The guarantee encryption key is also 29s profit according to [farm]. ago. 50% chance to get rarer materials. Rune us cheaper. — Upgrades. The other versions cost 20 PvP League Tickets or 25 WvW Skirmish tickets. Takes effect immediately upon receipt. 5c cheaper per use than a basic kit, but considering you pay 800 gem for it, you break even after ~3 million uses. All the clicking to just clean out your bags after just an hour of game play. that was a fixed exploit. 68, Silver-Fed on Rares over Lv. Copper-Fed Salvage-o-Matic (800💎) 10% Rarer Materials 20% Salvaging Upgrades Cost per. Cheaper insignias and making exalted pants yields 84c/note if they are crafted for approx 63 silver (75 notes per item, rarely 100). — in-game description. They cannot be salvaged and are account bound (like all HoT stat stuff) so you can't even purchase them. EditResearch Note/Salvage research. Research Kit is a salvage kit that produces Research Notes currency and can be only used on items that were crafted and have the Research salvage type. I normally tend to salvage them with a 'Mystic Salvage Kit', rares drop frequently enough especially when you do meta, events, and chest opening, you can get more 0-3 ecto with each rare-exotic you salvage, and the chance of getting ecto is pretty good. g. s. This means that buying keys in bulk is straight up a better price for salvage kits than buying the salvage kits directly. 1 x Journeyman's Salvage kit. Master Salvage Kits and Silver-Fed have identical salvage results 1. 80% chance of salvaging upgrades . If you have the need to salvage LOADS. Subscribe: short: 1) Salvage all the ascended gear you don't need anymore. Ingredients. Game Discussion. That means a Black Lion kit costs 21. The update introduced three new tabs: New Black Lion Chest Exclusives: Items in. Mystic salvage kit (make it in the mystic forge) - for all rares (yellow/gold). GW2 how to create the Mystic Forge Salvage Kit in the Mystic Forge. Greens - Runecrafter. Artificers can condense Essences of Luck into higher tiers. I personally didnt purchased too much other than the 2 expansions. Guild Wars 2 Discussion. The spirits are guaranteed salvage results, like plates from rare reclaimed weapons. Some people don't have Silverfed and use Mystic kits, so they use Runecrafters for rares too but it has less 5% chance for ectos. . I've read that level 68+ exotic armour and weapons should be salvaged with black lion salvage kits to get the best possible outcome of dark matter. Ascended Salvage Tool is a one-use salvage kit used to salvage ascended equipment . Its very worth it at the moment, with the price of matrices as high as they are. It is not more efficient than the basic salvage kit, it just saves you from having to constatly buy basic kits and occupy inventory with them. Which Salvage-o-Matic is the best? [Event] Silver-Fed Salvage-o-Matic (500💎) 25% Rarer Materials 80% Salvaging Upgrades Cost per use 60copper. Yo! Welcome to another guide video. 9 ectoplasm / rare. 3876. " -GW2 wiki Tho, it's still appreciated to gain time & space by not having to purchase salvage kits over & over again. — In-game description. Copper Fed Salvage tool :. See full list on wiki. Double-click to salvage crafting materials from an ascended item in your inventory. [deleted] • 8 yr. For those not wanting to use Reddit anymore discuss Guild Wars 2 on. 5312 said: But the BL salvage kits give a considerably higher drop rate of dark matter and globs of ecto. Doing the Math. 3 Google Review. Game Discussion. Additional comment actions. Black Lion Salvage Kit: Double-click, then select an item in your inventory to salvage for crafting materials. 40% chance of salvaging upgrades. If lower than price of ecto, salvage for ecto. Multiply the cost of Crystalline Dust by 1. Salvage 68+ Yellows with a Mystic Salvage kit. Basic Salvage Kit. F. 19986, 64195, 67283. Selling the mats gives more money than selling outright. Note: bag, pack and box are used interchangeably in Guild Wars 2 as far as inventory management is concerned, they just indicate the type of materials that were used to make each (bags use cloth, packs use. Black Lion Salvage Kit question. 02 Major Rune totals 1302 2202 35 Per salvage: 1. . . The true salvage rate of Mystic (and I assume Master) kits is 0. It is similar to a Salvage Kit, but with the potential to take more valuable parts of the salvage item. Dark Energy and other items can be salvaged from weapons, armor, and other trinkets. If you move from Silver-fed to Runecrafter's for Green gear, you go from 75c average to 1'39c average return from salvage; that's 64c more per salvage. 