Lunar Festival Event Guide

Author: Astrael
Date: January 21, 2023
Updated: August 2, 2024
Expansion: World of Warcraft

Near the beginning of each year, the light of the Lunar Festival descends upon Azeroth. The druids of Moonglade hold a celebration, welcoming in travelers to see spectacular displays of fireworks, gather for feasts, and honor the ancestral spirits of the elders. All the while, the demon Omen begins to stir beneath Lake Elune’ara…

When: Jan. 28 – Feb. 11, 2025
Where: Moonglade, with camps in Ironforge, Stormwind, Darnassus, Thunder Bluff, Orgrimmar, and the Undercity

Recent updates:

2024: Winding Slitherdrake: Lunar Festival Armor added, sold by Valadar Starsong in Moonglade for 50,000 gold.

To get started, speak with a Lunar Festival Herald (H) or Lunar Festival Emissary (A) in one of the major capital cities to pick up the introduction quest. Complete it to receive an invitation to make your way to Moonglade and enjoy the festivities.

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Vendors and Rewards

During the Lunar Festival, players are able to earn Coins of Ancestry by visiting Elders located throughout Azeroth and completing quests. Up to 109 coins can be obtained per character each year. Unlike most holiday currencies, Coins of Ancestry remain in your inventory after the Lunar Festival ends, so extras can be saved for next year.

Coins of Ancestry are used at vendors located in Moonglade. Valadar Starsong can be found at Nighthaven (54, 35), selling Lunar Festival-exclusive attire plus Horde and Alliance battle pets. Fariel Starsong is next to Valadar in Moonglade selling toys and profession schematics/recipes for festival items. Additionally, Lunar Festival Vendors can be found in major cities for all of your fireworks needs!

Recent Updates

In 2023, eight new elders arrived on the Dragon Isles, bringing with them the Elders of the Dragon Isles achievement!

In 2022, Jefan the Crafter was added to sell Star Lanterns near Fariel and Valadar in Moonglade.

In 2020, the Lunar Preservation quest line was added to Myrael Lunarbloom in Moonglade (53, 36), and awards a permanent version of the Lunar Festival crowns purchased from from Valadar. Myrael’s Crown of Eternal Memorial, Crown of Boundless Courage, Crown of Infinite Prosperity, and Crown of Everlasting Fortune do not require the holiday to be active, and therefore can be transmogged year-round.

In 2018, the Crown of Dark Blossoms, Crown of Good Fortune, Crown of Prosperity, and Crown of Courage were added to Valadar Starsong’s available items, though these versions can only be transmogged when the Lunar Festival is active.

In 2016, the heirloom upgrades Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing, Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing, and Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing were added to Fariel’s inventory.

Holiday Apparel (Valadar)

Item Name	Cost
Crown of Courage	25
Crown of Dark Blossoms	25
Crown of Good Fortune	25
Crown of Prosperity	5
Festive Black Pant Suit	5
Festive Blue Pant Suit	5
Festive Green Dress	5
Festive Pink Dress	5
Festive Purple Dress	5
Festive Teal Pant Suit	5

Battle Pets, Pet Toys, and Fireworks (Valadar)

Item Name	Cost
Festival Lantern	50
Lunar Lantern	50
Lunar Festival Fireworks Pack	5
Festival Dumplings	1
Perky Blaster	1
Elune’s Candle	10

Toys and Heirloom Upgrades (Fariel)

Item Name	Cost
Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing	75
Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing	75
Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing	40
Everlasting Horde Firework	25
Everlasting Alliance Firework	25
Blue Dragon Body Costume	10
Blue Dragon Head Costume	25
Blue Dragon Tail Costume	25
Green Dragon Body Costume	10
Green Dragon Head Costume	25
Green Dragon Tail Costume	25
Red Dragon Body Costume	10
Red Dragon Head Costume	25
Red Dragon Tail Costume	25
Lunar Elder’s Hearthstone	30

Profession Patterns, Schematics, and Recipes (Fariel)

Item Name	Cost
Schematic: Alliance Firework	5
Schematic: Horde Firework	5
Schematic: Snake Firework	5
Schematic: Cluster Launcher	5
Schematic: Firework Launcher	5
Cluster Rocket Recipes (Contains three recipes; blue, green and red rocket clusters)	5
Large Cluster Rocket Recipes (Contains three recipes; blue, green and red rocket clusters)	5
Large Rocket Recipes (Contains three recipes; blue, green and red rockets)	5
Small Rocket Recipes (Contains three recipes; blue, green and red rockets)	5
Pattern: Festival Dress	5
Pattern: Festival Suit	5

Activities

With so much to do and see, it can be overwhelming – we’ve got your back! The primary activities are defeating the raid boss Omen, quests to honor the elders, and collecting Coins of Ancestry to spend on different rewards.

