The Witcher 3: Why It's Common to See Trolls Cooperating with Humans

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In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, few monsters are as unpredictable as the troll. Geralt meets a handful of them who are more than willing to settle issues peacefully, though there are others who have more violent means of solving their problems. This is what makes them such interesting creatures.

Throughout The Witcher 3, Geralt can meet trolls in the main quest, during side quests, and even in undiscovered locations (most often caves). Whether they’re friendly trolls is something the player can only find out after approaching them.

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Trolls in The Witcher 3 are ogroids that are either docile and talkative or outright hostile. The bestiary entry confirms this as it explains that trolls, specifically rock trolls, are capable of reason. Some have even mastered the Common Speech, but because they aren’t the sharpest creatures, they sometimes struggle to understand its more complicated aspects. Thus, they talk to humans through strangely worded sentences with basic terms. Luckily, that’s often enough to get their point across.

That said, travelers should still be wary of the trolls’ seemingly dull-witted nature. If angered, these creatures are powerful foes, even for experienced Witcher 3 players. Swords do little to damage their rocky backs and their fists are capable of denting armor. Should a troll win in a fight, they’ll most likely take the body of their latest victim and throw them into a cauldron to turn them into stew. Many of them have learned to work with simple tools and fire and, thus, delight in making stews of all kinds, even rancid ones made of nekkers.

It also seems as if there are more male trolls than there are female trolls. Geralt does not run