Lunar Festival 2024 Guide for World of Warcraft

Table of Contents

• +1. Overview
  • 1.1. Date and Timeline
• +2. Brief History of Changes
  • 2.1. Location and Relevant NPCs
  • 2.2. Currency
• +3. Rewards
  • 3.1. Dragonriding Customizations
  • 3.2. Pets
  • 3.3. Toys
  • 3.4. Heirloom Upgrades
  • 3.5. Food
  • 3.6. Clothing
  • 3.7. Fireworks
  • 3.8. Vanity Items
  • 3.9. Achievements and Title
• 4. Flower Crowns for Transmog
• +5. Quests
  • 5.1. Elune's Blessing & Omen
• +6. Visiting the Elders
  • 6.1. Dragon Isles
  • 6.2. Eastern Kingdoms
    • 6.2.1. Deepholm
  • 6.3. Kalimdor
  • 6.4. Northrend
• +7. Remaining Achievements
  • 7.1. Lunar Festival Finery
  • 7.2. Frenzied Firecracker
  • 7.3. The Rocket's Red Glare
• 8. Conclusion
• 9. Changelog

The Lunar Festival is the World of Warcraft counterpart of the Chinese New Year.

The event mostly revolves around firing up fireworks and visiting Elders throughout the World of Warcraft. Most of the task to perform are open to players of any level, with the exception of killing Omen, the boss of the event, in Moonglade.

The event takes place in capital cities, Moonglade, and many villages where Elders can be found. Many rewards can be earned, though most people will solely focus on the pet reward.

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to complete the event.

The Lunar Festival is a rather short event during which you will mostly spend your time visiting elders to gather the coins that you need to buy the rewards. In addition, there is a small event in Moonglade during which you can kill Omen.

The Lunar Festival is a 2-week event. This year, it starts on February the 3rd and finishes on February the 17nd.

There are no daily tasks, so the entire event can be completed in a single day, if you wish to do so.

The following section highlights the most recent changes to Lunar Festival that went live during past years.

In 2024, Blizzard added Winding Slitherdrake: Lunar Festival Armor. The item is used to customize your Winding Slitherdrake and you can buy it from Valadar Starsong in Moonglade for 50,000 gold.

The Elders of the Dragon Isles achievement was added in 2023.

In 2022, Jefan the Crafter was added to Lake Elune'ara near the center of Moonglade. The NPC sells 5 Star Lanterns for 1 Coin of Ancestry. The item summons a lantern that floats in the sky.

In 2020, the Lunar Preservation quest has been added, allowing you to obtain flower crowns that can be transmogrified all-year-round.

• Crown of Boundless Courage;
• Crown of Eternal Memorial;
• Crown of Everlasting Fortune;
• Crown of Infinite Prosperity.

The event starts in any of the capital cities. Lunar Festival NPCs will give you the first of the introductory quests. Then, you are sent to Moonglade where you will find the reward vendors Fariel Starsong and Valadar Starsong (who also gives you the last quest). Lunar Festival Vendors also sell fireworks in capital cities during the event.

In addition, you can visit the elders located in many cities and villages of World of Warcraft. They will give you the coins you need to buy the rewards from the vendors.

The currency of the event is Coin of Ancestry. You will earn these coins by visiting the elders scattered throughout the world. During a single Lunar Festival, you can earn a fixed number of 84 of these coins, so you will have to spend them carefully (see below).

These coins have no duration, so you will be able to spend the coins that you have collected in the previous editions (provided that you have kept them).

The pets are the only rewards that will appeal to almost everyone. The rest of the rewards are clothing items and fireworks, which are mostly needed to complete some of the achievements.

Winding Slitherdrake: Lunar Festival Armor can be purchased from Valadar Starsong for 50,000 gold. The item unlocks Lunar Festival-themed armor for your Winding Slitherdrake>

The Lunar Festival will reward players with a specific pet: Lunar Lantern (Alliance) or Festival Lantern (Horde). This pet is sold for 50 by Valadar Starsong.

