Love is in the Air
- "Valentine" redirects here. For the Kul Tiran, see Marshal M. Valentine. For the quests, see [1-80] Love is in the Air.
Love is in the Air | |
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Duration | February 3 – 17 (2025) |
Currency | [Love Token] |
Boss | Apothecary Hummel |
Highlights |
Candy Peddlefeet Gift collections [Swift Lovebird] [X-45 Heartbreaker] |
Other events | |
Preceded by | New Year |
Followed by | Lunar Festival |
Love is in the Air is a seasonal event that takes place around Valentine's Day. The first "Love is in the Air" event occurred in 2006 for about 4 days. In 2010, the event was expanded to about two weeks and additional content added; see Love is in the Air (Classic) for the version on Classic realms. The event was refreshed again in 2024.
From the official site:
- Something is in the air in the major cities of Azeroth. Some call it love, and some just call it friendship and admiration. Whichever it is, many guards and townsfolks now spend their days giving and receiving tokens and gifts to other amorous citizens.
- The more skeptical, however, are suspicious of the strange "love sickness" clouding the hearts of so many. Will this widespread occurrence be simply taken as a recent outbreak of amore? Or will our brave adventurers find a sinister plot behind the source of this plague of passion? Only time will tell...
New in 2024
The Gala of Gifts takes place outside Stormwind City and Orgrimmar.
- New achievements: [Love Language Expert], [Support Your Local Artisans]
- New collectables, requiring a total of 840x [Love Token]:
- Mounts: [Heartseeker Mana Ray] (270 )
- Pets: [Heartseeker Moth] (40 )
- Toys: [Date Simulation Modulator] (100 ), [Exquisite Love Boat] (270 ), [Eyes For You Only] (40 )
- Cosmetics: [Eternal Black Rose], [Eternal Blue Rose], [Eternal Orange Rose], [Eternal Pink Rose], [Eternal White Rose], [Eternal Yellow Rose] (20 each)
- Drakewatcher manuscript: [Renewed Proto-Drake: Love Armor] ( [Heart-Shaped Box])
- New quest chain worth 140x [Love Token] (plus dailies). All old quests (and [Lovely Charm Bracelet] grinding) have been removed
- Donate 500 or 10,000 a day to Galvus Ironhammer or Torgando Featherhoof for 3 or 10x [Love Token] in the mail
Collectables
Mounts
Three mounts are available. Two mounts are available for purchase for 270 each:
One mount is an extremely rare drop from the [Heart-Shaped Box]:
One mount appearance drops from the [Heart-Shaped Box]:
Current-expansion-level characters will loot the [Heart-Shaped Box] from the Crown Chemical Co. boss encounter on their first kill each day per character. Lower-level characters will instead receive a [Heart-Shaped Carton], which will not contain the X-45 Heartbreaker mount. Additionally, the first account-wide opening of the Heart-Shaped Box each day has a significantly higher chance of containing the X-45 Heartbreaker.
Pets
Four pets are available. Three pets are available for purchase for 40 each:
One pet is a rare drop from the [Heart-Shaped Box]:
Toys
Nine toys are available. Seven toys are available for purchase for a total of 940 :
- [Romantic Picnic Basket] (10 )
- [Peddlefeet's Lovely Hearthstone] (150 )
- [Love Boat] (270 )
- [Sturdy Love Fool] (100 )
- [Eyes For You Only] (40 )
- [Date Simulation Modulator] (100 )
- [Exquisite Love Boat] (270 )
One toy is a rare drop from the [Heart-Shaped Box]:
One toy is an achievement reward:
Cosmetic
Six cosmetic helms are available for purchase for 20 each. These are recolors of the [Forever-Lovely Rose] that drops from Apothecary Hummel:
- [Eternal Black Rose]
- [Eternal Blue Rose]
- [Eternal Orange Rose]
- [Eternal Pink Rose]
- [Eternal White Rose]
- [Eternal Yellow Rose]
The [Lovely Dress Box] (20 ) contains one of four dresses:
- [Lovely Black Dress] ( [Lovely Luck Is On Your Side])
- [Lovely Blue Dress]
- [Lovely Red Dress]
- [Lovely Purple Dress]
The [Dinner Suit Box] (20 ) contains one of three dinner suits:
Two cosmetic helms can drop from the [Heart-Shaped Box] or [Heart-Shaped Carton] from the Apothecary Hummel encounter:
Two cosmetic off-hands drop from specific bosses, listed in the Bouquet of Roses section. Acquiring either awards the [My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose] achievement:
Holiday items
On retail (non-Classic) realms, players can earn 35–41 tokens per day.
