Killing Trolls

[Valsh]

So I started a new world on my own and trying to figure a good way to kill trolls so i can get their hide to make their armor and need to know whats the best way to kill them.

Anything will help thanks!

[RequiemsRose]

I always skip the leather and go straight to troll armor, so yes, im hunting trolls in rags still normally (don't get hit, eat 3 meats so you can survive a hit if you do...deer, boar, neck is an easy to get combo that early). I love my fire arrows for this, and as i mentioned im usually using entirely health focused foods so im not exactly planning to be sprinting around either (though if i have the deer jesus power i will happily use it, not like electro-bambi is that difficult).

A finewood bow is preferred if you can get the materials, the trolls can help with that to if needed (and core wood comes from pines, already found in black forests with the trolls). Trolls are slow, so normally your little jog is just fine to kite them at just the right speed to let them catch up and try to attack to. You can sprint to make sure the attack misses but usually i just start drawing my bow (as another poster mentioned, fire is a damage over time effect, but if you time it for when they stop to attack its usually about when you need to reignite them to) while still walking away. It's usually enough to still be out of range of their attack (assuming no terrain or greydwarfs decide to get in the way). Mind the downward strike though, especially for the log troll, that one hurts (and is also the best one for breaking ore nodes that are usually super close to the ground where their swipe might not hit them).

Troll caves also usually have one inside them, though not 100% of the time. The perk of these is that the entrance counts as sheltered so you can place a fire and a workbench for rested and repairs. Plus they can not follow you out of the cave, so even though it's cramped inside you can just outright cheese them (or get all fancy and go with dodges or parries to move around them in such tiny spaces and kite them between the front and back of the cave). You can enter the cave with bow already drawn, or go in sneaking if you prefer (may not be the best approach if you dont have high sneak or already have some troll armor for that sneak bonus that you are just troll hunting to upgrade). Hit them (you can usually get 2-3 shots in before they come up to you back at the entrance, and if you are sneaky about it that first shot can be a staggering sneak crit for a decent chunk of their health to). When they get too close, simply walk back through the entrance (you dont actually have to interact with it to pass through). Even if you get hit once in the process you can just sit down outside, cook up some more meat, and recover for a minute (while the troll potentially de-aggroes so you can get another stealth crit no less). Keep going back in with your bow already drawn so you can at least let off a fire arrow at them before immediately leaving again if you find they are still camping the entrance (you may get hit, so always wait til full health to go back in). The fire damage will still tick on them while you are outside, though it only lasts a short time. Once the troll inside is cleared out, it wont respawn, but you can also place a fire inside to have a completely safe resting shelter during black forest travels as well.

[Nyu]

1hit wait roll repeat

[ArcyPaweł]

Originally posted by Urban Blackbear:

Shoot them in the belly. They take more damage there and your bow shots can stagger them if they haven't spotted you yet.

Their only weak point is their head. They take normal damage when you shoot then in belly

[Humpenstilzchen]

Find a bunch of trees that are close to eachother so he has to go around them and then just shoot arrows at him and retreat behind the trees so he can´t reach you. Don´t let him get too close or he will attack which fells the trees.

[Psalms]

Bow and arrow. Get a surprise shot on the back of their head then proceed to shoot them in the face (their eyes are the weak spots) while kiting them.

[Capt. Slappy]

Originally posted by ArcyPaweł:

Originally posted by Urban Blackbear:

Shoot them in the belly. They take more damage there and your bow shots can stagger them if they haven't spotted you yet.

Their only weak point is their head. They take normal damage when you shoot then in belly

Hes not wrong about the sneak/back stab damage though.

[Urban Blackbear]

Originally posted by ArcyPaweł:

Originally posted by Urban Blackbear:

Shoot them in the belly. They take more damage there and your bow shots can stagger them if they haven't spotted you yet.

Their only weak point is their head. They take normal damage when you shoot then in belly

Thanks for the clarification. It's the weakness to pierce that allows you to stagger them with spears and arrows.

[Viceroy Günther von Lichler]

Fire arrow to the face, enough stamina to be able to kite, hehe.
They aren't that bad, just scary. If they get into your base with a tree trunk and start swinging is when it gets bad.

[Gramps]

i use a fine bow with steel headed arrows ,it only takes a few to kill it

[Complaintdesk]

Block/parry using a shield and 1h weapon of choice. After watching my nephew do this in 2 hits with sword, and seeing how easy it was, the fear coursing through my veins subsided. Trolls are probably one of the best creatures in Valheim to learn this quintessential skill on as they telegraph their blows so slowly and visually. A successful block/parry staggers an enemy which not only greatly lowers their defences, it also leaves them completely open to 2 or 3 hits.

To ensure one's block will result in a successful stagger, only raise the shield after the opponent begins their strike. I have never died to 1 or more trolls attacking me (regardless of stars) since I learned this skill back when I was wearing bronze. I now almost always use trolls when I come across one to harvest copper and wood.

[Athex]

Did it from my boat, they go into water and head was just in front of me, they can't hit so high, just shoot it to death, problem is to collect loot in water..

The trench technic is really OK. Or raise a couple close pillars and run him crazy around those as he can't enter the maze.

[Goodest Boi Hugo]

Copper Knife, sneak on them and wala free hit, also get a bronze Buckler and parry.

[ling.speed]

Bows are kind of a trap in this game. Early on when you dont have black forest food and metal shield to parry, you just dodge its attacks and stab it with spear or dagger if you fancy that.

Place a bed nearby first time facing one in melee so you can get back to action quick (after you die once, corpse run makes you unlikely to get killed second time). And after you learn its attacks you wont die anymore.

Trolls with wood log while scarier are actually easier to dodge as their attacks have longer windup. Watch out for barehand troll attack from above - dont bufer attacks (click too much). 1-2 hits and let him attack.

Also dont dodge "out of the way", you are kind of invincible at the start of a roll, so the timing is imporntat not actual position.

[Valsh]

Ive been reading all the comments and thank you to everyone who's posted, another thing I have is should I go for the Troll armor or go for bronze armor?

[Viceroy Günther von Lichler]

I think that bronze is better. Easier to get, more armor. But if you somehow swim in troll hides the troll armor is just as fine for that tier.