Dye Drops
pegasux
Anyone notice that dyes drop A LOT more now? I farmed Hydras and Griffs yesterday and got 7 dyes in 3 runs. 1 black and 1 silver the rest just junk.
xxSilhouette
Yes i have noticed this, I have only gotten one black dye through the whole game but here recently i have gotten many silver and purples.
I'm glad though beacuse i save them and when I want a change for my armor i can experiment with colors
I'm glad though beacuse i save them and when I want a change for my armor i can experiment with colors

Griff Mon
I am not sure what the formula is but I do farm in areas where dye drops are something I am out for. To me it seems that dye drops are triggered by some sort of random generator like 1 out of 100 or so kills and then the color of dye is also triggered by another percentage of dye drops. I sell everything except silver and black so I don't really know what the odds are on the less valuable colors but my ratio of silver to black in storage is about 4 to 1.
edit: Well right after I posted this I went out on one of my standard farming loops and where I usually average one or two dye drops I got four this time.
edit: Well right after I posted this I went out on one of my standard farming loops and where I usually average one or two dye drops I got four this time.
Diablo???
It's a good time to start mix-and-match for dye varieties again.
pegasux
yeah i got a ton of dye in storage and went through a ton to make some weird colors...lol. I never got black dye until the last 2 weeks where I have gotten 3. Sold all of them cause I don't like black.
xxSilhouette
i did the same - i saved up and had around 10-15 of each color and about 5 silvers - i ended up mixing colors and using them (didnt like some of them so it was just a waste) but i had fun anyway.
linz85
well if it has increased w00t0r, coz i love saving dyes. already got over 300
xxSilhouette
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Originally Posted by linz85
well if it has increased w00t0r, coz i love saving dyes. already got over 300
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pegasux
lol yeah kinda crazy...lol. i have about 40 dyes only. mostly red blue and silver
Loviatar
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Originally Posted by xxSilhouette
wow that is a LOT of dye - grats!!
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from aloes 118 unnatural seeds/and junk
from gargoyles bunch of skulls/junk
spiders webs/spider legs/junk
total dyes were 2 oranges TOTAL
still have several hundred in storage includung 16 black and 40+ silver but still...

xxSilhouette
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Originally Posted by Loviatar
well i just ran through about 250+ drops in presear and got
from aloes 118 unnatural seeds/and junk from gargoyles bunch of skulls/junk spiders webs/spider legs/junk total dyes were 2 oranges TOTAL still have several hundred in storage includung 16 black and 40+ silver but still... ![]() |
Loviatar
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Originally Posted by xxSilhouette
That's nuts...Once i created an ele and went through and killed everything in lakeside or whatever its called right outise of ascalon, and each time i got one dye - i did the same with the catacombs and got 1-2 each time. I got very bored with it though.
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presear used to be a gold mine for dyes.
my best was a black at 19 minutes on a new character.
also the above was on 3 characters from just starting to level 9 and spread out so as not to kick in the anti farming bit
bad luck yes but this much?

Mavrik
I have gotten more dye in the past couple of days then I got in a while. A red, 2 yellow and 1 silver. I haven't gotten this many dye drops since Pre Searing were I left with like 10+ dyes including 2 blacks having been there for 2 days.
Keyote
All I ever get is purple
I started collecting them to see how much of each I got, and my purples are up to 30 with less than 10 of everything else. Still never had a black.

I started collecting them to see how much of each I got, and my purples are up to 30 with less than 10 of everything else. Still never had a black.
Loviatar
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Originally Posted by Keyote
All I ever get is purple
![]() I started collecting them to see how much of each I got, and my purples are up to 30 with less than 10 of everything else. Still never had a black. |

