With the Lunar Festival just coming to a close, already another holiday has come along full of festivities (and achievements) to keep us busy! 2009's Love is in the Air event, an in-game Valentine's Day of sorts, runs from February 11 - February 16, a mere six days (less, technically) to take in all there is and finish as many of the new achievements as possible! Spread the love to the citizens of your faction and score some candy, fireworks, a new dress or suit, or even a non-combat pet! Be a pro achiever and come out with a new player title - the Love Fool! Table of Contents Quests Horde Alliance Spread The Love! Pledges and Gifts of Adoration Pledges and Gifts of Friendship City Gift Collections Achievements Quests Horde Quests Dearest Elenia, (Orgrimmar | Undercity | Thunder Bluff) Start: Orok Deathbane or Deathguard Tor or Temma of the Wells End: Elenia Haydon This quest can be started at any of the three major faction cities listed above. It does not matter which place you start it at, but you will only be able to complete one of the three quests per character. There is essentially no difference in the quests. Just accept one of the quests from a love-struck NPC found in one of the cities and deliver the letter declaring his love to the (apparently extremely attractive) Elenia Haydon located near the bank in Undercity. This quest technically leads to another quest, but is not a prerequisite and cannot be completed if the next quest has already been accepted. (Quest #8904) Start: Fenstad Argyle End: Fenstad Argyle Fenstad Argyle [66.2, 46.1] can be found near the bank in the center of Undercity. For this quest, you must first purchase a (Item #21829) or (Item #21833) and a stack of (Item #21815) from a nearby innkeeper. Apply the fragrance, then speak with a nearby Undercity Guardian that is "looking for love" (that is, has a heart over his (it's?) head). Offer a (Item #21815) and you will be rewarded. The reward item may contain the (Item #22145) you need, if not you must try another Guardian. If you get (Spell #26898) while trying to obtain the card you will need another player to remove the debuff with a (Item #22259). Once you have obtained a (Item #22145), return to Fenstad. (Quest #8979) Start: Fenstad Argyle End: Apothecary Zinge For this quest, simply purchase a (Item #21833) and a (Item #21829) from an innkeeper and bring them to Apothecary Zinge [49.9, 68.4] located in the Apothecarium of the Undercity. (Quest #8980) Start: Apothecary Zinge End: Fenstad Argyle More running around the Undercity! Simply go back to Fenstad Argyle outside of the Undercity bank, presumably to report some sort of findings about the mystic effect of the fragrances. You will receive one each of the following: (Item #21812), (Item #22218), and (Item #34258). (Quest #8982) Start: Fenstad Argyle End: Innkeeper Norman Hike the twelve feet from Fenstad Argyle over to Innkeeper Norman [66.0, 38.3] to discuss the source of the fragrances! (Quest #8983) Start: Innkeeper Norman End: Mara Rennick This time you're trekking from Innkeeper Norman over to Mara Rennick [70.3, 29.5] found in the Mage Quarter of Undercity. (Quest #8984) Start: Mara Rennick End: Apothecary Staffron Lerent Now for a bit of real travel! Mara Rennick wants you to find Apothecary Staffron Lerent [89.2, 74.8] out in the Hillsbrad Foothills, just past Ravenholdt Manor. Non-rogues may not be familiar with the area; the 'entrance' to the path up into the mountains can be found at around [72.7, 23.8], just southeast from Tarren Mill. There you will see a path that zig-zags up the hill, and thru a cave eventually leading to Ravenholdt Manor. Once you have reached the manor, head right, past the farm and what appears to be a small sparring ring up a the hill - this is where it gets a little weird. Follow the short path into Alterac Mountains until you reach a small cliff, drop down carefully and head left following the green path on the minimap until you end up at the cauldron. (Quest #9029) Start & End: Fragrant Cauldron Once you've made it up here and discovered the 'source' of these mysterious sweet-smelling fragrances, you are able to interact with the cauldron found nearby Apothecary Staffron Lerent and you will be awarded with your choice of one of the following festive outfits: (Item #22281) or (Item #22282) or (Item #22277) or (Item #22278) or (Item #22280) or (Item #22276). Note that this quest will not be repeatable until next year's holiday, so choose wisely! Alliance Quests Dearest Colara, (Ironforge | Stormwind City | Darnassus) Start: Tormek Stoneriver or Lieutenant Jocryn Heldric or Aldris Fourclouds End: Colara Dean This quest can be started at any of the three major faction cities listed above. It does not matter which place you start it at, but you will only be able to complete one of the three quests per character. There is essentially no difference in the quests. Just accept one of the quests