Red Dragon Body Costume (10 ), Red Dragon Head Costume (25 ), Red Dragon Tail Costume (25 ), Green Dragon Body Costume (10 ), Green Dragon Head Costume (25 ), Green Dragon Tail Costume (25 ), Blue Dragon Body Costume (10 ), Blue Dragon Head Costume (25 ), Blue Dragon Tail Costume (25 ), Everlasting Alliance Firework (25 ), Everlasting Horde Firework (25 ), and Lunar Elder's Hearthstone (30 ) can all be purchased from Fariel Starsong.

Fariel Starsong also sells Heirloom upgrades for armor pieces:

• Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing for 40 ;
• Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing for 75 ;
• Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing for 75 .
• Battle-Hardened Heirloom Armor Casing for 75 .
• Eternal Heirloom Armor Casing for 75 .

Festival Dumplings are sold by Valadar Starsong for 1 and Moonglow is sold by the Lunar Festival Vendor for 15 .

To complete one of the achievements, you will have to spend 5 to buy one of these items from Valadar Starsong:

• Festive Black Pant Suit
• Festive Blue Pant Suit
• Festive Green Dress
• Festive Pink Dress
• Festive Purple Dress
• Festive Teal Pant Suit

In addition, you can buy, for 5 each, the following patterns from Fariel Starsong:

• Pattern: Festival Dress
• Pattern: Festival Suit

Like clothing pieces, for most people, fireworks will only be used to obtain some of the achievements. You can buy them from the Lunar Festival Vendor:

• Small Blue Rocket: 25 ;
• Small Green Rocket: 25 ;
• Small Red Rocket: 25 ;
• Blue Rocket Cluster: 1 ;
• Green Rocket Cluster: 1 ;
• Red Rocket Cluster: 1 ;
• Festival Firecracker: 3 .

Note that only Red Rocket Clusters and Festival Firecrackers are needed for the achievements.

Additionally, Engineers can buy (from Fariel Starsong) patterns that will enable them to craft various fireworks-related items:

• Schematic: Snake Firework: cost 5 ;
• Schematic: Alliance Firework: cost 5 ;
• Schematic: Horde Firework: cost 5 ;
• Schematic: Firework Launcher: costs 5 ;
• Schematic: Cluster Launcher: costs 5 ;
• Large Cluster Rocket Recipes: costs 5 and contains
  • Schematic: Large Blue Rocket Cluster,
  • Schematic: Large Green Rocket Cluster, and
  • Schematic: Large Red Rocket Cluster;
• Cluster Rocket Recipes: costs 5 and contains
  • Schematic: Red Rocket Cluster,
  • Schematic: Blue Rocket Cluster, and
  • Schematic: Green Rocket Cluster;
• Small Rocket Recipes: costs 5 and contains
  • Schematic: Small Blue Rocket,
  • Schematic: Small Green Rocket, and
  • Schematic: Small Red Rocket;
• Large Rocket Recipes: costs 5 and contains
  • Schematic: Large Blue Rocket,
  • Schematic: Large Green Rocket, and
  • Schematic: Large Red Rocket.

Note that Firework Launcher is used to fire regular firework rockets while Cluster Launcher is used to fire cluster rockets.

The following vanity items are available during the event:

• Elder's Moonstone: obtained while visiting the elders;
• Elune Stone: obtained by using the Elune's Lantern on a Solid Stone;
• Elune's Candle: bought for 9 from Valadar Starsong;
• Perky Blaster: bought for 1 from Valadar Starsong.

Since 2018, Fariel Starsong sells 4 crowns that you can use for transmogrification purposes for the time of the event. They cost 25 .

• Crown of Courage
• Crown of Dark Blossoms
• Crown of Good Fortune
• Crown of Prosperity

The meta-achievement of the event is To Honor One's Elders. It rewards the Elder title, counts towards What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been, and requires you to complete all the achievements related to the event:

• A Coin of Ancestry
• 5 Coins of Ancestry
• 10 Coins of Ancestry
• 25 Coins of Ancestry
• 50 Coins of Ancestry
• Elders of the Alliance
• Elders of the Horde
  • Speak with Zidormi in Tirisfal Glades east of Lordaeron Keep, just outside of the burned scar near the road to travel to old Undercity.
• Elders of Eastern Kingdoms
• Elders of Kalimdor
• Elders of Northrend
• Elders of Cataclysm
• Elders of the Dungeons
• Elders of the Dragon Isles
• Elune's Blessing
• Lunar Festival Finery
• Frenzied Firecracker
• The Rocket's Red Glare

In 2020, the Lunar Preservation quest has been added, allowing you to obtain flower crowns that can be transmogrified all-year-round.

