This guide walks you through completing the Troubled Tortugans quest from start to finish, including all requirements, navigation, repairs, tracking segments, and boss fights. While the quest itself isn’t mechanically difficult, it is long and involves a lot of movement, so preparation and routing matter.

Quest Requirements and Preparation

Before starting the quest, make sure you meet the following requirements:

Quest Requirement

Pandemonium

Skill Requirements

34 Crafting

40 Woodcutting

45 Hunter

Sailing unlocked

48 Construction

51 Slayer

Items Needed

Hammer

Saw

Amy’s saw and Imcando hammer both work fine. You’ll also want to bring:

A good axe (used throughout the quest)

A weapon to defeat a level 95 Griffin (any combat style works)

Around 22 empty inventory slots

No teleports are required for this quest.

For gear, partial Graceful is helpful for movement, but not mandatory. The Griffin enemies are weak overall, and the first one is especially vulnerable to magic.

Reaching the Quest Start

The fastest way to reach the quest start is by sailing:

Charter or move your boat to Pandemonium

Pay 4,000 RuneScape gold to recover your ship if needed

Sail directly south, passing Tempoross

Continue south until you reach Dark Noose Island

Once spotted, sail west to find the quest start location

You may encounter aggressive sharks while sailing, so make sure your ship is in good condition.

Helping the Injured Tortuga

Once on the island, head to the center and speak to the injured Tortugan. Choose the first dialogue option to begin the quest.

To help them:

Shake the nearby palm tree

Pick up the fallen leaf

Collect seaweed nearby

Use the leaf on the seaweed to create makeshift bandages

Use the bandages on the Tortugan

After some dialogue, you’ll be allowed to escort them home.

Sailing to the Great Kunch

Board your ship again and sail southeast toward the Great Kunch. When you reach the island:

Follow the shoreline anticlockwise

Look for the docking point

Disembark at the dock

At the dock, head to the nearby junction and speak to Elder Coral or Fluba. Fluba will be taken for emergency care, and you’ll be allowed to stay temporarily as a tourist.

To remain permanently, you’ll need to complete the Trial of Water.

Gathering Shells and Meeting the Elders

Head slightly north along the beach. You’ll see item spawns scattered around:

Collect 6 shells

3 are west of the dock

3 are east of the dock

Once collected, head straight north and enter the first house with a cooking range. Inside, speak with Elder Rail. After some dialogue, you’ll be given a list of town repairs that must be completed following a recent Griffin attack.

If you don’t already have a saw, you can take one from the table inside.

Collecting Repair Materials

Exit the house and head west past the market. On the minimap, look for red-dot item spawns outside of buildings—these are Scoots.

You’ll need:

6 Scoots

10 Jatoba logs

Chop the Jatoba trees nearby. If inventory space becomes an issue, you can either bank the items or destroy the repair list and fix things one by one, though this takes longer.

Completing the Town Repairs

Return to the market area and complete the following repairs in order:

Repair the fish stall sign north of the market

Repair the damaged wall just north of the market

Repair the broken wall west of the hunting stall

Repair the broken crate southwest of the hunting stall

Repair the crafting stall east of the previous location

Repair the broken coconut crate nearby

Once all repairs are finished, return to Elder Rail and Fluba in the house with the cooking range.

Tracking and Killing the Griffin

You’re now tasked with hunting a wounded Griffin.

Head west to the market and inspect the monument

Follow the giant footprints

Inspect the red flowers north of the trail

Inspect the northern rockslide

Inspect the fern-like plant southeast

Inspect the same plant again, further east

Follow the trail to a blocked cave and clear it using an axe

Inside, you’ll fight a level 95 Griffin. Use Protect from Melee and avoid knockback attacks. Once defeated, exit the cave.

If you have 50+ Agility, you can use the southern shortcut. Otherwise, return the way you came.

Preparing for the Final Boss

Speak to Elder Coral again, then return to the market. North of the fish stall, speak to Elder Blunt at the sword stall to receive a shield. Equip it.

Bank your hammer, saw, and axe. Prepare for the final fight—any combat style works.

Melee: Protect from Melee, tank ranged hits

Ranged/Magic: Protect from Missiles and fight from distance

Heavy armor helps reduce knockback if you’re lower level.

Shell-Bane Griffin Boss Fight

Return to your ship and sail southeast to the island just southeast of the Great Kunch. Disembark on the small island to trigger a cutscene and the boss fight.

The Shell-Bane Griffin has three special attacks:

Orange ground splat (move off the tile)

Whirlwinds are spawning beneath you

Knockback attack

Avoid mechanics and maintain correct protection prayers. Once defeated, the fight ends.

Quest Completion and Rewards

Turn off prayers and report back to Elder Coral, then sail back northwest to the Great Kunch. Speak to Elder Rail to complete the quest. Having plenty of cheap Runescape gold will also be very helpful.

Rewards

1 Quest Point

Access to the Great Kunch

8,000 Slayer XP

10,000 Sailing XP

Completion requirement for Red Reef

Congratulations—you’ve completed Troubled Tortugans.