World of Warcraft Kicks Off the Lunar Festival 2026 With New Rewards
The Lunar Festival is back in World of Warcraft for 2026, featuring a handful of new Lunar New Year cosmetics for fans to collect. From now until March 2, World of Warcraft fans can exchange Coins of Ancestry to add these Transmog items to their collections.
In World of Warcraft, the Lunar Festival is the in-game counterpart to the Lunar New Year celebrated in China. During this event, players can set off fireworks, visit Elders hidden across Azeroth to collect Coins of Ancestry, and help quell the rage of Omen, the mad Wild God. The holiday includes several achievements, flower crown Transmogs, a cosmetic Hearthstone toy, and even the Lunar Launcher mount added to WoW during last year’s event.
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Lunar Festival 2026 Now Live in World of Warcraft
Now, the Lunar Festival is back in World of Warcraft for 2026 with a handful of new rewards. From now through March 2 at 9 AM PT, players can obtain the following Lunar Festival-themed rewards in exchange for Coins of Ancestry at the vendors in the Stormwind, Orgrimmar, or Moonglade event venues:
- Ensemble: Ornate Violet Lunar Festival Attire
- Violet Lunar Firewhacker One-Hand Mace
- Steel Lunar Polearm
- Violet Lunar Lantern Off-Hand
- Obsidian Lunar Blade Dagger
- Sunny Pack of Lunar Explosives Back Transmog
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The Ornate Violet Lunar Festival Attire costs 75 Coins of Ancestry, while each of the weapons and the Sunny Pack of Lunar Explosives costs 25. This means fans will need to collect 200 Coins of Ancestry in total to purchase all of these items. One Coin of Ancestry is awarded for honoring each of the Elders scattered around Azeroth, and with about 100 Elders currently in the game, players will need to make the rounds on more than one character in order to buy all of these Transmogs.
The items themselves are purple recolors of existing Transmogs that players can get through other means. The Ornate Crimson Lunar Festival Attire and matching red weapons are available for purchase as a part of the World of Warcraft Trading Post this month, while the Lively Pack of Lunar Explosives is the free reward for completing the Traveler’s Log. Likewise, the Ornate Pink Lunar Festival Attire was the free reward from the Trading Post in February 2025 and can no longer be obtained in the game unless it returns in the future.
What Other World of Warcraft Events Are Happening Right Now?
This isn’t the only World of Warcraft event that is happening right now. Love Is in the Air is available in World of Warcraft until February 23, while the Winds of Mysterious Fortune leveling event is active until February 24. Additionally, the Twilight Ascension Pre-Patch event for Midnight is ongoing and will run until the expansion releases on March 2.
- Love Is in the Air: Now–February 23
- Winds of Mysterious Fortune: Now–February 24
- Lunar Festival: Now–March 2
- Hatching of the Hippogryphs: February 23–24
- Outland Cup: February 24–March 10
- Midnight Early Access: February 26
- Midnight Launch: March 2
The Hatching of the Hippogryphs micro-holiday takes place on February 23, when Love Is in the Air wraps up, while the Outland Cup Skyriding race event replaces the Winds of Mysterious Fortune, running from February 24 through March 10. Lastly, the Darkmoon Faire rolls into World of Warcraft for a week starting March 1, so fans should be sure to grab the experience and reputation buff to help them reach level 90 and start earning reputation with the new Midnight Renown factions.
Cataclysm Timewalking was originally scheduled for the week of February 17, but it has since been removed from the calendar.
Though World of Warcraft: Midnight comes out on March 2, some players will be able to go to the new zones a few days sooner. Early access for fans with the Epic Edition starts February 26, opening the new zones, quests, and some activities ahead of its full release. Needless to say, the next few weeks are going to be exciting in Azeroth.
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2026
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Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
