Hi,
I have now played for 250hrs. I have ascended. I am doing last of Shiverpeaks quests. I haven't had anybody run me to anywhere. I have also visited FoW and UW...but I still haven't got a single black dye drop!
Are there other people out there who have the same bad luck?
When will the freedom bell toll for me and the Gods give me a black dye!
Frustated but still addicted and having fun,
skull
No Black Dye Drop Yet...
skull
j_unit66
same thing here not sure how long ive been playing but ive beat the game wit one guy and starting my second and i havent got a black dye yet i actually just got my first silver dye 2 days ago
Kuku Monk
You could always buy it. I'm sure you've amassed a small fortune from playing 250 hours. I've only had 1 black drop, which was in pre-searing when I first started playing like 3 months ago. I bought another for 1 gold from a guy in presearing as well. 
I've had 3 characters ascend... I have had 7 silver drops though.
I've had 3 characters ascend... I have had 7 silver drops though.
marios
i havent got a black dye yet but i still buy them from other ppl for 4k, or 5k and i sell them to dye trader for 6k !! hehe
Kaizume
I didn't get my first black dye until the ring of fire missions! But after the 1st one dropped, I've had 4 more! =p
Esprit
You are not the only one, I've never picked up a black dye, and I've only seen one drop, once, which was reserved for another player, and I've played through all missions with 2 characters.
Just keep playing, you might (maybe not) get one eventually (eventually = many months).
Just keep playing, you might (maybe not) get one eventually (eventually = many months).
Mr Zun
Dude ive finish this game with 3 diffrent char already i dint run anywhere and did (as far as i know) all the quests even in pre and still never even seen a black drop.
Now my 4th char i did one of the invici monks solo UW for like 5 and a half weeks and never saw a black. So i must be super unluky or black just dont drop for ppl w/o the collectors edition of the game, just kidding, no but after soloing so much i got soooooo much money now i just buy it. :P
Now my 4th char i did one of the invici monks solo UW for like 5 and a half weeks and never saw a black. So i must be super unluky or black just dont drop for ppl w/o the collectors edition of the game, just kidding, no but after soloing so much i got soooooo much money now i just buy it. :P
Eomer Brightblade
Yeah, same for me. After 245 hours of playing, no black dye. And my GF got one in the pre-searing, in her first 10 hours of play... AAAAAARRRGG.
Gwahir
why does everyone want a black dye drop? surely you'd be better getting a Sup Vigor or Absorbtion rune? And you can actually use them in PVP if you get them dropped.
In my 270hours of playing, i've had 1 black dye drop. It was my first day playing and i sold it to the merchant in pre-searing for a massive 1g.
who cares? there's better ways to make money than finding black dye.
In my 270hours of playing, i've had 1 black dye drop. It was my first day playing and i sold it to the merchant in pre-searing for a massive 1g.
who cares? there's better ways to make money than finding black dye.
Olfin Bedwere
I played the E3 event, the World Week-end Event, and all but 1 of the Pre-Order week ends which means I started 2 days before retail release and I just got my first Black Dye last week and that was from my second character in Pre-Searing. So it`s not just you.
Loviatar
BY KRYTA i have already gotten enough including 3 double dropsblack/silver
silver/silver
red/blue
ive sold over 25 silvers 3 blacks at 26 plat each
and more of the junk colors and still have more than 150 in inventory including 10 blacks 17 silvers and 20+ red blue and sickening amounts of orange 
all from low level enemys 14 or lower
the black/silver was from a devourer
Moltov joss
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Originally Posted by skull
Hi,
I have now played for 250hrs. I have ascended. I am doing last of Shiverpeaks quests. I haven't had anybody run me to anywhere. I have also visited FoW and UW...but I still haven't got a single black dye drop! Are there other people out there who have the same bad luck? When will the freedom bell toll for me and the Gods give me a black dye! Frustated but still addicted and having fun, skull |
bkriley
I've seen four black dye drops in about 50-60 hours two were reserved for me.
terrordactyl
I have had 2 black dyes drop - both were on new characters in the pre-searing ascalon Catacombs area. Might be a slightly higher drop rate there.
coolsti
All told with 4 characters I have played for 421 hours! And I have had the pleasure of having only 2 black dye drops. So yes, they are rare indeed, and if you have only played 250 hours, then this is not unusual. I think my first black dye drop came after about 300 hours.
derrtyboy69
you guys are really unlucky, ive had 10 black dyes drop, and about 30 of every other color, although no sup absorbstion.
Mordakai
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Originally Posted by Gwahir
why does everyone want a black dye drop? surely you'd be better getting a Sup Vigor or Absorbtion rune? And you can actually use them in PVP if you get them dropped.
In my 270hours of playing, i've had 1 black dye drop. It was my first day playing and i sold it to the merchant in pre-searing for a massive 1g. |
He-he. As a noob, I used my Black Dye on pre-searing collector armor. That was a waste!
giroml
3 ascended chars, 400+hrs playtime, no black dye
Jeddak
300 plus hours and no blacks but I did see 2 fall on the same mission once (for others in the group).
Kuku Monk
It'd be interesting to see what the programmed drop rate is for black dye and why Anet decided to make it that (assuming it isn't some kind of fluctuating algorithm or something)....
Yellow 0.345
Orange 0.331
....
Black 0.00321
Yellow 0.345
Orange 0.331
....
Black 0.00321
Sir Skullcrasher
160 hours of play.. no black dye drops! I have gotten 12 silver dye drops, 20 red/blue/yellow/orange dye drops. Don't know if im going to the wrong place but i keep getting different color dye drops instead of black!
