I bought 1 today in bazaar for 11k. The shield was selling for 25k :)

Just killed him a bit ago. One bad ass turtle.

Does anyone know if you have to give 'Bungre Crawcrusher' 10k gp or can you give him 1kpp with the shell. It seems 10k gp may cause me to not be able to move lol. Thanks

Ok, so this can be looted straight from Lodi AND quested? Ive heard one and the other and both...just a confirmation plz. Thanks everyone!

Aloha all and well met

Silly goose -- this is not a monk item :-) Even if it were monk wearable, the 5.0 weight would prove exceptionally heavy, even to the most weight careful monk for his remaining items.

About the great turtle. Lodi is NOT on a 7 day cycle as some people might think. Waiting for the evil Stormfeather to spawn (for another semi-related quest), I had several Lodi spawns. 240 tracking for rangers is a wonderful thing-- a properly ranger can easily cover both spawn sites, if someone is not camped directly on the spawn site for the specific mob.

As for killing the great turtle for this quest, well a solid well balanced group can easily defeat this mob. I have been told that a single topor shammy can defeat him, but I have not actually seen such a battle yet. Generally, a single MA, a couple damage dealers and a cleric/topor shammy, and an int caster or two to speed things along.

As for the item itself. There are many options available for an enduring breath item these days. EB is required in at least a couple zones (KK and the grey) and is useful in a number of other situations. few items in the game, however, offer EB on an item that has such lovely stats on a generally all purpose item.

This leads to a final point of discussion -- who "wins" the item on a hunt. Generally, at least on our server, Lodi is not a well respected camp, and the first group to arrive with the sufficient combat power to kill the mob, usually kills the mob, much to the chagrin of a younger person whom is waiting for the under equipped guildies to arrive to assist her/him to kill said mob.

So the division of loot is generally as follows: Camper of Lodi gets 1 item of choice off of the drop; map fragment is awarded by lotto to the melee who have not done the quest; spells are passed to useable classes; remaining items are generally lottoed by a /ran 200 500 top roller picking choice item, on down the list.

On a guild hunt, naturally guild leader or raid leader passes out the items by whatever methodolgy the guild uses: NBG; rank system; or lotted by (guildname) dragon kill points.

As all the items on this cash cow/turtle are in demand, it is good for any class to keep or sell said items accordingly by their class.

Hope this helps in your hunts of the great turtle and the allocation of "phat lewt"

Should pure wis casters be given priority over non wis meelee's? ie, should a Cleric get first dibs over a warrior? On the one hand +10wis is great for back slot for non meelee wis casters(although you could easily go buy an Acrylia Studded Cloak; MUCH cheaper than what this shield would go for) but then again the 23ac +10str is insane for a meelee's back slot. Personally, I think all the classes listed should get an even roll, the stats are too broad and wide to give any one class priority.

I say BAH to u Theos, have u ever played a pally?
Pallys need wis. We are wisdom casters especially at hi level we are tanks all the way to 60 where we REALLY need the Wis to do our mass grp buffs and our 660 grp heals and more stuff Ill not list, 90% REZ ok 1 more hehe, anyhow I think I proved my point or shall I go on? lol

KALAGULUS 54th season
PALADIN

That shield/back item is so good )
The only thing you need to have it is patiente )

Why does the turtle drop two things that have permenet enduring breath???

Ooh..this would be nice on the back with a Bladestopper in Secondary..though I'll never see either /grin

I am not a paladin myself nor have I ever played one yet I think this might make a good little pally item. AC, wis, and str all of which paladin's need yet lack:) Plus paladins get no duel wield and could use a nice shield.

This item should be rolled on by all classes that can use it .. it has high AC/str for a cloak (that covers PAL WAR BARD SHD RNG *with added bonus for paladins and rangers (wis)* 10 wis and 23 ac covers druid/shaman/cleric

And the resists, 5 cha and enduring breath is good for all classes .. i personnaly wouldnt use it as a shield .. but i can see it would be good there sometimes ... and to the "no-one cares abotu druids" BS i have a 53 druid on BB...

anyway grats to anyone who gets the shield .. and */rude gesture* to anyone who leaves a class listed there out of the roll

It's interesting how many items in the game do enduring breath. @ least it's kinda a bonus thing just thrown onto an already kick-ass item

Ahh.. the Lodi shield.. this thing should be NO DROP, but I'll let that slide. First of all, to the person that says only Druids need this item - greedy druids, like anyone cares about Druids after level 50 anyway (anyone who disagrees is not level 50, etc.).. to the person who says only Clerics need this item - have you ever played a Shaman? Shaman slow spells are CRITICAL to high level battles, and must be cast immediately, not like Cleric spells which can be cast before and after battle actually begins. But, also, to the person who says only priest classes need this item - look at the stats. The most prominent are AC and WIS.. AC is essential to almost every class, especially tanks. WIS is used by Cleric, Shaman, Druid, Ranger, and Paladin. True, Ranger and Paladin don't need WIS as much, but they are mor elikely to be hit, thus need more AC.. you also have to consider the resists, saves are essential to absolutely every class in the game. In summary -

If they help kill it, give them a chance to roll. The only exceptions would be people who cannot use the item (insert duh here, sure they can sell it, but I will personally kill anyone who sells a Lodi), and certain classes should be exempt if an item is obviously for a certain class type (example, an item with high INT and few other stats should not be rolled on by anyone but INT casters). Just trying to clean up the uninformed newbie muck..

To the person who wrote that there are no other shields that can be worn on the back also, look up the Aegis of Life quest from Qeynos. Decent ac and wis (cle and paly only). Only problem is the spawn for the quest is a pain in the arse.

A 23 AC backslot item, +10 Str, +20svF/C, +10svM and a perma effect of Enduring Breath...

That really sucks, eh?

-Benaan

I basicly live in the East Commons tunnel (eci's main trading place) and I see these for sale at least twice a week. They sell for 120k usualy...someone offered one for my Runebranded Girdle, I was gonna take it when he went ld =(
Great item, perfect for every class that can use it (ac is wicked, saves rule etc)