Guild Wars 2

Can anyone confirm if this is just a “chance” at a rare dye or a guaranteed rare dye.

The description says “Double click to identify a Common, Uncommon, or Rare Dye from the <color> spectrum”.

The blue and gray levels are 400 level and the mat costs to produce one are really high for just a “chance” to produce a rare…

It is just a chance at a Rare dye. It is entirely possible to get an Uncommon or Common dye from it.

Yes, it is TOTALLY not worth it, given how expensive some of the ingredients are. :P

Its not even a particularly good chance in my experience. less than 20% of getting a rare. Possibly much less.

Its RNG with a “chance”
Crafted 3 types of rare with a 66% hit
Game likes players to gamble for rare items so i guess like in RL
gamble with a fixed limit in mind before you gamble everything away

If the chance of getting a common/uncommon/rare is the same as a regular Unidentified Dye then it would be worth it for certain colors. Too bad the wiki doesn’t keep track of “drop rates” for these.

Khisanth.2948:

Too bad the wiki doesn’t keep track of “drop rates” for these.

That’s only because no one has bothered to start tracking them – we don’t automatically create drop rate pages for every known container item. And that’s probably because most people realize that these are a poor investment and very few people actually craft them.

Dr Ishmael.9685:

Khisanth.2948:

Too bad the wiki doesn’t keep track of “drop rates” for these.

That’s only because no one has bothered to start tracking them – we don’t automatically create drop rate pages for every known container item. And that’s probably because most people realize that these are a poor investment and very few people actually craft them.

How can anyone be sure without actual data?! :P
If the crafted unid dyes and regular unid dyes have the same split between rarities then I think for some colors these would be worth it. I certainly don’t plan on investing in huge amount to find out but maybe with the wallet change I’ll accidentally order a few stack of these …