War tortoise
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 Level
| 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Duration (min) | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Points cost | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | Tortoise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilities | Beast of Burden (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Special moves | Testudo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Combat level | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Examine text | Definitely not teenaged, although the jury is out on its ninja skills. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The War tortoise is a Summoning familiar that a player is able to summon at 67 Summoning. The war tortoise has the capability of holding up to 18 items for a player, whose total value can be no more than 900,000 gp (but no more than 50,000 gp per item). It is the second best general-use Beast of Burden and a common choice for mid-high level summoners who can't summon the Pack Yak.
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War tortoise pouch
| Shards | Shard cost | Charm | Tertiary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 coins | Unknown edit | Tortoise shell | ||
| Create XP | Use XP | Low alch | Hi alch | GE price | |
| 58.6 | 0.7 | 179 coins | 269 coins | 16,612 coins (info) | |
| GE Database | Cost to make | Bogrog shard return | Shard return level | ||
| Look up price | 15,251 coins | 1 ( 25)
| 72 | ||
| Examine text | |||||
| I can summon a war tortoise familiar with this. | |||||
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
| Create XP | Use XP | Special move points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 20 | |
| Low Alch | High Alch | GE Price | |
| 17 coins | 26 coins | 158 coins (info) | |
| GE Database | Bogrog shard return | Shard return level | |
| Look up price | 1/18 ( 1)
| 72 | |
| Examine text | |||
| A scroll for a war tortoise familiar. | |||
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
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, Saradomin brew, or the Excalibur/Enhanced Excalibur special attack for raising their defence.
Dialogue
| This article on a Summoning familiar has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this familiar. |
Trivia
- Testudo is the Latin word for "tortoise", and is a genus of tortoises found in North Africa, western Asia, and Europe
- Testudo 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.
- There is a glitch when having a tortoise out at the duel arena near the bank. The tortoise looks like it is on the side of the wall.
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