Dyes

Arts & Crafts

Town Crier tells you, "Do you like the color of my robe? I dyed it myself, using some herbs I found growing in the forest. I don't think I'll be able to use that pot to make soup again, though..."

Dye Plants History
Dye plants were introduced during the Twilight's Gleaming event. Originally, only three seasonal plants were found on the landscape, Hennacine, Berimphur and Verdalim. The seasons changed during The Child of Daralet event and Argenroy, Minalim and Lapyan plants became available instead.

During the Lost in the New Horizon event, Terese the Herbalist appeared in the Samp Gardens outside of Yanshi (22.5S, 45.8E). In return for the Little Green Seeds found in the droppings of Shreth and Rampager or Assailer Tuskers, (yucky!) she'll give you dye plants in return. The Tusker Seeds are particularly desirable, as they yield the black dye plant Thananim. In addition to the seeds from Terese, two new colors of dye plants appeared: Renalim, a deep purple dye plant found on the Obsidian Plains, and Colban, a royal blue plant found on Aerlinthe.

In the Betrayal event, Verdalim, Berimphur, Verdalim, Argenory, Minalim, and Lapyan again became available on the landscape. Currently, all dye plants are growing in Dereth (with the exception of Thananim which is only obtainable through Terese).

See Dye Plant Locations & Little Green Seeds for details.

*Dye Plants*
For information on plant locations and little green seeds, go here.

Item	Hennacin Plant	Berimphur Plant	Verdalim Plant	Argenory Plant	Minalim Plant	Lapyan Plant
Value	10	10	10	10	10	10
Burden	5	5	5	5	5	5

Item	Renalim Plant	Colban Plant	Thananim* Plant
Value	10	10	10
Burden	5	5	5
*Available from Terese in exhange for seeds from Rampager or Assailer Tuskers

Overview
Dyeing requires both the Alchemy and Cooking trade skills. All steps have a skill check (the skill at which you have a 50% chance of success). Use Alchemy to crush a plant with a mortar and pestle, then apply Neutral Balm to create a Vial of Dye. Using the Cooking skill, cook the Vial in a Cooking Pot. It's now ready to apply. The Cooking skill is also required for applying the dye to armor, clothing or flags.

Item	Value	Burden	Description
Verdalim Plant	10	5	A dark green verdalim plant.
Crushed Verdalim Plant	10	5	The crushed pieces of a dark green verdalim plant.
Vial of Verdalim Dye	10	10	Dye made from the crushed leaves of a dark green verdalim plant. This item is used in cooking.
Verdalim Dye Pot	100	10	A pot with dye made from the crushed leaves of a dark green verdalim plant. The stench it gives off is overwhelmingly noxious. If applied improperly, the dye could harm the target's color and armor value permanently. This item is used in cooking.

*Making Dye*
Alchemy Tool	Use on Item	To Produce
This step has an Alchemy skill check of 150. The skill check is the number at which you have a 50% chance of success. A skill of 200+ will give you a reasonable rate of success. Skills approaching 300+ will succeed almost every time. If you fail the skill check, you will destroy the plant.
Mortar & Pestle	Hennacin	Crushed Hennacin
Mortar & Pestle	Berimphur	Crushed Berimphur
Mortar & Pestle	Verdalim	Crushed Verdalim
Mortar & Pestle	Argenory	Crushed Argenory
Mortar & Pestle	Minalim	Crushed Minalim
Mortar & Pestle	Lapyan	Crushed Lapyan
Mortar & Pestle	Renalim	Crushed Renalim
Mortar & Pestle	Colban	Crushed Colban
Mortar & Pestle	Thananim	Crushed Thananim
Alchemy Tool	Use on Item	To Produce
Use Neutral Balm on the Crushed Plant to create a vial of dye. The Alchemy Skill check for this step is 200. Recommended skill is at least 250-275+. If you fail the skill check, both the neutral balm and the crushed plant will be destroyed.
Neutral Balm	Crushed Hennacin	Vial of Hennacin Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Berimphur	Vial of Berimphur Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Verdalim	Vial of Verdalim Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Argenory	Vial of Argenory Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Minalim	Vial of Minalim Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Lapyan	Vial of Lapyan Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Renalim	Vial of Renalim Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Colban	Vial of Colban Dye
Neutral Balm	Crushed Thananim	Vial of Thananim Dye
Cooking Tool	Use on Item	To Produce
Use a Cooking Pot on a Vial of Dye to create a Dye Pot. This step has Cooking Skill Check of 200. If you fail the skill check, the vial and the pot will be destroyed.
Cooking Pot	Vial of Hennacin Dye	Hennacin Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Berimphur Dye	Berimphur Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Verdalim Dye	Verdalim Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Argenory Dye	Argenory Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Minalim Dye	Minalim Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Lapyan Dye	Lapyan Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Renalim Dye	Renalim Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Colban Dye	Colban Dye Pot
Cooking Pot	Vial of Thananim Dye	Thananim Dye Pot

Applying Dyes
Dyes can be used on clothing, armor, flags and selected quest or crafted items. A skilled cook is required for success. If you fail, you lose the dye pot and will damage your item. All failed attempts produce discoloration and armor degradation. A critical failure damages your armor even more severely.

