March of the Tortodrones

Official Artwork for the March of the Tortodrones.

March of the Tortodrones is an event.

Overview

As you may recall, tortodrones disappeared from the Clockworks a long time ago and, apart for some stray shells here and there, they have not been seen by the Spiral Order for quite some time. Investigations into the cause were inconclusive, but Spiral HQ suspects fiends are somehow involved.

Now, the tortodrones are being called on the Long Migration. Even the Strangers do not know the reasons for this mysterious event but these giant, robotic tortoises can be glimpsed traveling through the clockworks.

Spiral HQ has new intel that fiends are gathering tortodrone parts and reassembling them. That can't be good...right? Scout the Clockworks for fiends to gather intel and fiendish glyphs. Investigate the Ancient Grove and put a stop to their nefarious activities! - Forum Post.

Gameplay

The Fiendish ID Card is required to access the fight in this event's prestige mission. It acts like a Shadow Key: one player can use one card for the entire squad, and each card can only be used once.
Craft it at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine. It will be bound when crafted.

Fiendish Glyphs ( Amu, Nok, Sol, Tor, Ur), which are materials for crafting this card, have a chance to drop from any defeated loot-dropping fiend, anywhere, during this event.

They also drop in bulk as rewards for fighting in special event-exclusive arcade areas. More information in the gallery below.

Glyphs are unbound upon acquisition.

Arcade

The following can randomly be encountered in arcade gates:

Mysterious Rooms and "Bonus" Mysterious Rooms in Clockwork Tunnels
A Scenario room in Devilish Drudgery
A special Fiendish Fray Battle Arena

More information in the gallery below.

Prestige

Main article: March of the Tortodrones (Mission)

"March of the Tortodrones" is an event-exclusive prestige mission that can be started as often as the player desires, so long as the player is at least Rank ???. It features two corrupted Tortodrones and a seemingly infinite number of fiends. Only when both of the corrupted Tortodrones are defeated can the player(s) claim victory.

Rewards and Prizes

Token Exchange

There are no tokens associated with this event. Instead, Ancient Shell materials are collected from defeated Tortodrones and used to craft various Tortodrone-related gear at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine.

Prize Boxes

Ancient Prize Box - with real-world currency.

Notes

In early versions of the game, players had chances to encounter regular Tortodrones in the clockworks. These monsters were removed for quite some time, and seem to have returned to the game with this event - but only corrupted tortodrones can currently be fought.

The first event was preceded by the appearance of several tortodrone scenario rooms in the arcade. The tortodrones in these scenarios seem to be "dead" or "inactive." Players can see these scenario rooms any time of the year, not just during the event.

There are multiple different versions of the "Call of the Colossi" level.

Gallery

An informative NPC recon stands on this corner of the Haven fountain.
Entrance to a
"Mysterious Room."
Entrance to a
"Bonus Mysterious Room."
Tortodrones marching near the end of the
March of the Tortodrones prestige mission.

Arcade Gallery

There are two different kinds of entrances to mysterious rooms that can be randomly encountered in Clockwork Tunnels. The "Mysterious Room" types below can be beyond either type of entrance.

Regular "Mysterious Rooms" are free, simply step on a button near the entrance to lower the gate.
"Bonus Mysterious Rooms" require 5 energy to access.

