How do I get dyes? - Guild Wars Forums

Alpine_Frost · Sep 15, 2005, 07:54 PM // 19:54

I've been playing for a few days now, hanging out in pre-searing until I can finish every mission I can find, and I haven't come across a singe dye yet except for one I bought from someone for 10g.
Does anyone know where a good place to get dyes is? Or do I have to wait for post-searing?
Any help would be nice. I don't like the colors I am stuck with now.

Olfin Bedwere · Sep 15, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25

Pre is better for getting dyes. Kill the Skale outside Fort Ranik and/or the spiders and bandits. I usually get about 2-3 dye every 5-10 runs and I mostly just kill the Skale. When this dries up I go West of the Barrdin Estates and kill the Bandits back there. You can also get a good bit of gold as there is a merchant South of the Estate in the instanced zone that you can sell stuff to when your inventory gets full. Plus there are alot of seed back there so you get alot of Unnatural Seeds and Worn Belts which stack in inventory so you can carry more. It`s my opinion that your wasting dye if you color your Pre armour. As soon as you hit Post Ascalon City you`ll be upgrading.

Daegul Mistweaver · Sep 15, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44

Olfin has the right of it. The stretch between Fort Ranik and the tamer+Ranger trainer is the best spot for getting dye; and pre-searing is better hunting than post. Though I've personally had better luck from the bandits in that area.

Trouble is that, aside from black dye, you can farm the gold needed to purchase your dye (at 140-250ish, 6-800ish for silver) faster than you can farm dye yourself even in pre-searing. Takes about 15 minutes for a fast run through that strip and you'll average 2 every 3 trips. You can exceed 1 plat in half hour easy at level 20, which will net you more dye by far if you're spending on nothing but.

galkraft · Sep 16, 2005, 01:57 AM // 01:57

I'll add, armor upgrades are too frequent in this game. At some point toward the middle-end you will have access to max armor, which will be a more reasonable time to focus on aesthetics.

Also, you can actually choose your armor color (except black) when creating a PvP character, which interestingly enough, is also max armor.

Alpine_Frost · Sep 16, 2005, 02:35 AM // 02:35

Very useful stuff. Thank you very much. I don't think I have found Fort Ranik yet, but I'm sure I'll find it because I am roaming around quite a bit. Unless someone can guide me to it.

Olfin Bedwere · Sep 16, 2005, 08:29 PM // 20:29

South East of Ascalon City through Regent Valley. When you go into Regent Valley instaed of taking the path to the right, go over the hill to the left and folow the path down there. You should cross 2 bridges and go uner a large pillar type bridge just before you come to Fort Ranik.

Alpine_Frost · Sep 16, 2005, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Thanks! Found it! and I have already gotten two dyes. Tougher Enemies, but I am leveling up faster now too. I will spend a lot of time here. Now if I can just find out where I can stash things to save for later. Any clues?
(I also need to make a cool avatar or signature for this forum site)

cagan · Sep 16, 2005, 10:57 PM // 22:57

You can't unfortunately.

The best you can do pre-searing is get a belt pouch.
You can't get bags or have access to storage yet.

Olfin Bedwere · Sep 17, 2005, 03:58 AM // 03:58

You`ll have to settle for an Avatar, sigs are turned off for bandwidth reasons.

Alpine_Frost · Sep 18, 2005, 02:47 AM // 02:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by cagan

You can't unfortunately.

The best you can do pre-searing is get a belt pouch.
You can't get bags or have access to storage yet.

Okay, so maybe I'll be moving on to post-searing faster than I thought. <sigh> But I heard that Black and Silver dyes go for about 18 silver (or was it 18 platinum) there so I will buy some from players that are selling them for around 500g in pre-ascalon, then sell them in post-ascalon for mucho dinero.

(btw, I made my avatar, which is a screenshot of my Elementalist/Monk. Hope you all like it.)

Olfin Bedwere · Sep 18, 2005, 04:26 AM // 04:26

Last time I check the dye trader, which was about a week ago, Silver was going a little over 700 and Black was 7800. The days of 18k for Black are long gone.

Alpine_Frost · Sep 19, 2005, 01:01 AM // 01:01

That's good to know. So in post-searing there are Dye traders that you buy dyes from? Where are the best places to find dyes in Post?

Myth · Sep 19, 2005, 02:55 AM // 02:55

A while back a guild mate of mine told me he had found a dye crafter somewhere in the jungle. But i guess they took that out early on.

Olfin Bedwere · Sep 19, 2005, 03:51 AM // 03:51

You know I haven`t really found a general spot that I find dyes in post because I`m always moving forward. I ran a friend of mine from Ascalon to Yaks Bend the other day and had 2 Red and an Orange drop and he had a Blue drop.

