Deathsquito Locations, Drops, and How to Beat

Deathsquito is one of the enemies found in the game Valheim. Learn where to find Deathsquito, spoils dropped by Deathsquito, as well as strategy for defeating Deathsquito and more.

Deathsquito General Info

Deathsquito
Behavior	Hostile
Health	10
Damage	70~90
Tameable?	No
Enemy Spawn Code	Deathsquito
Notes	Kills in one hit.

Deathsquito Locations

Biomes(s)

Biome	Boss Description
Plains	Boss: Yagluth Vast and hostile biomes that is mostly inhabited by Fulings, Fuling Shamans, and Fuling Berserkers. Also home of the infamous Deathsquito.

Dungeon(s)

Raid(s)

Enemy Spawn

If you don't mind using cheats to find it, Deathsquito can also easily be spawned with the console command.

To spawn the enemy, first turn on cheat codes by typing imacheater in the F5 console, and use the spawn Deathsquito command to spawn the enemy.

All Cheats and Spawnable Items

Deathsquito Drops

The Deathsquito creature can drop the following materials. Higher level enemies will typically drop higher quantities of each item.

Item	Qty.	Drop Rate
Needle	Level 1: 1 Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Level 1: 100% Level 2: 100% Level 3: 100%
Deathsquito Trophy	Level 1: 1 Level 2: 1 Level 3: 1	Level 1: ~1% Level 2: ~1% Level 3: ~1%

Deathsquito Battle Strategy

Bring Ranged Weapons

When fighting against Deathsquitos, always be sure to bring a ranged weapon since hitting them with melee weapons can be very difficult. A Deathsquito has very little health and can be killed in one hit by any weapon execpt the torch.

Dodge or Parry their Attacks

Dodging and parrying a Deathsquito's attacks can be fairly easy once you get used to it. Dodging makes you invincible for a generous amount of time and you can do this right before the Deathsquito's attack hits. This can help you run away from Deathsquitos since this method barely gives you time to attack them.

Dodging right before a Deathsquito's attack hits will not damage you. You can use this method to run away from Deathsquitos since this method doesn't give you time to attack them.

Parrying a Deathsquito's attack is very possible since the requirement is very low. You only need a Bronze Buckler in order to be able to parry a Deathsquito's attack. After a successful parry, you can kill them in one hit using any one handed weapon except the torch.

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