Where to Farm Turtle Meat

The best place to farm Turtle Meat is Azshara, where Coralshell Tortoise (level 50-52) drops it at 46.7%. That is the vanilla 1.12 chance, not yet confirmed in Forever. 23 sources are ranked below by drop chance.

Best zones:

Zone	Sources	Best source	Level	Drop%
Unknown zone	1	Giant Surf Glider	48-50+	53.0%
Azshara	3	Coralshell Tortoise	50-52	46.7%
The Hinterlands	3	Saltwater Snapjaw	49-50	40.8%
Dustwallow Marsh	4	Mudrock Tortoise	36-37	40.6%
Tanaris	2	Steeljaw Snapper	42-43	39.8%
Maraudon	1	Stolid Snapjaw	46-47	39.4%
Thousand Needles	4	Mudrock Snapjaw	41-42	37.2%
Alterac Mountains	2	Snapjaw	30-31	30.0%
Blackfathom Deeps	3	Aku'mai Snapjaw	26-27+	27.3%

All sources, by drop chance:

Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.

Source	Level	Zone	Spawns	Side	How	Drop%	Map
Giant Surf Glider(elite)	48-50+		0		Drop	53.0%	map
Coralshell Tortoise	50-52	Azshara	8		Drop	46.7%	map
Saltwater Snapjaw	49-50	The Hinterlands	63		Drop	40.8%	map
Mudrock Tortoise	36-37	Dustwallow Marsh	68		Drop	40.6%	map
Steeljaw Snapper	42-43	Tanaris	43		Drop	39.8%	map
Stolid Snapjaw	46-47	Maraudon	26		Drop	39.4%	map
Coralshell Lurker	53-54	Azshara	45		Drop	39.1%	map
Surf Glider	48-50	Tanaris	134		Drop	39.1%	map
Mudrock Burrower	39-40	Dustwallow Marsh	20		Drop	39.0%	map
Ironback(rare)	51	The Hinterlands	1		Drop	37.5%	map
Mudrock Snapjaw	41-42	Thousand Needles	12		Drop	37.2%	map
Sparkleshell Borer	32-33	Thousand Needles	6		Drop	37.0%	map
Sparkleshell Snapper	34-35	Thousand Needles	32		Drop	36.9%	map
Mudrock Borer	42-43	Dustwallow Marsh	11		Drop	36.6%	map
Mudrock Spikeshell	37-38	Dustwallow Marsh	68		Drop	36.3%	map
Gammerita(elite)	48+	The Hinterlands	1		Drop	36.1%	map
Sparkleshell Tortoise	30-31	Thousand Needles	28		Drop	35.6%	map
Scalebeard(rare)	52+	Azshara	1		Drop	32.2%	map
Snapjaw	30-31	Alterac Mountains	83		Drop	30.0%	map
Aku'mai Snapjaw(elite)	26-27+	Blackfathom Deeps	7		Drop	27.3%	map
Cranky Benj(rare)	32	Alterac Mountains	1		Drop	26.5%	map
Aku'mai Fisher(elite)	23-24+	Blackfathom Deeps	6		Drop	24.9%	map
Ghamoo-ra(elite)	25+	Blackfathom Deeps	1		Drop	12.0%	map

Needed for:

Quests:

Level	Quest	Needs
31	Soothing Turtle Bisque	10x
31	Soothing Turtle Bisque	10x

Recipes:

Recipe	Profession	Needs
Grand Lobster Banquet	Cooking	4x
Savory Turtle Stew	Cooking	3x
Soothing Turtle Bisque	Cooking	1x

Drop% is the rate recorded in Forever once a source has been looted ten times; a greyed figure is the vanilla 1.12 chance from the world data (vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in forever). Spawns counts the source's spawn points in the world data. "Side" names which side can kill the NPC when the other finds it friendly. The lead picks the best chance among sources that are not a rare spawn and have at least three spawn points.