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2013 Love is in the Air (February 10 - February 23) Guide

posted 6 hr 58 min ago by perculia

Ah, love is in the air in the World of Warcraft: sweet flowers, perfume, and sharing gifts with loved ones! But, what's this? A sinister plot is afoot involving some shady goblin newcomers to the seasonal market--the Crown Chemical Company! It's up to us to help save Azeroth from their chemically altered goods all while spreading love and appreciation to our faction leaders and fellow players!

Love is in the Air starts on February 10 at 12:01 AM and ends on February 23 at 11:59 PM. This holiday can be celebrated by the Horde in Orgrimmar and the Alliance in Stormwind City. Seasonal decorations such as wreaths, candles and ribbons can be found in all major cities and at most zone inns. Players will also find Lovely Merchants, who sell seasonal gifts and goodies.

This year, there are updated ilvl 480 epic amulets for defeating Apothecary Hummel, as well as battle pet abilities for Peddlefeet and Toxic Wasteling.

Click the cut to read the full guide!

Table of Contents

• Quests
• Main Questline
• Random Daily Quests
• Daily: Crushing the Crown
• Daily: Gifts to Faction Leaders
• Boss: Apothecary Hummel
• Fight Overview
• Loot is in the Air
• Seasonal Goodies
• Achievements

Quests

As many of you may remember, the Love is in the Air event was completely redone in 2010, and there are now quests (including daily quests) players can complete to obtain  Love Token used to purchase holiday items. Unfortunately as far as 2013 goes, there is nothing new for the questlines.

Main Questline

A main questline of the Love is in the Air event involves the Steamwheedle Cartel and this strange company known as the Crown Chemical Company. The Steamwheedle Cartel suspects there's something shady about these goblin newcomers, and investigators have been hired to get to the bottom of things. The final quest of this chain leads directly into the quest unlocking the daily quest to fight Apothecary Hummel.

•  Uncommon Scents or  Uncommon Scents
  Start: Junior Detective
  End: Detective Snap Snagglebolt or Inspector Snip Snagglebolt
  A junior detective located near the Crown Chemical Co. camps ask Horde players to head out to Orgrimmar to find Detective Snap Snagglebolt and let him know you're interested in helping the Steamwheedle Cartel investigate the Crown Chemical Co. and their actions. Alliance players are sent to meet Inspector Snip Snagglebolt in Stormwind City.
  

  

  •  Something Stinks or  Something Stinks
    Start & End: Detective Snap Snagglebolt or Inspector Snip Snagglebolt
    The goblin investigator will provide you with  Snagglebolt's Air Analyzer which you must use to test the air around 6 heavily perfumed guards found throughout the city. Simply use the item on the guards and return to the investigator.
    

    •  Pilfering Perfume or  Pilfering Perfume
      Start & End: Detective Snap Snagglebolt or Inspector Snip Snagglebolt
      For this quest, the goblins will have you disguise yourself as a package runner for the Crown Chemical Co., and you must head outside either Orgrimmar orStormwind City where you'll find a stockpile of the Company's goods. Quickly run by it to have the  Crown Chemical Co. Supplies handed off to you before they notice you aren't really on their side, and bring it back to the investigator. For Horde players, the parcels can be found to the left outside of Orgrimmar tucked away in a corner near the city wall. It's best to go find the parcel camps first before accepting the quest as the goblin disguise has only a 2 minute duration during which you are stuck sprinting on foot.
      

      •  Snivel's Sweetheart or  Fireworks At The Gilded Rose
        Start: Detective Snap Snagglebolt or Inspector Snip Snagglebolt
        End: Roka or Marion Sutton
        Turns out this crate you retrieved contained some sort of chemical-filled rockets, which the goblins recognize as having been crafted by Snivel Rustrocket. You are sent out to find Snivel's alleged girlfriend to get as much information as you can on his wherabouts. Horde players are sent to Roka, at Gotri's Travelling Goods in Orgrimmar's Drag while Alliance players can find Marion Sutton at the Gilded Rose in Stormwind City's Trade District
        

        •  Hot On The Trail or  Hot On The Trail
          Start & End: Roka or Marion Sutton
          Well, turns out Snivel has flown the coop! The distraught (but mostly annoyed) ladies send you on a hunt for that lying goblin Snivel and have you search the bank, auction house and barber shop of your faction's respective city (Orgrimmar or Stormwind City).
          