- 20 from daily quests (10 each)
- 10 from 10,000 (or 3 from 500) donations to Galvus Ironhammer or Torgando Featherhoof
- 5–11 from [Heart-Shaped Box] / [Heart-Shaped Carton]
Vendors
Vendors that sell any [Love Token]-costing items are listed here. Many other vendors sell food, drink, and alcohol for gold, listed in the Gala of Gifts section.
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Kiera Torres & Lythianne Morningspear
<Lovely Prizes and Heirlooms>Item Cost Type [Heartseeker Moth] 40 Pet [Heartseeker Mana Ray] 270 Mount [Exquisite Love Boat] 270 Toy [Eyes For You Only] 40 Toy [Date Simulation Modulator] 100 Toy [Bag of Heart Candies] 2 [Be Mine!] [Silver Shafted Arrow] x5 5 [Shafted!] [Truesilver Shafted Arrow] 40 Pet; [Perma-Peddle] [Lovebird Hatchling] 40 Pet [Lovely Dress Box] 20 [Lovely Luck Is On Your Side] [Dinner Suit Box] 20 Container [Romantic Picnic Basket] 10 Toy, [Lonely?] [Love Boat] 270 Toy [Peddlefeet's Lovely Hearthstone] 150 Toy heartstone [Swift Lovebird] 270 Mount [Ancient Heirloom Scabbard] 200 Heirloom (35) [Timeworn Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Heirloom (40) [Weathered Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Heirloom (45) [Battle-Hardened Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Heirloom (50) [Eternal Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Heirloom (60) [Awakened Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Heirloom (70) -
Sylandra Silverbreeze & Hana Breezeheart
<Flower Vendor>Item Cost Type [Single-Use Bouquet] 1 Throwable [Rose of Romance] 5 +10% stats [Rose of Purity] 5 +10% stats [Rose of Joy] 5 +10% stats [Rose of Friendship] 5 +10% stats [Rose of Independence] 5 +10% stats [Rose of Dreams Fulfilled] 5 +10% stats [Rose of Tragedy] 5 +10% stats [Eternal Yellow Rose] 20 Cosmetic helm [Eternal White Rose] 20 Cosmetic helm [Eternal Pink Rose] 20 Cosmetic helm [Eternal Orange Rose] 20 Cosmetic helm [Eternal Blue Rose] 20 Cosmetic helm [Eternal Black Rose] 20 Cosmetic helm [Red Rose] 96 Cosmetic helm [Black Rose] 2 53 Cosmetic helm [Simple Wildflowers] 49 Cosmetic off-hand [Beautiful Wildflowers] 1 73 Cosmetic off-hand [Lovely Rose] x5 5 Throwable [Handful of Rose Petals] x5 2 Throwable -
Bang Sparknozzle & Zikky
<Lovely Novelties>Item Cost Type [Pink Brightbursts] x5 5 Throwable [Chocolate Bon-Bomb] 1 Throwable [Love Fool] 10 [I Pitied The Fool] [Sturdy Love Fool] 100 Toy; target dummy [Manufactured Love Prism] 40 [They Really Love Me!] [Lovely Fireworks] x5 5 Throwable -
Maurice Guichi & Zin'boja
<House of Chocolates>Item Cost Type [Box of Chocolates] 10 [Sweet Tooth] / [Lonely?] [Chocolate Cake Slice] 17 Food [Chocolate Celebration Cake] 9 Food table [Tirasreli Gourmet Chocolate] 50 Food
Heart-Shaped Box
Current-expansion-level characters (at or above level 70) will loot the [Heart-Shaped Box] from the Crown Chemical Co. holiday boss encounter with Apothecary Hummel once a day. Lower-level characters (from levels 1-69) will instead receive a [Heart-Shaped Carton], which will not contain the X-45 Heartbreaker mount.
