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Comment by 25547

If you look closely, the Night Elf wisps have faces, this pet does not. It more closely resembles the purple souls that are flying around Razaan's Landing in the Blade's edge mountains, and has 3 smaller orbs swirling around the main orb.

It should also be mentioned that it can be summoned while moving, one of only a few pets able to do so.

All in all, a damn cool pet to have :)

Comment by 19550

Actually, Morgrath, it does have a face. If you look close enough, you can see it. So, it's pretty much a red wisp.

I agree, though, a very damn cool pet to have.

Comment by 25547

Ha, so he does, feels nice to have the soul of a dead night elf bound to my Tauren :P

Comment by 65156

This is a very neat pet to have during winter.

Comment by 5427

The Midsummer Fire Festival is from June 21 to July 5.
You can find more info about it here.

Comment by Breanni

Unfortunately as of patch 2.4, this quest is no longer be accessible. However, if you have the quest in your quest log from last year, you will be able to return it and claim the minipet reward.

The Spirit of Summer minipet rewarded from this quest will now be purchasable during the event for 350 Burning Blossoms. Players will be able to earn Burning Blossoms via special Midsummer Fire Festival quests.

Comment by Toldry

You can use this pet while walking.
It also wont break stealth if you use it while stealthed.

Comment by jerodast

For those trying to decide what to do with their 400 blossoms, sadly I'd have to say the brazier is quite a bit cooler, and the midsummer outfit is awesome if you have a good dance or an alternate form (aka shadowform). This pet on the other hand, while pretty unique (not for long), is just not that flashy. Yes it can follow you around giving you endless pleasure while you adventure like any other companion, but let's face it, you're not really gonna notice it that much either way. If you're not a pet collector, go with something else.

Comment by 135595

great to have with http://www.wowhead.com/?item=20414

Comment by 165739

If you're bored enough, or have enough time to get the 350 blossoms required to buy this pet, I'd actually recommend it. I wasn't overly impressed at first, as a glowing light orb certainly isn't as cute/etc as some of the other non-combat pets.

It's really grown on me since, though. Up close and in-game (screenshots do NOT do it justice!) this little pet is very complex and dynamic; it's got smaller globes of light swirling within its "body", and it's constantly shimmering and shifting (best I can describe it).

I'm really glad I put in the effort to buy this little guy :)

Comment by JayRay

I think its cute.

Just...don't pet it. Ouch.

Comment by 180742

Most people on my server go for the http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34686 instead so GL with the blossoms.

Comment by Thrakin

Well - Even if there's 'just' been another chance at getting it, 9/10 people go for the Brazier instead. Since I bought it, I've
-NEVER- seen another player with this pet. So still pretty unique, and definitely worth the blossoms :3

Comment by 160308

Since 3.0 the color of this pet has changed. Screenshot submitted.

This pet glitches its way through the sky as you fly on a flying mount! (This may only work on the crappy free one from Storm Peaks, haven't tested it on a "real" mount)

This pet hovers above water.

You can use this pet while moving, and it will not break stealth.

Comment by 64617

The color did NOT change. It appears they changed the entire model.

The core of the model is always red (zoom in when it's blue you can see it for yourself), however depending on where you are or maybe the lighting, the blue "corona" the pet has becomes much brighter and overpowers most of the red color.

So far I've noticed that the blue gets MUCH brighter when you go inside building, but when you're out in the world it's entirely red with an extremely light blue hue.

There also seem to be new "electrons" that spin around it, that I don't remember it having when I first got it.

Comment by Hannibal08

I wish they would have just left this pet alone. When I first got the captured flame it was all red and looked really nice. It also made a little chime sound when you clicked on it. First that sound disappeared, then it got semi-blue (might have been a model change here too, not sure), and now it's even bluer.

I miss the chiming, all-red wisp that we originally had. This one isn't nearly as attractive.

Comment by Rushlow

Here's some simple math. This assumes that you have 0 pieces of the summer set from previous years and neither the Brazier or the Pet. This also ignores the quest that awards you a single blossom as it is insignificant.

Torch Tossing Daily: 5 blossoms X 14 days = 70 blossoms
Torch Catching Daily: 5 blossoms X 14 days = 70 blossoms
Unusual Activity and An Innocent Disguise (Twilight Hammer quests): 5 blossoms X 2 quests = 10 blossoms
"Striking Back" Daily: 10 blossoms X 14 days = 140 blossoms
Shards of Ahune: 20 blossoms X 1 time only = 20 blossoms
Honor the Flame!: 5 blossoms X 40 locations (38 if horde) = 200 blossoms (190 if horde)
Desecrate this Fire!: 10 blossoms X 38 locations (40 if horde) = 380 blossoms (400 if horde)
Capital City Flame Stealing: 25 blossoms X 4 cities for each faction = 100 blossoms
PLUS: I have discovered that you are able to refund your shoulders of your summer set (not the boots or the chest for some weird reason) for the 100 blossoms you bought them for. This means for the full summer set (minus 100) plus the brazier and the pet, you need 1000 blossoms.

This means:

Alliance Total: 70 + 70 + 10 + 140 + 20 + 200 + 380 + 100 = 990 blossoms
Horde Total: 70 + 70 + 10 + 140 + 20 + 190 + 400 + 100 = 1000 blossoms

Alliance must wait a year to get both the brazier and pet if they are starting from scratch, while horde can do everything in only one year.