The goal of the quest is to perform Rite of the Moon at the moonwells in Ashenvale, Felwood, Feralas, Moonglade, Stonetalon Mountains, Duskwood, and Mount Hyjal without letting the Blessing of the Moon buff expire.

Talk to Myrael Lunarbloom at 53, 36 in Moonglade to pick up the quest. Go to the first moonwell at 48, 33 and click the button on your action bar to charge the Staff of Moonflowers. You will receive the Blessing of the Moon buff that lasts for 60 minutes and must visit the following moonwells before it expires:

• Ashenvale: 54, 46 and 60,73;
• Duskwood: 49, 33;
• Felwood: 44, 28;
• Feralas: 60, 46;
• Hyjal: 61, 25.
  • Note that you must first complete Magni's A Fresh Trauma quest in Hyjal before charging up your staff, otherwise, it will not work.

Recommended Path:Moonglade, Felwood, Hyjal, Ashenvale, Stonetalon Mountains, Feralas, Duskwood.

The timer on the buff will refresh to 60 minutes every time you charge up the staff, leaving you will plenty of time to finish the quest.

After completing the quest, use your Lunar Festival Invitation to head back to Moonglade to turn in the quest. You must have Crown of Courage, Crown of Dark Blossoms, Crown of Good Fortune, or Crown of Prosperity in your inventory to start the quest to upgrade the flower crowns to permanent cosmetics. Talk to Myrael Lunarbloom who will not have a "!" above hear head, but she will still offer you the quests for the permanent cosmetics. The final step is to gather blooms in Desolace (52, 48), Duskwood (65, 25), and Silverpine Forest (56, 33).

You can receive the following permanent flower crowns:

• Crown of Boundless Courage
• Crown of Eternal Memorial
• Crown of Everlasting Fortune
• Crown of Infinite Prosperity

It is important to note that the new quest is not required for To Honor One's Elders.

The first thing you should do is the small quest chain that starts with The Lunar Festival, given in capital cities by Lunar Festival Emissaries to Alliance players and Lunar Festival Heralds to Horde players.

This first quest must be turned in to a Lunar Festival Harbinger. You will find these NPCs in capital cities during the event. The follow-up quest is Lunar Fireworks, which you can complete by firing up fireworks that you can buy from the nearby vendor. After doing so, you will receive Valadar Starsong. Before you use your Lunar Festival Invitation (a reward from the previous quest) to teleport to Moonglade and talk to Valadar, make sure that you buy approximately 50 Cluster Rockets from the Lunar Festival Vendor in your capital city (this is needed to summon Omen later on).

Valadar will give you the Elune's Blessing quest. Simply go to the south eastern part of the lake in Moonglade. There you need to summon Omen, the creature that needs to be killed (with a raid group preferably). To do so, keep firing up Cluster Rockets from the launchers on the shore of the lake.

Several Minions of Omen will start appearing. If you keep killing them and firing up rockets, Omen will eventually appear and your group should have no problem bringing him down.

Once Omen is dead, standing next to its corpse will grant you the Elune's Blessing buff, which completes the quest. Note that you can get the buff even if you did not participate in the actual fighting or if you arrived after the boss was killed.

The rewards for completing Elune's Blessing are an Elune's Lantern, a vanity item that you can use to create Elune Stones (another vanity item), and a Lunar Festival Fireworks Pack, which contains rockets and cluster rockets.

For elders located in dungeons, simply click the WowDB link and you will be given their location.

Gaining the buff will also reward you with the Elune's Blessing achievement.

There are 92 Elders to visit in total. In this section, we will show where the Elders are located for a given continent. We will not give exact coordinates as each Elder you visit will give you a quest that instantly completes, making it easier to spot them on the minimap (provided that you enabled the highlight of low-level quest givers).

All the Elders give you a similar quest that rewards 1 and a Lucky Red Envelope, which can contain an Elder's Moonstone or a Lucky Rocket Cluster.

While visiting the Elders, you will obtain all the coins-related and elders-related achievements.

