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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| The Starlight Bear mount is so cute! Merry Christmas! |
*Final Fantasy XIV is available to play on the following platforms: PC and Playstation 4
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