- 5–11x [Love Token]
- [Toxic Wasteling] (Heart-Shaped Box only)
- [Forever-Lovely Rose]
- [Vile Fumigator's Mask]
- [The Heartbreaker] (Heart-Shaped Box only)
- [X-45 Heartbreaker] (Heart-Shaped Box only)
- [Renewed Proto-Drake: Love Armor] (Heart-Shaped Box only)
Additionally, Apothecary Hummel directly drops necklaces. These necklaces are not on a daily lockout (and can be farmed indefinitely), scale to the level of the player, and their on-use effect awards [It Might Just Save Your Life]:
- [Choker of the Pure Heart]
- [Heartbreak Charm]
- [Shard of Pirouetting Happiness]
- [Sweet Perfume Broach]
- [Winking Eye of Love]
Bouquet of Roses
A [Bouquet of Ebon Roses] or a [Bouquet of Red Roses] drop from specific bosses. They shower a targeted character with either black or red rose petals. Acquiring either bouquet awards [My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose].
Instance | Boss | Color |
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Blackrock Caverns | Corla, Herald of Twilight | Red |
Deadmines (Heroic only) | Admiral Ripsnarl | Both |
De Other Side | The Manastorms | Ebon |
End Time | Echo of Jaina | Red |
End Time | Echo of Sylvanas | Ebon |
Grim Batol | Drahga Shadowburner | Red |
Halls of Stone | Maiden of Grief | Both |
Hour of Twilight | Asira Dawnslayer | Red |
Mists of Tirna Scithe | Mistcaller | Red |
Necrotic Wake | Surgeon Stitchflesh | Red |
Shadowfang Keep | Lord Godfrey | Both |
Spires of Ascension | Devos | Red |
Stonecore | High Priestess Azil | Red |
Tazavesh, the Veiled Market | So'azmi | Ebon |
Utgarde Keep | Prince Keleseth | Both |
Well of Eternity | Queen Azshara | Red |
Love Token requirements
In order to purchase all of the items needed for the [Fool For Love] meta-achievement, at least 98x [Love Token] are required:
- [Bag of Heart Candies] for [Be Mine!] (2 )
- [Handful of Rose Petals] for [Fistful of Love] (6 )
- 5x [Love Fool] for [I Pitied The Fool] (50 at 10 each)
- [Romantic Picnic Basket] for [Lonely?] (10 )
- [Box of Chocolates] for [Lonely?] and [Sweet Tooth] (10 )
- [Silver Shafted Arrow] for [Shafted!] (10 )
There are two other achievements that require Love Token-purchased items:
- [Truesilver Shafted Arrow] for [Perma-Peddle] (40 )
- [Lovely Dress Box] for [Lovely Luck Is On Your Side] (20 , may take multiple attempts)
Quests
As of the 2024 iteration, all old quests have been phased out on retail realms. There is one quest chain (worth 140x [Love Token]) and two dailies each day (worth 10 each).
- Intro:
- [1-80] Love is in the Air
- [1-80] Take a Look Around
(unlocks dailies)
- The Crown Chemical Co.
- [1-80] I Smell Trouble
- [1-80] An Unwelcome Gift
- [1-80] Raising a Stink
- [1-80] Crushing the Crown
- [1-80D] The Stench of Revenge
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Dailies (two each day):
- [10-70 Daily] Getaway to Scenic Feralas!
- [10-70 Daily] Getaway to Scenic Grizzly Hills!
- [10-70 Daily] Getaway to Scenic Nagrand!
- [10-70 Daily] The Gift of Relaxation
- [10-70 Daily] The Gift of Relief
- [10-70 Daily] The Gift of Self-Care then one of:
- [10-70 Daily] Loving Yourself, Your Way (challenge)
- [10-70 Daily] Loving Yourself, Your Way (tasty)
- [10-70 Daily] Loving Yourself, Your Way (nap)
Donations
Players can donate up to 10,000 per day to Galvus Ironhammer or Torgando Featherhoof for progress on the [Support Your Local Artisans] achievement and a letter with a [Bundle of Love Tokens] attached, containing 3 or 10x [Love Token].
The 10,000 letter from Aisha reads:
Dear <name>,
Thank you so much for your extremely generous contribution to the Artisan's Consortium! We greatly appreciate your support.
Please find attached a token of our gratitude.
- Aisha, Founder of the Artisan's Consortium
Event boss
The Love is in the Air event boss consists of a three-NPC boss encounter in a special version of Shadowfang Keep, which can be queued up for using the Dungeon Finder. The event can be queued up for by players level 16 and higher and scales for all levels.
