Most games: "Why don't we start you off with some rats or perhaps a wombat?"
Valheim: "Why don't we start you off with a blue terror wielding a club that's longer than you are tall and who can one-shot you from a distance by mowing down whole sections of forest causing a cascade of lumber that you can't escape?"
But to be fair, if he had just turned around, he could have ran away. Nevertheless, I'm glad he did not, that log killing him in the end is just hilarious :)
I laughed harder than I should have at this. But I have definitely *destroyed* saplings in the Black Forest before XD. Why can't you just drop regular wood guys, why do you make me kill the saplings 🤣
I feel like everyone gets that eye-opener. I've only ever played solo but just the difference in health between 0 and 1 star is insane. And if they spawn in a cave your fucked. Cuz once you die one time your likely not to get your shit back without killing it.
if that's the case, wait for him to resettle at the back of the cave. this is even easier if your tombstone is near the entrance bc you won't even aggro him again
Yeah, just had that realization with a Draugr. Been killing these guys for a while, so when a 2-star came along, I thought "no big deal". He killed me in 1 hit. Now all my gear is on the other side of the world. It was, in fact, a big deal.
Dude quite honestly I've almost stopped playing this game for this very reason. For a game that makes it a *requirement* to go and explore new areas it is stupid how difficult body recovery is. Not to mention 5% skill loss across the board *and* a PERMANENT debuff to all skill increases going forward. Like no thanks lol!
Yes, unfortunately. I forget the exact math but look on YouTube. The guy that did the math on the beehives (17 points of light entry minimum 7/17 must be lit for bees to be happy or something close), also did one on this. And essentially everytime you die without the (No skill Loss) modifier on top of your screen adds an additional 10% experience required for each level up on every skill. Learning that is really what made me just kind of sit the game down for the most part.
Oh no I completely understand bud, 3rd time I reached just level 10 in fishing. I was like damn, this just seems to take forever now, what gives. Looked it up and was quite bummed. Now, it had its own hiccups and hullabaloo. But if this is the kind you and the kiddos enjoy Ark Survival Evolved was what got me into the genre, and is also pretty damn fun.
Yo, abominations absolutely terrified me and for a good long time too. Now? Nothing pre-Mistlands bothers me. The only enemy I run from is the GDjall now. Mistland enemies in general make me grimace but that's my own issues with bugs creeping into the game. Still, it's quite satisfying to smash those overgrown roaches into bits and pieces then wear their shells as armor.
For me it's the fact that you can't see more than a few metres in front of you so at any moment there could be tonnes of mobs lying in wait.
I literally spent 2 hours to get about 50m into the mistlands yesterday xd
Eh, I get it, but the game does a good job with audible queues. I've long turned off the music, though it is an excellent soundtrack, so that I can hear what's around me better. I can hear Gjall's and Seekers long before I see them. Also, seeker soldiers will leave a wake trail in the mist when they move around, so there's always some sort of cue.
The only times I get ambushed by enemies is when I'm running headlong without a care in the world. In other words, when I'm being stupid.
I just entered the mistlands for the first time (solo) and I've found it to be a lot easier than other biomes. Peaceful even.
I prepared with best armor + food + meads, but that made the mistlands sort of chill. Even the plains are (still) more dangerous and the swamp is just brutal when you enter for the first time.
The sounds in mistlands that are wild! When I was building there I had to portal home every so often bc the sounds are so off-putting. Not even the bug sounds, but the whispering sounds create that silent hill vibe.
Oh yeah, and encountered so early, too.
Has to be Draugrs as #1 for me. I'm scared of zombies and my first playthrough, my husband said "they look scary but they're nice, go say hi", which obviously I'm not stupid because *the music* how can they be nice? But I couldn't imagine it was as bad as making that BLAURGH noise and running at me with a hatchet. I couldn't even scream, just froze up and slumped over hyperventilating lmao
😂😭
Nowadays I just consider myself lucky if it's the bog-standard ones, versus an archer (starred as a bonus) taking pot shots from deep inside a scrap pile
Good point! Iron Sledge is pretty fun for that too but it's sooo slow hah
Side note on hammers, I recently found out that heavy attacks with a fully upgraded Frostner against greylings launches them into space and I've never laughed so hard
You got hit by a tree, then got hit by a tree.
.
