Horizon Forbidden West is a stunning, massive, open-world game. You’ll gain access to various armor sets in the game, providing various protective properties, perks, and buffs. The game doesn’t have extensive personalization options but at least you can change the color of your armor with the help of Dyes. In this short page, we will discuss how you can change your armors’ color scheme with the help of Dyes.
Armor Dyes give players an option to personalize their favorite armor with different preset color schemes. You can do this by talking to any Dyer (Outfit Dye) NPCs in major settlements.
There’s a selection of default colors available; to unlock the dye (color set), you only need to exchange the required number of dye plants (see below). Once a dye is unlocked, you only need to pay 25 shards to apply the unlocked dye / color scheme to your armor. You can freely replace the color schemes based on the ones you’ve unlocked, as you please.
Take note that some colors are only available to certain armor designs (Carja, Tenakh, Oseram, Utaru, or Nora). On top of the default dyes, additional dyes can be unlocked by completing various activities, or triggering unmarked world events, which we will list down below.
Dye plants are normally found on cliff faces though there are no fixed locations for each plant type since the game randomly generates them when you’re near. That said, it is highly recommended to pick up dye plants whenever you encounter them while exploring or doing quests.
These dyes are available by default; you just need to provide the necessary dye plants to unlock them permanently.
Dye | Ingredients/Shard Cost | Applicable Armor Type |
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Grey Dawn | 25 | Nora |
Pale Fens | 1 Azure Blooms, 2 Gold Bloom, 1 Midnight Bloom, 1 Verdant Bloom, 25 shards | Nora |
Eventide | 2 Azure Bloom, 2 Crimson Bloom, 1 Midnight Bloom, 25 shards | Nora |
Frozen Wilds | 3 Azure Bloom, 1 Pale Bloom, 1 Verdant Bloom, 25 Shards | Nora |
Verdant Jewel | 1 Golden Bloom, 1 Pale Bloom, 1 Verdant Bloom, 25 Shards | Carja |
Bright Amber | 1 Verdant Bloom, 1 Crimson Bloom, 3 Golden Bloom, 25 Shards | Utaru |
Twilight Bloom | 2 Verdant Bloom, 1 Midnight Bloom, 2 Golden Bloom, 25 Shards | Utaru |
Mountain Sunrise | 1 Azure Bloom, 1 Crimson Bloom, 2 Midnight Bloom, 1 Pale Bloom, 25 Shards | Oseram |
Renegade Sentinel | 2 Midnight Bloom, 1 Pale Bloom, 2 Verdant Bloom, 25 Shards | Tenakth |
Night Blood | 2 Crimson Bloom, 1 Pale Bloom, 2 Azure Bloom, 25 Shards | Tenakth |
These dyes are unlocked by completing the following activities:
Dye | Unlock Mechanic | Applicable Armor Type |
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Dune Shadow | Collect all six Signal Lenses to Raynah | Carja |
Early Autumn | (World Event) Check the road on the southeast of Plainsong, near the tallneck. Rescue the group of Utaru natives being attacked by a skydrifter. Talk to the NPC named Daen afterward to get this dye. | Utaru |
Cold Sands & Lowland Stalker | (World Event) Head to the campfire east of Fall’s Edge to encounter a group of rebels fighting some Tenakth soldiers. Defeat the rebels and the soldiers will give you these dyes as reward. This world even seems to occur in other locations as well (like south of the Lowland’s Path) as long as they’re within the Lowland Clan’s territory. | Tenakth |
Blood Dusk | Defeat the Chainscrape’s Pit Master | Carja |
Stormbird Skies | Earn full stripes on all challenges in the Daunt Hunting Grounds | Carja |
Summer Stream | Earn full stripes on all challenges in the Plainsong Hunting Grounds | Utaru |
Forge Flare | Complete all Larend’s Salvage Contracts | Oseram |
Metal Sheen | Complete all contracts for the Salvage Contractor: The Stillsands. | Oseram |
Ash and Coal | Complete all contracts for the Salvage Contractor: The Greenswell. | Oseram |
That concludes our Armor Dyes list for Horizon Forbidden West. We hope that this information helps you in your exploration and adventure. For more content regarding Horizon Forbidden West, please refer to our online guide here at Supercheats.