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This article is about the Tortoises near the Tree Gnome Village. For other uses, see Tortoise (disambiguation).
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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.

Fighting[]

Tortoises are very good for training and making coins at the same time. A full inventory of tortoise shells can bring in about 786968 coins. Tortoises have very high life points 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 uses a bluish spell, the archer shoots steel arrows, 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 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.

Location[]

With riders
Without riders

Drops[]

100% drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Big bonesBig bones1Always203
BonesBones3Always[1]798
  1. ^ From killing the three riders on the backs of the mounted tortoises.

Main drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Wergali seedWergali seed[1]1Common1,903
Cabbage seedCabbage seed4–29Common828–6,003
Redberry seedRedberry seed1Rare77
Potato seedPotato seed4Rare976
Onion seedOnion seed4Rare968
Tomato seedTomato seed3Rare612
Watermelon seedWatermelon seed1–2Rare3,590–7,180
Marigold seedMarigold seed1Rare318
Rosemary seedRosemary seed1–4Rare408–1,632
Woad seedWoad seed1Rare414
Dwellberry seedDwellberry seed1Rare64
Asgarnian seedAsgarnian seed1–3Rare83–249
Barley seedBarley seed2–4Rare166–332
Strawberry seedStrawberry seed1–2Rare1,075–2,150
Nasturtium seedNasturtium seed1–2Rare224–448
Yanillian seedYanillian seed1–2Rare96–192
Hammerstone seedHammerstone seed1–2Rare70–140
Sweetcorn seedSweetcorn seed1–4Rare298–1,192
Grimy guamGrimy guam1Common709
Grimy marrentillGrimy marrentill1Common2,307
Grimy tarrominGrimy tarromin1Common105
Grimy harralanderGrimy harralander1Rare741
Grimy ranarrGrimy ranarr1Rare1,860
Grimy iritGrimy irit1Rare5,008
Grimy avantoeGrimy avantoe1Rare1,043
Grimy kwuarmGrimy kwuarm1Rare11,782
Grimy cadantineGrimy cadantine1Rare4,322
Grimy lantadymeGrimy lantadyme1Rare7,551
Grimy dwarf weedGrimy dwarf weed1Rare8,476
Grimy wergaliGrimy wergali1Rare2,701
Swamp toadSwamp toad1Common796
PineapplePineapple1Common533
CabbageCabbage16–101 (noted)Common14,400–90,900
Worm battaWorm batta1Uncommon233
Toad crunchiesToad crunchies1Rare17,584
Blurberry SpecialBlurberry Special1Rare12,008
Tangled toads' legsTangled toads' legs1Rare555
Law talismanLaw talisman1Uncommon1,014
Nature runeNature rune1–3Common405–1,215
Earth runeEarth rune10–14Uncommon180–252
Soul runeSoul rune5–11Rare6,725–14,795
Steel arrowSteel arrow12–23Common204–391
Mithril arrowMithril arrow6–13Uncommon126–273
Pink bootsPink boots1Uncommon[2]879
Pink robe bottomsPink robe bottoms1Uncommon[2]221
Pink robe topPink robe top1Uncommon[2]358
  1. ^ This is always dropped alongside an herb.
  2. ^ a b c These items are dropped at the Gnome Stronghold and Khazard Battlefield.

Tertiary drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Tortoise shellTortoise shell1–3Uncommon[1]28,106–84,318
Perfect shellPerfect shell1–3Rare[1]Not sold
Curved boneCurved bone1Rare[1]Not sold
Long boneLong bone1Rare[1]Not sold
Teak logsTeak logs1; 2; 4Uncommon105–420
Mahogany logsMahogany logs1; 2; 4Uncommon300–1,200
Humerus boneHumerus bone1Uncommon[2]Not sold
  1. ^ a b c d 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 money making because of the tortoise shell's expensive price.
  2. ^ Dropped only during Fur 'n' Seek wishlist.

Universal drops[]

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.
These drops are dropped alongside main drops.
Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Key tokenKey token1RareNot sold
Mimic kill tokenMimic kill token1Very rare5,575


Trivia[]

  • 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 their tortoise "Dobbie".

See also[]

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