Salvaging

Before you go any further, you need an Ust. The Ust can be purchased in the Nexus Towns, and in Capital Cities. Once you have an Ust, you need to familiarize yourself with the basics of salvaging: materials and workmanship. Each salvaged material has unique properties which allow it to be used to change certain aspects of an item. The Armor Tinkering, Item Tinkering, Magic Item Tinkering, and Weapons Tinkering pages have information on each modification and the salvage required. Ivory has its own uses, and has it's own page. In addition, Leather has it's own use: "Retain". This special tinker will prevent an item from being salvaged or sold accidently. Leathering does not count toward tinkering or imbues, and cannot destroy the item.

Anyone who has an ust can salvage; it does not matter if you have a tinkering skill trained or not. For those who do have a tinkering skill trained, your salvaging abilities receive a bonus based on the highest tinkering skill. To enhance any item, 100 units of a salvaged material is required.

Workmanship
Salvaging forces us to suddenly pay attention to the workmanship of an item, and plays a large part in determining the success of a tinkering operation. Treasure generated items have a workmanship quality on a scale of 0-10; with 0 being lowest and 10 being highest. The higher the workmanship, the better!

Workmanship Quality Poorly Crafted 1 Well-Crafted 2 Finely Crafted 3 Exquisitely Crafted 4 Magnificent 5 Nearly Flawless 6 Flawless 7 Utterly Flawless 8 Incomparable 9 Priceless 10

There are a few things to be aware of when combining salvage: Addding lower quality salvage to high quality salvage will reduce the overall quality of the salvage. Stacks of salvage can be combined up to 100 units - any excess units will be lost. For example: combining a stack of 90 Ivory with a stack of 11 Ivory will result in a stack of 100 Ivory. There will not be a new stack of 1 Ivory in your inventory; the extra unit is lost. Stacks of combined salvage will be valued at the sum of the values of the stacks (minus any lost due to going over 100 units.) It has been confirmed that you will gain more salvage if you ust items individually and then combine them rather than usting all of them in a single large batch.

Materials
Salvaged materials retain some of the value of the items salvaged, but not the entire value. The burden of salvage is 100bu, no matter what the weight of the original item was. This knowledge might come in handy for travellers that find a heavy item that is perfect for salvaging. Reduce the item with your ust, lose the major burden, and continue on in your search for Flawless items. Another handy piece of information is that salvage can be sold to vendors.