Map	Visual	Location	Level &/or Segment	Notes
Mysterious Room1A		Clockwork Tunnels	"Mysterious Room" Segment	Notes: This example was found in: Clockwork Tunnels: Infernal Passage (Depth 27). This area only appears during the March of the Tortodrones event. A party button waits beyond the entrance. Be prepared for many fiends. A variant of this room features healing totems and misery blocks.
Mysterious Room1B		Clockwork Tunnels	"Mysterious Room" Segment	Notes: This example was found in: Clockwork Tunnels: Infernal Passage (Depth 27). This area only appears during the March of the Tortodrones event. A party button waits beyond the entrance. Be prepared for many fiends. The tortodrone in this room is only an aesthetic, like other Scenario Room shells. It is not fought.
Mysterious Room1C		Clockwork Tunnels	"Mysterious Room" Segment	Notes: This example was found in: Cooling Chamber: Infernal Passage (Depth 21). This area only appears during the March of the Tortodrones event. A party button waits beyond the entrance. Be prepared for many fiends.
Mysterious Room1D		Clockwork Tunnels	"Mysterious Room" Segment	Notes: This example was found in: Cooling Chamber: Infernal Passage (Depth 21). This area only appears during the March of the Tortodrones event. A party button waits beyond the entrance. Be prepared for many fiends. It features four healing totems and an Artillery Strike spawner.
Scenario Room5A		Devilish Drudgery	"Scenario Room" Segment	Notes: This example was found in: Devilish Drudgery: Overtime, Every Time (Depth 28). This area only appears during the March of the Tortodrones event. A party button waits beyond aesthetic piles of dark matter. The area features a single vortex block. Several monsters spawn to fight, including Devilites, Trojans, and Howlitzers. The bulk glyph reward for this area seems to be rather small.
1B		Battle Arena	Fiendish Fray Fixed Map	Notes: This example was found in: Thunder Fist Arena: Fiendish Fray (Depth 17). This area only appears during the March of the Tortodrones event. It has a chance to replace the regular layout of any "Fiendish Fray" arena in the arcade.

Calendar

March of the Tortodrones has happened several times. Below is a calendar for each occurrence of this event.

Gear at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine can be crafted at any time, so long as the player has the required components in their inventory.

	News Image	Dates and Forum	Duration	Notes
1		2014.06 26 February 2014 - 14 March 2014	17 days (extended)	The following were introduced during this event: Gameplay: Event Mission: March of the Tortodrones Fiendish Amu Glyph material Fiendish Nok Glyph material Fiendish Sol Glyph material Fiendish Tor Glyph material Fiendish Ur Glyph material Fiendish ID Card material Ancient Shell material Tortodrone (corrupted) monster. "Normal" Tortodrone, after a long absence from the game, can be glimpsed marching in the distance at the end of the prestige mission. Exploration entities: Fiend Gate Super Explosive Block Timed Super Explosive Block Vortex Block Equipment: Stoic Shell Mighty Shell Grand Tortoise Primal Shell Barrier Shell Omegaward Wild Shell Feral Shell Savage Tortoise Grim Shell Nether Shell Gorgomega Prize Box: Ancient Prize Box Related Posts: release 2014-03-12
2		2014.190 16 July 2014 - 28 July 2014	13 days	The following were introduced during this event: Equipment: Stoic Buster Mighty Cannon Grand Tortofist Primal Buster Barrier Cannon Omega Tortofist Wild Buster Feral Cannon Savage Tortofist Grim Buster Nether Cannon Gorgofist The Ancient Prize Box was available for the second time during this event.
3		2015.08 12 March 2015 - 23 March 2015	12 days	The Ancient Prize Box was not available during this event.
4		2016.060 3 March 2016 - 15 March 2016	13 days	The Ancient Prize Box was available for the third time during this event.
5		2016.18 4 August 2016 - 15 August 2016	12 days
6		2017.12 18 May 2017 - 1 June 2017	15 days
7		2017.170 16 August 2017 - 30 August 2017	15 days
8	No news art for this occurrence.	2018.030 16 February 2018 - 25 February 2018 (Extended)	10 + 2 days
9		2018.11 2 August 2018 - 16 August 2018	15 days
10	No news art for this occurrence.	2019.091 30 May 2019 - 11 June 2019	13 days
11		2019.14 18 September 2019 - 1 October 2019	14 days
12		2020.02 28 February 2020 - 11 March 2020	13 days
13		2020.11 17 July 2020 - 29 July 2020	13 days