Tribal & Scorpid LW FrustrationsFollow

Ok, level 39, just about to hit 40. My plan is that since i'm a hunter, i want a complete set of tough scorpid gear for level 40-50. On top of this, i want to do Tribal Leatherworking so that i can make tons of great gear for my alt which is a druid. I am currently 220 LW, just about to go train to be a master and i have done a great job at getting all the patterns that i can make. Leathercrafting is a great profession, you just need to learn how to make the best of it and optimize what you're going to do with it.

Now my problems are in farming 3 different things (i'm alliance): Scorpid Scale, Turtle Scale, Wildvine. And heres why:

Scorpid Scale- I have yet to find this and thotbot says they are skinned off the scorpids in Tanaris - Can anyone confirm this as well as, the level of scorpids you have to kill to get them, where to go in Tanaris (preferably safe for a level 40 Hunter), and what the name and drop rate was?

Turtle Scale - I went to Theramore and rightoutside in one of the huge rivers, i found turtles, which i started killing and skinning, but after 2 hours no scales. I'm thinking about going to the hinterlands, but stuff there is level 43 plus. Where is the best zone or area to farm these as well as, a general idea of where you farmed them? What was the drop rate?

Wildvine - I'm currently questing in STV and i wen to the skullsplitter camps and farmed just about all night last night. I helped various parties get their tusks and fetishes here and i'd say i killed about 200+ of the lower tier and some of the mid-tier trolls.....Two wildvines so far ><. Which level range or tier of trolls most commonly drops them? Is there a specific area i must go? As far as i know, there are about 3 ruins that these guys hang around. The first 2 ruins are the lower tier trolls and then if you go way back into the mountains to the south of there, you find a huge set of city ruins full of the higher tier trolls.

Now, i'm in no way complaining about the farming part of this, because the money from the other drops and the fact that i'm getting exp for killing this stuff is great. But i'd like to maximize my time the best i can to obtain the crafting ingredients that i need to move forward on these quests, so any information that the great Tribalcrafters of Alla could spare would be greatly appreciated.^^

As for the scorpid scales, I don't remember exactly what level you have to be to kill the scorpids in Tanaris, but I was able to do so at level 39. However, there's a lot of aggro mobs around and you have to be very careful.

As for the turtle scales, if you go to Theramore, leave from the front gate, and immediately head north. There will be a shoreline with a lot of turtles, they drop turtle scales. THe higher level the turtle, the more likely you get turtle scales. The turtles in the hinterlands are level 50, you won't be able to kill them at levle 40.

For wildvine, the higher level the troll, the more likely they'll drop wildvine. It's not exactly a common drop and thus why they sell for 1.5g+ in Ironforge.

The best place for Scorpid Scales that I found is in Tanaris. However, it's easier if you are 45+. Scorpid Dunestalkers (46-47) have a decent drop rate and will drop two at a time in many cases.

Like was said earlier, the Surf Gliders on the SE coast of Tanaris are great for turtle scales. Once again these will drop 2 at a time in many cases, but the mobs are 48-50.

D'oh!

Looks like alot of this is gonna be one of those, "Ya gotta wait til you're level 50 to do it" type things. Oh well. Looks like i'm gonna be waiting another 10 levels to get my tribal thing goin.

Thanks for all the input though. Very appreciated. ^^

I just found out today that the scorpod scales are a fairly common loot from the lower level scorpids(in tanaris) and thats very cool. I was all sortsa pissed that i'd have to wait many levels on getting them.

As far as the wildvine goes, drop rates increase with level, and instead of getting angry about not being able to get tribal right at 40, i'm pretty cool with it. its gonna be another 20 levels with my hunter, and then another 25 with my druid before i'm even ready to utilize my tribal LW skill.

The best place for finding Wildvine (for me) was to harvest Purple Lotus in STV - I would get Wildvine like Swiftthistle with my lotus. If you know an herbalist, ask them to keep an eye out for ya.

I've been killing those darn turtles near Theramore for 2 days now. 12 turtle scale drops so far, and it takes over 100 for the 4 pieces of armour. What a fantastic waste of a day.

I have been buying turtle scales when I can, and also hunting for them, so that by time I am level 45, I should have what I need.

I have my leatherworking at 251, and skinning is in the 270's, so I am ready to do tribal working when I hit 42, but as I mentioned above, I think it will be a while.

As far as the scorpid stuff goes, I just have higher level guild mates farm em for me, and then I make other things for thier lower level alts in exchange.

I came too close to selling all my mojo and did'nt realize what they were for. Yeah, trolls seem to be a key component to all this: mojo & wildvine. Is cool though. I can't wait til i start leveling my druid as my main and take advantage of all this labor i'm putting into this craft though. ^^