Apothecary Hummel, alongside Apothecary Baxter and Apothecary Frye comprise the encounter. Hummel will drop one holiday-themed necklace per kill, which can be repeated as often as desired. Once a day he will also drop the [Heart-Shaped Box] (for current-expansion-level players) or the [Heart-Shaped Carton]. The only difference between the two drops is that the Carton cannot contain the [X-45 Heartbreaker].
Achievements
The meta-achievement for Love is in the Air is [Fool For Love]. It requires the completion of most of the achievements listed in the table below.
Title | Description | Rewards |
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[Be Mine!] | Eat the eight "Bag of Candies" heart candies listed below.
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10 |
[Dangerous Love] | Assist the Steamwheedle Cartel in stopping the sinister Crown Chemical Co. plot. | 10 |
[Fistful of Love] | Use a Handful of Rose Petals on each of the race/class combinations listed below.
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10 |
[Support Your Local Artisans] | Donate a total of 50,000 gold to the Artisan's Consortium in support of the Gala of Gifts. | 10 |
[Love Language Expert] | Deliver all of the following gifts to Lovely Guests at the Steam Pools Resort. | 10 |
[I Pitied The Fool] | Pity the Love Fool in the locations specified below. | 10 |
[Lonely?] | Enjoy a Buttermilk Delight with someone in Dalaran at a Romantic Picnic during the Love is in the Air celebration. | 10 |
[Lovely Luck Is On Your Side] | Open a Lovely Dress Box and receive a Lovely Black Dress. | 10 |
[My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose] | Obtain a Bouquet of Red Roses or Bouquet of Ebon Roses during the Love is in the Air celebration. | 10 |
[Perma-Peddle] | Obtain a permanent Peddlefeet pet by procuring a [Truesilver Shafted Arrow]. | 10 |
[The Rocket's Pink Glare] | Shoot off 10 Love Rocket in 20 seconds or less. | 10 |
[Shafted!] | Shoot 10 players with the Silver Shafted Arrow. | 10 |
[Sweet Tooth] | Sample the Love is in the Air candies listed below. | 10 |
[It Might Just Save Your Life] | Unleash the power of love contained within a holiday necklace. | 10 |
[Love Magnet] | Have 10 Love Rays active on you simultaneously. | 10 |
[Beacon of Love] | Have 25 Love Rays active on you simultaneously. | 10 |
[They Really Love Me!] | Have 50 Love Rays active on you simultaneously. | 10 True Love Prism |
[Tough Love] | Defeat the trio of Crown Chemical Co. apothecaries in Shadowfang Keep. | 10 |
Gala of Gifts
A number of characters, new and old, take part in the Gala of Gifts at Stormwind Gate, Elwynn Forest and near Rocktusk Farm, Durotar:
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Alliance
- Quests
- Gabbo Blinkwink
- Luciana Delgado <Gala Director>
- Galvus Ironhammer <Artisan's Consortium> (donations)
- Inspector Snip Snagglebolt and O.D.I.E.
- Ying
- Vendors
- Melanie Charles <Bountiful Brews>
- Ronathan Graham <Fruit Vendor>
- Fedelma Graybeard <Wine Vendor>
- Maurice Guichi <House of Chocolates>
- Bimble Longberry <Fruit Vendor>
- Guo Plumpaw <Lovely Snacks>
- Sylandra Silverbreeze <Flower Vendor>
- Bang Sparknozzle <Lovely Novelties>
- Sraaz <Pie Vendor>
- Wobbley Sugarfizz <House of Chocolates>
- Kiera Torres <Lovely Prizes and Heirlooms>
- Others
- Aioluus <Lovely Novelties>
- Miguel Bright
- Thomas Bright
- Billibub Cogspinner
- Bordol Dewgarden
- Bubbi Gearcrank
- Simeon Griswold
- Doelia Moonwater <Gala Greeter>
- Bonnie Stoutjaw
- Statiks Quikfuse
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Horde
- Quests
- Mahaja Cloudsong <Gala Director>
- Torgando Featherhoof <Artisan's Consortium> (donations)
- Ning
- Detective Snap Snagglebolt and O.D.I.E.
