| Creature | Terrain | Climate | Campaign | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgoi | Desert | Any | Dark Sun | MAIII 13 |
| Cactus, Vampire | Desert | Any | Greyhawk | GHMC |
| Cat, Sand | Desert | Any | Forgotten Realms | FR2MC |
| Debbi | Desert | Any | Any | MM 241 |
| Dog, Death | Desert | Sub-Trop/Trop | Any | MM 57 |
| Dog, Saluqi | Desert | Any | Any | MAI |
| Dragon, Blue | Desert | Any | Any | MM 66 |
| Dragon, Blue (Krynn) | Desert | Any | Dragonlance | DLMC |
| Dragon, Brass | Desert | Any | Any | MM 75 |
| Dragon, Brass (Krynn) | Desert | Any | Dragonlance | DLMC |
| Dragon, Brown | Desert | Any | Any | MM 80 |
| Dragon, Neutral, Jacinth | Desert | Any | Any | MAI |
| Dragon, Othlorx, Blue | Desert | Any | Dragonlance | DLMC |
| Dragon, Othlorx, Brass | Desert | Any | Dragonlance | DLMC |
| Dragon, Yellow | Desert | Any | Any | MM 87 |
| Dragonne | Desert | Temp/Trop | Any | MM 92 |
| Dune Stalker | Desert | Tropical | Any | FFMC |
| Dustdigger | Desert | Temp/Trop | Any | OMII 61 |
| Elemental, Comp., Black Cloud | Desert | Any | Any | MM 106 |
| Elemental, Comp., Skriaxit | Desert | Sub-Tropical | Any | MM 105 |
| Elemental, Comp., Skriaxit, Great | Desert | Sub-Tropical | Any | MM 105 |
| Elemental, Earth Weird | Desert | Any | Any | MAI |
| Elemental, Sandman | Desert | Sub-Trop/Trop | Any | MAI |
| Ghul, Great | Desert | Any | Any | MAII 62 |
| Giant, Desert | Desert | Any | Any | MM 134 |
| Hatori | Desert | Any | Any | MM 185 |
| Hatori, Greater | Desert | Any | Any | MM 185 |
| Jarbo | Desert | Any | Any | MAI |
| Laerti | Desert | Temperate | Any | MAII 77 |
| Laerti, Stingtail | Desert | Temperate | Any | MAII 77 |
| Lamia | Desert | Any | Any | MM 217 |
| Lamia, Noble | Desert | Any | Any | MM 217 |
| Leucrotta | Desert | Temperate | Any | MM 221 |
| Manscorpion | Desert | Sub-Trop/Trop | Any | MM 245 |
| Mummy | Desert | Any | Any | MM 261 |
| Mummy, Greater (1) | Desert | Any | Any | MM 262 |
| Mummy, Greater (2) | Desert | Any | Any | MM 262 |
| Mummy, Greater (3) | Desert | Any | Any | MM 262 |
| Mummy, Greater (4) | Desert | Any | Any | MM 262 |
| Mummy, Greater (5) | Desert | Any | Any | MM 262 |
| Mummy, Greater (6) | Desert | Any | Any | MM 262 |
| Mummy, Greater, General | Desert | Any | Any | MM 262 |
| Orpsu (Night Stirges) | Desert | Temperate | Forgotten Realms | FR2MC |
| Pudding, Dun | Desert | Any | Any | MM 297 |
| Rhaumbusun | Desert | Tropical | Forgotten Realms | FR1MC |
| Simpathetic | Desert | Any | Planescape | PSII 94 |
| Skrit | Desert | Any | Dragonlance | DLMC |
| Snake, Heway | Desert | Any | Any | MM 320 |
| Solifugid, Giant | Desert | Tropical | Any | OMII 112 |
| Solifugid, Huge | Desert | Tropical | Any | OMII 112 |
| Solifugid, Large | Desert | Tropical | Any | OMII 112 |
| Troll, Desert | Desert | Any | Any | MM 349 |
| Worm, Thunderherder | Desert | Any | Any | MM 364 |
| Wraithworm | Desert | Any | Planescape | PSII 124 |
| Zombie, Desert | Desert | Any | Ravenloft | RVIII 123 |