The Adventures Of Pirotess: Starlight Celebration

 It's Christmas time in the world of Eorzea! The Starlight Celebration which is the Christmas event for Final Fantasy XIV is in full swing. All the towns have cheerful Christmas decorations and even in our Free Company neighborhood there are pretty Christmas trees.

It's Christmas time!

To start the quest for the Starlight Celebration event you must be level 15 or higher. You need to teleport to Gridania, head over to Mi Khetto's Amphitheater, and talk to the NPC Amh Garanjy.

Pirotess gets the Christmas quest started.

Amh Garanjy will give you the quest Stars and Explosions and Bears, Oh My and tell you that you need to go to Bentbranch Meadows where there is some trouble and that she needs your help to save the Starlight Celebration. When you get to Bentbranch Meadows, you then need to talk to the NPC Baenfeld.

Pirotess talks to Baenfeld.

Baenfeld will tell you to choose a bear of suitable size and yes, the bears are dressed up in adorable Santa outfits. Once you have chosen your bear, you ride it to the designated locations and have it throw a starburst which is basically the bear throwing a gift box that bursts into colorful stars.

Once that is done, you talk to Baenfeld again to complete the quest. This will lead you to another quest, Starlight Stakeout. You need to talk to the NPC Taff who will tell you about trees that stole Starlight Celebration gifts and put Starlight decorations on themselves. 

Speak to Taff to learn about the thieving trees.

Travel to the Mirror Planks location and then talk to the NPC Starlight bear handler who will give you a bear mount to ride so that you can participate in the event FATE Bad Luck Comes In Trees. This FATE can be a bit frustrating because it's in one place and you have to aim carefully in order to hit the trees with the bear's starburst attack and you need to successfully hit at least three trees. This can be difficult to do if there's a ton of people which there is during the first few days of the event. I wish that Square Enix had spread it out a bit so it could happen in different town areas instead of one set location because the lag is incredibly bad with so many players in one specific area. 

The FATE event with so many can be a bit unBEARable. You knew it was coming.

Once you have completed the FATE, return to Bentbranch Meadows and talk to Taff. Your reward for completing the quest is the Starlight bear mount. It's very cute and it can fly in the new areas. You can participate in the FATE again on its own to get gift boxes which can be traded for other Starlight event items. The rest of the Starlight Celebration items you can receive are: Starlight stew Set, Starlight Log Set, Starlight Sapling, Starlight Celebration Advertisement, and Starlit Gateway Orchestration Roll.

This is a fun event to do with your friends and it does get you in the mood for Christmas and celebrates the spirit of enjoying celebrating with everyone. The first few days are probably going to have a lot of people doing the event. Once the initial excitement dies down, it will be easier to do the FATE event with less lag. It is a good idea to go when it's not peak hours. The event is running from now until December 31 so there's plenty of time to get all the goodies. Whatever you celebrate, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year everyone! See you at the next Adventure.

The Starlight Bear mount is so cute! Merry Christmas!

*Final Fantasy XIV is available to play on the following platforms: PC and Playstation 4

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Is Relaxing Fun

I don't really play a lot of games on my phone. I did play Pokemon Go for a while, but got a little burned out on it. The only other games I really play on my phone are Words With Friends, Crosswords With Friends, and Neko Atsume. That last one is a game with cats so of course it's on my phone since I am a cat lover.

When I heard Nintendo was working on Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp a game for mobile devices and that it would be free to play, I was excited. I love the Animal Crossing games because they are cheerful and fun with activities you could do such as fishing, redecorating your house in various themes, or interacting with the animal villagers in town.

With Pocket Camp there isn't a town. Instead, you have your own RV and your own campsite which you can decorate any way you wish. You can make friends with various animal characters and receive gifts and crafting materials for them when you trade them things they want such as certain types of seashells. They can also visit your campsite as well as your human friends via invitation or at random. There are different recreational areas you can visit on the world map such as a beach where you can fish or a little island where you can collect insects. There's even an area for mining, but you need the help of five people on your friends list or pay a certain amount of microtransaction currency known as leaf tickets. You can also visit a place called OK Motors where you can upgrade your RV, add an upstairs to it, or paint it in interesting patterns and colors.

Getting around on the map is easy. Click on a place and go.

Fishing is one of the recreational activities you can do. 

Crafting is another big thing in Pocket Camp. You can gather materials such as cotton and wood for crafting furniture by fulfilling requests for your animal friends like gifting them with types of fruit or seashells they want. This not only levels up your friendship with them, they will gift you with crafting materials and sometimes outfits. They will also hang out at your campsite when you invite them. The maximum amount of animals you can host at your campsite is ten. You can also send animals home via the user menu so that you can invite new animals to your campsite.

Host animals at your campsite, do favors, receive gifts.

If you're in the mood to do a little shopping, there is a marketplace you can travel to on the map. You can buy outfits and accessories from the Able sisters or you can buy furniture from Timmy and Tommy Nook, Tom Nook's twin sons. You can also sell furniture and outfits from your inventory to the Nook twins. 

Doing a little shopping at the marketplace.

Personally, I liked decorating my RV and adding a second floor. Crafting the furniture and items for my little traveling home was fun and I enjoyed decorating it the way I wanted. I liked decorating the campsite as well especially after I expanded it so I could add more items for visitors to enjoy. 

Decorating your RV is fun!

There are daily goals and stretch goals you can do that offer crafting materials, leaf tickets, or bells (the name of the money used in the game) as rewards. You can also visit your friends campsites to see how they decorate theirs and give them kudos when you visit. I thought it was very cool seeing how much variety there is in each of the campsites I visited and showed the uniqueness and style of each of my friends. 

Visit your friends campsites. It's fun!

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is relaxing fun. There's no pressure or time limits. You can just enjoy yourself doing what you wish whether it's fishing or hanging out with your animal and human friends at your campsite. It's cute and colorful with a variety of things to craft and outfits to collect. Some may think it's a bit repetitive, but I don't mind that part of it. It's nice to log in and get my daily bonus, do a few things I like, and see what changes my friends have made to their campsites.

With it being the holiday season, Nintendo did a Christmas update for the game. You can now craft Christmas items, a Santa Claus outfit, and Christmas gifts. It has been fun decorating my campsite for Christmas and seeing all the Christmas cheer at my friends' campsites. I'm looking forward to the next seasonal event items they do. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy the Christmas items and the entire game itself. 

It's Christmas time!

Merry Christmas from Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. 

*Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is available to play on iOS and Android devices.