Troll Invasion - RuneScape Guide (2024)

Introduction

Troll Invasion is a one-person activity. Trolls are attacking Burthorpe, and can be stopped with combat or skilling.

Preparation/Equipment

Possible set up:

• Helm: Helm of neitiznot > Berserker helm > Void melee helm
• Amulet: Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory > Amulet of strength > Demon horn necklace > Split dragontooth necklace
• Cape: Completionist Cape > Maxed Cape > Fire cape > Soul wars Cape > Skill Cape
• Weapon: Chaotic rapier > Chaotic longsword > Chaotic crossbow > Abyssal whip > Abyssal vine whip
• Special attack weapon: Dragon claws > Dragon dagger(p++) > Enhanced excalibur > Saradomin godsword
• Shield: Dragon defender > Dragonfire shield (Charged) > Rune defender
• Torso: Bandos chestplate > Fighter Torso > Rune platebody > Void
• Legs: Bandos tassets > Torag's platelegs > Verac's plateskirt > Void
• Boots: Dragon boots > Rune boots > Bandos boots
• Gloves: Culinaromancer's gloves 10 > Dragon gauntlets
• Ring: Berserker ring > Ring of vigour > Warrior ring

Getting Started

Fighting

Supply table:

Enemy Trolls

Image	Name	Attack Style	Notes
	Mountain troll	Melee	The most common troll and only uses melee. They are very easy to defeat and are not a big threat. They are easily trapped.
	Troll ranger	Ranged	A standard Ranged fighter that are easy to defeat. They attack by throwing rocks, and have a special attack where they throw a larger rock. This is easily avoidable because you will see the troll perform an animation where it picks up a large rock then throws it, which takes a few seconds giving the player time to move from where you were standing, and it will land where you were standing before.
	Poorly Cooked Karambwan	Melee	This is a non-aggressive troll, but will retaliate if attacked. Standing next to them while they cough will cause your stats to be lowered by a few levels. This troll likes to wonder around a lot out of the battlefield, so you should attack from a far range or wait for him to return to the battlefield. These should be last priority since they are the least harmful.
	Troll general	Melee	These trolls are the highest hitting of all trolls, with powerful melee attacks they easily hit in the 400s. Using protect from melee is a must while fighting these trolls. These are a high priority when praying against something else, and you should kill them or trap them.
	Wizard	Magic	This troll uses Magic attacks. They use two special attacks, one when they summon vines around the player which do damage over time, and another one that pulls you towards them and stuns you for a period of time making you unable to move or attack. Only Dynamite trolls should be higher priority to be deal with.
	Troll father	Ranged	This troll attacks with ranged and brings three Troll Runts into the battle with him. He will heal the runts if they drop below 50% Life points, so you should kill him before the runts. This troll is middle priority.
	Troll runt	Melee	These runts will enter combat with a Troll father. They attack with melee, and are healed by the Troll father if he is not killed before the runts so make sure you kill the Troll father before taking out the runts.
	Summoner	Magic	This troll uses standard magic attacks, the attack is very accurate but doesn't hit high. They summon familiars to help it in combat, the Thorny snail, spirit scorpions, bunyips, and granite lobsters. You must kill the summoned familiar to start the next wave.
	Dynamite	None	These trolls must be killed immediately. If they can get to their target they will destroy the supply table. The table won't regenerate for the rest of the activity. To kill dynamite trolls attack them once and they will explode a few seconds laer.
	Cliff	Melee, Magic, Ranged	Cliff uses all combat styles. Cliff rarely uses his magic attacks. His ranged attack is similar to the Troll Ranger's boulder attack, and it can be dodged if the player moves after he throws it. An easy way to kill CLiff is to stand next to him causing him to only use his melee attack, while using protect from melee.

Waves

Below is the trolls that come in each wave, for both easy and hard mode, and a suggested order to kill them in.

Easy mode

Hard mode

Defending the gatehouse

Overview of the tasks

Ballista:

Repairing ballista (at the start of game and occasionally in the middle if the ballista is broken by troll attacks) – the state of ballista is shown on status screen. Repairing ballista gives 10 Construction xp. You can light ballista ammo if the Ballista status is "Unlit ammo" then you need to light the ammo and you will recieve 10 Firemaking xp each time.

Oil:

At the start of the game you are given 12 buckets, fill the buckets up from the well (see above map). You can also pick up more oil buckets next to the well and fill them also. Oil barrels are heavy so you are at risk of running out of run energy very quick, on the other hand if you have lots of oil then you don’t need to come back for a refill in the middle of the game. When your Oil status is "Low or Empty" you need to fill the oil drums at the top of gatehouse.

Repairs:

Every time the gatehouse suffers a troll attack a number of barricades and/or walls will get broken. You need to fix them as fast as possible to save the gatehouse health. The number of broken walls/barricades is also shown on gatehouse status screen. Repairing barricades grants you 10xp in Crafting, repairing walls will give you 10xp in Construction.

Morale boosts

You gain 5 morale points each time you do a repair, light ammo or fill an oil drum. When you have accumulated enough morale you can start using morale boosts to help with defending the gatehouse. The morale boosts menu is located at the location of the emotes menu while you are inside Troll Invasion. Each morale boosts costs 75 morale points to activate and they last 30 seconds. There re-charge time is also 30 seconds so you can re-activate the same boost almost immediately after it runs out. The morale boosts you can use will be lit up in the boost list.

Special troll attacks

To make things more difficult, trolls also have some special boosts in store. The active troll special attack is shown at the last row of the gatehouse status screen.