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1.	Torch Tossing Torch Tossing
2.	Torch Catching

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Comment by 164839

don look up at the torch.. look down at the shadow..

was struggling til i saw shadow on the ground..

its irritating with so many torches ard lolx.. all rushin for the season.. =p

Comment by Caylie

This quest might look hard in the start. In fact it isn't.
The best tactic is zoom your camera all down and get an eagle view.
Go to the Bonfire. (Big fire) And click the torch. Now run after the shadow.
Be a little in front of it. When it's almost down, place yourself so it will hit you.
When you get the first torch, it will not be thrown as long up the air.
Have fun!

Comment by Chicken

I'm sorry to say, and I'll probably get voted down or deleted, but this quest is bull and nothing more than a time sink for blizz to suck more money out of you as you waste your time trying to catch random trajectories of a torch. follow the shadow? awesome... try and distinguish between yours and the other 100 shadows on the ground as all the tools looking to try something new throw their torches up trying to get pixel flowers for garbage rewards.

If you're totally geared out and just looking for something to break the monotony and make you pull your hair out... this is the quest for you.

If not, pass. there's a million other better things to do.

Like watch your toenails grow.

Whats funny about this guy is he's flaming others for doing the same thing he's trying to do. The whole "Blizz is trying to suck our wallets dry" complaint is so tired, let it rest already.

On the other hand I've been trying this quest for the past 20mins and I still can't do it! So I know how homeboy feels lol. I can't seem to see the shadows, should I try this quest at night or something?

Comment by 146819

Word of warning to all Torch Catching newbies: If you miss the torch and are standing near the spot it landed on (5-10 yards, I think), you get a 4 second debuff where you take 5% of your total HP in damage each second.
Take some food or bandages with you if you don't have any self-heal abilities; you can actually die from missing the torch too many times in a short amount of time (I'll admit it, it's happened to me).

Comment by 159447

i just zoom as far out as possible, then go into a birds eye view. Its better then following the shadow

Comment by Gethvel

lol i just love reading ur guys comments. heres a little tip i found out. first when u throw it just look at the ground for the shadow and follow it. always stay about 3yds(in game) ahead of the shadow or just stay behind at first and then when the shadow faints run towards it. also when u do ur other throws its always either behind 60% left or right side 40% so always have ur right button ready to turn around. what i found most hard was the lag and sometimes the shadow would disappear. like 2 times i had it disappear on my cause it was so close to the ground. and i lagged a lot and i was like 1 sec behind all the time. well good luk and also this isnt really hard try to go to uc org or tb if ur horde, cause im horde, and look for one with less ppl. its a lot ezier when theres not 1000 shadows that ur trying to figure out wich one is urs. its no hard ppl just needs practice and time. with this info i hope u can finish this quest.

Comment by Dialunande

I had a far easier time scrolling out about partway, and putting the camera above me.

Took me a little bit, but I got it.

Double tip: Go to the emptiest town you have. Exodar, Darnassus... which ever the horde ones are... it's far easier to see your torch, because there will likely only be a few people there.

Also... if you can heal, throw one or two to those making just as big of fools as you yourself! <3

Comment by Vaerondis

If you are trying to do this and you have some lag, you will find where you look like you are you are in fact a little behind. To better judge where you are, pull out a non-combat pet as they are not affected by lag and will give you an idea of where you really are.

Then, simply position your pet where you want to be :D

Comment by mayoff

If you have an ability that lets you travel faster, it makes this quest much easier. For druids, that means travel form (or cat form if you're under 30 and have points in Feral Swiftness); for hunters, that means Aspect of the Cheetah; for shamans, that means ghost wolf if you've maxed Improved Ghost Wolf. Shift to travel form or ghost wolf immediately after throwing the torch. You can catch and rethrow without shifting out.

Comment by 89437

Don't try this quest in Orgrimmar, the shadow desappears .
Try TB, it's way easier.

Comment by CoachZ

Hunters, aspect of the cheetah works wonders!

Comment by Xiteer

My 2 Cents:
Don't Try This in Org! - I tried several times to complete this in ORG. but couldn't get it done, finished on first try in Thunder Bluff just by watching the shadow. Hope that helps!

Comment by 168080

One thing I've consistently noticed is that players performing this quest have trouble locating where the flame will land. Just stay a little behind the shadow that appears, as most people run in front of it thinking it will travel further. And it doesn't hurt to have a mage make you some food, as this quest really wears down your health! ; )

Comment by november

Do not make the same mistake I did (even though it seems pretty obvious in hindsight): I thought "catch 4 (or 10) torches in a row" meant lighting a torch, throwing and catching it once, then letting that one fall where it might, go back to the bonfire, light a new one, throw and catch THAT one, and so on.

