Pigment

Pigment
Untradeable
Information
Type	Research
Sources	See Polychrome Colors

Completed Dojo Color canister.

Dojo Polychrome palette.

A  Pigment is a type of resource which appears as a small tetrahedron (three-sided pyramid) dropped by specific enemies. Pigments are required for researching Polychrome Colours for the interior of a Clan Dojo.

Each Polychrome Colour has an associated enemy, and will only drop if a colour is being researched. The frequency of pigment drops and the number of pigments in each drop varies per colour from 1 to 10.

Polychrome Color research can be started (and pigments can be turned in) at a Clan Dojo's Tenno Research Lab, at a separate terminal by the wall on the right. Each project will have a base cost of 10,000 Credits 10,000 and 5 to 550 pigments. These costs are increased by the Clan Tier Multiplier.

Once fully funded, the research for a colour takes 36 hours. Only one colour may be researched at a time, regardless of the number of Tenno Labs that are present in the Dojo. Research on one colour may be paused to start research on another, but any pigment in clan member inventories that has not been donated to the research project will be deleted.

Notes

Resource Boosters

• Resource Boosters and Resource Drop Chance Boosters increase the amount of pigments that drop from enemies.
  • Since the drop rate for pigments from bosses is 100%, the drop chance is doubled to 200%, resulting in twice as much of the item being dropped.
  • This effectively results in a 2x quantity multiplier when only one of either booster is active, and a 4x quantity multiplier when both are active.
  • The drop chance boost from Dark Sectors stacks multiplicatively with the former multipliers, rounded down.
  • Likewise, the resource bonuses from Void Fissures stack multiplicatively.

Team Farming

• When running missions as a team, the number of pigments will be multiplied by the number of people on the team that have the same pigment being researched in their dojos.
• Also, similar to life support capsules, only one member of any clan can pick up the pigment from an enemy. The pigment will only drop for the player landing the lethal damage to the enemy in question, so if several people from different clans work together, it is crucial to communicate well who get to kill the enemies.
• As of Update 28.3, every squadmate now gets a single Dojo Pigment drop per enemy killed, rather than 1 player getting 1-4 Pigments.

Tips

• Corpses can be  Desecrated for a chance to drop an additional batch of pigments, and it is possible to dismember corpses to further increase the chances.
  • For this purpose, certain guns such as the  Braton Prime,  Akjagara and  Grakata have a useful property of dismembering corpses in pieces when shot, similar to melee.
•  Ivara’s  Prowl can also be used to expedite the process of acquiring pigments from non-boss enemies.
•  Hydroid's  Tentacle Swarm with the  Pilfering Swarm augment mod can proc additional drops.
  • Same goes for  Khora's  Strangledome with the  Pilfering Strangledome augment mod.

Polychrome Colors

The table below contains a list of all researchable Polychrome colors, the enemy that drops the pigment, and the base pigment cost plus drop rates.

Note that these requirements scale with the Clan Tier Multiplier: x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Polychrome Pigment Drops

