Guild Wars 2

Hello

Can someone explain to me what best salvage kits are and for what?

For example:

Should I salvage blues/whites? What kid do I use for blues and whites?

What kit do I use for yellows?

What do I do with greens? Some people say put them in the mystic forge but I haven’t had much luck that way, or does that only apply to high levels ? I am only level 27

A mini guide would be really appreciated.

Sorry if it’s been posted before, I tried to google it and couldnt’ find anything

All of what you asked depends on what you actually want. If you want to get essences of luck than you can use any kits on blues and greens. If you want ectos than use mystic/master kits on rares. If you want high end mats than use the highest level (master/mystic) or if you can get them black lion kits. If there is a sigil/rune that you really want than use a black lion kit because it is guaranteed that you will get the upgrade item.
With using the mystic forge you put greens in to get them upgraded to rares which you can than salvage to get ectos. However if you are lvl 27 than there is no point in doing this because you can’t really get ectos out of rares until they are level 68.

(NOTE) It is possible to get ectos out of rares below 68 and lower raritys but it is so rare that it is not worth it.

So would you say until I’m level 68+ I should just use basic salvage kits on every thing and TP yellows?

I use crude on whites and blues, basic on greens, master on yellows, Black Lion Kits on exotic.

But it depends on what you are after.

- Luck, no difference.
- Runes and Sigils from items with runes and sigils, kit level matters but 90% of minor runes and sigils (green items) are worth around vendor price (16c) which is why I only use the basic kit. Major ones (yellow items) are worth 3-4 silver each and are worth the 61.44c per use of a Master Kit. Superior ones (orange items), some go for over a gold usually. I use the Black Lion kits I got from drops, I think I got most from either free keys or directly from zone exploration completion.
- Ectos, master kits, level 68 and up armor/weapon/trinkets
- Materials, better kit, better chance but personally haven’t see the listed percentages pay out.

I’m not rich enough to farm dark matter from salvage.

Note: Superior Runes and Sigils use to be worth on average a lot more but because you get them from salvaging exotics and exotics are being salvage for dark matter the supply has gone way up without and equal rise in demand so prices have plummeted.

yellows below level 68 should be TP’ed
yellows 68 and above: check the TP, if they sell for more than the price of ectos, sell on TP, otherwise, salvage with a Master Salvage Kit
white, blue, green, I salvage with infinite salvage kit. If I didn’t have that, I would use crude. the chance to get upgraded mats is so small (about 1/5 what the kit’s description says) that it’s not worth the higher price.
oranges should be similar to yellow, but look at how much the socket sells for as well, add that to ecto, and sell or salvage. If it’s socketed with something worth 2g or more, use Black Lion Salvage Kit instead of Master (if you choose to salvage).

No, no, no.

Salvage nothing except for recovering valuable runes and sigils. (Use a Black Lion kit only)

Sell everything on the TP at ‘match lowest seller’. If it doesn’t sell after a month re-list it.

The gold you make will more than cover the cost of anything you need to buy. Trust me

Edit: And of course – never pay the asking price – haggle.

75% of the rares I find sell for more as their salvaged material than as the item, even as lowest seller prices.
ex: rare Rampager’s Scepter of Life (I searched for rares, ordered by price, kept clicking ‘next’ until I got bored about 1/4 of the way through the pages and picked the shortest name :P)
sell price is 27s80c, after tax = 23s63c
if you salvage with Master Salvage Kit, you get 0.9 ectos and .8 Major Sigil of Life
ecto = 33s42c. 0.9 ecto = 30s7c
Major Sigil of Life = 1s86c. 0.8 Major Sigil of Life = 1s48c
cost of kit = 62c
Total income from salvaged materials = 30.93, after tax = 26s29c
that’s 2s66c more than just selling it. THEN, there’s the elder or ancient wood you get. I don’t even consider those, I just know it’s a bonus at the end of the week.

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No, no, no.

Salvage nothing except for recovering valuable runes and sigils. (Use a Black Lion kit only)

Sell everything on the TP at ‘match lowest seller’. If it doesn’t sell after a month re-list it.

The gold you make will more than cover the cost of anything you need to buy. Trust me

Edit: And of course – never pay the asking price – haggle.

This is obsolete since you now NEED to salvage to raise your account wide MF.

I salvage all Blues now to boost MF and rotate greens / yellows between salvage, TP sale and flushing down Mystic Toilet. Then again, I HATE to buy everything.

Since ANet now gifts all of us with plenty of Mystic Stones, there is no current reason to use any salvage kits but Mystic (save the Black Lions for salvaging high end upgrades when you update equipment). If you just can’t bring yourself to use a Mystic on some trash, use a Basic kit for that.