Red Iris Flower

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.

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 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).

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.
 * 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.

Trivia

 * Some players consider the flowers to be worth 50 in pre-Searing because the local cost of the the Small Equipment Pack is 50 flowers and the Post merchant price is . However, others point out that, strictly speaking, money and items can only travel out of pre-Searing and the price comparisons should be irrelevant.