Warped tortoise

A warped tortoise can be found in the Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon during the The Path of Glouphrie quest and can be fought there during and after the quest. Players cannot receive assignments for warped tortoises unless they have completed the quest.

They are commonly killed for the frequent drop rate of Tortoise shells, used for creating a war tortoise pouch. They are also killed for their frequent drop of rune warhammers and pickaxes.

How to kill
Warped tortoises are completely immune to incoming attacks unless a crystal chime is used. When a crystal chime is used on it, it will become "vulnerable" for 45 seconds, which is enough time to kill it quickly. They mainly attack with magic, which can deal moderate damage, and quite accurately. They have considerable defence against melee and magic attacks, but are less well-defended against ranged, particularly crossbow bolts. The best weapons for killing them are dual Chaotic crossbows, the Royal crossbow, and the Hand cannon, although a good stab weapon with magic defense armour is also effective.

There are relatively few areas where these foes may be killed without any interference from nearby level 118 warped terrorbirds, which are aggressive and attack with ranged and melee. One is at the entrance, where there are two quick tortoise spawns.

There is another group of tortoises deep in the dungeon that has no Warped terrorbirds inside. This is useful, however players will find it unappealing to run through the length of the entire dungeon, tanking ranged attacks inflicted by the huge numbers of Warped Terrorbirds along the way. The tortoises in this area, however, are easier to deal with by Ranged, as they are limited to a small amount of ground unlike the ones encountered earlier. Due to the small abundance and the number of slayers and money-makers avaliable, players will often compete and attempt to force the other one to hop into another world.

Habitat

 * Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon

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Trivia

 * At one time it was possible to heal using Guthan's set even when the tortoises were not made vulnerable by the crystal chimes. This was because at one point Guthan's set counted potential damage inflicted on foes even when actual damage was not possible due to prayer or other invulnerability. An update on 9 June 2009 fixed this bug.
 * When examining a warped tortoise, the message says, "You don't think you can harm this creature." However, if you examine a Warped Terrorbird, the message says, "You don't think you can harm this terrorbird," referring specifically to the terrorbird.
 * These tortoises have six legs, possibly as a result of the poisonous environment affecting them. Their shells are also open, showing several tentacles.