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An Alternative to Jet Black Dye
In Final Fantasy 14, different dyes are rather important when it comes to customising your character. Whether it is for your Fashion Report or for your glamour plate, acquiring the dye you want can be easy or tricky, depending on which dye you are after.
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Neutral dyes are rather easy to attain. They can be bought for Gil from NPCs, acquired from specific vendors, crafted, or even bought from the in-game marketplace. Special dyes, however, are a little trickier to get your hands on.
Updated November 29, 2021 by Ryan Bamsey: Black never really goes out of fashion, and that's true in both Eorzea and the real world. We've added some more information about where to find pots of this fashionable dye.
How to Get Jet Black Dye
Not to be confused with Soot Black Dye, which can be acquired from the Ixali vendor or by crafting it, Jet Black Dye is much rarer and much more expensive.
The dye is prohibited from the market and is untradeable. Although, there are three ways in which you can acquire it.
Online Store
- The easiest yet most costly way to get Jet Black Dye is by directly purchasing it from the online store with real money. For ten pots of dye, it is typically $7.50, with one pot of dye costing $1. Note that buying dye on the Mogstation will only provide this item to one of your characters.
Retainer Ventures
- When you have a retainer, you may assign them tasks. They will be sent out on missions for you and will often return with items after a particular amount of time.
For your retainer to (hopefully) bring you back some Jet Black Dye from one of their missions, they must first be level ten. Once at level ten, they can go on Quick Exploration, which are missions that last one hour. After these particular missions, your retainer will return with a single item.
However, these items can vary from anything between gear and furniture to fish and dyes. It is possible for your retainer to bring you back a Venture Coffer, which is an item that you must open yourself. This has a chance of containing General-Purpose Jet Black Dye, which is identical to the Jet Black Dye available on the Mogstation.
Sacks And Lockboxes
- You may also find General-Purpose Jet Black Dye inside lockboxes and sacks obtained in the Palace of the Dead, Heaven-on-High, on the Bozjan southern front, or the plains of Zadnor. Like the Venture Coffers, these items have a random chance of containing the dye.
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Trading a Gold Chocobo Feather with a Calamity Salvager.
To gain a Gold Chocobo Feather, someone on your friends’ list must return to the game using an invite that you have sent to them during a Callback Campaign. To do this, right-click their name in your friends’ list and choose ‘Invite Friend to Return’ in the menu. Alternatively, you also earn them from the Recruit a Friend campaign.
There are then three Calamity Salvagers in which you can trade a Gold Chocobo Feather in exchange for five pots of Jet Black Dye. They are situated in the three following areas: Old Gridania (X: 10.0 Y: 8.4), Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (X: 11.3 Y: 14.3), and Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (X: 12.6 Y: 13.1).
An Alternative to Jet Black Dye
Ultimately, Jet Black Dye in Final Fantasy 14 is a difficult and rare item to acquire. A good alternative that you can opt for is Soot Black Dye if your attempts to get your hands on Jet Black Dye become too expensive or difficult. Above is a comparison between Soot Black Dye and Jet Black Dye, so you can see the minimal difference.
You can get Soot Black Dye from the following:
- Purchase from the Ixali Vendor in the North Shroud at (X:24.9, Y:22.7)
- Reward from Level 20 Main Scenario Quest "The Company You keep (Immortal Flames)"
- Reward from Level 21 Sidequest "A Porcine Plight"
- Reward from Level 70 Sidequest "Marks of the Monarch"
- Possible reward from the Level 60 Dungeon "The Fractal Continuum"
- Craft it via Carpenter, Blacksmith, Armorer, Goldsmith, Leatherwork, Weaver, Alchemist, or Culinarian recipe
- Purchase from the Market Board
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FAQs
For your retainer to (hopefully) bring you back some Jet Black Dye from one of their missions, they must first be level ten. Once at level ten, they can go on Quick Exploration, which are missions that last one hour. After these particular missions, your retainer will return with a single item.
