The Midsummer Fire Festival has begun!
by Alex Ziebart 
Jun 21st 2008 at 7:05AM
You're likely familiar with some of the old content, such as the firepoles and stealing flames, but as the Schramm mentioned yesterday, there's a ton of new stuff, too: Ahune the Frost Lord, torch tossing, torch catching, a pocket firedancer, and some pretty fab Fire Festival clothing.
Get on out there and have some fun, and make sure to check back throughout the day. We'll have a lot of Fire Festival content of our own coming your way, right here on WoW Insider! Oh, and before you go questing today, stop by the firepole and dance with some friends. This year, it gives you a pretty nice boost to XP gains!
The Midsummer Fire Festival is upon us! Check out WoW Insider's complete quest guide to collect those Burning Blossoms as well as our guide on how to spend them. Also, don't forget to eyeball our screenshot gallery of Midsummer events. Finally, find out how to kill Lord Ahune, and check out our break down of his loot table.Filed under: Events, Blizzard, News items, Quests
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Shiv Jun 21st 2008 7:36AM
I haven't check other capitale cities but IF pole give you 10%xp gain up to 1h, and SW 10% rep gain. Nice for 70 characters^^
Killu Jun 21st 2008 7:40AM
The ones in Netherstorm and Shadowmoon valley give both +10% XP.
I was quite shocked when I turned in the quest at the ember thingy, brougth back many funny memories. ^^
Bourgeoisie Jun 21st 2008 8:16AM
Catching torches is pretty hard.
Jay Jun 21st 2008 8:26AM
As I was told, follow the shadows.
randumb Jun 21st 2008 8:58AM
I gave up.
Not into dying while attempting mingames.
glaci3r Jun 21st 2008 9:34AM
Follow the shadow. There is a little dot on the ground once you throw it that you should follow. The shadow tells you were the torch is in the air. Make sure your slightly in front of the dot because you have to "anticipate" the torch.
I turned off my UI to do this mission even though I could see the shadow with it on. Just makes focusing on a little speck easier.
Jay Jun 21st 2008 8:25AM
I wondered what was going on, I logged in late last night to quickly upgrade my Violet Eye ring and got a weird fiery buff. I ended up getting addicted to the flame juggling quest.
BenMS Jun 21st 2008 9:38AM
This festival is all about the Free XP! Head to every town, and "Honor the Flame". Then head to every opposing faction town, and "Desecrate the Flame". At 57, this is worth a total of around 13k XP and 15 blossoms at every horde/ally town pairing.
SimpleSurvival Jun 21st 2008 10:06AM
after spending nearly a half hour trying to juggle fire, i decided that it wasn't worth the 10g they were offering...
I did manage to get the 4 consecutive catches, but couldn't get the hang of it enuf to get 10 catches for the daily... i'll stick to tossing and calling it good... there are plenty of bonfires to honor anyways...
not really sure what I hope to get from this festival... my bank space is pretty cramped these days as I start collecting a healing kit.
just following the shadow didn't cut it for me... maybe i'm just lacking the finite control necessary... err yah... i'll stick to the more conservative fare
Plug Jun 21st 2008 10:07AM
I obtained the Shadowfrost enchanting recipe from Ahune on our second attempt. Pretty nice pvp chant.
Angry Joe Jun 21st 2008 11:10AM
The enchant is called Deathfrost.
Ametrine Jun 21st 2008 10:21AM
Wish there was a way for non-70's to get that Scorchling pet... my Mage would love it - but he's only 20 right now...
Kadathwack Jun 21st 2008 11:37PM
The festival's a great way to make some money too. Honoring your own fires will net you 5 gold, and extinguishing any of the enemy ones is an exceptionally easy 11g. And they don't count toward your dailies to boot.
PvP results may vary.
Mike Jun 21st 2008 11:09AM
Anyone have a list of the honor/desecrate flame locations? Thanks.
Dargonaut Jun 21st 2008 1:07PM
We killed the Frost Lord a few hours ago. Pretty confusing fight until you figure out what's going on.
Rashi Jun 21st 2008 1:12PM
For the Torch Catching, chase the shadow of the torch instead of trying to guess or follow in the air.
If you are a hunter or have a hunter friend, use aspect of cheetah/pack makes it easier.
Stoneblade Jun 21st 2008 3:35PM
I might be in the minority, but I'd kinda wished that some of the old quests had remained, in lieu of this "Burning Blossoms as Currency" jazz. At least there would have been reason and incentive to re-visit the dust-covered instance of yore with the "Light in Dark Places" quest...