Why Trolls?!

[JaxterSmith]

Forgive me for being a bit salty but Trolls are the worst possible raid, my whole group likes to build as pretty of structures as we can, so its reaaaaly annoying when a troll raid shows up and anniahlates entire buildings with their attacks... is there any good counter to them?
We have a wall but they just break through the gates in like 2 hits and ignore the rest of the wall entirely, sure I can kite them away but that only does so much good when killing them away from the base just makes a new one spawn on the far side to smash up our buildings...

Should we just rush killing Bonemass so we get different attacks instead?

Frankly Id prefer not having the Blue Man Group perform any more concerts at our base...

[DaTank]

I hear digging a deep trench around your base deals with these guys.

[Sisco]

just get some fire arrows and you'll be fine, that's how I slaughter those bad boys

[Lexor]

If you can't proper deal with them by walls (palisade) and spikes, you could dig a moal all around. It will guard your buildings for 100% against all enemies except the flying ones (late game only).
Or you can raise a wall out of dirt. It would be indestructible.

[Sawer]

I'd suggest digging a trench around your building area, fill it with spikes, then they can possibly fall in and get stuck and also they can't directly just walk up to the walls. It takes a bit to make, but with a bronze pick axe it shouldn't take too long.

[BobthenotsoGreat]

Dig a trench and/or raise terrain. They cannot path through it. If you go to lot of trouble building an awesome base it won't take to long to build the defences to protect it.

You can make a "drawbridge" of sorts with a "bridge" across the moat that has pieces missing (so no path) that you can easily jump over. You can always add a chest nearby with hammer and wood so the bridge can be completed to get carts, tames across then break it again.

[Demonen]

I have a deep trench with a wooden bridge over it, and the gate *on the bridge*.
When the trolls attack the gate, they destroy the bridge, and then they can't figure out a way to get in. They get bored and walk away.

(Yes, I know they're not thinking that, but "this breaks the pathfinding, lol" is not as satisfying!)

[Gran]

Originally posted by JaxterSmith:

sure I can kite them away but that only does so much good when killing them away from the base just makes a new one spawn on the far side to smash up our buildings..

And there is your answer, think about what might happen if you only kite without killing. The event will end with dawn anyways.

[asanger]

You could also plant a forest around your walls.
They aren't going to knock them down if they can't get close enough to attack anything.

[Ivara Ara]

Just build some stakewalls around your base man, they take a while to take those down and by that time you should have handled the event.

[JaxterSmith]

Thanks for the answers guys, Raised dirt sounds like a pretty neat choice that I hadn't thought of (mostly because I thought you and enemies could walk up any slope with enough time).
Raising a forest as a wall sounds very cool too, would make for a neat atmosphere for the base...
I will be sure to try these.

>Gran
Thanks for the reply, but If I wanted to kite for 10 minutes straight every time they visit I would rather stop playing instead.

>Ivara Ara
Except that they just break the gates instead and walk right around the stakewalls.

[Grailer]

in 300+ days I've only had 1 troll bash down 1 door . This really isn't a major issue if you dig a trench around your base and put up spike walls .

[little toxic]

make n guardian, and u be good.

[monsterfurby]

Originally posted by little toxic:

make n guardian, and u be good.

Does the guardian also protect from AI enemies? I thought it was mostly to prevent other players from razing/damaging your base.

[gerald2]

Originally posted by JaxterSmith:

Forgive me for being a bit salty but Trolls are the worst possible raid, my whole group likes to build as pretty of structures as we can, so its reaaaaly annoying when a troll raid shows up and anniahlates entire buildings with their attacks... is there any good counter to them?
We have a wall but they just break through the gates in like 2 hits and ignore the rest of the wall entirely, sure I can kite them away but that only does so much good when killing them away from the base just makes a new one spawn on the far side to smash up our buildings...

Should we just rush killing Bonemass so we get different attacks instead?

Frankly Id prefer not having the Blue Man Group perform any more concerts at our base...

never got troll raid until i killed 2nd boss,and when u killed 2nd boss you should have base already fortified enough to keep em at bay.

[MelchaZedek]

My base is on a 60 feet high cliff, it is a stronghold of stone and reinforced wood, with deep pits around filled with spikes and guard towers with chest full of arrows where i can fire every angles, u can only acces this place through 2 stone bridges, with 3 differents iron doors. picture
As they cant physically climb (if they start to attack they can only break the stairs below, that lead to the bridges which are built on elevated earth).
i got mutliples troll raids and they never landed a hit on my house.