Originally posted by jonnin:

Everyone says troll armor, but its not always an option. Sometimes there are trolls in your area, and sometimes not. A basic set is 3 trolls if you get some other cape, or 5 trolls if you want the cape too. Upgraded is going to at least double that, I don't know the full total, but be prepared to find and kill at least 10 of the things if you want to go that route.

mining is a win-win. you need copper and tin anyway, for other stuff than just the armor. And if there is a troll in the current square mile of forest, it will come looking for you as soon as you hit that copper node.

Yeah honestly it's not very hard to mine some ores and transport them using boat.