LOTRO Dyes Guide
Dyes in LOTRO can be used to change the color of armor, headwear, and cloaks. Only scholars can create dyes. You become a scholar by training to be a historian. After the dye is made, anyone can use it. The dye pot is consumed upon use.
Keep in mind that sometimes dyes do not cover the entire piece of armor you are wearing.
Dye Colors Chart
| Sienna | Gold | Olive | Umber |
| Navy | Dark Green | Violet | Rust |
| Indigo | Black | Red |
Dye Prices
You can get someone with the scholar profession (a historian) to make you a dye or you can buy them from the auction house.
These prices reflect the cheapest Buy It Now price that I could find on 1-05-08 on the Vilya server. The two obvious winners in the most expensive category are red and black dyes.
| Dye | Cheapest Price (silver) |
| Dark Green | 33 |
| Red | 267 |
| Gold | 37 |
| Sienna | 10 |
| Olive | 10 |
| Umber | 5 |
| Violet | 30 |
| Navy | 20 |
| Rust | 7 |
| Indigo | 25 |
| Black | 166 |
Rare Dye Components
- Yarrow Root - picked in Ered Luin, Bree-Lands, Shire
- Woad Plant - picked in Lone Lands, North Downs
- Indigo Plant - picked in Trollshaws
- Onion Skins - farming Green Onion Fields
- Juicy Blackberries - farming Blackberry Fields
- Sienna - Tin Ore Deposits
- Copper Salts - Copper Ore Deposits
- Umber - Barrow Iron Ore Deposits
- Ancient Iron Oxides - Ancient Iron Ore Deposits
Dye Recipe Drops
Some recipes for dyes are dropped off of mobs. Indigo, green, red, and rust dye recipes can very rarely be found in chests in the Misty Mountains.| Recipe | Mob Level |
| Gold Dye | 10-20 |
| Sienna Dye | 10-20 |
| Olive Dye | 20-30 |
| Umber Dye | 20-30 |
| Violet Dye | 30-45 |
| Navy Dye | 30-45 |
Gold Dye
Learned from the Gold Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Yarrow Root can be picked by anyone. It is found on the ground in Ered Luin, Bree-Lands, and The Shire. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Gold Dye Ingrediants
x1 Water
x1 Chalk
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Yarrow Root
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Dark Green Dye
Learned from the Dark Green Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Onion skins is a rare drop from farming Green Onion Fields, which is a tier 2 skill. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Dark Green Dye Ingrediants
x1 Water
x1 Chalk
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Onion Skins
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Indigo Dye
Learned from the Indigo Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Indigo Plants can be picked by anyone. They grow on the ground in Trollshaws. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Indigo Dye
x1 Water
x1 Chalk
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Indigo Plant
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Navy Dye
Learned from the Navy Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Woad Plant can be picked from the ground by anyone. They are found in Lone Lands and North Downs. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Navy Dye
x1 Water
x1 Chalk
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Woad Plant
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Olive Dye
Learned from the Olive Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Copper Salts is a rare drop from mining copper deposits. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Olive Dye
x1 Water
x1 Dye Salts
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Copper Salts
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Red Dye
Learned from the Red Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3.Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Red Dye
x1 Water
x1 Dye Salts
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Neekerbreeker Ichor
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Rust Dye
Learned from the Rust Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you black dye. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Ancient Iron Oxides is a rare drop from mining Ancient Iron Ore Deposits . The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Rust Dye
x1 Water
x1 Dye Salts
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Ancient Iron Oxides
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Sienna Dye
Learned from the Sienna Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Sienna is a rare drop from mining tin. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Sienna Dye
x1 Water
x1 Dye Salts
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Sienna
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Violet Dye
Learned from the Violet Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Juicy Blackberries are a rare drop from farming Blackberry Fields, which is a tier 5 farming skill. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Violet Dye
x1 Water
x1 Chalk
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Juicy Blackberries
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Umber Dye
Learned from the Umber Dye Recipe. Critical success for this recipe gives you a quantity of 3. Huge Worm Eye is a rare drop from worms in Northern Trollshaws, Angmar Swamp, and Misty Mountains. Umber is a rare drop from mining barrow-iron ore. The rest of the items can be bought at regular vendors.
Umber Dye
x1 Water
x1 Dye Salts
x1 Glass Phial
x1 Umber
x1 (optional critical chance increase) Huge Worm Eye
Black Dye
Black dye can only be created while creating rust dye. When there is a critical success during the making of rust dye, then black dye is created.
