One of the coolest things concerning the Warhammer Online item system is it's color & dying part. The
WAR dye system will let you dye most (but not all) items in a color you want. Nearly every merchant has the ability to dye items. You can choose in the dyeing UI if you just want to dye a single item (just choose that one) or use the checkbox to apply the same color scheme to all your armor. All armor has a primary and a secondary color. You can left and right click on the color dots to dye primary or secondary colors. There are 14 colors offered by default from the vendors. There are rumours about other colors being available at higher renown ranks, but so far I've heard of none being confirmed.
Beside merchant bought dyes there are more possibilities to get different looking colors... Some quests offer dye containers as a reward. Don't be afraid to try them out, as you'll always get a confirmation window after the preview if you really want to use that color. So it's safe to check them out on your armor. Many color names found inside WAR suggest that Mythic uses the
Games Workshop Citadel Colours from the original game, but some people on the forums complain the colors are not 100% original in tone, maybe due to some armor layer clipping. The large
color table suggests that later on Mythic will possibly add more colors as different rewards. There are also some rare colors (like
Enchanted Blue Dye (looks like a smurf) or
Blood Red Dye) you can get as drops. I found them in Mount Gunbad and RvR so far, so i guess they're just random world drops of
dye.
The most
interesting & rare colors many thought were supposed to come from
crafting. Well, let me tell you I'm a 200 Apothecary and 200 Cultivator and it's not really true until now. Of course I'm not rank 40 yet and maybe there are some mysterious ingredients that eluded me yet, but so far the possibilities to craft dyes are very limited. I don't want to turn this into a crafting explanation, but there is only so much with the available ingredients and containers for dye you can do and try out. If you managed to create dyes other then the obvious ones, share with us. The worst thing is that the crafted colors look nearly the same then merchant ones or drops. How does crafting dyes work? Well, Cultivators can get special moments (better then a critical success) and gain pigment extracts from growing plants. An Apothecary can take Mortar and Pestle (vendor item) and fixer plus a pigment extract to craft dye. Basic fixer lvl 1 can be bought from a vendor but Cultivators can get higher level fixers from special moments as well. The highest fixer i got until today is lvl 125, don't know anyoneone who got a better one. Colored pigments i found so far include yellow (
Golden Yellow Dye), brown (
Scorched Brown Dye), green (
Goblin Green Dye), blue (
Seaguard Blue Dye) and red (
Red Gore Dye).
Some people claim they crafted violet or black dye, but i did not see any proof yet. Screenshots & explanations or it did not happen. The dye system is one of the greatest item features and I'm positive we'll see more dyes soon as special rewards.
Tip of the Day: If you try to brew potions with Apothecary and the potion fails, use water as a stabilizer. You can use up to three water for the same potion to stabilize it. After the vendor bought water is not good enough anymore you'll need better water or zoic from other scavengers & butchers.
Since all the rare dyes can drop inside the city dungeons as well meanwhile, i kept wondering what the Chaos Black Dye would look like. I know the Skull White Dye is white and the Ulgu Grey Dye is a kind of silver metallic. But with all the strangely washed out colors in Warhammer, how dark is black? I thought my readers would like to know as well, so i bought a flask of chaos black from the AH for 90g to check it out. I tried it on a few items (see pic) and have to tell you it's more of a dark anthracite then black. Check out the pics, maybe it will avert frustration about a color you spend a lot of gold on.
