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| Duration | February 5th - February 18th, 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...
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Dates
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 18 |
Items
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (from vendor; quests return x5 rate) | |
| 5 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 2 | | |
| 10 | | |
| 2 | | |
| 5 | | |
| 5 | | |
| 40 | | |
| 20 | | |
| 20 | ||
| 10 | | |
| 10 | | |
| 270 |
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
There are several daily quests and a quest chain during the holiday.
A Gift for ...
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
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
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[1-80] Uncommon Scents or
[1-80] Uncommon Scents (optional)
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[1-80] Something Stinks or
[1-80] Something Stinks
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[1-80] Pilfering Perfume or
[1-80] Pilfering Perfume
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[1-80] Fireworks At The Gilded Rose or
[1-80] Snivel's Sweetheart
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[1-80] Hot On The Trail or
[1-80] Hot On The Trail
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[1-80] A Friendly Chat... or
[1-80] A Friendly Chat...
- Then, a level-appropriate daily quest:
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[5-13 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[5-13 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[14-22 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[14-22 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[23-31 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[23-31 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[32-40 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[32-40 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[41-50 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[41-50 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[51-60 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[51-60 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[61-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[61-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[71-80 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[71-80 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[81-85 Daily] Crushing the Crown or
[81-85 Daily] Crushing the Crown
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[78-80] Man on the Inside (optional)
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[75-80D Daily] You've Been Served
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[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
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
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:
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
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 | |||||
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| | | Eat the eight "Bag of Candies" heart candies listed below.
| 10 | ||||
| | | Create 12 [Lovely Charm Bracelets]. | 10 | ||||
| | | Use a [handful of rose petals] on each of the race / class combinations listed below:
| 10 | ||||
| | | Get completely smashed, put on your best perfume, throw a [handful of rose petals] on /kiss him. You'll regret it in the morning. | 10 | ||||
| | | /pity the [Love Fool] in all of the locations specified below:
| 10 | ||||
| | | Enjoy a [Buttermilk Delight] with someone in Dalaran at their [Romantic Picnic] during the Love is in the Air celebration. | 10 | ||||
| | | Open a [Lovely Dress Box] and receive a [Lovely Black Dress]. | 10 | ||||
| | | Obtain a [Bouquet of Red Roses] or [Bouquet of Ebon Roses] during the Love is in the Air celebration. | 10 | ||||
| | | Complete the Lovely Charm Bracelet daily quest for each <Horde/Alliance> capital.
| 10 | ||||
| | | Assist the Steamwheedle Cartel in stopping the sinister Crown Chemical Co. plot. | 10 | ||||
| | | Obtain a permanent Peddlefeet by procuring a [Truesilver Shafted Arrow]. | 10 | ||||
| | | Sample all of the Love is in the Air candies listed below:
| 10 | ||||
| | | Shoot 10 players with the [Silver Shafted Arrow]. | 10 | ||||
| | | Shoot off 10 [Love Rockets] in 20 seconds or less. | 10 | ||||
| | | Defeat the trio of Crown Chemical Co. apothecaries in Shadowfang Keep. | 10 |
Videos
Commercial
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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
Patches and hotfixes
See also
External links
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