Omen (Seasonal Boss)

Players are able to awaken and fight Omen, a demon found in Moonglade. Slumbering below Lake Elune’ara after being corrupted by the Burning Legion and defeated by heroes of Azeroth once before, the noise of celebration awakens him again.

Pick up the quest Elune’s Blessing from Valadar Starsong in Moonglade, then summon Omen by shooting off the event fireworks at the cluster launchers in Moonglade (64,61), or by shooting Elune’s Candle at the Minions of Omen who are roaming around near the same area. Upon defeat, celestial light will shine on Omen’s body. Receive Elune’s Blessing by standing in the pool of light, then return to Valadar to complete the quest and receive the toy Elune’s Lantern.

Note: You don’t need to be part of the raid group that slays him; standing in the light that appears will grant credit for the quest.

Honoring the Elders

There are 84 elders spread across Azeroth, each surrounded by a beam of light and accompanied by a quest marker. In addition to achievement progress and some gold, finding and honoring each will award:

1 Coin of Ancestry
75 reputation with the major city factions (making a total of 6000 reputation during the festival)
1 Lucky Red Envelope, which contains a Lucky Rocket Cluster or Elder’s Moonstone
Characters will be granted experience based on their level

In 2012, nine elders were added for a separate Elders of Cataclysm achievement, and can be completed alongside Elders of Eastern Kingdoms and Elders of Kalimdor.

Zone Phasing

With the introduction of zone phasing during newer expansions, you may find some elders aren’t visible in their expected location. If this occurs, speak with Zidormi in each zone to be taken to the required timeline. She can be found in the following places:

Undercity: Ruins of Undercity (69, 62)
Blasted Lanes: North entrance (48, 7)
Teldrassil, Darkshore, and Darnassus: Outside Lor’danel (48. 24)
Silithus: Valor’s Rest (78, 22)

Helpful Addons

In 2021, the TomCat’s Tours: Lunar Festival addon became part of the main TomCat’s Tours addon. It includes drawn pathways on the map for hard-to-spot elders, icons for portals and elders on both the flight map and zone minimaps, plus a reminder to visit Zidormi for elders in phased zones.

TomTom is a simple addon that provides in-game navigation when the user inputs a set of coordinates (waypoints). In our charts, the coordinates for each elder are listed with each location.

Locations of the Elders

The elders are organized by continent. See the bottom of each tab for a screenshot of the locations marked by a Coin of Ancestry.

Eastern Kingdoms
Kalimdor
Northrend
Dragon Isles

To complete Elders of Eastern Kingdoms, you’ll need to honor 17 elders. While you’re here, you can also make progress on these achievements:

Elder	Zone	Location
Elder Bellowrage	Blasted Lands	Dark Portal (54, 49)
Elder Dawnstrider	Burning Steppes	Flame Crest (53, 24)
Elder Goldwell	Dun Morogh	Kharanos (53, 49)
Elder Graveborn	Tirisfal Glades	Brill (61, 53)
Elder Highpeak	The Hinterlands	Creeping Ruin (50, 48)
Elder Ironband	Searing Gorge	Blackchar Cave (21, 79)
Elder Meadowrun	Western Plaguelands	Weeping Cave (63, 36)
Elder Moonstrike	Western Plaguelands	Outside Scholomance (69, 73)
Elder Obsidian	Silverpine Forest	The Sepulcher (45, 41)
Elder Rumblerock	Burning Steppes	Dreadmaul Rock (70, 45)
Elder Silvervein	Loch Modan	Thelsamar (33, 46)
Elder Skychaser	Westfall	Sentinel Hill (56, 47)
Elder Snowcrown	Eastern Plaguelands	Light’s Hope Chapel (75, 54)
Elder Starglade	Northern Stranglethorn	Outside Zul’Gurub (71, 34)
Elder Stormbrow	Elwynn Forest	Goldshire (39, 63)
Elder Windrun	Eastern Plaguelands	Crown Guard Tower (35, 68)
Elder Winterhoof	The Cape of Stranglethorn	Booty Bay (39, 72)

The following three Elders are located in Alliance and Horde capital cities, and criteria for Elders of the Horde/Elders of the Alliance.

