Midsummer Fire Festival | |
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Duration | June 21st - July 4th |
Highlights |
Fireworks Ahune Bonfires |
Other events | |
Preceded by | Children's Week |
Followed by | Harvest Festival |
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 (June 21 – July 4). 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 on the 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!
Overview
- 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. Shamans, buff your weapon with flametongue.
- 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.
- 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 Fire damage on any melee, range or spell attack - the exact amount of Fire damage dealt is based on your level x10. Bonfire's Blessing is capable of delivering a critical hit with 100% additional damage and is subject to spell bonus damage. This buff goes away if the opposite faction desecrates the bonfire.
- 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]. Anyone can loot the flame, but taking the quest requires level 50.
Burning Blossom redemption
There are several items you can get from redeeming [Burning Blossoms] at Midsummer Suppliers and Midsummer Merchants. You can get 722 (H), 712 (A) Blossoms at the first day of the Festival and 20 Blossoms through daily quests from the second day until the end of the festival. It is not possible to get all rewards in one year if you farm the maximum possible amount of Blossoms. Update: You can now honor / extinguish flames every day, giving you 5 / 10 [Burning Blossoms] each. This makes it a lot easier to get the rewards you want.
Item | Price | Note |
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[Handful of Summer Petals] | 2 | |
[Fiery Festival Brew] | 2 | |
[Juggling Torch] | 5 | Useful for Torch Juggler |
[Elderberry Pie] | 5 | |
[Midsummer Sausage] | 5 | |
[Bag of Smorc Ingredients] | 5 | |
[Toasted Smorc] | 5 | |
Fire-toasted Bun | 5 | |
[Mantle of the Fire Festival] | 100 | Part of the three-piece set for Burning Hot Pole Dance |
[Vestment of Summer] | 100 | Causes your hands to catch aflame 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. |
Quests
Given from Festival Loremasters & Talespinners
[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].
Starter quests:
- [1-80] The Master of Summer Lore
- [1-80] Incense for the Summer Scorchlings
- [1-80] The Spinner of Summer Tales
- [1-80] Incense for the Festival Scorchlings
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:
- [1-70] Unusual Activity
- [1-70] An Innocent Disguise
- [1-70] Inform the Elder
Players then are given access to quests based on their level:
- [1-70 Daily] Striking Back
- [1-70 Daily] Striking Back
- [1-70 Daily] Striking Back
- [1-70 Daily] Striking Back
- [1-70 Daily] Striking Back
- [1-70 Daily] Striking Back
Lord Ahune
A new chain of quests was added to the game, beginning at a 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
Finding a bonfire of your own faction and speaking to the appropriate NPC will reward you with 5 Burning Blossoms and 6 63 at level 80.
Finding a bonfire of the opposite faction and using "stamping upon", (right clicking it) will reward 10 Burning Blossoms and 13 23 at level 80. All opposing faction bonfires may be doused without pulling guards, providing players are sufficiently high level, but the bonfire in Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley may be doused without pulling guards only if players have a flying mount or can stealth to the fire, making this a fast and easy way to generate money and Burning Blossoms. Be warned that dousing the opposite faction's bonfire will flag players 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 86 bonfires across the four continents: 42 Horde, 44 Alliance. Excluding the 4 capital cities on each side, that leaves 38 and 40.
- Alliance: total Burning Blossoms available
- Horde: total Burning Blossoms available
Suggested routes for both the Horde and Alliance are available.
All bonfires in Eastern Kingdoms.
All bonfires in Kalimdor.
All bonfires in Outland.
All bonfires in Northrend.
Interactive maps of the bonfire locations can be found at scribblemaps and wyrimaps
Recent In-Game Fixes - 6/22/09 | 2009-06-22 22:59 | Bornakk
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 [60] A Thief's Reward. While any character can loot the quest item, the quests themselves require level 50.
Horde
- Orgrimmar - Next to Mannoroth's armor in the Valley of Wisdom [46, 38]
- 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 Darnassus] -> [70] Stealing Darnassus's Flame
- [Flame of Ironforge] -> [70] Stealing Ironforge's Flame
- [Flame of Stormwind] -> [70] Stealing Stormwind's Flame
- [Flame of the Exodar] -> [70] Stealing the Exodar's Flame
Alliance
- Stormwind - Outside Stormwind Stockades, North of Mage Quarter [50, 72]
- Ironforge - Hall of Explorers [65, 24]
- Darnassus - Rut'theran Village [55, 91]
- The Exodar - The Crystal Hall [41, 24]
- [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
Reward: [Crown of the Fire Festival] (no bonuses).
