Is Riding Turtle in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Riding Turtle is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.

Where do you get Riding Turtle in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Riding Turtle is created by Create Upperdeck Turtle Mount.

What level is Riding Turtle in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Riding Turtle is common quality, item level 20 and requires level 20.

Riding Turtle - WoW Classic and Forever Item Sources

Teaches the mount Riding Turtle.collections

An Epic Miscellaneous, item level 10, binds when picked up.

Downloads

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Sold By the Trading Post

The game's Trading Post catalog lists Riding Turtle for 700 Trader's Tender in the Mounts category.

Price and category come from the client's Perks vendor tables (PerksVendorItem). The monthly rotation is not in the client data.

Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Trading Post item (Mounts): 700 Trader's Tender.trading post

Riding Turtle Effects

Use: Learning
Effect: Riding Turtle - Infinite
Summons and dismisses a rideable turtle. It may be slow, but it gets you off your feet!

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Other versions

Classic Era

Across game versions

In Classic Era it is item level 20, requires level 20 and Common quality.

Version	Item level	Required level	Quality	Binding
Retail (Midnight)	10	-	Epic	Binds when picked up
Classic Era	20	20	Common	Binds when picked up

How Riding Turtle Compares

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Riding Turtle among Miscellaneous > Mount; 5 of them also come from Classic.

Item	Item Level	Details	Lowest Listed Price
Riding Turtle (this item)	10		Not listed
Reins of the Crimson Deathcharger	10	Use: Learning	162,000 gold on 73 realms
Reins of Poseidus	10	Use: Learning	3,199 gold on 82 realms
Garn Nighthowl	10	Use: Learning	194 gold on 82 realms
Coalfist Gronnling	10	Use: Learning	111 gold on 82 realms
Reins of the Thundering Ruby Cloud Serpent	30	Use: Learning	35,000 gold on 71 realms
Mechano-Hog	10	Crafted with Northrend Engineering; Use: Learning	23,000 gold on 82 realms
Mekgineer's Chopper	10	Crafted with Northrend Engineering; Use: Learning	20,000 gold on 80 realms
Swift Springstrider	10	Use: Learning	25,000 gold on 73 realms
Swift Lovebird	10	Use: Learning	38,686 gold on 78 realms
Minion of Grumpus	10	Use: Learning	95,000 gold on 82 realms

The lowest listed price among them is Coalfist Gronnling at 111 gold in the US Auction House.

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Riding Turtle Fits

Items That Share Riding Turtle's Icon

Riding Turtle uses icon file 132199, which 4 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

Figurine - Empyrean Tortoise ID 35693 · Armor · item level 32
Lucky Riding Turtle ID 103630 · Miscellaneous · item level 10 "Teaches you how to summon this mount."
Kupa's Head ID 151091 · Quest

Items Numbered Next to Riding Turtle

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 23720 (23712 to 23729) were usually added in the same batch as Riding Turtle: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Ash'ana ID 23712 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon this companion."
Hippogryph Hatchling ID 23713 · Miscellaneous "Teaches you how to summon this companion."
Perpetual Purple Firework ID 23714 · Armor · item level 12
Carved Ogre Idol ID 23716 · Armor
Pitted Gold Band ID 23717 · Armor
Warchief Kargath's Fist ID 23723 · Quest "Warchief Kargath Bladefist's fearsome namesake."
Fel Ember ID 23726 · Quest "The smoldering ember emits faint purple sparks, but no heat. Its coolness belies the immense power held..."
Fel Horde Banner ID 23729 · Quest

Riding Turtle Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 23720 in the current client build.

Content tuning ID: 872
Flags: 32768 / 8192 / 0 / 16384 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Riding Turtle in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Riding Turtle is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Riding Turtle next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Riding Turtle in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Riding Turtle is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
Where do you get Riding Turtle in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Riding Turtle is created by Create Upperdeck Turtle Mount.
What level is Riding Turtle in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Riding Turtle is common quality, item level 20 and requires level 20.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client: Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era client: Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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