Red Iris Flower
Trophy
Subtype Reward trophy Rarity Common Value 5 Stackable Yes Campaign Prophecies, Eye of the North

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.

Contents 1 Finding irises 1.1 Specific distribution 2 Collectors 2.1 Armor collectors 2.1.1 Professor Yakkington 2.2 General collectors 2.2.1 Professor Yakkington 2.3 Gift collectors 2.3.1 Nicholas Sandford 3 Other uses 4 Notes 5 Related articles

Finding irises Edit

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 Edit

• Pre-Searing Ascalon: Irises appear within all Explorable areas in Pre-Searing Ascalon except The Catacombs. The zones and drop zones are:
  • Lakeside County (5): near the stage; in/near the Worm farm; in Ashford Village; along the main river; near the River Drake (at the River's mouth).
  • Green Hills County (4): 3 spawn in various places in the meadows east of Barradin's Estate; the fourth spawns to the southeast of the outpost.
  • Regent Valley (4): south of the Basket of Apples; near Vencel; near the road east from the western resurrection shrine; near the Statue of Melandru
  • Wizard's Folly (5): near the Fishing village; ...
  • The Northlands (3): near the Gate; near the east-most bridge (close to Ascalon City); near the most northern Charr mini-altar (due West of the empty Piken Square and just west of the northern bridge)
• Outside Pre-Searing Ascalon: Irises can be found in Charr terriory and near the EoTN outpost:
  • Grothmar Wardowns
  • Dalada Uplands
  • Sacnoth Valley
  • Ice Cliff Chasms (2): in Gwen's Garden (located to the northwest of the gate to the Eye of the North outpost).

Collectors Edit

Armor collectors Edit

Professor Yakkington Edit

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
Ranger	Simple Mask	12	Item's Attribute +1	3
Monk	Dragon Tattoo	7	Item's Attribute +1	3
Necromancer	Ragged Scar Pattern	7	Item's Attribute +1	3
Mesmer	Discreet Mask	7	Item's Attribute +1	3
Elementalist	Third Eye	7	Item's Attribute +1	3

General collectors Edit

Professor Yakkington Edit

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

Gift collectors Edit

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 Edit

• 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.
  • This will also allow you to obtain the quest, Fire and Pain.
• Oggy in the Alcazia Tangle will use an iris to impress his sweetheart.

NotesEdit

• 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 2 500 . Consequently, some players consider the flowers to be worth no more than 50

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

Related articlesEdit

• Gwen-related: Preserved Red Iris Flower, Tapestry Shred, Gwen, Gwen's Garden
• Collectors: Nicholas Sandford, Professor Yakkington
• Other: Oggy