Costume Dye
Costume Dye recolours clothes and weapons and repaints cars and the T-60 Power Armor: where to get it and how the dye window works.
Updated 2026-10-28itemcustomizationcarsclothingt60
A Costume Dye changes the colour of one thing you own: a piece of clothing, a weapon, a car or the T-60 Power Armor. You pick any colour you like, everyone around you sees it, and the colour stays on the item for good.
One Costume Dye is used for each colour change.
Where to get Costume Dye
| Source | Details |
|---|---|
| Sector V Motors | 5,000 taros each, in Future and Past Sector V |
| Mission rewards | A number of missions, mostly guide missions, include a Costume Dye in their reward |
| Monster drops | Any ordinary monster can drop one, but it is very rare: about 1 in 10,000 defeats |
| Other players | Costume Dye can be traded, mailed and sold in player stores |
Costume Dye stacks up to 99 in one inventory slot. Vendors pay nothing for it, so keep it or trade it.
What you can dye
- Clothing you wear or carry: shirts, pants, shoes, hats, face items and back items.
- Weapons.
- Cars: the Monster Taxi, Monster Coupe and Sector V Cruiser.
- The T-60 Power Armor, with a choice of paint jobs or a custom colour.
You can dye things you are wearing and things in your bag. Items in the bank are not listed, so take them out first.
Some things cannot be dyed: hoverboards and the other ordinary vehicles, and the Ultra gold vehicles (Ultra Gold Limo, Gold Glider, Ultra Gold Clockwork Hoverboard).
Using the dye window
- Use the Costume Dye from your inventory. The COSTUME DYE window opens. Your character stops moving while it is open, like other menus.
- Choose OUTFIT or VEHICLE at the top. OUTFIT lists what you wear (marked "worn") and then the dyeable items in your bag. VEHICLE lists your equipped car first and then cars in your bag.
- Click the item you want to colour. If it already has a dye, the sliders jump to that colour.
- Pick a colour in any of three ways:
- click one of the premade colours;
- drag the R, G and B sliders, and the LV slider for how strong the colour is;
- type a colour code in the HEX box in the form
#RRGGBBand press OK.
- Check the preview. It shows your character (or your car) with the new colour. Turn it with the arrow buttons or by dragging.
- Press CONFIRM. The line above the button tells you what it costs: "Costs 1 Costume Dye".
The reset button puts the sliders back to the starting grey. The window works the same on desktop, web and mobile.
If nothing is listed under VEHICLE, you do not own a paintable car yet. The window says so and points you to Sector V Motors.
Painting the T-60 Power Armor
With the T-60 selected in the VEHICLE tab, the window also offers six ready-made paint jobs:
- Hot Rod Flames (the look it comes with)
- T-60
- Shark
- Hot Pink
- Atom Cats
- Metal
Pick a paint job, or use the sliders for a custom colour instead. Either choice costs one Costume Dye. See T-60 Power Armor.
How dye behaves
- Everyone sees it. Players who arrive after you dyed the item see the colour too.
- It stays with the item. A dyed item keeps its colour when you move it, bank it, trade it, mail it, sell it in a player store or link it in chat.
- You can dye again. A new dye replaces the old colour. Choosing the colour the item already has is refused, so you never waste a dye by accident.
- Dye is not gold. The gold shine from an Ultra Gold Voucher is a separate thing. See Ultra Gold Vouchers.
Tips
- Test colours freely. Nothing is spent until you press CONFIRM.
- Write down a HEX code you like. Typing the same code on each piece gives you a perfectly matching outfit.
- The LV slider matters. A low value gives a soft tint and a high value a bold, bright colour.
- A matching car and outfit costs two dyes: one from the OUTFIT tab per clothing piece, one from the VEHICLE tab for the car.
History
- September 29, 2026: the VEHICLE tab arrives with the cars. The window now pauses your character and shows the mouse like other menus.
- October 7-8, 2026 content update: every weapon and clothing piece can be dyed, and the monster drop becomes much rarer (it was 1 in 100 before).
- B121 and B122 (October 28, 2026): the T-60 paint jobs, then custom colours for the T-60. The item list in the web window no longer overlaps the colour controls.
