Get Great Green Dragon Turtle mount

Great Green Dragon Turtle is a ground mount added in the Mists of Pandaria expansion (patch 5.0.4). It is an enlarged version of the regular green dragon turtle: a massive shelled animal with a distinctive reptilian snout, a shell densely overgrown with moss, and heavy harness. Among the pandaren, turtles like these are prized for their endurance, carrying capacity, and unhurried but steady gait.

The mount is sold for ordinary gold by two vendors in the capitals — Old Whitenose in Stormwind and Turtlemaster Odai in Orgrimmar. Any pandaren character can buy it immediately, regardless of faction and reputation. Members of other races will need to be Exalted with the Tushui Pandaren (Alliance) or the Huojin Pandaren (Horde).

• A unique pandaren mount silhouette — the large dragon turtle stands out among the usual horses, wolves, and sabers, especially paired with a pandaren or tauren character model
• Part of the Pandaria turtle collection — large turtles in other colors are sold alongside it from the same selection. Obtaining one turtle already grants the reputation and access to the entire line
• A simple and reliable way to grow your collection — the mount is bought for gold from a vendor, with no boss farming or random drops. The only requirement is reputation
• Counts toward mount-quantity achievements — handy for collection rewards
• Available account-wide — once purchased, the mount appears in the collection of every character on the account, regardless of faction and class

To buy the mount you need to meet a few conditions:

• Character level: at least 10 (a formal requirement nowadays)
• Riding skill: Apprentice Riding — basic skill is enough
• Race or reputation — one of two:
  • Play as the pandaren race (any faction)
  • Reach Exalted with the Tushui faction — for the Alliance
  • Reach Exalted with the Huojin faction — for the Horde
• Gold: 10 gold

Reputation with the pandaren factions is earned through daily quests in the capitals, completing Pandaria story quests, and wearing the appropriate tabard in dungeons.

The mount is sold by two vendors — one in each of the main factions' capitals. Note: the Alliance and the Horde each have access only to their own vendor, but with the appropriate reputation their wares are identical.

Alliance — Stormwind

Vendor: Old Whitenose. Located in the pandaren camp by the Eastern Earthshrine, in the northern part of Stormwind, near the Mage Quarter and the Canals.

Horde — Orgrimmar

Vendor: Turtlemaster Odai. Found in the pandaren camp in the center of Orgrimmar's Valley of Honor, near the pond and the training ground.

The Tushui and Huojin Pandaren are among the easiest reputations in the game to farm at max level.

Method 1. Faction cloak and dungeons

The main and recommended method. From your faction's agitator in the pandaren camp you receive a cloak:

• Alliance — Tushui Tabard from Disciple Jusi
• Horde — Huojin Tabard from Adherent Hanjun

In any dungeon, from classic to modern, all reputation earned while wearing the tabard goes to the chosen pandaren faction. At max level 90 the old dungeons are cleared in a couple of minutes, so a few runs through the Dungeon Finder will close out the reputation in one or two evenings.

Method 2. Pandaren from scratch

If you create a new pandaren character, keep in mind: on the starting zone of the Wandering Isle you have not yet chosen a faction, but after picking a side you immediately gain access to all racial mounts with no reputation requirement. This is the fastest way to complete the collection for collectors.

• Watch for increased-reputation weekends. Blizzard regularly runs events with a +50% or +100% reputation bonus — on those days farming goes noticeably faster
• Buy several turtles at once. All six colors of the "large" turtles are sold in the same place. In a single visit to the vendor you can close out several collection entries at once
• Use the pandaren race for a quick finish. A pandaren alt buys all the turtles with no reputation requirement — this saves noticeable time if you level a character from scratch specifically for the collection