0x0. “. 15% chance of rarer materials. I am so incredibly confused by salvaging. I salvage the runes with a mystic salvage kit, again, got a bunch of motes and no symbols or charms. Master's Salvage Kit. (not many uses for trash asc rings). People open (or used to) champion bags like the ones you get in silverwastes on lower level characters to get mats and gear of the same level. 74844. 25 Journeyman’s Salvage Kit. If you were to buy mystic stones (with gold to gems) with the intention of making salvage kits, a mystic salvage kit works out at 7s90c per salvage. Salvage kits are items used for salvaging, a process of breaking down various items and upgrade components into crafting materials. I am similar to this but I also have the runecrafter salvage kit so my list goes as follows: 1. I don't like bothering with the mystic forge. 3 - Depositing materials from the inventory >>3. If you have an exo greater than 92s + 15%, sell it, buy a 92s exo, salvage it, and keep the difference. - The ratio of motes to charms/symbols from salvaging greens with a rare kit is 49:1, the same as salvaging green runes or sigils directly. apoguita • 1 yr. The Xunlai Jade Sales Associates are Research Merchants, selling Research Kits, Jade Bot Modules, and recipes. Rare < 68. Yo! Welcome to another guide video. 44 copper per item salvaged (61. Contains 1 of the following: Mystic Forge Stone, Black Lion Chest Key, Transmutation Charge, Box of Fun, Merchant Express, Bank Access Express, Black Lion Salvage Kit, Trading Post Express, Instant Repair Canister, or Revive Orb . Race Golem Level 80 Location Mistlock Observatory (Fractals of the Mists) Mistlock Sanctuary (Fractals of the Mists) Services Merchant. According to the wiki, the Silver Fed costs 60 copper per salvage, versus 10. I only got silver and rune salvage kits because I am lazy. They should have been given the feature already from the get go like when they added the composter and it already had the bulk options. 3 Miniatures; Equipment Weapons . 2 minutes ago, Lithril Ashwalker. Double-click to salvage crafting materials from an ascended item in your inventory. If this little green Protoss guy comes with more salvage functions than the regular salvage kits, that could be incredible. 1 Master (400-499) 1. To compare the different Salvage-o-Matics and the Mystic Salvage Kit, I put all the known droprates together and created this spreadsheet, which should calculate the optimal kits for a given rarity. 75284. Research Kit is a salvage kit that produces Research Notes currency and can be only used on items that were crafted and have the Research salvage type. Martian_on_the_Moon • 5 yr. If you happen to own all three salvage kits, the most efficient use is: Use Copper-Fed to "salvage all" blues; Use the inventory word filter on "masterwork" to CF green accessories & those greens that don't drop with runes (this saves 27c per salvage, but takes longer; it can be skipped for people with small amounts of loot or just hate. 100% chance of salvaging upgrades. — In-game description. Armor and weapons with the Harrier’s, Dragon’s, or Ritualist’s stats. Items or Rare quality of higher and level 67 or higher: Rare kit. From Guild Wars 2 Wiki < Research Note. The stone takes the place of a fourth item of equal rarity, with. 3. Mystic Salvage kit is basically free because you can get Mystic Forge Stones on Login reward, days 4, 11, 18, and 25. A review of the pros and cons of the Silver-Fed & Runecrafter’s Salvage-o-Matics from the GW2 gem store as well as a tutorial on when to use each salvage kit. 52c per use compared to the basic salvage kit. The gem store kits also allow you to salvage absolutely everything worth salvaging without too much hassle, something I wouldn’t do with regular kits. 5 ectos per rare. A stone can be used in place of one piece of equipment for the forge's conversion recipes. Keep the infused ones. To compare the different Salvage-o-Matics and the Mystic Salvage Kit, I put all the known droprates together and created this spreadsheet, which should calculate the optimal kits for a given rarity. GW2BLTC. API. 50 Choya Mining Tool 1000 | $12. Silver-Fed: yellows for the higher chance of Ecto. Journeyman's Salvage Kit. mofeus305. E. 6832. While salvaging, there are some Sigils and even Runes that you might not recover because there are no other Salvage Kits in Guild Wars 2 with a hundred percent surety for recovering besides this Black Lion Salvage Kit. 10. I have had quite a few requests to make some form of salvaging guide for Guild Wars 2, which I have been keen to do but I never felt like there was enough in. Strikes Ice brood stikes are fast enough , you can do them each day for rewards and you can make progress towards ascended gear . However, certain items and weapons are not suitable for salvaging. Here's an extension video to my previous guide about Unidentified Gear, In this video I talk about The gem store salvage kits and go through what salvage kit. Ascended Salvage Kit drop rate. Ascended Salvage Kit is a salvage kit used to salvage ascended equipment. While mystic salvage kit has 25% rarer + 80% upgrades. 