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Rainbow of the Ground walkthrough: Aniimo chapter 5

Chapter 5 closes the main story and it is the longest stretch of gated content in the game. Ancient Sacred Fragrance sends you across three regions for the three spices of the Aeon incense, and it checks your level twice on the way: once at Pathfinder Level 35 to start, again at Level 45 in the middle. Rainbow of the Ground then wants Level 50 and Wayfarer III before Tideblossom Coast will let you in. Three quests, 30 tracked objectives, and the Irisalis Armlet at the end of it.

IntermediateStoryBy AniimoVerse11 min read387 reads
3quests30tracked objectives150,000CreditsLv 50final level gate
01

What happens in chapter 5

Three quests, and they are three different jobs. The first is an errand across three regions with two level gates buried in it, the second is one instanced run at Tideblossom Coast, and the third is a walk through town with nothing in it that can fail.

Show the plot

Velouria hands over the Ancient Spice Recipe and Sunia needs the ingredients. Three regions, three spices, one incense, and then the walk to Tideblossom Coast where the colours have drained out of the ground.

Ancient Sacred Fragrance is the errand. The Mistwoods holds the fragrance of life, Echoback Landing holds the incense of tolerance, and the Russet Highlands hold the incense of courage. Two of the three are taken off a field boss; the third is behind a separate quest line entirely, which is where most people stall.

Rainbow of the Ground takes the finished incense to the Amethyst Tree. Irelia is failing, the seedlings will not open, and three mechanisms inside the tree have to be broken before she wakes. What she does next is the last Bloom Festival anyone will see.

A New Journey is the walk home. Bloomville is in full bloom, Sunia and Snowy are packing for their own road, and the main story signs off with the Irisalis Armlet.

Requires
Pathfinder Level 35Student III titleElite Training Chapter 2
Regions
Breezy Plains, Tideblossom Coast
Quests
3
Rewards
150,000 Credits, 25,600 Aniimo EXP, 4,800 Safaris, 30 Growth Fruit
Clearing this chapter opens a weekly event source: Finishing Rainbow of the Ground unlocks Memory: The Faded Rainbow, a solo rematch with Irelia that pays Irisalis Petals into the Legendary Journey. Break the Fire, Grass and Water mechanisms, defeat Irelia, then spend 50 Primegy per chest, up to 2 chests a week. Each chest pays 3 Irisalis Petals, 250 Safaris, 20 Windborn Stamps and 50,000 Credits. It is the only repeating Petal source tied to the story, and the weekly limit clears every Monday at 04:00. The event calendar has the stage dates and the reset timers page has the clock.
02

Both gates inside Ancient Sacred Fragrance

Every other story quest checks your level once. This one checks twice, and the second check lands after you have already handed over two of the three spices, so it reads like a bug rather than a gate. It is not. The quest is split into a first half and a second half with ten levels between them.

The three story gates in chapter 5, in the order you meet them.
WherePathfinder LevelTitleElite Training
Ancient Sacred Fragrance, to start35Student IIIChapter 2 complete
Ancient Sacred Fragrance, mid-quest45Wayfarer IIChapter 4 complete
Rainbow of the Ground50Wayfarer IIIChapter Five complete
Three promotion assessments sit inside one chapter: Student III, Wayfarer II and Wayfarer III are three separate duels in the Growth Story line, and each one has its own Elite Training chapter behind it. Plan chapter 5 as a project rather than a session: clear the spice legs you can reach, take the assessment that is next, then come back. The title gates table lists the cap each title allows.
Every spice step also closes an Elite Training required course worth 100 Sparkling Crystal.
Story stepElite Training course
Obtain the Super TruffleChapter 3, Venture deep into the Mistwoods
Search Echoback Landing for saltChapter 4, Go to Echoback Landing and search for salt
Give the Flameheart Stone to SuniaChapter 5, Obtain the Flameheart Stone and give it to Sunia
Witness the rainbow of the groundChapter 6, Witness the rainbow of the ground
The story pays for the gate that blocks it: Those four courses hand over 400 Sparkling Crystal between them and push the Elite Training chapters the next gate is waiting on, so doing the story in order is also the fastest way through the requirement. The Elite Training guide lists the rest of each chapter.
Elite Training Required Courses list showing the Flameheart Stone course beside reward tiles and a 129 of 180 badge track
The Flameheart Stone step appears in the Elite Training list as a required course, which is why the two systems clear each other.
03

Ancient Sacred Fragrance

Where this happens

  1. Talk to Velouria and take the recipe

    The quest opens on the conversation that closed chapter 4 in Lumenfly Valley. Take it, then check the gate before you travel: Pathfinder Level 35, the Student III title and a cleared Elite Training Chapter 2.

  2. Go to the Mistwoods and find the fragrance of life

    The Mistwoods runs a level band of 35 to 37, so the gate leaves you exactly at the bottom of it. Follow the marker to the entrance rather than cutting through the trees.

