Salvaging: Difference between revisions

In addition to looting their contents, wrecks ''themselves'' may be salvaged to gain useful materials; this is what "salvaging" is about. In order to salvage wrecks your ship must be equipped with either:

* A salvager module (installed in a high slot), or

If you're using a Salvager module, target the wreck you wish to salvage, approach to within the range of your Salvager module (5 km for the Salvager I, 6 km for the Salvager II), and activate your Salvager module. After each cycle of the module (10 seconds in most cases) one of three things will occur:

*Salvage is successful and you found something of value, which is automatically deposited into your ship's cargo hold. The wreck disappears.  

*Salvage is successful but you didn't find anything of value. Better luck next time. The wreck disappears.  

*Salvage was unsuccessful. Your salvager module will automatically start a new cycle and continues until you get message 1 or 2.

The lower your skills and equipment, and the more "difficult" the wreck is (see [[#Salvaging time|the section on salvaging time]]), the more cycles it will take before your salvaging is successful. To salvage more distant wrecks you either need to fly closer to them or use a [[#Modules|tractor beam module]] to pull them to you.

If you're using salvage drones, you need to launch your drones into space, [[targeting|target the wreck]], and then command your drones to salvage it. They will fly to the wreck (fairly slowly), orbit it and attempt to salvage it. After each cycle (10 seconds), as above, if one of the drones was successful, it will fly automatically back to your ship and deposit the salvage into your cargo hold. You can also command your salvage drones to "Salvage" without having any wrecks targeted; they will then salvage all the wrecks in your vicinity (up to your [[Drones#Drone control range|drone control range]]) one-by-one.  

The loot and salvage in each wreck are calculated at the time of destruction. Therefore, improving your salvaging equipment and skills (see below) will not change what salvage you get, rather, it will only allow you to salvage faster (i.e. reduce the number of cycles necessary for your salvaging to be successful) and allow you to salvage certain types of advanced wrecks. Each type of rat and ships give certain types of salvage, for a list of Tech 1 salvage see [http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/salvaging.php this table from Chruker.dk].

If you didn't [[#Looting wrecks|loot the wreck]] before salvaging it, don't worry - its contents (loot) will appear in a storage container in space where the wreck was. You can then open the and pick up what's inside; salvaging will not destroy the loot.

All of the above apply to salvaging wrecks which belong to you (or your fleet). You can also salvage wrecks belonging to other players/fleets, but with [[#Salvaging and the law|some restrictions]].