- Aurora Vabsley
- Vendors
- Hana Breezeheart <Flower Vendor>
- Valroth Brightcharge <Wine Vendor>
- Davil Ersthwhyl
- Lythianne Morningspear <Lovely Prizes and Heirlooms>
- Jeremiah Payson <Crunchy Sweets>
- Ming Plumpaw <Lovely Snacks>
- Grogg Skullsmasher <Fruit Vendor>
- Ugawa <Bountiful Brews>
- Zikky <Lovely Novelties>
- Zin'boja <De Chocolate Den>
- Others
- Tokag Bonebreaker
- Laverne Cameron
- Thaelin Darkanvil
- Frazz
- Gazlowe
- Moxxi
- Yorgrim Rocktooth <Assistant Director>
Trivia
- In Hearthstone, the Love Is in the Air card back was rewarded for achieving Rank 20 in Ranked Season 22, which took place during January 2016. The flavor text reads: "Many believe goblins made up this holiday to sell candy. It's not true! They also sell flowers and perfume!"
Gallery
Pre-2024 version
These quests and vendors still exist on Wrath Classic servers, but not on retail.
Lovely Merchants
The Love is in the Air vendors will pay one Love Token for a Lovely Charm Bracelet. The four daily Lovely Charm Bracelet quests reward five Love Tokens per bracelet and reward a card that can be used for a buff.
A Gift for ...
A daily quest from Kwee Q. Peddlefeet offering a gift (a [Lovely Charm Bracelet]) to the leader of the capital city. Receive 5x [Love Token] and a consumable card that provides a buff to a core stat for an hour. All four of these quests can be completed each day.
Alliance | Horde | Reward |
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[1-70 Daily] A Gift for the High Priestess of Elune | [1-80 Daily] A Gift for the Emissary of Orgrimmar | Agility |
[1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Emissary of Stormwind | [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Banshee Queen | Intellect |
[1-70 Daily] A Gift for a Lord of Ironforge | [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the High Chieftain | Stamina |
[1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Prophet | [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas | Spirit |
Crown Chemical Co. Contraband
- [1-70] Uncommon Scents (optional)
- [1-70] Something Stinks
- [1-70] Pilfering Perfume
- [1-70] Fireworks At The Gilded Rose or [1-70] Snivel's Sweetheart
- [1-70] Hot On The Trail
- [1-70] A Friendly Chat...
- Then, a level-appropriate daily quest:
- [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown or [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown or [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [1-80 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [1-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [20-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [20-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [30-70 Daily] Crushing the Crown
- [1-70] Something is in the Air (and it Ain't Love)
Sampling
Throw out 10 samples and receive 5x [Love Token]. Only one of these can be completed each day:
- [1-70 Daily] A Cloudlet of Classy Cologne
- [1-70 Daily] A Perfect Puff of Perfume
- [1-70 Daily] Bonbon Blitz
Commercial
In 2007, Blizzard created a Burning Crusade commercial that featured the "Love is in the Air" event as well as the new jewelcrafting profession. From the official website, the ad was described as follows:[1]
What do you get the blood elf who has everything? This Valentine's Day, make it an epic jewel! Yes, the industrial empires of Azeroth aren't about to let anyone escape the relentless marketing campai- er, bloom of true love associated with this time of year! Take a look at this new commercial but be warned that you may be struck by a sudden impulse to spend all the gold you've saved for your epic mount.
Patch changes
- Patch 10.2.5 (2024-01-16): Holiday update. [Lovely Charm] and related quests/achievements removed or converted to Feats of Strength: [Charming], [Flirt With Disaster], [Nation of Adoration]
- Hotfix (2012-02-07): Players are now able to receive Lovely Charms while on the quest "Test Your Strength", when the player's inventory has both the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide and Lovely Charm Collector's Kit. Players now have the chance to receive both the [Lovely Charm] and [Grisly Trophy] from a single kill.
- Hotfix (2010-09-02): Any player who has a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit in their bags now has a chance to receive a Lovely Charm when in a group or raid and a group member gets a killing blow as long as they are within a certain range of the kill.
- Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This event has been reworked.
- Patch 1.9.3 (2006-02-07): Added.
See also
- Love is in the Air 2009 - description of this event from 2006-2009.
References
- ^ World of Warcraft Valentine's Day Commercial. Blizzard. Retrieved on 2009-02-18.
External links
es:Amor en el Aire