Editing Tortoiseshell

{{Item
|title = Tortoiseshell
|image = [[Image:DQ9 Tortoiseshell.png]]
|japanese = べっこう
|romaji = {{tt|Bekkō|Tortoiseshell}}
|names = N/a
|games = {{Dragon Quest IX}}
|effect = Used as an ingredient to create items. 
}}
<small><center>''Not to be confused with the recurring [[Tortoise shell]] armour.</small></center>
'''Tortoiseshell''' is an item that appears exclusively in {{Dragon Quest IX}}. It is a sturdy piece taken from a monster's shell that is used as an alchemy ingredient.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ9}}===
Tortoiseshell can be dropped by [[Crabid]]s, [[Wyrtle]]s, [[Wyrtoise]]s, and [[Wonder wyrtle]]s or found randomly in non-grotto blue treasure chests and pots throughout the world. It can be sold for 150 gold. Tortoiseshell is used in the following alchemy recipes:
<div style="display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap;">
{{Alchemyitemrecipe
|item=[[Image:DQIX Shell shield.png|32px|link=Shell shield]]<br>Shell shield
|i1=[[Image:DQIX Scale shield.png|32px|link=Scale shield]]<br>Scale shield
|i2=[[Image:DQIX Tortoiseshell.png|32px|Tortoiseshell]]<br>Tortoiseshell
|i3=-
}}
{{Alchemyitemrecipe
|item=[[Image:DQIX tortoise shell.png|32px|link=Tortoise shell]]<br>Tortoise shell
|i1=[[Image:DQIX iron cuirass.png|32px|link=Iron cuirass]]<br>Iron cuirass
|i2=[[Image:DQIX Tortoiseshell.png|32px|Tortoiseshell]]<br>Tortoiseshell
|i3=[[Image:DQIX emerald moss.png|32px|link=Emerald moss]]<br>Emerald moss
}}
{{Alchemyitemrecipe
|item=[[Image:DQIX Black tortoise fan.png|32px|link=Tortoiseshell fan]]<br>Tortoiseshell fan
|i1=[[Image:DQIX War fan.png|32px|link=War fan]]<br>War fan
|i2=[[Image:DQIX Tortoiseshell.png|32px|Tortoiseshell]]<br>Tortoiseshell x2
|i3=[[Image:DQIX Evencloth.png|32px|link=Evencloth]]<br>Evencloth
}}
{{Alchemyitemrecipe
|item=[[Image:DQIX tortoise shell.png|32px|link=Tortoiseshell armour]]<br>Tortoiseshell armour
|i1=[[Image:DQIX tortoise shell.png|32px|link=Tortoise shell]]<br>Tortoise shell
|i2=[[Image:DQIX Tortoiseshell.png|32px|Tortoiseshell]]<br>Tortoiseshell x2
|i3=[[Image:DQIX emerald moss.png|32px|link=Emerald moss]]<br>Emerald moss x2
}}
</div>

==Descriptions==
{{Descriptions
|DQ9=A substance stripped from the shell of a tortoise. Alchemise it!<ref>Nintendo DS version.</ref>
}}

==In Other Languages==
{{OtherLanguages
|es=Caparración|es-meaning=Derived from the Spanish ''{{tt|caparazón|shell, carapace}}'' and ''{{tt|ración|portion, racion}}''.
|fr=Carapacine|fr-meaning=A diminutive of "carapace", the French word for shell, carapace.
|de=Schildpatt|de-meaning=German for "tortoiseshell".
|it=Guscio robusto|it-meaning=Italian for "robust shell".
}}

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Dragon Quest IX alchemy ingredients]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest IX items]]

[[fr:Carapacine]]