I hope this mission is permanent. But if not and it disappears when the box promo finishes then hopefully it comes back again. I can't play this event. So much work!

I wish they'd add more permanent content instead of bombarding us constantly with events. That or make the non holiday related events more common.

Had some type of craftable item. It's the same as getting x amount of items as in the apocrea mission.

Aphrodite says they leave on the 9th of March. I got 3 Obsidian Shards from 1 run, so...

Let me do some math. It took a party of 4 peeps 4 Fiend levels (Silent Legion Elite) to get all the Glyphs. An average run gives 2-4 Shells; let's say 3. You'll need 10 boss runs, or 40 Fiend levels, to get one shield to 5*, with 2 shells left over. And it's 200k per shield, though the cost can be split among party member as the glyphs are unbound and so is energy.

Tortodrones have no weaknesses or resistances.
Tried piercing, normal & elemental damage on it and they all came back as neutral damage. Haven't tested shadow yet.

Really? I used my level 10 Combuster and the first 2 hits were grey 289's.

It's an event, and only lasts til March 9th. Going to be some pretty fast bugfixes, and the jelly minis still have buggy number colors.

Height modifier changes the size of the tortodrone shield bash.
The extra tall one is giant.

I doubt the height mod actually changes area.
I don't know a good way to test it though...

I can say that at my height (short), the 5* reaches at least over a low wall (tested in the fire pot area of advanced training).
Also... 3 new 5* shields in haven.

I just found out about the new shield bash for the Tortodrone shields and it's the greatest thing ever.

But...

Is everyone's tortodrone shield bash model completely pitch black or is it just mine? (I'm using the 3* Shadow variant if it means anything)

Well. They've returned at long last. They live up to anyone's expectations?

-Windsickle

Well, wasn't the Ancient Plate Mail's Defense 'like double' the Volcanic's? Maybe the red one is like that or something.

I really want that red shield. It would replace my BTS for Shadow Lairs and the like. Plus it's red. Red is cool.

Can you find normal good old fashioned Tortos in Wolver dens and other places they use to be? If not, please make them a reare occurance OOO!!!!

Glows blue with 5*.

The thing that confuses me is that for the shields the status resists are:
Stoic: Normal, Stun
Wild: Pierce, Poison, Shock
Primal: Elemental, Fire, Ice
Grim: Shadow, Stun, Ice

Stoic is probably anti-trojan armor.
Wild one fits snarbolax shadow lair nicely (ok, only pierce and poison fit...).
We got another fire+ice item (grand solstice) with primal for all those dangerous status construct (anti-mechaknight?).
Grim hits the ice-themed fiend areas (a mix of ice and stun).

Why the stun resist for grim when stoic has only that one resist?
Why not 2 resists for Stoic?

Because the normal defense supposedly makes up for it.

The shields are they way they are just to differentiate them from existing shields.

Grand is Volcanic Plate but without the fire. (This is the worst of the four for that reason).
Gorgomega is Dread Skelly with Stun instead of Poison.
Savage is Royal Jelly with Poison Shock instead of Stun Sleep.
Omegaward is Grey Owlite with Freeze instead of Shock.
and all four have Movement Speed Decrease Low.

Honestly, they're not good shields. I won't be using one of these instead of my regular shields (Dread Skelly & CoA, BTS & Aegis, Grey Owlite, and Volc Plate & Ironmight Plate).

But they are damned pretty to look at. :)

As I understand it, the Tortodrones just resist everything. Not sure how much, though. Could anyone elaborate more on the topic?

As for the shields, Gorgomega seems really nice for the reason that the above post pointed out. I might get it eventually but for now, I'll stack up on shells to use later on. They don't expire, folks!

Question: Since I will probably miss out on this awesome event due to IRL issues, are the Ancient Shell Materials Tradable? And if so, what are their value in Crowns?

Nope as every mat frm event its bound to your knight. but the mats for the id those are tradeable but sadly you wouldnt be able to use the key since you need the event to use it.

The drop rate of Fiendish Glyphs depends on where you are farming for them. Their current market value is approximately 1,000 crowns each.

The Fiendish ID Card costs 25 Fiendish Glyphs and 10,000 crowns and unlocks the Tortodrone level for all players in a party.

The Tortodrone fight can take anywhere from 1-3 minutes, depending on how much time players spend dead and not directly damaging the Tortodrones.
The mean average of Ancient Shells you receive per run according to my estimates is 3.6 (Tested on Elite, total range is 2-6, assuming you are not dead when someone breaks the Tortodrone corpses)
You must also remember to factor in Spark of Life costs into this. There is not much place to run or hide to in the fight, so don't think you can skimp on this cost through cowardice.

Going purely by market value (which in my opinion, is heavily overpriced due to 90% of people not knowing the easiest way to farm the Glyphs) this puts each Ancient Shell at 2,430 crowns.

Each Shield consumes the regular items for the Jelly Shield/Plate Shield/Skelly Shield/Owlite Shield upgrades (Orbs, crowns, and materials) but also consume 6, 10, and 12 Ancient Shells for the 3, 4, and 5 star variants.