The Starlight Celebration is a holiday event I look forward to every year in Final Fantasy XIV because it's a lot of fun, a nice break from adventuring, and you always get some nice rewards for participating. The Starlight Celebration started December 14 and runs until December 31, 2020. This year's Starlight was a great time and a much needed cheerful distraction this year. Everywhere is decorated for Starlight and it brought a smile to my face. Remember, in order to participate you need to be at least level 15. Head on over to Mih Khetto's Ampitheatre in Old Gridania to get started.
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| Pirotess admires a Starlight tree in Gridania. |
Talk to the NPC Amy Garanjy to start the quest A Festive Fiasco. You will need to talk to her for the rest of the Starlight quests too as you progress through the event and get the story going. Yes, there is a story with this event that fits the theme of the holiday event.
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| Starting the event quests. |
Throughout the quest line you will need to do a variety of set tasks to help make sure that this year's Starlight runs smoothly. As you complete each thing and turn in the quest, you get to pick a gift from a star shaped box called a twinkle box. There are five so you get to come back and open each one after every completed task. I liked this because it was a festive and cute idea that added to the holiday whimsy.
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| Pick a gift, any gift from the twinkle box! |
The event doesn't take too much time. I ran around and did things and it took me about an hour because I was enjoying this with friends. That's the nice thing about these events. You can do them on your own or celebrate it together with your friends or make new friends during the celebration. There is also a lovely event where you can talk to an NPC and read letters from characters from the story you have helped wishing you a Happy Starlight. It's a nice moment that adds a wonderful touching moment to the whole thing.
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| Pirotess enjoys some holiday letters from friends. |
When the event is completed, you get some great rewards. Three of them you can buy from the NPC vendor and they are some nice Winter holiday themed furnishings for your house for outdoors and indoors. You can also buy more magicked prisms if you like that are icy fireworks numbers that are just silly fun.
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| All the goodies you can buy from the Starlight vendor. |
The big thing is the holiday mount. This year's mount is the Snowman mount. You get a snowman bell and once you activate it, you can summon the snowman mount. It's quite cute and made me laugh when I tried it out because it was amusing seeing my character hop around inside a snowman. It's a terrific reward for the Starlight Celebration.
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| The snowman mount in action. Wheee! |
The Starlight Celebration this year was a delight with a cute holiday mount and new furniture items. It's a nice break from the level grinding and I enjoyed running around having a good time with my friends. If you haven't done the event yet, round up your friends or go on your own and take the time to have a little fun and spread some holiday cheer. Thank you to everyone for all the support with the blog and our community on Twitch. From our family to yours, we hope you have a safe and happy holiday and a happy new year. Thanks for reading, see you at the next adventure!
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| Happy holidays! See you at the next adventure! |
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