Monster Manual

The Monster Manuals are a series of in-game catalogs of certain monsters you have slain. Each provides rewards for certain benchmarks - how many different types you have killed, or how many killed by a specific character, or by their party, or by your account all combined. They are organized into Volumes, and each volume provides access to several specific monster types.

All Volumes are free to VIP. Premium and Free to Play players must purchase additional volumes individually, although both have free access to the Prologue, and Volume 1 is free to Premium accounts. It is no longer necessary to purchase the volumes in order. After purchase, it may be necessary to log out and log in again for full access to the manual.

Monster Manual 9 is currently only available as part of the Vecna Unleashed pre-order pack; in March 2024, it will be released to the DDO Store at the same price as the other volumes.
 * Monster Manual Volume 9 includes 10 creatures: Mimics, Hyenas, Owlbears, Ravens, Magefire Cannons, Fire Giants, Eladrins, Fire Reavers, Quells, and Wheeps. Earn XP and Mysterious Remnants, and track all types of each creature as you encounter and defeat them.

Rewards
Each monster type has Character Deeds, Account Deeds, and Mastery Rewards associated with it. Once you have killed your first monster of that type, you are able to view all of the potential rewards for that Monster.

Character Deeds
Character Deeds must be accomplished by that character.
 * Character deeds are currently all a progressively increasing XP reward.
 * Some rewards are based on kills, much like a slayer for an individual monster. Others, known as "hunter" rewards, are based on finding new unique monster sub types.
 * Much like wilderness slayers, the totals are for individual and party.
 * The total counts towards your reward, but the Manual lists both if you are interested.

Account Deeds
Account Deeds are a total for all your characters on that server.
 * Earning account deeds are based on alternating slayer and hunter accomplishments.
 * Volume 3 and onwards dropped account hunter accomplishments, so only slayer objectives appear for accounts in these volumes.
 * Rewards start with unlocking lore text and 3.5/4.0 PnP art. Higher-end rewards depend on the volume and can include DDO Points, Astral Shards, or Mysterious Remnants. (See table above.)
 * An issue with the highest DP reward not showing was fixed U15.1.

Mastery Rewards
Mastery Rewards are earned by a combination of total Character and Account Deeds.
 * There are currently two types of rewards for mastery, which are earned by completing a certain number of account deeds.
 * All monsters have the reward of being able to view the current and total HP for all sub types of that monster.
 * Certain monsters in the manuals can reward a creature companion of that monster, for example the prologue spider entry will reward a spider companion. You must earn all account deeds to unlock the companion. See this page for a complete list of rewarded companions.

Monsters by Type and Volume
The following entries in the table that have a pastel blue background are based on research done on Lamannia and have not been verified yet on the live servers. Please remove the background color if you [ update] and verify. Thank you.

Entries with a pink background to the Maximum Individual "Hunter" Reward column presently don't have enough entries recorded to obtain the final hunter reward.