Polychrome Dye	Drops From	Base Quantity	Drop Rate	Pigments per Drop
01000011 Cyan	Terra Raptor SX	300	20%	5
Anti Violet	Zanuka Hunter	10	100%	1
Argon Purple	Lua Thrax Legatus	120	100%	5
Autumn Brown	Corrupted MOA	300	20%	5
Boiler Red	Phorid	10	100%	1
Charger Blue	Toxic Ancient	180	100%	1
Conductor Gold	Terra Embattor MOA	5	10%	10
Coolant Blue	Terra Overtaker	500	20%	5
Crawler Blue	Crawler	400	50%	2
Devar Grey	Tusk Mortar Bombard	400	20%	5
Dust Brown	Corrupted Lancer	550	10%	10
Elysium Blue	The Sergeant	20	100%	1
False Orange	Void Angel Ravenous Void Angel	15	100%	1
Glacial Blue	Crewman	200	10%	10
Harmony Green	Thrax Centurion	400	100%	5
Hesperia Brown	Trooper	420	20%	5
Jackal Yellow	Sniper Crewman	50	100%	1
Leaf Red	Stalker	5	100%	1
Leech Green	Corrupted Crewman	150	10%	10
Memoriam Purple	Terra Provisor	250	10%	10
Moa Green	Orokin Drone	200	20%	5
Morning Yellow	Leech Osprey	350	100%	1
Mortus Pink	Tusk Flameblade	5	10%	10
Mutalist Red	Tar-Mutalist MOA	150	50%	2
Nanite Blue	Charger	550	10%	10
Neo Pink	Terra Trencher	400	20%	5
Night Blue	Councilor Vay Hek	10	100%	1
Oak Brown	Butcher	500	20%	5
Olympus Blue	Lancer	480	10%	10
Railgun Blue	Railgun MOA	250	100%	1
River Blue	Seeker	250	100%	1
Sand Yellow	Scorpion	350	50%	2
Shard Black	Vomvalyst	250	10%	10
Syrtis Orange	Arid Eviscerator	220	100%	1
Tempest Brown	Eclipse Thrax Centurion	300	100%	5
Tharsis Brown	Ballista	300	50%	2
Tower White	Kuva Jester	300	100%	1
Tree Green	Arid Lancer	450	100%	1
Veldt Yellow	Thrax Legatus	150	100%	5
Wisp Grey	Dargyn Pilot	500	20%	5

Farming Locations

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INFO: This is NOT a list of all drop locations or all farming methods, it is a list with the most effective, fastest and easiest way(s) for gathering each individual pigment. IF there is only one or two ways to get this pigments it is mentioned.

