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Red Iris Flower
Red Iris Flower
Trophy
Subtype Reward trophy
Rarity Common
Value 5 Gold
Stackable Yes
Campaign Prophecies, Eye of the North
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Irises can be found in Lakeside County's Worm Farm

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And in Green Hills County, not far from the Lakeside County portal

Red Iris Flowers grow in Pre-Searing Ascalon and in the Charr Homelands. They can be used to befriend the young Gwen, to exchange for various pre-Searing items, to obtain a Tapestry Shred, and in various EoTN quests related to Gwen.

Finding irises[]

A fixed number of Red Iris Flowers spawn when you enter an Explorable Area; they can be picked up by any party member. They are plentiful in Pre-Searing Ascalon and somewhat harder to find elsewhere. Each Iris appears randomly within a smaller dropzone of the area, so the flowers can be easy to find once you identify those dropzones.

You can effectively farm Red Iris Flowers in Pre-Searing, by exiting Ashford Abbey and look for the one that appears in Ashford Village (there is always exactly 1), and in Post-Searing by running to Gwen's Garden where there are always exactly 2.

Specific distribution[]

Collectors[]

Armor collectors[]

Professor Yakkington[]

Location: Regent Valley, in The Secret Garden outside of Fort Ranik.
Collecting: 50 Red Iris Flowers

Profession Item Name Armor Other Modifiers Value
Warrior Krytan Helm 27 Item's Attribute +1 3 Gold
Ranger Simple Mask 12 Item's Attribute +1 3 Gold
Monk Dragon Tattoo 7 Item's Attribute +1 3 Gold
Necromancer Ragged Scar Pattern 7 Item's Attribute +1 3 Gold
Mesmer Discreet Mask 7 Item's Attribute +1 3 Gold
Elementalist Third Eye 7 Item's Attribute +1 3 Gold


General collectors[]

Professor Yakkington[]

Location: Regent Valley, in The Secret Garden outside of Fort Ranik.
Collecting: 50 Red Iris Flowers

Item Stats Value
Small Equipment Pack Holds 5 items 50 Gold


Gift collectors[]

Nicholas Sandford

Location: Regent Valley, in The Secret Garden outside of Fort Ranik.
Collecting: 5 Red Iris Flowers, on some days

He only gives up to 5 Gifts of the Huntsman per account each day.


Other uses[]

  • To obtain a Tapestry Shred, you must give Gwen at least one iris after you have obtained her favor.
  • To trigger the From the Past dialogue, you must have an Iris (or other Gwen-related item) before speaking with Gwen in the Hall of Monuments.
  • Oggy in the Alcazia Tangle will use an iris to impress his sweetheart.

Notes[]

  • The quickest place to farm irises in pre-searing is in Lakeside County; you can find the 5 flowers there in less than 5 minutes, if you ignore the mobs. Outside of pre-searing, you can grab the two irises in Gwen's Garden in less than 2 minutes.
  • To make it easier to find irises, add a keyboard shortcut to Target Next Item and spam that key when you get close to the iris-spawning part of a zone. Alternatively, using the default keys, keep the [Alt] key pressed as you explore and frequently change the direction you are facing.
    • To add a keyboard shortcut, open the Options window (default key: [F11]), switch to the Controls tab, find the command, Target Next Item, press a key (e.g. [PageDown]), and click on the assign button.
  • The pre-Searing cost of the the Small Equipment Pack is 50 flowers; the outside-Pre merchant price is 2 Platinum 500 Gold. Consequently, some players consider the flowers to be worth no more than 50Gold

Historical note Historical note: In his first appearance, the post-Searing NPC, Nicholas the Traveler, requested 3 Irises in exchange for a Gift of the Traveler.

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