Herb to Dye
Every World of Warcraft player knows the feeling of hovering over an item for a few extra seconds just to answer one simple question: what am I looking at, and what can I make from it? The Herb to Dye addon answers that question instantly. It shows which Housing Dye can be crafted from a herb directly in its tooltip. Whether you are browsing your inventory, standing in front of a gathering node, or staring at a map pin, Herb to Dye makes the connection between herbs and dyes obvious at a glance.
What Does Herb to Dye Do?
Herb to Dye is a lightweight addon that takes the guesswork out of the crafting pipeline. Hover over a herb in your inventory, before gathering it out in the world, or on a supported minimap or world-map pin, and you will immediately see which Housing Dye it can produce. Instead of alt-tabbing to check recipes or keeping a spreadsheet open, you get the answer right where your cursor already is.
The addon does not stop at simple recognition either. It recognizes herbs that can produce multiple dye families, so a single herb that feeds into several different color palettes is shown with all of its options. Every dye-producing herb spanning Classic through Midnight is covered, which makes the addon useful no matter where you spend your farming time.
Features That Make a Difference
Here is what makes this tooltip-driven addon feel so polished:
- Displays the applicable Housing Dye for each supported herb
- Works with inventory, bank, Auction House and chat-link tooltips
- Supports gathering nodes before they are collected
- Supports Blizzard minimap herb icons
- Supports world-map pins and compatible third-party map pins
- Recognizes herbs that can produce multiple dye families
- Includes dye-producing herbs from Classic through Midnight
- Keeps map and minimap tooltips compact
- Requires no external libraries
Game Versions and Addon Compatibility
Addon compatibility matters a great deal in World of Warcraft, because your version of the game decides which environments and features the addon touches. Herb to Dye supports the major versions players actually use today: Retail, Classic, TBC, WotLK, Cataclysm, and MoP. If you are collecting dyes in the modern client or hunting rare pigments on a Classic-era realm, the addon behaves exactly as expected.
For players who prefer speed over fiddling with folder structures, the foxygame.net launcher offers Herb to Dye in its addon catalog with a one-click install that saves all the manual setup. Because the launcher keeps Herb to Dye auto-updated and matched to your game version, you never have to chase patches between Retail and Classic.
Because the addon leans on standard tooltips rather than fragile hooks, it stays compatible with everything it integrates with. World-node and map-pin support depends on WoW or the map addon exposing the herb's name through a standard tooltip, which is how the addon keeps its footprint small and its dependencies nonexistent.
Housing Dyes at a Glance
The Housing system brought a whole new way to decorate your home in World of Warcraft, and dyes are central to the look you build. Herb to Dye for World of Warcraft directly connects gathering and crafting in the interface, so the answer appears in the tooltip rather than in memory. Hover over a herb in your bag and you see its applicable dye color instantly.
When you travel to gather, the addon supports gathering nodes before they are collected. Blizzard minimap herb icons, world-map pins, and compatible third-party map pins all receive the same treatment. Thanks to the compact tooltip design, the information stays readable and never clutters your map view.
Useful Commands
Everything is controlled through a small command set:
- /htd - Show available commands and current settings
- /htd on - Enable dye information
- /htd off - Disable dye information
- /htd cost on - Show crafting requirements on inventory and world-node tooltips
- /htd cost off - Hide crafting requirements
How to Install and Get Started
If you prefer the manual route, pay attention to "how to install" details before you grab the file. Simply download Herb to Dye from its page, unpack the archive, drop the folder into Interface/AddOns, and relaunch the game. Then enable the addon on the character selection screen and you are good to farm.
After logging in, type /htd to review the commands and current settings. Toggle dye information on or off, choose whether crafting requirements appear on inventory and world-node tooltips through the /htd cost commands, and you are ready to decorate in style.
Small Notes Worth Knowing
Herb recognition currently supports the English game client, so check your locale if a tooltip ever looks empty. The addon also reads herbs whose names are exposed through standard tooltips, which keeps the integration clean. If a node does not show on worlds that do not expose names the standard way, switch to a compatible third-party map addon.
The Bottom Line
Herb to Dye is one of those quiet quality-of-life addons that quickly feels essential. It removes the mental load from crafting calculations, keeps its tooltips compact, and works across the versions most players call home. If you spend any time turning herbs into Housing Dye, this is a tool worth installing before your next gather.