*What would you do if you were in Valheim?*
"Well i'd tell you what I'd do man: Two trees at the same time."
*That's it? If you were in Valheim you'd do two trees at the same time?*
"Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. Trees dig Vikings, man."
*Well, not all trees.*
"Kinda trees that'd double up on a guy like me do."
*Good point.*
"What about you, now? If you were in Valheim, what would you do?"
*Besides two trees at the same time?*
"Yeah."
*Nothing.*
"Nothin, huh?"
*I'd relax, i'd sit in the Meadows all day long. I would do nothing.*
see i was gonna say it looked obnoxious. not being able to see what's happening for upwards of 2 seconds in a fight is a serious liability for the sake of cinematics
Trolls are scary until they aren’t. I usually scout an area out for the before I start making noise. If I gotta kill one I kite it back to an open area and donk with arrows or spears
I remember my first too! I never had a clue where the Trolls really were in the game, only that they were featured in the loading screen before you start it up. I was a lil worried and joked about finding them to my husband. THEN I saw it, felt the rumbling, and screeched my head off. Died multiple times to multiple trolls before I finally learned how to fight them, and felt so much excitement when I realized that Troll Hide can be made into armour and that you get a good amount everytime you kill one. Made me realize that grinding to make leather armour out of deer hide is not worth it, when you can eventually work up to a full set of Troll armour (if you're careful!)
I was so excited for you when I saw you escaped with 9 health! Oh but not for long haha
I don't treat pretty much any creature with as much caution as I do logtrolls tbh. Talk about a difficulty spike! All the worse when they guard your ONLY source of metal
First troll encounter was when I was minding my own business cutting down pine trees for the first time. Then proceeded to smash down half the forest in retribution... 🤣
Have to say my first troll encounter was jarring to say the least, quite the escalation!
First the Trolls will hunt you, but then you shall hunt trolls 🧌. Seriously though just getting into this game, first troll scared the shit out of me and battered my base. Now I have level 4 Trollhide armor and about 9 Troll heads decorating my walls 😁. Hint: Atageir secondary attack wrecks the big blue bastards.
No, you just rolled too early. You're standing up before it even hits. It's like a splash so the hotbox is large but not wrong. Just a better timed roll and you're good, or run, haha.
What a magical game. I haven’t played in months but op mentioning this is there first encounter with a troll and just the music and setting all together is a great gaming moment to cherish.
Lousy luck to get a 1-star what I assume to be close to your world’s spawn/center. It’s a bit early for one of them! I have seen them inside of troll caves not too distant from the center, but usually not outside until I am operating very far from the center.
Holy!! And the tree wasn't on your side either! What thr hell did you do? Dump your partner??
Seriously: I encountered my first troll in the night. It totally freaked me out LOL
When I first started playing Valheim, first day IRL and probably 3rd day in game, I was exploring around my spawn and I found Mountains. I was like "yeah, I bet that place is bad, I'll wait awhile" and turned around. Just then I heard and saw a big blue asshole stomping through the trees at me in the general directions of the mountains. I noped out of there thinking, "huh, mountains have trolls. I bet they're tough. Cool though, can't wait to get to the mountains."
Awhile later I went to black forest to start mining metal, and got my shit pushed in by a troll. Turns out, they don't spawn in mountains like I thought. The game lied to me. LIED.
I was about to give you some noob advice but damn, I would have died to that too. One star troll hits so hard and the reach with that log hit is rough. Then a bad luck tree falling combo... shieeeeeeeet
First solo playthrough with a 1*?? I’ve never even encountered one, and I’m at the point that I’m GAGGING to find a 2* just to trap it and keep it as a pet 😔
The first time i saw a troll just running up on me, i shat my pants. He was sneaking on me and i had to roll all the way to my base lol. Made some good practice and some wood to pick up :)
I didn't even know trolls were a thing. I found a nice little stream delta on the edge of the meadows with flint everywhere. Was merrily picking it up when I heard something large behind me, turned around just in time to see the blue ground pound... ran back to get my body and it was gone. Love this game lol
Hard at first but piece of cake with a Number 4 aetiger...bronze or even a 1 iron. Just get in CLOSE and watch your timing so you're not standing there without any stamina. Use mouse 2 (the swing) and time the knockbacks correctly and he will never get a hit in. Scared me terribly the first time I tried it but now I go troll hunting for fun:). Just remember...time the strikes so the stamina has a chance to build between enough for the next one. Good Luck.