No. It means you have to catch the SAME torch 4 (or 10 in the follow-up) times by throwing it and then running after this same one until the quest is complete.

Comment by 133951

Easiest way to torch catch.

1) Using the interface options go to the camera options, make sure your camera distance is maxed out.

2) Doing this in Org is the easiest, UC will limit your camera distance and the torch will be off screen.
Put the camera directly above you. Start the first throw and keep your toon directly below the torch.

3) As soon as you catch the torch, start turning around and running (it always throws it somewhere behind you). Just focus on being under the torch at all times and you shouldn't have a problem.

PS: If you have any travel forms, use it. I've done the dailys just about every day without a travel form.

Comment by 146819

Another thing I've noticed is that some of the cities (Darnassus, Stormwind, Undercity) have a ground color that makes it harder to see the shadow of the torch. Half the time in these places you can't see the shadow until the torch almost hits the ground.

Comment by 103666

This is doable as indicated as long as there aren't too many other people around at the same time.

And by "too many," I mean any other people whatsoever.

As soon as three or more people are present, you begin running under each other's torches because there's no way to tell the shadows apart. Find a less-populated city (Silvermoon is ideal, followed by Thunder Bluff for the Horde), or else wait for off-peak hours. Like 3 AM.

Comment by 221630

if u cant follow the shadow or u cant follow the torch in the air try using "/console CameraDistanceMaxFactor 4" it made it so much easier to follow the shadow and the torch in the air.

Comment by 387191

Note: Try this quest on Thunder Bluff, the shadow is very easy to distinguish, there is rarely anyone there, and since you CAN'T throw the torch off the edge, the distance you have to run is shorter. Also, if it is about to land and you're still a bit behind it, I find that jumping helps a lot.

Comment by Eirwen

For Horde, Silvermoon is the best city for this. It's really bright in the square, and the shadows are much easier to see. Practice your juggling here too.

Comment by Infiniti

This is the way I did it succesfully:

I set the camera distance to max: /console cameraDistanceMax 30.
I zoomed out as much as I could and set the camera looking down at me (I've submitted a screenshot)

Then simply throw the torch and follow it. You can press alt-z to hide the UI if it helps.

Comment by 327101

Ah my god.
I can't seem to do this quest and i'm getting a tad annoyed about all the people laughing at me.
I'm following the shadows, staring at the ground, zoomed out.
No way i can do it. Maybe i'm just clumsy?

Comment by 342674

Video is very useful! Thanks

Comment by 256638

I had to try this about 7 times before getting the hang of it. Everyone is correct when they say "watch the shadow". Just remember that the first throw is the longest and the last three are very short so be prepared. It's worth the 5 gold, though, so don't give up.

Comment by Vereesa

At first I didn't know at all what to do since no one had posted anything about it here, so I was frustarated to no end.

What you actually do is:
1. Go to the big brazier and use your quest item to light the torch
2. Follow the shadow cast by it, placing your character slightly ahead of it.
3. Once the torch lands on your character, it will be thrown back up into the air
4. The torch, once thrown back into the air (automatically) by your character, will now cast a shadow once again, follow it
5. Step 4 will repeat until you catch it enough times.

Comment by 733706

I couldn't do it in Stormwind, tree branches and tents, etc., blocked my view (had the camera angle zoomed all the way out and looking down as others had suggested) and I couldn't run fast enough to keep up with the twists and turns of the flying torch.

Went to Darnassus and found the quest completely impossible to do as the shadow vanished completely as I followed it. Some of the ground is dark and I assume it just did not stand out enough for me to see it. There are also little blue balls that float around the area and have their own shadow, which didn't make things any easier. I still do not appear to be able to run fast enough to keep up with the torch.

Went to the Exodar and clicked on the torch. The "fling torch" bar appeared but nothing else. No torch, no shadow, nothing. Wrote a ticket.

A GM got back to me. Exodar has a flame in two locations, one inside the city and one outside. Use the one inside. I still couldn't do the quest as the particular character I am using cannot run fast enough to keep up with the torches. I can almost always catch the first one, but none of the others.

I would not advise doing this quest at the Exodar. Much of the floor is dark, making the shadows harder to see. There are tall glowing purple crystals with a flame-like mist coming off them. These blocked my vision at times since I was zoomed all the way out and had a big field of view.

