War tortoise

War tortoise

Release	15 January 2008 (Update)
Summoning level	67
Duration (mins)	43
Points cost	7
Race	Tortoise
Abilities	Beast of Burden (18)
Special moves	Testudo
Combat level	80
Examine	Definitely not teenaged, although the jury is out on its ninja skills.
Combat stats Life points Max hit 7700 878 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 55 55 55 55 Immune to poison Yes Attack style Melee

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The War tortoise is a Summoning familiar that a player is able to summon at level 67 Summoning. The war tortoise has the capability of holding up to 18 items for a player, with a value up to 5 million gp. It is the fourth best general-use Beast of Burden and a common choice for mid-high level summoners who can't summon the Pack Yak or Pack mammoth yet.

Note that the Spirit Terrorbird pouch is significantly cheaper than the War tortoise. One spirit terrorbird pouch costs 1,201 coins, which is 33,350 coins cheaper per pouch. Less wealthy players should opt for the spirit terrorbird for general use activities, such as Slayer, and use the War tortoise only for power training such as Prayer training.

War tortoise pouch

War tortoise pouch

	Shards	Cost/XP	Charm	Tertiary
	1 ( 25)	480.1 coins		Tortoise shell
	Create XP	Use XP	Low alch	Hi alch	GE price
	58.6	0.7	179	269	34,551 (info)
	GE Database	Cost to make	Bogrog shard return		Shard return level
	Look up price	28,132	1 (25)		72
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	Examine text
	I can summon a war tortoise familiar with this.

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A war tortoise pouch is made by using a Summoning pouch on a Summoning obelisk with 1 spirit shard, a gold charm and a tortoise shell in the player's inventory. Using the pouch to summon a war tortoise costs 7 summoning points. If players exchange their war tortoise pouches at Bogrog, they will receive 1 spirit shard per pouch. Players must also have 72 Summoning to be able to exchange this pouch.

A perfect shell may not be used in place of a regular tortoise shell.

Testudo scroll

Testudo scroll

	Create XP	Use XP	Special move points
	0.7	0.7	20
	Low Alch	High Alch	GE Price
	17	26	121 (info)
	GE Database	Bogrog shard return	Shard return level
	Look up price	1/18 (1)	72
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	A scroll for a war tortoise familiar.

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The testudo scroll enables the use of the testudo special ability for a war tortoise. Using a war tortoise pouch on a Summoning obelisk creates ten testudo scrolls.

Testudo

A player activating the scroll.

Testudo is a special move of the war tortoise, activated by a testudo scroll. When activated, it temporarily boosts Defence by 9 points. Each use of a Testudo scroll requires 20 special move points.

When used in conjunction with potions and more scrolls, this effect will NOT stack on top of what has already been boosted. Because of this, even players with a war tortoise following them will typically prefer a defence potion, super defence potion or saradomin brew for raising their defence.

Dialogue

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Trivia

• Testudo is the Latin word for "tortoise", and is a genus of tortoises found in North Africa, Western Asia, and Europe. It is also a battle formation used in Ancient Roman Warfare. Soldiers would use their shields to cover the front and top of the unit to increase defence against incoming arrows.
• The examine text refers to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• War Tortoise may also be a reference to the Pokemon, Wartortle.