Dye factory

Production Gourmet farm

The Dye factory is a cheap and handy little building for side production of dyes, but it is not where I would send my dollars for upgrades first.

Quick overview

Farm	Gourmet farm
Category	Production
Size	7 × 6
From level	19
Max level	8
Price	10 000 Dollars
Build time	30 min
Workers	4
Priority	Build cheap, upgrade later

What it's for

The dye factory produces a variety of natural dyes.

Produces

The Dye factory is a small 7x6 production building on the Gourmet farm that turns beetroot, red cabbage and onions into six kinds of dye - red, blue, yellow, orange, purple and green. It is more of a support building for the crafting recipes that consume dye than a main source of income, because the batches are small, usually just 5 units of dye. You can buy it in the Shop and the first level is dirt cheap - 10,000 dollars and only four workers from player level 19, so practically anyone who unlocks the Gourmet farm can afford it. It suits players who want their own source of dye for recipes instead of buying or trading for it.

When to build it

It is worth building right after you unlock the Gourmet farm, because the entry cost is negligible and the ingredients, meaning beetroot, red cabbage and onions, are things you normally have from your own fields. Given the small 7x6 footprint and the low price I see no reason to put it off, even if you only use it now and then at first.

Is it worth upgrading

Here I have to be straight with you - for all six dyes the ingredient consumption, the production time and the output stay exactly the same at the top eighth level as they are at level one. Upgrading therefore does not improve the yield of the recipes at all, and on top of that it demands more and more workers, from 4 at level one up to 52 at level eight, so it actually takes free hands away from you. You unlock the higher levels gradually as your player level rises anyway, and the eighth one only comes up at 142. If all you care about is the ingredient to dye ratio, there is no rush to upgrade.

Tip from a veteran player Do not treat this building as an upgrade priority - point your dollars at buildings where a higher level really does raise production, and leave the Dye factory at a low level so it does not tie up workers you can put to better use elsewhere.

Most common mistake Plenty of players expect an upgrade to raise dye yields the way it does in other processing buildings, but I do not see any such increase in the game for a single one of the six dyes - ingredients, time and output all stay identical.

Building levels

Level	Price	Build time	XP	Workers	From level
1	10 000 Dollars	30 min	500	4	19
2	300 000 Dollars	11 h 40 min	4 000	10	31
3	1 000 000 Dollars	15 h	8 000	20	43
4	1 600 000 Dollars	18 h 20 min	11 000	26	55
5	2 500 000 Dollars	1 d 4 h 20 min	12 500	32	67
6	3 800 000 Dollars	1 d 12 h 40 min	15 000	40	72
7	5 000 000 Dollars	2 d 0 h 53 min	16 500	46	77
8	7 000 000 Dollars	2 d 17 h 40 min	18 000	52	142

Production at level 1

Output	Ingredients	Time	Cost	XP
Red dye × 5	Beetroot × 10	15 min	150 Dollars	—
Blue dye × 5	Red cabbage × 20	45 min	150 Dollars	—
Yellow dye × 5	Onions × 15	22 min	150 Dollars	—
Orange dye × 5	Beetroot × 10 Onions × 15	15 min	150 Dollars	—
Purple dye × 5	Beetroot × 10 Red cabbage × 20	45 min	150 Dollars	—
Green dye × 5	Onions × 15 Red cabbage × 10	22 min	150 Dollars	—

Yield by level – Red dye

Level	Amount	Time
1	5	15 min
2	5	15 min
3	5	15 min
4	5	15 min
5	5	15 min
6	5	15 min
7	5	15 min
8	5	15 min

Game data, version 8052 (14. 8. 2026).

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