Note that with achievements now being account-wide, you should be able to obtain Elders of the Horde on a Horde character and Elders of the Alliance on an Alliance character (which makes things much easier).

In 2023, 8 new Elders have been added to the Dragon Isles. You will find their exact locations and names on the map below.

1. Elder Obsidian: The Sepulcher (Silverpine Forest)
2. Elder Darkcore: Throne Room (Ruins of Lordaeron)
3. Elder Graveborn: Brill (Tirisfal Glades)
4. Elder Moonstrike: outside Scholomance (Western Plaguelands)
5. Elder Meadowrun: inside the Weeping Cave (Western Plaguelands)
6. Elder Farwhisper: Festival Lane (inside Stratholme)
7. Elder Snowcrown: Light's Hope Chapel (Eastern Plaguelands)
8. Elder Windrun: Crown Guard Tower (Eastern Plaguelands)
9. Elder Highpeak: near the Creeping Ruin (middle of The Hinterlands)
10. Elder Darkfeather: Thundermar Ruins, south-east of Thundermar (Twilight Highlands
11. Elder Firebeard: Dunwald Ruins (Twilight Highlands)
12. Elder Silvervein: Thelsamar (Loch Modan)
13. Elder Dawnstrider: Flame Crest (Burning Steppes)
14. Elder Rumblerock: Dreadmaul Rock (Burning Steppes)
15. Elder Starsong: on the left atop the stairs (inside Sunken Temple)
16. Elder Bellowrage: Dark Portal (Blasted Lands)
17. Elder Starglade: outside Zul'Gurub (Northern Stranglethorn)
18. Elder Winterhoof: bank in Booty Bay (The Cape of Stranglethorn)
19. Elder Skychaser: top of Sentinel Hill (Westfall)
20. Elder Stormbrow: Goldshire (Elwynn Forest)
21. Elder Hammershout: just outside Stormwind City (Elwynn Forest)
22. Elder Stonefort: Hordemar City (inside Lower Blackrock Spire)
23. Elder Morndeep: near the Ring of Law (inside Blackrock Depths)
24. Elder Ironband: just outside the Blackchar Cave (Searing Gorge)
25. Elder Bronzebeard: in front of the Mystic Ward (Ironforge)
26. Elder Goldwell: Kharanos (Dun Morogh)
27. Elder Moonlance: Biel'aran Ridge (Shimmering Expanse)

1. Elder Stonebrand: entrance of Temple of Earth (Deepholm)
2. Elder Deepforge: Stonehearth (Deepholm)

1. Elder Bladeswift: Cenarion Enclave (Darnassus)
2. Elder Bladeleaf: Dolanaar (Teldrassil)
3. Elder Starweave: close to Lor'danel (Darkshore)
4. Elder Nightwind: Jaedenar (Felwood)
5. Elder Riversong: north-west entrance to Astranaar (Ashenvale)
6. Elder Windsong: Sanctuary of Malorne (Mount Hyjal)
7. Elder Evershade: Nordrassil (Mount Hyjal)
8. Elder Brightspear: eastern shore of Lake Kel'Theril (Winterspring)
9. Elder Stonespire: Everlook (Winterspring)
10. Elder Skygleam: Ravencrest Monument (Azshara)
11. Elder Darkhorn: next to the Flight Master in Valley of Wisdom (Orgrimmar)
12. Elder Runetotem: Razor Hill (Durotar)
13. Elder Windtotem: Ratchet (Northern Barrens)
14. Elder Moonwarden: The Crossroads (Northern Barrens)
15. Elder High Mountain: Vendetta Point (Southern Barrens)
16. Elder Bloodhoof: north of Bloodhoof Village (Mulgore)
17. Elder Ezra Wheathoof: The Elder Rise (Thunder Bluff)
18. Elder Splitrock: southernmost area of Zaetar's Grave (inside Maraudon)
19. Elder Grimtotem: Lariss Pavillon, north of Camp Mojache (Feralas)
20. Elder Mistwalker: Dire Maul Arena (Feralas)
21. Elder Primestone: Crystal Vale (Silithus)
22. Elder Bladesing: Cenarion Hold (Silithus)
23. Elder Sekhemi: Ruins of Ammon (Uldum)
24. Elder Thunderhorn: The Slithering Scar (Un'Goro)
25. Elder Menkhaf: eastern side of Khartut's Tomb (Uldum)
26. Elder Ragetotem: south of Valley of the Watchers (Tanaris)
27. Elder Wildmane: Gahz'rilla's area inside (Zul'Farrak)
28. Elder Dreamseer: Gadgetzan (Tanaris)
29. Elder Morningdew: Fizzle & Pozzik's Speedbarge (Thousand Needles)
30. Elder Skyseer: Freewind Post (Thousand Needles)