Elder	Zone	Location
Elder Bronzebeard	Ironforge	Mystic Ward (29,16)
Elder Hammershout	Elwynn Forest	Stormwind City Gates (34, 50)
Elder Darkcore	Undercity	Ruins of Lordaeron Throne Room (67, 38)

The following four Elders are located inside Eastern Kingdoms dungeons and criteria for Elders of the Dungeons.

Elder	Zone	Location
Elder Farwhisper	Eastern Plaguelands	Stratholme
Elder Morndeep	Searing Gorge	Blackrock Depths
Elder Starsong	Swamp of Sorrows	Sunken Temple
Elder Stonefort	Burning Steppes	Lower Blackrock Spire

To complete the achievement Elders of Kalimdor. you’ll need to honor 21 elders. While you’re here, you can also make progress on these achievements:

Elder	Zone	Location
Elder Bladeleaf	Teldrassil	Dolarnaar (57,53)
Elder Bladesing	Silithus	Cenarion Hold (53,35)
Elder Bloodhoof	Mulgore	Bloodhoof Village (48, 53)
Elder Brightspear	Winterspring	Lake Kel’Theril (53,56)
Elder Dreamseer	Tanaris	Gadgetzan (51, 27)
Elder Grimtotem	Feralas	Lariss Pavilion (76, 37)
Elder High Mountain	Southern Barrens	Vendetta Point (41, 47)
Elder Mistwalker	Feralas	The Maul (62,31)
Elder Moonwarden	Northern Barrens	The Crossroads (48, 59)
Elder Morningdew	Thousand Needles	Fizzle & Pozzik’s Speedbarge (77,75)
Elder Nightwind	Felwood	Jaedenar (38, 52)
Elder Primestone	Silithus	Crystal Vale (30, 13)
Elder Ragetotem	Tanaris	Ruins of Uldum (37, 79)
Elder Riversong	Ashenvale	Astranaar (36, 48)
Elder Runetotem	Durotar	Razor Hill (53,43)
Elder Skygleam	Azshara	Ravencrest Monument (64, 79)
Elder Skyseer	Thousand Needles	Freewind Post (46, 51)
Elder Starweave	Darkshore	Near Lor’danel (49, 19)
Elder Stonespire	Winterspring	Everlook (60, 49)
Elder Thunderhorn	Un’Goro Crater	Slithering Scar (50, 76)
Elder Windtotem	Northern Barrens	Ratchet (68. 70)

The following three Elders are located in Alliance and Horde capital cities, and criteria for Elders of the Horde/Elders of the Alliance.

Elder	Zone	Location
(A) Elder Bladeswift	Darnassus	Cenarion Enclave (39, 32)
(H) Elder Darkhorn	Orgrimmar	Near Flight Master (52, 60)
(H) Elder Ezra Wheathoof	Thunder Bluff	Elder Rise (73, 23)

The following two Elders are located inside Kalimdor dungeons and criteria for Elders of the Dungeons.

Elder	Zone	Location
Elder Splitrock	Maraudon	Near Princess Theradras
Elder Wildmane	Zul’Farrak	Gahz’rilla

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To complete the achievement Elders of Northrend, honor 18 elders. While you’re here, you can also make progress on Elders of the Dungeons (7).