100% chance of recovering upgrades (excluding infusions). A new Guild Wars 2 guide on salvage kits and salvage mechanics. Keep in mind that only craftable items can be salvaged. Those are the things that can drop by salvaging ascended weapons with an ascended salvaging kit: vision crystal (always, account bound, used in crafting recipes) Ball of Dark Energy (always, account bound, used as a currency and for crafting (as well as legendary crafting)) If you need any of this, then salvage it with the ascended kit. any combination of three armor, trinkets, or weapon. Crude Salvage Kit: Culis Cannonbite: Memorial Quadrant: Black Citadel: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Deputy Jenks: Giant's Passage: Kessex Hills: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Doolsileep: Viathan Lake: Kessex Hills: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Engineer Gilli: Triskellion Vale: Kessex Hills: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Explorer Bink: Isenfall Gullies: Snowden Drifts: 28. The salvaging process always destroys the item and consumes one charge of the kit. The goal of this video is to explain the different types of salvage kits and what kits should be used on what rarity of i. Just don't. Fine. Guild Wars 2 Guide - How to use the unlimited salvage kits. Per salvage: 1. Fast farming says open and salvage blue, green and yellow with the appropriate salvage kits (copper fed for vlue, runecrafters for green and silver/mystic for yellow). Silver-Fed uses 60 copper per use and is for yellows (and orange). The only times it fills up are when I identify the Unid Gear before salvaging. 85 to remove TP fees. 67027. 4000 from 12g is 30c per research and is more. 25 Master. 300 : Experience Booster: Grants the following benefits for 2 hours: +50% Experience in All Game Types +50% Reward Track Gain in PvP and. At 27s per matrix and an average of 4 matrices per salvage, it's still profitable to buy kits at full price. 91745. They are kits. 2. The Mystic and Silver salvage kits both have a 25% chance of rarer materials and and 80% chance of recovering upgrades while the Copper Fed only has a 10% chance of rarer materals and 20% chance of recovering upgrades. There are four types of salvage kits purchasable from merchants or crafted by certain NPCs: the standard, expert, superior, and perfect kit. Patch notes : "Salvage Kits: The chance to extract a rune or sigil from equipment is now a chance to salvage the upgrades directly into their crafting materials. Runecrafter's doesn't give you the runes/sigils, it salvages them into motes, charms, and symbols, which can be sold for more gold. In total I can recommend the Rune salvage o Matic because it costs less in the gemstore rn and has only 5% less chance for rare mats than the silver one but that for only half the amount of copper per. 8x0. com 1 Crude Salvage Kits; 2 Basic Salvage Kits; 3 Fine Salvage Kits; 4 Journeyman's Salvage Kit; 5 Master's Salvage Kit Double-click to salvage crafting materials from an item in your inventory. With the new update extracting Upgrades from gear is now only possible with Upgrade Extractors and Black Lion Salvage kits. Members. e. I actually made a few gold the other week salvaging 3000 ecto to get the luck. Tried it with "Weak Potion of Dredge Slaying", "Weak Potion of Elemental Slaying", and "Weak Potion of Grawl Slaying". It's probably best to just sell them for the 4 silver. The cheapest kit (standard) can. g. For those not wanting to use Reddit anymore discuss Guild Wars 2 on. Salvaging happens after identifying, of course, so there is a chance for items with better rarity. Even at that steep price, it is profitable to salvage and then sell the matrices. 