1. Elder Igasho: The Singing Grove (inside The Nexus)
2. Elder Northal: Transitus Shield (Borean Tundra)
3. Elder Pamuya: north of Warson Hold, overlooking Mightstone Quarry (Borean Tundra)
4. Elder Sardis: just outside Valiance Keep, against the north-east wall (Borean Tundra)
5. Elder Arp: D.E.H.T.A. Camp (Borean Tundra)
6. Elder Sandrene: Lakeside Landing, River's Heart (Sholazar Basin)
7. Elder Wanikaya: Rainspeak Rapids, near Avatar of Freya (Sholazar Basin)
8. Elder Bluewolf: inside Wintergrasp Fortress (Wintergrasp)
9. Elder Nurgen: After falling down to the Brood Pit (inside Azjol-Nerub)
10. Elder Morthie: Star's Rest (Dragonblight)
11. Elder Skywarden: south-western side of Agmar's Hammer (Dragonblight)
12. Elder Thoim: Moa'ki Harbor, near the docks (Dragonblight)
13. Elder Kilias: Raptor Pens (inside Drak'Tharon Keep)
14. Elder Graymane: just outside K3 (The Storm Peaks)
15. Elder Fargal: Frosthold (The Storm Peaks)
16. Elder Stonebeard: Bouldercrag's Refuge (The Storm Peaks)
17. Elder Yurauk: Crystalline Quarry (inside Halls of Stone)
18. Elder Muraco: entrance of Camp Tunka'lo (The Storm Peaks)
19. Elder Ohanzee: Tomb of the Ancients (inside Gundrak)
20. Elder Tauros: Zim'Torga (Zul'Drak)
21. Elder Beldak: just east of Westfall Brigade Encampment (Grizzly Hills)
22. Elder Whurain: Camp Oneqwah (Grizzly Hills)
23. Elder Lunaro: eastern part of the Ruins of Tethys (Grizzly Hills)
24. Elder Chogan'gada: shortly after killing Skadi the Ruthless (inside Utgarde Pinnacle)
25. Elder Jarten: Njorn Stairs (inside Utgarde Keep)

Elune's Blessing is granted after killing Omen for the first time and all the coins-related and elders-related achievements are obtained while visiting the Elders. The 3 remaining achievements are: Lunar Festival Finery, Frenzied Firecracker, and The Rocket's Red Glare.

To complete this achievement, simply acquire a festive piece of clothing from Valadar Starsong. This will cost you 5 .

To complete this achievement, buy 10 Festival Firecrackers from a Lunar Festival Vendor in a capital city. Then, quickly use them all. Note that there is a short cooldown so you should aim at using a new Firecracker as soon as the cooldown is off.

To complete this achievement, proceed exactly the same as for Frenzied Firecracker, just that you will use Red Rocket Clusters instead. Note that you need to stand next to a Cluster Launcher to be able to use these items.

We hope that this guide will have answered every question you had about the Lunar Festival. If not, we encourage you to leave a comment or contact us by e-mail, we will be happy to address the issue you encountered.

• 03 Feb. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
• 25 Jan. 2023: Updated with the Elders of the Dragon Isles.
• 31 Jan. 2022: Reviewed for 2022.
• 07 Feb. 2021: Reviewed for 2021.
• 26 Jan. 2020: Removed 2019 mention.
• 25 Jan. 2020: Lunar Festival guide updated for 2020.
• 29 Jan. 2019: Added new costume color variations and the new Hearthstone toy.
• 19 Feb. 2018: Added Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing and new 2018 crowns.
• 21 Jan. 2017: Added 2017 toys.
• 01 Feb. 2016: No changes since 2015.
• 20 Jan. 2014: Updated for 2014.

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