Turtle
Turtles are harmless wildlife that usually live near water, both in the Lands Between and in the Realm of Shadow. When you attack them they pull back into their shells instead of fighting.
A few turtle spirits matter for progress: you have to defeat three giant turtle spirits to break the seal at Chelona’s Rise, and three turtle spirits to open Oridys’s Rise.
Drops
Turtle Neck Meat
Beast Horn (horned variant)
Nectarblood Burgeon
Spirit Calculus (Ancient Ruins of Rauh)
How to beat it
They do not fight back. Strike once they peek out of the shell, and look around for the hidden turtle spirits at the rises.
Lore
Turtles were seen as wise creatures with endless stamina and strength. The Hornsent especially prized two-headed turtles, whose twisted necks reminded them of the sacred spiral, and in the south turtle neck meat was valued as a nourishing delicacy. A great grey turtle, Miriel, Pastor of Vows, even served as pastor of the Church of Vows.