Dyes

Dyes are items that can be placed in the Dye Slots of a player's Inventory to alter the colors of equipped Armor, Vanity items, and Accessories. The Dye Trader NPC sells the Dye Vat, Silver Dye , and Brown Dye. All other Dyes must be crafted using the Dye Vat or obtained by trading in Strange Plants. Primary crafted Dyes can be further combined to craft shade, gradient, and patterned Dyes. There are currently 110 / 65 different dyes in the game (109/64 on single player worlds as Team Dye is not available).

To craft eight of each Dye (one for each dye slot, including combination and compound dyes), it takes:
 * 64 each of Red Husks, Green Mushrooms, Teal Mushrooms, Blue Berries, Purple Mucoses, Violet Husks, and Pink Prickly Pears
 * 96 each of Orange Bloodroots, Lime Kelps, Cyan Husks and Sky Blue Flowers
 * 128 each of Yellow Marigolds and Black Inks
 * 200 Silver Dyes (costing )
 * 8 Team Dyes (costing, multiplayer-exclusive)

Basic Dyes
All dyes are crafted at the Dye Vat. Every raw dye material (not including Silver Dye and Brown Dye) can be found growing as an Object in the natural world or as a guaranteed drop from special enemies. The name of each material indicates the color of dye it is used to craft. This is a complete list of all 14 basic dyes, their materials, and how to obtain them.

Combined Dyes
All colored basic dyes can be combined with Silver Dye to craft Bright Dyes:



Additionally, some colors can be combined to craft the following gradient colors:


 * [[File:Flame Dye.png]] Flame Dye - Red, Orange and Yellow Dye
 * [[File:Blue Flame Dye.png]] Blue Flame Dye - Blue, Sky Blue and Cyan Dye
 * [[File:Green Flame Dye.png]] Green Flame Dye - Green, Yellow and Lime Dye
 * [[File:Yellow Gradient Dye.png]] Yellow Gradient Dye - Yellow, Orange and Lime Dye
 * [[File:Cyan Gradient Dye.png]] Cyan Gradient Dye - Cyan, Sky Blue and Teal Dye
 * [[File:Violet Gradient Dye.png]] Violet Gradient Dye - Violet, Pink and Purple Dye
 * [[File:Rainbow Dye.png]] Rainbow Dye - Yellow Gradient, Cyan Gradient, and Violet Gradient Dye

Compound Dyes
These dyes form patterns with multiple colors, applied as separate blocks depending on the shape of the item. All colored basic dyes can be combined with Black or Silver Dye to craft " and Black Dye" or " and Silver Dye", respectively:

Additionally, the following patterns can be crafted from "combined dyes" in the section above:


 * [[File:Flame and Black Dye.png]] Flame and Black Dye - Flame Dye and Black Dye
 * [[File:Blue Flame and Black Dye.png]] Blue Flame and Black Dye - Blue Flame Dye and Black Dye
 * [[File:Green Flame and Black Dye.png]] Green Flame and Black Dye - Green Flame Dye and Black Dye
 * [[File:Intense Flame Dye.png]] Intense Flame Dye - 2 Flame Dyes
 * [[File:Intense Blue Flame Dye.png]] Intense Blue Flame Dye - 2 Blue Flame Dyes
 * [[File:Intense Green Flame Dye.png]] Intense Green Flame Dye - 2 Green Flame Dyes
 * [[File:Intense Rainbow Dye.png]] Intense Rainbow Dye - 2 Rainbow Dyes

Strange Dyes
These unusual dyes are obtained by trading Strange Plants found in the world to the Dye Trader.


 * Can also be purchased from the Dye Trader during a full moon for

Two of these dyes can be combined with certain materials at a Dye Vat to form new dyes.


 * ' - ' + (10)
 * ' - ' + (20)

Lunar Dyes
These animated dyes can be crafted at a Dye Vat with 10 of each drop from the Lunar Event bosses, and a single Bottled Water.


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Other Dyes

 *  - purchased from the Dye Trader on a server for . Changes to the team color if the player is in a multiplayer team.  No effect otherwise.
 *  - A Developer item that can be obtained from Treasure Bags.
 *  - A Developer item that can be obtained from Treasure Bags.

Tips

 * All dyes and items used to create them sell for, so a beginning character should pick them up whenever encountered to sell them even if they aren't interested in the dye itself.