BotW Kochi Dye Shop: All 15 Dye Colors and Materials

To change the color of your armor in Breath of the Wild, visit the Kochi Dye Shop in Hateno Village. Sayge, the owner, uses the village’s traditional Hateno dye to turn Link’s clothes one of 15 colors. This page lists every material for each color (generated from the game data), the armor that cannot be dyed, and how to restore the original color. For the sequel see TotK Kochi Dye Shop.

Where is the dye shop?

The Kochi Dye Shop is in Hateno Village; look for the four big bottles of colored dye standing above the door (Show on map). Sayge’s wife Senna greets customers outside, and Sayge works inside.

How much does dyeing cost and what do you need?

• 20 rupees. Sayge: “If you have any dye ingredients, it’s 20 rupees to dye an item… That includes our service charge, of course.”
• Five materials of the chosen color. After you pick a color, Sayge lists the materials in your inventory that give it: “Choose five ingredients you’d like to use in your dye!” You can mix materials of the same color, for example two Apples and three Spicy Peppers for Red.

Sayge explains that the shop used to supply its own dye ingredients, but with so many monsters about they can no longer gather them, so customers bring their own.

How do you dye armor?

1. Wear what you want dyed. “Only the clothes you’re wearing that can be dyed will change color!” and they are all dyed together: “It’s the Hateno tradition to dye a person’s whole outfit, from head to toe, all at once!” To give your hood and tunic different colors, wear only one piece at a time and dye them separately.
2. Talk to Sayge and choose “Yes, dye!”, then “Use these clothes.” or change first. If something you are wearing cannot be dyed he warns you (“You’re wearing some clothes you actually can’t dye!”), and those pieces stay as they are.
3. Pick a color. All 15 colors sit on one palette, with a preview of Link on the right.
4. Choose five materials and pay 20 rupees, then wait on the dye tub as Sayge asks.

You cannot dye anything with nothing on; Sayge tells you to “Put some clothes on and we’ll talk!”

Which materials make each dye color?

The table is generated from the game data: every material is tagged with one dye color, listed in inventory order. Materials with their own page link to where to find them.

Colors worth knowing about:

• Navy is the hardest: only Luminous Stone and Bladed Rhino Beetle.
• Peach has just four (Wildberry, Hearty Radish, Big Hearty Radish, Rock Salt), and so does Black (Hearty Truffle, Big Hearty Truffle, Flint, Lynel Hoof).
• Gray has the most materials: the ancient parts such as Ancient Screw and Ancient Gear, plus Bokoblin Horn and other monster parts.
• Dragon parts dye too: Naydra’s give Light Blue, Dinraal’s Crimson and Farosh’s Light Yellow.

Which armor cannot be dyed?

Most armor can be dyed. These pieces cannot (the game data does not mark them as dyeable):

That covers the DLC sets (Phantom, Phantom Ganon, Tingle’s Outfit, Salvager and others), the Royal Guard Set, the Dark Set and the amiibo hero sets. Where every set comes from is in all armor.

Can you restore dyed armor to its original color?

Yes. Talk to Sayge and choose “Back to the original.” It costs the same 20 rupees as dyeing (“For 20 rupees total, I’ll dye your clothes here to the color of your choosing! Or would you like to get back to square one…”) and needs no materials. Like dyeing, it only works on dyed pieces you are wearing; in undyed clothes he says “But the clothes you’re wearing haven’t been dyed yet!”

How is it different from the Tears of the Kingdom dye shop?

Both games have the same shop and owner in Hateno Village, the same price (20 rupees and five materials) and the same 15 colors. The differences:

• Tears of the Kingdom has far more dye materials, close to twice as many, and two more for Navy.
• Tears of the Kingdom adds a paraglider fabric service.
• The undyeable list changes; the sequel’s Champion’s Leathers cannot be dyed either.

See TotK Kochi Dye Shop.