How to make dyes for your housing decor in Midnight

World of Warcraft Player Housing comes with the promise of near-infinite customization, including the ability to dye your furniture and decor items. Dyeing your items is simple: just grab the color of dye you want, head to your house, select the piece of furniture you want to dye, set the color of dye you want for each component of the decor (this varies depending on the item), and click to apply it. You can preview all of the colors before you apply dyes, which is a good thing because dyes are consumable items and you’ll use one up each time you apply a color to a piece of decor.

Dyes are all player-crafted via Alchemy or Inscription (and my guess is that players who make them are going to make a killing selling them in Midnight). Currently in the Midnight alpha test, dyes are relatively easy to make and each color can be made from a variety of different herbs found throughout Azeroth: there are herbs from each expansion that you can use to craft each color of dye, so you can get your reagents from practically anywhere. Making each pigment requires 10 herbs, and making each dye requires one pigment. It’s possible that this system could change, but I suspect that Blizzard wants dyes to be easily accessible to players and wants to keep the requirements simple. Having a wide range of herbs that can be used for each pigment also means the market for herbs won’t go (completely) crazy with overpriced Peacebloom. (Well, we’ll wait and see on that.)

Remember: this information is based on Midnight alpha testing and could change. 

Whether you’re looking forward to making dyes or you just need to know how to get them, here’s what you need to know about decor dyes in Midnight.

What skill level do I need to craft dyes? Right now, there are no skill requirements for making dyes: you have to have either Alchemy or Inscription (Classic), but you don’t need to level it up. A single point will suffice to allow you to make dyes.

Can I level Alchemy and Inscription by dye crafting? No, you do not get skill points by crafting dyes.

How do I craft dyes? Making dye is a two-step process: first you need to make a dye pigment in your crafting menu with Classic recipes. Each color of pigment requires 10 of the same type of herb, but a variety of different herbs can be used to make each pigment color. Once you have pigments, turn them into dye at the dye crafting station inside your neighborhood, which will be in the central neighborhood hub. All you have to do is click the dye crafting station to see all of your crafting options.

How can I buy or sell dyes? Dyes are not soulbound or warbound, so enterprising Alchemists and Scribes can sell dye on the Auction House. It does not currently appear that you can make a crafting order for dye, as it is not an item available in the standard crafting interface.

How do I know what color a dye is? The dye crafting interface does not include a preview of the dye’s color beyond its icon, which includes a small swipe of color. However if you go to your house and attempt to dye an item you will be able to see all available dye colors, whether you have them in your inventory or not, and get a better idea of how they look. Another great resource is this site made by Leiyan and Ardastar from the Architects of Azeroth Discord, which shows you every dye color applied to a selection of furniture.

What dyes are available? Here’s the current list of dyes and their material costs — be aware that no Midnight-level herbs are currently crafting reagents, but this is the alpha so that could change. There are plenty of color options to choose from!

• Black Dyes
  • Dark Iron Dye
  • Darkwood Dye
  • Ironclaw Dye
  • Obsidium Black Dye
  • Stormheim Grey Dye
  • Stormsteel Dye

Making any black dye requires a single black pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Fadeleaf, Felweed, Lichbloom, Azhara’s Veil, Desecrated Herb, Nagrand Arrowbloom, Yseralline Seed, Riverbud, Death Blossom, Writhebark (any quality), Blessing Blossom (any quality), Azeroot (any quality)

• Blue Dyes
  • Alliance Blue Dye
  • Dusk Lily Grey Dye
  • Midnight Blue Dye
  • Nazjatar Navy Dye
  • Zephras Blue Dye

Making any blue dye requires a single blue pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Silverleaf, Terocone, Icethorn, Stormvine, Silkweed, Frostweed, Dreamleaf, Akunda’s Bite, Death Blossom, Bubble Poppy (any quality), Luredrop (any quality), Argentleaf (any quality)

• Brown Dyes
  • Dark Gold Dye
  • Earthen Brown Dye
  • Heartwood Dye
  • Kalimdor Sand Dye
  • Mesquite Brown Dye
  • Pale Umber Dye
  • Timbermaw Brown Dye
  • Vol’dun Taupe Dye
  • Warm Teak Dye

Making any brown dye requires a single brown pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Briarthorn, Dreaming Glory, Adder’s Tongue, Cinderbloom, Desecrated Herb, Gorgrond Flytrap, Foxflower, Sea Stalk, Arrowroot, Writhebark (any quality), Mycobloom (any quality), Azeroot (any quality)

• Green Dyes
  • Dustwallow Green Dye
  • Earthroot Dye
  • Emerald Dreaming Dye
  • Gravemoss Green Dye
  • Grizzly Hills Green Dye
  • Lush Green Dye
  • Silversage Green Dye

