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Black Dye

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Verified US market

Lowest listed price5 silver

Median listing6 silver

136,883 available48 listings

Verified priceAuction House40 min agocommodity

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Black Dye details

Type	Other
Item level	10
Max stack	1,000
Vendor sell price	2 silver50 copper
First seen in our data	build 1.15.9.68940

Read from the 12.1.0.69875 game build. Prices are US Auction House data.

What Black Dye is used in

Alchemy

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Lists at (US)	Reagents per craft
Stoppered Black Potion	Classic Alchemy, House Decor, grey at 300	2	10 × Ironwood Lumber 2 × Dark Rune 1 × Crystal Vial	Stoppered Black Potion

Leatherworking

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
Stylin' Adventure Hat	Outland Leatherworking, Helms, grey at 75	4	6 × Heavy Knothide Leather 2 × Cobra Scales 8 × Primal Life 3 × Rune Thread	Stylin' Adventure Hat	1,410 gold
Dusky Belt	Classic Leatherworking, Belts, grey at 235	2	10 × Heavy Leather 2 × Bolt of Silk Cloth 1 × Iron Buckle	Dusky Belt	59 gold
Dusky Bracers	Classic Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 225	1	16 × Heavy Leather 2 × Silken Thread	Dusky Bracers	86 gold
Dusky Leather Leggings	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 205	1	10 × Heavy Leather 2 × Fine Thread	Dusky Leather Leggings	54 gold
Heavy Scale Belt	Classic Leatherworking, Belts, grey at 235	2	10 × Heavy Leather 2 × Bolt of Silk Cloth 1 × Iron Buckle	Heavy Scale Belt	59 gold
Heavy Scale Pants	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 205	1	10 × Heavy Leather 2 × Fine Thread	Heavy Scale Pants	54 gold
Wicked Leather Armor	Classic Leatherworking, Chest, grey at 340	4	20 × Rugged Leather 2 × Cured Rugged Hide 2 × Felcloth 2 × Rune Thread	Wicked Leather Armor	214 gold
Wicked Leather Belt	Classic Leatherworking, Belts, grey at 340	2	14 × Rugged Leather 2 × Rune Thread	Wicked Leather Belt	75 gold
Wicked Leather Bracers	Classic Leatherworking, Bracers, grey at 305	1	8 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Wicked Leather Bracers	43 gold
Wicked Leather Gauntlets	Classic Leatherworking, Gloves, grey at 300	1	8 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Wicked Leather Gauntlets	43 gold
Wicked Leather Headband	Classic Leatherworking, Helms, grey at 320	1	12 × Rugged Leather 1 × Rune Thread	Wicked Leather Headband	64 gold
Wicked Leather Pants	Classic Leatherworking, Pants, grey at 330	3	12 × Rugged Leather 1 × Cured Rugged Hide 1 × Rune Thread	Wicked Leather Pants	68 gold

Tailoring

Recipe	Skill tier and category	Needs	Other reagents	Makes	Reagents per craft
High Society Top Hat	Cataclysm Tailoring, Hats & Hoods, grey at 75	1	4 × Dreamcloth 1 × Green Dye 4 × Fine Thread	High Society Top Hat
Black Silk Pack	Classic Tailoring, Bags, grey at 235	1	5 × Bolt of Silk Cloth 4 × Fine Thread	Black Silk Pack	2 gold
Black Swashbuckler's Shirt	Classic Tailoring, Shirts, grey at 220	1	5 × Bolt of Silk Cloth 1 × Silken Thread	Black Swashbuckler's Shirt	2 gold
Haliscan Jacket	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 295	2	5 × Bolt of Mageweave 1 × Red Dye 3 × Heavy Silken Thread	Haliscan Jacket	3 gold
Haliscan Pantaloons	Classic Tailoring, Pants, grey at 260	3	4 × Bolt of Mageweave 3 × Heavy Silken Thread	Haliscan Pantaloons	2 gold
Simple Black Dress	Classic Tailoring, Robes & Tunics, grey at 250	1	3 × Bolt of Mageweave 1 × Heavy Silken Thread 1 × Bleach	Simple Black Dress	1 gold

"Needs" is how many one craft consumes. Reagent cost adds up the required materials at the cheapest current listing of each; it is left blank when any reagent has no live price. Recipes, quantities, products and skill tiers are read from the game data.