	Pigment/Enemy	Tips & Locations
	01000011 Cyan (Terra Raptor SX)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Venus Orb Vallis Open World 10 - 30 Orb Vallis Several Terra Raptor SX in the Profit-Taker Orb Heist in Phase 1 when capturing the enemy base. Can spawn around the Grow Site.
	Anti Violet (Zanuka Hunter)	There are currently two ways to obtain this pigment: Do Invasions against the Corpus until you get the Zanuka Hunter Assassin Death Mark. Then kill the Zanuka Hunter when he tries to assasinate you. Summon the Zanuka Hunter by using the Zanuka Hunter Beacon purchased from Baro Ki'Teer.
	Argon Purple (Lua Thrax Legatus)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Lua Circulus Survival 80 - 100 Orokin Moon
	Autumn Brown (Corrupted MOA)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Void Belenus Defense 30 - 35 Orokin Tower Void Mot Survival 40 - 45 Orokin Tower
	Boiler Red (Phorid)	Since Phorid can only be found when an Invasion takes over the Assassination mission of a Planet and due to the 100% chance that he will drop a pigment, you can easily do 10 Invasion Assassination runs against him. A fast way to kill him is  Mesa with  Peacemaker.
	Charger Blue (Toxic Ancient)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Deimos Terrorem Survival 25 - 35 Orokin Derelict Stay for at least 5-10 minutes to spawn Toxic Ancients.
	Conductor Gold (Terra Embattor MOA)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Venus Orb Vallis Open World 10 - 30 Orb Vallis Spawns in a lot of places but Enrichment Labs is the closest.
	Coolant Blue (Terra Overtaker)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Venus Orb Vallis Open World 10 - 30 Orb Vallis Can spawn around the Enrichment Labs.
	Crawler Blue (Crawler)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Ceres Gabii Survival (Dark Sector) 15 - 25 Grineer Galleon Only drops from the normal Crawler, not from any of its Variants (Nauseous Crawler, Toxic Crawler, Electric Crawler and Lobber Crawler).
	Devar Grey (Tusk Mortar Bombard)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Earth Plains of Eidolon Open World 10 - 30 Plains of Eidolon Can spawn during Bounties.
	Dust Brown (Corrupted Lancer)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Void Ani Survival 20 - 25 Orokin Tower
	Elysium Blue (The Sergeant)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Phobos Iliad Assassination 13 - 15 Corpus Ship
	False Orange ((Ravenous) Void Angel)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Zariman Ten Zero Oro Works Void Armageddon 50 - 55 Zariman (Tileset) Zariman Ten Zero Halako Perimeter Exterminate 50 - 55 Zariman (Tileset)
	Glacial Blue (Crewman)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Venus E Gate Exterminate 3 - 5 Corpus Outpost
	Harmony Green (Thrax Centurion)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Zariman Ten Zero Tuvul Commons Void Cascade 50 - 55 Zariman (Tileset) Zariman Ten Zero The Greenway Mobile Defense 50 - 55 Zariman (Tileset)
	Hesperia Brown (Trooper)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Saturn Helene Defense 21 - 26 Grineer Galleon Sedna Hydron Defense 30 - 40 Grineer Galleon
	Jackal Yellow (Sniper Crewman)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Neptune Sao Sabotage 29 - 31 Corpus Outpost
	Leaf Red (Stalker)	Kill several bosses to get the Stalker Death Mark and wait for him to come.
	Leech Green (Corrupted Crewman)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Void Mot Survival 40 - 45 Orokin Tower
	Memoriam Purple (Terra Provisor)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Venus Orb Vallis Open World 10 - 30 Orb Vallis Can spawn around the Grow Site.
	Moa Green (Orokin Drone)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Void Teshub Exterminate 10 - 15 Orokin Tower
	Morning Yellow (Leech Osprey)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Europa Kokabiel Sabotage 20 - 22 Corpus Ice Planet Neptune Sao Sabotage 29 - 31 Corpus Outpost Fusion MOAs have a chance of deploying a Leech Osprey once its health drops below 50%. As of Update 28.0 (2020-06-11), Leech Ospreys no longer spawn on Larissa, Neptune.
	Mortus Pink (Tusk Flameblade)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Earth Plains of Eidolon Open World 10 - 30 Plains of Eidolon Can spawn during Bounties.
	Mutalist Red (Tar-Mutalist MOA)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Ceres Gabii Survival (Dark Sector) 15 - 25 Grineer Galleon
	Nanite Blue (Charger)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Eris Akkad Defense (Dark Sector) 35 - 45 Infested Ship Abilities with an area of effect, like  Volt with  Discharge, are very effective. Remember to pick up the pigments in the ability range.
	Neo Pink (Terra Trencher)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Venus Orb Vallis Open World 10 - 30 Orb Vallis Can spawn around the Enrichment Labs.
	Night Blue (Councilor Vay Hek)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Earth Oro Assassination 20 - 25 Grineer Forest
	Oak Brown (Butcher)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Ceres Draco Survival 12 - 17 Grineer Asteroid
	Olympus Blue (Lancer)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Ceres Draco Survival 12 - 17 Grineer Asteroid
	Railgun Blue (Railgun MOA)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Lua Tycho Survival 25 - 30 Orokin Moon Pluto Hades Assassination 35 - 45 Corpus Outpost On Tycho, Railgun MOA start spawning after the 10 minute mark. On Hades, disabling but not hacking the first two Ambulas increases the pigment yield, as the Railgun MOA are replaced with Anti MOA once two hacked Ambulas are delivered.
	River Blue (Seeker)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Saturn Helene Defense 21 - 26 Grineer Galleon Seekers start spawning at Wave 10.
	Sand Yellow (Scorpion)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Saturn Helene Defense 21 - 26 Grineer Galleon
	Shard Black (Vomvalyst)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Earth Plains of Eidolon Open World 10 - 30 Plains of Eidolon Spawns only during night time and always in pairs of two. It is recommended to farm them while fighting against an Eidolon Teralyst/Gantulyst/Hydrolyst because of the Vomvalyst's behavior to defend the Eidolon, resulting in more Vomvalyst spawns.
	Syrtis Orange (Arid Eviscerator)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Mars Spear Defense 8 - 13 Grineer Settlement Mars Augustus Excavation 9 - 14 Grineer Settlement On Spear, Arid Eviscerators start spawning at Wave 6.
	Tempest Brown (Eclipse Thrax Centurion)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Lua Circulus Survival 80 - 100 Orokin Moon
	Tharsis Brown (Ballista)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Ceres Draco Survival 12 - 17 Grineer Asteroid Ballistas spawn between 5 and 20 minutes.
	Tower White (Kuva Jester)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Kuva Fortress Taveuni Survival 32 - 37 Grineer Asteroid Fortress Kuva Siphon missions are another source for Kuva Jesters.
	Tree Green (Arid Lancer)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Mars Augustus Excavation 9 - 14 Grineer Settlement
	Veldt Yellow (Thrax Legatus)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Zariman Ten Zero Oro Works Void Armageddon 50 - 55 Zariman (Tileset) Zariman Ten Zero The Greenway Mobile Defense 50 - 55 Zariman (Tileset)
	Wisp Grey (Dargyn Pilot)	Target Planet Name Type Level Tile Set Earth Plains of Eidolon Open World 10 - 30 Plains of Eidolon Can be found occasionally in groups of two during Day Time. They can fly around with their Dargyn or patrol around them on the ground. While doing bounties, Dargyn pilots spawn frequently during a drone escort stage. Plague Star bounties in particular always have a drone escort for the third stage, making them ideal for farming while the event is active.

