Alien Creature Description Generator

Need a way of generating the name & description of a random alien creature for your story or game?

Say your characters find themselves on an alien planet, they might meet all sorts of wonderous creatures, large & small. This is a generator for creating random alien beasts, vicious creatures which might attack you, or friendly creatures which might come over and lick you. All of the alien creatures in this generator are “beasts” meaning they’re not intelligent. If you want a generator with ideas for alien species & civilisations, see our Alien Species Generator, & if you need the name of the planet they live on, use our Alien Planet Name Generator.

Alien Creature generator

Creature Name: Olknirs

Description: This is an intelligent monster with wide wings, allowing it to glide, but not fly. It needs to climb up high to use them. They shed their skin once a month..

Creature Name: Luxlit

Description: This is a gentle avian alien with a low-pitched growl. It can reproduces asexually, especially if trapped on a spaceship. These creatures are considered extremely dangerous.

Creature Name: Terasian

Description: This is a beautiful beast with transparent eyelids, so they can see predators while blinking. These creatures are quickly destroying their habitat.

Creature Name: Va'zoik

Description: A dim-witted alien with yellow eyes & purple skin. This creature's eggs have extraordinary healing powers. If injured, it might eat its own eggs to restore strength.

Creature Name: Arclit

Description: A time-travelling beast with no ears. It lives in small herds called 'gobs'. These creatures are to be avoided, as currently there is a plague on their homeworld.