Baby Troll

This article is about the pet. For the baby troll from player-owned farm, see Baby Shakes.

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Baby Troll
Release date							31 January 2012 (Update)
Members							No
Race							Troll
Source							Corporal Keymans
Interface							No
Skill req.							No
Quest req.							No
Food							Any tradeable item
Colours							1
Examine							As follower or in inventory: A big angry troll. Not! Outside in a pet house: A big, angry troll. Or maybe not!
Advanced data
NPC ID							14846, 14848
Item ID							23030
Links							MRID MRND14846 MRND14848

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Baby Troll
Release								31 January 2012 (Update)
Members								No
Race								Troll
Quest								No
Location								Burthorpe
Gender								Male
Options								? (edit)
Examine								A trapped baby troll, ready to be saved.
Advanced data
NPC ID								? (edit)
Links								MRND

The baby troll is a pet obtained by speaking to Corporal Keymans in the Imperial Guard camp to the east of Burthorpe Castle. Like all trolls, it gets its name from the first thing it eats, which is whatever the player uses on it.

To get rid of the baby troll, drop it on the ground and dismiss it from the Follower details panel. If the baby troll is dismissed or lost in some other way, players can receive another by talking to a pet store owner and asking if they have found any strays or by asking Corporal Keymans about it. If lost, the baby troll's name will not reset, and it will still have the name it was given when it is reclaimed.

If one places a baby troll in the menagerie, reclaims another, and renames the new one, the troll in the menagerie also gets the new name. Once a baby troll is placed in the menagerie, for some reason, its examine text will change from "A big, angry troll. Not!" to "A big, angry troll. Or maybe not!"

Names

Using an item on it causes the baby troll to say, "YUM! Me Like (item's name)!" If a name has not already been given or if its name is reset, it will become that of the item, and the item will disappear. The baby troll's name can be reset by talking to it and choosing the second option. If an item cannot be fed to it, the baby troll will exclaim, "(baby troll's name) no like that!" If a player attempts to feed a borrowed item to a baby troll, they will get a message saying: You can't feed your baby troll someone else's item!

Items fed to the baby troll are lost and cannot be re-obtained; please proceed with caution when feeding it.

In the past, players with a lot of wealth could reset the baby troll's name and feed it an expensive item, so its left-click option became "Pick-up (expensive item)". Unsuspecting players who clicked on the pet, hoping to loot said expensive item from the ground, were thus 'trolled', hence the significance of the creature: a baby troll. Also, anyone could also feed it one coin, and its name would be changed to coins. This was also another way to 'troll' another player. However, the pick-up option no longer appears to players other than the owner. Some players may also feed their trolls discontinued rare items (e.g. pumpkin) that cannot be worn in order to show off their wealth.

Untradeable items that can be eaten

As almost all untradeable items cannot be fed to the baby troll, a list of such items is not kept. Below is a list of exceptions.

• Dwarven army axe
• Creepy doll
• Expired spin ticket
• Ex-ex-parrot in a magic cage
• Festive aura
• Hellfire bow
• Nearly boiled egg
• Pets (except Eek, pet rocks, Pet fish and golden chinchompas)
• Ruined essence
• Treasure chest
• Superior Player-owned ports armour
• Wicked hood
• Champion's scroll

Other

These items can be fed to a baby troll to give them a name that is different than the name of the item.

• Morningstar's bones: My own dad
• Valentine heart: Angel, Baby, Boo, Cutie, Darling, Gorgeous, Honeybunch, Lovely, Pet, Snookums, Sugar, Sweetheart, Sweetie, or Treacle
• Valentine love note: Angel, Babydoll, Blossom, Bubbles, Cuddlebug, Dearest, Ducky, Flower, Honeybear, Jellybean, Pooky, or Tootsie
• Doubloons: Avast, Cabin Boy, Davey, Doubloons, Kraken, or Yarrr
• Rose petals: baby-bugga-boo, bae, big hippo, chunky monkey, cupid, hater, hot stuff, lover, muffin, sugar, tootsie wootsy, or winky dink

Tradeable items that cannot be eaten

Although almost all tradeable items can be eaten, there are exceptions.

• Bond - A message appears saying Your baby troll refuses to eat it.
• Jadinko eggs - The eggs obtained in the 2015 Easter event could be traded with other players for another egg but cannot be fed.
• Maul of omens, ancient weapon piece (a), ancient weapon piece (b), and ancient weapon handle - Your baby troll refuses to be THAT much of a troll.

History

The baby troll and his father, Morningstar

The baby troll was originally part of the Troll Warzone tutorial and first appeared in a cutscene where it crawled out from behind some rocks after the player defeated Morningstar. Imperial Guard soldiers chased it into a cannon, where the player had the option to either take it out and adopt it or fire the cannon. If shot out of the cannon, the player could later talk to Corporal Keymans to adopt it, as it fell into some manure.

In an earlier version of the tutorial, it was instead found in the Burthorpe Troll Cave, where Morningstar was originally fought, and appeared after his death. In this version, Ozan became attached to it. It also had different voice-acting during this time.

After the removal of the Troll Warzone tutorial, it was initially obtainable from Challenge Mistress Fara after completing her section of the Path, but after the removal of the Path, it was given back to Corporal Keymans. However, when claiming the baby troll from him, a message about the Path still appears.

Achievements

• Top of the Food Chain ( 5) – Feed a baby troll to Chito.

Dialogue

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Baby Troll speaks in:

• Chito
• Corporal Keymans
• Stolen Hearts

Gallery

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  Concept art of the baby troll

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  A baby troll was featured sitting atop a construction beam in the head banner for the Lumbridge Rebuildathon.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• patch 16 January 2023 (Update):
  • You can now feed Aurora dyed items to your baby troll.

• patch 13 June 2016 (Update):
  • Players can no longer claim more baby trolls when one is already stored in a player-owned house menagerie.

• patch 11 December 2013 (Update):
  • Corporal Keymans now always appears in Burthorpe for players that haven't claimed the baby troll before.

• patch 12 March 2013 (Update):
  • The animation for activating the baby troll has been changed due to timing issues.

• patch 11 April 2012 (Update):
  • Reclaiming a baby troll which hasn't been named from a pet store now works correctly.

• patch 7 February 2012 (Update):
  • Baby Troll names now appear correctly in a POH pet house.

• update 31 January 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The baby troll is the first pet with the ability to run with the player.
• If the baby troll is fed a valentine heart, the Baby Troll will say "YUM! Me like be your valentine!" but if it is fed something else first (e.g. bones) the baby troll's name will not change.
• Players who have fed their baby troll poisoned items (such as dragon dagger (p++) ) before the Evolution of Combat will still have their baby troll named dragon dagger (p++), although the said item no longer exists. The same is the case for the food items from the Diamond Jubilee.
• Members' items cannot be fed to baby trolls on F2P worlds. Attempting to do so generates the message "To use this item please login to a members' server."
• Like the baby troll, the Hungry rabbit NPC from the Blooming Burrow also changes names based on what it has last been fed.