Troll's End

Troll's End

Map of Troll's End

Type

Jumping puzzle

Zone

Memory of Old Lion's Arch
(Kryta)

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Troll's End is a jumping puzzle in Trader's Forum located in the Memory of Old Lion's Arch. During the period between Lion's Arch's destruction and the re-release of Battle for Lion's Arch, it was replaced by the Troll's Revenge jumping puzzle, though the two now coexist.

Getting there

From the scaffolding above, drop into the well

Start off at  Trader's Forum Waypoint (Memory of Old Lion's Arch) — , head northeast. Swim across the canal and climb the ramps of the wooden tower, then take the long wooden bridge back towards Trader's Forum. Continue until the walkway makes a hairpin turn.

From the edge of the walkway, look down. The entrance is a deep well covered with plants that you must fall into.

Walkthrough

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The puzzle is split into four parts, but the real challenge is succeeding in the third part. First, swim until you have access to fresh air. The second part will lead you to a fork, where the right path is a dead end. But if you look up in this dead end you will notice a light well above yourself and an elevated pathway made of rocks and planks. That's where you will have to go. In order to go up there, you will have to go back to the fork and take the left path. Along this path, with your eyes turned up, you will come across a slope with verdant green vegetation (left). Do not go to the very end of the tunnel - that's too far. You will have to climb the green slope using the rocks embedded in the slope along the way - the vegetation is slippery. When you reach the top, there is a path that leads you to the light well. As you look down into the light well, you should see a ledge below you (but above the start of the elevated pathway) that appears to be a bit broader on the left - jump down to that ledge (carefully) and then locate the outcropping directly below the ledge you're currently on - this is the jumping off point in order to hop over to the third part of the puzzle. Note that if you are having trouble getting down the light well, you are also able to jump straight against the opposite wall, and slide down to a ledge without dying completely. From here work your way down to the post (a post just like the one above the well at puzzle entrance), and thus to the third part. The third part starts here - from the post. And it can be really difficult as it is a very narrow path with many tricky jumps. A bit of advice as you approach the fork; the ceiling is very low, and many characters find that they constantly hit their heads here, falling to the ground below... take two steps back, and jump not from the edge of this plank, but from that backed up position. You are less likely to hit your head during the jump. If you fall, you will end up back at the second part, and you will have to reach the green slope to get back into the third part again. If you are successful you will end up at the exit of the cave, starting the fourth part. The fourth part starts at the exit of the cave. The way continues on top of ruins, and finishes on a rock structure with a Grand Chest. If you fall from this part you will have to redo the entire puzzle as this area is also directly accessible from the Western Ward Vista. Tips The camera can be very annoying in tight spaces, especially during the third part. This can be reduced by adjusting your zoom to somewhat close to your character in order to reduce zoom jitter. Engineers: During the fourth part of the puzzle, you can equip a rifle and use Jump Shot to land on the first free-standing platform of the ruins, thus skipping the only difficult jump of that part. In the third part, there is a very annoying jump from a board that you've been walking on, onto a rock column a few feet ahead of you. It looks like an easy jump, but the camera is fooling your eyes. To make this jump, walk slowly out to the end of the board, so you can no longer see the board when you look at your feet. Then, pan the camera so you are looking at your back, and take a very tiny step forward. You'll know you did it correctly when your body drops a couple inches. From this lower point, you won't hit your head on the invisible rocks that previously blocked your jump. While dropping into the light well: slip off the edge that you approach from as opposed to jumping in, and do not jump all the way to the bottom of the well—on your next drop, land on the balance beam.

Rewards

• Grand Chest

Notes

• There were once two possible shortcuts to the puzzle, both of which allowed one to skip the most difficult parts. You could jump to the end of the first boardwalk found from a nearby elevated plateau or use a leap skill to the left of the board. The second required you to jump from the slippery slope area to the ledge just past the jump after the last boardwalk. These shortcuts were removed/blocked during one of the builds leading up to Dragon Bash, though the change was not announced.

Related achievements

• Jumping Puzzles: Troll's End — Complete the jumping puzzle. (10)

Trivia

• The January 28th, 2013 update removed a third shortcut that allowed you to jump to the pillars that come just before the first boardwalk.
• This jumping puzzle became inaccessible on June 23, 2015 during the release of the current version of Lion's Arch, which replaced with Troll's Revenge.
• It only became accessible again on November 8, 2022 during the Battle for Lion's Arch re-release, within Memory of Old Lion's Arch.
• A Jungle Troll's body can be found at the end of the puzzle near some gathering nodes. These were removed February 18, 2014 due to Scarlet's attack on the city, and only returned with the return of the puzzle in Memory of Old Lion's Arch. Rolan's body is found in a similar place at the end of Troll's Revenge in Lion's Arch.

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