Dye (action)
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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.
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 & Mender (X:12.1 Y:13.8) in Vesper Bay.
General Information
- Players can dye their armor into different colors. Dyes have the following sources:
- Standard Spectrum Dye is acquired through the following methods:
- Crafted by any Disciple of Hand as a level 30 recipe
- Purchased for
216 from any dye merchants: Unsynrael, Alaric, Nanabe, Frine, Eilonwy, Tokohana, Kasumi - Purchsed from ARR allied society vendors (Amalj'aa Vendor, Sylphic Vendor, Kobold Vendor, Sahagin Vendor, Ixali Vendor). The Amal'jaa, Sylphic, Kobold, and Sahagin vendors also exchange Standard Spectrum Dye for 1 of the appropriate societal currency
- Wide Spectrum #1 Dye is acquired through the following methods:
- Purchased from Enie for
100 Skybuilders' Scrips (requires access to The Firmament after completing Heavensward) - Purchased from the Horrendous Hoarder for
500 Seafarer's Cowries (requires access to Island Sanctuary after completing Endwalker) - Purchased from Mesouaidonque for
600 Cosmocredits (requires access to Cosmic Exploration after completing Endwalker)
- Purchased from Enie for
- Wide Spectrum #2 Dye is acquired through the following methods:
- Purchased from Mesouaidonque for 600 Cosmocredits (requires access to Cosmic Exploration after completing Endwalker)
- From Cosmic Fortunes as random rewards (also requires access to Cosmic Exploration)
- Purchased from Mesouaidonque for
- General-purpose dyes are purchased from the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store (1 for $1.00 USD or 10 for $7.50 USD). The normal, tradable counterparts of the General-purpose dyes are found randomly in lootboxes from Quick Exploration Retainer Ventures, Deep Dungeons, Field Operations, Island Sanctuary, and Fêtes
All dyes not purchased from the cash shop can be purchased and sold on the Market Board for gil. Rarer dyes in popular colors, particularly General-purpose Pure White Dye and General-purpose Jet Black Dye, can fetch high prices (hundreds of thousands of gil).
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 Terebinth, available from dye vendors for 60.
Example
Gyuki Leather Jacket undyed, and then dyed in 
snow white, 
rolanberry red and 
metallic red.
Dual Dyes
Beginning in patch 7.0, certain pieces of equipment have two dye channels, allowing two separate dyes to be applied, each dyeing different parts of the item. Gear that is compatible with two dyes will have two dye tabs displayed in the dyeing interface. Additional equipment will be made compatible with two dye channels in future patches.
Dye Icons
Players can tell the dye status of an item by looking at the circle or plus icons at the top right of the item icon, as described in the following image. Dual dye items will have two circle or plus signs.