Comment by 165048

PLUS: I have discovered that you are able to refund your shoulders of your summer set (not the boots or the chest for some weird reason) for the 100 blossoms you bought them for..

I just checked this and it dosnt seem to work at all.

Comment by 383588

This pet is effected by the "Fire Festival Fortitude" Buff, which i thought was pretty interesting.

Also, I love this pet! Reminds me of that thing that follows you around in Zelda
"Hey, Listen!"

Comment by Steensborg

Is it just me, or does this little fellow tend to change color a tad sometimes? Sometimes it's glowing red, other times nearly not colored at all

Comment by 407672

I just bought one with my 350 things that took me hours to get, just to realize .. nope this isnt the little guy standing on display beside the fire festival tents the little fire looking man. Nope it's just a red floating dot. Is this REALLLY worth 350 flowers? they couldve made something way cooler. I was pretty mad i just got a red dot instead of the dancing flames...

Comment by 384297

lol, I have a blood elf, and now he has a dead night elf for a pet. Thats justice!

Comment by atkrei

look at this flame in 3d

Comment by Pinkitteh

I did this and got the brazier and the pet, I just wish it was a little fire elemental guy they are so cute... Wish Blizz would put in a little fire elemental guy as a pet.

Comment by ChaoStar

I found the brazier to be of more fun value than this pet (Which is still cool), just because you can pop the brazier in any waiting time in a raid or instance, and people will turn into flaming dancers. :3

Comment by 574278

This counts towards Lil' Game Hunter I hope?

Comment by suffacate

This item is back again for the 2011 Midsummer Fire Festival.
It is sold in all cities, and it costs 350 Burning Blossoms.

It's a companion.

Comment by 760297

As of 2011 this item seems to have it's model changed back to the original red one.

Comment by Reintjuu

This companion is colored yellow/orange in the Un'Goro Crater.

Comment by shadra

I'm not sure if it was like that already. But pet seems not binding to you when bought. You can actually farm this pet with your alt chars, and send them to your main, or sell at AH. It is possible to have 2 pets (edit: 3 maybe, with the cata zones, couldn't calculate) per char, but be aware it is unique.
Just same as the swift lovebird.

So dont worry, if you have an alt, you will get whole set, brazier, and pet without needing to do dailies, in 1 year, actually in 1 day, hmm maybe in 3-4 hours. :)

Comment by rivellangel

As of 2012 this seems to no longer be BoP which means you can send to alts, trade and auction it

Comment by jorzon

What if the captured flame is actually a wisp of a flame druid?

Comment by anolan

As of MoP getting pets for alts won't matter as all pets and mounts will be shared :( pet ui is horrible by the way ):

Comment by AveryZan

I feel kind of dumb for thinking that my pet journal was bugged cause I kept typing in captured flame and nothing showed up, but the pets name is spirit of summer. Just found it confusing

Comment by 1116883

As of patch 5.2 this pet is not showing up when searched in the pet panel but it is still available during the Midsummer Fire Festival.

Comment by selcouth

Can anyone comment on the quality of the pet from this item? In years past I've earned a common Spirit of Summer. The Captured Flame item is rare, so I'm wondering if the pet is now rare too.

Comment by legendaryw8forit

For all the toy and pet collectors out there these are the current ones that you can purchase during the Midsummer Fire Festival (event starts on 21st June and ends on 5th July)

Toys:
- Brazier of Dancing Flames: costs 350 Burning Blossom
- Burning Defender's Medallion: costs 500 Burning Blossom
- Cozy Bonfire: costs 350 Burning Blossom
- NEW: Set of Matches: costs 500 Burning Blossom

Pets:
- Blazing Cindercrawler: costs 350 Burning Blossom
- Captured Flame: costs 350 Burning Blossom
- NEW: Igneous Flameling: costs 350 Burning Blossom

All pets can be traded and sold/bought from the AH

Comment by 1304315

In 2017, if you are buying Midsummer event pets to resell for cash, skip this one. It has been around much longer and the other two (Igneous Flameling and Blazing Cindercrawler) sell for several times more gold.

Comment by 1093608

THE PET IS NOT WORTH ANYTHING CLOSE TO 63K....ITS MORE LIKE 5K...DONT BE FOOLED BY DUMBASS WOWHEAD

Comment by knotjad

As of 2019 - You can now purchase all four required pieces of the Midsummer Set from Midsummer Merchant or Midsummer Supplier for Achievement Burning Hot Pole Dance and refund your Burning Blossom currency once your Achievement is complete.

Comment by Flanell

This pet is constantly bugged in color and blizzard doesnt care anymore to fix it. It usually completely red, but the bug causes it's aura to be blue.

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Captured Flame

Item Level 1
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Use: Teaches you how to summon this companion.
Summons or dismisses a Spirit of Summer.
Requires level 1 to 90 (90)

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This item can be purchased in Ironforge (8), Orgrimmar (6), Stormwind City (6), Thunder Bluff (6), Undercity (5), Silvermoon City (Burning Crusade) (4), The Exodar (4), Darnassus (3), and Tirisfal Glades (2).

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