Troll (playable)

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Playable races in World of Warcraft e
For the subrace of trolls, see jungle troll. For the polearm, see Darkspear (item).
Official horde mini-icon Trolls
Icon of Shadows
Character classesHunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior, Wrath-Logo-Small Death Knight, Cataclysm-Logo-Small Druid, Warlock, Mists-Logo-Small Monk
Main languageZandali
Secondary languageOrcish
Starting zoneValley of Trials, Durotar
Echo Isles, Durotar Cataclysm-Logo-Small
Racial leaderVol'jin
CapitalDarkspear, Echo Isles
Racial mount IconSmall Raptor Raptor

The trolls of the Darkspear tribe is the faction of playable trolls (jungle trolls) of the Darkspear tribe. They are members of the Horde.



Troll character creation screen.

As tribal rivalries erupted throughout the former Gurubashi Empire, the Darkspear tribe found themselves driven from their homeland in Stranglethorn Vale. Having settled in what are believed today to be the Broken Isles, the tribe soon found themselves entangled in a conflict with the Underworld Minions murlocs. Their fate seemed sealed until the orcish Warchief Thrall and his band of newly freed orcs took shelter on their island home. Controlled by a Sea Witch, the Underworld Minions captured the Darkspears' leader Sen'jin, along with Thrall and several other orcs and trolls. Thrall managed to free himself and others, but was ultimately unable to save the trolls' leader. Although Sen'jin was sacrificed to the Sea Witch, he was able to reveal a vision he had in which Thrall would lead the Darkspear from the island.



Darkspear Troll Banner small

Banner of the Darkspear trolls


Darkspear trolls have skin colors that range from pale, ghostly blue to bruised purple to sickly green. Their skin color is usually just one of those three colors, although sometimes there are trolls with mixed skin pigments but this is not so popular. Male trolls are hunched over and have long, protruding tusks that grow from under their lower lip. Male trolls also have rather large noses and very messy, matted hair. Female trolls, on the other hand, stand up straight and erect, have rather small or squashed-in noses, and usually have hair in a wild updo or strewn across their chests in thick braids.


Starting attributes

BaseHunterMagePriestRogueShamanWarriorDeath KnightDruidWarlockMonk
Strength 21 21 21 21 22 22 24 109 22 21  ??
Agility 22 25 22 22 25 22 22 75 22 22  ??
Stamina 21 22 21 21 22 22 23 99 21 22  ??
Intellect 16 16 19 18 16 17 16 25 18 18  ??
Spirit 21 22 23 24 21 23 21 43 23 23  ??

Racial traits

[Berserking] - instant - 3 minutes cooldown 
[Regeneration] - passive 
Increase health regeneration bonus by 10%. Also allows 10% of normal health regenerate during combat.
[Beast Slaying] - passive 
5% damage bonus to Beasts.
[Throwing Specialization] - passive 
Increase Throwing Weapon crit chance by 1%.
[Bow Specialization] - passive 
Increase Bow crit chance by 1%.
[Da Voodoo Shuffle] - passive 

Reasons for racial traits

When fighting, trolls are often driven by instinct to a state of Berserking, causing them to attack and cast spells more quickly. This state is even stronger if the troll is injured, making a cornered and wounded troll very dangerous.

Though usually exaggerated in tales, trolls' powers of Regeneration are still very strong. Provided a wound doesn't kill them outright, they can usually recover from it with little to no medical attention.

Trolls are excellent hunters and have developed skills in Beast Slaying over thousands of years. This has made bows and throwing weapons the iconic arms of the troll race, and has led to troll headhunters being one of the main forms of ranged support for the Horde.

Trolls' natural agility allows them to escape impediments to their mobility a bit more quickly than other races. The movements to do so resemble dancing and the trolls have termed them 'Da Voodoo Shuffle'.

Reasons for Classes

Warrior - Trolls have always had thorny relations with rivalling tribes for land and game, and the Darkspear were no different until recently. It is not uncommon for Troll tribes to battle each other for dominance. For the Jungle-dwelling Darkspear tribe, Troll Warriors are typically seen using two-handed polearms, suiting their verdant homelands. It is also assumed that the term "Headhunter" could refer to a Troll fighter that has killed many others, and traditionally keep their enemies' heads as gruesome trophies. Yet for the Darkspear tribe that has abandoned many brutal Troll traditions, this title may purely be for name and name only.

