tapestry shred, what does it do? - Guild Wars Forums

Tsunami · Apr 17, 2005, 10:11 PM // 22:11

So i bought gwen a flute, a cape, and have been giving her flowers non-stop (around 10 or so). On my other character, she gave me the tapestry shred right after i gave her the cape. Does the tapestry shred do anything? I know it's a quest item but is it essential? Should I keep spending time looking for red iris flowers to give her? Any help would be much appreciated.

Ignotus · Apr 18, 2005, 12:21 AM // 00:21

I've never seen the tapestry shred. I've never had the money to buy her the cape either. I gave her a new flute and 1 flower and she now follows me around occasionally healing me.

Sausaletus Rex · Apr 18, 2005, 03:26 AM // 03:26

I've run through this a bnuch of different ways. Giving Gwen flowers and then a cape. Cape and then flowers. Flowers and then a cape and then some more flowers. I can't discern the pattern yet. Nor have I found a use for the Tapestry Shard.

What I do know:
-Giving Gwen a Flute (4G at any Outfitter) will cause her to periodically heal you for 20 health when you take damage.
-You can buy a cape for 200G and give that to her, too.
-You can give her flowers which sell for 5G at a merchant.
-After she's "happy" enough she'll give you a Tapestry Shard. If you have any flowers or a cape you'll have to a)give them to her or b)drop them before she'll give you the shard.

Spooky · Apr 18, 2005, 03:37 AM // 03:37

I have spent more hours in the tutorial than any sane person ever would, doing every quest I could conceivably find .. and yet .. i've never figured out what the Tapestry is for, either. I guess it's just there for effect / story telling purposes.

Tsunami · Apr 18, 2005, 06:49 AM // 06:49

thanks for the info. spooky, like you i spent an insane amount of time in pre-searing ascalon. two level nine pre-searing characters can attest to that.

though i still haven't found the combination of what makes gwen happy. there's just too many variables (profession might have something to do with it?) so i decided to just forget trying to attain the shred.

thanks for all the help and information though, i appreciate it.

Elfis · Apr 18, 2005, 07:40 AM // 07:40

I just gave her 10 flowers and that made her happy enough to give tapestry. Don't know what it does.

Sograth the Grey · Apr 18, 2005, 07:43 AM // 07:43

All I've found that the red flowers are good for is easy money and giving to Gwen. They are everywhere. Tho I did notice they weren't so many of them this weekend. In pre sear they are worth 5gp each but in post sear they are only worth 1 gp each. As for the tapestry I never found a use for it either and ended up dropping it in post sear. It seems none of the quest items from pre sear are worth anything in post sear.

rithien · Apr 18, 2005, 11:13 AM // 11:13

does gwen say anything when she gives the tapestry shred? maybe you have to give it to her mother when you meet her in the underworld... but that's just a wild guess...

Kityn · Apr 18, 2005, 08:28 PM // 20:28

There is also a broken flute of gwens in post searing Ascalon. Maybe the tapestry and that broken flute are part of a future quest that has yet to be uncovered?

Scaper-X · Apr 21, 2005, 11:05 PM // 23:05

I was under the impression that the broken flute in post-Searing was just to suggest that Gwen died.

...then again, maybe she just moved on to the saxophone.
-- Scaper-X

Xellos · Apr 21, 2005, 11:48 PM // 23:48

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Originally Posted by rithien

does gwen say anything when she gives the tapestry shred? maybe you have to give it to her mother when you meet her in the underworld... but that's just a wild guess...

Anyone willing to test it? I would but I don't have it.

EDIT: I'm a moron, for a brief second, I forgot about retail.

OrangeArrow · Apr 22, 2005, 12:14 AM // 00:14

Well This might be off track but I think I saw in Ashford someone Named Sarah i think this was on my charcather that I Bought her the flute didnt think much of it cause I thought it was Just an NPC and didnt have an quest Icon. Dont I went to the underworld via the temple of ages and I Found out gwen's mom is named Sarah maybe you can do something with the shred i Ashford that or you give it to someone in the underworld.

I'm thinking in pre-searing if you give her enough something will appear somewhere maybe Sarah in Ashford. I'm really not sure didn't have time to experiemnt but you have to think 200 gold for a little girls cape there has to be something special about it

Starsky-sama · Apr 22, 2005, 04:00 PM // 16:00

hmmm. did you guys/gals buy the cape for 200g before you got the tapestry.

cuz the only things i gave gwen were a few flowers/broken flute and let her follow me at diff times and ones she suddenly gave me the tapestry after i gave here a flower, w/o buying her the new cape...but she didnt heal me at any of the times she followed me either. weird. i guess her info is still a mystery if you get into specifics of her story.

