Online:Shalk

Shalk (lore page)
Location	Ash Mountain, Bad Man's Hallows, Bloodmayne Cave, Hightide Hollow, Senie, Sulfur Pools Dreudurai Glass Mine, Forgotten Wastes, Nchuleftingth, Vvardenfell The Deadlands Lava Vents Galen
Species	Shalk
Health	31,364
Reaction	Hostile
Drops
Carapace, Beetle Scuttle, Razor-Edged Mandible

A shalk

Shalks are aggressive giant beetles native to Morrowind. They attack with fire and can move through lava unharmed.

Related Quests

• 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.
• The Show Must Go On: Rescue the Dancing Scrib from the Steel Shrikes.
• Stem the Tide: Prevent a Covenant attack on Kragenmoor.
• 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.

Skills and Abilities

Standard

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 low flame damage.

Charged

Bite

A basic melee attack dealing low physical damage.

Flash Burst

The shalk quickly releases a burst of flames around itself, dealing low fire damage.

Fiery Bite

The shalk coats its mandibles with fire before lunging for a bite, dealing moderate physical damage and low flame damage over time. This attack can be blocked to set the shalk off-balance.

Flame Release

The shalk releases excess flames all around itself, as indicated by a circular AoE, dealing continuous moderate flame damage. This attack can be interrupted to set the shalk off-balance.

Unique Shalks

• 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

Variants

• 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 Shalks

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
Daen Seeth, Varanis	Standard shalks		31,364
	Charged shalks		60,370
Maelstrom Arena	Stage 8: Igneous Cistern		17,900(?)
The Cauldron	Boiling Path		(?)(?)

Notes

• 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.

Bugs

• The charged shalks at the Sulfur Pools have the same amount of health and abilities as non-charged shalks. ^?