Salvaged Item	Modifier	Use	Submitted By
Agate	Minor Focus Add 5 points to wearer's Focus	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Alabaster	Increases protection against piercing by .2	Armor Tinkering	Brother Bomb
Amber		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Amethyst		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Aquamarine	Cold Rending Gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to cold attacks	Weapons Tinkering	Surfal and Hentaya GoldenElm
Armoredillo Hide	Increases protection against acid by .4	Armor Tinkering	Elyvin
Azurite	Wizard's Intellect Add 15 points to wearer's Mana	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Black Garnet	Pierce Rending Gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to piercing attacks	Weapons Tinkering	Surfal, Hentaya GoldenElm and Marki Bardo
Black Opal	Imbue: Critical Strike Increases the chance of inflicting a critical hit from a weapon or wand	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Bloodstone	Minor Endurance Add 5 points to wearer's Endurance	Magic Item Tinkering	Snowbrother of Leafcull
Brass	Increase "Melee Defense" bonus on weapons by 1%	Weapons Tinkering	Elyvin
Bronze	Increases protection against slashing by .2	Armor Tinkering	Elyvin
Carnelian	Minor Strength Add 5 points to wearer's Strength	Magic Item Tinkering	Marki Bardo
Ceramic	Increases protection against fire by .4	Armor Tinkering	Aaragornn II(Leafcull)
Citrine	Minor Stamina Gain Add 15% to wearer's Stamina Regeneration	Magic Item Tinkering	Surfal
Copper	Change activation requirement from Missle to Melee Defense.	Item Tinkering	Surfal and Hentaya GoldenElm
Diamond		This item has no apparent use.	Irezumi
Ebony	Change activation requirement to Gharu'ndim.	Item Tinkering	Surfal, Hentaya GoldenElm and Ig
Emerald	Acid Rending Gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to acid attacks	Weapons Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm and Marki Bardo
Fire Opal	Imbue: Crippling Blow Increases the amount of damage when inflicting a critical hit from a weapon or wand		Far Xela(Frostfell)
Gold	Value increased by 25%	Item Tinkering	Elyvin
Granite	Improve weapon variance by 20%.	Weapons Tinkering	Elyvin
Green Garnet	Increases a casting device's elemental damage against monsters  by 1% and against players by 0.25%	Magic Item Tinkering	Dette
Green Jade		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Gromnie Hide		This item has no apparent use.	Dette
Hematite	Warrior's Vitality Add 10 points to wearer's Health	Magic Item Tinkering Jewelry	Hentaya GoldenElm
Imperial Topaz	Slash Rending Gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to slashing attacks	Weapons Tinkering	Cronoz from Solclaim
Iron	Increase maximum damage (melee weapons) by 1.	Weapons Tinkering	Elyvin
Ivory	Removes no-drop attribute and gives the item a wield req of the User.	Ivory Tinkering	crzy
Jet	Lightning Rending Gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to lightning attacks	Weapons Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Lapis Lazuli	Minor Self Add 5 points to wearer's Self	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Lavender Jade	Minor Mana Gain Add 15% to wearer's Mana Regeneration	Magic Item Tinkering	Marki Bardo and Pyro-Elf
Leather	Retain: Prevents the item from being sold or salvaged.	Leather Tinkering	Dette
Linen	Reduce burden 25%	Item Tinkering	Elyvin
Mahogany	Increase damage modifier (missle weapons) by 4%.	Weapons Tinkering	Elyvin
Malachite	Warrior's Vigor Add 20 points to wearer's Stamina	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Marble	Increases protection against bludgeon by .2	Armor Tinkering	Elyvin
Moonstone	Increases an item's maximum mana by 250 (changed from 100 during "Into the Darkness")	Item Tinkering	crzy
Oak	Reduce "Weapon speed" by 50.	Weapons Tinkering	Elyvin and Aaragornn II(Leafcull)
Obsidian		This item has no apparent use.	Aaragornn II(Leafcull)
Onyx		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Opal	Increases the "Mana Conversion" bonus on casting items by 1%.	Magic Item Tinkering	crzy
Peridot	Imbue: Increases melee defense by 1.	Armor Tinkering	Winga - MT and Athaliah from WE
Pine	Value reduced by 25%	Item Tinkering	Elyvin
Porcelain	Change activation requirement to Sho.	Item Tinkering	Surfal and Hentaya GoldenElm
Pyreal		This item has no apparent use.	Dette
Red Garnet	Fire Rending Gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to fire attacks	Weapons Tinkering	Surfal, Marki Bardo and Hentaya GoldenElm
Red Jade	Minor Health Gain Add 15% to wearer's Health Regeneration	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Reedshark Hide	Increases protection against lightning by .4	Armor Tinkering	Elyvin
Rose Quartz	Minor Quickness Add 5 points to wearer's Quickness	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Ruby		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Sapphire		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Sandstone		This item has no apparent use.	Merlyn(Harvestgain)
Satin	Change activation requirement to Viamontian	Item Tinkering	Mr Fizz of LC
Serpentine		This item has no apparent use.	Decimator
Silk	Remove activation requirement of Rank.	Item Tinkering	Surfal and Hentaya GoldenElm
Silver	Change activation requirement from Melee to Missle Defense.	Item Tinkering	Surfal, Hentaya GoldenElm and Ig
Smoky Quartz	Minor Coordination Add 5 points to wearer's Coordination	Magic Item Tinkering	Hentaya GoldenElm
Steel	Increase Armor Level by 20.	Armor Tinkering	Elyvin
Sunstone	Imbue: Armor Rending Allows a weapon (not wand) to ignore a portion of the target's total armor	Magic Item Tinkering	Semiramis(LC)
Teak	Change activation requirement to Aluvian.	Item Tinkering	Surfal and Hentaya GoldenElm
Tiger Eye		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Tourmaline		This item has no apparent use.	Dette
Turquoise		This item has no apparent use.	Indigo Stab
Velvet	Increase melee weapons' attack skill bonus by 1%	Weapons Tinkering	Elyvin
White Jade		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
White Quartz		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
White Sapphire	Bludgeon Rending Gives the weapon the ability to make its opponent vulnerable to bludgeoning attacks	Weapons Tinkering	Surfal, Hentaya GoldenElm and Marki Bardo
Wool	Increases protection against cold by .4	Armor Tinkering	Elyvin
Yellow Garnet		This item has no apparent use.	Ophelea
Yellow Topaz	Imbue: Increases missile defense by 1.	Armor Tinkering	Surfal and Marki Bardo
Zircon	Imbue: Increases magic defense by 1.	Armor Tinkering	Surfal, Hentaya GoldenElm and MarkiBardo