Busch Cyrus
First day playing, solo mission, 2 black dyes on the same mission from enemys 10ft apart.
Now I want to sell them- I'm in Post-searing and yeah... msg me online (Same name as on here)
Now I want to sell them- I'm in Post-searing and yeah... msg me online (Same name as on here)
Larry the Hippo
250 hours, 2 black dyes, not a single silver.
also never gotten a single superior other then death magic.
also never gotten a single superior other then death magic.
Mordakai
Does black dye mix with others?
Will it turn other colors black, or just darker?
Will it turn other colors black, or just darker?
Soul Shaker
Darker. Didn't you ever learn art in primary school? 2 Black drops in 600 or so hours ( i can't remember) 3 superior rune drops:vigor, fire and smiting when the economy was screwed Ummm, about 7 silvers and too many oranges and other colours.
Ummm, about 7 silvers and too many oranges and other colours.
Vilaptca
Eh...500+ hours here and never seen or received a black dye drop. Even played in half the beta events and still nothing... I didn't get my first rare until level 20 in the Crystal Desert...
Zakarr
According to GW /age function, I have played 500+ hours since May. At that time I have got like total 5 black dyes from loots. 
Some seems to be very unlucky. Although I used to farm quite a lot.
Some seems to be very unlucky. Although I used to farm quite a lot.
I pwnd U
i just got my first black dye drop last nite in the UW. ive played since day 3 and this is teh frist black dye drop for me ever. one of my guild mtes has had 6 in less time played.
Shimus DarkRaven
Only 3 black dyes I've EVER stumbled across from drops, were all pre-searing, and all down in the wizard's folly by the elementalist in the mountains.
--The Shim
--The Shim
Wolf58
The /age function can be depressing! Over 1000 hours of play and I've had ONE black dye drop. I've had 4 ascended chars and 2 more working on it. About 10 silvers all told and toooo many orange. Completly random it seems.
Loviatar
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The /age function can be depressing! Over 1000 hours of play and I've had ONE black dye drop. I've had 4 ascended chars and 2 more working on it. About 10 silvers all told and toooo many orange. Completly random it seems.
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i have had over 100 oranges ....sob....with only 800+ hoursbut also about 18 blacks 40-50 silvers and about 250 assorted others
including 3 good double drops
black/silver
silver/silver
red/blue
and i hate orange and got 2 more today
Shusky
I had my only black dye dropped at about 150hrs of gameplay. My primary character, a Ranger, has finished the game, been everywhere, found only one or two silver ones. My secondary character, an Ele, entered the Great Northern Wall mission, and got a Black Dye from the second Grawl he encountered ._.
But after that he hasn't even seen one drop as well.
But after that he hasn't even seen one drop as well.
Loviatar
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Originally Posted by Shusky
I had my only black dye dropped at about 150hrs of gameplay. My primary character, a Ranger, has finished the game, been everywhere, found only one or two silver ones. My secondary character, an Ele, entered the Great Northern Wall mission, and got a Black Dye from the second Grawl he encountered ._.
But after that he hasn't even seen one drop as well. |
i got my first black from a stone elemental.also my first and only saphire
Old Dood
I have gotten 10 black dyes since I started. Some in Pre-Sear...some in Post.
But none in over a month...
But none in over a month...
Guillaume De Sonoma
I got my first black dye in my second hour of playing, never again have I seen one.
Numa Pompilius
Why are people ressing ancient threads all over the place?
Anyway, 5 black. One in pre-sear which I put on my beginner armor . Two when black was worth about 1500 gold, and I felt I'd made a killing when I sold them . Three afterwards, which I've used on my mesmer.
Anyway, 5 black. One in pre-sear which I put on my beginner armor
. Two when black was worth about 1500 gold, and I felt I'd made a killing when I sold them . Three afterwards, which I've used on my mesmer.
Catch-22
omg...l feel sorry for you...lol l got this game few days ago and got 2 black dye when l was in pre...lvl 6...lol its nice to start out it alot of money ^_^
SantaClause
What is black dye? Is it something you get from the hidden Gwen quest?
Ive been playing sense the BWE's and I have never even seen one drop for a party member.
I can buy one from the trader? I don't beleive the trader, he is a scammer and a eBayer. Black dye is a myth.
Ive been playing sense the BWE's and I have never even seen one drop for a party member.
I can buy one from the trader? I don't beleive the trader, he is a scammer and a eBayer. Black dye is a myth.
Pompeyfan
In 1500 hours of playing since June, and with 3 characters who've gone right through GW - 1 of which having done all the available missions/quests/bonuses/2nd prof quests except for THK bonus, Hell's bonus, Titan's Source and Final Assault which I've yet to do (and capped all skills/elites) I've only ever seen 3 black dye's drop - 1 in pre-searing first two days of playing, 1 off a charr around halloween when I was collecting for halloween items, and one last week from an ettin. In fact, the only decent drops I've had since starting in june are:
3x Black dyes
1x Superior Vigor
6 Ecto
11 Shards
Not a lot to show for 1500 hours playing time and I'm sure the game hates me
3x Black dyes
1x Superior Vigor
6 Ecto
11 Shards
Not a lot to show for 1500 hours playing time and I'm sure the game hates me
Cartoonhero
500+ hours since august across 4 characters, and NEVER have I gotten a black dye drop. i have a crapload of silver drops though. i've had more ectos drop than dyes, and thats minus farming. sigh. o well, ectos are worth more anyways