Dye Farming

cheesywillie

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

Plz tell me how to PLZ!!!!

Holy Arch

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

[IV]

Mo/

kill monsters...as far as i know, dye is just another random drop you can get from any monster, i got a black dye form a lvl 1 charr today in pre searing...i think its based on luck


/search dye farming

Gildor Took

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Australia, 3rd rock from the sun

Mo/

dyes drop more in pre-searing apparently so I would try farming in pre

xxSilhouette

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

it is random, like Gildor said - the only place it really drops more is in pre-searing

chris_nin00

chris_nin00

Dun dun dun

Join Date: Aug 2005

Reddit Guild

R/

Pre-Searing is the best place to get dyes...
Everytime I make a new character, I get about 2-3 silver dyes and maybe 1 black dye. It's a sort of balancing thing I guess.

Search button is no longer usuable at the moment. Use the thread created by Savio at the top to find questions already answered to great extent.
Thanks man.

cheesywillie

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2006

I heard that if u get like a certain shield and axe and go to the catacombs u can farm really well. This is just what i heard is it true?

Gildor Took

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Australia, 3rd rock from the sun

Mo/

u need weapons to farm, yes

dimirpaw

dimirpaw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Canada/Alberta/Edmonton

Go to Nolion or however it's spelt aka Academy and farm them at the gate.

The fastest way is with EoE, I use my Warrior with 14 in axe, 12 in Beast, rest in STR. Cyclone them and watch them drop from EoE. It's about a 15 second run for me. The best way to get black dyes is to farm the weakest monsters in big numbers if you can, such as the gargs outside the Academy.

Tronny07

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Manlock Bearloves

W/Me

well my dye farming,well atleast my friend found it out,(before the whole gay anet nurf everything)me and my friend went outside old ascalon,seperated and took down devourers,he got 4 black dyes,3 silvers,3,blue,4 green,1 red.i got 6 blacks,and 2 silvers,this was when blacks were going for 30k,i sold all of it for 20k,got rich and bought useless crap,which i just threw away...i tried this same thing again,after the nerf,all i got was 2 blacks,and a green...so im not sure if its still legit...

AxeMe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Atlanta

HEX

W/

For what it is worth I was shocked - during the candy cane trade in days - how often dye fell as I soloed around Nolani gathering gargolye heads to trade for canes.

I gathered about 500 candy canes but also had many dye drops, including two blacks in that area.

So it appears that soloing very low level areas is a smart idea when looking for dye. That makes sense. You will not get high level drops there so the game may be set up to compensate for that by dropping more dye.