Online:Shalk

Shalk (lore page)
Location	Ash Mountain, Bad Man's Hallows, Bloodmayne Cave, The Deadlands, Hightide Hollow, near Magmaflow Overlook, Senie, Softloam Cavern Caverns of Kogoruhn, Dreudurai Glass Mine, Nchuleftingth, Vvardenfell
Species	Shalk
Health	31364
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.

Skills and Abilities

Fire Bite

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.
• 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 Shalks

• Boilbite, the second mini-boss in Volenfell
• Dead Shalk, a deceased shalk found in Bad Man's Hallows, involved in 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
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.