          •  A Friendly Chat... or  A Friendly Chat...
            Start: Roka or Marion Sutton
            End: Snivel Rustrocket
            After no luck finding the goblin on any of his errands, the ladies suspect that he's now on his way out for a nice escape to the South Seas--you've got to stop him! Horde players must head out to the East zeppelin tower (the one that leads to Eastern Kingdoms) and Alliance players to the Stormwind Harbor in attempt to stop Snivel and get some information before he's gone for good. Simply talk to him and you'll get  Snivel's Ledger. Bring this Ledger back to Snip or Snap and this chain leads into  Man on the Inside or  Man on the Inside, and the inevitable defeat of Apothecary Hummel, the seasonal event boss.

•  Something is in the Air (and it Ain't Love) or  Something is in the Air (and it Ain't Love)
  Start:  Faded Lovely Greeting Card or  Faded Lovely Greeting Card
  End: Detective Snap Snagglebolt or Inspector Snip Snagglebolt
  Upon making it to Shadowfang Keep and discovering the Apothecaries within, players will receive this greeting card detailing the Crown Chemical Co.'s plans to infect all of Azeroth with their perfumed plague (and gain back their established market exploiting holidays for gold)! Simply bring it to Snap or Snip and the quest chain ends rather abruptly and unceremoniously.

Random Daily Quests

The Crown Chemical Company would like for you to share their new products with the denizens of Azeroth to help establish their role as a new provider of quality holiday goods. One of these daily quests will be randomly available each day of the event. Those hearts you're seeing everywhere are the result of players who have sampled one of the Chemical Company's products--therefore, any quest item used on a player with a heart (and Sample Satisfaction debuff) will not grant quest credit.

•  A Cloudlet of Classy Cologne
  Start & End: Public Relations Agent
  The Crown Chemical Company would like you to test out their  Crown Perfume Sprayeron 10 different people. You will be rewarded with 5x  Love Token.
  
•  A Perfect Puff of Perfume
  Start & End: Public Relations Agent
  The Crown Chemical Company would like you to test out their  Crown Cologne Sprayer on 10 different people. You will be rewarded with 5x  Love Token.
  
•  Bonbon Blitz
  Start & End: Public Relations Agent
  The Crown Chemical Company would like you to toss samples from the  Crown Chocolate Sampler to 10 different people. You will be rewarded with 5x  Love Token.

Daily: Crushing the Crown

The Steamwheedle Cartel need all the help they can get in eradicating the Crown Chemical Co. and their sinister plot. Players level 5 and higher can obtain a daily quest pitting them against mobs their level. The quest you get is dependent on your current level, and your faction. For this daily, you must kill five of the Crown NPCs in the designated zone and use  Snagglebolt's Khorium Bomb to destroy a nearby chemical wagon.

• Horde
• Alliance

Start & End: Detective Snap Snagglebolt

•  Crushing the Crown (Level 5) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 14) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 23) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 32) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 41) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 51) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 61) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 71) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money
•  Crushing the Crown (Level 81) - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a sum of money

Daily: Gifts to Faction Leaders

In 2012, the complicated Gift Collections being gathered and presented to the respective faction leaders received a complete overhaul. Players will instead be asked to create and turn in  Lovely Charm Bracelets. These bracelets can be created by obtaining a  Lovely Charm Collector's Kit, which you can get from Kwee Q. Peddlefeet located near the Crown Chemical Co.'s camp, found outside of auction houses in each of the major cities.

Once you have obtained this item, you will then be able to gather  Lovely Charms from "worthwhile enemies"--any enemy you kill that is "honorable" (green or higher difficulty) has a chance to create a  Lovely Charm. At this time, you must land the killing blow on the enemy in order to gain a charm. Combining 10  Lovely Charms will create a single Lovely Charm Bracelet, which, upon accepting a daily quest, can be turned in to the faction leader of your choice. You can turn in each of the four faction leader daily quests once per day.

• Horde
• Alliance

Start: Kwee Q. Peddlefeet
End: Faction leader of your choice (depends on quest)

•  A Gift for the Warchief - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a  Lovely Orgrimmar Card
•  A Gift for the Banshee Queen - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a  Lovely Undercity Card
•  A Gift for the High Chieftain - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a  Lovely Thunder Bluff Card
•  A Gift for the Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas - Repeatable daily quest. Awards  Love Token x5 and a  Lovely Silvermoon City Card

Boss: Apothecary Hummel

• Screenshots
• Strategy
• Loot

Once again, players will be able to access the event-only boss located inShadowfang Keep--Apothecary Hummel!

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Players can queue up for the encounter by speaking to Steamwheedle Shyster, located inStormwind City or in Orgrimmar.

