| Shalk (lore page) |
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| Location | Ash Mountain, Bad Man's Hallows, Bloodmayne Cave, Hightide Hollow, Senie, Stonefalls, Sulfur Pools Dreudurai Glass Mine, Forgotten Wastes, Nchuleftingth, Vvardenfell  The Deadlands  Lava Vents   Galen |
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| Species | Shalk | ||
| Health | 31,364 | ||
| Reaction | Hostile | ||
| Drops | |||
| Carapace, Beetle Scuttle, Razor-Edged Mandible | |||
Shalks are aggressive giant beetles native to Morrowind. They attack with fire and can move through lava unharmed.
Skills and AbilitiesEdit
- Bite
- A basic melee attak dealing low physical damage.
- Fire Spew
- The shalk inhales air before spewing a spray of fire back out of its mouth, indicated by a thin conal AoE, dealing continuous moderage flame damage.
Related QuestsEdit
- Percussive Ranching: Help a kwama farmer gather his herd.
- Peril at the Pools: Locate the farmers who were displaced by the Covenant invasion.
- Proving Trust: Aid a town in the wake of a volcanic eruption.
- Recovering the Guar: Locate the guar that ran away during the Covenant attack.
- Stem the Tide: Prevent a Covenant attack on Kragenmoor.
- The Show Must Go On: Rescue the Dancing Scrib from the Steel Shrikes.
- The Truth about Spiders: Figure out what is controlling the spiders in Hightide Hollow.
- Unbridled Wealth: Recover a merchant's wares and her favorite guar.
Unique ShalksEdit
- Boilbite, the second mini-boss in Volenfell
- Dead Shalk, a deceased shalk found in Bad Man's Hallows during the quest Season of Harvest
- Incineration Beetles, a quartet of shalks part of the second boss encounter in the Blessed Crucible
- Razorback, one of the delve bosses of Bloodmayne Cave
- Skitterflame, one of the champions in Bad Man's Hallows
VariantsEdit
- Fire Shalks, shalks found in various dungeons
- Great Shalks, shalks found on Vvardenfell
- Magma Shalks, shalks found in the Infinite Archive
- Sickly Shalks, shalks found at Sarandel's Carnival. Later renamed to Trained Shalks.
- Spiral Shalks, spectral shalks summoned by Spiral Descenders within Sanity's Edge
Generic ShalksEdit
Generic, unnamed shalks shalks can be encountered in various places across Tamriel, including delves, dungeons, and DLC content. These shalks have varying stats, namely health. Below is a list of shalks, categorized by location, difficulty and health.
| Zone / Dungeon | Specific Location | Difficulty | Health |
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Maelstrom Arena |
Stage 8: Igneous Cistern |  17,900 (?) |
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The Cauldron |
Boiling Path | (?) (?) |
NotesEdit
- As of Update 10, shalks have a chance to drop beetle scuttle.
- Although described as a type of shalk, the dire ash beetle Ash-Eater has the appearance of an assassin beetle.