MikeSol Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 If I need a certain salvage, do I need to target certain mobs or are salvage drops completely random? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I do not have a detailed answer. Never looked it up. But I have fought enough of specific mobs at one time to see a pattern. When you end up with 20 of one type of salvage and very little of anything else after fighting certain mobs it seems clear they drop according to their mob type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BZRKR Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Also, if you really want a specific salvage, check out the auction house. You can type /ah from almost anywhere to open the window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvaderStych Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 One can also do this by right-clicking a mob. I have no idea how accurate the displayed list may be, or if there are variances in drop rates beyond "Common, Uncommon, Rare" differences. 2 3 You see a mousetrap? I see free cheese and a f$%^ing challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ukase Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 There are three tiers of salvage: common, uncommon and rare. There are three levels of salvage: 10-24, 25-40, 41-50. Within each tier, there are 6 arcane and 6 tech salvage pieces. Salvage drops are random, but NPCs do tend to drop salvage in a certain category, arcane or tech. As an example, if I do a freak map, like that huge Dreck map - the salvage I'll get will be 41-50 tech salvage and I might get common, uncommon or rare. The paragon wiki may list the drop percentages for a ranked npc, but I'd have to look it up and would rather not right now. If I do that demon farm map from Harvey Meylor, those are CoT npcs and they'll drop Arcane salvage. Again, the common, uncommon or rare will be random. Higher ranks may have a slightly better chance to drop an uncommon or a rare, but don't quote me. In some cases, you can right click on an npc and click on info and see what kind of salvage they might drop. There have been a time or two when I did this and got no result as far as salvage drops go. I can't recall the circumstance though. I do know that in AE, oddly enough, the salvage that's dropped in AE is both Tech and Arcane. There are probably some npc factions outside of AE that also drop both, but I don't know which ones. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Ukase said: Salvage drops are random, but NPCs do tend to drop salvage in a certain category, arcane or tech. Further clarification: there are two categorizations for salvage: arcane and tech. Magic, mutation and natural origin critters drop arcane salvage. Science, technology and natural origin critters drop tech salvage. Nothing drops a specific salvage component. Nothing drops a specific rarity of salvage. The auction house is the only guaranteed method of acquiring specific salvage, due to pooling. 3 1 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveTheChemist Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 The HC wiki Invention Salvage page includes (among other info) drop rates and specific listings of the types of salvage dropped by specific enemy groups. The Invention Salvage Tiers page has a breakdown of each salvage type by origin, rarity, and level. Popmenus > Badge List | Optimal Paths | Conversion Possibilities | Emotes Wiki Pages > Costume Color Schemes | Set Bonus Comparison Tables Maps > Vidiotmaps | Optimal Paths | Halloween GM Maps | Winter Gift Maps | Offline Map Viewer Sounds > Banshee Sonic Attack Datasets > Recipe Salvage Components | Badge Name & Settitle ID | Exploration Badge & History Plaque Coordinates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greycat Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 hour ago, AboveTheChemist said: The HC wiki Invention Salvage page includes (among other info) drop rates and specific listings of the types of salvage dropped by specific enemy groups. The Invention Salvage Tiers page has a breakdown of each salvage type by origin, rarity, and level. ... which also comes in handy if you've been doing AE stuff for tickets as this has the exact breakdown described (arcane/tech, 3 level ranges, etc.) Kheldian Lore and Backstory Guide 2.0: HC edition Out to EAT : A look at Epic ATs - what is, could have been, and never was Want 20 merits? Got a couple of minutes? Mini guide to the Combat Attributes window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSol Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Thank you for the information. Will mobs who con gray to me still drop salvage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, MikeSol said: Thank you for the information. Will mobs who con gray to me still drop salvage? If they're only one level into grey, yes. If they're below that, no. 1 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srmalloy Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 19 hours ago, Luminara said: If they're only one level into grey, yes. If they're below that, no. Except that you can occasionally get enhancement convertors from mobs that are several levels below that -- I've received them from level-22 mobs in a mission I finished at level 34. But I think that's the only exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, srmalloy said: Except that you can occasionally get enhancement convertors from mobs that are several levels below that -- I've received them from level-22 mobs in a mission I finished at level 34. But I think that's the only exception. Converters aren't invention salvage. Different type of drop using different drop rules. Let's not make the answer to the question any more confusing than it already is. Edited July 15, 2021 by Luminara Typo monster spawned Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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