I was abit surprised to read that people found it easy to do at Ironforge. True, you can see the shadow on the floor much better than other sites, but there is a big table, crates and a big square sign post in the way. The shadow passed over the big sign post thingy several times and I was unable to see it until it came out from the other side-by that time I could not get to it. On the east side is a "ribbon pole" that is part of another quest and it caused me similar problems-accidentally clicked on it and found myself twirlling around.

I finally had to give it up. This alt is simply not fast enough to deal with the mechanics of this quest. It was not possible to turn the right direction and get to the torch on the second toss in time.

Then I recalled that my Alchemist alt makes a swiftness potion, it increases run speed by 50% for 15 seconds. After several tries with this stuff I was finally able to complete the quest.

Comment by Dathran

Couldn't do mine at Stormwind either, too many people doing theirs, crazy shadows everywhere!

Then tried Ironforge, VERY easy to do! shadows are nice and easy to see, nothing in your way blocking you and not many people at all there.

I suggest going Ironforge, if you can't find the bonfire, it is at Hall of Explorers

Comment by 801279

Anyone else having other people's failure to catch the torches screw up their record?

I've thrown a torch, ran and caught it, then gotten hit by other player's torches when I was running back to throw another one and it counted as a drop for me.
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Took Dathran's advice and went to IF. It really did help with figuring out which torch is yours. . . I didn't get credit for catching the torches though. =( I've caught 15 in a row and still didn't get the quest complete. Abandoned and restarted the quest, same problem. I submitted a ticket.

Comment by 845903

Hey, i have an issue. Ive completed it, but cant hand it. It says Torch Catching failed: Duplicate item found. What should I do?

Comment by mewmewface

i feeel like slapping someone w/ this quest

Comment by 734042

For me, the key to this quest is to start turning as soon as you've caught the torch, rather than waiting until you throw it again. It always goes somewhere behind you.

Comment by Cropz

Keyboard turners, tremble in fear.

Comment by 992462

If you have Baby Spice or some other way to shrink yourself down, it helps because you aren't fighting your own shadow. Also, do this in Thunder Bluff, it's not as populated so people don't get in your way. Lastly, use your right mouse button to steer...Makes you turn a lot quicker for when it hops behind you. Just keep your eye on that circle shadow on the ground!

Comment by Shylight

okay so I've had a million goes at this and FINALLY just got it

I recommend going to Silvermoon as its very bright and easier to see the grey dot
also I found personally when I didnt stand just plainly underneath the circle and kept running sort of through it and past it that I actually landed the catch rather then it exploding on me...
I found when I stood underneath it and didnt move that it wouldnt work and would miss

so I'm pretty stoked I accomplished it anyway...moral of the story is dont give up and find what works for you

Comment by 1001135

I had trouble on a level 10 character with the 3rd and 4th torches. Used a swiftness potion and helped significantly.

Comment by 849346

I almost quit WoW over this quest.... very frustrating .. but after like a million fails, I finally got it. I disable all my add ons (I have 25) and that helped me a lot, my char was running a lot faster.

Comment by WokkaD

This is a pain trying to chase the shadow !
Tips (some from others below) :
#1 be somewhere there are not many other people. reports below indicate that their failure may cause your failure in this quest.
#2 zoom OUT and DOWN (view from above) so you can see the shadow more easily
#3 if you're a druid, use "dash" (yes, you can do it in Cat form). Rogue, use sprint. Others, any speed addition potion or spell
#4 use your mouse, not keyboard to turn - it's a LOT faster

Comment by 772756

For those not playing in a good resolution, increase the "shadow quality" in the system menu and you may be able to see the shadow better! It worked for me!

Comment by Soybeanie

Is it just me, or does it always just blow up before even hitting the ground? So &*!@ed

Comment by Eladria

This quest is legendary in the annals of WoW history for its frustration levels.

That being said, if you' intend to press on, then let me give you a piece of advice: do not do this in Orgrimmar.

The shadows blend entirely too well, even at ultra, with the surroundings, making it next to impossible to finish.

Like someone else said, Silvermoon is nice and bright. thunder Bluff is where I did it on my rogue years ago, and swore to never do it again :) I renewed that oath today which is why I'm posting.

Other advice still holds true, go to an unpopulated area if you can, watch the shadows, not the air, etc.

Good luck. You'll need it.

Comment by dukeskunk

This Q is something I would expect to find in a Tauren's outhouse. Giving up on this Quest, and since this quest is required for title giving up on title, since title is required for Long Strange Trip giving up on LST, any reason I shouldn't take the next step and give up on WoW?

