Love is in the Air
Duration	February 5th - February 19th, 2012
Highlights	Candy Peddlefeet Gift collections
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"Love is in the Air" is a seasonal event that takes place around Valentine's Day (around first week of February and lasts about 2 weeks). The first "Love is in the Air" event occurred in 2006, and was repeated each year since. 2010 saw this event significantly changed. See Love is in the Air 2009 for details of the previous version of this event. In 2012, as one of their most romantic gestures (/sarcasm), Blizzard announced some specific customer support policies for this event.

From Battle.net:^[1]

Love and adoration are in the air in the major cities of Azeroth… and in celebration of the occasion, you’re invited to share candy, perfume, and gifts with guards, townsfolk, and other players for special rewards.

However, a strange "love sickness" seems to cloud the hearts of many of Azeroth’s people. Is this widespread incident simply an outbreak of amore? Or will you and your fellow brave adventurers uncover a dark secret behind this plague of passion?

From the old official site:^[2]

Something is in the air in the major cities of Azeroth. Some call it love, and some just call it friendship and admiration. Whichever it is, many guards and townsfolks now spend their days giving and receiving tokens and gifts to other amorous citizens.

The more skeptical, however, are suspicious of the strange "love sickness" clouding the hearts of so many. Will this widespread occurrence be simply taken as a recent outbreak of amore? Or will our brave adventurers find a sinister plot behind the source of this plague of passion? Only time will tell...

Contents 1 Dates 2 Items 3 Quests 3.1 A Gift for ... 3.2 Sampling 3.3 Crown Chemical Co. Contraband 4 Event Boss 5 Bouquet of Roses 6 Achievements 7 Videos 8 Commercial 9 References 10 Patches and hotfixes 11 See also 12 External links

Dates Edit

It appears that Blizzard moves the dates of this event to happen around the real-life Valentine's Day on which this event is based. However, the date ranges sometimes vary whereas Valentine's Day is almost always on February 14th. When the event was introduced it lasted for 6 days, but was increased to roughly 2 weeks in 2010.

Year	Love is in the Air dates
2007, 2008, 2009	February 11 – February 16
2010	February 7 - February 20
2011	February 6 - February 20
2012	February 5 - February 19

Items Edit

The Crown Chemical Co. is in town! Items can be purchased from the Lovely Merchant in each major city for  [Love Tokens]. Tokens can be purchased with  [Lovely Charm Bracelets] and are rewarded by several quests. The bracelets are created from ten  [Lovely Charms].

To collect Lovely Charms, players must have the  [Lovely Charm Collector's Kit] in their inventory, which is available from Kwee Q. Peddlefeet. Then go kill mobs and/or players that would grant honor or XP. You need not loot these mobs to gain the Lovely Charm; it will appear in your inventory automatically.

Item	Cost	Note
[Love Token]	1	(from vendor; quests return x5 rate)
[Lovely Rose] x5	5
["Bravado" Cologne] x5	1
["STALWART" Cologne] x5	1
["Wizardry" Cologne] x5	1
["Forever" Perfume] x5	1	Flirt With Disaster
["Enchantress" Perfume] x5	1	Flirt With Disaster
["VICTORY" Perfume] x5	1	Flirt With Disaster
[Bag of Heart Candies]	2	Be Mine!
[Box of Chocolates]	10	Sweet Tooth /  Lonely?
[Handful of Rose Petals] x5	2	Fistful of Love /  Flirt With Disaster
[Love Rocket] x5	5	The Rocket's Pink Glare
[Silver Shafted Arrow] x5	5	Shafted!
[Truesilver Shafted Arrow]	40	Perma-Peddle
[Lovely Dress Box]	20	Lovely Luck Is On Your Side
[Dinner Suit Box]	20
[Romantic Picnic Basket]	10	Lonely?
[Love Fool]	10	I Pitied The Fool

The Love is in the Air vendors will pay one Love Token for your Lovely Charm Bracelets. The four daily Lovely Charm Bracelet quests reward five Love Tokens per bracelet and reward a card that can be used for a buff.