5 copper for the Mystic kit, as long as you aren't purchasing Mystic Forge Stones. The Basic Salvage Kit and equivalents (Copper Fed) should be your go-to for the majority of salvaging. — In-game description. For the NPC, see Xunlai Jade Sales Associate (NPC). They are acquired from salvaging rare or better equipment that is level 68 or above. The salvage kits only allowing you to break up to 25 items at a time meant spending more time fiddling with my inventory and clicking the "salvage all x" options. I did it with my research notes. - The probability of salvaging a charm or symbol from a green with an upgrade is 1. Zohane. Rune: 30c per use -> 20% rare mats, 100% chance to salvage the upgrade. you CAN use the research kit on certain items, BUT you get NO research notes anymore. Players Helping Players. Rares. Go the the mystic forge and put in -. 50 Silver-Fed Salvage-o-Matic 500 | $6. Posted March 1, 2022. “. Veprovina. Salvage results for 17 kits on exotic armor and weapons yielded. Some popular uses for GW2 Research Notes are for crafting: Jade Bot Cores and Modules to upgrade your Jade Bot. Both of which are used in crafting ascended and legendary weapons and armor. Game link. If a rare is worth more than 70-75s I sell it, if it's less, I salvage it, same with exotics (Black Lion Kit), but for exotics I look at 1g, since you usually get an insignia thats worth 50s to 4g. The salvaging process always destroys the item and consumes one charge of the kit. Unidentified gear is generally better to open it, especially if you have salvage-o-matics. It's super convenient. But it only costs 30 copper on use, half the price of the Silver-fed kit. 2 0. — In-game description. Guild Wars 2 Discussion. This tool ignores the purchase cost of unlimited-type salvage kits (but does factor in cost per use). when buying it. If you care more about convenience, then spend the extra 22s 64c and make yourself a Mystic Salvage Kit. — In-game description. They're very rarely available for "free" from the Fractal Reliquary, but that has a steep up-front cost that makes it a poor value proposition except in the very long run — I cannot overstate just how infrequently even a. Notes Assuming Gem prices are at 1g for 100gems. Salvage results for 17 kits on exotic armor and weapons yielded. An Expert Salvage Kit can safely be used on hero armor instead. Cost per use: 60. Exotics = Black Lion Salvage Kit. They also need to fix the other kits showing items that are not supposed to appear in the list and are not being salvaged. Journeyman's Salvage Kit: Cin Fursarai: Lakeside Bazaar: Lake Doric: 2,800 Journeyman's Salvage Kit: Crystal Bloom Quartermaster: Pact Command: Dragonfall: 2,800 Requires the achievement Putting Out Fires. Now, if you're not farming for legendary and already have a set of God Armor karma is mostly useless for you. Salvaging is one of five disposal options for Guild Wars 2 gear (either weapons or armor) you don’t want: Sell it on the GW2 Trading Post. Salvage kit: Ascended: 10. Guild Wars 2 MMORPG Role-playing video game MMO Gaming comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment [deleted] • Additional comment actions. The chance to upgrade is the same as with normal like-item rarity conversion: 20%. Basic or Copper Fed -> Salvage all blue and. You can get it for free sometimes when ecto/dust prices fluctuate. Title: Fatebreaker. The return of investment at 1100 gems is stupid long and thus absolutely not worth it. Glob of Ectoplasm, abbreviated ecto, is an exotic crafting material used in all high-level crafting excluding cooking. So currently my salvaging goes:1) Copper-fed "Salvage all Fine and below"2) Mystic "Salvage all Masterwork and below"3) Mystic. 3. When it first launched, attuned infused rings weren't salvageable [email protected] Weapons; 1. If you don't have this, don't open and just sell them on the TP. If you are considering purchasing salvage-o-matics we also have “is it worth it” videos covering those items. This data is from 74k blue unid gear, which was mostly identified with a MF of around 600%. An Expert Salvage Kit can safely be used on hero armor instead. 84 Gold, and each charge costs 87 silver. The goal of this video is to explain the different types of salvage kits and what kits should be used on what rarity of i. So you’ll basically want to use these on your level 70+ white items you find. Choice of kit doesn't matter for salvaging runes or sigils directly. Previously people could extract their upgrades using other salvage kits too, with the Mystic Salvage Kit, Master's Salvage. Early on, the blue kits from the vendors will be your best return on investment for the cost. Knowi. Requires 30 Copper per use. A stone can be used in place of one piece of equipment for the forge's conversion recipes. Browse all gaming. 