# Swarm of Rats

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> [!infobox]
> ![swarm of rats](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/swarm-of-rats.webp)
> **Type:** Medium beast
> **Alignment:** unaligned
> **Challenge:** 1/4 (50 XP)
> **Armor Class:** 10
> **Hit Points:** 14 (4d8-4)
> **Speed:** 30 ft, climb 30 ft

## Stat block

Pours over the nearest creature and gnaws it; resists weapon damage and weakens once Bloodied.

| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 14 (4d8-4) | 30 ft, climb 30 ft | 1/4 | 50 |

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 (-1) | 11 (+0) | 9 (-1) | 2 (-4) | 10 (+0) | 3 (-4) |

- **Saving throws:** DEX +2
- **Resistant:** bludgeoning, piercing, slashing
- **Condition immunities:** charmed, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned
- **Senses:** darkvision 30 ft; passive Perception 10

### Traits

- **Swarm.** The swarm can move into and stay in another creature's space, and other creatures can enter its space. It can pass through any opening wide enough for one Tiny rat. The swarm can't regain Hit Points and can't gain Temporary Hit Points.

### Actions

- **Bites.** Hit: 5 (2d4) Piercing damage, or only 2 (1d4) Piercing damage if the swarm is Bloodied.

## Where you meet it

- [Old Bonegrinder, the Loft](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/old-bonegrinder-the-loft.md): [The Children in the Mill](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-children-in-the-mill.md) · *Morgantha stands, and keeps standing, taller than the rafters should allow, and the sweetness goes out of her…*
- [The Coffin Maker's Shop](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-coffin-makers-shop.md): [The Bones of St. Andral](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-bones-of-st-andral.md) · *Crate lids lift on their own, slowly, the nails squealing out one by one. What climbs out has been waiting in…*