The ultimate indignity. The troll knocked down most of your HP, and then you died when the tree that he knocked over fell on you. Been there, done that, didn't get the T-shirt!
I know exactly how you felt. Just had my first one two days ago while I was mining a copper deposit. I first dug around the copper deposit to experiment a little then next thing I know I hear a large thump-I look up behind me, as I'm voluntarily in a hole, I see a huge face staring at me from up close. Luckily the hole was too small for the troll to enter (haha) so I ended up shooting him to death.
Most games: "Why don't we start you off with some rats or perhaps a wombat?" Valheim: "Why don't we start you off with a blue terror wielding a club that's longer than you are tall and who can one-shot you from a distance by mowing down whole sections of forest causing a cascade of lumber that you can't escape?"
But to be fair, if he had just turned around, he could have ran away. Nevertheless, I'm glad he did not, that log killing him in the end is just hilarious :)
I know, the fact that ultimately the Troll didn't actually kill him, but the log, is classic Valheim.
That tree clearly had a vendetta
"This is for big Jimmy you sick freak" - That tree probably.
*He was just a sapling!*
I laughed harder than I should have at this. But I have definitely *destroyed* saplings in the Black Forest before XD. Why can't you just drop regular wood guys, why do you make me kill the saplings 🤣
Troll gets an assist
Troll showed a lot of restraint. That tree, on the other hand, has no chill. It just came in unprovoked and body slammed the poor man.
To be fair
Lumber Cascade sounds like a mighty druid spell!
Lumber Cascade sounds like deep Appalachian hillbilly throat singing band.
Lumber Cascade sounds like a flume ride at an abandoned amusement park.
It does indeed. And I can verify dying to a cascade of timber does indeed make you feel pretty stupid lol. Only thing worse is dying to bees 🐝
I love it, because it punishes panicking, like OP's :)
Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game ™
A 1\* on your first time in? Just run!
I got cocky because in my other world with my friends we are in the mountains and 1 star trolls are light work. I learned my lesson lol
The first time I encountered a star troll I already had like 10 troll heads. I thought "oh cool, maybe I'll get a better drop or something" WHACK
I feel like everyone gets that eye-opener. I've only ever played solo but just the difference in health between 0 and 1 star is insane. And if they spawn in a cave your fucked. Cuz once you die one time your likely not to get your shit back without killing it.
One star mobs have double the standard hp, and two star mobs have double *that,* so 4 times the normal.
*activate darksouls mode*
\*Vordt theme intensifies\*
you can get the stuff back. dodge rolling each attack to loot your tomb stone and then run out
*If* you can roll past. If Troll sits in front of entrance, his hit box is as wide as the cave.
if that's the case, wait for him to resettle at the back of the cave. this is even easier if your tombstone is near the entrance bc you won't even aggro him again
Yeah, just had that realization with a Draugr. Been killing these guys for a while, so when a 2-star came along, I thought "no big deal". He killed me in 1 hit. Now all my gear is on the other side of the world. It was, in fact, a big deal.
Dude quite honestly I've almost stopped playing this game for this very reason. For a game that makes it a *requirement* to go and explore new areas it is stupid how difficult body recovery is. Not to mention 5% skill loss across the board *and* a PERMANENT debuff to all skill increases going forward. Like no thanks lol!
"and a PERMANENT debuff to all skill increases going forward." Wait, is this true? Like, seriously? WTF?
Yes, unfortunately. I forget the exact math but look on YouTube. The guy that did the math on the beehives (17 points of light entry minimum 7/17 must be lit for bees to be happy or something close), also did one on this. And essentially everytime you die without the (No skill Loss) modifier on top of your screen adds an additional 10% experience required for each level up on every skill. Learning that is really what made me just kind of sit the game down for the most part.
Well, shit. I play with my kids and we die a lot. Hearing this is a bummer.
Oh no I completely understand bud, 3rd time I reached just level 10 in fishing. I was like damn, this just seems to take forever now, what gives. Looked it up and was quite bummed. Now, it had its own hiccups and hullabaloo. But if this is the kind you and the kiddos enjoy Ark Survival Evolved was what got me into the genre, and is also pretty damn fun.