Quests Edit

There are several daily quests and a quest chain during the holiday.

A Gift for ... Edit

A daily quest from Kwee Q. Peddlefeet offering a gift (a Lovely Charm Bracelet) to the leader of the capital city. Receive 5x [Love Token] and a consumable card that provides a buff to a core stat for an hour.

Alliance	Horde	Reward
A Gift for the High Priestess of Elune	A Gift for the Warchief	Agility
A Gift for the King of Stormwind	A Gift for the Banshee Queen	Intellect
A Gift for the Lord of Ironforge	A Gift for the High Chieftain	Stamina
A Gift for the Prophet	A Gift for the Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas	Spirit

Sampling Edit

Throw out 10 samples and receive 5x [Love Token]

•  [1-80 Daily] A Cloudlet of Classy Cologne
•  [1-80 Daily] A Perfect Puff of Perfume
•  [1-80 Daily] Bonbon Blitz

Crown Chemical Co. Contraband Edit

1.  [1-80] Uncommon Scents or  [1-80] Uncommon Scents (optional)
2.  [1-80] Something Stinks or  [1-80] Something Stinks
3.  [1-80] Pilfering Perfume or  [1-80] Pilfering Perfume
4.  [1-80] Fireworks At The Gilded Rose or  [1-80] Snivel's Sweetheart
5.  [1-80] Hot On The Trail or  [1-80] Hot On The Trail
6.  [1-80] A Friendly Chat... or  [1-80] A Friendly Chat...
7. Then, a level-appropriate daily quest:
   •  [5-13 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [5-13 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [14-22 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [14-22 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [23-31 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [23-31 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [32-40 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [32-40 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [41-50 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [41-50 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [51-60 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [51-60 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [61-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [61-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [71-80 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [71-80 Daily] Crushing the Crown
   •  [81-85 Daily] Crushing the Crown or  [81-85 Daily] Crushing the Crown
8.  [78-80] Man on the Inside (optional)
9.  [75-80D Daily] You've Been Served
10.  [80] Something is in the Air (and it Ain't Love) or  [80] Something is in the Air (and it Ain't Love)

Event Boss Edit

For 2010, the Love is in the Air event now also features an event boss: Apothecary Hummel

As of 2011, to queue for the dungeon, you can use dungeon finder or talk to the Steamwheedle Shyster in Stormwind City (outside Trade District Auction House) or in Orgrimmar (near Grommash Hold). You will receive a Heart-Shaped Box for completing the daily holiday boss.

The optional quest  [78-80] Man on the Inside leads you to Shadowfang Keep where the Crown Chemical Company set up a base of operations. There you can find a goblin agent who gives you  [75-80D Daily] You've Been Served. When turning that quest in at Apothecary Hummel, he and his two companions will aggro. They are all level 82 (elite) and have about 260k health. When the proper strategy is followed, these should not pose a problem for a well-geared 5-man group.

Bouquet of Roses Edit

During the 2009 event of "Love is in the Air", the [Bouquet of Ebon Roses] was introduced for those characters with access to Northrend.

The [Bouquet of Ebon Roses] showers the character with black rose petals and drops from:

• Prince Keleseth in Utgarde Keep,
• Maiden of Grief in Halls of Stone
• and Prince Taldaram in Ahn'kahet

in both Normal and Heroic modes.

Due to an issue not allowing the Ebon Roses to get the Fistful of Love achievement as intended, there was a hotfix that replaced them with the [Bouquet of Red Roses].^[3]

Achievements Edit

The meta-achievement for Love is in the Air is  [Fool For Love]. It requires the completion of most of the achievements listed in the table below.

