Mountain troll

Mountain trolls live in and around Trollheim. There are several troll variants, all with the same drops and Life Points - level 69 and 71. 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 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, or whether they just follow their noses, or whether they just don't understand the concept of the gods. They have no magics, and the most advanced technology they have is very poor and outdated on the standards of other races.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.

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 69s can occasionally hit 115, and the level 71s can sometimes hit 130.

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 tolerant.

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.

Drops
Note: Mountain trolls have been known to drop gold charms but not regularly so it is advised not to kill these for charms.

100% drop
Their Balls Big bones

Charms
(Out of 171 Mountain Trolls)
 * Gold: 0%
 * Green: 0%
 * Crimson: 0%
 * Blue: 0%

Other drops

 * 8m, 35m, 50m, 100m or 250m coins (common)
 * 7000 Nature runes (common)
 * 250, 450 or 600 Earth runes (common)
 * 20 Law runes
 * 30 Noted coal
 * 30Noted Raw mackerel
 * Half of a key
 * Shield left half (rare)
 * Long bone
 * Troll bone (During "Rag and Bone Man" Quest)
 * Curved bone
 * Court Summons

Talismans

 * Nature talisman
 * Chaos talisman

Herbs

 * Grimy Guam
 * Grimy Marrentill
 * Grimy Tarromin
 * Grimy Harralander
 * Grimy Irit
 * Grimy Avantoe
 * Grimy Kwuarm
 * Grimy Ranarr
 * Grimy Dwarf Weed
 * Grimy Cadantine
 * Grimy Lantadyme

Seeds

 * Herb seeds
 * Kwuarm seed
 * Marrentill seed
 * Tarromin seed
 * Toadflax seed
 * Harralander seed
 * Irit seed
 * Snapdragon seed
 * Ranarr seed
 * Torstol seed (very rare)
 * Spirit weed seed
 * Cadantine seed
 * Lantadyme seed
 * Dwarf weed seed
 * Allotment seeds
 * Strawberry seed
 * Watermelon seed
 * Hop seeds
 * Wildblood seed
 * Flower seeds
 * Limpwurt seed
 * Bush seeds
 * Jangerberry seed
 * Whiteberry seed
 * Poison ivy seed
 * Special seeds
 * Cactus seed
 * Belladonna seed
 * Mushroom spore
 * Avantoe seed

Weapons/Armour

 * Black picaxe (rare)
 * Dragon spear (rare)
 * Black warhammer (common)
 * Black hatchet
 * Steel medium helmet
 * Steel warhammer (common)
 * Adamant medium helmet
 * Adamant warhammer (common)
 * Mithril square shield
 * Rune spear (rare)
 * 5 Rune javelins

Gems

 * Uncut Sapphire
 * Uncut Emerald
 * Uncut Ruby
 * Uncut Diamond

Trivia



 * The level 71 troll seems to be wielding a Granite maul with a shortened handle.
 * Trolls are named to the first thing they ate (or tried to eat), or the first sound they make.