Guild Wars 2

I was just wondering which on is better for getting ectoplasm. On the cash shop it says that the black lion kit has the best chance to obtain rare materials but it’s tool tip says it has a “10% change to obtain rare materials” I figured this was a typo but I wanted to know if anyone knows the actual percentage. Or is it really only 10%? because I have been using them to dismantal level 70+ rare gear and I have been getting ectoplasm at a far higher rate than 10%, more like 60%.

ectos definitely occur more often than the stated percentage no matter which salvage kit you use

my theory is that you actually roll for ectos 3 times, which is would explain why you get 0-3 ectos and why you get at least 1 a lot of the time

Also my experience is that the mystic salvage kits actually give less than 25% rare materials, while master’s salvage kits give 25%. I haven’t used a black lion kit yet, I’ve heard they actually give 100% rare material yield but that’s just hearsay

I haven’t tested this exhaustively, it’s totally possible that mystic salvage kits are giving 25% as intended and I’m just having bad salvage luck, but there’s definitely some innacurate text somewhere – black lion kits are supposed to be the best, but according to their text they’re actually worse than master’s salvage kits

I have used 50 charges of black lion salvage kits to salvage 70+ rare and exotic gear and I know it’s not 100% because there was some times I did not get any ecto but I have say that though I did not take an exact count I am pretty sure it was more than a 50% success rate in getting ectoplasm.

Black lion kits are 100% upgrade rippers, ie runes not rare comps.

^ this. black lion salvage kits have a 100% chance of saving runes/sigils/jewels, but only have a 10% chance at rare crafting materials. mystic/masters salvage kits have a lower chance of of saving runes/sigils/jewels, but a higher chance of producing rare crafting materials.