from a love-struck NPC found in one of the cities and deliver the letter declaring his love to Colara Dean located in the Trade District of Stormwind City. This quest technically leads to another quest, but is not a prerequisite and cannot be completed if the next quest has already been accepted. (Quest #8903) Start: Aristan Mottar End: Aristan Mottar Aristan Mottar can be found near the fountain outside of the bank in Stormwind City. For this quest, you must first purchase a (Item #21829) or (Item #21833) and a stack of (Item #21815) from a nearby innkeeper. Apply the fragrance, then speak with a nearby Stormwind Guard that is "looking for love" (that is, has a heart over their head). Offer a (Item #21815) and you will be rewarded. The reward item may contain the (Item #22143) you need, if not you must try another Guard. If you get (Spell #26898) while trying to obtain the card you will need another player to remove the debuff with a (Item #22259). Once you have obtained a (Item #22143), return to Aristan. (Quest #9024) Start: Aristan Mottar End: Morgan Pestle For this quest, simply purchase a (Item #21833) and a (Item #21829) from an innkeeper and bring them to Morgan Pestle [63.1, 74.6] located in the Trade District of Stormwind City. (Quest #9025) Start: Morgan Pestle End: Aristan Mottar Simply go back to Aristan Mottar outside of the Stormwind bank, presumably to report some sort of findings about the mind-altering effect of the fragrances. You will receive one each of the following: (Item #21812), (Item #22218), and (Item #34258). (Quest #9026) Start: Aristan Mottar End: Innkeeper Allison Head over to Innkeeper Allison [60.5, 75.2] to discuss the source of the fragrances! (Quest #9027) Start: Innkeeper Allison End: Evert Sorisam This time you're trekking from Innkeeper Allison over to Evert Sorisam [50.6, 60.6] found inside The Finest Thread, in the canals of Stormwind City. (Quest #9028) Start: Evert Sorisam End: Apothecary Staffron Lerent Now for a bit of real travel! Evert Sorisam wants you to find Apothecary Staffron Lerent [89.2, 74.8] out in the Hillsbrad Foothills, just past Ravenholdt Manor. Non-rogues may not be familiar with the area; the 'entrance' to the path up into the mountains can be found at around [72.7, 23.8], just southeast from Tarren Mill. There you will see a path that zig-zags up the hill, and thru a cave eventually leading to Ravenholdt Manor. Once you have reached the manor, head right, past the farm and what appears to be a small sparring ring up a the hill - this is where it gets a little weird. Follow the short path into Alterac Mountains until you reach a small cliff, drop down carefully and head left following the green path on the minimap until you end up at the cauldron. (Quest #9029) Start & End: Fragrant Cauldron Once you've made it up here and discovered the 'source' of these mysterious sweet-smelling fragrances, you are able to interact with the cauldron found nearby Apothecary Staffron Lerent and you will be awarded with your choice of one of the following festive outfits: (Item #22281) or (Item #22282) or (Item #22277) or (Item #22278) or (Item #22280) or (Item #22276). Note that this quest will not be repeatable until next year's holiday, so choose wisely! Spread The Love! Love is certainly in the air, as NPCs throughout the major cities are "looking for love" - that is, they will have hearts above their heads to signify that they can be shown affection. To do so, simply speak to an Innkeeper NPC and purchase a stack of (Item #21815), and your choice of either (Item #21829) or (Item #21833). Upon using your choice of fragrance, you will gain a buff (You smell great!) that lasts for an hour and allows you to see hearts above lovestruck NPCs throughout the major cities. You can share the love with any NPC with a heart by giving them a (Item #21815). Note that if you used (Spell #26681) you will only be able to interact with female NPCs, and if you used (Spell #26682) you will only be able to interact with male NPCs - your character's gender is irrelevant. Upon giving an NPC a (Item #21815), you will become either (Spell #26680) or (Spell #26898) - love is not always kind! If your character currently has no debuff, you will receive a Pledge of Adoration or a Gift of Adoration. Pledges of Adoration are received from guard NPCs, and Gifts of Adoration are received from any non-guard NPC that can be shown love. You will also gain the 'Adored' debuff which will last for one hour, during which you cannot obtain Pledges of Adoration or Gifts of Adoration. The 'Adored' debuff cannot be removed in any way other than progression of its duration. If your character is already Adored (that is, you already had the 'Adored' debuff), you will instead receive a Pledge of Friendship or a Gift of Friendship. Pledges of Friendship are received from guard NPCs, and Gifts of Friendship are received from any non-guard NPC that can