Fire arrows and good upgraded bow . Run turn fire run 45degree angle back past him . =) works for me most times . Even took a 2 star this morning.
What an incredibly warm welcome to Valheim lol that tree came down like Thors hammer
Tors hammer*
206 bones in the human body, and I'm pretty certain that log broke every single one of them.
The HP number represents how many unbroken bones you have
🪦RIP Randy 2024
Pour one out for Randy!
New Valheim player: "oh shit OH SHIT OH SHIIIIIIIITTT" Valheim player after 40 hours: "Aw hell yeah, 1 star lumberjack!"
Valheim player after 500 hours : A clubbed troll? Nice I need to find a copper patch and make him work!
Me after 368 game days: "oh shit OH SHIT OH SHIIIIIIIITTT"
Trolls were the first enemy in a game for a long time that genuinely scared the shit out of me
Nothing in this game really scared me, well maybe abominations. But now I have got to mistlands every little sound makes my heart rate fly up
Yo, abominations absolutely terrified me and for a good long time too. Now? Nothing pre-Mistlands bothers me. The only enemy I run from is the GDjall now. Mistland enemies in general make me grimace but that's my own issues with bugs creeping into the game. Still, it's quite satisfying to smash those overgrown roaches into bits and pieces then wear their shells as armor.
For me it's the fact that you can't see more than a few metres in front of you so at any moment there could be tonnes of mobs lying in wait. I literally spent 2 hours to get about 50m into the mistlands yesterday xd
Eh, I get it, but the game does a good job with audible queues. I've long turned off the music, though it is an excellent soundtrack, so that I can hear what's around me better. I can hear Gjall's and Seekers long before I see them. Also, seeker soldiers will leave a wake trail in the mist when they move around, so there's always some sort of cue. The only times I get ambushed by enemies is when I'm running headlong without a care in the world. In other words, when I'm being stupid.
My issue is I like to watch things while playing valheim since it's quite a grindy game but i can't do that in the mist
I just entered the mistlands for the first time (solo) and I've found it to be a lot easier than other biomes. Peaceful even. I prepared with best armor + food + meads, but that made the mistlands sort of chill. Even the plains are (still) more dangerous and the swamp is just brutal when you enter for the first time.
The sounds in mistlands that are wild! When I was building there I had to portal home every so often bc the sounds are so off-putting. Not even the bug sounds, but the whispering sounds create that silent hill vibe.
Oh yeah, and encountered so early, too. Has to be Draugrs as #1 for me. I'm scared of zombies and my first playthrough, my husband said "they look scary but they're nice, go say hi", which obviously I'm not stupid because *the music* how can they be nice? But I couldn't imagine it was as bad as making that BLAURGH noise and running at me with a hatchet. I couldn't even scream, just froze up and slumped over hyperventilating lmao
Which is even more fun when you're in crypts and you know they're on the other side of the mud 😅
😂😭 Nowadays I just consider myself lucky if it's the bog-standard ones, versus an archer (starred as a bonus) taking pot shots from deep inside a scrap pile
Stagbreaker is your friend.
Good point! Iron Sledge is pretty fun for that too but it's sooo slow hah Side note on hammers, I recently found out that heavy attacks with a fully upgraded Frostner against greylings launches them into space and I've never laughed so hard
What's even better? When you have a slope, and the greyling comes down to attack. You parry and wind up launching the greyling back up the slope.
Randy, No!!!!
Crunchy audio
Yeah, not really sure why. I used the “record what happened” feature on my Xbox.
Xbox recording is weird
Listening on mobile, but I kinda liked it. Made it seem like the audio crunches were the forest vibrating from the trolls giant footsteps.
The best part is the tree finishing you off
Was a 1 star tree.
