Guild Wars 2

Wondering which Exotics yield Inscription/Insignias when salvaging. I’ve decided I have way too many Black Lion Salvaging Kits and will start using them on more than just expensive sigils and runes. Am I right that some exotics don’t give Inscription/Insignias? And if so which ones yield them? I recall there being a list, but I can’t find it. Thanks in advance!

From wiki: “Exotic armor and weapons may be salvaged for insignia or inscriptions only if the insignia or inscription is not craftable, with the possibility of receiving all of the following: inscriptions, insignias, ectoplasm, dark matter, and runes. If the exotic item’s insignia or inscription is discoverable, then only ectoplasm, dark matter, and rune can be salvaged.”
You can salvage only non crafted weapons/armor with Magi, Dire, Rabid, Shaman, Soldier stats.

Hi Roguefire,

this Reddit post lays it al out for you:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1ww50x/eli5_how_to_make_money_with_dungeon_tokens/

:D

Thanks again, I think I’ve figured it out now. Won’t be farming dungeons anytime soon though. So I see the list that they are obtainable on is as follows:

Soldier
Magi
Rabid
Cavalier
Shaman
Dire

Culled the below from an old forum thread ( which I can only get cached through Google now) which may clarify places other than Dungeons – you can always get the Dungeon weapons and tokens for armor by doing the pvp tracks instead – that’s what I do What ever you do DONT salvage crafted gear…

thehipone.6812:

Mystic – thanks for your work and willingness to share all of your research.

The tl;dr on this thread seems to be:
-Named exotic weapons with rabid/shaman/dire stats that ARE NOT specific champ loot bag drops WILL salvage with a chance to give the inscription
-Named exotic weapons with rabid/shaman/dire stats that ARE specific to champ loot bags DO NOT give the inscription. List of specific champ bag exotics here http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Champion_loot_bag.

Specific cases:
-The jury is still out on whether the Ugly Stick can salvage into a rabid inscription
-There are no exotic weapons that can be bought on the TP that can salvage into a Magi’s inscription
-It is unknown whether items created by fixed Mystic Forge recipes (x mystic coins, 1 eldritch scroll+other stuff)). However, they tend to be relatively expensive compared to the price of the inscription.

Other sources of inscriptions:
-Items bought with dungeon tokens can yield the inscription/insignia if they have the right stats (I have not yet found an exception, has anyone?)
-The account bound exotic items dropped in fractals also yield the inscription/insignia if they have the right stats.

Unfortunately, if you need an inscription or insignia for crafting and want to try to salvage it, you need to do your homework to avoid wasting gold.