The Ash Plume is our hardest challenge yet. Here’s how to get the Ash Plume to bloom inBotany Manor.
How to Grow the Ash Plume in Botany Manor
The Ash Plume is one of those flowers that makes you work for its blooms. If you want the quick and easy solution for growing the Ash Plume, you’ll need togerminate iton the stove in the kitchen, then place it in thesmoke room while using oak logs. But if you want a more in-depth description, read on.
First, we’ll need to collect seven clues.
From clue 2, thePyrophile bookwe found in the screens passage, we learn that the Ash Plume seed will only bloom whensurrounded by smokein thenatural habitat.And to find out the Ash Plume’s natural habitat, you’ll need to go to theback terrace, where you’re able to find its seeds.
If you don’t have access to the back terrace yet, go to thedrawing roomwhere you’ll find the camera. If you’ve already had theFulguriablossom, you’ll be very well acquainted with this room. The back terrace key is in the bowl behind the writing desk.
Once you have the key, head into the back terrace and down the stairs. You’ll find a small table that will have both theAsh Plume seedsand the third clue, theSeed Logs. Here, Arabella will note that she found the Ash Plume Seeds in Wistman’s Wood. This is a location that’s actually described on clue 1, theDartmoor Poster.
Continue through the back terrace until you reach the gazebo that overlooks the river. Here, you’ll find thekitchen keyin a bowl. The kitchen is opposite the back terrace door, so head back to the house. But before you do,pot an Ash Plume seedand bring it with you.
Once you’re inside the kitchen, make a beeline to the island and the cookbook. This is our fourth clue, and it tells us something significant: hard shells can be cracked by fire. Place the Ash Plume pot on thepan above the fire. This will cause the seed to germinate.
Pick up the pot and head into the closed room beside the oven. Lookrightand you’ll find clue six on the wall. There’s only one light that’s important to us, and it’s the first one. “The ancient oaks stand tall in Wistman’s Wood”.
Take your pot and head up the stairs in the servants’ hall to find the smoke shack on the far left and back. Place the pot on the plate in the smokery, then return to the door that leads you to the servants’ hall. Here, you’ll find wood stacked and divided by type. Selectoak, on the far left. Bring it back to the smokery and place the wood in the coal-filled hole in the ground. The Ash Plume will then bloom! And while that was quite challenging, I think thePixie Tearsflower was even harder!
