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Midsummer Fire Festival

Duration

June 21 - July 4, 2012

Currency

[Burning Blossom]

Boss

[85+] Lord Ahune <The Frost Lord>

Highlights

Fireworks, Bonfires

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The Midsummer Fire Festival is a seasonal event that celebrates the hottest season of the year. It starts on the (earthly) northern summer solstice, and lasts about two weeks (mid-late June to early July, usually). It is similar to the Lunar Festival and other holidays, featuring some useful buffs, food, and toys to play with.

It was introduced in Patch 1.11, and given a major revamp in June 2008.

From Midsummer Fire Festival^[1] on the old official website:

Ah, so you weren't chosen for Flamekeeper this year? Don't fret, my friend! The Midsummer Fire Festival isn't merely about that traditional honor; it's a time of merriment, a chance to celebrate the hottest season of the year by lighting great fires across the land and sharing in what the elemental spirits can offer. Come to our camps and join in the revelry!

The ending of the Festival seems to have been merged with the Engineers' Explosive Extravaganza holiday:

The lengthy Midsummer Fire Festival traditionally ends with the sky itself being set alight. The goblins of Undermine have lent their considerable skill (and copious amounts of gunpowder) to the task, resulting in a tremendous fireworks show! Take up a festival mug and raise a toast to the season as the multicolored explosions dance across the sky above you!

Buffs

[Ribbon Dance]^ω ϖ—Experience gained from killing monsters increased by 10%!

Using Ribbon Poles causes a colorful streamer of energy to go to your hand and causes you to dance. This gives a 3-minute Ribbon Dance buff increasing earned experience by 10%. This buff stacks up to 20 times (60 minutes), increasing its duration by 3 minutes for every 3 seconds you keep dancing around the pole.

[Fire Festival Fury]^ω ϖ—Increases critical strike percent and spell critical strike percent by 3.

When thrown into a festival fire, Burning Blossoms give you a buff Fire Festival Fury, 3% critical strike and spell critical strike rating for sixty minutes as well as causing fire damage to attackers.

[Bonfire's Blessing]^ω ϖ—Target gains a 30% chance to inflict Fire damage on any melee, ranged, or spell attack.

If a bonfire has gone out, tossing a Burning Blossom in it will provide a zone-wide buff, Bonfire's Blessing, that gives you a 30% chance to inflict (<your level> x 10) Fire damage on any melee, ranged, or spell attack. Bonfire's Blessing is capable of delivering a critical hit with 100% additional damage and is affected by bonus spell damage. This buff goes away if the opposite faction desecrates the bonfire.

[Fire Festival Fortitude]^ω ϖ—Increases Stamina by 30 for 1 hour.

Special flame samples can be collected from the bonfires in each of the four main cities of the opposing faction. Each sample will begin a quest called "Stealing the [City]'s Flame." Upon completing each quest, everyone in the capital city will receive Fire Festival Fortitude, a +30 stamina buff. Once all 4 have been collected and returned to a Festival representative, you receive the quest A Thief's Reward and are rewarded with the [Crown of the Fire Festival].

[Reverence for the Flame]^ω ϖ—Experience gained from killing monsters increased by 10%! 1 hour remaining.

Gained when honoring the new (for 2011) neutral flames in Deepholm, Mount Hyjal, and the Shimmering Expanse.

Burning Blossom redemption

Below are the items you can purchase with [Burning Blossoms] at Midsummer Merchants and Midsummer Suppliers. You can get 22 Blossoms (minimal) for normal quests, 20 Blossoms every day through daily quests, and 840 (H)/830 (A) Blossoms from the bonfires.

Sets	Item	Price	Note
	[Handful of Summer Petals]	2
	[Fiery Festival Brew]	2
	[Juggling Torch]	5	Used for Torch Juggler
	[Elderberry Pie]	5
	[Midsummer Sausage]	5
	[Bag of Smorc Ingredients]	5
	[Toasted Smorc]	5
	[Fire-toasted Bun]	5
Components of the Midsummer Reveler three-piece set for Burning Hot Pole Dance	[Mantle of the Fire Festival]	100
	[Vestment of Summer]	100	Causes your hands to catch fire for more festive dance moves.
	[Sandals of Summer]	200	Causes a fire to appear at your feet.
	[Brazier of Dancing Flames]	350	Creates a fiery, dancing female draenei who reacts to player emotes.
	[Captured Flame]	350	Small pet.
	[Helm of the Fire Festival]	350	Helm that acts as a [Cooking Fire]. Added in 2012.

