In ARK: Survival Evolved, inks (officially called Dyes) are items that have purely aesthetic utility. With them you can customize basically everything in the game: structures, items, weapons, mobs and even yourself.
To make paints you need to gather the materials needed for each different Dye. The amount and type of items needed will vary depending on the color you want to get, but all recipes require the use of:
- 1x pan ou 1x Industrial Stove.
- 1x Water Jar, 1x Wineskin ou 1x Canteen with at least 25% Water.
The Pot or Industrial Stove are the items where the ingredients will be prepared. each batch generates 5 Dyes. Check out the full list of recipes for all colors below.
List of paint recipes
Black 
: 15x Narcoberry 
+ 2x Coal 
White 
: 15x Stimberry 
+ 2x Coal
Yellow 
: 15x Amarberry 
+ 2x Coal
Blue 
: 15x Azulberry 
+ 2x Coal
Red 
: 15x Tintoberry 
+ 2x Coal
Green 
: 9x Amarberry + 9x Azulberry + 2x Coal
Purple 
: 9x Azulberry + 9x Tintoberry + 2x Coal
Orange 
: 9x Amarberry + 9x Tintoberry + 2x Coal
brick color 
: 12x Tintoberry + 6x Narcoberries + 1x Phosphorus 
Cyan 
: 12x Azulberry + 6x Amarberry + 1x Phosphorus
Azul marinho 
: 12x Azulberry + 6x Narcoberries + 1x Phosphorus
olive 
: 12x Amarberry + 6x Narcoberries + 1x Phosphorus
Pink 
: 12x Tintoberry + 6x Stimberry + 1x Phosphorus
paper color 
: 12x Amarberry + 6x Stimberry + 1x Phosphorus
Prata 
: 12x Stimberry + 6x Narcoberries + 1x Gunpowder 
sky color 
: 12x Azulberry + 6x Stimberry + 1x Gunpowder
stone color 
: 12x Narcoberry + 6x Stimberry + 1x Gunpowder
Cantapulo 
: 7x Amarberry + 7x Tintoberry + 4x Stimberry + 1x Phosphorus
Dark purple 
: 7x Azulberry + 7x Tintoberry + 4x Narcoberries + 1x Gunpowder
Tangerine 
: 7x Amarberry + 7x Tintoberry + 4x Narcoberries + 1x Gunpowder
forest color 
: 7x Amarberry + 7x Azulberry + 4x Narcoberries + 1x Gunpowder
Bege 
: 7x Tintoberry + 6x Stimberry + 4x Amarberry + 1x Azulberry + 1x Gunpowder
Cor-de-lama 
: 7x Tintoberry + 6x Narcoberries + 4x Amarberry + 1x Azulberry + 1x Phosphorus
Marrom 
: 9x Tintoberry + 6x Amarberry + 3x Azulberry + 2x Coal
Magenta 
: 9x Azulberry + 9x Tintoberry + 1x Phosphorus
If you don't have the necessary materials, you can check out the commands to create all the paints!
Preparing the mixes
- With all the necessary items in hand, approach the Pot or Industrial Stove and select "Access Inventory".
- Insert all the items to form the desired Dye, also adding Water.
- Select "light fire" (requires items that create fire like Wood for example).
- After a while of crafting, drag the Dye to your inventory.
how to use inks
Finally, to use crafted inks, you only need to equip a Brush and use it on the object you want to paint. Upon doing so, a window will appear for you to choose from the available Dyes. Just choose the color you want and you're done!
More ARK: Survival Evolved must-haves:
- Tips for a good start to the game
- How to spawn any dinosaur!
- All commands and codes to be the best survivor!
- Learn how to catch and hatch dino eggs in ARK