From The Slumbering Giant event:
In simplifying the code used to dye items, it became nearly impossible to have failed dyeing interactions result in pink or orange items. These failures have been restored. Now every time a dyeing interaction fails, the item will be dyed pink or orange.

*Applying the* *Dye*
Dye Pot	Use on Item	Possible Outcomes
Double click your dye pot and use it on the piece of armor or clothing you wish to dye. Dyeing has a Cooking Skill Check of 230. CAUTION: Unless you have a very high Cooking Skill, you may damage your armor. If you fail dying the armor, you will lose the pot.
Dye Pot	Armor or Clothing	Dyed Item AL Unchanged
Dye Pot	Armor or Clothing	Discoloration AL -20
Dye Pot	Armor or Clothing	Discoloration AL -50

Frequently Asked Questions

If I fail and discolor my armor or clothing, what will it look like?

Discoloration produces either a hot pink or a neon orange color. Clothing (including leather Amuli Leggings) will turn pink and Armor (includes Amuli Coats) will turn orange.

Can Armor Be Re-dyed if you discolor it the first time?

Yes, you can attempt to dye a piece of armor a 2nd time for the correct color. However, any damage to the AL will be permanent.

If I fail, will the spells on my armor be affected?

No. The spells will remain unchanged. Only color and AL is affected by failing.

What parts of Amuli become dyed?

An Amuli Coat usually comes in two to three colors on the different parts: the base color and the shoulder and the chest. When you dye an Amuli coat, the shoulders and collar retain the original color. When you dye Amuli Leggings, the belt and cuff will retain the original color.

What parts of Celdon armor become dyed?

When you dye Celdon Armor, the veins retain their original color.

What parts of Koujia armor become dyed?

For a Koujia Breastplate, the secondary color remains unchanged. This is usually the patterned part to the side of the chest area. For Koujia Leggings the squares on the knees and the patterned area of the lower leg remain unchanged. For sleeves, the backs remain unchanged.

What parts of Plate, Yoroi, Scale & Chain become dyed?

For Plate, Yoroi, Scale and Chain, the only parts that retain the original color are the belt on a Hauberk, Cuirass or Girth.

What parts of Studded Leather become dyed?

The base leather becomes dyed and the metal studs retain their original attributes.

Can Covenant Armor be dyed?

Yes, during the Festivus patch, Covenant became dyeable.

Is armor harder to dye than clothing?

No. The difficulty for armor and clothing is always the same: 230. The type of material or the type of armor doesn't matter. The only exception is Wedding Raiment which is easier to dye than normal clothing or armor and has a difficulty of 100. Dyeing clothing, however, has less risk than dyeing armor, since you don't have to concern yourself with damaging your AL. If you fail, you can simply try again!

At what skill level can I expect to have 100% Success?

Will the curve on skill checks, you can never be guaranteed 100% success. That said, the magic number at which you'll have a 99% rate of success is a Cooking Skill of 380.

For all skill checks you can use the following numbers:
+100 skill = 95% success
+150 skill = 99% success

Can I dye my Matty Coat?

Yes! The Festivus patch also brought new dye tech. Certain quest and crafted items gained the ability to be dyed. Currently, you can dye Bunny Slippers, Mattekar Coats, Olthoi Helms, and Holiday Hats. Other quest and crafted armor or clothing items are unable to be dyed at this time.

Note: Shadow Armor has its own special dye. See the Persuasion event for details.

Other Uses

1. Dyes can also be used on a Silk Flag or on Flag Stamps!

2. From Should the Stars Fall:
Ketnan tells you, "Why yes, I do have those Hoory Mattekar Robes I mentioned last month. These are quality items, far better than the original. I can promise you no Mattekars were killed to bring you this fine, only slightly offwhite robe. All of your friends will be amazed at how stylish you look. And this can be yours for just a sample of a dye plant! What a steal! Not to mention I will throw in a bludgeoning sword for free!"

Hoory Mattekar Robe

A genuine artificial quality knockoff of the Hoory Mattekar Robe.

Value 1

Burden 300

Armor Level 10

Protections P/P/P
P/P/P/P

Samples
Below, Auralyn poses with her dyed dress collection.
For a sample of dyed armor, click here!

Do you have a dyed collection you'd like to show off? (Robes, Bunny Slippers, Olthoi Helms, Holiday Hats) Send me an email!