Dye

Dye is a liquid in Vintage Story that can be used to change the color of cloth and leather.

Creation

Mordant

Note: This section does not apply to leather. Colored leather does not need any mordant. This section is about fabric.

To fix the colors, the fabric must first be treated with a mordant.

There are 3 mordants in the game: Diluted cassiterite, Diluted chromite and Diluted alum (they have the same properties).

A mordant solution is made instantly in a barrel by adding 1 Crushed cassiterite or 1 Crushed chromite or 1 Crushed alum to 5 L of water.

You can get these crushed materials by using a pulverizer. You can put the water in the barrel with a wooden bucket.

5L + = 5L

5L + = 5L

5L + = 5L

Then, you place a plain cloth in the barrel to soak in the mordant and you seal the barrel for 8 hours. You need 2 L of mordant for 1 plain cloth. You end up with 1 Mordanted cloth.

2L or 2L or 2L + =

Color

Dyes are created in a barrel. All dyes require a specific element that determines the color of the dye. Some dyes can be obtained in several ways. The barrel needs to be sealed for 8 hours for the dye to be ready (except for the brown dye which requires 24 hours).

8L Black dye = 8L Gray dye + Metal scrap

8L Black dye = 8L Gray dye + Rusty gear

8L Gray dye = 8L Water + Metal scrap

8L Gray dye = 8L Water + Rusty gear

4L White dye = 4L Water + 2x Powdered borax

4L Pink dye = 4L Water + 4x Cranberry

4L Red dye = 4L Water + Crushed cinnabar

4L Orange dye = 4L Yellow dye + 4x Onion

4L Yellow dye = 4L Water + 4x Onion

4L Yellow dye = 4L Water + 4x Heather

4L Green dye = 4L Water + 4x Dry grass

4L Green dye = 4L Water + 4x Lily of the valley

4L Blue dye = 4L Water + Crushed lapis lazuli

4L Blue dye = 4L Water + 4x Cornflower

4L Woad Blue dye = 4L Water + 2x Woad

4L Purple dye = 4L Water + 4x Blueberry

4L Purple dye = 4L Water + 4x Black currant

1L Brown dye = 1L Strong tannin

Note: The woad blue dye can be applied to the plain cloth directly. A mordant is not necessary.

Usage

To dye some leather or some mordanted cloth, you place it in the barrel containing the dye to soak it and seal the barrel for 8 hours.

• 4L Dye + 1x Leather = 1x Colored leather
  
• 2L Dye + 1x Mordanted cloth = 1x Dyed cloth

Dyed cloth is needed to create specific types of clothing. Colored leather is used to make ornate versions of shields.