It would be a nice hidden/secret side quest to get the tapestry from pre-sear and in order to complete it, u need to give it to someone after academy.
also. I havent read much on her story, but is gwen dead or alive or whats happened to her after pre-sear...cuz it would be funny to see her after pre-sear all grown up which then u can give her the tapestry and she remembers you and rewards you with a "useful" item/weapon?

side note: anyone else get distracted when your fighting and she prances around saying like a paragraph(s) of info about ppl/parents....it makes my eyes get away from the fighting, to just read them....quite funny...

Ren Falconhand · Apr 22, 2005, 04:47 PM // 16:47

This my sound like a newbie what where is the underworld via the temple of ages is it in Pre-sear because I thought I have explored all of that place. If it is in post-sear then I did not spend as much time there as I wanted to.

Badenstein · Apr 22, 2005, 05:14 PM // 17:14

i just gave her 5 or 6 flowers and she gave me the tapestry.

Midnight Scorpion · Apr 22, 2005, 05:52 PM // 17:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrangeArrow

Dont I went to the underworld via the temple of ages and I Found out gwen's mom is named Sarah

Gwen told me her mom's name was Sarah lol

Maybe we can use Tapestry Shreds to decorate our guild halls!

Richard · May 04, 2005, 06:32 PM // 18:32

OK, I ran into Sarah a while ago in Ashford Village. She just stated she needed Myrtle Weed. After getting the Tapestry Shred I went back and she's gone!

iczer · May 04, 2005, 07:01 PM // 19:01

I was kind of hoping that towards the end game you would run into Gwen again all grown up (years later obviously) and the tapestry would come in useful at that point. I banked mine just in case.

- Iczer

Soul Monarch · May 04, 2005, 07:09 PM // 19:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard

OK, I ran into Sarah a while ago in Ashford Village. She just stated she needed Myrtle Weed. After getting the Tapestry Shred I went back and she's gone!

Isn't Gwen a bit young to be getting into "Myrtle Weed?"

She's obviously fallen in with the wrong crowd...

iczer · May 04, 2005, 07:20 PM // 19:20

Gwen's mom needed the weed, not Gwen.

- Iczer

Apr 17, 2005, 10:11 PM // 22:11	#1
Tsunami Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005	tapestry shred, what does it do? So i bought gwen a flute, a cape, and have been giving her flowers non-stop (around 10 or so). On my other character, she gave me the tapestry shred right after i gave her the cape. Does the tapestry shred do anything? I know it's a quest item but is it essential? Should I keep spending time looking for red iris flowers to give her? Any help would be much appreciated.

Apr 18, 2005, 03:26 AM // 03:26	#3
Sausaletus Rex Death From Above Join Date: Dec 2004	I've run through this a bnuch of different ways. Giving Gwen flowers and then a cape. Cape and then flowers. Flowers and then a cape and then some more flowers. I can't discern the pattern yet. Nor have I found a use for the Tapestry Shard. What I do know: -Giving Gwen a Flute (4G at any Outfitter) will cause her to periodically heal you for 20 health when you take damage. -You can buy a cape for 200G and give that to her, too. -You can give her flowers which sell for 5G at a merchant. -After she's "happy" enough she'll give you a Tapestry Shard. If you have any flowers or a cape you'll have to a)give them to her or b)drop them before she'll give you the shard. __________________ In my day, we didn't have virtual reality. If a one-eyed razorback barbarian warrior was chasing you with an ax, you just had to hope you could outrun him.

Apr 18, 2005, 06:49 AM // 06:49	#5
Tsunami Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005	thanks thanks for the info. spooky, like you i spent an insane amount of time in pre-searing ascalon. two level nine pre-searing characters can attest to that. though i still haven't found the combination of what makes gwen happy. there's just too many variables (profession might have something to do with it?) so i decided to just forget trying to attain the shred. thanks for all the help and information though, i appreciate it.

Apr 22, 2005, 12:14 AM // 00:14	#12
OrangeArrow Flame Bait Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mass Profession: Mo/Me	Well This might be off track but I think I saw in Ashford someone Named Sarah i think this was on my charcather that I Bought her the flute didnt think much of it cause I thought it was Just an NPC and didnt have an quest Icon. Dont I went to the underworld via the temple of ages and I Found out gwen's mom is named Sarah maybe you can do something with the shred i Ashford that or you give it to someone in the underworld. I'm thinking in pre-searing if you give her enough something will appear somewhere maybe Sarah in Ashford. I'm really not sure didn't have time to experiemnt but you have to think 200 gold for a little girls cape there has to be something special about it Last edited by OrangeArrow; Apr 22, 2005 at 12:16 AM // 00:16..

