My Honest Guide/FAQ To Watering Dried Flowers for Memories
My Honest Guide/FAQ To Watering Dried Flowers for Memories
Hello Dreamers! I recently completely my last collection for the game, and it was tedious, satisfying, yet painful! For players who care to finish this memory task, I hope my maps, technique, and FAQ help you!
Q: What are Dried Flowers?
A: They are the existing biome flowers that become black and dusty! They can be watered by using a Royal Watering Can. When cleared, they yield either a Memory Shard or nothing. You cannot pick up the flower until it has been watered, but don't pick it up if you are trying to complete the collection!
Q: Why do we care?
A: They give you memory orbs to complete a puzzle. If you want to complete 'Dried Flowers' collection, then you'll want to water it. Memories from Dried Flowers are the hardest collection, let alone activity, to complete in the game. It's the only game mechanic that is non-deterministic. No amount of grinding will help you get the orbs to get 100% Memories. Why? Getting a dried flower and a memory piece depends on 3 things: Persistence, Timing, and Luck. Flowers
Q: How many are there?
A: There are 10 puzzles consisting of 10 pieces each. You'll need to gather 100 orbs to complete it.
Q: Flowers spawn randomly all over the biome. How can we easily discover them?
A: This is the tricky part. You need a strategy to identify them quickly. Fortunately for you, many players have shared their tactics to efficiently find them. Part of this strategy requires you to organize biome-specific flowers in a patch. You can do so by picking up the flowers and droping them in one spot. Alternatively, if you care about presentation, you can also go into furniture mode and move them to your desired position.
Q: When do they appear?
A: Dried flowers may appear daily at 5am (local time) and 0-4 will spawn in one random biome (located in the Valley or any purchased expansion). Dried flowers will not appear if it is raining.
Q: I have my flower patch. I logged on and first thing I did was check. They are never dry, what gives?
A: This is the challenging part. While dried flowers could generate daily, there are other factors that come into play. Timing is key; the valley does not wait for you. As stated elsewhere, dried flowers will not appear if it is raining. This means if it is raining at 5:00 am, then you are out of luck for the day. If it isn't raining, then you're in luck! Run/port to all your patch locations and see if you have any. Be warned, there have been bugs in the past where flowers do not take the appearance of being dried out. If that bug is identified, just water your plants anyway, they won't hate you for the extra TLC.
Q: Can you share your strategy?
A: Of course! I've been getting a lot of great tips from the community so my strategy is made up of their great ideas infused with mine.
I created maps for you to set up your patches. I paired a wishing well with each flower patch (not all biomes will require flowers). You can run or port, but I find porting the fastest option. In the map, I identify the flowers need for each patch, quantity included (that worked for me - may have extras), and the path I take to check each area. I tried to make it as efficient as possible; it may not be perfect for everyone, but it worked for me.
Q: How long does it take to you check each morning?
A: Less than 10 minutes across 4 lands (Base, Rift in Time, Storybook Vale, and Wishblossom Ranch). It can be quicker, but I water at every station because of paranoia (due to the bug Gameloft introduced awhile back --Thanks, Gameloft!). The timing and difficulty will grow as the number of new expansions increase.
Q: How many will I get?
A: You could find 0 to 4 dried flowers in a biome group. Each dried flower doesn't guarantee you an orb. You could get lucky and get get 1, sometimes 2, and rarely 3; 4 is super rare (I've only gotten 4 once).
Q: What's the drop rate frequency?
A: It's completely randomized so you can get one every day or none for days. I've had occasions where I would be without a drop for 5 days. That said, I would get multiples on a day to make up, so averaging one every every 2 days.
Q: How long did it take you to complete the Memory collection?
A: It took 6 months of checking daily at 5 am. If you're an early bird, like me, that isn't a huge deal, but for others, it probably is. This is the requirement that makes this task rough.
Q: I'm an active player, but my schedule doesn't work with the 5 am rush. How long do you think it would take me to complete it?
A: If you're an active player and you consistenly check for dried flowers on logon (hopefully mornings), then I'd say it would take about a year or so.
Q: I'm a casual player, how long do you think it would take me to complete it?
A: It doesn't look good. Maybe email Gameloft and request a change in mechanic.
Q: Was it worth it?
A: Hmm, good question. Probably not, lol! But if you are a completionist like myself, it can be oddly satisfying.
Q: Is there a shortcut?
A: There was a hack a long time ago where you could plant flowers inside a home and it would give you orbs immediately on watering. The developers fixed this early on so it isn't in the game today.
There is another shortcut I'm aware of, but wasn't able to try as I had already completed the quest. If you are in the process of leveling Beast, the quest 'A Gift in Crimson' requires you to water flowers in the "Beauty and the Beast' realm. Supposedly, you can keep watering them to get the orbs while not finishing the quest. If anyone has more info on this, please respond in the comments and elaborate for others! Thanks!
Q: Why did you make this guide?
A: Honestly, this is a very painful task. I don't think it's a good mechanic as it completely luck-based and can grow more challenging over time. Hopefully, for the completionists out there, this helps! I hope Gameloft makes it easier for everybody. I suggest they keep dried flowers located on the base game only (not expansions) and apply a reasonable timer/cooldown (every 24 hours?) without a 'no rain' requirement.
That's it! I hope this helps someone as crazy I was! Kudos to the players that have completed this already. You have my admiration!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Any additional information that could make this guide valuable to others, please share and we can add it!
Happy Adventuring!