Sortable list of bonfires
Continent | Zone | Region | Coords | |
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Eastern Kingdoms | Arathi Highlands | Hammerfall | [74, 41] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Arathi Highlands | Refuge Pointe | [50, 44] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Badlands | Kargath | [4, 49] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Blasted Lands | Nethergarde Keep | [58, 17] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Burning Steppes | Flame Crest | [62, 29] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Burning Steppes | Morgan's Vigil | [80, 62] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Dun Morogh | Kharanos | [46, 46] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Ironforge | Hall of Explorers | [64, 25] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Duskwood | Darkshire | [74, 51] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Elwynn Forest | Goldshire | [43, 65] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Stormwind | The Canals | [49, 72] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Eversong Woods | North Sanctum | [46, 50] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Silvermoon City | Court of the Sun | [70, 43] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Ghostlands | Tranquillien | [46, 26] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Hillsbrad Foothills | Southshore | [50, 46] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Hillsbrad Foothills | Tarren Mill | [58, 25] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Hinterlands | Aerie Peak | [14, 50] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Hinterlands | Revantusk Village | [76, 74] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Loch Modan | Thelsamar | [32, 40] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Redridge Mountains | Lakeshire | [24, 59] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Silverpine Forest | The Sepulcher | [49, 38] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Stranglethorn Vale | East of Booty Bay | [33, 73] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Stranglethorn Vale | East of Booty Bay | [32, 75] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Swamp of Sorrows | Stonard | [47, 47] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Tirisfal Glades | Brill | [57, 52] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Undercity | Ruins of Lordaeron | [68, 9] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Western Plaguelands | Chillwind Camp | [43, 82] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Westfall | Sentinel Hill | [56, 54] | |
Eastern Kingdoms | Wetlands | Menethil Harbor | [13, 47] | |
Kalimdor | Ashenvale | Astranaar | [38, 54] | |
Kalimdor | Ashenvale | Splintertree Post | [70, 69] | |
Kalimdor | Azuremyst Isle | Azure Watch | [44, 53] | |
Kalimdor | Exodar, The | The Crystal Hall | [41, 26] | |
Kalimdor | Barrens | Crossroads | [52, 28] | |
Kalimdor | Bloodmyst Isle | Blood Watch | [55, 69] | |
Kalimdor | Darkshore | Auberdine | [37, 46] | |
Kalimdor | Desolace | Nijel's Point | [65, 17] | |
Kalimdor | Desolace | Shadowprey Village | [26, 76] | |
Kalimdor | Durotar | Razor Hill | [52, 47] | |
Kalimdor | Orgrimmar | Valley of Wisdom | [47, 38] | |
Kalimdor | Dustwallow Marsh | Theramore Isle | [62, 40] | |
Kalimdor | Dustwallow Marsh | Brackenwall Village | [33, 30] | |
Kalimdor | Feralas | Feathermoon Stronghold | [28, 44] | |
Kalimdor | Feralas | Camp Mojache | [72, 47] | |
Kalimdor | Mulgore | Bloodhoof Village | [51, 60] | |
Kalimdor | Thunder Bluff | Spirit Rise | [21, 26] | |
Kalimdor | Silithus | Cenarion Hold | [57, 34] | |
Kalimdor | Silithus | Cenarion Hold | [46, 44] | |
Kalimdor | Stonetalon Mountains | Sun Rock Retreat | [50, 60] | |
Kalimdor | Tanaris | Gadgetzan | [52, 29] | |
Kalimdor | Tanaris | Gadgetzan | [49, 27] | |
Kalimdor | Teldrassil | Rut'theran Village | [55, 91] | |
Kalimdor | Teldrassil | Dolanaar | [55, 60] | |
Kalimdor | Thousand Needles | Freewind Post | [41, 52] | |
Kalimdor | Winterspring | Everlook | [62, 35] | |
Kalimdor | Winterspring | Everlook | [59, 35] | |
Outland | Blade's Edge Mountains | Sylvanaar | [42, 66] | |
Outland | Blade's Edge Mountains | Thunderlord Stronghold | [50, 59] | |
Outland | Hellfire Peninsula | Honor Hold | [62, 58] | |
Outland | Hellfire Peninsula | Thrallmar | [55, 40] | |
Outland | Nagrand | Telaar | [50, 70] | |
Outland | Nagrand | Garadar | [51, 34] | |
Outland | Netherstorm | Area 52 | [31, 63] | |
Outland | Netherstorm | Area 52 | [32, 68] | |
Outland | Shadowmoon Valley | Wildhammer Stronghold | [40, 55] | |
Outland | Shadowmoon Valley | Shadowmoon Village | [33, 30] | |
Outland | Terokkar Forest | Allerian Stronghold | [55, 55] | |
Outland | Terokkar Forest | Stonebreaker Hold | [52, 43] | |
Outland | Zangarmarsh | Telredor | [69, 52] | |
Outland | Zangarmarsh | Zabra'Jin | [36, 52] | |
Northrend | Borean Tundra | Fizzcrank Airstrip | [55, 20] | |
Northrend | Borean Tundra | Bor'gorok Outpost | [51, 12] | |
Northrend | Crystalsong Forest | Windrunner's Overlook | [78, 75] | |
Northrend | Crystalsong Forest | Sunreaver's Command | [80, 53] | |
Northrend | Dragonblight | Wintergarde Keep | [75, 44] | |
Northrend | Dragonblight | Agmar's Hammer | [39, 48] | |
Northrend | Howling Fjord | Fort Wildervar | [58, 16] | |
Northrend | Howling Fjord | Camp Winterhoof | [48, 13] | |
Northrend | Grizzly Hills | Amberpine Lodge | [34, 61] | |
Northrend | Grizzly Hills | Conquest Hold | [19, 61] | |
Northrend | Sholazar Basin | River's Heart | [47, 66] | |
Northrend | Sholazar Basin | River's Heart | [47, 62] | |
Northrend | Storm Peaks | K3 | [42, 87] | |
Northrend | Storm Peaks | K3 | [40, 86] | |
Northrend | Zul'Drak | The Argent Stand | [41, 61] | |
Northrend | Zul'Drak | The Argent Stand | [43, 71] |
- See also Alliance Bonfires and Horde Bonfires.
