Dye


Dye is a fun way of adding a spark of uniqueness to your kukuri.

Dyes can be added to fur, skin, and feathers (no eyes or mouth). They can be used freely to accentuate existing markings or create different coloured patterns, provided they do not create markings that aren't part of the genotype.

There's no limit to how many dyes you add to a kukuri, provided you don't cover more than 50% of their body.

Dye Colours


There are a number of different coloured dye pots available and, once you own a dye pot, you can apply them to your kukuri. Different coloured dye pots can be acquired in one of three ways; either they can be bought at the Shop, they can be Crafted, or they can be earned through Events.

Players don't need to colour pick the color sliders under dyes the dye pots; you can use darker, lighter, saturated and desaturated shades of the color. Dye also doesn't have to be of one shade - it can have a gradient or use different shades available to the dye pot (for example, one pot of yellow dye could use both vibrant yellow and golden orange hues).

Rainbow dye allows players to use any colour.

Grey Dye

Turquoise Dye

Green Dye

Red Dye

Brown Dye

Purple Dye

Yellow Dye

Blue Dye

Pink Dye

Rainbow Dye

Dye Ranges


One dye can cover a maximum area of the blue filled example. This area can appear anywhere on the body.

The single dye does not need to be consistently touching in this area; it can be comprised of splotches, lines, and have any number of holes provided the separate dye marks fall inside this area.

If dye spreads outside of this area or you want to place dye at two separate points, it will require a second dye pot.

Maximum dye range for a single dye pot
One dye can cover a maximum area of the blue filled example. This area can appear anywhere on the body.

The single dye does not need to be consistently touching in this area; it can be comprised of splotches, lines, and have any number of holes provided the separate dye marks fall inside this area.

If dye spreads outside of this area or you want to place dye at two separate points, it will require a second dye pot.

Left uses one dye pot; right uses two dye pots

A Guide to Dye

Dying markings

Dyes can be used to accentuate and modify markings your kukuri already has.

In the example provided, the kukuri has the Hood and Tailwind markings.

Dye could be added to extend the hood; it could break the hood on the underside similar to underbelly; it could create a textured edge to the tailwind and cut away with a dalmatian-like pattern.

In these examples, existing markings have been modified; new markings have not been added.

Dye cannot mimic other markings on a large scale nor fake dominant markings.

















Dying Prairie Feathers

Coloring prairie feathers a single colour requires one dye pot for each feather area. Filling the biggest Emperor feather areas would need two dye pots

If your dye is the same colour on both sides of the feather area, you only need one dye pot for it.

For areas where the other side of the feathers are not easily visible, you need to provide a 'other side view' of the kukuri for it to be considered mirrored.











Mixing Dyes Together

Remember - there's no limit to how many dyes you add to a kukuri, provided you don't cover more than 50% of their body.

This means players can mix dyes together to make gradient effects, or even full rainbow spectrums.








What isn't allowed with dye


In this example, we focus on the big no-no's when it comes to adding dye to your kukuri.

While dye can be used on up to 50% of the kukuri, it should not be so solid that it can fake markings or base coat colours.

Dye cannot be used to dye a kukuri's eyes or mouth.

Dye cannot be used to create trademark logos or shapes.

Dye cannot be used to hide markings completely.

Dye cannot be used to create text or sentences.
























Existing Examples of Dye