Quests

[Burning Blossoms] can be earned through a variety of quests. The blossoms can be consumed for a small buff or saved for a variety of items including the [Brazier of Dancing Flames] or the [Captured Flame].

[1-80] Desecrate this Fire! (Alliance)
[1-80] Honor the Flame (Alliance)
[1-80] The Master of Summer Lore
[1-80] Incense for the Summer Scorchlings
[1-80] A Thief's Reward (Alliance)

[1-80] Desecrate this Fire! (Horde)
[1-80] Honor the Flame (Horde)
[1-80] The Spinner of Summer Tales
[1-80] Incense for the Festival Scorchlings
[1-80] A Thief's Reward (Horde)

Daily quests:

[1-80] Torch Tossing
[1-80] Torch Catching
- [1-80 Daily] More Torch Tossing
- [1-80 Daily] More Torch Catching

[1-80] Torch Tossing
[1-80] Torch Catching
- [1-80 Daily] More Torch Tossing
- [1-80 Daily] More Torch Catching

Quest chains:

Players then are given access to quests based on their level:

[22 Daily] Striking Back
[32 Daily] Striking Back
[43 Daily] Striking Back
[51 Daily] Striking Back
[60 Daily] Striking Back
[67 Daily] Striking Back
[70] Ahune, the Frost Lord (optional)
- [70D] Ahune is Here!
  - [70D Daily] Summon Ahune

Lord Ahune

A new chain of quests was added to the game, beginning at a Festival Talespinner. The end of the chain culminates in a daily quest to summon Lord Ahune, a new boss in the Slave Pens.

Bonfires

See also: Alliance Bonfire, Horde Bonfire, Neutral Bonfire

The Flame Warden at each of your own faction's bonfires offers you Honor the Flame.

Right-clicking a bonfire of the opposite faction offers Desecrate this Fire!. The act of dousing a bonfire does not pull guards (though they will aggro as normal based on range and level - Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley requires a flying mount or stealth to avoid aggro), making this a fast and easy way to generate money and Burning Blossoms. Be warned that dousing the opposite faction's bonfire will flag you for PVP combat.

The bonfires of capital cities have separate quests, and you cannot Honor the Flame of your own faction's Capitals.

There are a grand total of 100 bonfires across the four continents:

Horde (49): 45 normal, plus 4 capitals
Alliance (51): 47 normal, plus 4 capitals
Neutral (3)
Shattrath (1): unable to be honored or desecrated

Interacting with the fires rewards different amounts of Burning Blossoms:

Stealing a fire from an opposing faction's capital city: 25
Honoring a neutral fire: 15
Desecrating an opposing faction's fire (excludes capitals): 10
Honoring your own faction's fire (excludes capitals): 5

Here are the current amount of Blossoms you can collect:

Horde: $47*10+45*5+4*25+3*15=840$ total Burning Blossoms available
Alliance: $47*5+45*10+4*25+3*15=830$ total Burning Blossoms available

See Horde and Alliance for suggested routes.

Maps

Note: Coordinates are not exact. General locations shown.

Key

Alliance
, Horde
Location with both Horde and Alliance fires
Horde capital city
Alliance capital city
Earthen Ring neutral fire; only honoring allowed (Shattrath City cannot honor or desecrate)

Kalimdor

Eastern Kingdoms

Outland

Northrend

Stealing the Cities' Flames

Each faction can loot the Flames of the opposing faction's cities, each of which starts a quest. Stealing all four cities' flames will offer the quest [1-80] A Thief's Reward.