be shown love. This will not not affect the duration of 'Adored' in any way. You will be able to obtain Gifts of Friendship and Pledge of Friendship for the duration of the debuff, but you will only be able to receive a Pledge of Adoration or Gift of Adoration once every 60 minutes. The difference is in the contents of the pledges/gifts (which are detailed in the next section). Sometimes, if the NPC you gave a (Item #21815) to is a big meaniehead, he can choose to decline your profession of love and you will receive no pledge/gift and instead will become afflicted with the '(Spell #26898)' debuff. This debuff will prevent you from giving (Item #21815) to NPCs for 60 minutes or until removed. The debuff can be removed by another player by using an (Item #22259) on a (Spell #26898) character. These bracelets can be obtained randomly from Pledges of Adoration or Gifts of Adoration, which typically contain 2-4 bracelets. The 'cured' player will receive a (Item #22260), which is just a common quality item with a somewhat misleading description since there's a very high chance most of them will come from total strangers, but whatever. Pledges and Gifts of Adoration Pledges and Gifts of Adoration can only be obtained once every 60 minutes, as your character will receive the 'Adored' debuff upon receiving one. Pledges of Adoration are obtained from guard NPCs and Gifts of Adoration are obtained from non-guard NPCs. Pledges and Gifts of Adoration contain an assortment of items unique to the event. Pledges of Adoration can contain the following unique items: City Guard Cards - Depending on which city's guard you chose to give a (Item #21815) to, you have a chance to receive a card from that specific guard. Horde cards include (Item #22142), (Item #22145) and (Item #22144), and Alliance cards include (Item #22141), (Item #22143), and (Item #22140). Five of any one type of Horde card can be combined to form either (Item #22293) (Orgrimmar), (Item #22299) (Undercity) or (Item #22295) (Thunder Bluff). Five of any one type of Alliance card can be combined to form either (Item #22287) (Ironforge), (Item #22284) (Stormwind City) or (Item #22289) (Darnassus). Pledges of Loyalty - Depending on which city's guard you chose to give a (Item #21815) to, you have a chance to receive a Pledge of Loyalty to that city. Combine five of any one city's pledges to form a Pledge Collection. Horde Pledge Collections include (Item #22294), (Item #22300) and (Item #22297). Alliance Pledge Collections include (Item #22286), (Item #22285) and (Item #22290). Gifts of Adoration can contain the following unique items: Gift Items - Non-guard NPC gifts will contain a different trade gift depending on which city you are in. Five of these goods can be combined to form a different gift in every city. These gifts are then combined with a Pledge Collection and assortment of Cards to create a city Gift Collection. Horde gifts include (Item #22292) (Orgrimmar), (Item #22298) (Undercity) and (Item #22296) (Thunder Bluff). Alliance gifts include (Item #22288) (Ironforge), (Item #22283) (Stormwind City) and (Item #22291) (Darnassus). Both Gifts and Pledges of Adoration can contain the following items: (Item #22259) - These can be used on player characters to remove the '(Spell #26898)' debuff. The item is consumed in the process and the recipient will receive a (Item #22260). (Item #22218) - This item can be used to shower another player with rose petals (works on bosses)! (Item #21812) - This box contains an assortment of chocolates that can be consumed for unique buffs! Each box can contain a few chocolates, including (Item #22237), (Item #22236), (Item #22238), (Item #22239) or just an (Item #21830)! The (Item #21830) can be used like a wrapping paper, though I'm not sure what kind of gift you'd send in a discarded chocolate wrapper. (Item #22261) - These unlucky little guys work like the target dummies created by engineers. The Love Fool will taunt enemy mobs and probably die shortly afterwards. (Item #22200) - This item can be used to shoot a player to make Kwee Q. Peddlefeet follow him around as a non-combat pet. Currently, if you cancel casting the 'shooting' spell the targeted player will still gain Peddlefeet and it will still count towards the Shafted! achievement, but it will not actually consume the item. (Item #21813) - This item can be used once per minute to create a heart candy with a loving message 'made by' your character. Not only do they make great gifts, but creating each of the different candies is a requirement for the achievement Be Mine! (Item #34480) - This permanent item can be used to place down a rug, picnic basket, and umbrella. Players can sit around and 'use' the basket to gain the 'Romantic Picnic' buff which is purely cosmetic and places a heart above the player's head whenever someone joins you for a romantic meal. (Item #22279) - This rather rare dress will not only grant