All Dye Locations and Recipes in Crimson Desert

Here is where to find every dyehouse and how to unlock every dye.

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Guide by Samuel Moreno Contributor

Published on April 22, 2026

Among all the mechanics in Crimson Desert, dyeing your equipment is one of the more complicated examples. Various restrictions make customizing your favorite armor and weapons a confusing process at first.

To help you tackle the dangers of Pywel in style, we're going to break it all down. Follow below as we cover every dye location and recipe in Crimson Desert, including how to make use of them.

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Every Dyehouse location in Crimson Desert

You need to visit a dyehouse in order to do any color customizing. Across Pywel are 10 unique dye merchant NPCs to assist you, plus an extra that provides a more complete service. The map below can be used to find every dyehouse in Crimson Desert, thanks to our friends at MapGenie.

We'll be further detailing exactly where every dye merchant is located, the color hues they provide, and whether there are any requirements to unlock them.

Hernand Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Theoric. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Theoric from atop a hill in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

This is likely the first dyehouse you'll find since it’s very close to the starting city of Hernand. Head southeast of the city and follow the Nas River down until you find a long pavilion and colorful sheets of fabric.

Check the west side of the building to find the dye merchant Theoric. He sells you the Dark Red Dye to start with and specializes in Red hues.

Pororin Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Devin. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Devin in Pororin Village in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

The next closest dyehouse you can find early on is within the elusive Pororin Village. However, you won't be able to just walk in. After you approach this area and get knocked out three times, you'll need to complete a side quest for a Shai to gain access to the village.

At the north end is the dye merchant Devin, who stands out on account of being a blue anthropomorphic anthromophoric cat. He sells you the Yellow dye to start with and specializes in Yellow hues.

Calphade Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Lauendell. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Calphade Dyehouse is next, located in the upper half of the Hernand region. Travel north along the Haunted Hill road until you reach the Calphade South Gate next to the Deep Fog Basin. West from here and across the road from the Calphade Siege Armory is the dyehouse.

Underneath a big awning and near the cliff wall is the dye merchant Lauendell. He sells the Green dye and specializes in Green hues.

Rustleleaf Farm Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Linus. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Linus at Rustleleaf Farm in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

The next three are in the mostly hostile Demeniss region. Two out of the three won't be accessible until later in the story, but if you travel to the southwest part of the region where the farmland begins, you can safely approach the Rustleleaf Farm Dyehouse.

Right next to a small river is the dye merchant Linus. He sells the Bright Blue Dye and specializes in Blue hues.

Greenfield Farm Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Monty. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Monty at Greenfield Farm in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Only once you've completed Chapter Eight of the main quest line can you interact with the Greenfield Farm Dyehouse. It's located northwest of the city. If you're looking at your map, the dyehouse is slightly northeast of the first 'E' in Demeniss.

Monty is the dye merchant here and is set up along the road between tracts of farmland. He sells Bright Violet dye and specializes in Violet hues.

Sunset Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Edmar. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

The third Demeniss dyehouse also unlocks after completing Chapter Eight. Directly northeast of the city and along the road is the Sunset Dyehouse. If you're looking at your map, the dyehouse is on the left side of the letter 'I' in Demeniss.

Situated near some houses and underneath a pavilion, it's hard to miss Edmar the dye merchant. He sells the Rich Purple Dye and specializes in Purple hues.

Delesyia Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Castiel. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Continue past Demeniss to venture into the Delesyia region. East of the major city here is the Delesyia Dyehouse. If you follow the long vertical river that cuts through the right side of the region, you'll find the dyehouse almost a third of the way down.

It's easy to find, thanks to the many vats of blue coloring and large robots helping with the process. The dye merchant named Castiel can be found underneath a small wooden plank pavilion. He sells the Deep Sky Blue dye and specializes in Sky Blue hues.

Pailune Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Laurick. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Laurick from atop a roof in the City of Pailune in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

While you can at least see the locked Demeniss dyehouses early on, the one for Pailune doesn't even exist until you complete Chapter Seven. Once you have, it can be found right next to the southern entrance of the city.

