Once that is done you’ll be given quests to find “Snivel Rustrocket.” Alright, for Horde you’re going to want to pick-up the quest “Snivel’s Sweetheart” and go to Roka at Gotri’s Travelling Goods in the Drag. There turn it in to her and visit the bank, the barber shop (it’s in the cleft of shadow), and the auction house for “Hot On The Trail.” Roka will be furious and send you to find Snivel at the zeppelin tower (the old world one, not the one to Northrend). Travel there, speak with him, and it’s done.
Alliance players will want to seek out Marion Sutton in the Gilded Rose (Trade District) and then visit the bank, barber shop, and the auction house for “Hot On the Trail.” Again, like the Horde you’ll need to go the Alliance Harbor and speak with Snivel in order to finish this questline. Return to the detective to unlock the instance daily breadcrumb and the Crushing the Crown daily.
That is it for quests for this holiday.
You’ve Been Served – Apothecary Hummel and the Seasonal Bosses
Apothecary Hummel, Baxter, and Frye reside within Shadowfang Keep and are awaiting your challenge. You do not need to do the questline before you can pick up this daily quest. The bosses have a very simple mechanic. Apothecary Hummel uses Alluring Perfume and does a standard melee attack (that doesn’t hit for a lot). Apothecary Baxter uses Irresistible Cologne and does a standard melee attack. Apothecary Frye does nothing but throwing bottles around on the ground and hitting random people (green for Cologne, purple for Perfume).
You’ll be given Perfume and Cologne Neutralizer (multi use items). Wear one of them during the fight, it’ll neutralize the aura of one of the two bosses depending on which they use (Hummel/Perfume Baxter/Cologne). A tank doesn’t need to be a spec’d tank, just someone who can take some hits from the bosses.
Random Crazed Apothecaries will spawn and explode doing about 3k damage to whoever is nearby, so split up.
Most of this fight is avoiding the stuff on the ground and nuking the bosses down as fast as possible. You can two man it as long as you’re smart about moving and one tank keeps both bosses on them. For bigger groups, you can have one strong melee DPS like a Warrior or a Paladin hold aggro on one boss while the tank picks up the other boss. If you have a decent tank then he can use one of the neutralizers and just hold both bosses.
Make sure not to stand in clouds on the ground that you’re not neutralized for.
DO NOT pull the bosses up the stairs. They will reset.
Your quest item is CONSUMED whenever you start the quest. So if you wipe or reset it then you’ll lose your chance to do it that day.
Loot
One of five epic 226 necklaces will drop with the same stats as the Emblem of Conquest neck pieces.
Additionally, the “Forever-Lovely Rose” is a nice looking flower for your head. Vile Fumigator’s Mask is a silly mask for your face. Toxic Wasteling is a funny pet you can have. The Heartbreaker will make a person randomly weep. Finally, a rare mount has the chance to drop called the Love Rocket.
Achievements
Fool for Love is the main meta achievement. You will need to complete all of the achievements below except Perma-Peddle, Tough Love, and Lovely Luck Is On your Side.
Be Mine!
You need to eat eight different candies. You can get the candies from a Bag of Candies for 2 Love Tokens.
Charming
You need to create 12 Lovely Charm Bracelets which is not hard to do at all. You’ll need to kill over 120 enemies, but you’ll probably do that after a few daily dungeons or some light farming.
Dangerous Love
Finish the “Crushing the Crown” daily quest once to get this achievement awarded. You can see our guide above on where to go to do it.
Fistful of Love
Buy the Handful of Rose Petals and use it on the listed class/race combinations. It's best to do it in Dalaran and track the achievement so you can keep track of what you’ve done and what you need to do.
Flirt with Diaster
This one is pretty easy and very funny. Buy a stack of booze and drink until you’re smashed. Then go to the Undercity, put on some Perfume, throw a Handful of Rose Petals on Jeremiah Payson the Cockroach vendor, and then /kiss him. For the Alliance you’ll want to do the same, except on Sraaz the wandering pie vendor in Ironforge.
I Pitied The Fool
You’ll need to buy five Love Fools and visit Wintergrasp, Arathi Basin, Naxxramas, the Gurubashi Arena (in STV), and The Culling of Stratholme with them. Place them down, select them, then type /pity. You WILL NOT have to buy them yourself if someone else has one out. You’ll need to form a raid group in order to zone into Naxxramas.
Lonely?
Buy a box of chocolates, go to Dalaran, and sit down with a Romantic Picnic Basket with someone else (it doesn’t have to be yours). When you’re no longer lonely on it (when someone else sits down) you need to eat a Buttermilk Delight which comes from the box of chocolates.
Lovely Luck Is On Your Side
Buy a Lovely Dress Box and open it. If a Lovely Black Dress is inside of it then this achievement is yours. Doesn’t count for the meta.
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Obtain a Bouquet of Red or Ebon Roses from Prince Keleseth in Utgarde Keep, Prince Taldaram in Old Kingdom, or the Maiden of Grief in Halls of Stone. You can do this on Normal. So if you’re a level 80 with a lot of free time you can just queue into them and help some lowbies out.
Nation of Adoration
Complete all four “A Gift For The…” daily quests.
Perma-Peddle
Buy Truesilver Shafted Arrow from the Lovely Merchant
Shafted!
Shoot 10 Silver Shafted Arrows at random players. They’re bought from the Lovely Merchant.