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Tortoise shell
Carapace de tortue
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise
An uninspiring piece of armour that nonetheless shelldom lets you down.
The essentials
- Simplest: buy it, 1,550 G (Porth Llaffan – Weapon & Armour Shop, Slurry Quay).
- Sells for 775 G.
- Defence +22: 136th of 183 torso; top: Legendary armour (+100).
- Used to make: Black Tortoise fan, Tortoiseshell armour.
“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.
Defence +22
Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Priest, Martial Artist, Thief, Minstrel, Gladiator, Armamentalist, Paladin, Luminary, Ranger
Style: Naive 32 · Allure 27 · Casual 5 · Aloof -5 · Chic -5 · Vanity -12
Shops Read in the code
- 1,550 G: Porth Llaffan – Weapon & Armour Shop, Slurry Quay
Alchemy Read in the code
- Iron cuirass ×1 + Tortoiseshell ×1 + Emerald moss ×1
- Recipe in the book “Cooking with Carapaces” (Porth Llaffan – Mayor's House)
DQVC (Wi-Fi shop, online) Community (yabd.org)
- 775 G: High Seas Sale (Jan 21)
Used to make
Black Tortoise fanBest defence in the category, by vocation
- Warrior: Legendary armour (+100)
- Priest: Exotoga (+75)
- Mage: Alefgard armour (+60)
- Martial Artist: Exotoga (+75)
- Thief: Exotoga (+75)
- Minstrel: Legendary armour (+100)
- Gladiator: Legendary armour (+100)
- Armamentalist: Legendary armour (+100)
- Paladin: Legendary armour (+100)
- Sage: Exotoga (+75)
- Luminary: Legendary armour (+100)
- Ranger: Exotoga (+75)
Under the hood
Internal item number: 13791; record no. 374 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 775; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.
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