Rainbow of the Ground: Aniimo chapter 5 story and walkthrough

At a glance

• Where: the Mistwoods, Echoback Landing, the Russet Highlands, then the Tideblossom Coast.
• How it starts: talk to Velouria at the end of chapter 4. Her reward comes at a price: recreating an ancient perfume.
• Prerequisites: three gates, listed in the FAQ (up to level 50 and Grade III Wayfarer).
• Sections: Ancient Sacred Fragrance · Rainbow of the Ground · A New Journey.
• Characters: Sunia and Snowy, Nicole, Velouria, Irelia, Aeolus (as a voice), Elder Jaeger.
• Rewards: Safaris, Irisalis Petals, Growth Fruit, Credits, Aniimo EXP, Aniipod Megas and, right at the end, an Irisalis Armlet.

1. Ancient Sacred Fragrance

Velouria agrees to take you to Irelia, but she wants her price: recreating an ancient recipe once offered to the Aeons. Each color in it stands for a quality of the land, and you have to find the matching ingredients. Sunia remembers seeing similar symbols in the Elder’s notes.

• Green, the scent of growth and revival: head for the Mistwoods and its black truffles. Hummins dig them up and bring them to the surface, but you need the biggest one: it is hidden near the legendary Tucking, an Omega Tuckin you have to defeat.
• Blue, the scent of change and acceptance: head for Echoback Landing, for Echoback Salt gathered from the whale bones. There you meet a very old Sherro. Once defeated, it calmly accepts its end, entrusts you with its shell sword for the next Sherro and hands you a salt crystal before returning to the stars.
• Red, the scent of courage and hope: head for the Russet Highlands, the most dangerous region on the continent, for the Flameheart Stone at the summit. You first need to complete the quest Warrior, which opens the way to the summit and to what the Infergon guards there.

With every blended fragrance, Aeolus’s voice tells a piece of Irelia’s past: the young flower determined to gather every color, the journey she began from this shore with a Somniwing, the challenge she took on at the mountain’s summit. Once the recipe is complete, Sunia blends the Aeon incense at the Perfume Workshop, and the memories show the Vein fracturing. Velouria finally admits it: what Bloomville calls the Bloom Festival is Irelia giving her colors back to the land.

Step by step

1. Talk to Velouria to receive the ancient recipe.
2. Mistwoods: search for the Super Truffle, defeat Tucking, then give it to Sunia.
3. Echoback Landing: gather Echoback Salt from the whale bones, defeat the aging Sherro for the spice, then give the salt to Sunia.
4. Russet Highlands: complete the prerequisite quest [Warrior], take the Flameheart Stone at the summit, then talk to Sunia.
5. Bring the ingredients back to Velouria, then watch Sunia create the Aeon incense at the Perfume Workshop. You receive a Secret Incense.
6. Talk to Velouria again: she will wait for you where Irelia is.

Section rewards: 1,200 Safaris, 2 Irisalis Petals, 10 Growth Fruit, 50,000 Credits, 7,200 Aniimo EXP, 10 Aniipod Megas.

2. Rainbow of the Ground

On the Tideblossom Coast, a sea of flowers as beautiful as Bloomville’s, but empty of Aniimo: Velouria’s barrier was protecting Irelia’s sleep. Once it lifts, the landscape turns gray. The energy loss is far worse than it should be, and even Velouria cannot explain it. Sunia, marked by colorlessness, cannot come closer and waits outside.

In front of the Amethyst Tree, a second barrier blocks the way. Velouria has you sprinkle perfume on the small flowers grown from Irelia’s roots: the Vein answers and opens the path. Inside, everything is dark and the energy feels wrong. You then find three mechanisms devouring Irelia’s colors. Destroy them, and she wakes up.

Irelia explains: about ten days earlier, black-robed figures caught her off guard with a strange stone cube and trapped her in a false Prismana vision — that is why she missed the festival. She also explains what she has been doing for a century: every time she returns her colors to the land, she merges a little more with the Vein, and the energy drain slows down. This time is the last: afterwards the Vein will be mended. She promises Velouria they will travel together again when she wakes, then dances one final time. The flowers bloom, Prismana lights up the sky, and Irelia turns into petals that drift down into the Vein.

