Great Purple Dragon Turtle

Great Purple Dragon Turtle is a ground mount that hails from the Mists of Pandaria expansion (patch 5.0.4). It is a massive pandaren dragon turtle with a richly purple-tinted shell and distinctive eastern-style harness.

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

• A unique pandaren turtle model — its massive silhouette, decorated shell, and lanterns on the sides set it apart from any other ground mount.
• Costs just 10 gold — once you hit Exalted with the right faction, the mount is dirt cheap. One of the most affordable "reputation" mounts in the game
• Part of the dragon turtle collection — the same vendor also offers several other colors: red, blue, black, green, and brown. A single shopping trip can tick off several lines in your mount journal at once
• Mount-count achievements — the higher collection milestones (250, 300, 400 mounts) demand exactly these bulk sources, like the pandaren turtles
• Account-wide access — after the first purchase the mount unlocks on all characters through the shared collection
• A reason to revisit the pandaren starting zone — the mount fits naturally into the race's story and looks great on pandaren of any class

A few conditions must be met to buy the mount:

• Character level: 10 minimum (a formality these days)
• Riding skill: Apprentice Riding — basic skill is enough
• Race or reputation — one of two:
  • Play a pandaren character (either 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 matching tabard in dungeons.

The mount is sold by two vendors — one in each of the main faction capitals. Note that the Alliance and the Horde can only access their own vendor, but with the right reputation the stock is identical.

Alliance — Stormwind

Vendor: Old Whitenose. Located in the pandaren camp by the Eastern Earthshrine, in the northern part of Stormwind, next to 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, next to the pond and the training grounds.

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

Method 1. Faction tabard and dungeons

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

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

In any dungeon, from classic ones 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 handful of runs through the dungeon finder will cap the reputation in an evening or two.

Method 2. Pandaren from scratch

If you create a new pandaren character, keep in mind: in the starting zone of the Wandering Isle you have not chosen a faction yet, but once you pick 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.