Trogli Day 106,107,108 - Great Mithril Forge

 

Trogli set off to find the Great Mithril Forge.

He used loads of stone sealing Steam Vents.

He discovered the Mithril Lode ...

... climbed around scaffolding ...

... avoiding Wargs and Orcs.

He used his Shieldwall trick to open an Orc Chest and rebuild a Mapstone.

Trogli found a small amount of Mithril left in the mines.

Trogli collected more stone to repair a Durin Statue and sang a sad song.

This opened the doors to the Great Mithril Forge ...

... and discovered Nain's Grave which contains the Khazadstone.

As usual the Forge needed repairs ...

... but Trogli encountered a Drake, tried to kill him but before he could ware him down with his Crossbow Orcs turned up so Trogli Fast Travelled to his Elven Base.

The bloody Orcs followed him all the way back and even after an overnight sleep they were around smashing things. Trogli had to kill them, it took a long time with multiple dashes to repair, but he got it done and was rewarded with some Black Diamonds. 

Trogli Day 105 - Pale Hope

Trogli woke up with Pale Hope and took Durin's Axe for speedy mining in the Lower Deeps Dark Mine Shaft. In the afternoon he switched to the Dwarrowdelf Dark Mine Shaft, squashed the Spiders and dodged the Fiery Beast.

Another underground siege, interestingly the siege was at the Camp Hearth I built to trap the Fiery Beast. This was the hearth I was closest to when it started, so this must be how the siege mechanism work.

Trogli got so may Gems he had to reorganise his chests.

42 Sunstone, 27 Black Diamonds, 44 Diamonds
 

Trogli Day 104 - Ufahan Furnace, Khuzdul Forge

 

Trogli was reluctant to spend his Khazad Steel not knowing what it was needed for but he decided to build a Ufahan Furnace and a Khuzdul Forge.

He should have done this earlier as building the Furnace gives the Khazad Steel recipe! Trogli now doesn't need to take a trip to craft Star Metal Ingots.

The Forge allows crafting a tier 4 Khazad Maul.

The Furnace is a big beast and needs a big space.

Trogli has some Emeralds so crafted a Khazad War Axe and added the Spellcarver Rune which gives a chance to get Ironwood when chopping trees.

Trogli Day 102,103 - Star Metal

 

Trogli crafted his Star Metal at the Durin Forge then had to make a return trip to get materials to craft ...

... a Star Metal Hammer ...

... and some Durin Guard Boots.

Back at camp Trogli realised he had the spare Black Diamonds to craft an Ironwood Pickaxe. He should have crafted one earlier.

Onwards to Barazinbar he heard about the Shadow Orcs and ...

... found some more Star Metal.