Just jump over the right side wall and look for the purple tunic-wearing man to meet the dye merchant Laurick. He sells the Teal dye and specializes in Teal hues.

Tommaso Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Cormac. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Cormac at Caledora Village in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

The namesake Crimson Desert area is massive, but it only features one area to dye your equipment. Traveling into this region from Demeniss will likely funnel you through the city of Tommaso. To the west of this city is a road leading to the Caledora village and Tommaso Dyehouse.

At the end of the road is a short stretch of shops, including a dyehouse run by Cormac. He sells the Dark Orange dye and specializes in Orange hues.

Varnia Dyehouse

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Alton. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Alton from atop a hill in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Brave your way through the Crimson Desert and into the Northeastern corner of the map to discover Varnia. This area is pretty small, so it's easy to find the Varnia Dyehouse that’s situated outside the city.

Alton is the resident Varnia dye merchant and can be found under a pavilion with a back wall. He sells the Rich Spring Green Dye and specializes in Spring Green hues.

Base Camp Dyer

The Crimson Desert map screen, highlighting the location of the dye merchant Oliver. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on Oliver inside the Howling Hill Greymane Camp in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

While this isn't a dyehouse per se, it essentially functions as a better version. Completing the Greymane side quests and upgrading your Greymane Camp two times will lead you to recruit Oliver. What's great about him is that he can dye your equipment with any color you've learned. He also lets you use every Dyehouse's exclusive material once you've discovered them.

Oliver sells the Shadow Grey Dye, which shows up as the top row under the Delesyian Dye category. Since his specialty is pretty much everything, he's the best way to customize your equipment in one convenient location. No need to remember which Demeniss dyehouse does violet and which does purple anymore!

All Crimson Desert dye recipes list

Besides the Pure White, Black, and eight Grey dyes, each can be found (usually by stealing) in the open world or crafted using the correct ingredients. If you want to farm the dyes in Crimson Desert, you can earn a random one by maximizing your Trust with a generic 'Dyer' or 'Expert Dyer' NPC at a Dyehouse. Gifting them 10 of any cooked meat is the easiest method.

Of course, there is something special about finding them for yourself and not relying on RNG. Here is every dye recipe in Crimson Desert, as well as their ingredients and potential locations. Every colored dye can be found in multiple places on the map, so don’t be surprised if you come across one somewhere else!