Patch History

Update 33.0 (2023-04-26)

• NEW DOJO PIGMENTS

• Give your Dojo a wash of color inspired by Duviri with these new Pigments:
  • Harmony Green (Thrax Centurion)
  • Veldt Yellow (Thrax Legatus)
  • Tempest Brown (Eclipse Thrax Centurion)
  • Argon Purple (Lua Thrax Legatus)
  • False Orange (Void Angels - including Ravenous Angels)

Update 28.3 (2020-08-12)

• Every squadmate now gets a single Dojo Pigment drop per enemy killed, rather than 1 player getting 1-4 Pigments.

Hotfix 27.3.14 (2020-04-15)

• Fixed a script error related to Clan Pigment Research.

Update 24.6 (2019-04-04)

• Changed Tower White pigment to drop from Kuva Jesters instead of Condrocs and Mortus Pink pigment to drop from Tusk Flameblade instead of Kuakas.
• Changed Tower White Pigment drop rate to a 100% chance to drop 1 instead of a 20% chance to drop to drop 5, for more consistent farming.

Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

• Improved the visibility of the Color Pigment Research in the Clan Log by adding further detailed information as well as color coded texted to each respective Pigment.

Hotfix 24.1.1 (2018-11-23)

• Vallis Pigments will now also drop from Elite and Eximus Terra Variants.

Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)

• New Dojo Pigments! Colors chosen by the esteemed Design Council

  • Memoriam Purple (Drops from Terra Provisor)
  • 01000011 Cyan (Drops from Terra Raptor SX)
  • Neo Pink (Drops from Terra Trencher)
  • Coolant Blue (Drops from Terra Overtaker)
  • Conductor Gold (Drops from Terra Embattor Moa)

Update 23.10 (2018-10-12)

• Fixed an issue with D-pad functionality not working on Polychrome in the Dojo.
• Fixed script error occurring when interacting with Polychrome in the Dojo.

Hotfix 22.20.7 (2018-05-30)

• Doubled the Tower White Pigment drop chance and reduced the Pigment quantity to 5.

Hotfix 22.20.6 (2018-05-24)

• Fixed Dojo Pigment ‘Contribute’ button being automatically selected when the contribute screen appears when using a controller.

Hotfix 22.20.5 (2018-05-24)

• Fixed not being able to fund Polychrome construction when changing to default lighting colors in the Dojo.

Hotfix 22.20.2 (2018-05-17)

• Fixed cases of not being able to place Polychrome in the Dojo.