3240. Identity those stacks first though for a chance at the gear being a tier higher. Unlike the Black Lion Salvage Kit which will recover upgrades unharmed. The more expensive kits are better at salvaging upgrade components and generate. About Guild Wars 2 Wiki; Disclaimers;You can Salvage Ascended weapons and armor for easy research notes! If you transform any ascended weapon/armor on the mystic forge with 5 ecto, 1 anthology of heroes your ascended and one random inscription/insignia you will get an ascended that can be salvaged by research kits! The amount you get seems to be rng. If significantly higher than price of ecto, sell. " And doesn't give you lucent motes. Members. It has a total of 5 uses. Crude Salvage Kit: 32 Basic Salvage Kit: 88 Fine Salvage Kit: 2 88 Journeyman's Salvage Kit: 8 Master's Salvage Kit: 15 36 Copper Harvesting Sickle: 24 Copper Logging Axe: 24 Copper Mining Pick: 24 Iron Harvesting Sickle: 56 Iron Logging Axe: 56 Iron Mining Pick: 56 Steel Harvesting Sickle: 88 Steel Logging Axe: 88 Steel. Then right click on a salvage kit in your bank and select the Salvage All option you prefer, probably greens and lower. I never really noticed before since I wasn't using them much, but it's been almost 3 years since they were introduced to the game, I have the runecrafter salvage and use mystic and BL salvage kits, and I don't have even 50 of ANY of them despite having never used them. Click Show More after the Guild Wars 2 logo to see all my social links!#GuildWars2#Mystic. — In-game description. They give a 10% chance at "rarer" materials, which I don't think I've ever seen. Just to further optimize, certain armor and weapon stats also give a chance of extracting the insignia/inscription. Even with the best case scenario of salvaging an attuned double infused ring, the average Matrices found with a single kit use would be. I get that it’s a shitty situation but look at the other side of this. Fractal Chests If you throw that into the equation on Silver S-o-M vs Mystic Salvage kit. Looking to contact a pickles the pirate and brightroot who might be gw2 players on behalf of a mutual friend who passed away suddenly. About Guild Wars 2 Wiki; Disclaimers;For the Karma bought kits try Black Citadel Vendor. 6029 ask me to repost here. " The above text added today is not supported by the evidence. So to break even, if you want to move from using Silver to buying Runecrafter's, you'll have to make 225'54'00c/64c= ~35'240. Assuming Rare/Mystic salvage kit for salvage: Average rate of return on Crystalline Dust is 1. Fine Salvage Kit. Meanwhile, ascended armor and weapon boxes slowly pile up and it would feel very wrong to just throw them away. Salvage greys, blues, greens and rares (under 25 s). Use the research kit on the weak potions crafted by artificing. If L68+, salvage with using silver-fed or Mystic kits (or Master's Kit). The in-game description — as with the other Salvage-o-Matics and other common Salvage Kits — states it has a (100%) chance to salvage the upgrade. 2) Use /wiki and shift + click the item before salvaging, just in case it's used for a skin or something. in case you don't need ecto and would sell it, that leads to: 2228c (buy price) 0. Recipe Changes for Runes and Sigils Salvaging valuable upgrade components from a valuable weapon. Two-handed weapons list; One-handed weapons list;In my personal experience, fractals award slightly more Ascended Salvage Kits than you need to salvage the Ascended trinkets that drop from there although I've heard from other people that they had the opposite experience with it. #guildwars2 #gw2guide #gw2 Guide on how to use Guild Wars 2 Salvage kits on unidentified gear. its dirt cheap and is craftable so it SHOULD work. Rare weapons, such as axes, daggers, greatswords, staffs and swords are also sometimes more worth selling on the TP as well. . 3240 November 14, 2018 in Guild Wars 2 Discussion. Sell it to a merchant. Keep the rings in the bank or a bag in character, saving all of them. Here's an extension video to my previous guide about Unidentified Gear, In this video I talk about The gem store salvage kits and go through what salvage kit. Crude Salvage Kit: Culis Cannonbite: Memorial Quadrant: Black Citadel: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Deputy Jenks: Giant's Passage: Kessex Hills: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Doolsileep: Viathan Lake: Kessex Hills: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Engineer Gilli: Triskellion Vale: Kessex Hills: 28 Crude Salvage Kit: Explorer Bink: Isenfall Gullies: Snowden. #GuildWars2 #djdragonWhen I first saw that, I thought it was the equivalent of my "Salavage - O - Matic". 