May 04, 2005, 06:32 PM // 18:32	#17
Richard Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2005	Sarah OK, I ran into Sarah a while ago in Ashford Village. She just stated she needed Myrtle Weed. After getting the Tapestry Shred I went back and she's gone!

Apr 18, 2005, 12:21 AM // 00:21	#2
Ignotus Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2005 Guild: Parliament of Rooks Profession: W/Mo	I've never seen the tapestry shred. I've never had the money to buy her the cape either. I gave her a new flute and 1 flower and she now follows me around occasionally healing me.

Apr 18, 2005, 03:37 AM // 03:37	#4
Spooky Bokusatsu Tenshi Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bellevue, WA Guild: KEA Profession: E/Mo	I have spent more hours in the tutorial than any sane person ever would, doing every quest I could conceivably find .. and yet .. i've never figured out what the Tapestry is for, either. I guess it's just there for effect / story telling purposes.

Apr 18, 2005, 07:40 AM // 07:40	#6
Elfis Academy Page Join Date: Apr 2005	I just gave her 10 flowers and that made her happy enough to give tapestry. Don't know what it does.

Apr 18, 2005, 07:43 AM // 07:43	#7
Sograth the Grey Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mercer Pennsylvania	All I've found that the red flowers are good for is easy money and giving to Gwen. They are everywhere. Tho I did notice they weren't so many of them this weekend. In pre sear they are worth 5gp each but in post sear they are only worth 1 gp each. As for the tapestry I never found a use for it either and ended up dropping it in post sear. It seems none of the quest items from pre sear are worth anything in post sear.

Apr 18, 2005, 11:13 AM // 11:13	#8
rithien Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2005	does gwen say anything when she gives the tapestry shred? maybe you have to give it to her mother when you meet her in the underworld... but that's just a wild guess...

Apr 18, 2005, 08:28 PM // 20:28	#9
Kityn Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan Guild: Heroes of the Horn [HoH] Profession: N/	There is also a broken flute of gwens in post searing Ascalon. Maybe the tapestry and that broken flute are part of a future quest that has yet to be uncovered?

Apr 21, 2005, 11:05 PM // 23:05	#10
Scaper-X Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Custom Title: Ninja Filmmaker Guild: Agony Guild [Agny] Profession: W/Mo	I was under the impression that the broken flute in post-Searing was just to suggest that Gwen died. ...then again, maybe she just moved on to the saxophone. -- Scaper-X

Apr 22, 2005, 04:00 PM // 16:00	#13
Starsky-sama Forge Runner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Land of the Z Chest \o/ Guild: [NOT]-Nomads of Turmoil. Profession: W/	hmmm. did you guys/gals buy the cape for 200g before you got the tapestry. cuz the only things i gave gwen were a few flowers/broken flute and let her follow me at diff times and ones she suddenly gave me the tapestry after i gave here a flower, w/o buying her the new cape...but she didnt heal me at any of the times she followed me either. weird. i guess her info is still a mystery if you get into specifics of her story. It would be a nice hidden/secret side quest to get the tapestry from pre-sear and in order to complete it, u need to give it to someone after academy. also. I havent read much on her story, but is gwen dead or alive or whats happened to her after pre-sear...cuz it would be funny to see her after pre-sear all grown up which then u can give her the tapestry and she remembers you and rewards you with a "useful" item/weapon? side note: anyone else get distracted when your fighting and she prances around saying like a paragraph(s) of info about ppl/parents....it makes my eyes get away from the fighting, to just read them....quite funny...

Apr 22, 2005, 04:47 PM // 16:47	#14
Ren Falconhand Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Passed out on my Keyboard from lack of sleep from playing GW too much Guild: The Harpers Profession: R/Mo	This my sound like a newbie what where is the underworld via the temple of ages is it in Pre-sear because I thought I have explored all of that place. If it is in post-sear then I did not spend as much time there as I wanted to.

Apr 22, 2005, 05:14 PM // 17:14	#15
Badenstein Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio	i just gave her 5 or 6 flowers and she gave me the tapestry.

May 04, 2005, 07:01 PM // 19:01	#18
iczer Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2005	I was kind of hoping that towards the end game you would run into Gwen again all grown up (years later obviously) and the tapestry would come in useful at that point. I banked mine just in case. - Iczer

May 04, 2005, 07:20 PM // 19:20	#20
iczer Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2005	Gwen's mom needed the weed, not Gwen. - Iczer