The World of Warcraft Midsummer Fire Festival runs for two weeks in June and early July. During that time Horde and Alliance players travel across the world of Azeroth, honoring the seasonal bonfires to earn Flame Warden Achievements and burning blossoms.
Well, honoring their own bonfires at any rate. Players are just as busy extinguishing the opposing faction’s flames.
Burning Blossoms
For every bonfire honored or extinguished WoW players earn Burning Blossoms, the Midsummer Fire Festival currency. Honoring a fire earns five burning blossoms, while stamping one out earns ten.
Burning blossoms can be exchanged for goods from festival merchants. Blossoms can also be used to reignite desecrated bonfires. Players who relit a fire gain an hour long Fire Festival Fury buff, that ups critical strike and critical spells by three percent for an hour. Any player in a zone with a burning fire also gains the Bonfire’s Blessing, which provides a fire damage buff as long as the player remains in the zone.
Chasing Down Midsummer Achievements
Many WoW players take a systematic approach to earning Flame Warden and Extinguishing achievements. Working on one continent at a time, they visit each zone, visiting both Alliance and Horde encampments to earn their burning blossoms.In the Eastern Kingdoms players can earn the Flame Warden of the Easten Kingdom and Extinguishing the Eastern Kingdom achievements.
Midsummer road trips go faster when players work off a list. For instance, here are the locations for the Alliance and Horde bonfires in the Eastern Kingdoms:
Alliance Bonfires in the Eastern Kingdoms
- Arathi Highlands: just north of Refuge Point
- Blasted Lands: outside Nethergarde Keep
- Burning Steppes: down the hill from Morgan’s Vigil
- Dun Morogh: outside of Kharanos, heading towards Ironforge
- Duskwood: on the southern edge of Darkshire
- Elwynn Forest: outside Goldshire
- Hillsbrad Foothills: due north of Southshore
- Loch Modan: outside Thelsamar
- Redridge Mountain: across the lake from Lakeshire
- Stranglethorn Vale: outside the Booty Bay entrance
- The Hinterlands: close to Aerie Peak
- Wetlands: just north of Menethil Harbor
- Western Plaguelands: at Chillwind Camp
- Westfall: near the Sentinal Hill griffin landing
Horde Bonfires in the Eastern Kingdoms
- Arathi Highlands: near the Hammerfall gate
- Badlands: outside Kargath
- Burning Steppes: close to Flame Crest
- Eversong Woods: just outside Falconwing Square
- Ghostlands: next to Tranquillien
- Hillsbrad Foothills: by Tarren Mill
- Silverpine Forest: at the base of the hill leading to the Sepulcher
- Stranglegthorn Vale: by the Booty Bay entrance
- Swamp of Sorrows: just north of Stonard
- The Hinterlands: Revantusk Village
- Tirisfal Glades: Brill
Once finished with the Eastern Kingdoms, players can move west to the continent of Kalimdor, or head to Outland, were more fires wait.
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