08. The other day we had a look into the distribution of charms and symbols from salvaging (identified) unidentified gear and since its quite unbalanced, I made a pie chart for visualisation. CoF = Yes (55 /Token) HotW = Yes (55 /Token) CoE = Yes (55 /Token) Arah = Yes (55 /Token) Prices include Master SK and TP tax and Ecto at 30 tokens/item; they do not include basic materials. Bottom section of the inventory: Watchwork Portal Devices, Mystic Salvage Kit, Gizmos, LS keys for certain chests, Guild Banners, Pitchers of Coffee, Karma & loot food. To do so, you must use a Charr Salvage Kit in pre-Searing Ascalon, or an Expert, Superior or Perfect Salvage Kit outside of pre-Searing Ascalon. Salvage items are generally considered to belong to different tiers, based on their vendor price and the crafting materials that can drop from salvaging. On a related note, I would actually like a Gold-Fed Salvage-o-matic. 4 Salvage Kits; 3. So Fractal and Raid drops for example can't be salvaged. Back in my days a month ago you could buy all gathering tools and salvage kits for karma, but anet nerfed it. 40% chance of salvaging upgrades. Share More sharing options. 03 Superior Rune totals 3873 12375 362 Per salvage: 3. Edited March 26, 2022 by Boogiepop Void. So every time you use the copper-fed, you save . Personally, since I have an excess of Mystic Forge Stones and don't play the most loot intesive stuff, I've switched to using Mystic Salvage Kit (equivalent to Master's/Silver-fed) on Masterwork as well. Greens - Runecrafter. 1 Multiple disciplines. #guildwars2 #gw2guide #gw2Guide on how to use Guild Wars 2 Salvage kits on unidentified gear. For QoL I have 1 material expander, a few bank tab expander, about 15 shared inventories, copper, silver, and rune salvage kits. Edited March 6, 2022 by Handtuch. pretty sure thats not in the tooltip. the rest of the infinite kits are too situational to justify the buy unless you have gems to burn i think. Basically you have same chance of getting upgrade from rune and sigil. Ascended Salvage Kit is a salvage kit used to salvage ascended equipment. I said approximately because I think this could be RNG. From Guild Wars 2 Wiki. Join us on every evening!Website for Guides/Entertainment & More Content: for more info My 2nd chan. As the wiki says, Copper-Fed costs 3 copper per salvage and equates to a Basic Salvage kit, which costs 3. Black Lion Salvage Kits [wiki. Whenever you get an ascended salvage kit, use the attunement recipe on a ring and salvage it, starting with the rings that are already infused. Guild Wars 2 Discussion. — In-game description. The total amount of luck is maintained (e. To make a Mystic Salvage Kit, throw the following into the Mystic Forge: 1 Fine Salvage Kit; 1 Journeyman’s Salvage Kit; 1. Double-click to salvage materials from a crafted food consumable in your inventory. The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Salvage Kit . Copper Fed Salvage tool : white and blue items. ; If using a Salvage Kit to salvage an item that has been identified and contains an upgrade. Mystic salvage kit (make it in the mystic forge) - for all rares (yellow/gold). As for salvaging: blue or white items, use a basic salvage kit (or copper-fed). Basic salvage kit: use for greys/whites, blues, and some greens (usually only light and heavy gear). you can NOT use the research kit on certain items anymore -> that is NOT a bug. Salvaging exotics for dark matter. 6103 mentioned, different versions get 1, 2, or 3 rolls for matrices. This is probably the best way. But a rule of thumb is, never buy Asc Salvaging Kits. That said, they are money positive on average, particularly if you attune the rings beforehand, so keep salvaging and you'll hit 20 matrixes occasionally. Later, you'll want to use the Yellow kits on Yellow gear but that will be too expensive at the start. Shouldn't need external programs for basic functions (also looking sidewise at mount radial wheels). Buy exotics that have sigils/runes worth at least as much as the cost -- you're essentially getting free ecto (GW2 Shinies & GW2 Efficiency both have tools to make finding such exotics a snap). 75 Consortium Harvesting Sickle 1000 | $12. Runecrafter's Salvage-o-Matic 600 | $7. 200. 1. This article is about the vendor. Business, Economics, and Finance. If you've been playing the game for any length of time more than 6.