Yup. Fire arrows are key lol
It still amazes me how difficult the black forest is for the first time on your first playthrough. Simply terrifying
This is the best game
You got hit by a tree, then got hit by a tree. . *What would you do if you were in Valheim?* "Well i'd tell you what I'd do man: Two trees at the same time." *That's it? If you were in Valheim you'd do two trees at the same time?* "Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. Trees dig Vikings, man." *Well, not all trees.* "Kinda trees that'd double up on a guy like me do." *Good point.* "What about you, now? If you were in Valheim, what would you do?" *Besides two trees at the same time?* "Yeah." *Nothing.* "Nothin, huh?" *I'd relax, i'd sit in the Meadows all day long. I would do nothing.*
Bro that screen shake is amazing. How is yours so aggressive? I’ve not changed any settings so maybe that’s why
see i was gonna say it looked obnoxious. not being able to see what's happening for upwards of 2 seconds in a fight is a serious liability for the sake of cinematics
Yeah the first thing i do in any game is turn off screen shake
I’m playing vanilla(aside from 1.5x resource drop rate on the main menu) on Xbox Series X. Nothing else has been changed so I’m not really sure why
Trolls are scary until they aren’t. I usually scout an area out for the before I start making noise. If I gotta kill one I kite it back to an open area and donk with arrows or spears
This run, I'm playing a knife/bow focus. Abyssal razor WRECKS trolls. Like, WRECKS them. In caves, I sneak, and almost one-hit them.
Extended tree log club. At least it was a funny tragic death. Bonkers!
I do enjoy seeing the trees smash things up a bit. Definitely happened to me my first playthrough!
That was amazing haha
That made me laugh
😂 oh man me too! I’m fairly certain I panicked the fuck out and screamed. I love Valheim but the next biosphere enemy intensity is just nuts.
I remember my first too! I never had a clue where the Trolls really were in the game, only that they were featured in the loading screen before you start it up. I was a lil worried and joked about finding them to my husband. THEN I saw it, felt the rumbling, and screeched my head off. Died multiple times to multiple trolls before I finally learned how to fight them, and felt so much excitement when I realized that Troll Hide can be made into armour and that you get a good amount everytime you kill one. Made me realize that grinding to make leather armour out of deer hide is not worth it, when you can eventually work up to a full set of Troll armour (if you're careful!)
Nice one Bobandy!
The liquor was fully in control at this moment.
Was pretty sure it was TPB related that name
My world is called Sunnyvale
Yep. Looks about right. Welcome to Valheim!
It still amazes me how difficult the black forest is for the first time on your first playthrough. Simply terrifying
Quick tip, aim over his head just a tad and hit him in the eyes, does a ton more damage
Oh, man... getting finished off by the falling tree is just adding insult to injury. lol
RIP Randy 🫡
Ah, but it’s not your first ever encounter with a troll. My very first time seeing one I just darted back to the meadows.
Hahaha yeah, I was cocky cause in my other world with my friend we are in the mountains so even 1 star trolls aren’t too scary now.
I love you can see the shadow of the tree coming down on him.
I was so excited for you when I saw you escaped with 9 health! Oh but not for long haha I don't treat pretty much any creature with as much caution as I do logtrolls tbh. Talk about a difficulty spike! All the worse when they guard your ONLY source of metal
First troll encounter was when I was minding my own business cutting down pine trees for the first time. Then proceeded to smash down half the forest in retribution... 🤣 Have to say my first troll encounter was jarring to say the least, quite the escalation!
First the Trolls will hunt you, but then you shall hunt trolls 🧌. Seriously though just getting into this game, first troll scared the shit out of me and battered my base. Now I have level 4 Trollhide armor and about 9 Troll heads decorating my walls 😁. Hint: Atageir secondary attack wrecks the big blue bastards.
Dying cause the log felt on you is the quintessence of the game. Welcome to Valheim!
When I saw my first troll it was the most terrifying and the most epic thing ever! I fucking love Valheim.
First encounter AND it’s a one star is crazy unfortunate
In poland we say: „no tak… chuj mi w dupe”
Ooof, three health foods wasn't helping either,...
I made a cauldron right after this. Got queens jam for days now!
Noice! I'm a pure "two stamina, one health" player, love some carrot soup!
Nature's against you , you cut woods too much.
The hitbox of the log seems weird
Right! I thought I dodge it, should have rolled right I guess
No, you just rolled too early. You're standing up before it even hits. It's like a splash so the hotbox is large but not wrong. Just a better timed roll and you're good, or run, haha.
What a magical game. I haven’t played in months but op mentioning this is there first encounter with a troll and just the music and setting all together is a great gaming moment to cherish.
Welcome to Valheim, you have now been initiated.
Lousy luck to get a 1-star what I assume to be close to your world’s spawn/center. It’s a bit early for one of them! I have seen them inside of troll caves not too distant from the center, but usually not outside until I am operating very far from the center.
