Giant Tortoise

The Giant Tortoise is a Hardmode Jungle enemy. It walks around slowly, and occasionally retracts into its shell. It then starts spinning and hurls itself at the player, gaining increased defense and dealing high contact damage. It drops Turtle Shells, which are vital for crafting Turtle armor (an ingredient of the near-endgame Beetle armor).

A functionally identical variant of the Giant Tortoise, the Ice Tortoise, can be encountered in the Ice biome.

Tips

 * Any weapon with a high rate of attack is effective, as it prevents the Giant Tortoise from using its spin attack. Viable options include the Megashark or a.
 * Melee weapons are useful as long as the player stays close to the Giant Tortoise. Even when not attacking continuously, the spin attack cooldown is much higher at close range.
 * Pools of water should be avoided, as they cause the Giant Tortoise to immediately charge at the player.
 * Giant Tortoises cannot drop through platforms. Setting up several rows of long platforms significantly reduces the danger of the spin attacks.
 * Due to the tremendous spin attack damage, especially in and, high defense, e.g. from the Hallowed armor, is recommended when farming for Turtle Shells.
 * Giant Tortoises can be farmed much easier on the surface than in the Underground Jungle because of the larger area of space to spawn on. Alternatively, a large area can be dug out underground and summon weapons, e.g. the Pirate Staff, can be used to farm in either location.

Trivia

 * This enemy, as well as its Ice Tortoise variation, appears to reference Tatori, a similar tortoise enemy in the action-adventure game  that also attacks the player with the same flying spin.
 * Despite being called the Giant Tortoise, it drops Turtle Shells.
 * Despite the latest being equivalent to Desktop 1.3.5, the Giant Tortoise still uses its pre-1.3.5 sprite.