will now try my old favorite dye area
pegasux
wow i didn't know there were dye farmers in pre.
General Wise Guy
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Originally Posted by pegasux
wow i didn't know there were dye farmers in pre.
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moriz
dye drops are completely random. you have the same chance of getting a black dye from a level 24 charr as from a level 0 river skale tad. i don't know if there's been a dye drop increase, but my experiences of farming presearing has been kinda streaky: sometimes i can get a whole bunch in one run (got 1 black and 1 silver today, on the same run), and sometimes i can farm forever and never get anything.
EDIT: on the topic of noobs, there's one guy who tried to buy my black dye for 500 gold. when i told him its true value, he babbled something about 500 gp being the "market value" or some other nonsense.
EDIT: on the topic of noobs, there's one guy who tried to buy my black dye for 500 gold. when i told him its true value, he babbled something about 500 gp being the "market value" or some other nonsense.
Mavrik
market value for black is over 6k. I bought one for 6.5k the other day when the trader was asking for 7.5k.
pegasux
That's hilarious! farm the noobs.
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Originally Posted by General Wise Guy
lol ... yup and u can find a lot of noobs there that sell black dye for like 150g and crap like that.
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Sents
I have noticed an increase in my dye drops as well. I also noticed, with more than a little dissapointment, that silver dye looks more like black than black dye on my ele armor, why cant they make black, black, they certainly charge enough for the notion of it, but the color is a defintite 'purple' hue. A little off topic srry. Been bugging me for a few days. Thx for the indulgence.

Hailfall
I honestly think it is very disappointing to see that people just love to exploit the 'Newbies' who have no idea how much the Dye trader sells dyes for and sell them for 150g because of lack of that knowledge.
When I see newbies sell black dyes for that low prices I tell them that they should save it up for Post Searing and then sell it to the merchant since it is worth way more then they ask.
And yes I have noticed the frequent dye drops as well.
When I see newbies sell black dyes for that low prices I tell them that they should save it up for Post Searing and then sell it to the merchant since it is worth way more then they ask.
And yes I have noticed the frequent dye drops as well.
Shadowfox1125
Yeah, suddenly there's an increase in dyes, but I don't sell dyes unless they're silvers or blacks.. Only ones worth selling IMO. I use the others for fun.. Dye mixing and giving them to guildies.
Leon_Ux-ixen
my question is why do we charge so much for dye? We all use it and it has all the same purpose I belive the prices should be lower. It makes no sence for black dye to cost 7k when it does the same job as blue which is like 100gold.
art_
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Originally Posted by Leon_Ux-ixen
my question is why do we charge so much for dye? We all use it and it has all the same purpose I belive the prices should be lower. It makes no sence for black dye to cost 7k when it does the same job as blue which is like 100gold.
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boxterduke
I got 2 blacks yesterday plus 5 or 6 orange.
I want blue damn in
I want blue damn in

noober
I think I may have you all beat...
And please note that all these are in Pre-Searing. Figured I'd go public with what I had in Pre.
http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dyes7zo.jpg
And please note that all these are in Pre-Searing. Figured I'd go public with what I had in Pre.
http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dyes7zo.jpg
j0j081
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Originally Posted by Hailfall
I honestly think it is very disappointing to see that people just love to exploit the 'Newbies' who have no idea how much the Dye trader sells dyes for and sell them for 150g because of lack of that knowledge.
When I see newbies sell black dyes for that low prices I tell them that they should save it up for Post Searing and then sell it to the merchant since it is worth way more then they ask. And yes I have noticed the frequent dye drops as well. |
grikdog
To me it seems like all of the colors (except black) drop about the same amount. I have been saving my dyes for awhile and I have between 8 and 12 of every color except only 1 black. I will have to wait and see if my ratios change when I get about 100 or so. Silver doesn't seem particularly rare so I wonder why it costs more?
just call me jimmy
wow that previous post about noobs selling Black Dye for 150g. Dood you have a real gameing issues, if you would get someone to sell you a black dye for 150g. Also Please do not say thts what he ofered, he/she was prob asking people what they were worth.
That is worse than any trade scammer, you blatently took advantage of a new player. While I know your responce and maybe others will "hey seller beware" Knowing it's value and hanging around in Pre (which is obvious by your comments, is what you were doin) to take advantage of new players.
Is Brutal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is worse than any trade scammer, you blatently took advantage of a new player. While I know your responce and maybe others will "hey seller beware" Knowing it's value and hanging around in Pre (which is obvious by your comments, is what you were doin) to take advantage of new players.
Is Brutal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Skawtt
I to have noticed a somewhat better drop rate on dye lately. Used to seem like once in a great while a dye would drop now its almost like one or two drops every one. I save every dye I loot in the bank just in case someone in the guild needs/wants some dye (except my black I hold that for my Cantha armor) Ive been "lucky" with the black only bought one to finish off my Droks Plate set....way back when people first starting getting there w/o runners.
6 black
17 silver
13 blue
12 green
22 red
29 orange
26 yellow
29 purple
6 black
17 silver
13 blue
12 green
22 red
29 orange
26 yellow
29 purple