Color	Ingredients	Location
Bright Red Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x3	On the second floor of the Oakenshield Manor
Rich Red Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	At the top of Torchlight Beacon
Red Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Inside one of the Twin Clover Cabins in The Witchwoods area
Dark Red Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Purchase at Hernandian Dyehouse
Deep Red Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Stag Beetle x3	On the second floor of the Ruined Chapel to the left of the Steel Mountains
Bright Violet Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x3	Purchase at Greenfield Farm Dyehouse
Rich Violet Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Inside a cabin in the Kingshield Mountains, near the Chattering Rocks
Violet Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Inside the last right-hand cell at St. Halssius’s House of Healing
Dark Violet Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Inside a second-floor building in Beighen, right next to a door
Deep Violet Dye	Pink Medicinal Herb x10 Lavender x10 Stag Beetle x1	Inside a cabin within the Leafshade House territory
Bright Purple Dye	Lavender x15 Blue Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x3	On the first floor of the two-story home at Reventine Winery
Rich Purple Dye	Lavender x15 Blue Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Purchase at Sunset Dyehouse
Purple Dye	Lavender x15 Blue Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Inside the larger locked house at Sunset Dyehouse
Dark Purple Dye	Lavender x15 Blue Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Inside the cabin at the end of Horseshoe Lake Perch
Deep Purple Dye	Lavender x15 Blue Lavender x5 Stag Beetle x3	Inside the right room of the Azerian Estate’s Southern Court building
Bright Blue Dye	Blue Lavender x15 Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x3	Purchase at Rustleleaf Farm Dyehouse
Rich Blue Dye	Blue Lavender x15 Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Inside the house at Hayscent Farm
Blue Dye	Blue Lavender x15 Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Inside the house at Halssius Ranch
Dark Blue Dye	Blue Lavender x15 Lavender x5 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Inside the small Jijeong Temple at the Serpent Marsh
Deep Blue Dye	Blue Lavender x15 Lavender x5 Stag Beetle x3	Located in Calphade, inside the inn that's West of Thalwynd
Bright Sky Blue Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Blue Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x3	Inside the larger house at the Supply Outpost in Delesyia, west of the Masterium East Gate
Rich Sky Blue Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Blue Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Inside the Woodrock Cabin, near Mount Benus and Dewhaven
Sky Blue Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Blue Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Inside the Abandoned Hushwind Cabin on the Western coast of Delesyia
Dark Sky Blue Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Blue Lavender x10 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	On the separate island to the East of Delesyia, inside a vine-infested cabin close to the Experiment Facility
Deep Sky Blue Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Blue Lavender x10 Stag Beetle x3	Purchase at Delesyian Dyehouse
Bright Teal Dye	Blue Lavender x10 Shrubby Sophora x10 Longhorn Beetle x3	Inside the Whispering Forest Cabin in Pailune
Rich Teal Dye	Blue Lavender x10 Shrubby Sophora x10 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Inside a building near the Odeck Floodgate
Teal Dye	Blue Lavender x10 Shrubby Sophora x10 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Purchase at Pailune Dyehouse
Dark Teal Dye	Blue Lavender x10 Shrubby Sophora x10 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Inside one of the northernmost buildings within the Pailune city
Deep Teal Dye	Blue Lavender x10 Shrubby Sophora x10 Stag Beetle x3	Inside the Black Wall Lodge, northwest of Beighen
Bright Green Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x5 Beetle x5 Longhorn Beetle x3	Purchase at Calphade Dyehouse
Rich Green Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x5 Beetle x5 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	At the Calphade Outpost, inside the Western tent
Green Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x5 Beetle x5 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Inside a tent near the Argent Peaks Sentry Camp in northern Hernand
Dark Green Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x5 Beetle x5 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Inside the Vat'nhol Fortress that sits alongside the Upper Nas River in Pailune
Deep Green Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x5 Beetle x5 Stag Beetle x3	Inside a room on the highest floor of Calphade Castle
Bright Yellow Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x3	Inside the Shadow's Whisper Cave in Hernand, where you meet the witch Sylvia
Rich Yellow Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Inside the Pororin Research Institute, next to the building’s entrance door
Yellow Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Purchase at Pororoin Dyehouse
Dark Yellow Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Near Pororin Village, inside the building with a tall chimney at the Petalton Workshop
Deep Yellow Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Stag Beetle x3	On a shelf inside the southwestern building of the Petalton Workshop
Bright Orange Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x3	Sitton on a desk at the Timeworn Ruins Ironcrawler Station building
Rich Orange Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Inside a house close to the Well of Enlightenment
Orange Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	West of the Sovereign Wastes and inside the Cloister of Enlightenment, within a secluded room between a pillar and shrubbery
Dark Orange Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Purchase at Tommaso Dyehouse
Deep Orange Dye	Yellow Medicinal Herb x10 Rhinoceros Beetle x3 Stag Beetle x3	At the Southern end of Tommaso, directly Southeast of the large statue and inside a locked building
Bright Spring Green Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x3	Sitting on a shelf of a shop at the Varnia Trading Post
Rich Spring Green Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x2 Stag Beetle x1	Purchase at Varnia Dyehouse
Spring Green Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x1	Within the small Varnia region, inside the first floor of the tavern at the city's entrance
Dark Spring Green Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Longhorn Beetle x1 Stag Beetle x2	Near the entrance to the city of Varnia, inside a building to the right
Deep Spring Green Dye	White Medicinal Herb x10 Beetle x3 Stag Beetle x3	At the Varnia Dyehouse, check the shelves of the small pavilion nearby
Pure White Dye	Can't be crafted	Complete The Blackwater Oil Merchant Guild quest chain and then purchase the Dye from a newly opened Provisioner’s Shop in Tinkerton
Bright Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Liberate the Saltroad Camp in the Crimson Desert region and then help escort the nearby Market Merchant. Return to the camp to find a new Back Alley Shop NPC that’s selling the Dye
Silver Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Complete the Kharonsom Troll Alliance Faction Quests and then purchase from the Provisioner’s Shop in Kharonso
Medium Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Purchase from the Provisioner’s Shop in between the Halssius Trading Post and St. Halssius’s House of Healing Kharonso
Shadow Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Purchase from Oliver at your Base Camp
Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Complete A Fresh Color Faction quest, the end of the Brightening the Spirits quest chain
Cloud Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Complete The Light of Tariv quest chain for the sorcerers at Furlington Farm, and then purchase the Dye from a newly opened Provisioner’s Shop in Tariv
Deep Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Complete the initial Beggars Alliance Faction Quest and then purchase from the Back Alley Shop at Communal Training Grounds
Dark Grey Dye	Can't be crafted	Complete the Odeck Tribe Faction quest chain and then purchase the Dye from the Provisioner’s Shop in Odeck
Black Dye	Can't be crafted	Liberate the Muiquun village, complete the Muiquun's Black Market quest chain, and then purchase the Dye from a newly opened Back Alley Shop in Muiquun