  3. Defeat Tuckin and take the Super Truffle

    Tuckin is the evolved form of the Hummin you caught in the prologue, and this one is placed by the quest rather than roaming. It is Grass, so Fire, Wind and Dark all land 1.6x and a Grass partner of your own is cut to 0.625x. The objective line spells the name Tucking, which is the same Aniimo.

  4. Give the Super Truffle to Sunia

    Sunia takes the spice at the marker. The Super Truffle sits in your bag until you hand it over, so the step survives a logout.

  5. Go to Echoback Landing for the incense of tolerance

    Echoback Landing runs a level band of 36 to 40. The objective reads as a search, but it resolves to a single Aniimo, so do not spend time sweeping the region for a pickup.

  6. Defeat Sherro and take the Echoback Salt

    Sherro is Water. Electric, Grass and Ice hit it for 1.6x, and Fire, Earth and Water are cut to 0.625x. The Sherro spawn pins show where else the species sits in the region. Winning this fight also completes the Journey Clue Clue: The Aging Sherro.

  7. Give the salt to Sunia

    The Echoback Salt goes back to the same marker. This is where the quest re-checks you: Pathfinder Level 45, the Wayfarer II title and a cleared Elite Training Chapter 4.

  8. Go to the Russet Highlands for the incense of courage

    The Russet Highlands run 45 to 50, which is the band the second gate drops you into. The marker points at the search area, not at the spice.

  9. Complete the quest Warrior to earn the Flameheart Stone

    This is the step that stalls people. The Flameheart Stone is not a drop and not a pickup: the objective waits on the Warrior quest from the Journey chapter The Legend of Helmuts and Helgons, which starts with the painter Sorora in the Russet Highlands. Open the Log, switch to the Journey tab and clear Warrior, and the story objective completes itself.

  10. Take everything back to the Bloomville perfumery

    Sunia crafts the Aeon incense at the perfumery in Bloomville and the scene runs through the memories Aeolus left in it. Talk to Velouria afterwards to close the quest. Ancient Sacred Fragrance adds four Archival Chip pages to the Codex: Ancient Fragrance Formula, A Home with No Color, The Irisalis’s Choice and An Awakening Every Ten Years.

Quest log objectives

  1. TalkTalk to Velouria.
  2. GoGo to the Mistwoods entrance and search for the fragrance of life.
  3. TalkGive the Super Truffle to Sunia.
  4. GoGo to Echoback Landing and search for the Incense of Tolerance.
  5. TalkGive the salt to Sunia.
  6. GoGo to the Russet Highlands and search for the Incense of Courage.
  7. StorySearch for the incense of courage and complete the quest [Warrior].
  8. TalkTalk to Sunia.
  9. GoThe ingredients are ready. It's time to visit Velouria.
  10. TalkWatch Sunia create the Aeon incense.
  11. GoGather the Incense of Tolerance at Echoback Landing.
  12. CollectDefeat Sherro and obtain the spice.
  13. GoSearch for the Super Truffle.
  14. CollectDefeat Tucking and obtain the Super Truffle.
The Flameheart Stone is behind a different quest line: No amount of searching the Russet Highlands produces it. The client holds the story objective open until the Journey quest Warrior reads as complete, so if the marker is sitting on empty ground, the fix is in the Journey tab of your Log rather than on the map.
Fight Sherro in clear weather if you can: Echoback Landing is one of the regions where a thunderstorm changes what spawns. A Thunderstorm Sherro carries Water and Electric together, which flattens an Electric attacker to neutral and doubles up on Ice instead. The weather guide covers how to read and change the forecast.
Pathfinder standing at night before a large stone structure lit by glowing purple and pink circuit lines in the Mistwoods
The Mistwoods entrance is where the first spice leg starts. Track the quest before you travel so the marker draws a route through the trees for you.
White and red winged Aniimo hovering over a lavender field beside round stone houses under a bright sky
The three spice legs cross most of Breezy Plains, so a flight-capable Aniimo on the bar saves more time than a better damage pick.
04

Rainbow of the Ground

Where this happens

  1. Clear the gate before you travel

    Pathfinder Level 50, the Wayfarer III title and a cleared Elite Training Chapter Five. The Log also prints its own recommended level of 55 on this quest, which is above the gate and worth treating as the honest number: Tideblossom Coast runs a level band of 53 to 60.

  2. Go to Tideblossom Coast and visit Irelia

    The coast has lost its colour, which is the visual cue the whole quest is built around. Follow Velouria rather than exploring; the route is scripted.

  3. Sprinkle the fragrance at the seedlings

    The Aeon incense you spent the last quest assembling goes here. Scattering it opens the way into the Amethyst Tree.

  4. Enter the Amethyst Tree and investigate Irelia

    The interior is its own instance. Two investigate prompts run back to back and the second one is what reveals the mechanisms.

  5. Break three mechanisms to awaken Irelia

    Three targets inside the chamber, and the objective only ticks over once all three are down. They are stationary, so this is a damage check rather than a fight, and anything in your party can carry it.

  6. Talk to Irelia and watch the last dance

    The closing scene is the Bloom Festival that chapter 3 never got to hold. The flowers open, Prismana light comes up across the coast, and the quest ends on the cutscene.

