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5 July 2011 - Raging in the Firelands

A week into the new patch and the addons are beginning to catch up! Among the addons we track:

• Ellipsis 2.2.0
• Decursive 2.7.0.3
• Recount 4.2
• Omen 3.1.3
• Deadly Boss Mods 4.92a-r6090
• Fizzwidget’s Disenchant Predictor 4.2, FactionFriend 4.2.1, Feed-o-Matic 4.2, and Levelator 4.2
• Reputation 0.16a
• Norganna’s Gatherer 3.2.4
• Telos’ InfoBar

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21 June 2011 - Midsummer Arrives!

Happy Solstice, everyone! With the official arrival of summer, the Midsummer Fire Festival returns. We’re busily updating our seasonal page as we speak, but the highlights so far:

• Ahune has been updated to L85+ and now drops item level 353 cloaks. The Frostscythe has also been updated to 353.
• The Satchel of Chilled Goods you get from defeating Ahune the first time each day now contains a random number of blossoms (5-15)
• Bonfire locations have been moved around due to the Cataclysm. At least this year, they were reset as of the start of the event!
• New neutral bonfires have been added to Earthen Ring sites (Cataclysm zones) which grant 15 blossoms when you honor them
• The companion has not been changed, so if you’ve been craving the little ice elemental, make sure you queue for Ahune each day!
• The Orgrimmar flame has been moved to the bluffs north of the Valley of Wisdom (next to the Tol Barad portal). Stealers should fly in from Azshara.
• The Darnassus flame has been moved to the Warrior’s Terrace on the east side of the city.

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3 May 2011 - Children’s Week Gains a New Pet

It’s time once again to celebrate Children’s Week, with the chance to earn the affection of a young orphan, do a bit of charity work, and get your hands on a bunch of team reputation and a pet! This year, the Orgrimmar/Stormwind Orphan Matrons have added a new pet, Scooter the Snail. Due to the Cataclysm’s destruction of most of the original tour sites (and the death of Cairne Bloodhoof who used to end the Horde questline), the Azerothian questline has been completely revamped. The Dalaran and Outlands quests appear untouched. As usual, we’ve updated our seasonal coverage which can be found here.

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6 February 2011 - Love is in the Air Again!

The Love is in the Air seasonal event started this morning. We’ve already updated our seasonal page (although we haven’t yet verified the coordinates of the Crown Chemical Wagons, but the general locations don’t appear to have changed). The only major upgrade is that Hummel and his cronies are now L87 elites, and the neckpieces Hummel drops are item level 346. You may queue for the Hummel encounter at L84 by talking to the Inspector (Detective, for our Horde brethren); you may have to complete the Inspector’s quest chain first. The first encounter of the day will also yield a Heart-Shaped Box which contains 24 Justice Points and the chance at seasonal items. Enjoy the luck of the season!

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25 January 2011 - Lunar Festival Elders Updated

The explorer’s committee has updated the locations of the the Elders. The hardest one to find was the Elder in Stormwind, since the quest pointer and text currently both point to the Park – and the Park was destroyed by Deathwing. The Elder and Lunar Festival NPCs for Stormwind have moved outside the city gates in Elwynn Forest (34.6, 50.3). This new location is pretty much unguarded, so the Horde finally have an easy capital city “flag” to get. We will continue to update the seasonal guide as we find new content. Enjoy!

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23 January 2011 - Happy Lunar New Year!

The Lunar Festival has started. No major changes have been observed so far this year, although some of the Elders have moved slightly to accommodate the changes in geography wrought by a certain cranky death-dragon. We’re updating our Elder list and the seasonal page (found here). Enjoy!

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15 December 2010 - Old Familiar Faces…

The wonderful season of WInter Veil is once again upon us. In the midst of all the changes for Cataclysm, the old traditions still have the power to entertain us. Translated, that means that there are no significant changes to the festival this year. We will be tweaking our seasonal guide, of course. Best wishes of the season to all!

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7 December 2010 - The Cataclysm Is Here!

Well, at this point, almost here – thinking about leaving for a midnight launch at the local Best Buy. We’ll be feverishly updating our pages over the next couple of weeks; the Shattering changed a lot of the world, and Cata will unlock more secrets. For those who are preparing, remember that the trainers will Illustrious Grand Master you upon the midnight (PST) reset, and that Archaeology will become available (trainers are in Stormwind Library, Grommash Hold, and the Legerdemain Lounge in Dalaran). As soon as midnight clicks over, assuming you have your Cata key registered, you should gain access to the new content (also assuming you’ve been downloading the patches and haven’t just come in to this cold).

