Midsummer Fire Festival The Midsummer Fire Festival is a seasonal event that celebrates the hottest season of the year . It starts on the ( earthly ) northern summer , 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 on the old official website : The ending of the Festival seems to have been merged with the Engineers ' Explosive Extravaganza holiday : Burning Blossom redemption . Below are the items you can purchase with at and . 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 . Quests . 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 or the . Daily quests : Quest chains : Lord Ahune . A new chain of quests was added to the game , beginning at a . The end of the chain culminates in a daily quest to summon Lord Ahune , a new boss in the Slave Pens during the event . 2015 drops . According to Wowhead News , Ahune will now have a chance to drop and item level 600 cloak ( ) : 2013 drops . According to Wowhead News , Ahune will now have a chance to drop and item level 480 cloak ( ) : He my also drop ( requires 350 ) . Bonfires . The at each of your own faction ' s bonfires offers you . Right - clicking a bonfire of the opposite faction offers . 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 : Interacting with the fires rewards different amounts of Burning Blossoms : Here are the current amount of Blossoms you can collect : See and for suggested routes . Maps . " Note : Coordinates are not exact . General locations shown . " 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 . Reward : ( no bonuses ) . History . 2017 . New items were made available to purchase like and , 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 : , , and . As of Patch 6 . 1 , several heirloom upgrade items added for purchase : , . In addition , Ahune now drops ilvl 670 capes . 2012 . Added : . 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 ( ) 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 . 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 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 . A number of players have continued to have problems with the Exodar and Silvermoon city flame quests .