Troubled Tortugans
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Start: talk to Injured tortugan.
Help a stranded tortugan and gain access to the Great Conch.
Troubled Tortugans is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Experienced. The OSRS TCG Troubled Tortugans card list is still empty — the mapping is community-curated and filling in. The quest is listed here regardless, so the gap is visible and can be reported; the OSRS Wiki remains the authority on requirements and the walkthrough itself.
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Required items & monsters
Items you need to bring and the monsters you'll fight, paired with their OSRS TCG cards. See the wiki for the full requirement list.
- Any axeany one
Any woodcutting axe works. A bronze axe can be found during the quest, but a better one is recommended for cutting 10 jatoba logs.
Used: Chopping jatoba logs for the town repairs.
- Hammerany one
A plain hammer is obtainable during the quest; an Imcando hammer also works.
Used: Making the town-centre repairs.
- Sawany one
A plain saw is obtainable during the quest; Amy's saw also works.
Used: Making the town-centre repairs.
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Sail to the remote island north-west of the Great Conch and talk to the injured tortugan. Shake a palm tree for a palm leaf, pick up a seaweed spawn, combine them into bandages and give them to her; she introduces herself as Floopa.
- 2
Take Floopa home by sailing south-east to the Great Conch pier. Speak to Floopa and Elder Korel, who lets you stay as a tourist and directs you to Elder Raley's hut.
- 3
In Elder Raley's hut, offer to fix the storm damage. Make six repairs in the town centre, chopping jatoba logs with an axe and using a hammer and saw.
- Any axe
- Hammer
- Saw
- 4
Report the repairs done, then track the injured gryphon from the village statue: follow the tracks west and north, inspecting clues along the way.
- 5
Return to find another gryphon has attacked the Little Pearl. Speak to Elder Blunn in the marketplace to receive a tortugan shield, then sail south-east to the Little Pearl.
- 6
Fight the Shellbane gryphon with the tortugan shield equipped for the whole fight, using protection prayers and standing near the shore, to complete the quest.
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OSRS TCG Troubled Tortugans — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Troubled Tortugans?
- None yet. Troubled Tortugans has no OSRS TCG cards mapped to it in the catalogue — the mapping is community-curated and corrections are welcome from the quest page.
- Is Troubled Tortugans members only?
- Yes, Troubled Tortugans is a members quest. It is rated Experienced.
- Does this page tell me how to complete Troubled Tortugans?
- It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the quest to its OSRS TCG cards — the items and monsters involved, and who is trading them. For the complete requirements, detailed steps and rewards, the OSRS Wiki link on this page is the authority.
Related cards
Cards that come up around Troubled Tortugans but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.

Resource • Weapon
A woodcutter's axe.
Can be picked up from a tree stump during the quest; the axe requirement is already covered generically, so this is not a separate item to bring.

Resource
Slightly damp seaweed.
Picked from a spawn and combined with a palm leaf to make bandages on-site, not an item you bring.

Resource • No
A pretty shell.
Handled during the repairs, gathered on the island rather than brought.

Monster • No
A tortugan elder who specialises in hunting.
A tortugan elder NPC you speak to, not fought or required.

Monster • No
A tortugan elder responsible for the eggs on the Little Pearl.
A tortugan elder NPC mentioned during the quest, not fought or required.

Monster • No
A tortugan elder responsible for the eggs on the Little Pearl.
A tortugan elder NPC mentioned during the quest, not fought or required.