Quest Details

Difficulty Novice
Type Miniquest
Length Medium
Quest Points 1
Members No

Start Point

Manhole to Varrock sewers.

Requirements

Skill Requirements

Items Needed

16 Plank* 60 Iron nails Empty sack 2 Bucket of sand
3 Rope Common brown rabbit (Adult or Elder) Dense honeycomb Kebab
2 Law rune Soft clay
* Can use $ilnkfull24421 or store in your $ilnkfull31750 to save room.

Items Acquired During Quest

Varrock teleport method ($ilnkfull29365 would be best) $ilnkfull29405/$ilnkfull28677/$ilnkfull3815

Walkthrough

  1. Talk to $plnkfull840 (Alias: Postie Pete-za) at the manhole to the Varrock sewers. After a little small talk, he will ask you to deliver a $ilnkfull31747 in the sewers for him. Once you accept the miniquest, you will be given a $ilnkfull31747 and informed that it is for $plnkfull3540; he and his brothers are tortles.

    Start
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  2. Open and climb down the manhole to enter the sewers. Once in, travel East until you reach a pipe and squeeze through it. You will come out of the pipe into the tortles' home. Talk to $plnkfull3540, who is standing on the bridge in the middle of the room.

    Butt
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  3. Talking to $plnkfull3540 will lead to you delivering the $ilnkfull31747 and then start a cutscene in which Tortletrapper13224 transports them into the abyss and then they somehow end up teleported into the Varrock sewers. It also made them much better at communicating, apparently. However, they cannot climb the ladder to the surface, so the sewer is where they must stay for now. Ask what they are going to do now (option 4) and $plnkfull3540 will tell you that they intend to model themselves after the Death Lotus rogues in order to survive their new environment and develop the skills needed to climb the ladder. Step one: Improve their agility. Step two: Improve their speed. Step three: Arm themselves. Step four: profit? In order to achieve these steps, his plan is to found a training dojo as their new home. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to do these things, so he will ask you to provide some guidance. Agree to help him to advance further.

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  4. First, he will want help improving their agility. He has placed a contract with an $plnkfull902, but it hasn't arrived yet and he will ask you to go get it. Return to ground level and talk to the $plnkfull902 in the house directly North of the manhole. When prompted, talk to him about Tortle Combat. As it turns out, the tortles sent rats to request the contract. It is hard on his business, so he will tell you to stop having your client send rats as he is not interested in their request.

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  5. Ensure that you have all items needed for the miniquest excluding the $ilnkfull29756, $ilnkfull29639, and $ilnkfull574, then return to $plnkfull3540 and tell him to stop sending rats. They won't be able to get the work done by way of the $plnkfull902, but maybe the people who fulfill the $plnkfull902 contracts could help... oh wait that's you! After a quick fade out and back in there will be hotspots in the room for you to build in.

    Phase 1
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  6. At this point you will need all the items mentioned in the Items Required section. For advancing their agility, you will need to build 4 things: something to fight, something to climb, something to swing on, and something to balance on. Note that these can be built in any order.
    • Something to Fight
      In the cage on the North side of the room in the South West corner you will need to build a training dummy using 2 $ilnkfull907 (these get replaced by buckets), 1 $ilnkfull2168, 15 $ilnkfull2146, 3 $ilnkfull754, and 1 $ilnkfull869.

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    • Something to Climb
      In the cage on the North side of the room in the South East corner you will need to build a climbing net using 15 $ilnkfull2146, 3 $ilnkfull754, and 1 $ilnkfull869.

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    • Something to Swing On
      In the cage on the North side of the room on the North wall you will need to build a rope swing using 15 $ilnkfull2146, 5 $ilnkfull754, and 1 $ilnkfull869.

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    • Something to Balance On
      On the South wall of the room you will need to build a balance beam using 15 $ilnkfull2146 and 5 $ilnkfull754.

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  7. Once these are all built, return to $plnkfull3540 for instructions. He will inform you that $plnkfull3537 had an idea for how to improve their speed. After finishing your talk with $plnkfull3540, talk to $plnkfull3537 in the cage at the North end of the room. He will ask you to give him 2 $ilnkfull591, 1 $ilnkfull958, and something to calibrate the teleportation magic with. He notes that the item for calibration should be a living thing at least as heavy as the tortles are - as such, he suggests a heavy rabbit would work well.

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  8. Go to the Manor Farm and talk to $plnkfull3441. When prompted, talk to her about Tortle Combat. She will assume you are trying to grow a fat rabbit for an animal show of some kind. She says she might be able to help if you can bring her a $ilnkfull574 and some $ilnkfull29639. Giving them to her will allow her to combine them and you will receive $ilnkfull31745. She will inform you that it won't do the trick if you give it to a rabbit younger than an adult, but they grow pretty fast, so even if you only have a baby rabbit, this isn't a big deal. Use the $ilnkfull31745 on your $ilnkfull29756 and you will receive a $ilnkfull31748.

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  9. Return to $plnkfull3537 with the $ilnkfull591, $ilnkfull31748, and $ilnkfull958. He will then turn them into a $ilnkfull31749. He will ask you to give the $ilnkfull31749 to $plnkfull3536, who has offered to test it. He is by the South wall to the room. Talk to him to give him the prototype and one tragic cutscene later he will be gone.

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  10. Talk to $plnkfull3540 again, he will reassure you that $plnkfull3536 is probably fine and that you should talk to $plnkfull3538 about a weapon shipment. He will tell you that he is still awaiting a weapon shipment from $plnkfull1217 at the Grand Exchange and will ask you to go expedite the process.

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  11. Talk to $plnkfull1217 about Tortle Combat and he will say he thought the shipment was already picked up by someone (who he describes in a way that sounds much like a rat). He will give you a $ilnkfull31746 to make up for the mistake. Return to $plnkfull3538 with the "quality" weapons you received. He will inform you that the tortles should each get a weapon that corresponds well with their strengths.

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  12. Each tortle needs a specific weapon from the $ilnkfull31746 and you can ask the tortles about the weapon preferences of the others. Each tortle can inform you about one of the others in the group. The table below tells you what tortles provide what information and what tortles get what weapons. From the items in the pile, the melting snowball, half suffocated jellyfish, broken lyre, and frying pan will go unclaimed. To give them weapons, talk to them and select option 1 (give [insert name] a weapon.).
    Information Weaponry
    Informer Preference Tortle Weapon Selection Number
    $plnkfull3537 Doesn't like wooden tools, prefers smooth metal $plnkfull3540 Mismatched set of cutlery 1
    $plnkfull3538 Needs a solid handle $plnkfull3537 Dwarven army axe 5
    $plnkfull3539 Something in the pile starts squeaking $plnkfull3539 Rabid chinchompa 8
    $plnkfull3540 Doesn't like the cold, needs good reach $plnkfull3538 Old rake handle 4
  13. Once all the weapons have been distributed, talk to $plnkfull3540 again. After standing with your eyes closed awkwardly for a little bit, talk to him again and you will receive your reward.

    can I look yet?
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Congratulations, Miniquest complete!

Complete

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Rewards

Tortle lamp of construction (10k Exp), Tortle lamp of farming (1k Exp), Tortle lamp of magic (1k Exp), and Ninja tortle hood cosmetic override

Guide Credits & History

Writers 3ter 1 and ChathMurrpau
First Uploader Chath
Date Added Jul 27, 2021
Last Updater Chath
Last Updated Aug 04, 2021

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