Update 22.20 (2018-05-17)

• Added new Pigment colors dropped by the following enemies

  • Shard Black: Vomvalysts
  • Tower White: Condrocs
  • Devar Grey: Tusk Bombard
  • Wisp Grey: Skiff Pilot
  • Mortus Pink: Kuakas

  Lighting Remaster!

  • Polychrome has a new function: Room Lighting Controls! Construct and place a Polychrome to explore all the new lighting and fog options for each room in your Dojo!

Hotfix 22.16.1 (2018-03-16)

• Fixed an issue with Dojo Polychrome not working.

Hotfix 22.13.4 (2018-02-22)

• Fixed Pigments not appearing when attempting to search them in the Inventory menu.

Hotfix 22.13.1 (2018-02-15)

• Fixed Dojo color and Pigment Icons displaying incorrect color.

Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)

• Fixed not being able to start new Dojo Pigment research without re-loading the screen.

Hotfix 19.6.3 (2017-01-17)

• Fixed script errors (game freezes) when trying to research/contribute to Dojo color pigments.

Hotfix: The Index Preview 4 (2016-10-25)

• Fixed a script error when going back to the Landing Craft if you collected any color pigments in the mission.

Hotfix 18.0.5 (2015-12-08)

• Fixed color pigments not properly dropping from the Shadow Stalker.

Update 17.2 (2015-08-19)

• Fixed the pigment icon displaying on other items at the End of Mission reward screen.

Update 16.8 (2015-06-10)

• Players can now control the camera when using the Dojo Pigment preview.

Hotfix 16.5.4 (2015-05-14)

• Fixed Carrier’s Vacuum not picking up Pigments.

Update 16.4 (2015-04-23)

• Fixed the Dojo Polychrome Bot being unable to be removed after placement, or potentially being able to be placed in an area that cannot be reached.
• Fixed an issue that would not properly refund Platinum to the Clan Vault if a room painted via Polychrome that was rushed is destroyed.

Update 16.2 (2015-04-01)

• Fixed an issue causing pigment pick up messages to repeat over other items picked up during a mission.

Update 15.16 (2015-02-25)

• Fixed menus not displaying after completing a Mission where pigments have dropped.

Update 15.13 (2015-02-05)

• Fixed multiple errors caused by using ‘pause’ or ‘unpause’ functions during dojo pigment research.

Update 15.11 (2015-01-21)

• Resource boosters now apply to Dojo color pigment drops. (Note: because pigments drop at 100% from their enemy types, for pigments, drop chance boosters are treated as drop amount boosters)

Update 15.10 (2015-01-15)

• Fixed various localization issues related to pigment names.
• Fixed Polychrome falling through the floor of the Dojo when placed at the same time as rotating the decoration in use.

Update 15.9 (2015-01-08)

• Fixed an error causing incorrect pigments to drop in Missions.
• Fixed erroneous pickup sounds triggered when players have obtained a pigment.
• Fixed players not being able to access their inventory if they obtain pigments while in a clan, then leave the clan.
• Fixed pigment drops potentially despawning rare resources.
• Fixed Dojo becoming inaccessible after using the Polychrome Unit.
• Fixed players being unable to start a new project if they have pigment remaining in their inventory when their last Polychrome Research finished.

Hotfix 15.6.2 (2014-12-12)

• Reduced color research time for Dojo Polychrome to 36 hours.
• Only one color can be researched at a time in the Dojo.
• Fixed elements of the Dojo’s color research UI panel not displaying correctly.

Update 15.6 (2014-12-11)

• Introduced.

• Polychrome (Dojo Painting) is here! How to get started? Read on!
  • Research colours in the Tenno Research Room. Each colour requires Pigments to complete. Pigments are dropped by a listed enemy only during the time that Research is selected.
  • Once your colour is researched and contributions complete, use the “Paint” option for a given room and contribute resources to begin the painting process!

Last updated: Update 25.4 (2019-07-18)