Rogue - Trolls are expert scouts in forest and jungle enviroments, after generations of living in these overgrown regions. Due to violance between tribes, it is not unlikely that these Scouts have been modified into assassins to kill Trolls of importance in other tribes. Witch Docters also store a variety of poultices and poisons in their huts, and they may supply their tribe's assassins with deadly toxins from the surrounding jungle.

Hunter - Trolls are well-developed to hunting game in their forested homelands, camuflaging themselves in the trees to stalk their prey. Some Hunters even prove themselves worthy enough to become shadowhunters, such as Vol'jin, who dabble in ancient tribal magics to enhance their performance.

Mage - Trolls traditionally practice strange magics in their tribal communities, and their tribal mages, possibly referred to as more arcane-based Witch Docters, may use tiki and hexes to Polymorph foes and warp elements around them.

Warlock - Troll Warlocks are very different to the reclusive summoners of civilised society. They employ agonizing hexes and voodoo, a source of magic shunned by many troll tribes. Zalazane, one of the most infamous Trolls known today, was a valued member of the Darkspear tribe that betrayed his kin by brainwashing them into a puppet-army. He dwelled in the Echo Isles for years, using voodoo to escape death time and time again, before Vol'jin finally amassed a focused Horde force to retake the isles once and for all. It is unclear how Zalazene became insane, but it is assumed he was a warlock and his own powers corrupted his mind.

Priest - The standard Troll religion is worship of Loa, jungle spirits, that represent the cycle of nature. Troll Priests use ancient chants and blessings to keep their respective tribes safe and protected from the evil shadows of the spirit-realm.

Druid - Druidism is primarily limited to the Darkspear, as it was only recently taken up by them and its founders were a part of that tribe. Troll sorcerers living on the Echo Isles who worshipped the Loa claimed that they had been contacted by these powerful nature spirits in their dreams. Some say this may have been a budding link between the Troll race and the Emerald Dream. They then developed their connections with nature, using ancient magics to take on the forms of animals. They then lived like this through Zalazene's domination of the Echo Isles, remaining hidden, until the Darkspear reclaimed their old home. This was when Zen'Tabra, the leader of the shapechangers, decided to share this new magic with the rest of the tribe.

Shaman - Living in tribal communities, Troll society has been lead by Shamanism for thousands of years. Their primitive lifestyle allows the Trolls to connect with the elements, and these wise elders are typically referred to as Witch Docters. They use their knowledge of the elemental spirits to soothe the souls of allies, and inflict enemies with primal hexes and tiki magics. The spell Hex originated from the Trolls.

Death Knight Trolls, like so many other races, have been ravaged by the scourge. Many forest trolls who dwelled in Lordaeran became scourged, but the Darkspear aid in Northrend caused Troll Death Knights to exist as well. A small number of these undead beings then broke free from the Lich King's grasp with the rest of The Ebon Blade.


  • Early on in World of Warcraft Alpha Jungle trolls used a different model. This model can still be found ingame in use by Zanzil the Outcast.
  • Female trolls don't blink(excluding Death Knights in which case their glowing eyes flicker). This is almost certainly a bug as male trolls blink.
  • The troll player model appears to have been based off the Shadow Hunter from Warcraft III. Like the playable trolls in WoW, the Shadow hunter was also very skinny and crouched but was even taller then the Tauren Chieftain when standing up straight.
  • Despite having a major role in the Warcraft III Horde, trolls were made playable late in the development of WoW. This is probably why they have had mostly a minor role in the game and why their capital shrunk and was lost to Zalazane.
  • Some items like Wanderer's Hat and Studded Hat glitch up and look out of place when used by a male troll.
  • Ironically Two-toed Sandals don't show up on trolls.
  • The Darkspear troll dance comes from a Brazilian martial art, Capoeira. The Darkspear female troll dance comes from Shakira's Whenever, Wherever routine.


Troll background

Trolls have unique background art in Cataclysm

In the upcoming expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Trolls will have their own unique starting area within Darkspear Isle, rather than sharing Valley of Trials with the orcs.

Roleplaying a troll

Trolls are a tribal people, with strong ties to spiritualism. They are a race who loves nature, so make your character have strong ties to things of nature. The speech is pretty easy if you have ever heard a Jamaican talk or watched Avatar and listened to the Na'vi speak English. Here is an example:

"Da spirits be angry, dey do not like da war dat we be in."


"Da smell o' da filt'y Scourge rots ma nose."


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