Step by step

1. Head to the Tideblossom Coast to visit Irelia.
2. Follow Velouria toward the Amethyst Tree and check what is wrong.
3. Sprinkle the fragrance in front of the seedlings to open the barrier, then enter the tree.
4. Investigate Irelia’s condition, break the three mechanisms, then talk to her.
5. Witness Irelia’s last dance.

Section rewards: 2,000 Safaris, 2 Irisalis Petals, 10 Growth Fruit, 50,000 Credits, 8,000 Aniimo EXP.

3. A New Journey

The land is healed, and BINI records a special Prismana Flow. Velouria warns you: the Vein will hold for decades, so Irelia will not be back any time soon. In Bloomville, the whole village sets off to offer flowers on the Tideblossom Coast; as Elder Jaeger sees it, the festival may no longer have a fixed date, and every day could become a way of saying thank you.

Sunia, for her part, is packing: perfumers traditionally leave to gather ingredients after the festival, but what she really wants is to find out whether she truly loves perfume-making. She is going off to learn to paint, and she fully intends to teach Snowy how to blend. Before leaving, Velouria studies the seedling growing straight out of the Vein: an Aniimo recognized by the Vein becomes a Guardian of the land, and Irelia is no longer a mere Irisalis. Your companion can feel the Vein flowing again — and points out that the black-robed figures who attacked Irelia are the ones who took its counterpart.

Step by step

1. Talk to Nicole among the flowers, then head back to Bloomville.
2. Go to the perfumery to look for Sunia, then meet her on the plaza to say goodbye.
3. While you are there, chat with the villagers, Elder Jaeger and Velouria: each of them comments on the village’s new life.

Section rewards: 1,600 Safaris, 2 Irisalis Petals, 10 Growth Fruit, 50,000 Credits, 10,400 Aniimo EXP, 20 Aniipod Megas, 1 Irisalis Armlet.

Characters you meet

• Irelia: Bloomville’s Irisalis, who has been restoring the Vein for a hundred years.
• Velouria: the Somniwing, who kept her sleep safe behind a barrier.
• Sunia and Snowy: the perfumer and her Iris, setting out for new horizons.
• Nicole: she wraps up the expedition’s investigation with you.
• Aeolus: his voice accompanies every fragrance you blend.
• Elder Jaeger and the villagers: they reinvent the Bloom Festival.

What’s next?

A related scene in front of Bloomville’s statue brings Aeolus’s voice back: Irelia has indeed become a Guardian, and she will wake one day among the flowers. The seedling at the Amethyst Tree, meanwhile, opens the Fragrant Dream chapters. For the next steps of the black-robed plot, follow the Institute’s assessments in Veinwalker Assessment, and read the whole story in the Aniimo story summary.

Read next

• Aniimo story summary Story and quests
• Fragrant Dream Journey

All of Aniimo’s story and quests

Frequently asked questions

What levels do you need to finish Aniimo chapter 5?

The progress objectives list three gates: Elite Training Chapter 2, level 35 and Grade III Student to start the hunt for the spices; Chapter 4, level 45 and Grade II Wayfarer before the Russet Highlands; Chapter 5, level 50 and Grade III Wayfarer for the final section.

Where do you find the three spices of the ancient recipe?

The green one, the scent of life, comes from the Super Truffle in the Mistwoods, guarded by the legendary Tucking. The blue one, the scent of acceptance, comes from Echoback Salt at Echoback Landing. The red one, the scent of courage, comes from the Flameheart Stone at the summit of the Russet Highlands.

What happens to Irelia in the end?

After a final dance that makes the flowers bloom and Prismana shine, she merges completely with the Vein. Velouria explains that an Aniimo recognized by the Vein becomes a Guardian of the land, and that Irelia will sleep for a very long time.