Talk:Expert Salvage Kit

Does anyone know what percentage of the time the expert kit salvages rare items or runes? From my own experience, I've salvaged 5 pieces of rune-containing armor and gotten 5/5 runes, and also salvaged 5 pieces and gotten only 1/5 runes. I figure the percentage has to be at or slightly above 50%, but does anyone know a more precise figure that they could add to this article? - Jersyko the Insane 06:44, 22 October 2005 (EST)


 * You always get runes from salvage armor (as in, not the kind you can wear, but the kind that drops) if you use an expert kit. I don't know if anyone's sat there with a kit to figure out percentages for anything.  --Fyren 07:51, 22 October 2005 (EST)


 * There was a patch a few months ago that made the success rate of salvaging runes with expert kit 100% but I know when I played in May-June this wasn't the case. It was probably about 50% chance back then.  However, salvaging runes from your old armor isn't a 100% chance to get the rune out.  --Melly 12:43, 22 October 2005 (EST)


 * As Fyren and Melly said, salvaging runes from slavage items is 100%, now my empirical experiments have led me to believe that:
 * Salvaging runes from your own armor, is at a clip above 66%. I'd say even 75%, but this is just empirical and the number of times I have done this is 10 or so.
 * Salvaging rare materials: In my thesis, it is not a function of the item (i.e. Axe Fiend Armor is just as likely as Jade Armor), but it's about 1 in 4 or 25%. It also depends on the possible materials. i.e. Salvaging armor gives steel or iron, but salvaging garments gives linen, silk OR cloth. I can't quite pin the ration of linen to silk to cloth. --Karlos 15:59, 22 October 2005 (EST)

The article currently refers to unidentified weapon upgrades. Do such things exist? If you haven't identified a weapon, is there a chance Expert Salvage will produce an unidentified upgrade (ala Armor/Runes)? I don't remember ever seeing such a thing, but I haven't tried it, either. --JoDiamonds 01:51, 28 October 2005 (EST)
 * I've seen screenshots from others showing unidentified weapon upgrades but never bothered to try, myself. --Fyren 05:08, 28 October 2005 (EST)

If you salvage a blue/purple/gold salvage item, it shows the rune but does not unlock it. The same goes for weapons.