Love is in the Air

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"Valentine" redirects here. For the Kul Tiran, see Marshal M. Valentine. For the quests, see B [1-70] Love is in the Air.
Love is in the Air
Love is in the Air.jpg
Duration February 5 - 19 (2024)
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 outside Stormwind

The Gala of Gifts takes place outside Stormwind City and Orgrimmar.

Collectables

Mounts

Three mounts are available. Two mounts are available for purchase for 270 Love Token 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 Love Token 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 Love Token:

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 Love Token each. These are recolors of the  [Forever-Lovely Rose] that drops from Apothecary Hummel:

The  [Lovely Dress Box] (20 Love Token) contains one of four dresses:

The  [Dinner Suit Box] (20 Love Token) 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.

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.

Heart-Shaped Box

Current-expansion-level characters (at or above level 60) 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 1-59) will instead receive a  [Heart-Shaped Carton], which will not contain the X-45 Heartbreaker mount.

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]:

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].

Rose-dropping bosses
Instance Boss Color
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:

There are two other achievements that require Love Token-purchased items:

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).

Donations

The growing gold piles around Galvus Ironhammer

Players can donate up to 10,000g 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 10,000g letter from Aisha reads:

Love from the Artisan's Consortium

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 Crown Chemical Co. encounter in Shadowfang Keep

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.

Note
Note: This list is up to date as of Patch 10.2.6

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:

Trivia

A card back themed after Love is in the Air in Hearthstone.
  • 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

Lovely Merchant
Item Cost Note
 [Love Token] 1 Lovely Charm Bracelet (from vendor; quests return x5 rate)
 [Lovely Rose] x5 5 Love Token
 ["Bravado" Cologne] x5 1 Love Token
 ["STALWART" Cologne] x5 1 Love Token
 ["Wizardry" Cologne] x5 1 Love Token
 ["VICTORY" Perfume] x5 1 Love Token  [Flirt With Disaster]
 ["Forever" Perfume] x5 1 Love Token  [Flirt With Disaster]
 ["Enchantress" Perfume] x5 1 Love Token  [Flirt With Disaster]
 [Peddlefeet's Buffing Creme] 1 Love Token
 [Bag of Heart Candies] 2 Love Token  [Be Mine!]
 [Box of Chocolates] 10 Love Token  [Sweet Tooth] /  [Lonely?]
 [Handful of Rose Petals] x5 2 Love Token  [Fistful of Love] /  [Flirt With Disaster]
 [Love Rocket] x5 5 Love Token  [The Rocket's Pink Glare]
 [Silver Shafted Arrow] x5 5 Love Token  [Shafted!]
 [Truesilver Shafted Arrow] 40 Love Token  [Perma-Peddle]
 [Lovebird Hatchling] 40 Love Token
 [Lovely Dress Box] 20 Love Token  [Lovely Luck Is On Your Side]
 [Dinner Suit Box] 20 Love Token
 [Romantic Picnic Basket] 10 Love Token  [Lonely?]
 [Manufactured Love Prism] 40 Love Token  [They Really Love Me!] series
 [Love Fool] 10 Love Token  [I Pitied The Fool]
 [Sturdy Love Fool] 100 Love Token
 [Love Boat] 270 Love Token
 [Peddlefeet's Lovely Hearthstone] 150 Love Token Hearthstone
 [Swift Lovebird] 270 Love Token Mount
 [Ancient Heirloom Scabbard] 200 Love Token
 [Timeworn Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Love Token
 [Weathered Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Love Token
 [Battle-Hardened Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Love Token
 [Eternal Heirloom Scabbard] 450 Love Token

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
A [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the High Priestess of Elune H [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Emissary of Orgrimmar Agility
A [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Emissary of Stormwind H [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Banshee Queen Intellect
A [1-70 Daily] A Gift for a Lord of Ironforge H [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the High Chieftain Stamina
A [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Prophet H [1-70 Daily] A Gift for the Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas Spirit

Crown Chemical Co. Contraband

  1. B [1-70] Uncommon Scents (optional)
  2. B [1-70] Something Stinks
  3. B [1-70] Pilfering Perfume
  4. A [1-70] Fireworks At The Gilded Rose or H [1-70] Snivel's Sweetheart
  5. B [1-70] Hot On The Trail
  6. B [1-70] A Friendly Chat...
  7. Then, a level-appropriate daily quest:
  8. B [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:

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

  • Dragonflight 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], B  [Nation of Adoration]
  • Cataclysm 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.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png 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.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small.png Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This event has been reworked.
  • WoW Icon update.png Patch 1.9.3 (2006-02-07): Added.

See also

References

 
  1. ^ World of Warcraft Valentine's Day Commercial. Blizzard. Retrieved on 2009-02-18.

External links

es:Amor en el Aire