Why is Jet Black Dye so expensive in FF14? ›
High demand and low supply. Black/White dyes are always the most expensive in just about every MMO I've played with a dye system outside of a few rare cases where some gaudy "pay attention to me" rainbow/glowing/whatever dye is available.
Does Rit Back to Black work? ›
I redyed some faded black denim I had 3 pair. This kit did a fabulous job in the dye. They look new again. I would totally recommend the black dye for any faded denim you might have.
How do you unlock more dyes in Ffxiv? ›
To unlock the ability to dye, talk to Swyrgeim in Vesper Bay, the same NPC who unlocked glamour. As the same for glamour, you need to be at least level 15 an far enough in the main scenario quests to have access to Western Thanalan. Once you complete the quest “Color Your World,” you'll be able to dye gear.
How to get black soot dye? ›
Soot Black Dye can be crafted, purchased, obtained as a quest reward, or as a drop from a duty.
How to farm jet black dye? ›
Sacks And Lockboxes
You may also find General-Purpose Jet Black Dye inside lockboxes and sacks obtained in the Palace of the Dead, Heaven-on-High, on the Bozjan southern front, or the plains of Zadnor. Like the Venture Coffers, these items have a random chance of containing the dye.
How do you make jet black? ›
The color jet black in percentages
If the project you're working on requires percentage representation, jet black is made of 4% red, 4% green, and 4% blue. If you're identifying color for a print project, you're most likely using a CMYK colorspace—the percentages are 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow, 96% black.
How do I get the best results with Rit dye? ›
The first 10 minutes are the most critical. Stirring helps to ensure an even color with no splotches. Item can remain in dyebath from 10 minutes up to one hour with stirring. If dyeing a polyester cotton blend, keep the fabric in the dyebath for at least 30 minutes to ensure that the color takes fully.
How do I fix my Rit dye mistakes? ›
If you are working with cotton, linen, silk, wool or ramie and don't like the color, you can remove it using Rit Color Remover. It will bring the fabric to a white or cream color. Then you can re-dye the garment to another color!
Can you save Rit dye for later? ›
Rit has an unlimited shelf life. When storing liquid dyes, be sure the cap is secure to prevent evaporation. Powder dyes should be stored in a cool, dry place. If you want to store powder dye after it has been mixed with water, you can do so in an airtight container.
Dyes are available on the market board or from vendors, are earned as quest rewards, or can be made by level 30 or higher crafters.
How do I know if something is dyeable in FFXIV? ›
You can use special dye items to change the color of your gear with the Dye action. To unlock this feature, complete the level 15 quest Color Your World. An icon indicates whether an item can be dyed or not.
What gives black dye? ›
Black was traditionally produced from barks and roots that contain tannins (such as alder, walnut and chestnut). To provide a colour that stayed longer, dyers started combining tannins with iron salts that acted as a mordant. This produced a more beautiful black, but the result was corrosive to the fabric.
Where can I buy Terebinth FFXIV? ›
Obtained From : Selling NPC(7)
- Unsynrael. Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X:6.0 Y:12.3)
- Alaric. Old Gridania (X:14.3 Y:8.8)
- Nanabe. Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (X:14.2 Y:11.0)
Dyeing any hair color black is one of the easiest colors to choose from, as it can cover any lighter shade. The cost to dye your hair black will be about $100+.
Was black an expensive dye? ›
Extracting the pigment was labour intensive, complex & expensive because if the costs involved in sourcing the dye, it was highly valued, associated with power & wealth and worn by royalty. Another colour commonly associated with wealth & power and one of the most difficult natural colours to produce was true black.
Is jet black hair rare? ›
Black hair or jet black hair is the darkest hair color. It has large amounts of eumelanin and is more dense than other hair colours and is the commonly seen hair color in Asia and Africa due the fact that the people in these regions tend to have lower levels of tyrosinase in their bodies.
Do you need developer for jet black hair dye? ›
If you want to change your hair color to a darker shade than your natural color, you'll still need a hair dye that contains a small amount of developer to help the color molecules penetrate the hair shaft.
