The Stormherd: let the lightning find the iron.

What it is

A great horned beast of dark storm cloud. It wakes when you climb near it, and the storm comes with it. It is based on lightning rods, which have guarded buildings since the 1750s, and on the storms that gather round high peaks.

Where and when it comes

• On the high peaks of the Skyreach and on the frozen Hoarfrost heights.
• It walks in 45 to 60 metres from you, on the mountain.
• It sees you from about 70 metres away.
• After one is slain, another cannot come for about 35 minutes.

Stats

Thing	Value
Health	900
Bolt	22 damage in a 3 m circle, after a 1.2 second warning, about every 4 seconds (every 2.5 seconds when enraged)
Stamp (close in)	14 damage in a 5 m circle, about every 2.2 seconds
Signature: Bolt Call	Three marks, 2.1 m across, 14 damage, about every 9 seconds
Rod reach	A metal block within 5 metres of the strike takes the bolt

How the fight works

1. Warning. The ground at your feet glows before a bolt. Move at once.
2. Bolt. The bolt falls where the glow is. Get out of the circle.
3. Stamp. Close in and it stamps the ground round it.
4. Enraged. Below half health its bolts come faster.

Blows mostly pass through its body of cloud. A bolt is different: it goes to metal. If you stand a block of iron or steel near where the bolt will strike, the bolt takes the rod instead and arcs straight back into the beast. This is how you hurt it.

Tips

• Build a column of iron or steel blocks on the peak before the fight, within 5 metres of where the bolts land.
• Watch the glowing ground and keep moving.
• Stay out of the beast's stamp circle when you are close.

What it drops

Drop	Amount
Glass	10 to 17
Iron	6 to 11
Gold pieces	2 to 4
Sapphire	1 to 2
Trophy	Stormherd Horn

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