A foul smell from the swamp...
- Duration
- 3 min
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
A raid that finds your base and sends Draugr, Skeleton.
When it fires
It ends with: The smell is gone
A foul smell from the swamp... is a Valheim raid unlocked by The Elder and lasting 3 min. It sends Draugr, Skeleton and can fire in Plains, Meadows, Swamp, Mountain, Black Forest. It stops being possible once Bonemass — the game keeps a key for that and quietly drops the raid from the pool rather than announcing it.
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A foul smell from the swamp... FAQ
What unlocks A foul smell from the swamp...?
The Elder. The game records that as a world key, and the raid joins the pool from then on.
How long does A foul smell from the swamp... last?
3 min. It can fire in Plains, Meadows, Swamp, Mountain, Black Forest, and everything it sends walks in from outside the event radius rather than appearing on top of you.
What triggers A foul smell from the swamp...?
It becomes possible The Elder. Until then the game will not roll it at all, which is why a raid that "never happens" is usually a raid that has not been unlocked yet rather than bad luck.
Does A foul smell from the swamp... ever stop?
Yes — it stops being rolled Bonemass. Valheim retires early raids as you progress, so the ones that terrorised your first base quietly disappear.
What attacks during A foul smell from the swamp...?
Draugr, Skeleton. The spawns are fixed rather than scaled to your gear, so the answer is the same on day five and day five hundred; what changes is whether you can hold the wall.
How do you survive A foul smell from the swamp...?
Raids target structures within 96 metres of you, and they spawn outside your base rather than inside it. A wall with no gap at ground level, a raised earth bank, and somewhere to shoot from turns almost every raid into a queue. Fighting in the open is what makes them dangerous.