Elder	Zone	Location
Elder Arp	Borean Tundra	D.E.H.T.A (57, 43)
Elder Beldak	Grizzly Hills	Westfall Encampment (60, 27)
Elder Bluewolf	Wintergrasp	Wintergrasp Fortress (49, 14)
Elder Fargal	Storm Peaks	Frosthold (28, 73)
Elder Graymane	Storm Peaks	K3 (41, 84)
Elder Lunaro	Grizzly Hills	Ruins of Tethys (80, 37)
Elder Morthie	Dragonblight	Star’s Rest (29, 56)
Elder Muraco	Storm Peaks	Camp Tunka’lo (64, 51)
Elder Northal	Borean Tundra	Transitus Shield (34, 34)
Elder Pamuya	Borean Tundra	Warsong Hold (43, 50)
Elder Sandrene	Sholazar Basin	River’s Heart (50, 63)
Elder Sardis	Borean Tundra	Valiance Keep (59, 65)
Elder Skywarden	Dragonblight	Agmar’s Hammer (35, 48)
Elder Stonebeard	Storm Peaks	Bouldercrag’s Refuge (31, 37)
Elder Tauros	Zul’drak	Zim’Torga (59, 56)
Elder Thoim	Dragonblight	Moa’ki Harbor (49, 78)
Elder Wanikaya	Sholazar Basin	Rainspeaker Rapids (64, 49)
Elder Whurain	Grizzly Hills	Camp Oneqwah (64, 47)

The following seven Elders are located inside Northrend dungeons and criteria for Elders of the Dungeons.

Elder	Zone	Location
Elder Chogan’gada	Howling Fjord	Utgarde Pinnacle, after Skadi the Ruthless
Elder Igasho	Borean Tundra	The Nexus, near Ormorok the Tree-Shaper
Elder Jarten	Howling Fjord	Utgarde Keep, after Prince Keleseth
Elder Kilias	Grizzly Hills	Drak’Tharon Keep, King Dred
Elder Nurgen	Dragonblight	Azjol-Nerub, after Hadronox
Elder Ohanzee	Zul’drak	Gundrak, behind Drakkari Colossus
Elder Yurauk	The Storm Peaks	Halls of Stone, near Krystallus

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A new achievement, Elders of the Dragon Isles, can be earned by honoring the Elders located across the Dragon Isles. The locations and coordinates for the new elders are listed below.

Note: Most of these elders take advantage of Dragonriding. If you get to a location and don’t see the elder or beam of light they stand in, look up!

Elder	Zone	Location
Aylaag Elder	The Waking Shores	Obsidian Observatory (44, 63)
Elder Dekidig	The Azure Span	Lost Ruins (67, 49)
Elder Razlok	Thaldraszus	Above Gelikyr Post (50, 66)
Iskaara Elder Nemaglek	The Azure Span	Iskaara (12, 49)
Iskaara Elder Shomkol	The Waking Shores	Crumbling Cliffs (46, 31)
Iskaara Elder Sik’ek	Thaldraszus	Algeth’ar Academy (54, 43)
Ohn’ir Elder	Ohn’ahran Plains	Shikaar Highlands (84, 48)
Shikaar Elder	Ohn’ahran Plains	Ohn’ahra’s Roost (58, 31)

Achievements

After traveling Azeroth to honor the elders, slaying the dangerous demon Omen, and shooting off fireworks while donning the most festive of wardrobes, players can earn 16 achievements and one meta-achievement that rewards the title of Elder <PlayerName>.

Collecting Coins of Ancestry: Receive a coin of ancestry, then keep going!
- If you’re participating in the event and honoring elders, these will happen naturally. Continue collecting to achieve the following:

Honoring the Elders: Travel to each of the continents to honor the elders there.
- Check out the section, “Locations of the Elders” for details and tips on completing this one.

Other achievements:

Lunar Festival Finery: Purchase a festive pant suit or festive dress with Coins of Ancestry.
- All color variants of the festive pant suit and dress can be purchased at the vendors in Moonglade for 5 each.
Elune’s Blessing: Complete the Elune’s Blessing quest by defeating Omen.
- Upon defeat, celestial light will shine on Omen’s body. Receive Elune’s Blessing by standing in the pool of light. For more details including where to pick up the required quest, see the “Omen (Seasonal Boss)” section above.
The Rocket’s Red Glare: Shoot off 10 Red Rocket Clusters in 25 seconds or less.
- Red Rocket Clusters can be purchased from Lunar Festival Vendors for 1 each, and shot off using cluster launchers in Moonglade or in capital cities near holiday vendors.
Frenzied Firecracker: Shoot off 10 Festival Firecrackers in 30 seconds or less.
- Festival Firecrackers can be purchased from Lunar Festival Vendors for 3 each, and shot off using cluster launchers in Moonglade or in capital cities near holiday vendors.