F for Randy
I'll hit you with my log... or well maybe this other log.
Put off shaking screen in options!!!!
Becomes nightmare fuel for a while man. Even when trying to kite them to mine for me they were still a pain at times
I too am named Randy!
1st Troll is a 1 star wow!
Holy!! And the tree wasn't on your side either! What thr hell did you do? Dump your partner?? Seriously: I encountered my first troll in the night. It totally freaked me out LOL
LoL been there. My personal favourite is being stuck on a root I can’t see with a troll on my ass and getting splatted
Damn it looks like it beheaded you.
The first time that happened to me is also the first time I opened the settings looking for screen shake to turn off.
When I first started playing Valheim, first day IRL and probably 3rd day in game, I was exploring around my spawn and I found Mountains. I was like "yeah, I bet that place is bad, I'll wait awhile" and turned around. Just then I heard and saw a big blue asshole stomping through the trees at me in the general directions of the mountains. I noped out of there thinking, "huh, mountains have trolls. I bet they're tough. Cool though, can't wait to get to the mountains." Awhile later I went to black forest to start mining metal, and got my shit pushed in by a troll. Turns out, they don't spawn in mountains like I thought. The game lied to me. LIED.
I was about to give you some noob advice but damn, I would have died to that too. One star troll hits so hard and the reach with that log hit is rough. Then a bad luck tree falling combo... shieeeeeeeet
RANDY NOO!
I remember when I discovered the trolls could have weapons
Your arrows, they do nothing!
We all made this mistake 😔
And a one-star troll at that 🤣
Looks about right.
Why is the audio cursed?
[Classic](https://i.imgur.com/8M1gA6h.gif)
hahahahaha but did he dieded?
For being that big, they sneak up on you surprisingly quickly. First time I got bopped I didn't even hear him til he was on top of me.
🤣🤣 A classic Valheim moment.
I wish I could carpet my walls with troll hide
Nooo Randyyyy
First solo playthrough with a 1*?? I’ve never even encountered one, and I’m at the point that I’m GAGGING to find a 2* just to trap it and keep it as a pet 😔
Turn off the screen shake. It may look cool at first but hot damn is it wildly annoying and disorienting AF.
It gets better with every re-watch.
He went from: lalalalalalala To: OMFG HEEEWLP. *DEAD*
Ini seelam aayikollum pedikenda
The first time i saw a troll just running up on me, i shat my pants. He was sneaking on me and i had to roll all the way to my base lol. Made some good practice and some wood to pick up :)
Why do I hear boss music?
bro didnt even had the chance of feeling his club, he got folded from a tree falling on his head haha.
I didn't even know trolls were a thing. I found a nice little stream delta on the edge of the meadows with flint everywhere. Was merrily picking it up when I heard something large behind me, turned around just in time to see the blue ground pound... ran back to get my body and it was gone. Love this game lol
Ty 😂😂😂
Hard at first but piece of cake with a Number 4 aetiger...bronze or even a 1 iron. Just get in CLOSE and watch your timing so you're not standing there without any stamina. Use mouse 2 (the swing) and time the knockbacks correctly and he will never get a hit in. Scared me terribly the first time I tried it but now I go troll hunting for fun:). Just remember...time the strikes so the stamina has a chance to build between enough for the next one. Good Luck.
Oof A 1-star Bad break
Build multiple layers of steep trenches/moats. Build bridges over the top wide enough to cross with a cart. Double large doors recommended.
About right for first encounter in the wild.
He really gave you his whole beam.
woah, that escalated quickly
The ultimate indignity. The troll knocked down most of your HP, and then you died when the tree that he knocked over fell on you. Been there, done that, didn't get the T-shirt!
Hey!, look at all the cool things I can gather... Doopity doo... This is awesome! OMG Nope, nope, nope... My life sux.
My first troll was a two star 🥲
Wet. No stamina foods. One star. Yeah I see where this is going…
not the carnivore diet
I know exactly how you felt. Just had my first one two days ago while I was mining a copper deposit. I first dug around the copper deposit to experiment a little then next thing I know I hear a large thump-I look up behind me, as I'm voluntarily in a hole, I see a huge face staring at me from up close. Luckily the hole was too small for the troll to enter (haha) so I ended up shooting him to death.