What is salvage

[savair]

I mean I am new to this game and I assume it means you get an item the thing is I dont know how to use the item or arm myself with the item? What is salvage exactly

[Frostbiter]

Salvage is part of the Invention System. You can go to the University in Steel Canyon and do a tutorial for it at level 10 but you don't have to.

[Luminara]

Crafting components.  Open your recipe window, examine recipes in the player market or at an appropriate vendor, and you'll see that each recipe lists 2-5 salvage required to craft the recipe.

[Techwright]

Salvage that is white in color can also be used as ingredients at an Empowerment Buff station (versions pictured below).  Any buff highlighted has the requisite components and a 1-hour buff can be had.  Quite useful at lower levels.  A few of the buffs are pictured below as well.

 

 

[savair]

Whatr about things like items like a medallion or a good luck charm

[Techwright]

4 minutes ago, savair said:

Whatr about things like items like a medallion or a good luck charm

 

Luck Charm is salvage and falls under the "Inventions" tab.  I'm not sure what is referenced by "medallion".  The only salvage I know with "medallion" in the name is "Saint's Medallion", and it is considered legacy salvage, that is, no longer viable or necessary.

 

[srmalloy]

32 minutes ago, Techwright said:

Salvage that is white in color can also be used as ingredients at an Empowerment Buff station

Not just common (white) salvage, but yellow (uncommon) as well for some buffs. For example, the lowest-tier Grant Invisibility buff requires a Simple Chemical (white), an Ancient Artifact (white), and a Heavy Water (yellow). I keep a salvage rack stocked to craft that buff to speed up Mender Ramiel's arc — stealth to Trapdoor and defeat him, get the mission from Lady Grey, go back to Mender Ramiel and autocomplete, then stealth the final mission to the minotaur.

[starro]

WELCOME TO COH!!!  

 

Salvage/invention system is a great opportunity to experiment.  You sometimes make something cool and sometimes you make something you save for later.

 

 

Invention Salvage - Unofficial Homecoming Wiki

 

You can go to the University for the in game tutorial.

 

University - Unofficial Homecoming Wiki

 

 

It does start of overwhelming sometimes and then you have your ah-ha moment.  Sometimes you just need to....well, experiment too!

Edited May 26, 2023 by starro

[Snarky]

Everyone assumed you meant invention salvage. You probably did

 

there are many types of “salvage” in game. Incarnates, event, and the various horrendously expensive “special”

[Ironblade]

On 5/25/2023 at 7:07 PM, Frostbiter said:

Salvage is part of the Invention System. You can go to the University in Steel Canyon and do a tutorial for it at level 10 but you don't have to.

I would recommend doing the tutorial once.  I did it when it first came out and it's pretty clear.  And you generally learn better by DOING, than by reading.