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Purple Dye
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Purple Dye details
| Type | Other |
|---|---|
| Item level | 10 |
| Max stack | 1,000 |
| Vendor sell price | 6 silver25 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 Purple Dye is used in
Alchemy
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ghost Dye | Classic Alchemy, Materials, grey at 300 | 1 |
|  Ghost Dye | 70 gold | 43 gold |
Engineering
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple Smoke Flare | Outland Engineering, Fireworks, grey at 55 | 1 |  Purple Smoke Flare ×3 | 25 gold | 45 gold |
Leatherworking
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stylin' Purple Hat | Outland Leatherworking, Helms, grey at 75 | 4 |
|  Stylin' Purple Hat | 808 gold | |
 Camp Narache Rug | Classic Leatherworking, House Decor, grey at 300 | 2 |
|  Camp Narache Rug |
Tailoring
| Recipe | Skill tier and category | Needs | Other reagents | Makes | Lists at (US) | Reagents per craft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lavender Mageweave Shirt | Classic Tailoring, Shirts, grey at 245 | 2 |  Lavender Mageweave Shirt | 1 gold | ||
| Rich Purple Silk Shirt | Classic Tailoring, Shirts, grey at 205 | 1 |
|  Rich Purple Silk Shirt | 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 Purple Dye
Purple Dye goes into 6 recipes: 2 in Leatherworking, 2 in Tailoring, 1 in Alchemy and 1 in Engineering. They come from Classic Alchemy, Classic Leatherworking, Classic Tailoring, Outland Engineering and Outland Leatherworking.
The highest-listed product is Ghost Dye, from Classic Alchemy, at 70 gold22 silver on the US Auction House.
One craft of Ghost Dye takes 1 Purple Dye plus 2 Ghost Mushroom and 1 Crystal Vial; at current prices those reagents cost 43 gold85 silver per craft.
Purple Dye is about 1% of that reagent bill at its current price; Ghost Mushroom and Crystal Vial make up the rest.
The cheapest craft that uses Purple Dye is Lavender Mageweave Shirt (Classic Tailoring): its reagents cost 1 gold66 silver per craft.
2 of the 6 distinct products have a current US commodity price.
Further down the chain, Ghost Dye is itself a reagent in 13 recipes, such as Ghostweave Belt, Ghostweave Gloves and Ghostweave Vest.
Leveling and recipes for Purple Dye
Leveling with Purple Dye: Purple Smoke Flare (Fireworks) turns yellow at Engineering skill 35 and grey at 55. Stylin' Purple Hat (Helms) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 60 and grey at 75. Rich Purple Silk Shirt (Shirts) turns yellow at Tailoring skill 195 and grey at 205. Lavender Mageweave Shirt (Shirts) turns yellow at Tailoring skill 235 and grey at 245. Camp Narache Rug (House Decor) turns yellow at Leatherworking skill 260 and grey at 300. Ghost Dye (Materials) turns yellow at Alchemy skill 260 and grey at 300.
Recipe items that teach these crafts: Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare, Pattern: Stylin' Purple Hat, Recipe: Ghost Dye, Pattern: Lavender Mageweave Shirt and Pattern: Rich Purple Silk Shirt.
Schematic: Purple Smoke Flare
Pattern: Stylin' Purple Hat
Pattern: Lavender Mageweave ShirtReagents used with Purple Dye
Purple Dye is most often combined with Rune Thread, which shares 2 of its 6 recipes; next come Bolt of Mageweave, Bolt of Silk Cloth and Cobra Scales.
Rune Thread 2 shared recipes
Bolt of Mageweave 1 shared recipe
Bolt of Silk Cloth 1 shared recipe
Cobra Scales 1 shared recipe
Crystal Vial 1 shared recipe
Devilsaur Leather 1 shared recipe
Elemental Blasting Powder 1 shared recipe
Ghost Mushroom 1 shared recipe
Heavy Knothide Leather 1 shared recipe
Heavy Silken Thread 1 shared recipe
Ironwood Lumber 1 shared recipe
Netherweave Cloth 1 shared recipe
What Purple Dye is crafted into
Stylin' Purple Hat (Leather). Made with Stylin' Purple Hat, 4 Purple Dye per craft.
Camp Narache Rug (Decor). Made with Camp Narache Rug, 2 Purple Dye per craft.
Lavender Mageweave Shirt (Miscellaneous). Made with Lavender Mageweave Shirt, 2 Purple Dye per craft.
Purple Smoke Flare (Other). Made with Purple Smoke Flare, 1 Purple Dye per craft.
Purple Dye: lowest listed price, last 30 days
The current lowest listing is 3% above 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 | 30 silver |
|---|---|
| 30-day low | 12 silver Aug 23 |
| 30-day high | 2 gold Sep 9 |
| 30-day median | 29 silver |
| 7-day median | 31 silver |
| Hourly snapshots | 676 |
US region, the cheapest listing at each hourly Auction House snapshot. These are asking prices, not sales.
Purple Dye by region
The lowest listing is 12% lower in Europe (EU) than in Americas and Oceania (US). 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) | 25 silver | 41 | 26,197 |
| Europe (EU) | 22 silver | 15 | 30,462 |
Other reagents in the same recipe tiers as Purple Dye
Classic Tailoring has 270 recipes. Besides Purple 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).
Classic Alchemy has 116 recipes. Besides Purple Dye, the reagents they call for most are Crystal Vial (95 recipes), Dreamfoil (14 recipes), Goldthorn (11 recipes), Gromsblood (7 recipes), Stranglekelp (7 recipes), Bruiseweed (6 recipes), Ghost Mushroom (6 recipes), Khadgar's Whisker (6 recipes), Kingsblood (6 recipes), Mountain Silversage (6 recipes).
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Dense Sharpening Stone25 silver
Soul Essence25 silver
Heavy Frostweave Bandage25 silver
Silkweave Splint25 silver
Silvery Salve25 silver
Demitri's Draught of Deception25 silver
Gleeful Glamour - Pandaren25 silver
Scroll of Intellect24 silver
Juggling Torch24 silver
Heavy Embersilk Bandage24 silver
About Purple Dye
Purple 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, Engineering, Leatherworking, Tailoring. When a recipe that uses Purple Dye spikes in value, the material tends to follow, so watch the recipes above alongside the price history.
To read the chart: compare the current lowest listing against the typical range. A price sitting below its recent band is a buy or craft signal; a price above it favors selling or farming. The method matters more than any single number, since commodity prices move between hourly snapshots.