Midsummer Fire Festival World Event Guide (June 21 – July 5)
The Midsummer Fire Festival World Event is a summer holiday in World of Warcraft. It is themed around honoring the bonfires that the Flame Keepers light all over Azeroth.
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It’s time to for Azeroth’s hottest season of the year, the Midsummer Fire Festival!
When: June 21–July 5
Where: Major Horde and Alliance Cities
Currency: Burning Blossom
"A time of merriment and celebration, dedicated to the hottest season of the year."
Warning: Play with fire at your own risk. Playing with fire could get you burned. Fire is hot. Love is a burning fire. Please don't fall into the ring of fire. In case of fire, stop, collaborate, and listen . . . then drop and roll. Please enjoy the Midsummer Fire Festival responsibly.
Midsummer Fire Festival Overview
The main activity during this event will be flying all over Azeroth, finding the Fire Keepers for each zone, and honoring their bonfire by completing a quest that they give, or desecrating the opposing faction's bonfires by dousing them. Both of these activities will reward you with Burning Blossoms, which are used as the event's currency.
The Frost Lord Ahune
During this event you can also queue through the Dungeon Finder to defeat Ahune the Frost Lord. This will reward you once a day per character with a satchel which contains some Burning Blossoms and also the chance for a couple collectibles.
Experience Buff
If you're leveling characters you can pick up the 10% experience buff (Ribbon Dance) by dancing at a Ribbon Pole.
Vendors
The vendors for the event are Midsummer Merchant for Horde players and Midsummer Supplier for Alliance players. You can find them in the major cities across Azeroth.
Pets
- Blazing Cindercrawler - Purchased for 350 Burning Blossoms. Teaches Blazing Cindercrawler.
- Captured Flame - Purchased for 350 Burning Blossoms. Teaches Spirit of Summer.
- Ice Chip - Drops from Satchel of Chilled Goods, the daily reward for defeating Ahune. Teaches Frigid Frostling.
- Igneous Flameling - Purchased for 350 Burning Blossoms. Teaches Igneous Flameling.
Toys
- Brazier of Dancing Flames - Purchased for 350 Burning Blossoms.
- Burning Defender's Medallion - Purchased for 500 Burning Blossoms.
- Cozy Bonfire - Purchased for 350 Burning Blossoms.
- Fire Eater's Hearthstone - Purchased for 300 Burning Blossoms.
- Flamin' Ring of Flashiness - Purchased for 500 Burning Blossoms.
- Set of Matches - Purchased for 500 Burning Blossoms.
- Fire Festival Batons - Purchased for 50 Burning Blossom
- Insulated Dancing Insoles - Purchased for 100 Burning Blossoms.
- Summer Cranial Skillet - Purchased for 150 Burning Blossoms.
Transmog
Tabards
You can get both of these tabards by completing Shards of Ahune, a quest dropped by Ahune after defeating him.
Weapons
- Frostscythe of Lord Ahune - Drops from Satchel of Chilled Goods, the daily reward for defeating Ahune.
Weapon Illusions
- Illusion: Deathfrost - Drops from Satchel of Chilled Goods, the daily reward for defeating Ahune.
Cosmetic Items
- Cloak of the Frigid Winds, Icebound Cloak, Shroud of Winter's Chill, The Frost Lord's Battle Shroud and The Frost Lord's War Cloak - Drops from Ahune.
- Crown of the Fire Festival - This crown is obtained by completing A Thief's Reward (Horde) / A Thief's Reward (Alliance), which requires you to "steal" the flame of all 3 capital cities of the opposing faction. See the the King of the Fire Festival achievement tab below for more detailed info.
- Helm of the Fire Festival - Purchased for 350 Burning Blossoms.
- Mantle of the Fire Festival - Purchased for 100 Burning Blossoms.
- Vestment of Summer - Purchased for 100 Burning Blossoms.
- Sandals of Summer - Purchased for 200 Burning Blossoms.
Enchanting Formulas
- Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost - Drops from Ahune.
Heirloom Upgrades
- Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing - Purchased for 350 Burning Blossoms.
- Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing - Purchased for 600 Burning Blossoms.
- Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing - Purchased for 600 Burning Blossoms.
- Battle-Hardened Heirloom Armor Casing - Purchased for 600 Burning Blossoms.
- Eternal Heirloom Armor Casing - Purchased for 600 Burning Blossoms.
Achievements
The Flame Keeper / The Flame Warden
The Flame Keeper (Horde) and The Flame Warden (Alliance) are the meta-achievements for the Midsummer Fire Festival World Event. If you complete them you will learn the tiles: Flame Keeper (Name) (Horde) and Flame Warden (Name) (Alliance).
- The Fires of Azeroth
- Desecration of the Horde/Alliance
- Burning Hot Pole Dance
- Ice the Frost Lord
- King of the Fire Festival
- Torch Juggler
- The Fires of Azeroth (Horde) / The Fires of Azeroth (Alliance)
This achievement is a collection of smaller achievements that require you to honor the flames in several locations all over Azeroth.
- Flame Keeper of Cataclysm / Flame Warden of Cataclysm
- Flame Keeper of Eastern Kingdoms / Flame Warden of Eastern Kingdoms
- Flame Keeper of Kalimdor / Flame Warden of Kalimdor
- Flame Keeper of Northrend / Flame Warden of Northrend
- Flame Keeper of Outland / Flame Warden of Outland
To complete these achievements we recommend you get the Candy Buckets addon, which adds waypoints on the map.
- Desecration of the Alliance (Horde) / Desecration of the Horde (Alliance)
This achievement is a collection of smaller achievements that require you to desecrate the opposing faction's flames all over Azeroth.
- Extinguishing the Cataclysm / Extinguishing the Cataclysm
- Extinguishing Eastern Kingdoms / Extinguishing Eastern Kingdoms
- Extinguishing Kalimdor / Extinguishing Kalimdor
- Extinguishing Northrend / Extinguishing Northrend
- Extinguishing Outland / Extinguishing Outland
To complete these achievements we recommend you get the Candy Buckets addon, which adds waypoints on the map.
For this achievement you will first need to acquire the 3 set pieces of the Midsummer set (Mantle, Vestment and Sandals. You don't need the Helm). You can find information on how to obtain them in the Transmog section of this guide.
Once you've collected the set, you will have to find a ribbon pole. They are usually located near the flames of the festival. You can easily find one in the capital cities. Equip the set, click on the ribbon pole, wait 60 seconds and the achievement is yours.
To be able to encounter and defeat Ahune, you just need to queue for the battle using the Dungeon Finder tool in game. There will be a special queue for Ahune the Frost Lord.
For this achievement you will need to "steal" the flame from the opposing faction's capital cities by looting a quest item from them. The location for the flames is listed on the appropiate continent's waypoint tab below, alongside the other flames.
Once you have stolen the flames from all capital cities, you will get the final quest A Thief's Reward (Horde) / A Thief's Reward (Alliance), which will reward you with a Crown of the Fire Festival and the achievement.
This achievement requires you to juggle 40 Juggling Torch in less than 15 seconds. You can buy the torches from the holiday vendor.
The best way to do this achievement is to drag and drop the torches to your action bar. Once they're there, press the corresponding hotkey, and then left click on your character's feet so that you throw the torch on the spot. Spam this 40 times and the achievement will be yours.
Other Achievements
To complete the Flame Keeper and Flame Warden achievements we recommend you get the Candy Buckets addon, which adds waypoints on the map.
