Tortoise

Release date	24 April 2006 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	72 (Mounted spawns a Level 60 Gnome archer, level 66 Gnome driver, and a level 68 Gnome mage upon death)
XP per kill	120 (and 39.6 experience)
Always drops	Big bones + 3 bones (from Gnomes)
Examine text	A large tortoise. / Massive beast of War with extra Gnome.
Combat stats LP Max hit 1800 104 114 with melee, 60 with ranged and magic (level 92) Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No Unknown edit Attack Speed Aggressive? Poisonous? No (The Gnomes that "spawn" after tortoise's death are, however) No Attack styles Weakness Melee Ranged Magic Air spells

[view]

The Tortoise (Testudines Giganteus) are trained tortoises used by the gnomes in battle. They train in the pen north of the Tree Gnome Stronghold swamp. Trainer Nacklepen is in charge of their combat development.

FightingEdit

Tortoises are very good for training and making coins at the same time. A full inventory of tortoise shells can bring in about 180k. Tortoises have very high hitpoints and low attack, but good defence. They are weak to air spells. With a fair variety of drops, they are arguably better than Yaks or Rock Crabs for training purposes, but since they are a lower level than the latter they are not commonly used. It is recommended for training only if you can hit high enough to effectively damage them, particularly if you choose to use ranged or melee. The best way to damage them is to use an air battlestaff or better in tandem with the best air spell you are capable of casting, as this provides a cost-free way of killing them with a decent damage rate. An alternative for higher levelled players is to use a Polypore staff with the Polypore Strike spell, due to its cheap cost per cast.

When fighting the tortoise with riders, the three gnomes take turns attacking the player. The mage sends a bluish spell towards the player. The ranger shoots a steel arrow at the player, and the tortoise attacks with the driver holding the reins if the player is within their meleeing range. Protection prayers aren't very effective because the riders use all 3 combat styles; however, the tortoises hit hardest with melee, so that prayer will stop the most damage.

When the mounted tortoise is slain, the riders, which consist of a level 60 Gnome archer, a level 66 Gnome driver, and a level 68 Gnome mage, will all attack the player that killed it simultaneously. This can prove somewhat dangerous for low levelled (under 80 combat) players, as these gnomes are fairly accurate for their level. If the player runs away, however, they become unaggressive, and eventually disappear when the tortoise respawns.

There are two mounted tortoises at the Battlefield of Khazard.

LocationEdit

With riders

• Battlefield of Khazard, south-west of Ardougne - 2 with gnome riders
• Pen north of Tree Gnome Stronghold swamp
  • 1 with gnome riders

Without riders

• Pen north of Tree Gnome Stronghold swamp
  • 2 without riders

DropsEdit

100% dropsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	454
	Bones	3	1 Always [1]	255

1. ^ From killing three riders on the backs of level 92 tortoise.

SeedsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Wergali seed	1	2 Common	839
	Cabbage seed	10–29	2 Common	40–116
	Redberry seed	1	4 Rare	1
	Potato seed	4	4 Rare	8
	Onion seed	4	4 Rare	12
	Tomato seed	1	4 Rare	2
	Watermelon seed	1–2	4 Rare	1,953–3,906
	Marigold seed	1	4 Rare	16
	Rosemary seed	1–4	4 Rare	7–28
	Woad seed	1	4 Rare	2
	Dwellberry seed	1	4 Rare	1
	Asgarnian seed	1–3	4 Rare	2–6
	Barley seed	2–4	4 Rare	4–8
	Strawberry seed	1–2	4 Rare	434–868
	Nasturtium seed	1–2	4 Rare	1–2
	Yanillian seed	1–2	4 Rare	35–70
	Hammerstone seed	1–2	4 Rare	2–4
	Sweetcorn seed	1–4	4 Rare	4–16

HerbsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	361
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	56
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	168
	Grimy harralander	1	4 Rare	463
	Grimy ranarr	1	4 Rare	2,244
	Grimy irit	1	4 Rare	1,863
	Grimy avantoe	1	4 Rare	3,940
	Grimy kwuarm	1	4 Rare	2,183
	Grimy cadantine	1	4 Rare	2,156
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	7,886
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	9,087
	Grimy wergali	1	4 Rare	2,943

FoodEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Swamp toad	1	2 Common	296
	Pineapple	1	2 Common	28
	Cabbage	16–101 (noted)	2 Common	608–3,838
	Worm batta	1	3 Uncommon	165
	Toad crunchies	1	4 Rare	3,865
	Blurberry special	1	4 Rare	1,557
	Tangled toads' legs	1	4 Rare	414

Runes/TalismansEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Law talisman	1	2 Common	255
	Nature rune	1–3	2 Common	115–345
	Earth rune	10–14	3 Uncommon	110–154
	Soul rune	5–11	4 Rare	620–1,364

ArrowsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel arrow	12–23	2 Common	156–299
	Mithril arrow	6–13	3 Uncommon	126–273

ClothingEdit

These items are dropped at the Gnome Stronghold and Khazard Battlefield.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Pink boots	1	3 Uncommon	408
	Pink robe bottoms	1	3 Uncommon	242
	Pink robe top	1	3 Uncommon	445

Barlak XP ItemsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Tortoise shell	1–3	3 Uncommon	11,304–33,912
	Perfect shell	1–3	4 Rare	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Long bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold

Barlak in Dorgesh-Kaan will trade these items for gold and either Crafting or Construction XP. Tortoise shells are also used in Summoning to make war tortoises. These are commonly killed for MoneyMaking because of the tortoise shell's expensive price.

OtherEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Teak logs	1,2,4	3 Uncommon	99–396
	Mahogany logs	1,2,4	3 Uncommon	555–2,220
	Humerus bone	1	3 Uncommon [1]	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold

1. ^ Dropped only during Fur 'n' Seek wishlist.

TriviaEdit

• The Tortoise exhibit in the basement of the Varrock Museum is the one from before the Gnome Graphic Update.
• Along with their graphical update, their movement speed was reduced, similar to that of real-life Tortoises.
• Prior to the Evolution of Combat, the Gnome archer was always the first to strike when he falls off of the tortoise. Now, all three riders attack the player that killed the tortoise at once.
• The Gnome riders named the tortoise Dobbie.

See alsoEdit

• Battlefield of Khazard
• Warped tortoise
• Terrorbird
• War tortoise
• Gnome archer
• Gnome mage
• Gnome driver