As usual for this holiday, players will be able to engage in a 5-man fight for the safety of Azeroth from this conniving trio of chemists! There are now ilvl 480 necks as rewards, as well as tons of rare goodies such as the elusive  Big Love Rocket!

Seasonal Goodies

Most of the items required for seasonal achievements can be purchased from seasonal vendors, using  Love Token. This currency can be acquired through completion of Love is in the Air daily quests.

Be sure to do your dailies this year if you're a collector!  Swift Lovebird costs tons of tokens. So save up and buy your bird before love is no longer in the air. Players have reported that if you're on the Darkmoon quest  Test Your Strength, you might not be able to collect the  Lovely Charm concurrently. As of 2013, farming the Hoppers after the first boss in Normal-Mode Stormstout Brewery seems to be the place to go if you're level 90.

In addition, Peddlefeet and Toxic Wasteling are now battle pets with holiday-themed abilities.

• Peddlefeet: Bow Shot (1), Lovestruck (2), Shot Through The Heart (4), Rapid Fire (10), Perfumed Arrow (15), Love Potion (20)
• Toxic Wasteling: Ooze Touch (1), Corrosion (2), Expunge (4), Absorb (10), Creeping Ooze (15), Acidic Goo (20)

Lovely Merchants can be found in every capital city selling seasonal goodies:

Item	Cost	Item	Cost
Love Token	1	5x  Love Rocket	5
5x  "Bravado" Cologne (+75 attack power)	1	5x  Silver Shafted Arrow	5
5x  "STALWART" Cologne (+20 dodge rating)	1	Romantic Picnic Basket	10
5x  "Wizardry" Cologne (+45 spellpower)	1	Box of Chocolates	10
5x  "Enchantress" Perfume (+45 spellpower)	1	Love Fool	10
5x  "Forever" Perfume (+20 dodge rating)	1	Dinner Suit Box	20
5x  "VICTORY" Perfume (+75 attack power)	1	Lovely Dress Box	20
Bag of Heart Candies	2	Truesilver Shafted Arrow	40
5x  Handful of Rose Petals	2	Swift Lovebird	270
5x  Lovely Rose	5

Achievements

With each event comes seasonal achievements! For Love in the Air, there are 12 different challenges for players and a player title granted to those who can achieve them all--the Love Fool! Thankfully, many of these achievements are easy to get!

•  Fool For Love
  This achievement can be found in the main World Events achievement category and is awarded upon completion of every Love is in the Air achievement except  Perma-Peddle,  Tough Love and  Lovely Luck Is On Your Side. These achievements should be easier this year as most items required can now be purchased from seasonal vendors. This achievement awards the player title 'The Love Fool' and is a requirement towards completion of  What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been which rewards the  Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake.
  
•  Be Mine!
  Eat the eight "Bag of Candies" heart candies listed below.
  For this achievement, you must eat one of each of the randomly generated message candies found inside a  Bag of Heart Candies. The  Bag of Heart Candies has 10 charges, and it can be purchased from a Lovely Merchant.
  
•  Charming
  Create 12 Lovely Charm Bracelets.
  For this achievement, you must create a total of 12  Lovely Charm Bracelet, which are created by combining 10  Lovely Charms each. In order to acquire these charms, you must obtain a  Lovely Charm Collector's Kit from Kwee Q. Peddlefeet located at the Crown Chemical Co.'s camps found outside of major city auction houses.
  
•  Dangerous Love
  Assist the Steamwheedle Cartel in stopping the sinister Crown Chemical Co. plot.
  For this achievement, you must complete one of the Crushing the Crown daily quests offered by Detective Snap Snagglebolt in Orgrimmar or Inspector Snip Snagglebolt in Stormwind. There is a specific daily quest available to characters of every level range, with the lowest level quest being made available to players at least level 5 and the highest to players level 81 or above. This quest simply requires you to destroy a chemical wagon and kill five Crown Chemical Co. baddies found around it.
  
•  Fistful of Love
  Use a Handful of Rose Petals on each of the race/class combinations listed below.
  For this achievement, you must use a  Handful of Rose Petals on each of the following race/class combinations. The  Handful of Rose Petals can be purchased with  Love Token from a Lovely Merchant.
  

