# Giant Rat

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/giant-rat.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![giant rat](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/giant-rat.webp)
> **Type:** Small beast
> **Alignment:** unaligned
> **Challenge:** 1/8 (25 XP)
> **Armor Class:** 13
> **Hit Points:** 7 (2d6)
> **Speed:** 30 ft, climb 30 ft

## Stat block

A dog-sized rat.

| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 7 (2d6) | 30 ft, climb 30 ft | 1/8 | 25 |

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 (-2) | 16 (+3) | 11 (+0) | 2 (-4) | 10 (+0) | 4 (-3) |

- **Saving throws:** DEX +5
- **Skills:** Perception +2
- **Senses:** darkvision 60 ft; passive Perception 12

### Traits

- **Pack Tactics.** Advantage on attack rolls against a target that has a non-Incapacitated ally of this creature within 5 ft.

### Actions

- **Bite.** Gnawing teeth.

## Where you meet it

- [The Grey Goose](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-grey-goose.md): [The Lantern in the Roadhouse](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-lantern-in-the-roadhouse.md) · *The nails squeal out of the trapdoor on their own, and what's been living in the cellar for twenty winters…*