Where do black dyes drop the most and where? Pre-searing? - Page 3 - Guild Wars Forums

Aussie Boy · Apr 24, 2007, 01:32 PM // 13:32

I get a lot in pre and post about 21 over 19 month of playing some months I get zip
other months I can get 2 or 3 it's just luck of the drop.
Pre outside barradin's estate in Green hills and outside Fort Ranik killing the Skale
Post a good place I found is doing Nolani mission like this screeny from 2 days ago I have had a good deal of them there drop just open the gate not run around the back and ambush em.

Forgot to mention I remeber my first black drop very well
I sold it for 1g to merchant as I was totaly new to the game and didn't know any better

Toutatis · Apr 24, 2007, 01:32 PM // 13:32

Since I started playing about 6 months or so ago, I've had four black dye drops. One was in pre, one was in Pockmark Flats, and I can't quite remember where the other two dropped. I still have all four tucked away in my vault, and there they will stay until I get some prestige gear for one of my characters.

Etta · Apr 24, 2007, 01:38 PM // 13:38

Hand up, who used res sig on this thread? OP was made in '05. Stop poking the dead pls. Everyone know black dye drop most in black forest, next to the black river. (ok jk it's random drop)

Griff Mon · Apr 24, 2007, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Ancient thread revival.

If you solo, you get more. If you kill a lot of critters, you get more. Simple as that.

teenchi · Apr 24, 2007, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Never got any black dye presearing on 4 characters that I started and kept in pre seer for a long time to level up and clear whole map. Have gotten about 5 black dye drops in random places post sear.

Darksun · Apr 24, 2007, 04:13 PM // 16:13

I've had about 3-4 drop in Pre & about 7-10 drop in post. But I obviously spend WAY more time in .post

redant751 · Apr 24, 2007, 04:27 PM // 16:27

Pre is the best place to pick up Black dye, and i allways solo it.
have 12 back dye on my PVP mule.

Tannim · Apr 25, 2007, 04:36 AM // 04:36

I received a silver dye in pre with my first character. I also received about 3 blue dyes. Nobody was interested in the silver in pre

However, blues sold out like hot cakes. I ended up having to sell the silver to a post merchant since nobody (at the time I was on), wanted it.

I guess it really depends on what time of day you play on. I have never seen any black dyes yet though.

Spidey · Apr 26, 2007, 07:12 AM // 07:12

I got 4 black dye in pre-searing in 3 days a couple weeks ago. I now keep at least one character in pre just for the dye drops. I haven't found a specific area to farm dye there though. Don't know if I've seen any Ice or Stone elementals drop dye, but then I didn't think gargoyles did until I got 2 dyes this evening in an hour - one was brown but the other was red.

I haven't gotten as many dye drops soloing trolls and giants in Talus Chute as I have just running around in pre-searing.

Here is my pre-char with the dyes I've collected in 13 hours of play.

Tanatie · Apr 26, 2007, 07:25 AM // 07:25

well, since one of the latest updates it doesn't matter anymore if you go solo or with 7 henchmen, the drops will always be like the party is full. however the drops are also gonna be the same no matter how many times you enter the same area. I'm wondering if presearing will still have more dye drops after this update

erfweiss · Apr 26, 2007, 07:57 AM // 07:57

I have only gotten 1 black dye in 19 months of playing. Dropped by Confessor Dorian at Thunderhead Keep.

malko050987 · Apr 26, 2007, 08:12 AM // 08:12

Got 1 black in 3 months of play. Got it last night, from a monolith in the Desolation, in NF.

Plenty other dyes, though. Esepcially in Post, when farming the low-level monsters with my Protector of Tyria Ranger

It was before the loot scaling update, though...

Tanatie · Apr 26, 2007, 08:37 AM // 08:37

in 9 months I got about 5 whites and 1 black (urgoz's warren)...

joe mommas · Apr 27, 2007, 12:28 AM // 00:28

the only black dye i ever got was from a grasping darknes in UW. i solo farmed it with my war so yea.. (p.s i also got 4 ectos that run =)

Frazzy · Apr 27, 2007, 12:35 AM // 00:35

I found 6 black dyes on my level 20 pre searing monk and i have gotten like 12 i think in post on a character with 3.5 million exp.

Tachyon · Apr 27, 2007, 12:37 AM // 00:37

For some bizarre reason I've gotten 3 black dyes in the last two days, all on the same character. Each one was within an hour of landing on a different continent.

1. Was from an Afflicted Ritualist during the second 15att point quest.
2. Was from a Tengu Wild just North of Lion's Arch
3. Was from a Kournan Scribe during the 'Hunted' quest.

It's weird, mainly because in the last two days I've had one more black dye drop than I have had since I got Prophecies on the day of release.

lil_necro_chick · Apr 27, 2007, 12:56 AM // 00:56

LOL isn't it fun talking about black dye? I have never gotten one, but my son, who played GW for literally 5 minutes and then went back to WoW, got a black dye in that time.

From reading all these posts - I really think that the stats on drops are messed up. How can someone play for 2 years and not get one black??? And others get them regularly? Someone suggested that the randomness factor may be "set" for a particular character and it looks like that to me from reading these posts, though that would be pretty friggin annoying if true. Although I have created characters that got WAY WAY more dye than my current one gets (aka - none since lvl 12). Then I deleted them...