you an achievement, but also increases the sexiness of your character by +500. Even on a female dwarf. (Item #34258) - This unique firework creates an impressive show in the sky complete with hearts! (Item #22235) - This item teaches you to summon the non-combat pet Kwee Q. Peddlefeet! This rare little winged goblin can be yours as a permanent cute pet! Note that the Perma-Peddle achievement gained by obtaining him has been removed as a requirement for the Fool for Love meta achievement. Pledges and Gifts of Friendship Pledges and Gifts of Friendship can be obtained at any time if your character has already received a Pledge or Gift of Adoration and has the 'Adored' debuff. You can receive as many of these as you want, the only thing that will stop you is the occasional Heartbroken debuff but even that is removable. Pledges of Friendship are obtained from guard NPCs and Gifts of Friendship are obtained from non-guard NPCs. Pledges and Gifts of Friendship contain an assortment of items unique to the event. Pledges of Friendship will only contain one of either of these two items: City Guard Cards - Depending on which city's guard you chose to give a (Item #21815) to, you have a chance to receive a card from that specific guard. Horde cards include (Item #22142), (Item #22145) and (Item #22144), and Alliance cards include (Item #22141), (Item #22143), and (Item #22140). Five of any one type of Horde card can be combined to form either (Item #22293) (Orgrimmar), (Item #22299) (Undercity) or (Item #22295) (Thunder Bluff). Five of any one type of Alliance card can be combined to form either (Item #22287) (Ironforge), (Item #22284) (Stormwind City) or (Item #22289) (Darnassus). Pledges of Loyalty - Depending on which city's guard you chose to give a (Item #21815) to, you have a chance to receive a Pledge of Loyalty to that city. Combine five of any one city's pledges to form a Pledge Collection. Horde Pledge Collections include (Item #22294), (Item #22300) and (Item #22297). Alliance Pledge Collections include (Item #22286), (Item #22285) and (Item #22290). Gifts of Friendship will only contain the 'gift item' used in the creation of Gift Collections. Non-guard NPC gifts will contain a different trade gift depending on which city you are in. Five of these goods can be combined to form a different gift in every city. These gifts are then combined with a Pledge Collection and assortment of Cards to create a city Gift Collection. Horde gifts include (Item #22292) (Orgrimmar), (Item #22298) (Undercity) and (Item #22296) (Thunder Bluff). Alliance gifts include (Item #22288) (Ironforge), (Item #22283) (Stormwind City) and (Item #22291) (Darnassus). City Gift Collections The whole point behind collecting all of these pledges, cards and gifts is to create a Gift Collection for a particular city. Obtain five of each city's pledges, cards and gift item to create collections of each. Then combine all three of these items to create a Gift Collection for that city. (Item #22263) - Created by combining: (Item #22136) (Item #22134) (Item #22135) (Item #22262) - Created by combining: (Item #22132) (Item #22131) (Item #22133) Upon creation of an individual city Gift Collection, you will receive a one hour buff which is different for each city. Orgrimmar/Darnassus Gift Collection creation will grant a +30 Agility buff, Undercity/Stormwind will grant a +30 Intellect buff, and Thunder Bluff/Ironforge will grant a +30 Stamina buff. Once you have created a full Gift Collection for your faction, you can bring it to Kwee Q. Peddlefeet located near any of the three major city's faction leader. He offers the repeatable quest (Quest #8981) (Alliance) in which you can exchange a (Item #22263) or (Item #22262) for your choice of one of the following: 5 (Item #22218) or 5 (Item #22200) or 5 (Item #34258). You will also receive a (Item #21812). Depending which city you turned in the Gift Collection, the turn in will count as one 'point' in what is basically a popularity contest among the major city leaders. Whichever city's faction leader 'wins' will be accompanied by a Peddlefeet that will buff players. There is no other perk at all to turning in the Gift Collections - no reputation gain whatsoever and no reward other than items you can obtain simply through receiving Adoration pledges/gifts. There isn't even an achievement for creation or turn-in of any type of Gift Collection. Kind of a bum deal, but if getting into the spirit of holiday events are your thing - enjoy! Achievements Fool For Love or Fool For Love This achievement can be found in the main World Events achievement category and is awarded upon completion of every one of the Love is in the Air achievements. This achievement awards the player title 'The Love Fool' and is a requirement towards completion of What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been (Alliance version) which rewards the beautiful (Spell #60024). Be