Comment by FAILoZOFF

/console cameraDistanceMax 50
set your camera right above your character, max zoomed out
be alone, you don't have to watch shadows just the torch, it can be done everywhere even undercity at night
prepare some speed buffs if you can like Burning rush, unholy presence+death's advence

Comment by Imthree

"I get by with a little help from Wowhead"

thanks for this thread. I've got a slow laptop running MS '3000' graphics. Turned everything down as low as possible, set shadows to highest and view distance to 'good'. Did this in Org with few others around on WRA and after a couple of fails, figured it out and got it within 10 min after perusing this thread. cheers.

Comment by Spellbot5000

The shadow under the torch simply doesn't show up sometimes, at least at first. About three quarters of my throws, the torch shadow wouldn't appear until the torch was on the way down and near the ground. The other quarter of throws the shadow showed up as soon as you tossed it, but the former situation made it extremely difficult to catch the first throw.

Comment by Scoobydeux

This applies to the one-time torch catching quest, the one the page is supposed to be about, not to the repeatable dailies. It may apply to them as well, but I find the torch catching quest to be annoying enough to avoid doing those, and so am not in a position to verify that.

Unless the mechanic has changed, you must do the previous quest, Torch Tossing, and this quest in order to turn on your toon's catching the Juggling Torch. Without this ability, you cannot complete Torch Juggler. There is really no other good reason to do this unless you are hard up for a last few blossoms.

Simple version; stand by the bonfire, click the unlit torches to toss one up into the air, track and follow the shadow, be there when the torch lands. You will auto-re-toss the torch; continue to track and follow until you complete four in a row.

The truth; this is annoying as =bleep=; but you can make it marginally better.

Even one other player doing this at the same time makes it much more difficult. Come back later.

If you can't see your torch's shadow, adjust your graphic settings. (Don't even think about why a light source is casting a shadow when the ambient lighting is not all that bright too start with.)

As the say in real estate, location, location, location. Avoid Orgrimmar (and Storm Wind City for Alliance) because the response in the heavily populated cities is enough worse to affect your completion rate.

Hotkey initiating each attempt by dragging the Unlit Torches onto your tool bar. You don't want to delay running after you initiate the toss.

For the first toss of each attempt, the catch is very forgiving. You can be near the landing spot. For subsequent ones, you must be slightly ahead of where the torch lands. If you are standing exactly where the torch lands, the torch will explode.

Doing it once on a toon grants the ability; you do not have to repeat it each year, although it's not like tossing torches is much of a thing in WoW. It can be; multiple toons with the ability to catch these specific torches can toss them back and forth.

Comment by Maizey

After multiple attempts and failures, I finally succeeded:
Maxed particle density and shadow
Went to Silvermoon
Drank a swiftness potion.

I kept failing with the changes to the effects and location, but I had success the first time after drinking the swiftness potion. Running speed was my missing element.

Good luck, everyone!

Comment by stephneechan

I seem to be completely unable to finish this quest...
I play on a potato laptop, so even with shadows set to ultra, there are NO visible shadows whatsoever, even in Silvermoon.
And eyeballing the torch to see where it goes only works for the first one, the second one can't see where it'll go for ^&*!.

Comment by Suggestions

Make sure you are stopped when the torch hits.

Follow the shadow as best you can but stop moving before it hits and you will catch it.
It instantly gets re-thrown - repeat.

Comment by gbh102

Easily deserves a noble place on the list of THE MOST STUPID AND IRRITATING quests ever. CONGRATS BLIZZ !

Comment by Redroach21

Do it in Silvermoon, vastly less difficult. I think it's the ruff surface terrain in Org jacking things up.

Comment by Tinul4

turn everything low in graphics settings -> put shadows on ultra high -> go to silvermoon -> start it and track the shadow of the torch on the floor -> ez money

swiftness potions or any movement speed buffs your class might have do help with the 1st catch, but you can do all of them with the base movement speed

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Torch Catching

Catch 4 torches in a row, then speak with the Master Flame Eater.

	Torches caught (4)

Provided item:

	Unlit Torches (1)

Description

Now that you can throw a torch, let's see if you can catch one!

Take this stack of unlit torches. Go to the bonfire and throw a torch high into the air. Catch it before it hits the ground... then throw it back up! Catch four then come back to me.

Careful! They're dangerous if they hit the ground! Good luck!

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Juggling Torch		Burning Blossom

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(11923))

Guides

Midsummer Fire Festival