Well, I finished my thoughts on gathering tools, so I figured I'd mention Salvage Kits in a second thread. This is how you acquire many of the crafting materials, such as cloth and leather, as well as some metals. This is also how you can acquire some upgrade items, such as runes, sigils, and jewels. Depending on the quality of salvage kit and the item at hand determines the raw material and upgrade components gained. Lets go further into detail.
All Kits will give the basic materials of cloth, leather, or ore depending on the item type. Rare materials are, as you can guess, the higher valued components of the basic materials. Upgrades are Runes, Sigils, and Jewels.
Crude Kit (15 Uses)
Rare Material - 0%
Upgrades - <5%
Basic Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 10%
Upgrades - 20%
Fine Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 15%
Upgrades - 40%
Journey Man's Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 20%
Upgrades - 60%
Master's Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 25%
Upgrades - 80%
Mystic Kit (250 Uses)
Rare Material - 25%
Upgrades - 80%
- Combine a Fine, Journey, and Master Kit with 3 Mystic Forge Stones in the Mystic Forge to acquire.
Black Lion's Kit (25) MYSTIC CHEST
Rare Material - 50%
Upgrades - 100%
Now, the proper use for salvage kits. I personally will always have multiple kits on hand, usually of varying quality. Most likely some Fine Kits and some Perfect Kits. The process I will be using is use the Crude or Master on everything that has Salvageable Item under its name. That means the item's ONLY PURPOSE IS TO BE SALVAGED and to give you materials. I will also be salvaging EVERY PIECE OF GEAR that I am not using. The crafting material will be (EDIT : NOT ALWAYS MORE VALUABLE) than if you were to just vendor the item.You'll see all over boards that "BOOHOO CLOTH AND LEATHER DROPS ARE TOO RARE AND NOT FARMABLE". Well, guess what guys, this is how you acquire cloth and leather. Salvage all pieces of gear that you are not using (and you don't want to transmute into cool gear later) and VIOLA! More crafting supplies!
Alright, now it's time to explain my theory on Perfect Kits. I am not one to promote Cash Shop Consumables, but you know what, I am a big fan of "playing the odds". Say you got a piece of gear that has a rune socketed inside of it, but you just found a new piece of gear that is better with a upgrade slot, and you're out of runes?! Well, you could gamble with a Master's kit, 80% chance IS quite good, but why risk it? This is where I would personally use a perfect kit. I DON'T LIKE RISK WITHOUT A LARGE PAYOUT. This is the real reason for the perfect kits. To ensure the safety of your runes and sigils.
UPDATED : ECTOPLASMS. These are the items all high end crafters want and are a RARE MATERIAL that can be salvaged out of high level RARE Gear. Use a kit accordingly if you are looking for ectoplasms!
UPDATED : KITS ARE NO LONGER PURCHASABLE WITH KARMA.
TL;DR : ALWAYS HAVE SALVAGE KITS ON HAND. SALVAGE ALL UNWANTED ITEMS. SELL OR DONATE MATERIALS. SAVE BAG SPACE AND MAKE MORE MONEY!
All Kits will give the basic materials of cloth, leather, or ore depending on the item type. Rare materials are, as you can guess, the higher valued components of the basic materials. Upgrades are Runes, Sigils, and Jewels.
Crude Kit (15 Uses)
Rare Material - 0%
Upgrades - <5%
Basic Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 10%
Upgrades - 20%
Fine Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 15%
Upgrades - 40%
Journey Man's Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 20%
Upgrades - 60%
Master's Kit (25 Uses)
Rare Material - 25%
Upgrades - 80%
Mystic Kit (250 Uses)
Rare Material - 25%
Upgrades - 80%
- Combine a Fine, Journey, and Master Kit with 3 Mystic Forge Stones in the Mystic Forge to acquire.
Black Lion's Kit (25) MYSTIC CHEST
Rare Material - 50%
Upgrades - 100%
Now, the proper use for salvage kits. I personally will always have multiple kits on hand, usually of varying quality. Most likely some Fine Kits and some Perfect Kits. The process I will be using is use the Crude or Master on everything that has Salvageable Item under its name. That means the item's ONLY PURPOSE IS TO BE SALVAGED and to give you materials. I will also be salvaging EVERY PIECE OF GEAR that I am not using. The crafting material will be (EDIT : NOT ALWAYS MORE VALUABLE) than if you were to just vendor the item.You'll see all over boards that "BOOHOO CLOTH AND LEATHER DROPS ARE TOO RARE AND NOT FARMABLE". Well, guess what guys, this is how you acquire cloth and leather. Salvage all pieces of gear that you are not using (and you don't want to transmute into cool gear later) and VIOLA! More crafting supplies!
Alright, now it's time to explain my theory on Perfect Kits. I am not one to promote Cash Shop Consumables, but you know what, I am a big fan of "playing the odds". Say you got a piece of gear that has a rune socketed inside of it, but you just found a new piece of gear that is better with a upgrade slot, and you're out of runes?! Well, you could gamble with a Master's kit, 80% chance IS quite good, but why risk it? This is where I would personally use a perfect kit. I DON'T LIKE RISK WITHOUT A LARGE PAYOUT. This is the real reason for the perfect kits. To ensure the safety of your runes and sigils.
UPDATED : ECTOPLASMS. These are the items all high end crafters want and are a RARE MATERIAL that can be salvaged out of high level RARE Gear. Use a kit accordingly if you are looking for ectoplasms!
UPDATED : KITS ARE NO LONGER PURCHASABLE WITH KARMA.
TL;DR : ALWAYS HAVE SALVAGE KITS ON HAND. SALVAGE ALL UNWANTED ITEMS. SELL OR DONATE MATERIALS. SAVE BAG SPACE AND MAKE MORE MONEY!
Prices were not definite then and I really thought crafting items would be worth much more off the bat. If it wasn't for the whole market not existing for so long, I think I would have been correct in that statement.