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[2] 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 Fireworks Spectacular (previously named 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

Touching the Ribbon Pole gives a 3 minute buff increasing earned experience by 10%. Up to 60 minutes can be stacked.
[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.
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Causes your hands to catch fire for more festive dance moves. | |
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Causes a fire to appear at your feet. | |
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Heirloom upgrade to level 90 item. Added in 2015. | |
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Companion. Added in 2015. | |
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Creates a fiery, dancing female draenei who reacts to player emotes. | |
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New taller type of cooking fire toy. Added in 2015. | |
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Companion. Added in 2017. | |
Burning Defender's Medallion | 500 ![]() |
Appearance changing toy to look like a fire revenant. Added in 2015. | |
Set of Matches | 500 ![]() |
Toy to set yourself on fire! Added in 2017. | |
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Heirloom upgrade to level 100 item. Added in 2015. |
Quests

The symbol of the Midsummer Fire Festival.

Midsummer decorations
[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:
[70] Unusual Activity
[70] An Innocent Disguise
[70] Inform the Elder
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 during the event.
2017 drops
- [Illusion: Deathfrost]
2015 drops
According to Wowhead News, Ahune will now have a chance to drop [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune] and item level 600 cloak ():[3]
- [The Frost Lord's War Cloak]
- [The Frost Lord's Battle Shroud]
- [Shroud of Winter's Chill]
- [Cloak of the Frigid Winds]
- [Icebound Cloak]
2013 drops
According to Wowhead News, Ahune will now have a chance to drop and item level 480 cloak ():[4]
- [The Frost Lord's War Cloak (level 90)]
- [The Frost Lord's Battle Shroud (level 90)]
- [Shroud of Winter's Chill (level 90)]
- [Cloak of the Frigid Winds (level 90)]
- [Icebound Cloak (level 90)]
He my also drop [Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost] (requires 350 [Enchanting]).[4]
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: total Burning Blossoms available
- Alliance: total Burning Blossoms available
See Horde and Alliance for suggested routes.
Maps
Note: Coordinates are not exact. General locations shown.
- Key
Alliance
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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)
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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.
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Reward: [Crown of the Fire Festival] (no bonuses).
List of all bonfires
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- See also Alliance Bonfires, Horde Bonfires, and Neutral Bonfires
Achievements
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History
2017
New items were made available to purchase like [Set of Matches] and [Igneous Flameling], and bonfires have been added to Draenor and the Broken Isles. In addition, Ahune now drops ilvl 850 cloaks.
2015
Added new toys and pets: [Burning Defender's Medallion], [Blazing Cindercrawler], and [Cozy Bonfire].
As of Patch 6.1, several heirloom upgrade items added for purchase: [Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing], [Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing]. In addition, Ahune now drops ilvl 670 capes.
2012
Added: [Helm of the Fire Festival].
2010
Previously, the Reveler set items could be used to get Burning Hot Pole Dance and then returned (within 2 hours of purchase) for a full refund, allowing you to use those Blossoms for other purchases. In 2010, Festival Garb ( [Mantle of the Fire Festival]
[Vestment of Summer]
[Sandals of Summer]) is no longer refundable, so spend your Blossoms wisely!
2009 issues
When the Midsummer event started, flags for completion of the quests in 2008 had not been reset, preventing those who had completed one-time quests in 2008 from getting those quests and gathering Burning Blossoms. Further, characters above level 70 did not have a version of the quest Striking Back.
This fix allowed anyone who had already completed any bonfire quests in 2009 before the fix was applied to gather more Blossoms that year than are usually available. Completed achievements were not revoked, but partially completed ones lost all progress. The Striking Back quest for 67-70 characters was extended to 67-80, once again allowing 20 Blossoms per day from daily quests.
While the initial patch was to have reset all event quests, it proved incomplete in many cases. Many reported being unable to complete the "city flames" quests for Exodar and Silvermoon despite being able to repeat those for other cities. At least one realm was not reset properly the first time, and further issues were found.[5] A number of players have continued to have problems with the Exodar and Silvermoon city flame quests.
Patch changes
Patch 7.2.5 (13-Jun-2017): New purchased items. Content added in
Draenor and
Broken Isles.
Patch 7.0.3 (19-Jul-2016): Ahune has chance to drop [Illusion: Deathfrost].
Patch 6.1.0 (24-Feb-2015): New purchasable items will appear in 2015.
Patch 6.0.1 (24-Apr-2014): New purchasable items will appear in 2015. Ahune can drop ilvl 600 cloaks and [Satchel of Chilled Goods] possibly with [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune].
Patch 5.2.0 (5-Mar-2013): Updated [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune (level 90)]).
Patch 4.1.0 (26-Apr-2011): Updated [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune (level 85)]).
Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Ahune has chance to drop [Satchel of Chilled Goods] with [Ice Chip] (Frigid Frostling or [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune (level 80)]).
Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): Ahune has chance to drop [Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost].
Patch 2.4.0 (25-Mar-2008):
Ahune <The Frost Lord> added in the Slave Pens with chance to drop [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune (level 70)].
Patch 1.11.0 (20-Jun-2006): Added.
References
- ^ World Events. Wowhead.
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment 2010-11-07. Midsummer Fire Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-11-07.
- ^ perculia 2015-06-21. 2015 Midsummer Fire Festival Guide (June 21 - July 5). Wowhead News.
- ^ a b perculia 2013-06-21. 2013 Midsummer Fire Festival Guide (June 21 - July 5). Wowhead News.
- ^ Syndri. Syndri posting on WoW Customer Service forum. Retrieved on 2009-06-24.
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