Thread: Flowers

I´m an artisan and i still dont know what are the flowers for.

I asked in the Advice chat and they told me that scholars could use them to make dye. But i asked an schola friend and she told me that it is not true. Scholars can only make a dye with "special" flowers, the ones you get when you are famring and you have a critic.

So, i´ve decided that the best way to know for sure what are the flowers for was askgin here... Could someone tell what are they worth?

Originally Posted by MGatta

I´m an artisan and i still dont know what are the flowers for.

I asked in the Advice chat and they told me that scholars could use them to make dye. But i asked an schola friend and she told me that it is not true. Scholars can only make a dye with "special" flowers, the ones you get when you are famring and you have a critic.

So, i´ve decided that the best way to know for sure what are the flowers for was askgin here... Could someone tell what are they worth?

There are some recipes to make potted arrangements of certain flowers. I don't recall what they all are, but I think Iris was one of them and the recipe was available at the Spring (?) Festival.

The flowers can be used by farmers to make pots of flower for Housing Decorations. You can get a couple of the lower lvl recipes from the Expert Farmer at the field. Higher lvl recipes can be bartered for with rep, or purchased during festivals.

Originally Posted by darkhavenchay

The flowers can be used by farmers to make pots of flower for Housing Decorations. You can get a couple of the lower lvl recipes from the Expert Farmer at the field. Higher lvl recipes can be bartered for with rep, or purchased during festivals.

I have all thew recipes i´ve been able to buy till artisan, and i dont have any to use the flowers... Wich are the ones that you can buy from the expert?

These first three were from the Spring Festival:
Lily-of-the-Valley Arrangement
Iris Arrangement
Bluebottle Arrangement

These four are from Lothlorien:
Amaranth Arrangement
Saffron Arrangement
Bloodwort Arrangement
Elder Arrangement

Really though, the crit items for Dyes are probably why most people will grow flowers. My list is old (and might be little out-dated), but will give you an idea...


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List of Crit Drops
All farming fields will sometimes drop the cooking crit item for the same tier of cooking. Only fields which also drop something else are listed here. The list is organised by farming tier and field, including who uses the drops and what they are used for:

Apprentice (All fields drop Sprig of Allspice, used by Apprentice cooks)

• Flowers
  • Lily-of-the-Valley Field
    • Lily-of-the-Valley Leaf
      • Apprentice Scholar: Pea-green Wall Paint
      • Artisan Scholar: Forest Green Dye
      • Supreme Scholar: Ranger Green Dye

Journeyman (All fields drop Sprig of Mugwort, used by Journeyman cooks)

• Flowers
  • Iris Field
    • Iris Root
      • Journeyman Scholar: Grey Dye
      • Journeyman Scholar: Grey Enamel

Expert (All fields drop Clump of Chives, used by Expert cooks)

• Flowers
  • Bluebottle Field
    • Bluebottle Petal
      • Expert Scholar: Turquoise Dye
      • Expert Scholar: Sky-blue Wall Paint
      • Expert Scholar: Blue Enamel
      • Artisan Scholar: Evendim Blue Dye
      • Master Scholar: Sea Blue Dye
• Vegetables
  • Green Onion Field
    • Onion Skin
      • Artisan Scholar: 'Above Weathertop' Painting
      • Artisan Scholar: Dark Green Dye
      • Artisan Scholar: Forest Green Dye
      • Master Scholar: Rivendell Green Dye

Artisan (All fields drop Sprig of Parsley, used by Artisan cooks)

• Flowers
  • Amaranth Field
    • Amaranth Petal
      • Artisan Scholar: Burgundy Dye
      • Supreme Scholar: Rose Dye
  • Saffron Field
    • Saffron Thread
      • Artisan Scholar: Pale-yellow Wall Paint
      • Artisan Scholar: Yellow Enamel
      • Supreme Scholar: Yellow Dye
• Vegetables
  • Strawberry Field
    • Juicy Strawberry
      • Artisan Scholar: Pink Wall Paint
      • Master Scholar: Red Dye
      • Master Scholar: Red Enamel
      • Supreme Scholar: Crimson Dye
      • Supreme Scholar: Rose Dye

Master (All fields drop Sprig of Thyme, used by Master cooks)

• Flowers
  • Bloodwort Field
    • Bloodwort Root
      • Master Scholar: Orange Dye
      • Master Scholar: Pumpkin-orange Wall Paint
  • Elder Field
    • Juicy Elderberry
      • Master Scholar: Lavendar Wall Paint
      • Supreme Scholar: Purple Dye
• Vegetables
  • Blackberry Field
    • Juicy Blackberry
      • Expert Scholar: Violet Dye
      • Artisan Scholar: 'Shore Glimpse' Painting
  • Blackberry Honey
    • Artisan Cook: Honey Roasted Chicken

Supreme (All fields drop Sprig of Wooly Mint, used by Supreme cooks)

• Vegetables
  • Tea Field
    • Young Tea Leaf
      • Supreme Cook: Cup of White Tea
    • Fine Tea Leaf
      • Supreme Cook: Cup of Green Tea
    • Perfect Tea Leaf
      • Supreme Cook: Cup of Black Tea

Well thanks, i´ve been doing some flowers... and i got nothing (although i only made 12 of each)

If i made a lot of them i guess i´ll get those scholar stuff... but, are they worht for me, if i sell them in the AH, will i get more money than the one i´ve spent while farming?

Some flowers are also necessary to make dyes. Check your scholar recipes. The "bonus" items that drop when grinding flowers are what's required. vendor the flowers, use the crit items.

The thing is: Will i make a money selling them in the AH?

Because i spent a lot of money farming a lot of flowers to get barely crit items...

You really won't make any money selling the regular flowers on the Auction House (sorry for the late response)

If you sell the flowers back to the vendor you will make back your cost (for seed, water, crit dirt and repairs) plus a little profit. I generally plant 30 fields and have a 10-20% crit return (Of course, if the random number generator hates me, that % goes down. If it is a lucky night, it can go up too!)

My return so far was approximately 1 petal per 5 fields, which isn't bad at all

Originally Posted by katarsis

My return so far was approximately 1 petal per 5 fields, which isn't bad at all

This is about what I've seen as well. I always use the crit soil when I plant, but I don't know if that improves the crit chance or not.

Nah... i decided long ago that i will keep farming vegetables, they are useful, and my cook uses them, so why would i grow flowers just for critics to sell in the AH?

I guess that if some scholar asks me to grow them (rare, because scholars are farmers too) i will, but at the moment, i stoped farming them.

Thanks anyway

Hi - depending on server, but yes you'll make good money on farm scholar crits - especially juicy strawberries (sold one recently for 500s) and Bluebottle/Lilly-of-the-Valley/Armaranth petals.

But, unless you're levelling Farming, you're best bet is to keep with the core sellers (barleys, leeks and carrots are all very good AH sellers).

Originally Posted by GunnyFarr

Hi - depending on server, but yes you'll make good money on farm scholar crits - especially juicy strawberries (sold one recently for 500s) and Bluebottle/Lilly-of-the-Valley/Armaranth petals.

But, unless you're levelling Farming, you're best bet is to keep with the core sellers (barleys, leeks and carrots are all very good AH sellers).

Really? How much do the Barley's and such go for on your AH?

Winter Barley is needed for a lot of tier IV-VI recipes. It's not essential, but close. Probably the best thing to farm, whether you are farming for profit or pleasure (cooking).