  	Gnome Warlock	Orc Death Knight
  	Human Death Knight	Night Elf Priest
  	Orc Shaman	Tauren Druid
  	Undead Warrior	Troll Rogue
  	Blood Elf Mage	Draenei Paladin
  	Dwarf Hunter
•  Flirt With Disaster or  Flirt With Disaster
  Get completely smashed, put on your best perfume, throw a handful of rose petals on Jeremiah Payson or Sraaz and then kiss him. You'll regret it in the morning.
  To complete this achievement, Horde players must get completely smashed, use one of the seasonal perfumes, throw a  Handful of Rose Petals on Jeremiah Payson and the /kiss him. Alliance players must get completely smashed, use one of the seasonal perfumes, throw a  Handful of Rose Petals on Sraaz and then /kiss him. Obviously the best way to get completely smashed would be through massive consumption of  Strong Alcohol, but enough of any alcoholic beverage will do the trick. Simply drink to your heart's content until you receive the message that your character is smashed, and you're set!  Handful of Rose Petals and your choice of a perfume can be purchased from a Lovely Merchant.
  
•  I Pitied The Fool
  Pity the Love Fool in the locations specified below.
  For this achievement, you (or another player) must use  Love Fool in each of the five listed zones, and then /pity the Love Fool that is created. The zones in which you must do this are Wintergrasp, Arathi Basin Blacksmith, Naxxramas, Battle Ring of Gurubashi Arenaand The Culling of Stratholme. The  Love Fool can be purchased from a Lovely Merchant.
  
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   Lonely?
  Enjoy a Buttermilk Delight with someone in Dalaran at a Romantic Picnic during the Love is in the Air celebration.
  For this achievement, you can either join someone in Dalaran who has used their Romantic Picnic Basket, or you can use your own and have someone else join you. Once you have used the Romantic Picnic and acquired the buff, you must then eat a Buttermilk Delight candy, which can be obtained from a  Box of Chocolates.
  
•  Lovely Luck Is On Your Side
  Open a Lovely Dress Box and receive a Lovely Black Dress.
  For this achievement, you must loot a Lovely Black Dress from a Lovely Dress Box, which I assume has a chance to drop any of the Lovely Dresses. This item can be purchased from a Lovely Merchant.
  
•  My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
  Obtain a Bouquet of Red or Ebon Roses during the Love is in the Air celebration.
  For this achievement, you need to obtain either a  Bouquet of Red Roses or  Bouquet of Ebon Roses. In 2012, they only drop from select Cata bosses on heroic or normal difficulty: Drahga Shadowburner in Grim Batol, Corla, Herald of Twilight in Blackrock Caverns, High Priestess Azil in The Stonecore, Admiral Ripsnarl in Deadmines, and Lord Godfrey in Shadowfang Keep.
  
•  Nation of Adoration or  Nation of Adoration
  Complete the Lovely Charm Bracelet daily quest for each Horde or Alliance capital.
  For this achievement, you must complete each of the different 'A Gift for the...' quests available to your faction. To do this, you must obtain a  Lovely Charm Collector's Kit, collect a total of 40  Lovely Charms and create 4 Lovely Charm Bracelets, one for each of your faction's leaders. This shouldn't be a problem, as you will already want to be creating the Lovely Charm Bracelets for Charming and will want to complete these dailies to earn enough  Love Token to purchase necessary event items!
  
•  Perma-Peddle
  Obtain a permanent Peddlefeet pet by procuring a Truesilver Shafted Arrow.
  For this achievement, you must purchase the  Truesilver Shafted Arrow with  Love Token from a Lovely Merchant. This item will teach you to summon the companion pet  Peddlefeet.
  
•  Shafted!
  Shoot 10 players with the Silver Shafted Arrow.
  For this achievement, all you have to do is use a  Silver Shafted Arrow on 10 players. You can purchase  Silver Shafted Arrowfrom a Lovely Merchant.
  
•  Sweet Tooth
  Sample the Love is in the Air candies listed below.
  For this achievement, you need to consume each of the four candies found within  Box of Chocolates.
  
•  The Rocket's Pink Glare
  Shoot off 10 Love Rockets in 20 seconds or less.
  For this achievement, you need to use 10  Love Rocket in 20 seconds (or less). Simply hotkey the rockets and spam away! The Love Rocket can be purchased from a Lovely Merchant.
  
•  Tough Love
  Defeat the trio of Crown Chemical Co. apothecaries in Shadowfang Keep.
  For this achievement, you must complete the quest  You've Been Served inside Shadowfang Keep and defeat Apothecary Hummeland his cronies. This is an event-only boss, similar to Coren Direbrew during Brewfest.
  
•  Big Love Rocket
  Obtain the Big Love Rocket from Apothecary Hummel in Shadowfang Keep during Love is in the Air.
  This is not an achievement, but a Feat of Strength awarded for obtaining the extremely rare Big Love Rocket, dropped by the event-only boss Apothecary Hummel in Shadowfang Keep. Spawning him will require completion of a daily quest, limiting attempts to get this awesome ride, so good luck!