Sep 15, 2005, 07:54 PM // 19:54	#1
Alpine_Frost Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Sep 2005 Profession: E/Mo	How do I get dyes? I've been playing for a few days now, hanging out in pre-searing until I can finish every mission I can find, and I haven't come across a singe dye yet except for one I bought from someone for 10g. Does anyone know where a good place to get dyes is? Or do I have to wait for post-searing? Any help would be nice. I don't like the colors I am stuck with now.

Sep 15, 2005, 09:44 PM // 21:44	#3
Daegul Mistweaver Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: The Incredible Edible Bookah [YUM] Profession: W/N	Olfin has the right of it. The stretch between Fort Ranik and the tamer+Ranger trainer is the best spot for getting dye; and pre-searing is better hunting than post. Though I've personally had better luck from the bandits in that area. Trouble is that, aside from black dye, you can farm the gold needed to purchase your dye (at 140-250ish, 6-800ish for silver) faster than you can farm dye yourself even in pre-searing. Takes about 15 minutes for a fast run through that strip and you'll average 2 every 3 trips. You can exceed 1 plat in half hour easy at level 20, which will net you more dye by far if you're spending on nothing but. Last edited by Daegul Mistweaver; Sep 15, 2005 at 09:45 PM // 21:45.. Reason: typo

Sep 15, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25	#2
Olfin Bedwere Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Profession: W/Mo	Pre is better for getting dyes. Kill the Skale outside Fort Ranik and/or the spiders and bandits. I usually get about 2-3 dye every 5-10 runs and I mostly just kill the Skale. When this dries up I go West of the Barrdin Estates and kill the Bandits back there. You can also get a good bit of gold as there is a merchant South of the Estate in the instanced zone that you can sell stuff to when your inventory gets full. Plus there are alot of seed back there so you get alot of Unnatural Seeds and Worn Belts which stack in inventory so you can carry more. It`s my opinion that your wasting dye if you color your Pre armour. As soon as you hit Post Ascalon City you`ll be upgrading.

Sep 16, 2005, 01:57 AM // 01:57	#4
galkraft Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Followers Of Master Jack Profession: R/Me	I'll add, armor upgrades are too frequent in this game. At some point toward the middle-end you will have access to max armor, which will be a more reasonable time to focus on aesthetics. Also, you can actually choose your armor color (except black) when creating a PvP character, which interestingly enough, is also max armor.

Sep 16, 2005, 02:35 AM // 02:35	#5
Alpine_Frost Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Sep 2005 Profession: E/Mo	Very useful stuff. Thank you very much. I don't think I have found Fort Ranik yet, but I'm sure I'll find it because I am roaming around quite a bit. Unless someone can guide me to it.

Sep 16, 2005, 08:29 PM // 20:29	#6
Olfin Bedwere Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Profession: W/Mo	South East of Ascalon City through Regent Valley. When you go into Regent Valley instaed of taking the path to the right, go over the hill to the left and folow the path down there. You should cross 2 bridges and go uner a large pillar type bridge just before you come to Fort Ranik.

Sep 16, 2005, 09:47 PM // 21:47	#7
Alpine_Frost Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Sep 2005 Profession: E/Mo	Thanks! Found it! and I have already gotten two dyes. Tougher Enemies, but I am leveling up faster now too. I will spend a lot of time here. Now if I can just find out where I can stash things to save for later. Any clues? (I also need to make a cool avatar or signature for this forum site)

Sep 16, 2005, 10:57 PM // 22:57	#8
cagan Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: Me/Mo	You can't unfortunately. The best you can do pre-searing is get a belt pouch. You can't get bags or have access to storage yet.

Sep 17, 2005, 03:58 AM // 03:58	#9
Olfin Bedwere Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Profession: W/Mo	You`ll have to settle for an Avatar, sigs are turned off for bandwidth reasons.

Sep 18, 2005, 04:26 AM // 04:26	#11
Olfin Bedwere Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Profession: W/Mo	Last time I check the dye trader, which was about a week ago, Silver was going a little over 700 and Black was 7800. The days of 18k for Black are long gone.

Sep 19, 2005, 01:01 AM // 01:01	#12
Alpine_Frost Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Sep 2005 Profession: E/Mo	That's good to know. So in post-searing there are Dye traders that you buy dyes from? Where are the best places to find dyes in Post?

Sep 19, 2005, 02:55 AM // 02:55	#13
Myth Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005	A while back a guild mate of mine told me he had found a dye crafter somewhere in the jungle. But i guess they took that out early on.

Sep 19, 2005, 03:51 AM // 03:51	#14
Olfin Bedwere Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma Profession: W/Mo	You know I haven`t really found a general spot that I find dyes in post because I`m always moving forward. I ran a friend of mine from Ascalon to Yaks Bend the other day and had 2 Red and an Orange drop and he had a Blue drop.