My theory about dye drops

random.name

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

South Africa

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07 Oct 2006 at 06:12 - 1
Someone help me out here!

I have noticed that I can force dye drops in a zone by repeatedly farming untill the anti-farm code kicks in. The value of the drops is then lowered, till I eventually get 10-15 dye drops in a instance. I have been testing this for the whole day now, and got about 80 dye drops in the last day. With 4 of them black

Was this just pure random luck? Or has anyone else noticed this? The area I did this in was Frost Gate Mission (have had alot of luck with dye drops there in the past) Someone else please test this and prove me right.

I Brother Bloood I

I Brother Bloood I

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2006

Good question

07 Oct 2006 at 06:18 - 2
I think Dyes are considered low level loot because if u sell to merchant there worth 1 gold. Also its like ettin armor it still drops golds when you are under farm code because of how low it sells to merchant.

A Leprechaun

A Leprechaun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

07 Oct 2006 at 06:39 - 3
can you farm the frost gate?

White_Chaos

White_Chaos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Evrope

07 Oct 2006 at 09:03 - 4
I think that low lvl areas have more chance of dropping them
because while jade farming in area outside .... Gardens I got 2 black dyes in a SINGLE run
I felt so lucky that day ^^

shrouded^god

shrouded^god

IGN: J C A C H E

Join Date: Sep 2006

843

[Liar]

07 Oct 2006 at 09:19 - 5
I could see it...I over-farm sand drakes out of elona like a fiend...after the second or third run...ill get 3+ dyes a run...which is a lot more than normal. Ive gotten 3 black and 7 silver within the past 2 days and prolly 100-120 dyes

benjef

benjef

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England

Farming Crew Nl [FCNL]

Mo/

07 Oct 2006 at 09:21 - 6
wow i got to try this and shrouded god what combo is that on your armour

meat shield

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

holland , delft

[NL]

A/W

07 Oct 2006 at 10:06 - 7
can annyone tell me what "might" be the best place to do it

i have: ranger,rit,ele,necro and a warior(im farming kephet and undead at the start of divinty last week, pretty dong big group)

Haggard

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

07 Oct 2006 at 11:55 - 8
Interesting.. this could mean that in some places, overfarming results in better drops than not. XD

meat shield

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

holland , delft

[NL]

A/W

07 Oct 2006 at 12:34 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Haggard
Interesting.. this could mean that in some places, overfarming results in better drops than not. XD lol gogo etin farm:P

another quistion: how DO i triger the code :P

Bloodied Blade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

07 Oct 2006 at 14:17 - 10
You trigger anti-farm by just farming in a zone over and over again...It resets eventually when you do something else, there's no proof of *what* you have to do though, it just happens eventually. If you want to get the anti-farm code to kick in, just keep farming a zone. It's kicked in when you notice your drops sucking (at which point said dyes should begin to drop...this makes minos and trolls a lot more appetizing).

McMullen

McMullen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/W

07 Oct 2006 at 16:14 - 11
Would this work on low level stuff like the Grawl around Ascalon?
If that was the case anyone could just farm dyes.

meat shield

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

holland , delft

[NL]

A/W

07 Oct 2006 at 17:05 - 12
i noticed , afther geting 8+ drops a run (around 1 min run) i got the message, afher that, i got no more than 3 drops but no dye
(ice tooth cave--->west to portal and then keep rezone and kill the minos there)

random.name

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

South Africa

N/

07 Oct 2006 at 20:06 - 13
Frost is a great place to farm for dyes. The only other place that drops the same amount of dyes (no blacks yet) for me is vermin farming. Again that only happens when the antifarm code kicks in.

meat shield

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

holland , delft

[NL]

A/W

07 Oct 2006 at 21:22 - 14
got 3 dyes while fighting from noilany to grenditch (solo la-ascalon tour) from the same group woot

protein

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

Kentucky

W/Mo

07 Oct 2006 at 22:38 - 15
where is does the farming code kick in real quick so i can farm dyes?

Bloodied Blade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

07 Oct 2006 at 22:46 - 16
Read my above post.

The easiest place to farm dyes is off of the Charr in Presearing. I have a guildmate getting 30+ dye of each type (excluding black & silver) every day (prolly 60-100+ if you did it for whole day). He had ~30-40+ silver dye when I asked him and he had 2-4 black dye.

red13xx

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

08 Oct 2006 at 03:19 - 17
i noticed farming outside of shing jea if u clear the area usuallly 1 dye would drop. Sometimes more but you have to clear the area...

random.name

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

South Africa

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08 Oct 2006 at 06:39 - 18
The places where I get frequent dye drops is:

Frostgate mission - Dryder cave (where bonus is) -- You cant actually force the anti-farm code in this mission, but still a good place for dye drops.
Amoon Oasis - Jade Scarabs
Senji Corner - Vermin

I do get dye drops in other places, but not enough for a mention.

P.S. If the anti-farm message kicks in, you have outstayed your welcome, and you might as well move to a new place. Anti-farm means that the actual drops decreases, not only the values.