Summer Festival

The Summer Festival is an annual calendar event and special adventure zone.

Beyond quests leading characters to the zone, there are in-zone quests, activities, achievements, vendors selling themed items, and a special seasonal profession called Summer Provisioning.

Event
The event begins with the sky taking on a purplish hue, at which point an event stand appears near the center of Protector's Enclave with a Midsummer Priestess flanked by a Prize Boar and Blue Ribbon Pig. She provides initial information on the event and starts the quest Summer Festival (Quest).

Summer Festival's Height
With Patch NW.5.20130828.7 on 09/12/2013 various changes were implemented in the Festival, primarily an increase in petal rewards. One of these additions (the craftable ) was listed as linked to "Summer Festival's Height", but was present right at the beginning of the non-Height version of the event in 2014.

Midsummer Priestess

 * What is the Midsummer Festival?

How do I get to the Midsummer Festival?


 * That's all I wanted to ask.


 * Thank you for the reminder.

Yina Morradi



 * About the Midsummer Festival.


 * I'd like to know about the background of the Midsummer Festival.


 * I have another question.
 * What activities are there for me to do at the Midsummer Festival?


 * I have another question.
 * I'd like to know about special rewards and crafting.


 * I have another question.
 * I don't have any further questions.

Currencies

 * Trade at the Midsummer Florist for rewards and crafting resources.
 * Trade at the Petal Store for rewards and crafting resources.
 * Trade at the Tribute Store for rewards.
 * ,, : Trade at the Sahha Ticket Exchange for rewards.

Midsummer Florist
All items bought from the Midsummer Florist immediately bind on pickup, regardless of their tooltips.

Midsummer Merchant

 * Standard potions and kits

Midsummer Priestess

 * Same list as the Petal Store below

Petal Store
All items bought from the Petal Store immediately bind on pickup, regardless of their tooltips, except the Fashion Clothing items, which bind on equip.

Tarmalune Trade Bar Merchant

 * 20

Tribute Store
All items bought from the Tribute Store immediately bind on pickup, regardless of their tooltips.

Zen Market

 * 125

Postal Courier
On 09/12/2013 a Postal Courier was added to the The Festival Round, the first instance of full mail service being available in a zone outside Protector's Enclave.

Quest Progression
1. Summer Festival (Quest)


 * : Granted each day when entering zone

2. Summer of Love

3. Midsummer Crafts

4. Summertime Sahha
 * Enchiridion of the Volley
 * For Love of the Game

Contests
There are three rotating Contests during the festival. Each lasts 15 minutes, with a 5 minute break in between, so a full rotation takes 60 minutes. There are a pair of achievements for participating in Hungry Trolls and Summer Feast contests 10 times each. On rare occasion a version of one of the Tribute Store items may drop for a player who gets first place. This is the during the Summer Feast and the  for the Water Battle. s drop much more often.


 * Hungry Trolls: Kill trolls in the Grillin' Grounds. There are a variety of trolls, including Gluttonous Trolls, Hungry Trolls, Ravenous Trolls, and Starving Trolls. Occasionally a named troll, such as Gormengeena or Smorgengorg, will arrive with an announcement.


 * Water Battle: Use various themed objects (purchased or gathered) to target other player characters with harmless water based attacks. Earn points by hitting and lose them by being hit.


 * Summer Feast: Harvest corn and chase chickens and pigs in the Fertile Fields. A fast mount helps.

Note: During The 2013 version of the festival the contests lasted 12 minutes separated by a 3 minute break, Summer Feast was called Midsummer Feast, and the Water Battle contest was not included.

Flower Gathering
Flower gathering in the Blooming Boughs is available at all times. Midsummer Kobolds (Minion, Hurler, Dragonshield, Slyblade, and an occasional Wyrmpriest in the northeast corner) drop. These flowers can also be obtained by looting the large flower clusters that spawn in the area, which on 09/06/2013 were patched to allow interaction to proceed even while the gathering character is under attack by the "normal" kobolds (strong kobolds like the Dragonshields can still interrupt attempts by using special attacks).

Achievements
The following Achievements can be earned by participating in the event:
 * Chicken Chaser: Participate in the "Midsummer Harvest" Event 10 Times.
 * (The contest event box for this reads "Summer Feast")
 * Florist: Gather 120 flowers for the Midsummer Festival
 * (Gather 120 )
 * Summer Celebrant: Celebrate the Midsummer Festival
 * (Complete the quest 1 time ).
 * Summer Knight: Celebrate the Midsummer Festival 10 Times
 * (Complete the quest 10 times ).
 * Summer Lover: Celebrate the Midsummer Festival 25 Times
 * (Complete the quest 25 times ).
 * Summer Sensation: Celebrate the Midsummer Festival 50 Times
 * (Complete the quest 50 times ).
 * Troll Wrangler: Participate in the "Hungry Trolls" Event 10 Times

Note: During the 2013 event the Summer Celebrant and Summer Knight achievements were labeled Midsummer instead.

Lore
There are five lore entries available during the Midsummer Festival. All five are learned during the quest Summer of Love. Their entries are placed in the Seasonal Events category of the lore journal.
 * Flowers for Sune: Talk to the Midsummer Florist in the Blooming Boughs during the Summer of Love quest.
 * Hungry Trolls: Talk to the Midsummer Grillmaster in the Grillin' Grounds during the Summer of Love quest.
 * Of Sune and Feasts: Talk to Farmer Pavro in the Fertile Fields during the Summer of Love quest.
 * Summer Waters: Talk to the Summer Watermaster in the Festival Round during the Summer of Love quest.
 * The Goddess Sune: Examine the wall scroll in the Festival Round during the Summer of Love quest.

Trivia

 * Originally called Midsummer Festival for the first two runs