	Title	Description	Reward
1	[Be Mine!]	Eat the eight "Bag of Candies" heart candies listed below. [Be Mine!] [I'll follow you all around Azeroth.] [All yours.] [I'm all yours!] [Hot Lips.] [You're Mine!] [You're the best!] [I LOVE YOU]	10
1	[Charming]	Create 12 [Lovely Charm Bracelets].	10
1	[Fistful of Love]	Use a [handful of rose petals] on each of the race / class combinations listed below: : Gnome Warlock : Human Death knight : Night elf Priest : Draenei Paladin : Dwarf Hunter : Tauren Druid : Orc Shaman : Troll Rogue : Undead Warrior : Blood elf Mage : Orc Death knight	10
1	[Flirt With Disaster]	Get completely smashed, put on your best perfume, throw a [handful of rose petals] on  Sraaz/ Jeremiah Payson then /kiss him. You'll regret it in the morning.	10
3	[I Pitied The Fool]	/pity the [Love Fool] in all of the locations specified below: Wintergrasp Battle Ring of Gurubashi Arena Arathi Basin Blacksmith The Culling of Stratholme Naxxramas	10
3	[Lonely?]	Enjoy a [Buttermilk Delight] with someone in Dalaran at their [Romantic Picnic] during the Love is in the Air celebration.	10
1	[Lovely Luck Is On Your Side]*	Open a [Lovely Dress Box] and receive a [Lovely Black Dress].	10
3	[My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose]	Obtain a [Bouquet of Red Roses] or [Bouquet of Ebon Roses] during the Love is in the Air celebration.	10
1	[Nation of Adoration]	Complete the Lovely Charm Bracelet daily quest for each <Horde/Alliance> capital. Horde Faction: A Gift for the Warchief A Gift for the High Chieftain Alliance Faction: A Gift for the High Priestess of Elune A Gift for the Lord of Ironforge A Gift for the Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas A Gift for the Banshee Queen A Gift for the Prophet A Gift for the King of Stormwind	10
1	[Dangerous Love]	Assist the Steamwheedle Cartel in stopping the sinister Crown Chemical Co. plot.	10
1	[Perma-Peddle]*	Obtain a permanent Peddlefeet by procuring a [Truesilver Shafted Arrow].	10
1	[Sweet Tooth]	Sample all of the Love is in the Air candies listed below: [Buttermilk Delight] [Dark Desire] [Sweet Surprise] [Very Berry Cream]	10
1	[Shafted!]	Shoot 10 players with the [Silver Shafted Arrow].	10
1	[The Rocket's Pink Glare]	Shoot off 10 [Love Rockets] in 20 seconds or less.	10
1	[Tough Love]*	Defeat the trio of Crown Chemical Co. apothecaries in Shadowfang Keep.	10

*Not a requirement of the meta-achievement  [Fool For Love]

Videos Edit

Commercial Edit

In 2007, Blizzard created a Burning Crusade commercial that featured the "Love is in the Air" event as well as the new jewelcrafting profession. From the official website, the ad was described as follows:^[4]

What do you get the blood elf who has everything? This Valentine's Day, make it an epic jewel! Yes, the industrial empires of Azeroth aren't about to let anyone escape the relentless marketing campai- er, bloom of true love associated with this time of year! Take a look at this new commercial but be warned that you may be struck by a sudden impulse to spend all the gold you've saved for your epic mount.

References Edit

Patches and hotfixes Edit

• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011):
  • You can now queue for the holiday boss in the dungeon finder.
  • A bug introduced in patch 4.0.3a was fixed so you can now turn in A Gift for the High Chieftain. 
    
•  Hotfix (2010-09-02): "Any player who has a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit in their bags now has a chance to receive a Lovely Charm when in a group or raid and a group member gets a killing blow as long as they are within a certain range of the kill."
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This event has been reworked. 
  
• Patch 1.9.3 (2006-02-07): Added. 
  

See also Edit

• Love is in the Air 2009 - description of this event from 2006-2009.

External links Edit

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