How to use dye in Crimson Desert

Although it helps to know where every dyehouse is, don't expect a prepared catalog of color choices. You can only change the color of your equipment based on which dyes you’ve already learned.

Further restricting your choices is that each dyehouse is limited to the hues they specialize in. You'll only get Red in Hernand, Yellow in Pororin, and so on. Thankfully, every dyehouse sells one specific dye they work with to give you something new to mess around with.

Needing to travel across the map just for the chance to add Blues and Oranges to your equipment is a big commitment. That said, mastering this system is worth it if you want to fight in style.

A Dyehouse shop screen with a Bright Green Dye in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Kliff focuses on an unknown dye inside Calphade Castle in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

It all starts with the dyes themselves. Unless you’re deliberately farming them by maximizing your trust with Dyer NPCs, you'll generally find and steal these from various houses across Pywel.

Keep an eye out for round glass bottles half-filled with a colorful liquid. They can be hard to see inside some buildings, especially when they’re between other items on a shelf, so use your lantern and thoroughly check each room.

Kliff navigates a list of Dye recipes at a Cauldron in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

If you're not looting or getting them from NPCs, you can always craft the various colored dyes. Making your own dyes requires a Cauldron. There aren't a lot of these, but the one in Hernand's city or the one you can purchase for your house are the most accessible.

The general recipe format is to use a mixture of specific colored medicinal herbs and different beetles. You sometimes have freedom with the types of herbs, but the amount of beetles you use has to be precise. I wouldn't recommend improvising for these recipes unless you've read our recipe list above.

It's worth mentioning that you can learn the crafting recipes for a dye as soon as the bottle enters your inventory. Chances are you won't need to craft them once you have a bottle on hand, but it can be useful if you misplace one or decide to craft more as item decorations.

Kliff highlights a Bright Red Dye inside his inventory in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

Learning the recipe and learning how to apply it are separate steps though. No matter if you found them in someone's house or crafted them, you need to 'Use' a Dye in your inventory first to learn and make them accessible at the relevant Dyehouse.

There will be 20 variants (two rows worth) of the new color the next time you interact with the right dyehouse. You're free to apply any of these hues to both your equipment and your horse's if the gear can be customized. Each dyehouse also has an exclusive material style you can apply to your equipment.

Kliff adjusts his armor to the green hues of Calphadean Dye in Crimson Desert. — Image credit: Eurogamer/Pearl Abyss

It costs one Silver to make changes, which adds up when you're making small tweaks or traveling across different dyehouses to add specific splashes of color. This is another great reason to unlock Oliver at your base camp. Being able to apply every color you’ve learned and every material you’ve discovered at once for just one Silver is incredibly convenient.

That covers all you need to know about dyes in Crimson Desert! If you want to make your color collecting easier, make sure you know every fast travel location and how to pay any fines in case you're caught stealing.