Lion Meat is a common cooking item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 2 recipes including Hot Lion Chops and Tasty Lion Steak.

Where do you buy Lion Meat?

Vendors sell it for 2s 20c and buy it back for 55c. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.

What is Lion Meat used for?

It is a reagent in 2 Forever recipes, including Hot Lion Chops and Tasty Lion Steak.

How much does Lion Meat cost on the auction house?

About 2s 29c at the median on RP Horde EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 01:26 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1s 10c on PvP Horde EU to 15s on PvP Alliance EU.

Where is the best place to farm Lion Meat?

Of the sources players have reported, Mountain Lion in Alterac Mountains drops it most often: 30% of 23 loot windows. A stack of 20 takes about 66 kills at that rate, and sells for 45s 80c at the median on RP Horde EU.

Lion Meat

Common cooking · item level 23 · id 3731

RP Horde EUscanned 7 min ago

Unchanged from Classic Era in World of Warcraft: Forever (build 1.60.1.70862): same item level, requirements, quality and vendor price. Every item changed from Classic Era.

AlsoUsed in Hot Lion Chops Seen in Hillsbrad Foothills Deals on RP Horde EU Best hours to buy and sell

Latest price · RP Horde EU

Live

Min buyout

Median

2 29

45s 80c a stack of 20

Units listed

388

vs 7d median

28.9%

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Min buyout is the cheapest listing per unit; median is the middle price across all units and the one to trade on. How to read this page.

Price history · 30d · RP Horde EU

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Price history · 7d · RP Horde EU

Addon scan · 7 min ago

Across markets

Cheapest on Normal Horde US at 99c (19s 80c a stack); deepest supply on Normal Horde US with 1,683 listed. Buying at 1s 5c on PvP Horde EU and selling at the PvP Alliance EU median of 15s through the neutral house leaves +11s 70c a unit after its 15 percent cut (2g 34s a stack).

Market	Min buyout	Median	Units	30d median
Normal Alliance US	2s 18c	2s 35c	849	2s 92c
Normal Horde US	99c	1s 20c	1,683	1s 79c
PvP Alliance US	2s 33c	2s 69c	538	2s 68c
PvP Horde US	1s	1s 11c	1,004	1s 53c
RP Alliance US	3s 95c	3s 95c	37	3s 95c
RP Horde US	2s 18c	2s 19c	238	2s 21c
Normal Alliance EU	2s	2s 32c	471	5s 97c
Normal Horde EU	1s	1s 15c	1,036	1s 34c
PvP Alliance EU	15s	15s	28	5s 14c
PvP Horde EU	1s 5c	1s 10c	808	1s 13c
RP Alliance EU	2s 50c	2s 50c	73	2s 91c
RP Horde EU	2s	2s 29c	388	3s 22c
Normal Alliance CN	2s 85c	3s 16c	883	3s 69c
Normal Horde CN	1s	1s 11c	239	1s 52c
PvP Horde CN	1s 52c	1s 52c	427	1s 12c
RP PvP Horde US	1s 33c	1s 33c	43	1s 68c
RP PvP Alliance EU	1s 99c	1s 99c	7	3s 50c
RP PvP Horde EU	1s 99c	3s 70c	747	1s

About Lion Meat

Lion Meat is a common cooking item in World of Warcraft: Forever. It has item level 23 and stacks to 20. Sold by vendors for 2s 20c, who buy it back for 55c.

It is a reagent in 2 recipes, including Hot Lion Chops and Tasty Lion Steak.

Quick answers

What is Lion Meat?: Lion Meat is a common cooking item in World of Warcraft: Forever. Used in 2 recipes including Hot Lion Chops and Tasty Lion Steak.
Where do you buy Lion Meat?: Vendors sell it for 2s 20c and buy it back for 55c. It can also be listed on the auction house, and the vendors and zones players have seen it at are listed on this page as they are reported.
What is Lion Meat used for?: It is a reagent in 2 Forever recipes, including Hot Lion Chops and Tasty Lion Steak.
How much does Lion Meat cost on the auction house?: About 2s 29c at the median on RP Horde EU, from the scan at 2026-11-09 01:26 UTC. Across the 18 Forever markets with a price it runs from 1s 10c on PvP Horde EU to 15s on PvP Alliance EU.
Is Lion Meat different in Forever than in Classic Era?: No. Forever keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices as Classic Era.
Where is the best place to farm Lion Meat?: Of the sources players have reported, Mountain Lion in Alterac Mountains drops it most often: 30% of 23 loot windows. A stack of 20 takes about 66 kills at that rate, and sells for 45s 80c at the median on RP Horde EU.

Classic Era vs Forever

Unchanged from Classic Era: Lion Meat keeps the same item level, requirements, and vendor prices in Forever.

Era values from Blizzard's Game Data API; Forever values from Forever's game data.

Details

Class: Trade Goods
Subclass: Cooking
Quality: common
Item level: 23
Stack size: 20
Vendor sell: 55c
Vendor buy: 2s 20c
Blizzard item id: 3731
Client build: 1.60.1 (build 70862)

Where it comes from

Vendors sell it for 2s 20c and buy it back for 55c. That is the ceiling for an auction price while vendors stock it.
Consumed by 2 recipes, which is where its demand comes from.
Dropped by
- Starving Mountain Lion in Hillsbrad Foothills (Darrow Hill)25% of 938 looted
- Mountain Lion in Alterac Mountains (The Headland)30% of 23 looted
- Shadumbra in Ashenvale (Raynewood Retreat)25% of 24 looted
- Echeyakee in The Barrens7% of 54 looted
- Feral Mountain Lion in Hillsbrad Foothills (Nethander Stead)17% of 24 looted
and 1 more, each on its creature page.
Farm it or buy it. The best reported spot is Mountain Lion in Alterac Mountains (The Headland) at 30% of 23 loot windows, about 66 kills for a stack of 20. A stack sells for 45s 80c at the median on RP Horde EU.
Sources are what 34 players running the addon saw in game, summed across everyone who contributes; a rate needs at least twenty loot windows.

Used in 2 recipes

1×Hot Lion ChopsCooking 135
2×Tasty Lion SteakCooking 150

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