Primordial Orchid

Primordial Orchid

Type

Resource node

Requires

Orichalcum Logging Axe

Gives

Fire Orchid Blossom
Empyreal Fragment
Unbound Magic

Interact

Yes

Destructible

No

Primordial Orchids are resource nodes primarily found in the explorable zone of Draconis Mons. They can be found in other maps after completing A Henge Away from Home.

Gathering results

• Fire Orchid Blossom
• Empyreal Fragment (1-10) (guaranteed)
• Unbound Magic (4-10) (guaranteed)
• Fire Orchid Seed with Sprouting the Druid Stone or A Henge Away from Home active or completed
• Albino Orchid Blossom (Only if the collection Draconis Mons Master is active)

Home instance

Each of three strikes yields:

• chance at Fire Orchid Seed with Sprouting the Druid Stone or A Henge Away from Home active or completed
• Fire Orchid Blossom (guaranteed)
• Empyreal Fragment (1-3) (guaranteed)
  • Ruined Log (guaranteed) (replaces Empyreal if a lesser tool is used)
• Unbound Magic (4-6) (guaranteed) (none if a lesser tool is used)

Locations

Ascalon

• Black Citadel
  • Hero's Canton

Janthir

• Hearth's Glow

Kryta

• Divinity's Reach
  • Salma District

Maguuma Jungle

• Mount Maelstrom
  • Dierdre's Steps
• Rata Sum
  • Applied Development Lab
• The Grove
  • Dreamer's Terrace

Maguuma Wastes

• Dry Top
  • Uplands Oasis

Ring of Fire

• Draconis Mons
  • Ancient Hollow
  • Eastern Boiling Sea
  • Golemancer's Tomb
  • Heathen's Hold
  • Mariner Landing
  • Rata Arcanum
  • Savage Rise
  • Scalding Gorge
  • Western Boiling Sea
  • Wind Rider Ledge

Ruins of Orr

• Cursed Shore
  • Cathedral of Verdance

Shiverpeak Mountains

• Hoelbrak
  • Hunter's Hearth

Notes

• Primordial Orchids can only be obtained once a day per account. There may be an additional cooldown on top of the daily reset depending on the time the Primordial Orchids were last obtained (reported to occurr when last obtained within +/- 6 hours before reset, after which a separate cooldown of +/- 20-22 hours is applied).
• There are at least 48 Primordial Orchid nodes scattered around Draconis Mons.
• The Primordial Orchids outside of Draconis Mons are only available to players after planting Fire Orchid Seeds as part of the related achievements.
• The Fire Orchid Node can be used to unlock a node inside a player's home instance which yields 3 blossoms daily.
  • Logging that node with a logging axe of lesser quality^{[verification requested]} will give ruined materials instead of the Empyreal Fragments, but will still yield the Fire Orchid Blossoms.

Anomaly:

If you do not have Heart of Thorns, you can harvest a Primordial Orchid in another player's home instance, but you will not receive Unbound Magic.

Trivia

• The Primordial Orchids appear to be modeled after Renantheras, a genus of Vandaceous orchids.