Troll Stronghold storeroom

The Troll Stronghold storeroom is the place in the Troll Stronghold where the Mountain trolls hoard their prized Goutweed, an important ingredient in troll cooking. The storeroom is on the lower level of the stronghold, accessible via stairs from the kitchen on the middle level.

During and after the Eadgar's Ruse quest, the player can take goutweed from the storeroom. This process occurs much like a minigame although it is not designated as such. Players familiar with the Sorceress's Garden minigame will notice that the process is similar to stealing herbs in that minigame.

The storeroom is initially locked. During Eadgar's Ruse, players must find the storeroom key in the Troll Stronghold kitchen (search the kitchen drawers) and use it to unlock the storeroom. Once unlocked, the storeroom subsequently remains unlocked.

The player obtains goutweed by getting to the storage bin on the southern wall of the storeroom. Troll guards, however, patrol the room, which is like a small maze because of the many crates there. If a guard sees the player, it throws a rock (causing 0-6 points of damage), knocks out the player, and kicks the player out of the room. Protect from Missiles prayer blocks any damage but does not prevent the player from being expelled. Sometimes while running through guards, if you are one square or so away, they may not notice you, especially at the door to the room.

A guard only sees the player if it is directly facing the player and within (approximately) five squares of the player. The key to reaching the goutweed is to run through parts of the maze when the guards cannot see the player. There are several routes players can take, and players can use safe spots that no guards ever examine. A safe and fast one is the 3-leg path shown on the map, using two safe spots.

Players that reach the goutweed crate must search it to get one piece of goutweed. Players are kicked out of the storeroom upon getting a piece, but they can run the maze again to get more.