I killed 8 trolls this morning during "Ground is shaking" event. When you kill initial two, another two appear and so on.

Originally posted by Ren:

Placing workbenches will prevent trolls from spawning in the vicinity.

I have an enclosed worbench on all 4 sides of my enclosed tree farm. Also one on my farm and the surrounding buildings. They've still spawned right inside within the workbench area. I think the workbench thing only works with blocking randomly spawned mobs. Since this is an event, I assume the spawn rules are different.

I've done the moat trick in the past and it does work, but I've just not wanted to put the time in since my main base is spread out across multiple buildings. I guess that's still my best bet if I want to keep my crops and tree saplings.

Simple solution would be to place spawn prohibitors (camp fires, benches, etc) around your base.

If you do your moat right, you just need one. I tried double moat but that was a waste of time. The trolls just spawn by the water then walked in. I will try to get close to the player for attack and if they get annoyed, they will attack the nearest building.

Stone walls, moats, and scattered defended crafting stations. I got attacked by trolls a bit ago and they hit my house from outside the base. Minimal damage but it was annoying.

After that I put in two moats. One on the far reaches of my base where I intend to expand for farming and fun. I then scattered crafting stations in that area and built walls around them. Those two things drastically decreased my monster problems. I then set up another moat close to my base about 10 but no more than 15 metres from my wall. I extended my stone walls to my harbor and enclosed it all. I don't have any monsters getting in, my wolfs roam the perimeter freely, but I can't snipe deer or boars from my roof anymore.

It also took away from the view but I can probably fix that with some stone walls.

Originally posted by TangoBlue:

It happens. You get a lot of raids in a row then nothing for game weeks. If the 2 troll events bother you, wait'll you get 4 "You are being Hunted" every day for four days. Approx. 30 wolves each time. Interesting times

Holy :-D sounds like massive "fun"

Yeah, I've also been dealing with a lot of trolls lately. They've been spawning in my enclosed tree farm and my vegetable farm. If you don't take them out immediately, they'll just start breaking things.

Originally posted by Mharr:

That event would be great if it had them stroll in from somewhere outside render distance.

Agreed.

Placing workbenches will prevent trolls from spawning in the vicinity. I agree, though, that spawns within render distance aren't ideal. They break immersion for me and leave me without the time I'm used to having to prepare, especially if I've been bumming around base with only crap food like honey and then suddenly a troll proves Spontaneous Generation theory correct.

I often get raids. I usually get troll raids when building a new outpost, that is why I focus on defense first before building any building. When I do get attacked, I lure them away from buildings. I use steep cliff walls to protect my buildings...I have raise ground and/or mine to get steep cliff.

For work benches, I put them in the air to keep pesky monsters from attacking them. About 4 meters high 2 wood or 1 core wood beam. Do floor, walls and roof so it is fully in closed. I seen trolls leave alone while taking out my animal fence that I gave up on for now.

For gardens, again raise ground with animal fencing to prevent pesky monsters going in. Also add standing torch post to keep stuff out too. I did without fence and torch post and had grey dwarf destroying my garden. You can use bees to help protect garden too.

i once got hunted and killed outside my cabin and then they got me on my bed so yeah that was fun lol lost alot of skill points that day i think lol

Raids could be improved when it comes to them spawning and then walking within sight range rather then just teleporting in.

Putting up proper defenses and knowing how to lessen the spawn points with workbenches can mitigate most if not all damage the Trolls can do. That or just leave the base and run around for a bit dodging their attacks and then they'll either leave or you can mop them up.

It happens. You get a lot of raids in a row then nothing for game weeks. If the 2 troll events bother you, wait'll you get 4 "You are being Hunted" every day for four days. Approx. 30 wolves each time. Interesting times

Tighten those walls around your base, if they spawn inside its not normal. Each time they do raids they are always outside but can break your walls if you don't take care of them asap.

What you mean ?
Raids can happen with 10% each 40 mins

Visibly spawning something the size of a troll is a bit of an immersion buster. That event would be great if it had them stroll in from somewhere outside render distance.