Apr 24, 2007, 01:32 PM // 13:32	#41
Aussie Boy Alcoholic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia Profession: W/	I get a lot in pre and post about 21 over 19 month of playing some months I get zip other months I can get 2 or 3 it's just luck of the drop. Pre outside barradin's estate in Green hills and outside Fort Ranik killing the Skale Post a good place I found is doing Nolani mission like this screeny from 2 days ago I have had a good deal of them there drop just open the gate not run around the back and ambush em. Forgot to mention I remeber my first black drop very well I sold it for 1g to merchant as I was totaly new to the game and didn't know any better Last edited by Aussie Boy; Apr 24, 2007 at 01:55 PM // 13:55..

Apr 24, 2007, 01:32 PM // 13:32	#42
Toutatis Walking Wiki Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Isle of Medication Guild: Visitors from Aranna [VFA] Profession: Me/E	Since I started playing about 6 months or so ago, I've had four black dye drops. One was in pre, one was in Pockmark Flats, and I can't quite remember where the other two dropped. I still have all four tucked away in my vault, and there they will stay until I get some prestige gear for one of my characters.

Apr 24, 2007, 01:38 PM // 13:38	#43
Etta Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mancland, British Empire	Hand up, who used res sig on this thread? OP was made in '05. Stop poking the dead pls. Everyone know black dye drop most in black forest, next to the black river. (ok jk it's random drop)

Apr 24, 2007, 03:47 PM // 15:47	#44
Griff Mon Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the Elfen Forests of Washington State Guild: Damage Radius Profession: N/	Ancient thread revival. If you solo, you get more. If you kill a lot of critters, you get more. Simple as that.

Apr 24, 2007, 04:03 PM // 16:03	#45
teenchi Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2005 Location: PST Guild: Heros of Titans Realm [HotR] Profession: W/Mo	Never got any black dye presearing on 4 characters that I started and kept in pre seer for a long time to level up and clear whole map. Have gotten about 5 black dye drops in random places post sear.

Apr 24, 2007, 04:13 PM // 16:13	#46
Darksun Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Guild: Karr's Castle Profession: W/E	I've had about 3-4 drop in Pre & about 7-10 drop in post. But I obviously spend WAY more time in .post

Apr 24, 2007, 04:27 PM // 16:27	#47
redant751 Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NYC,NY Guild: Gods Special Forces (GSF) Profession: R/E	Pre is the best place to pick up Black dye, and i allways solo it. have 12 back dye on my PVP mule.

Apr 25, 2007, 04:36 AM // 04:36	#48
Tannim Academy Page Join Date: Apr 2007	I received a silver dye in pre with my first character. I also received about 3 blue dyes. Nobody was interested in the silver in pre However, blues sold out like hot cakes. I ended up having to sell the silver to a post merchant since nobody (at the time I was on), wanted it. I guess it really depends on what time of day you play on. I have never seen any black dyes yet though.

Apr 26, 2007, 07:25 AM // 07:25	#50
Tanatie Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Serbian white templars Profession: N/E	well, since one of the latest updates it doesn't matter anymore if you go solo or with 7 henchmen, the drops will always be like the party is full. however the drops are also gonna be the same no matter how many times you enter the same area. I'm wondering if presearing will still have more dye drops after this update

Apr 26, 2007, 07:57 AM // 07:57	#51
erfweiss Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006 Guild: Cold Black Eyes Profession: W/A	I have only gotten 1 black dye in 19 months of playing. Dropped by Confessor Dorian at Thunderhead Keep.

Apr 26, 2007, 08:12 AM // 08:12	#52
malko050987 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arad, Romania Guild: The Arctic Marauders [TAM] - now recruiting! Profession: R/	Got 1 black in 3 months of play. Got it last night, from a monolith in the Desolation, in NF. Plenty other dyes, though. Esepcially in Post, when farming the low-level monsters with my Protector of Tyria Ranger It was before the loot scaling update, though...

Apr 26, 2007, 08:37 AM // 08:37	#53
Tanatie Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Serbian white templars Profession: N/E	in 9 months I got about 5 whites and 1 black (urgoz's warren)...

Apr 27, 2007, 12:28 AM // 00:28	#54
joe mommas Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Guild: School Of Hard Knocks [SOHK] Profession: W/E	the only black dye i ever got was from a grasping darknes in UW. i solo farmed it with my war so yea.. (p.s i also got 4 ectos that run =)

Apr 27, 2007, 12:35 AM // 00:35	#55
Frazzy Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Canada Guild: Unavailable Profession: Mo/Me	I found 6 black dyes on my level 20 pre searing monk and i have gotten like 12 i think in post on a character with 3.5 million exp.

Apr 27, 2007, 12:37 AM // 00:37	#56
Tachyon Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stoke, England Guild: The Godless [GOD] Profession: W/	For some bizarre reason I've gotten 3 black dyes in the last two days, all on the same character. Each one was within an hour of landing on a different continent. 1. Was from an Afflicted Ritualist during the second 15att point quest. 2. Was from a Tengu Wild just North of Lion's Arch 3. Was from a Kournan Scribe during the 'Hunted' quest. It's weird, mainly because in the last two days I've had one more black dye drop than I have had since I got Prophecies on the day of release.

Apr 27, 2007, 12:56 AM // 00:56	#57
lil_necro_chick Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Profession: N/R	LOL isn't it fun talking about black dye? I have never gotten one, but my son, who played GW for literally 5 minutes and then went back to WoW, got a black dye in that time. From reading all these posts - I really think that the stats on drops are messed up. How can someone play for 2 years and not get one black??? And others get them regularly? Someone suggested that the randomness factor may be "set" for a particular character and it looks like that to me from reading these posts, though that would be pretty friggin annoying if true. Although I have created characters that got WAY WAY more dye than my current one gets (aka - none since lvl 12). Then I deleted them...