How to mine the petrified Gammeltroll in Valheim
The Deep North's big brute doesn't fall down when he dies. Here's what to do about it.
Valheim's latest addition, the Gammeltroll, is a formidable 30-foot tall rock monster in the Deep North biome. After defeating it, a petrified version, the Petrified Gammeltroll, emerges. This statue is indestructible with regular pickaxes. The key to obtaining new resources from it lies in the previous Ashlands biome and a new resource from the Deep North.
To mine the petrified Gammeltroll, players must first defeat the Ashlands boss, Fader, and construct the Eternal Pyre at their base using the Fader Relic and 10 stone. The Eternal Pyre generates embers that players can collect.
Seals found in the Deep North, specifically adults, not baby seals, provide seal pelts. Players can craft Ember Charges by combining one ember and two seal pelts at a workbench. These Ember Charges are then thrown at the petrified Gammeltroll, aiming for its ankles from close range. Two Ember Charges are sufficient to destroy the statue.
After the Gammeltroll collapses, players can collect the new resource, Petrified Tissue. However, it's heavy and can only pass through stone portals, not wooden ones. Back at the base, the Petrified Tissue can be used in a blast furnace to create new items.
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