Thread: Dyeing?

Can someone teach me how to dye a gear in game?

I m aware dye can only be crafted by alchemist at lv30.

Actually dyes can be crafted by every craft at level 30, I am a weaver level 38 and I can make all dye colors. There is quest you do to learn the ability to dye items, I only know of it being in the same village as the headquarters of the Scions in the Ul'dah area, the name escapes me but they are a rainbow dressed NPC and they ask you to bring them orange juice, which you can buy from an NPC in the main cities, when you turn in the juice they teach you the ability to dye

It's a quest in Vesper Bay, in Western Thanalan. You trade an orange juice to someone, and then acquire the Dye ability. He gives you a handful of sample dyes, others can be purchased from NPCs in towns. Still others, as you said, are crafted.

Oh so does this mean the quest can only be taken at lv30?

Dye quest can be taken at lvl 15.

Dye quest

Originally Posted by CrisGer

Be careful some of the dyes look dumb on some things, i tried dying some armour and esp the legs looks like plastic robot toys, so you will want to have plenty of Terebith (sp) which is the reagent that removes dyes.

The dye tends to work pretty well on fabric or leather (though occasionally I wish it would color a different part of the armour). The bigger problem is that a lot of metalic armour seems to lose its metalic look when it's dyed (hence that plastic toy effect). So yeah, gladiators and marauders in particular are going to want a supply of Terebinth to restore the natural metalic look on any gear that doesn't dye well. It's not as big an issue for other classes with less metal in their gear.

Originally Posted by CrisGer

btw, the white dye you buy is cream the real white white has to be crafted or bought on the market.

Black dye is another that has to be crafted (or bought from someone who crafted it), but Ink Blue is a pretty close approximation which can be bought from the NPC traders. In most lighting conditions, that ends up looking black.

Anyone have a link to a site that shows the color of every dye on a piece of armor?

Here you go: http://imgur.com/a/rvB1u#0