Making any green dye requires a single green pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Swiftthistle, Felweed, Adder’s Tongue, Azshara’s Veil, Green Tea Leaf, Nagrand Arrowbloom, Dreamless, Riverbed, Vigil’s Torch, Bubble Poppy (any quality), Blessing Blossom (any quality), Sanguithorn (any quality)

• Orange Dyes
  • Bronze Dye
  • Copper Dye
  • Elwynn Pumpkin Dye
  • Kodohide Brown Dye

Making any orange dye requires a single orange pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Golden Sansam, Nightmare Vine, Goldclover, Heartblossom, Rain Poppy, Fireweed, Foxflower, Siren’s Pollen, Widowbloom, Writhebark (any quality), Luredrop (any quality), Sanguithorn (any quality)

• Purple Dyes
  • Arcwine Dye
  • Forsaken Plum Dye
  • Kirin Tor Violet Dye
  • Moonberry Amethyst Dye
  • Netherstorm Fuchsia Dye
  • Nightsong Lilac Dye
  • Void Violet Dye

Making any purple dye requires a single purple pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Kingsblood, Mana Thistle, Talandra’s Rose, Twilight Jasmine, Fool’s Cap, Talador Orchid, Aethril, Zin’anthid, Vigil’s Torch, Hochenblume (any quality), Orbinid (any quality), Argentleaf (any quality)

• Red Dyes
  • Deep Mageroyal Red Dye
  • Firebloom Red Dye
  • Gillian Rose Dye
  • Hinterlands Hickory Dye
  • Horde Red Dye
  • Mahogany Dye
  • Rain Poppy Red Dye
  • Ratchet Rust Dye

Making any red dye requires a single red pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Mageroyal, Netherbloom, Tiger Lily, Cinderbloom, Rain Poppy, Fireweed, Astral Glory, Star Moss, Widowbloom, Saxifrage (any quality), Arathor’s Spear (any quality), Mana Lily (any quality)

• Teal Dyes
  • Kul Tiran Steel Dye
  • Tidesage Teal Dye
  • Un’goro Green Dye
  • Vortex Teal Dye

Making any teal dye requires a single teal pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Bruiseweed, Terocone, Lichbloom, Stormvine, Silkweed, Starflower, Yseralline Seed, Siren’s Pollen, Arrowroot, Horchenblume (any quality), Orbinid (any quality), Tranquility Bloom (any quality)

• White Dyes
  • Basic Birch Dye
  • Bone-White Dye
  • Highborne Marble Dye
  • Highland Birch Dye

Making any white dye requires a single white pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Peacebloom, Ragveil, Icethorn, Whiptail, Snow Lily, Talador Orchid, Fjarnskaggl, Winter’s Kiss, Rising Glory, Saxifrage (any quality), Mycobloom (any quality), Tranquility Bloom (any quality)

• Yellow Dyes
  • Brass Dye
  • Gold Dye
  • Holy Oak Tan Dye
  • Pinewood Dye
  • Sandfury Yellow Dye
  • Savannah Gold Dye
  • Sungrass Yellow Dye
  • Zandalari Gold Dye

Making any yellow dye requires a single yellow pigment, which can be made from 10 of any of these herbs: Sungrass, Dreaming Glory, Goldclover, Whiptail, Green Tea Leaf, Gorgrond Flytrap, Fjarnskaggl, Sea Stalk, Rising Glory, Saxifrage (any quality), Arathor’s Spear (any quality), Mana Lily (any quality)

• Metallic Dyes
  • Brass Dye: Yellow Dye Pigment
  • Bronze Dye: Orange Dye Pigment
  • Copper Dye: Orange Dye Pigment
  • Dark Gold Dye: Brown Dye Pigment
  • Dark Iron Dye: Black Dye Pigment
  • Gold Dye: Yellow Dye Pigment
  • Ironclaw Dye: Black Dye Pigment
  • Kul Tiran Steel Dye: Teal Dye Pigment
  • Stormsteel Dye: Black Dye Pigment
  • Zandalari Gold Dye: Yellow Dye Pigment

Metallic dyes are the odd one out here, requiring different types of pigment depending on the dye. I’ve listed the pigments above, and you can check the reagents in the appropriate dye color section.

Again, I want to remind you that this information comes from the Midnight alpha test and is subject to change at any time. (And while I think crafters will be able to make bank crafting and selling these, I don’t recommend trying to corner the market on Sungrass just yet, because the materials could change wildly before launch.) If things change, I’ll update this post with the latest information.

Originally published October 6, 2025; updated November 12, 2025.