Horde capital gallery

Orgrimmar fire
Thunder Bluff fire
Undercity fire
Silvermoon fire

Capital locations list

Orgrimmar - Western Earthshrine ^{[46.5, 37.3]}
Thunder Bluff - On the Spirit Rise ^{[21, 25]}
Undercity - In the courtyard, just inside ^{[68, 7]}
Silvermoon City - Court of the Sun, inside, in the back ^{[68, 41]}

[Flame of Orgrimmar] -> [70] Stealing Orgrimmar's Flame
[Flame of Thunder Bluff] -> [70] Stealing Thunder Bluff's Flame
[Flame of the Undercity] -> [70] Stealing the Undercity's Flame
[Flame of Silvermoon] -> [70] Stealing Silvermoon's Flame

Alliance capital gallery

Stormwind fire
Ironforge fire
Darnassus fire
Exodar fire

Capital locations list

Stormwind - Outside Stormwind Stockades, North of Mage Quarter^{[50, 72]}
Ironforge - Hall of Explorers ^{[65, 24]}
Darnassus - near the Warrior's Terrace ^{[63.6, 47.8]}
The Exodar - The Crystal Hall ^{[41, 24]}

[Flame of Stormwind] -> [70] Stealing Stormwind's Flame
[Flame of Ironforge] -> [70] Stealing Ironforge's Flame
[Flame of Darnassus] -> [70] Stealing Darnassus's Flame
[Flame of the Exodar] -> [70] Stealing the Exodar's Flame

Reward: [Crown of the Fire Festival] (no bonuses).

List of all bonfires

Eastern Kingdoms

Zone	Region	Coords
Arathi Highlands	Hammerfall	^{[69, 42]}
Arathi Highlands	Just north of Refuge Pointe	^{[44, 46]}
Badlands	Dragon's Mouth	^{[19, 56]}
Badlands	The Dustbowl-just northeast of New Kargath	^{[24, 38]}
Blasted Lands	Nethergarde Supply Camps-Just west of the keep	^{[58, 17]}
Blasted Lands	Dreadmaul Hold	^{[46, 14]}
Burning Steppes	Ruins of Thaurissan-just south of Flame Crest	^{[51, 29]}
Burning Steppes	Valley of Ashes-just northwest of Morgan's Vigil	^{[68, 60]}
Dun Morogh	Just north of Kharanos	^{[54, 45]}
Ironforge	Hall of Explorers	^{[64, 25]}
Duskwood	Darkshire	^{[73, 55]}
Elwynn Forest	Goldshire	^{[43, 65]}
Stormwind	The Canals-near Bobby Flay	^{[49, 72]}
Eversong Woods	North Sanctum	^{[46, 50]}
Silvermoon City	Court of the Sun	^{[70, 43]}
Ghostlands	Tranquillien	^{[46, 26]}
Hillsbrad Foothills	Tarren Mill	^{[55, 50]}
Hinterlands	Aerie Peak	^{[14, 50]}
Hinterlands	Revantusk Village	^{[76, 74]}
Loch Modan	Just northwest of Thelsamar	^{[32, 40]}
Redridge Mountains	Just South of Lakeshire-directly across the lake and west of FP	^{[24, 53]}
Silverpine Forest	The Sepulcher	^{[49, 38]}
Northern Stranglethorn	Fort Livingston	^{[51, 63]}
Northern Stranglethorn	Grom'gol Base Camp	^{[40, 51]}
Cape of Stranglethorn	Wild Shore-East of Booty Bay	^{[52, 67]}
Cape of Stranglethorn	Wild Shore-East of Booty Bay	^{[50, 71]}
Swamp of Sorrows	Bogpaddle	^{[70, 14]}
Swamp of Sorrows	Bogpaddle	^{[76, 14]}
Tirisfal Glades	Brill	^{[57, 52]}
Twilight Highlands	Thundermar	^{[47, 28]}
Twilight Highlands	Bloodgulch	^{[53, 46]}
Undercity	Ruins of Lordaeron	^{[68, 9]}
Western Plaguelands	Chillwind Camp	^{[43, 82]}
Western Plaguelands	The Bulwark	^{[29.3, 57.1]}
Westfall	Moonbrook	^{[44, 62]}
Wetlands	Menethil Harbor	^{[13, 47]}

