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(Wand of lightning will blind him, negating Elbereth. Cold should do 150% damage, but I can't find a source ref)
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{{questmon|Lord Surtur|Valkyrie|nemesis}}
 
{{questmon|Lord Surtur|Valkyrie|nemesis}}
He is generally considered one of the easier to defeat. Lord Surtur is one of the few quest nemeses who respects [[Elbereth]]. Novice players should still beware, however, as Lord Surtur may be the first enemy they encounter who teleports to the upstairs to heal. He is generated asleep at the center of his lair, surrounded by [[fire giant]]s and a handful of [[Trap#.5E_Squeaky_board|squeaky board traps]]. A valkyrie becomes [[stealth]]y at level 7, so if she doesn't wake the nemesis by stepping on a squeaky trap or in any other way,  she can clear out the fire giants before facing Lord Surtur in single combat. The player should stay on [[Elbereth]] on the upstairs themselves to keep Lord Surtur from teleporting away or from escaping upstairs. He has fire resistance but not cold resistance, so any [[wand of cold|cold]] attacks will do 50% extra damage. [[wand of death|Death magic]] is also effect, as he lacks magic resistance. He is not a spellcaster, so [[magic resistance]] is not necessary, but the [[Orb of Fate]] does not grant it, either.
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He is generally considered one of the easier to defeat. Lord Surtur is one of the few quest nemeses who respects [[Elbereth]]. Novice players should still beware, however, as Lord Surtur may be the first enemy they encounter who teleports to the upstairs to heal. He is generated asleep at the center of his lair, surrounded by [[fire giant]]s and a handful of [[Trap#.5E_Squeaky_board|squeaky board traps]]. A valkyrie becomes [[stealth]]y at level 7, so if she doesn't wake the nemesis by stepping on a squeaky trap or in any other way,  she can clear out the fire giants before facing Lord Surtur in single combat. The player should stay on [[Elbereth]] on the upstairs themselves to keep Lord Surtur from teleporting away or from escaping upstairs. He has fire resistance but not cold resistance, so any [[wand of cold|cold]] attacks will do 50% extra damage. [[wand of death|Death magic]] is also effective, as he lacks magic resistance. He is not a spellcaster, so [[magic resistance]] is not necessary, but the [[Orb of Fate]] does not grant it, either.
  
 
It is popular to [[tin]] Lord Surtur's corpse, whether to eat for the [[strength]] gain or simply to keep as a trophy.
 
It is popular to [[tin]] Lord Surtur's corpse, whether to eat for the [[strength]] gain or simply to keep as a trophy.

Revision as of 03:24, 15 March 2010


Lord Surtur, H, is the Valkyrie quest nemesis. He is generally considered one of the easier to defeat. Lord Surtur is one of the few quest nemeses who respects Elbereth. Novice players should still beware, however, as Lord Surtur may be the first enemy they encounter who teleports to the upstairs to heal. He is generated asleep at the center of his lair, surrounded by fire giants and a handful of squeaky board traps. A valkyrie becomes stealthy at level 7, so if she doesn't wake the nemesis by stepping on a squeaky trap or in any other way, she can clear out the fire giants before facing Lord Surtur in single combat. The player should stay on Elbereth on the upstairs themselves to keep Lord Surtur from teleporting away or from escaping upstairs. He has fire resistance but not cold resistance, so any cold attacks will do 50% extra damage. Death magic is also effective, as he lacks magic resistance. He is not a spellcaster, so magic resistance is not necessary, but the Orb of Fate does not grant it, either.

It is popular to tin Lord Surtur's corpse, whether to eat for the strength gain or simply to keep as a trophy.

Encyclopedia entry

Yet first was the world in the southern region, which was named Muspell; it is light and hot; that region is glowing and burning, and impassable to such as are outlanders and have not their holdings there. He who sits there at the land's-end, to defend the land, is called Surtr; he brandishes a flaming sword, and at the end of the world he shall go forth and harry, and overcome all the gods, and burn all the world with fire.

[ The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson ]

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