Achievements
Title | Description | Rewards |
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[Flame Warden of Eastern Kingdoms] | Honor the Flames of Eastern Kingdoms.
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10 |
[Extinguishing Eastern Kingdoms] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in Eastern Kingdoms.
Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in Eastern Kingdoms.
|
10 |
[Flame Keeper of Eastern Kingdoms] | Honor the Flames of Eastern Kingdoms.
|
10 |
[Flame Warden of Kalimdor] | Honor the Flames of Kalimdor.
|
10 |
[Extinguishing Kalimdor] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in Kalimdor.
Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in Kalimdor.
|
10 |
[Flame Keeper of Kalimdor] | Honor the Flames of Kalimdor.
|
10 |
[Ice the Frost Lord] | Slay Ahune in the Slave Pens. | 10 |
[Burning Hot Pole Dance] | Dance at the ribbon pole for 60 seconds while wearing completed Midsummer set. | 10 |
[King of the Fire Festival] | Complete the quest, "A Thief's Reward", by stealing the flames from your enemy's capital cities.
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10 |
[Flame Warden of Cataclysm] | Honor the Flames of zones opened by the cataclysm.
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10 |
[The Fires of Azeroth] | Alliance: Complete the Flame Warden achievements.
Horde: Complete the Flame Keeper achievements.
|
10 |
[Extinguishing the Cataclysm] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in zones opened by the cataclysm. Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in zones opened by the cataclysm. | 5 |
[Desecration of the Horde] | Complete the Extinguishing Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor and Outland achievements. | 10 |
[Flame Keeper of Cataclysm] | Honor the Flames of zones opened by the cataclysm.
|
10 |
[Desecration of the Alliance] | Complete the Extinguishing Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor and Outland achievements. | 10 |
[Torch Juggler] | Juggle 40 [Juggling Torch] in 15 seconds in Dalaran. | 10 |
[Flame Warden of Draenor] | Honor the flames of Draenor.
|
10 |
[Extinguishing Draenor] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfire in Draenor's Frostfire Ridge.
Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfire in Draenor's Shadowmoon Valley. |
10 |
[Flame Keeper of Draenor] | Honor the flames of Draenor.
|
10 |
[Flame Warden of the Broken Isles] | Honor the flames of the Broken Isles.
|
10 |
[Flame Keeper of the Broken Isles] | Honor the flames of the Broken Isles.
|
10 |
[Extinguishing Zandalar] | Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in Zandalar.
|
10 |
[Flame Keeper of Zandalar] | Honor the flames of Zandalar.
|
10 |
[Flame Warden of Kul Tiras] | Honor the Flames of Kul Tiras.
|
10 |
[Extinguishing Kul Tiras] | Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in Kul Tiras.
|
10 |
[Extinguishing Pandaria] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfire in Pandaria's Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfire in Pandaria's Vale of Eternal Blossoms. |
10 |
[Extinguishing the Broken Isles] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfire in Suramar.
Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfire in Suramar. |
10 |
[Flame Warden of the Dragon Isles] | Honor the flames of the Dragon Isles. | 10 |
[Flame Keeper of the Dragon Isles] | Honor the flames of the Dragon Isles. | 10 |
[Flame Warden of Outland] | Honor the Flames of Outland.
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10 |
[Flame Warden of Pandaria] | Honor the flames of Pandaria. | 10 |
[Extinguishing Outland] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in Outland.
Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in Outland.
|
10 |
[Flame Keeper of Outland] | Honor the Flames of Outland.
|
10 |
[Flame Keeper of Pandaria] | Honor the flames of Pandaria. | 10 |
[Flame Warden of Northrend] | Honor the Flames of Northrend.
|
10 |
[Extinguishing Northrend] | Alliance: Desecrate the Horde's bonfires in Northrend.
Horde: Desecrate the Alliance's bonfires in Northrend.
|
10 |
[Flame Keeper of Northrend] | Honor the Flames of Northrend.
|
10 |
External links
- Stratics Thread Source from preliminary test realms
- Midsummer on Wikipdia Like other seasonal events in WoW, the Midsummer Fire Festival is based on a real world holiday, in this case the predominantly European Midsummer festivals celebrated around the summer solstice. The ending fireworks are reminiscent of the Independence Day holiday celebrated in the United States.
- Midsummer festival guide on Random Ravings.
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