Crafting value of Black Dye

Black Dye goes into 19 recipes: 12 in Leatherworking, 6 in Tailoring and 1 in Alchemy. They come from Classic Alchemy, Classic Leatherworking, Classic Tailoring, Outland Leatherworking and Cataclysm Tailoring.

The cheapest craft that uses Black Dye is Simple Black Dress (Classic Tailoring): its reagents cost 1 gold41 silver per craft.

Further down the chain, Dusky Belt is itself a reagent in 1 recipe, such as Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt.

Leveling and recipes for Black Dye

Leveling with Black Dye: High Society Top Hat (Hats & Hoods) stops giving Tailoring skill-ups at 75. Stylin' Adventure Hat (Helms) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 60 and grey at 75. Dusky Leather Leggings (Pants) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 185 and grey at 205. Heavy Scale Pants (Pants) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 185 and grey at 205. Black Swashbuckler's Shirt (Shirts) turns yellow at Tailoring skill 210 and grey at 220. Dusky Bracers (Bracers) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 205 and grey at 225.

Recipe items that teach these crafts: Pattern: High Society Top Hat, Pattern: Stylin' Adventure Hat, Pattern: Black Silk Pack, Pattern: Black Swashbuckler's Shirt, Pattern: Dusky Leather Leggings, Pattern: Haliscan Jacket, Pattern: Haliscan Pantaloons and Pattern: Wicked Leather Armor, and 5 more.

Reagents used with Black Dye

Black Dye is most often combined with Rune Thread, which shares 7 of its 19 recipes; next come Rugged Leather, Heavy Leather and Bolt of Silk Cloth.

Rune Thread 7 shared recipes
Rugged Leather 6 shared recipes
Heavy Leather 5 shared recipes
Bolt of Silk Cloth 4 shared recipes
Fine Thread 4 shared recipes
Bolt of Mageweave 3 shared recipes
Heavy Silken Thread 3 shared recipes
Cured Rugged Hide 2 shared recipes
Iron Buckle 2 shared recipes
Silken Thread 2 shared recipes
Bleach 1 shared recipe
Cobra Scales 1 shared recipe

What Black Dye is crafted into

Stylin' Adventure Hat (Mail). Made with Stylin' Adventure Hat, 4 Black Dye per craft.

Wicked Leather Armor (Leather). Made with Wicked Leather Armor, 4 Black Dye per craft.

Haliscan Pantaloons (Cosmetic). Made with Haliscan Pantaloons, 3 Black Dye per craft.

Wicked Leather Pants (Leather). Made with Wicked Leather Pants, 3 Black Dye per craft.

Black Dye: lowest listed price, last 30 days

The current lowest listing is 58% below its 30-day median. Over these 30 days the lowest listing moved more than tenfold, so a single snapshot can sit far from typical.

Now	5 silver
30-day low	3 silver Aug 22
30-day high	18,559 gold Sep 2
30-day median	12 silver
7-day median	17 silver
Hourly snapshots	689

US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.

Black Dye by region

Americas and Oceania (US) has the lowest listing of the regions we track. Each region is a separate Auction House, so gold and items do not move between them.

Region	Lowest listed price	Listings	Units
Americas and Oceania (US)	5 silver	48	136,883
Europe (EU)	6 silver	11	92,959

Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Black Dye

Classic Leatherworking has 298 recipes. Besides Black Dye, the reagents they call for most are Rune Thread (84 recipes), Rugged Leather (79 recipes), Cured Rugged Hide (69 recipes), Fine Thread (68 recipes), Heavy Leather (50 recipes), Thick Leather (38 recipes), Light Leather (34 recipes), Medium Leather (33 recipes), Coarse Thread (29 recipes), Enchanted Leather (29 recipes).

Classic Tailoring has 270 recipes. Besides Black Dye, the reagents they call for most are Bolt of Runecloth (90 recipes), Rune Thread (57 recipes), Fine Thread (54 recipes), Bolt of Mageweave (49 recipes), Bolt of Silk Cloth (43 recipes), Heavy Silken Thread (42 recipes), Ironweb Spider Silk (37 recipes), Red Dye (30 recipes), Bolt of Linen Cloth (28 recipes), Bolt of Woolen Cloth (28 recipes).

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About Black Dye

Black Dye is a crafting material in World of Warcraft. This page tracks its verified Auction House price and the recipes that consume it, so you can judge whether it is worth farming, buying, or selling right now.

Demand comes from Alchemy, Leatherworking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Black Dye spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.

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