Red Iris Flower

Red Iris Flower
Rarity	Common
Type	Trophy
Value	5
Stackable	Yes
Campaigns	Core Prophecies Eye of the North

The Red Iris Flower is a trophy that is found on the ground rather than dropping from a foe. They can be found in all pre-Searing Ascalon explorable areas (except the Catacombs), and in several Eye of the North explorable areas.

Acquisition

• Core
  • Ascalon (pre-Searing)
    • Lakeside County: 1070 AE
• Prophecies
  • Ascalon (pre-Searing)
    • Lakeside County (5 locations)
      • Near Althea's Actors Stage, from the outskirts of the stage until the portal to the The Northlands
      • In the Worm Problem field, between the Rogue Bull pond and Ashford Abbey
      • In Ashford Village or along the pathway around it
      • Near the River Drake (from the Devourer cave to the western edge of the lake)
      • Along the river from Ashford Village as far south as Gwen's Broken Flute (sometimes appears in the Skale lake or on the path around the village)
    • Regent Valley (4 locations)
      • By the lake, when entering from Lakeside County
      • In or near the field North West to merchant Vencel
      • In the fields around Statue of Melandru
      • In the fields around The Bear Hunters
    • Wizard's Folly (5 locations)
      • In/near the fishing village
      • Along the spider run, south of the village.
      • In the bear territory (west of the river, east of the Foible's Fair-Lakeside County trail)
      • North of Foible's Fair (west of the FF-LC trail, east of the Catacombs entrance)
      • South of the portal to Green Hills County
    • The Northlands (3 locations)
      • Field northwest of charr effigy closest to the northernmost bridge, due East of Piken Square.
      • Near the entrance gate, down by the first lake to the left, or along the path overlooking the lake with 2-3 Grawl/1-2 Oaks.
      • West of the eastern-most bridge (that would lead into Ascalon City, if that gate was open)
    • Green Hills County (4 locations — 3 east of Barradin Estate)
      • In middle of Grawl Grounds
      • In eastern Rock Elemental den
      • Easternmost tip on area.
      • In Vineyard or NE of Gypsy trader post
• Eye of the North
  • Far Shiverpeaks
    • Ice Cliff Chasms (in Gwen's garden)
  • Charr Homelands
    • Dalada Uplands
    • Grothmar Wardowns
    • Sacnoth Valley (within the woods)

Bug. Four of the above zones sometimes spawn irises in unreachable locations:

• Lakeside County: the iris near the stage sometimes spawns behind the portal to The Northlands;
• Lakeside County: more rarely, the Ashford Village iris might spawn inside a rock;
• Green Hills: an iris infrequently spawns inside a tree or behind The Barradin Estate portal;
• Wizard's Folly: rarely an iris behind Catacombs portal.

Usage

Pre-Searing Ascalon

• Red Iris Flowers are among the items that can be used to win Gwen's favor, along with her Broken Flute, a new Flute, and the Small Girl's Cape. As a token of her esteem, Gwen will give the character a Tapestry Shred (see that article for details on obtaining the shred).
• If you have the patience to farm fifty, Professor Yakkington will give you a Small Equipment Pack or headgear in exchange.
• Nicholas Sandford also occasionally trades for Red Iris Flowers the same as the other collector items he exchanges for Gifts of the Huntsman.

Eye of the North

Before completion of The Missing Vanguard, if you enter the Hall of Monuments while holding this item, Gwen says "I can't believe you held onto that for so long. But with the Ebon Vanguard missing, my own past must be put aside for now. We'll have time for this matter after my friends are rescued."

After completion of The Missing Vanguard, if you speak to Gwen with a flower in your inventory she will give you the quest Fire and Pain.

Oggy wants a single Iris to aid his courtship of Jezza.

Collectors

Nicholas Sandford

Location: Regent Valley (pre-Searing) in the secret garden.
Collecting: 5 Red Iris Flowers (on certain days)

Item	Value
Gift of the Huntsman	0

Professor Yakkington

Location: Pre-Searing Regent Valley in the secret garden.
Collecting: 50 Red Iris Flowers

Item	Stats	Value
Small Equipment Pack	5 weapon or armor slots	0

Professor Yakkington

Location: Pre-Searing Regent Valley in the secret garden.
Collecting: 50 Red Iris Flowers

Profession		Item	AR	Armor bonus	Value
	Warrior	Krytan Helm	27	Item's Attribute +1 (Stacking)	3
	Ranger	Simple Mask	12	Item's Attribute +1 (Stacking)	3
	Monk	Dragon Scalp Design	7	Item's Attribute +1 (Stacking)	3
	Necromancer	Ragged Scar Pattern	7	Item's Attribute +1 (Stacking)	3
	Mesmer	Discreet Mask	7	Item's Attribute +1 (Stacking)	3
	Elementalist	Third Eye	7	Item's Attribute +1 (Stacking)	3

Nicholas the Traveler

Location: Regent Valley (week of next appearance: 20 January 2025)
Collecting: 3 Red Iris Flowers

Item	Value
Gift of the Traveler	0

Notes

• The Red Iris Flower is the only trophy that is found on the ground (rather than dropping from a foe) and cannot be salvaged.
• The same number of flowers will spawn each time your party enters a particular zone and the locations are not completely random (the specific locations are noted above).
• This item, along with the rest of Gwen's memorabilia (Preserved Red Iris Flower, Tapestry Shred, Tattered Girl's Cape, and the Small Girl's Cape) can be used once per character to trigger Fire and Pain; the quest cannot be repeated.
• One of three trophies which are being collected by both Nicholas Sandford in pre-Searing and Nicholas the Traveler after the Searing, the others being Charr Carvings and Icy Lodestones.

Anomaly. Before being picked up, the flowers do not have the usual shimmer effect shown by most "treasure"/dropped items. However, if you drop one, they show that effect.

See also

• Guide to farming Red Iris Flowers