Black Dye

Black Dye is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only re-filed from Trade Goods to Other and stored its stack size as 20 (Classic Era 10). Item level 40 Common trade goods. A reagent in 14 WoW Forever recipes: 11 Leatherworking, 3 Tailoring.

Black Dye tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Oct 27, 2026

Black Dye

Item Level 40

Trade Goods

Sell Price: 2s 50c

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Black Dye

Item Level 40

Changed: Other

Sell Price: 2s 50c

Also changed behind the tooltip: stackable (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

Recipes that use Black Dye

The profession recipes that consume Black Dye as a reagent, with how many each takes.

Leatherworking 11

Dusky Belt 2x Dusky Bracers 1x Dusky Leather Leggings 1x Wicked Leather Armor 4x Wicked Leather Belt 2x Wicked Leather Boots 1x, Forever only Wicked Leather Bracers 1x Wicked Leather Gauntlets 1x Wicked Leather Headband 1x Wicked Leather Pants 3x Wicked Leather Shoulders 1x, Forever only

Tailoring 3

Black Silk Pack 1x Black Swashbuckler's Shirt 1x Simple Black Dress 1x

Black Dye changes between Forever builds

See every changed record in the Oct 22, 2026 build →

Questions about Black Dye