There's a smell of sulfur in the air...
- Duration
- 2 min
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
A raid that finds your base and sends Surtling.
When it fires
It ends with: The smell is fading
What comes
| Creature | At once | Group | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surtling | 4 | 1 | Any time |
Everything above walks in from outside the event radius, so a wall and a raised platform matter more than raw damage: the spawns path toward you and a stake wall buys the time to shoot them.
There's a smell of sulfur in the air... is a Valheim raid unlocked by a surtling, Bonemass and lasting 2 min. It sends Surtling and can fire in Plains, Black Forest, Meadows, Swamp. It stops being possible once — the game keeps a key for that and quietly drops the raid from the pool rather than announcing it.
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There's a smell of sulfur in the air... FAQ
What unlocks There's a smell of sulfur in the air...?
a surtling, Bonemass. The game records that as a world key, and the raid joins the pool from then on.
How long does There's a smell of sulfur in the air... last?
2 min. It can fire in Plains, Black Forest, Meadows, Swamp, and everything it sends walks in from outside the event radius rather than appearing on top of you.
What triggers There's a smell of sulfur in the air...?
It becomes possible a surtling, Bonemass. 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.
What attacks during There's a smell of sulfur in the air...?
Surtling. 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 There's a smell of sulfur in the air...?
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.