What do dyes do in guild wars 2

You can then drag additional dyes up to four total into the slots in the preview window, which allows more variations in color; you must mix at least two different colors e. When you are satisfied with your dye combination, click Apply to finalize it or Cancel to close the window, without losing any of the dyes.

Vials of dye drop randomly from most foes. It can also be bought or sold at market prices by visiting a dye trader , located in towns or well-stocked guild halls. All dyes have a merchant value of 1 and a trader minimum of 10 except as noted below , but in-game values fluctuate considerably; be sure to get price checks before trading with other players.

In pre-Searing Ascalon , black dyes BD for short are often used in lieu of Glob of Ectoplasm , Armbraces of Truth or Zaishen Keys all of which cannot be found there as an alternate currency for trades.

When you unlock a dye after the feature pack is released, all characters on your account will have unlimited access to that color. If you already have the same dyes unlocked on multiple characters, when you log in on additional characters, you will receive one unidentified dye for each duplicate dye already unlocked on your account. With dyes becoming account unlocks, the demand for dye will decrease and unidentified dyes will no longer drop as loot but will still be available from the Mystic Forge and select in-game rewards.

Both specific colors of dye and unidentified dyes will still be tradable and available on the Trading Post, and hue-specific dyes can still be crafted. The process for identifying unidentified dyes will remain the same. Category : Dyes. Crimson Lion Dye Kit. Celebratory Dye Pack 3. Deathly Dye Kit. Flame Dye Kit. Frost Dye Kit. Glint's Winter Dye Kit. Lion's Arch Commemorative Dye Kit. Lion's Arch Survivors Dye Kit. Metallurgic Dye Kit. Toxic Dye Kit. Taimi's Dye Kit. Blue Shift Dye Kit.

Jubilant Dye Pack 4. Mad King Dye Kit. Shadow Dye Kit. Winter Chimes Dye Kit. Bloodstone Dye Kit. Primordus Dye Kit. Exuberant Dye Kit 5. Solar and Lunar Dye Kit. Vibrant Dye Kit. Awakened Dye Kit. Triumphant Dye Kit 6. Elonian Beasts Dye Kit. Elonian Landscape Dye Kit. Jormag Dye Kit. Zhaitan Dye Kit.