Dye (action)

This article is about the action. For the item category, see Dye.

 

Dye

Acquired

Any

Level

15

Casting

Instant

Quest Req.

Color Your World

Patch

2.0

“

Use various dye to color all type of gear.

— In-game description

Dye is an action unlocked by questing at level 15. It is available for any class or job.

Dye Tutorial 1

Dye Tutorial 2

Dyeing Menu

Unlock

Before players can   Dye their gear, they must complete the quest Color Your World in Vesper Bay (X:12.6 Y:14.3) of Western Thanalan by speaking to the NPC Swyrgeim.

Color Your World requires the player to deliver   Orange Juice to Swyrgeim. Players can purchase a bottle of Orange Juice from the Merchant and Mender (X:12.1 Y:13.8) in Vesper Bay.

General Info

Players can dye their armor into different colors. One source of dyes is purchasing them from dye vendors in the following places (  Goobbue Grey Dye used as an example):

Vendor	Location / Coordinates	Section	Cost	Unlock req.
Alaric	Old Gridania (14.3, 8.8)	General	40	—
Allagan Commerce Node	Player Housing (6, 6)	Purchase Items (Gardening, Dyes)	40	—
Ananta Junkmonger	Player Housing (6, 6)	Purchase Items (Gardening, Dyes)	40	—
Eilonwy	The Firmament (12.2, 14.2)	General	40	—
Frine	The Pillars (6, 9.9)	General	40	—
Junkmonger	Player Housing (6, 6)	Purchase Items (Gardening, Dyes)	40	—
Kojin Junkmonger	Player Housing (6, 6)	Purchase Items (Gardening, Dyes)	40	—
Loporrit Junkmonger	Player Housing (6, 6)	Purchase Items (Gardening, Dyes)	40	—
Namazu Junkmonger	Player Housing (6, 6)	Purchase Items (Gardening, Dyes)	40	—
Nanabe	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (14.2, 11)	General	40	—
Tokohana	Kugane (12.9, 12.2)	General	40	—
Unsynrael	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (6, 12.3)	General	40	—

A second batch of dyes are crafted by any level 30 crafter class.
A third group of dyes are only available from ARR Tribal Vendors.
A fourth set of dyes are bought from Enie in The Firmament (12,14) with Skybuilder's Scrip from the Ishgardian Restoration, or from the Horrendous Hoarder with Seafarer's Cowries from Island Sanctuary.
Lastly, General-purpose or BGreen dyes are only acquired very rarely from Quick Exploration Retainer Ventures (via the   Venture Coffer lootbox).

These last ones have an untradeable equivalent that can be bought on the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store for real money and produce the same colors.

All but the last set are always singular flat color tones. A subset of the last set (in the Dye window grouped as the last set also) offers colors with a metallic shining look.

Usage

To dye a piece of armor, click on the   Dye icon in the Actions & Traits menu or right-click the desired equipment and select the Dye option.

• Dyes can be removed from armor by using the item named   Terebinth, bought from a dye vendor.

Example

  Gyuki Leather Jacket in its original color, and dyed in snow-white, rolanberry red and metallic red.