AddOns (that we track) updated so far:

• Decursive 2.6.0.1
• Fishing Buddy 0.9.9d
• GearScore 4.0
• Omen 3.1.0
• Outfitter 5.1.2
• Fizzwidget’s FactionFriend 4.0.2 and Feed-O-Matic 4.0.1
• Norgana’s Gatherer 3.2.1

Good luck and happy questing!

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15 November 2010 - Pre-Cataclysm Continues Again

The final phase of the pre-Shattering Elemental Invasion is upon us. Every few hours (2-3), elementals will launch an attack on capital cities of the Horde and the Alliance. Earth and Fire Elementals attack Ironforge and Orgrimmar. Water and Air Elementals attack Stormwind and Thunder Bluff. The Elementals are all L80, so low-level players should scoot when an attack occurs. The general outline of the event is:

• Five minutes before an attack, Earthen Ring NPCs will call out a warning. L80 characters can help by placing Sandbags or Barricades around the town to protect townsfolk.
• Talk to an Earthen Ring Defender to get your Earthen Ring Unbinding Totem.
• The Elementals will trap NPCs in every district of the city; you must find them and use the Totem to free them.
• Rifts will spawn in multiple districts. Each will spawn 32 Elementals which must be defeated to close the rift. Closing the rift results in a buff dependent on the type of Elementals defeated. Closing one rift of each type (usually requiring defending each city twice) will result in gaining the “Tripping the Rifts” achievement (if you haven’t already gotten this in the earlier phase).
• Successfully defending a city by closing all rifts will open a rift to the hideout of an elemental lord, allowing players to queue for a boss encounter. All bosses drop a variety of Epic (item level 251) loot, approximately equal to Frost Emblem or ICC 10 gear.

WowHead has a nice listing of the drops from the four different bosses here.

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9 November 2010 - Pre-Cataclysm Continues…

The next phase of the pre-Cataclysm event has begun, probably lasting a week. This adds a short questline to give you the warm fuzzy feeling that the Earthen Ring is actually on top of things. The Alliance quest gives a bit of foreshadowing of King Magni’s future. “Brann … did mention something about becoming one with the earth.” – Advisor Belgrum

Quest	Given By	Description	Reward
Alliance
What’s Shaking in Ironforge	Earthen Ring Emissary (capital cities)	Speak with Stormcaller Mylra in Ironforge
Tablets of the Earth	Erunak Stonespeaker, Trade District, Stormwind	Take the Tablets of Earth to Advisor Belgrum in Ironforge	22,050 xp (13.23 g)
	Courier Tormun is located near the wagons at the south end of the docks (29.5, 48.1). Speak to him and volunteer to help him defend the crystal. This spawns a Mysterious Crystal next to him. Right-click on the crystal to gain 3 special elemental abilities. A Twilight Cultist will appear and create three elemental portals. Elementals will spawn from the portals; you need to target the elemental and use the appropriate ability to neutralize it. Fire is used against water elementals, water against fire, and shockwave against earth. After a few waves of this, the Cultist will give up and the Tablets will spawn next to Tormun. Right-click on them to pick them up. You will then need to hop on the tram (or portal or gryphon) to Ironforge. Belgrum stands at the back of the Library in the Explorer’s League district in Ironforge (77.1, 10.0).
Subduing the Elements	Stormcaller Mylra	Subdue 20 Agitated Earth Spirits	22,050 xp (13.23g)
	After using the Sapta, you will have the ability to see Agitated Earth Spirits (small earth elementals) all around Ironforge. Use the Cleansing Totem and target the earth spirit with the targeting circle. The area of effect of the totem is actually a bit bigger than the circle, so close counts.
Horde
Tablets of Fire	Earthmender Norsala, Valley of Strength, Orgrimmar	Bring the Tablets of Fire to Earthmender Norsala in Orgrimmar	22,050 xp (13.23 g)
	Durak Flamespeaker can be found near the pool due north of the Northrend zeppelin tower (41.6, 15.9). The encounter is the same as the Alliance version described above.
Subduing the Elements	Earthmender Norsala	Subdue 20 Agitated Fire Spirits	22,050 xp (13.23g)
	After using the Sapta, you will have the ability to see Agitated Fire Spirits (small fire elementals) all around Orgrimmar. Use the Cleansing Totem and target the earth spirit with the targeting circle. The area of effect of the totem is actually a bit bigger than the circle, so close counts.

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