Mountain troll
Release date | 9 August 2004 (Update) |
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Members? | Yes |
Combat level | 69, 71 |
Life points | 900, 910 |
Experience for killing | 360, 365 |
Slayer level | Level 1 |
Slayer XP | 90 |
Assigned by | Chaeldar, Sumona |
Aggressive? | Yes |
Poisonous? | No |
Immune to poison? |
No |
Attack style | Melee |
Attack speed | FastInterval: 3.0 seconds |
Max hit | 115, 134 |
Weakness | Poison, Slash |
Always drops | Big bones |
Examine text | Small for a troll, but mean and ugly. |
For the monster encountered during Troll Invasion, see Mountain troll (Troll Invasion).
Mountain trolls live in and around Trollheim. There are several troll variants, all with the same drops and Life Points - level 69 and 71, They give 365 exp for Strength, Defence, and Attack . There are also two named trolls called Twig and Berry on the bottom floor of Troll Stronghold, and troll spectators, which feature in the Troll Stronghold quest.
The Troll Race
The race of mountain trolls are huge, muscular and dull. They are dim-witted, and are less creative and more reclusive and aggressive than ogres. It is unknown if they have any sort of organised religion, like the ogres, whether they just follow their noses, or whether the concept of the gods is simply beyond their level of comprehension. They have no magics, and the most advanced technology they have is very poor and outdated on the standards of other races. Their weaponry seems to include mostly simple clubs, an example of how they are lacking technologically.
It also appears that the trolls are quite mysterious, as many scholars wonder why the trolls never died out long ago, as their lack of intelligence and their high level of aggressiveness would seem to point out that their tribes and species' would fight one another.
The trolls are usually seen as an evil race, and in the God Wars they possibly fought in Bandos' army, but most likely didn't, since evidence suggests that they were underground at the time initiating the Keldagrim-Troll Country War. The trolls also are tribal, and they may have once shared a common ancestor with ogres and such, but Bandos may have split them depending on rank. The trolls, after the God Wars, moved high up into the mountains. They are known enemies of the dwarves and humans in the area, whom they frequently skirmish with on the borders to the cities from the mountains looking to capture humans to devour. Mountain Trolls enjoy eating Humans and most commonly their cooks Burntmeat, and Ash boil them alive in cauldrons into stews, whereas Dung prefers them fried.
Locations
- Trollheim
- The tunnel outside of Keldagrim
- On Death Plateau
Strengths and weaknesses
Mountain Trolls attack with melee. They are not really that accurate, but the level 69's can occasionally hit 115, and the level 71's can sometimes hit up to 134.
They can be ranged or maged but it's not easy. There is a safe spot in Trollheim. Just range or mage a troll across a fire. It would be best used when they become unaggressive. You can also safespot the Troll Spectators by having a Spectator stand in between you and the one you are attacking, although it should be noted that this may be difficult to do. It is also possible to safespot on the south wall at the end of the Keldagram tunnel, though it is only possible to do this to one of the trolls that spawn. Another safespot can be found in the middle level of the troll stronghold. You can hide behind an open door because the trolls are too large to fit through.
The best safespot can be found in the camp outside the stronghold. There is one smaller tent that trolls cannot enter and where you are safe from all attacks. You can range or mage from here and as long as you don't stand near the entrance you won't be attacked.
Alternatively, you can safespot Troll Generals, which are located within Trollheim. They provide more experience and much easier to safespot them from the small space they are contained in. However they are harder to kill and are much more dangerous, hitting 300s+ on player with low defence.
Compared to most other monsters trolls have a surprisingly small range at which they will notice and attack you. Typically even aggressive trolls will only start attacking you if you pass right next to them, within one square's radius. If you are quick and careful, you can often run past them a couple of squares away, without being noticed. (Note that this does not hold true for Thrower Trolls which use Ranged.)
If you are assigned trolls as a slayer assignment, a good idea would be to attack the Troll spectator because they are not aggressive and count towards Slayer. However some Slayers may find Troll spectators slow because they are not aggressive and are spread out. Other locations with high concentrations of aggressive Mountain Trolls such as Death Plateau may be faster for slayer assignments. It should also be noted that slayer masters such as Sumona give Trolls as a slayer task very often. This is disliked by many players, so if you happen to get them as a slayer task and don't have a high task streak, it is recommended to block them (requires 100 slayer points). NOTE: If you decide to kill Trolls in the area of Thrower Trolls, make sure you run past the Throwers with Ranged prayer ON. If you do not run past them, or do not have Protect from Ranged on, you will take heavy damage. There are 4 of them, and they deal high damage at a high rate. This area is highly dangerous when Protect from Range is not turned on. It is also a smart idea not to multitask while killing these trolls.
Another place to attack Mountain Trolls is the tunnel outside Keldagrim as this does not need quest requirements to access and there are a number of level 69 Mountain Trolls. Since they are susceptible to poison, one tactic is to use a poisoned weapon (e.g. Dragon Dagger P++ ) for the first attack on the Troll and then switch to a weapon with higher bonuses (e.g. Dragon Longsword or Scimitar).