Kalimdor

Zone	Region	Coords
Ashenvale	Forest Song	^{[86, 41]}
Ashenvale	Silverwind Refuge	^{[51, 66]}
Azuremyst Isle	Azure Watch	^{[44, 53]}
Azshara	Bilgewater Harbor	^{[59, 51]}
Exodar, The	The Crystal Hall	^{[41, 26]}
Bloodmyst Isle	Blood Watch	^{[55, 69]}
Darkshore	South-West of Lor'danel	^{[48, 22]}
Desolace	Nijel's Point	^{[65, 17]}
Desolace	Shadowprey Village	^{[26, 76]}
Durotar	Razor Hill	^{[52, 47]}
Orgrimmar	Western Earthshrine	^{[47, 38]}
Dustwallow Marsh	Sentry Point - up the road from Theramore	^{[62, 40]}
Dustwallow Marsh	Brackenwall Village	^{[33, 30]}
Feralas	Feathermoon Stronghold	^{[46, 43]}
Feralas	Camp Mojache	^{[72, 47]}
Mount Hyjal	Nordrassil	^{[63, 23]}
Mulgore	Bloodhoof Village	^{[51, 60]}
Northern Barrens	Crossroads	^{[50, 54]}
Thunder Bluff	Spirit Rise	^{[21, 26]}
Silithus	Cenarion Hold	^{[60, 33]}
Silithus	Cenarion Hold	^{[50, 41]}
Southern Barrens	Desolation Hold	^{[41, 68]}
Southern Barrens	Fort Triumph	^{[48, 72]}
Stonetalon Mountains	Sun Rock Retreat	^{[53, 62]}
Stonetalon Mountains	Mirkfallon Post	^{[49, 51]}
Tanaris	Gadgetzan	^{[52, 29]}
Tanaris	Gadgetzan	^{[49, 27]}
Darnassus	Warrior's Terrace	^{[64, 48]}
Teldrassil	Dolanaar	^{[55, 52.6]}
Uldum	Ramkahen	^{[53, 32]}
Uldum	Ramkahen	^{[53, 34]}
Un'Goro Crater	Marshal's Stand	^{[59, 63]}
Un'Goro Crater	Marshal's Stand	^{[56, 65]}
Winterspring	Everlook	^{[61, 47]}
Winterspring	Everlook	^{[58, 47]}

Outland

Zone	Region	Coords
Blade's Edge Mountains	Sylvanaar	^{[42, 66]}
Blade's Edge Mountains	Thunderlord Stronghold	^{[50, 59]}
Hellfire Peninsula	Honor Hold	^{[62, 58]}
Hellfire Peninsula	Thrallmar	^{[57, 42]}
Nagrand	Telaar	^{[50, 70]}
Nagrand	Garadar	^{[51, 34]}
Netherstorm	Area 52	^{[31, 63]}
Netherstorm	Area 52	^{[32, 68]}
Shadowmoon Valley	Wildhammer Stronghold	^{[40, 55]}
Shadowmoon Valley	Shadowmoon Village	^{[33, 30]}
Shattrath	Terrace of Light	^{[61, 32]}
Terokkar Forest	Allerian Stronghold	^{[55, 55]}
Terokkar Forest	Stonebreaker Hold	^{[52, 43]}
Zangarmarsh	Telredor	^{[69, 52]}
Zangarmarsh	Zabra'Jin	^{[36, 52]}

Northrend

Zone	Region	Coords
Borean Tundra	Fizzcrank Airstrip	^{[55, 20]}
Borean Tundra	Bor'gorok Outpost	^{[51, 12]}
Crystalsong Forest	Windrunner's Overlook	^{[78, 75]}
Crystalsong Forest	Sunreaver's Command	^{[80, 53]}
Dragonblight	Wintergarde Keep	^{[75, 44]}
Dragonblight	Agmar's Hammer	^{[39, 48]}
Howling Fjord	Fort Wildervar	^{[58, 16]}
Howling Fjord	Camp Winterhoof	^{[48, 13]}
Grizzly Hills	Amberpine Lodge	^{[34, 61]}
Grizzly Hills	Conquest Hold	^{[19, 61]}
Sholazar Basin	River's Heart	^{[47, 66]}
Sholazar Basin	River's Heart	^{[47, 62]}
Storm Peaks	K3	^{[42, 87]}
Storm Peaks	K3	^{[40, 86]}
Zul'Drak	The Argent Stand	^{[41, 61]}
Zul'Drak	The Argent Stand	^{[43, 71]}