Quest log objectives

  1. GoHead to Tideblossom Coast to visit Irelia.
  2. GoFollow Velouria toward the Amethyst Tree.
  3. TalkSprinkle fragrance in front of the seedlings.
  4. GoScatter the fragrance and enter the Amethyst Tree.
  5. GoInvestigate Irelia's condition.
  6. TalkInvestigate Irelia's condition.
  7. FieldBreak three mechanisms to awaken Irelia.
  8. TalkTalk to Irelia.
  9. TalkDiscover Mechanism
  10. GoWitness Irelia's last dance.
  11. StoryEnter the Amethyst Tree.
Level 50 opens the door, Level 53 is the ground floor: The gate and the region disagree. Tideblossom Coast is built for 53 to 60 and the Log recommends 55, so a party that scraped through at exactly 50 will be fighting above its weight on the way to the tree. Clear a potential pass or a Resonance step before you go rather than after you die.
Aniimo Log on the Lore tab showing Rainbow of the Ground at Tideblossom Coast with its objective and four reward tiles
The Log prints the region, the single objective and the reward tiles before you accept. Go drops the marker straight onto the atlas.
05

A New Journey

Where this happens

  1. Talk to Nicole

    The epilogue opens where the prologue did, with Nicole. Nothing here is missable and nothing here can fail.

  2. Return to Bloomville

    Bloomville is in bloom for the first time since the festival was called off. Walk it if you want the scenery; the objective only asks that you arrive.

  3. Find Sunia at the perfumery, then at the square

    Two stops, both inside town. Sunia and Snowy are packing for their own road and the conversation is the pay-off for the whole spice errand.

  4. Talk to Sunia to close the main story

    The final conversation hands over 50,000 Credits, 1,600 Safaris, 10 Growth Fruit, 20 Aniipod Mega, 2 Irisalis Petals and the Irisalis Armlet.

Quest log objectives

  1. TalkTalk to Nicole.
  2. TalkReturn to Bloomville.
  3. GoGo to the perfumery and look for Sunia.
  4. GoFind Sunia at the square.
  5. TalkTalk to Sunia.
The Armlet is cosmetic, the Petals are not: The Irisalis Armlet is an appearance item and nothing in the game checks for it. The 6 Irisalis Petals this chapter pays are the ones worth tracking: they go straight into the 99 the Legendary Aniipod needs, and the Irisalis unlock guide lists the other sources.
06

What comes next

The main story ends here, but the Growth Story does not. The promotion ladder keeps going to Trailblazer I at Pathfinder Level 60, and the closing Growth Story quest sits behind 180 Elite Training badges rather than a level. Everything past that is regional: the Journey chapters, the Sanctums and the endgame modes your new title has just unlocked.

The first thing to do with a finished main story is the weekly loop. Memory: The Faded Rainbow is now open (50 Primegy per chest, 2 chests a week, 3 Irisalis Petals each), Operation: Egg Heist has been available since Wayfarer III, and the daily and weekly routine sets the order to run them in.

Wide view of Idyll with a purple flower plateau, a rocky mountain ridge and an Aniimo gliding overhead
Breezy Plains after the last Bloom Festival, with fourteen regions still carrying their own Journey chapters.
5chaptersMain story hubEvery chapter in order with the gate on each one.180badgesElite TrainingThe badge track the closing Growth Story quest waits on.99PetalsIrisalis unlockEvery source of the Petals this chapter started paying.
Where the story hands you off.
07

Frequently asked

Where do you get the Super Truffle in Aniimo?

From a Tuckin the quest places at the Mistwoods entrance during Ancient Sacred Fragrance. It is Grass, so Fire, Wind and Dark hit it for 1.6x. The spice drops as soon as the fight ends.

Why does Ancient Sacred Fragrance stop halfway through?

It carries two gates. The first needs Pathfinder Level 35, Student III and Elite Training Chapter 2. The second lands after you hand Sunia the Echoback Salt and needs Level 45, Wayfarer II and Elite Training Chapter 4.

How do you get the Flameheart Stone?

By finishing the Journey quest Warrior, in the chapter The Legend of Helmuts and Helgons, which starts with the painter Sorora in the Russet Highlands. The story objective stays open until that quest reads as complete, so it cannot be found on the map.

What level do you need for Rainbow of the Ground?

Pathfinder Level 50 with the Wayfarer III title and a cleared Elite Training Chapter Five. The Log recommends 55, and Tideblossom Coast itself runs a level band of 53 to 60.

What does finishing Rainbow of the Ground unlock?

The weekly challenge Memory: The Faded Rainbow, the story-linked source of Irisalis Petals for the Legendary Journey. Break the Fire, Grass and Water mechanisms and defeat Irelia, then spend 50 Primegy per chest, up to 2 chests a week. Each chest pays 3 Irisalis Petals, 250 Safaris, 20 Windborn Stamps and 50,000 Credits, and the weekly limit resets every Monday at 04:00.

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