Drops
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Big bones 1 Always 351
Herbs
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Grimy guam 1 Common 521 Grimy marrentill 1 Common 41 Grimy tarromin 1 Uncommon 56 Grimy harralander 1 Uncommon 385 Grimy ranarr 1 Rare 3,508 Grimy irit 1 Rare 1,496 Grimy avantoe 1 Rare 2,877 Grimy kwuarm 1 Common 2,902 Grimy cadantine 1 Uncommon 1,336 Grimy lantadyme 1 Very rare 6,002 Grimy dwarf weed 1 Very rare 7,525
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Guam seed 1 Common 5 Belladonna seed 1 Common 29 Strawberry seed 1–2 Common 92–184 Marrentill seed 1 Common 3 Tarromin seed 1 Common 7 Harralander seed 1 Common 4 Toadflax seed 1 Uncommon 989 Limpwurt seed 1 Uncommon 147 Jangerberry seed 1 Uncommon 2 Whiteberry seed 1 Uncommon 24 Poison ivy seed 1 Uncommon 31 Cactus seed 1 Uncommon 20 Spirit weed seed 1 Uncommon 3,869 Irit seed 1 Uncommon 100 Avantoe seed 1 Uncommon 1,306 Kwuarm seed 1 Uncommon 1,042 Ranarr seed 1 Rare 2,935 Cadantine seed 1 Rare 997 Lantadyme seed 1 Rare 28,328 Dwarf weed seed 1 Rare 43,732 Watermelon seed 1 Rare 1,861 Wildblood seed 1 Rare 2 Bittercap mushroom spore 1 Rare 7
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Black warhammer 1 Uncommon 623 Steel warhammer 1 Common 361 Steel helm 1 Common 98 Adamant helm 1 Common 1,039 Adamant warhammer 1 Uncommon 2,987 Black hatchet 1 Uncommon 304 Mithril sq shield 1 Uncommon 793
Runes
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 7 Common Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". Earth rune 25, 45, 60 Common 150–360 Law rune 2 Uncommon 298
Other
Rare drop table drops
This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 8, 35, 50, 100, 250 Common Not sold Coal 3 (noted) Common 789 Raw mackerel 3 (noted) Common 87 Long bone 1 Uncommon Not sold Curved bone 1 Uncommon Not sold Court summons 1 Rare Not sold Spin ticket 1 Rare Not sold Troll bone 1 Rag and Bone Man quest.</ref> Uncommon <ref>Only dropped duringNot sold Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 Common 810 Uncut emerald 1 Common 1,295 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,613 Loop half of a key 1 Uncommon 9,402 Tooth half of a key 1 Uncommon 12,758 Uncut diamond 1 Uncommon 9,520 Uncut dragonstone 1 Rare 13,572 Dragonstone 1 Rare 10,393 Dragon dagger 1 Common 17,356 Rune javelin 5 Rare 1,285 Adamant javelin 20 Very rare 800 Rune spear 1 Very rare 12,130 Dragon spear 1 Very rare 40,021 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) Very rare 867,800 Rune kiteshield 1 Very rare 34,977 Shield left half 1 Very rare 65,553 Dragon helm 1 Very rare 60,107 Adamant bolts 200 Uncommon 31,600 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 Rare 28,500–95,000 Onyx bolts 150 Rare 1,315,350 Battlestaff 200 (noted) Rare 1,612,200 Air orb 1000 (noted) Rare 1,216,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) Rare 1,406,000 Vecna skull 1 Very rare 457,724 Water talisman 1 Uncommon 4,485 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) Uncommon 20,650–28,910 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) Uncommon 48,450–67,830 Chaos talisman 1 Uncommon 137 Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 165 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) Uncommon 53,500–1,605,000 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 47–77 Rare Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".–Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". Soul rune 20 Rare 6,360 Death rune 50, 121 Rare 9,250–22,385 Blood rune 50 Rare 9,750 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) Uncommon 37,875–303,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) Uncommon 129,750–259,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) Uncommon 52,650–175,500 Coal 150–7500 (noted) Uncommon 39,450–1,972,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) Uncommon 248,250–1,324,000 Silver ore 100 (noted) Rare 9,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) Rare 2,175,000–15,225,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) Rare 1,067,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) Uncommon 115,665 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) Uncommon 69,100–691,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) Uncommon 168,210–672,840 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) Uncommon 277,960–2,779,600 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) Very rare 854,750 Watermelon seed 3 Uncommon 5,583 Yew seed 1–50 Rare 84,903–4,245,150 Magic seed 1–6 Rare 294,483–1,766,898 Palm tree seed 10 Rare 1,219,220 Snapdragon seed 1 Rare 26,078 Torstol seed 1–31 Rare 274,040–8,495,240 Fellstalk seed 2 Rare 2,052 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) Rare 49,400–9,880,000