Guild Wars 2

In the “September 3, 2013” changelog it says:

• Salvaging exotic items now produces Globs of Dark Matter

I Crafted 10 Exotic Weapons to level my Artifacting to 450, I sold 7 of them and kept 3.

I forgot exactly what they were but I salvaged one with a [Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic] and got 2 Mithril.

I thought ok not good enough… so I salvaged the 2nd and 3rd with a [Mystic Salvage Kit] and same; Got a few Mithril + a Sigil.

Should this give “Dark Matter” every salvage or re-written as:

• Salvaging exotic items no longer produces Globs of Ectoplasm
• Salvaging exotic items now has a chance to produces Globs of Dark Matter

I have salvaged nearly 30 exotics with none of the dark matter being given. Tried with magic find food, booster and the yellow kits….nada.

It is not on every salvage, not even with a black lion kit.

I did salvage a few hundred rare and exotic items after the patch and also did not receive any Dark Matter.

Dark Matter is obviously invisible, so you cannot see it when it appears.

From our tests, I can guess the following:

1) Only lv 80 Exotics have a chance to drop 0-3 Dark Matter
2) BL Salvage kits have a much higher rate of return than Mystic Salvage kits.
3) Dark Matter is expensive to get…

I salvaged 20 level 76 Exotics (Black Lion Kit) and got 16 globs of Dark Matter.

I’m Curious, does Salvaging Crafted Exotics produce no Dark Matter?
Which type of Exotic items did you guys Salvage?

Hughes Aleut.6587:

I’m Curious, does Salvaging Crafted Exotics produce no Dark Matter?
Which type of Exotic items did you guys Salvage?

Mine were all drops.

Hughes Aleut.6587:

I’m Curious, does Salvaging Crafted Exotics produce no Dark Matter?
Which type of Exotic items did you guys Salvage?

In crafting my way to 450 Artifice, Weaponsmithing, and Huntsman in the last two days, I ended up with a slew of exotic level 80 crafted weapons. It was upwards of 40, though now I wish I’d kept the specific numbers for this post.

Salvaging all of those (entirely crafted level 80 exotics) with a Mystic Salvage Kit yielded 14 Dark Matter for me. Salvaging crafted exotics definitely has the potential to yield Dark Matter.

However, salvaging around a dozen level 76-79 dropped exotics, also with a Mystic Salvage Kit, did not yield any. It’s not nearly a large enough sample, but it is suggestive. It may also be worthy of mention that all of the exotic drops were armor, whereas all of the crafted exotics were weapons. Perhaps only exotic weapons can yield Dark Matter?