Red Iris Flower

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Red Iris Flower

Red Iris Flowers grow in Pre-Searing Ascalon and in Charr Territory. 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. They can be sold to merchants for 5.

Contents 1 Finding Irises 1.1 Specific Distribution 2 Usage 2.1 Collectors 2.2 Armor Collectors 2.2.1 Professor Yakkington 2.3 General Collectors 2.3.1 Professor Yakkington 2.4 Gift Collectors 2.4.1 Nicholas Sandford 2.5 Other Uses 3 Notes 4 Related articles

[edit] Finding Irises

Red Iris Flowers (AKA Irises) 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. A set number of Irises spawn within a zone when you enter it. Each Iris appears randomly within a smaller dropzone of the area, so the flowers can be easy to find once you identify those dropzones.

[edit] Specific Distribution

• 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; 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).

[edit] Usage

Although you can sell Irises to merchants for 5, there are more valuable uses:

[edit] Collectors

[edit] Armor Collectors

[edit] 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
Ranger	Simple Mask	12	Item's Attribute +1	3
Monk	Dragon Tattoo	7	Item's Attribute +1	3
Elementalist	Third Eye	7	Item's Attribute +1	3
Warrior	Krytan Helm	27	Item's Attribute +1	3
Mesmer	Discreet Mask	7	Item's Attribute +1	3
Necromancer	Ragged Scar Pattern	7	Item's Attribute +1	3

[edit] General Collectors

[edit] 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

[edit] Gift Collectors

Nicholas Sandford

Location: Regent Valley, in The Secret Garden outside of Fort Ranik.
Collecting: 5 Red Iris Flowers on Sun 12 Jul, in 8 days.

He only gives up to 5 Gifts of the Huntsman per account each day. Last update: Saturday, 19:13 (UTC)

[edit] Other Uses

• To obtain a Tapestry Shred, you must give Gwen at least one Iris after you have obtained her favor (see that article for details).
• 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.
• Players in pre-Searing are typically willing to pay 50-100 for each flower.

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

Historical note Prior to the 9 April 2009 update, there were no collectors for Irises and they were only valuable to merchants or to convert to Tapestry Shreds.

Historical note Prior to the 23 April 2009 update, Irises were much harder to find. Rather than spawning on entry into a zone, they dropped only when you approached their location within aggro distance. Since the update, they can be found easily by targeting others (default key: [alt]) or targeting next item (no default key).

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

Bug! The 23 April 2009 update was meant to fix a bug causing Red Iris Flowers to drop in Pre-Searing Ascalon with much less frequency than originally intended. However, the frequency appears to be unchanged since the update. Instead, the flowers are significantly easier to find.

[edit] Related articles

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