Giant Venomous Snake, Giant Wolf Spider, Panther, Riding Horse, Wolf
Level 3: Ape, Black Bear, Crocodile, Giant Goat, Giant Seahorse, Reef Shark, Warhorse, Brown Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Hyena, Giant Octopus, Giant Spider, Giant Toad, Lion, Tiger
Level 6: Allosaurus, Giant Boar, Giant Constrictor Snake, Hunter Shark, Plesiosaurus, Polar Bear, Rhinoceros, Saber-Toothed Tiger
Level 8: Bat, Eagle, Hawk, Owl, Raven, Vulture, Blood Hawk, Giant Bat, Pteranodon, Giant Wasp
Level 9: Ankylosaurus, Giant Scorpion, Killer Whale
Level 12: Archelon, Elephant, Hippopotamus
Level 15: Giant Crocodile, Giant Shark, Triceratops
Level 18: Mammoth

2014 rules · 5e

Every druid can use Wild Shape from level 2, but swimming forms wait until level 4 and flying forms until level 8. Circle of the Moon can take CR 1 beasts from level 2, and from level 6 its highest CR is your level divided by 3, rounded down. The swimming and flying limits still apply. From level 10 it can also become an elemental.

Wild Shape by level, 2014 rules
Level	Highest CR	Moon	Movement	Uses	Forms	Moon forms
2	CR 1/4	CR 1	No swimming, no flying	2	30	40
3	CR 1/4	CR 1	No swimming, no flying	2	30	40
4	CR 1/2	CR 1	No flying	2	47	55
5	CR 1/2	CR 1	No flying	2	47	55
6	CR 1/2	CR 2	No flying	2	47	63
7	CR 1/2	CR 2	No flying	2	47	63
8	CR 1	CR 2	Any	2	69	77
9	CR 1	CR 3	Any	2	69	79
10	CR 1	CR 3	Any	2	69	83
11	CR 1	CR 3	Any	2	69	83
12	CR 1	CR 4	Any	2	69	84
13	CR 1	CR 4	Any	2	69	84
14	CR 1	CR 4	Any	2	69	84
15	CR 1	CR 5	Any	2	69	87
16	CR 1	CR 5	Any	2	69	87
17	CR 1	CR 5	Any	2	69	87
18	CR 1	CR 6	Any	2	69	88
19	CR 1	CR 6	Any	2	69	88
20	CR 1	CR 6	Any	Unlimited	69	88

New forms at each level, any Circle

Level 2: Baboon, Badger, Cat, Deer, Giant Fire Beetle, Goat, Hyena, Jackal, Lizard, Rat, Scorpion, Spider, Weasel, Camel, Giant Rat, Giant Weasel, Mastiff, Mule, Pony, Axe Beak, Boar, Draft Horse, Elk, Giant Badger, Giant Centipede, Giant Lizard, Giant Wolf Spider, Panther, Riding Horse, Wolf
Level 4: Crab, Frog, Octopus, Quipper, Sea Horse, Giant Crab, Poisonous Snake, Constrictor Snake, Giant Frog, Giant Poisonous Snake, Ape, Black Bear, Crocodile, Giant Goat, Giant Sea Horse, Reef Shark, Warhorse
Level 8: Bat, Eagle, Hawk, Owl, Raven, Vulture, Blood Hawk, Flying Snake, Stirge, Giant Bat, Giant Owl, Giant Wasp, Brown Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Eagle, Giant Hyena, Giant Octopus, Giant Spider, Giant Toad, Giant Vulture, Lion, Tiger

New forms at each level, Circle of the Moon

Level 2: Baboon, Badger, Cat, Deer, Giant Fire Beetle, Goat, Hyena, Jackal, Lizard, Rat, Scorpion, Spider, Weasel, Camel, Giant Rat, Giant Weasel, Mastiff, Mule, Pony, Axe Beak, Boar, Draft Horse, Elk, Giant Badger, Giant Centipede, Giant Lizard, Giant Wolf Spider, Panther, Riding Horse, Wolf, Ape, Black Bear, Giant Goat, Warhorse, Brown Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Hyena, Giant Spider, Lion, Tiger
Level 4: Crab, Frog, Octopus, Quipper, Sea Horse, Giant Crab, Poisonous Snake, Constrictor Snake, Giant Frog, Giant Poisonous Snake, Crocodile, Giant Sea Horse, Reef Shark, Giant Octopus, Giant Toad
Level 6: Giant Boar, Giant Constrictor Snake, Giant Elk, Hunter Shark, Plesiosaurus, Polar Bear, Rhinoceros, Saber-Toothed Tiger
Level 8: Bat, Eagle, Hawk, Owl, Raven, Vulture, Blood Hawk, Flying Snake, Stirge, Giant Bat, Giant Owl, Giant Wasp, Giant Eagle, Giant Vulture
Level 9: Giant Scorpion, Killer Whale
Level 10: Air Elemental, Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Water Elemental
Level 12: Elephant
Level 15: Giant Crocodile, Giant Shark, Triceratops
Level 18: Mammoth

“Forms” counts the forms in the System Reference Document that a druid can take at that level. A 2024 druid then picks their known forms from that list.

More guides: What changed in 2024 · Circle of the Moon by level · Every Wild Shape form