Scale

Scales are a common crafting material.

Though it is listed as a common crafting material, it is not as common as many others.

Use
Scales are used to craft the following armor, weapons and materials: {| class=aligntop width="70%"

Armor Crafting

 * Elementalist:
 * Flameforged armor
 * Elite Flameforged armor
 * Warrior:
 * Wyvern armor
 * Elite Dragon armor
 * Luxon armor
 * Elite Luxon armor
 * Ranger:
 * Drakescale armor
 * Elite Drakescale armor
 * Luxon armor
 * Elite Luxon armor
 * Elite Canthan armor
 * Ranger Headgear
 * Necromancer:
 * Luxon armor
 * Elite Luxon armor
 * Primeval armor
 * Necromancer Asuran armor
 * Assassin:
 * Assassin Monument armor
 * Common armor
 * Dragon Gauntlets

Weapon Crafting

 * Grim Cesta

Rare Material Crafting

 * None
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Where to buy/sell it
You can buy or sell Scales at the following NPCs:
 * Trade: Material Traders (at a variable price, in quantities of 10)
 * Sell only: Merchants (at a fixed price of 3 gold)

What drops it
The following mobs (and their bosses) sometimes drop Scales directly, so you can collect it from the loot:
 * Drakes
 * Enchanted
 * Forgotten Ones
 * Gargoyles
 * Imps
 * Mantids
 * Nagas
 * Rockhide Dragons
 * Skales
 * Trolls
 * Saltspray Dragons
 * Behemoth Gravebanes
 * Scytheclaw Behemoths

What salvages into it
The following items may turn into Scales when you salvage them, using a Salvage Kit: {| class=aligntop width="70%"

Salvage Items

 * None

Collectable Drops

 * Azure Crest
 * Bog Skale Fin
 * Chunk of Drake Flesh
 * Dessicated Hydra Claw
 * Dune Burrower Jaw
 * Ivory Troll Tusk
 * Jungle Skale Fin
 * Krait Skin
 * Leathery Claw
 * Mahgo Claw
 * Naga Skin
 * Skale Fin (Prophecies)
 * Skale Fin (Nightfall)
 * Spiked Crest
 * Topaz Crest
 * Vermin Hide

Weapons

 * Naga Longbow
 * Naga Shortbow
 * Jeweled Staff (with dual serpent head)
 * Dragon Hornbow
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