Mine! For this achievement, you must acquire one of each type of Heart Candy items listed from a (Item #21813). The (Item #21813) can only be used once every minute, and each bag has 10 Charges. You can get the (Item #21813) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. Fistful of Love For this achievement, you need to use a (Item #22218) on each of the 10 listed different race/class combinations. You can get the (Item #22218) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. You can also obtain the (Item #22218) by turning in (Item #22263) or (Item #22262) to Kwee Q. Peddlefeet near any major faction leader. The one time quests (Quest #8980) and (Quest #9025) will reward a single (Item #22218). Flirt With Disaster or Flirt With Disaster To complete this achievement, Horde players must get completely smashed, use a (Item #21829), throw a (Item #22218) on Jeremiah Payson and the /kiss him. Alliance players must get completely smashed, put on a (Item #21829), throw a (Item #22218) on Sraaz and then /kiss him. Obviously the best way to get completely smashed would be through massive consumption of (Spell #11009), but enough of any alcoholic beverage will do the trick. Simply drink to your heart's content until you receive the message that your character is smashed, and you're set! You can get the (Item #22218) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. You can also obtain the (Item #22218) by turning in (Item #22263) or (Item #22262) to Kwee Q. Peddlefeet near any major faction leader. Heartmender For this achievement, you must use (Item #22259) on 20 players that are under the effect of (Spell #26898). You can obtain (Item #22259) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. I Pitied The Fool For this achievement, you (or another player) must use (Item #22261) in each of the five listed zones, and then /pity the Love Fool that is created. The zones in which you must do this are Wintergrasp, Arathi Basin Blacksmith, Naxxramas, Battle Ring of Gurubashi Arena and The Culling of Stratholme. You can obtain (Item #22261) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. Lonely? Join someone in Dalaran at their Romantic Picnic during the Love is in the Air celebration. For this achievement, you can either join someone in Dalaran who has used their (Item #34480), or you can use your own and have 2 people join you. You can obtain (Item #34480) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. Lovely Luck Is On Your Side For this achievement, you only need to loot (Item #22279) from a Gift of Adoration or Pledge of Adoration. This achievement is not part of the Love is in the Air meta-achievement, as the (Item #22279) is quite rare. My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose For this achievement, you need to obtain either a (Item #22206) or (Item #44731). Both of these have a random chance of dropping from Maiden of Grief in Halls of Stone, Prince Keleseth in Utgarde Keep or Prince Taldaram in Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom. Nation of Adoration or Nation of Adoration For this achievement, Horde must obtain (Item #22164), (Item #22166) and (Item #22165) from the civilians in each city. Alliance must obtain (Item #21981), (Item #21980) and (Item #21979) from the civilians in each city. Just to be clear, you have to talk to the civilians, and not the guards for this achievement. Nearest and Dearest For this achievement, you must complete the 'Dangerous Love' questline, starting with (Quest #8904) for Horde, and (Quest #8903) for Alliance. Perma-Peddle For this achievement, you only need to loot (Item #22235) from a Gift of Adoration or Pledge of Adoration. This achievement is not part of the Love is in the Air meta-achievement, as the (Item #22235) is quite rare. Shafted! For this achievement, you need to use (Item #22200) on 10 players. You can get the (Item #22200) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. You can also obtain the (Item #22200) by turning in (Item #22263) or (Item #22262) to Kwee Q. Peddlefeet near any major faction leader. Sweet Tooth For this achievement, you need to consume each of the four candies found within (Item #21812). You can receive the (Item #22200) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. You can also obtain the (Item #21812) by turning in (Item #22263) or (Item #22262) to Kwee Q. Peddlefeet near any major faction leader. The one time quests (Quest #8980) and (Quest #9025) will reward a single (Item #21812). The Rocket's Pink Glare For this achievement, you need to use 10 (Item #34258) in 20 seconds. You can get the (Item #34258) randomly in Gifts of Adoration or Pledges of Adoration. You can also obtain the (Item #34258) by turning in (Item #22263) or (Item #22262) to Kwee Q. Peddlefeet near any major faction leader. Thank you Noxy for drawing a line for me successfully and Corgan for achievement write-ups (but not for the typos)!