# Creature Type *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 364. Available in the Free Rules (2024)* Every creature, including every [player character](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/variant-rules/player-character-xphb.md), has a tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature it is. Most [player characters](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/variant-rules/player-character-xphb.md) are of the Humanoid type. These are the game's creature types: - Aberration - Beast - Celestial - Construct - Dragon - Elemental - Fey - Fiend - Giant - Humanoid - Monstrosity - Ooze - Plant - Undead The types don't have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways.